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"that Nation to hinder their King from performing "the Treaty of Madrid, fince it had been confented to by them" And to the other Ambassadors, he faid, "That the Duke of Milan was his Subject, and "he ought to be punished as a Rebel, for what hë "had before tranfacted; that his Forces were too "well pofted to be foon removed; that he in"tended shortly to proceed into Italy; and that, if they all made War on him, he fhould be able to "defend himself with the Affiftance of his good "Sub

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By GEORGE CAVENDISH, Efq;

other of his Servants had done, ⚫ who never forfook him in Weal ⚫ and Woe. Then quoth my Lord,

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Alas, Tom! you know I have nothing to give you nor them; which makes me both ashamed and forry, that I have nothing to requite your faithful Servi ces. Whereupon Mr. Cromwell told my Lord, That he had ⚫ abundance of Chaplains, that • were preferred by his Grace to • Benefices of fome 1000l. and others 500 l. fome more and fome lefs; and we your poor ⚫ Servants, who take more Pains in one Day's Service, than all your idle Chaplains have done in aYear; and therefore, if they • will not impart liberally to you in your great Indigence, it is pity they fhould live, and all the World will have them in Indignation, for their great Ingra⚫titude to their Mafter.

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lait my Lord came out in his Rochet, upon a Violet Gown, like a Bishop, who went with his Chaplains to the upper End of the Chamber, where was a great Window, beholding his goodly Number of Servants, who could not speak to them until the Tears ran down his Cheeks, which, being perceived of his Servants, caufed Foun tains of Tears to gush out of 'their forrowful Eyes, in fuch Sort as would caufe my Heart ' to relent.

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'At laft my Lord spake to them to this Effect and Purpose, faying, Moft faithful Gentlemen and true hearted Yeomen, I much lament, that in my Profperity • I did not fo much for you as I might have done, and was in my Power to do. I confidered, that if in my Profperity I should have preferred you to the King, then should I have incurred the King's Servants Difpleasure, who would not spare to report behind my Back, that there 'could no Office in the Court 6 efcape the Cardinal and his 'Servants, and by that Means

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"Subjects. As to the King of England's Demands, "he faid, he would pay him with the King of "France's Money."

The Emperor's Answer was no fooner known, but the French King wrote Letters to all the other Princes of Christendom, wherein he attempted to juftify his Conduct in refpect to his not performing the Treaty of Madrid; and the Subftance of his Apology was, "Charging the Emperor with breaking the Treaty of Noyon, invading the Dutchy of Milan, refufing the "Acknow

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The SECRET HISTORY of the CARDINAL,

• I should have run into open Slander of all the World: But now it is come to pass. That it hath pleafed the King to take all that I have into his Hands, fo that I have now nothing to give you, for I have nothing left me but the bare Cloaths on my Back; with

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many other Words in their Praife; and fo he, giving them 'all hearty Thanks, went away; and afterwards many of his Servants departed from him, fome to their Wives, fome to 'their Friends, Master Cromwell to London, it being then the Beginning of the Parliament.

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CHA P. XVIII.

The Cardinal is accufed of High-treafon in the Parliament-house, against which Accufation Mr. Cromwell, (late Servant to him) being a Burgefs in the Parliament, made Defence.

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HE aforefaid Master

Cromwell, after his De

parture from my Lord, devifed with himself to be one of the Burgeffes of the Parliament; and, being at London, •he chanced to meet one Sir Thomas Ruffel, Knt. a fpecial Friend of his, whofe Son was one of the Burgeffes of the • Parliament, of whom by Means ⚫he obtained his Room, and fo put his Feet into the Parlia⚫ment-house; and three Days after his Departure from my Lord he came again to Afhur,

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and, I being there with my

Lord, he faid unto me with a pleasant Countenance: I have adventured my Feet where I 'will be better regarded, e're the Parliament be diffolved: And, after he had fome Talk with my Lord, he made hafte to London, because he would not ⚫ be abfent from the Parliament, to the Intent he might acquaint my Lord, what was there 'objected against him, thereby the better to make his Defence ; infomuch that there was nothing at any Time objected againft

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"Acknowledgment due to the Crown of France for "the Earldoms of Flanders and Artois, drawing the "Duke of Bourbon into Rebellion, and invading "Provence, which were the Reasons for his marching "into Lombardy, where he was taken and carried "Prifoner into Spain; and there, being threatned with perpetual Confinement, was forced, in order to gain his Liberty, to accept of fuch unjust Condi"tions as the Emperor was pleafed to impofe on "him, which he could not be bound to obferve, having

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By GEORGE CAVENDISH, Efq;

against my Lord, but he was 'ready to make Answer there

unto, by Means whereof he, being earnest in his Mafter's Behalf, was reputed the most faithful Servant to his Mafter • of all other, and was gene• rally of all Men highly com⚫ mended.

Then was there brought

a Bill of Articles into the • Parliament-houfe to have my • Lord condemned of High-trea

fon, against which Bill Mafter • Cromwell did inveigh fo difcreetly, and with fuch witty • Perfuafion, that the fame would • take no Effect: Then were his • Enemies conftrained to indict • him of a Premunire, and all

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fended or no, in ufing my Pre-
rogative, for the which I am
indicted. I have the King's
Licence in my Coffer to bew
under his Hand and Broad
Seal, for the executing and
ufing thereof in most large Man-
the which now is in
the Hands of mine Enemies;
but, because I will not here
ftand to contend with his Ma-
jefty in his own Cafe, I will
here prefently before you con-
fefs the Indictment, and put
myself wholly to the Mercy
and Grace of the King, truft-
ing that he hath a Confcience
and Reafon to confider the
Truth, and my humble Sub-
miffion and Obedience, wherein
I might well ftand to my Trial
with Justice. Thus much may
you fay to his Highness, that
I wholly fubmit myself under
bis Obedience in all Things to
his princely Will and Pleafure,
whom I never difobeyed or re-
pugned, but was always con-
tented and glad to please him
before God, whom I ought
most chiefly to have believed
and obeyed, which I now re-
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having before-hand protefted, That, if he was compeled to unreasonable Terms, he must be obliged to break them; befides, he had fworn at his Co"ronation not to alienate any Thing belonging to "the Crown of France: And, notwithstanding these "Reasons, he had advised with the greatest Men "and Counsellors of his Kingdom, Whether he ought to confirm the Treaty of Madrid? who una"nimously declared, He could in no wife perform "fo unjust a Treaty; for that the Parliament would "admit

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The SECRET HISEORY

pent: I moft heartily defire you to have me commended to him, for whom I fhall, during my Life, pray to God to fend him much Profperity, Honour and Victory over his Enemies. And fo they left him.

After which Mr. Shelley the Judge was fent to speak with my Lord, who, understanding he was come, iffued out of his Privy-chamber, and came to him to know his Bufinefs, 'who after due Salutation did declare unto him, That the King's Pleasure was to demand my Lord's House, called York-place, · near Westminster, belonging to the Bishoprick of York; and, that you do pafs the fame according to the Laws of this Realm, his Highness hath fent for all his Judges and learned • Counsel to know their Opinions for your Affurance thereof, who

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of the CARDINAL,

of. Wherefore it hath pleased the King to fend me hither to take of you the Recognizance, ' having in your Grace fuch Af'fiance, that you will not refufe fo to do, therefore I do defire to know your Grace's Pleasure therein.

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'Mafter Shelley, quoth my Lord, I know the King of his own Nature is of a Royal Spirit, not requiring more than Reafon fhall lead him to by the Law: And therefore I counfel you and all other Fudges and learned Men of his Council, to put no more into his • Head than Law, that may stand aith Confcience; for when you tell him, that although this be Law, yet it is not Confcience; for Law without Confcience is not fit to be miniftred by a King nor his Counfel, nor by any of his Minifters; for eve

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be fully refolved, that yourry Counsel to a King ought to • Grace must make a Recogni

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have Refpect to Confcience, be

zance, and before a Judge ac- fore the Rigour of Law: Laus ⚫ knowledge and confefs the Right

thereof to belong to the King and his Succeffors, and fo his Highness fhall be affured there

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