"voured to make his Escape; which his Imperial Majesty took no notice of, but only ordered he might "be more strictly observed: That the Protestation, men" tioned in the Apology, was never made: That "all Conditions, provided they be possible, ought in 66 Justice to be performed: That the Emperor asked " for no more than was his due: That he had given his * Sifter in Marriage to the Duke of Bourbon, who, "next his Brother, was Heiress to all his vast Do"minions: That the Parliament of Paris had acted "like The SECRET HISTORY of the CARDINAL, • Still the Lords thought long ' till my Lord was removed fur•ther off the King's Way; wherefore, among others of the Lords, my Lord of Norfolk faid, Master Cromwell, methinks the Cardinal, thy Ma' fter, makes no hafte to go North• wards; tell him, if he go not away, I will tear him with my • Teeth; therefore I would advise him to prepare away with • Speed, or else I will fet him forwards. These Words reported Mr. Cromwell to my • Lord at his next Repair, which was then at Richmond, having • obtained Licence of the King • to remove from Aspur to Rich• mond; and in the Evening my Lord, being accustomed to walk • in the Garden, and I, being • with him standing in an Alley, espied certain Images of • Beafts counterfeited in Timber, to which I went nearer to ⚫ take the better View of; among whom I there faw a • Dun-cow, whereat. I most • mused of all those Beasts. My • Lord then suddenly came upon me unawares, and, fpeaking to si me, faid, What have you efpied there, whereat you look so ear' nestly? For footh, quoth I, if it please your Grace, I here behold these Images, which I Suppose were ordained to be set up in the King's Palace; but amongst them • all I have most confidered this 'Cow, which seems to me the Artificer's Master-piece. Yea, marry, quoth my Lord, upon this Cow hangs a certain Prophecy, which perhaps you ne 6 6 6 ver beard of; I will hew you ' there is a Saying, When the Cory doth ride the Bull, • Of which Saying neither my Effect, altho' the Compass ⚫ thereof was working, and then ⚫ like to be brought to pass. • This Cow the King gave, by reason of the Earldom of Richmond, which was Inheritance: • and thisProphecy was afterwards expounded in this Manner: The Dun-cow, because it is the King's " like Flatterers, in telling their King, he was not bound to the Observation of the Treaty : That what was required of him, and he had sworn to per" form, was no Alienation, but Restitution: That the Burgundians, spoken of in the Remonftrance, had "been instructed with regard to what they were to say: And that, in cafe he would not perform "the Premises, he ought to render himself Pri"soner again, as he had sworn to do; and, as his "Predecessor King John had done, when re" leafed By GEORGE CAVENDISH, Esq; • King's Beast, betokens the King, • and the Bull betokens Mistress • Anne Bulloigne, who after was Queen. Her Father gave the • black Bull's Head in his Cognizance, and was his Beast, so that, when the King had mar⚫ried Q. Anne, it was thought of • all Men to be fulfilled; for what 'a Number of Priefts, religious • and secular, lost their Heads, • for offending of those Laws, ' made to bring this Matter to 'pass, is not unknown to all the World; therefore it may ' well be judged, that this Prophecy is fulfilled. ، You have heard what Words • the Duke of Norfolk spake to • Master Cromwell, touching my 'Lord's going into the North; ' then faid my Lord, Tom, it • is time to be going, there*fore 1 pray you go to the King, and tell him I would go to my Benefice at York, but for want of Moneys, de*fwing bis Grace to help me * to fome; and you may say, • the last Money I had from 'his Grace was 100 little to pay my Debts, and to com 6 'pel me to pay the rest of my Debts is too much Extremity, seeing all my Goods are ' taken from me : And also 'shew my Lord of Norfolk, and • the rest of the Council, that I would depart, if I had Money. • Sir, quoth Mafter Cromwell, I • shall do my best; and so, after * other Communication, departed, ' and came to London. Then, in ⚫ the beginning of Lent, my • Lord removed his Lodging into the Charter house at Richmond, where he lay in a Lodging that Dr. Colet made for ' himself; and every Afternoon, ، for the Time of his Residence ' there, would he fet in Contemplation with some one of ' the most antient Fathers there, • who converted him to despise ' the vain Glory of this World; • and there they gave unto him • Shirts of Hair to wear next his Notwithstanding these Pieces were published, the French Ambassadors continued their Endeavours to prevail with the Emperor, to comply with the King their Master's Request, but all in vain; for he refused to make the least Alteration in the Treaty of Madrid; and his Imperial Majesty was so provoked at King Francis's Behaviour, that he told the French Ambaffadors, "That their Master had done lachment “ فيع The SECRET HISTORY of the CARDINAL, ⚫ of, he commanded it should 4 com repair to him again, when he * had received the said Sum, • which accordingly he did; to • whom his Majetty faid, Shew your Lord, that I have fent * him 10,000 Pounds of my Be• nevolence, and tell him, he shall ⚫he bare his Palm, and went on • Proceffion with the Monks; • and upon Thufday he made his Maundy, having 59 poor People whose Feet he washed and 'kissed, and, after he had dried 6 6 them, he gave every one of 'them 12 d. and three Ells of • good Canvas to make them • Shirts, and each of them a Pair • of new Shoes, and a Cask of not lack; bid him be of good. Red-herrings. On Easter-day Comfort. Master Cromwell, on my Lord's Behalf, thanked the King for his royal Liberality • towards my Lord, (and with e that departed to Richmond) to whom he delivered the Money and the joyful Tidings, wherein my Lord did not a little rejoice; forthwith * there was a Preparation made • for his going. He had with • him in his Train 160 Per• fons, and 12 Carts, to carry • his Goods, which he sent • from his College at Oxford; • befides other Carts, for his daily 6 6 • he rose to the Resurrection, ' and that Day he went in • Proceffion in his Cardinal's Vestments, having his Hat on his Head, and sung the High Mass there himself fo' lemnly; after his Mass he gave his Benediction to all the Hearers with clean Remission. From Peterborough he took his Journey into the North, 'but made some Stay by the Way, and many Passages hap 6 pened in his Journey too te' dious here to relate. At the laft • he came to Stoby, where he ' continued till after Michael Carriage of his Necessaries for • his Buildings. He kept his so• lemn Feast of Easter at Peter• borough, and upon Palm-Sunday every Sunday, if the Weather • ferved, 6 " & mechantment, (that is, basely and wickedly) the very "Words Francis declared Charles should be free to charge " him with, if he did not perform the Treaty." No fooner was the Emperor's Resolution known, but Lanoy quitted the French Court, and proceeded to put himself at the Head of the Emperor's Army, ordered to march for Naples, and foon after he arrived in Corsica. : Matters having been carried to this Extremity, the League, that had been concluded at Cognac, was By GEORGE CAVENDISH, Efq; no served, would he go to some & all the Doctors and Prebends poor Parish-church thereabouts, of the Church of York did reand there would say the Di-pair to my Lord, according to • vine Service, and either faid or heard Mass, and then cauf⚫ed one of his Chaplains to preach the Word of God to the People; and afterwards he • would dine in some honest House in the Town, where should be distributed to the • Poor Alms, as well of Meat and Drink, as Money to fupply the want of Meat and Drink, if the Number of Poor did exceed: Thus, with other good Deeds, practising himself during the Time of his Abode there between Party and Party, they being at Variance. About Michaelmas after he removed • from thence to Caywood-cafile, within seven Miles of the ' their Duties, as unto the chief 'Head, Patron, and Father of ' their Spiritual Dignities, who • did joyfully welcome him into 'those Parts, saying, It was n0 'Small Comfort unto them, to 'fee their Head among them, whe had been so long absent from them, being like to fatherless and com'fortless Children for want of his • Prefence; and, that they trusted shortly to see him amongst them • in his own Church. To whom he made answer, That it was • the most especial Cause of his • Coming, to be amongst them as a Father, and a natural Bro'ther. 6 Sir, quoth they, you must understand the Ordinances and • Rules of our Church, whereof, 6 6 though you be the whole and fole Governor, yet you are not so well acquainted as we be therein; therefore, if it please your Grace, we shall (under • Favour) open unto you some Part of our antient Laws and Customs of our Church, that our head Prelate and Paftor, as 6 no longer kept a Secret, but published in all the Courts of Europe, and the King of England was strongly follicited to become a principal Party therein, which he declined, because some Articles of that Treaty were apprehended prejudicial to his Interest, and others omitted which most concerned him; therefore Wolfey demanded, in his Majesty's Behalf, "That Com" miffioners might be sent by the Powers mentioned " in this Treaty, in order that such Parts thereof " might be qualified, wherein the King did not seem The SECRET HISTORY of the CARDINAL, 66 to you now are, might not come ⚫ every Minister of their Church • above our Quire-door, until by was most principally and chief• duz Order be be installed. Norly bound to observe and infal• if you ftould happen to die be- ' libly keep and maintain. 'hollan-tide, against which Time • due Preparation was made for 'the same; but not in so sump • fore your Installation, you should • When my Lord had read • not be buried above in the Quire, ' the Records, he did intend to • but below, in the nether Part of 'be at the Cathedral Church of • the Body of the Church: There-York, the next Monday after Al• fore we bumbly defire and be • feech you, in the Name of all our • Brethren, that you would vouch• Safe to do therein, as our antient • Fathers, your Predeceffors, have • done, and that you would not • break the laudable Customs of our Church; to the which we are obliged by Oath, at our first • Admittance to obferve, and di* vers others, which in our Chap* ter doth remain upon Record. • Thefe Records, quoth my Lord, • would I feign fee, and then shall you know further of mine Advice • and Mind in this Business. • A Day was affigned to bring ' their Records to my Lord, at • which Time they resorted to my Lord with their Register • and Books of Records, where.. • in were fairly written their • Institutions and Rules, which tuous a wise as were his Pre' decessors before him : Nor yet ' in fuch fort as the Fame and 6 6 common Report was afterwards ' made of him, to his great 'Slander, and to the false Reporters no small Dishonesty, to become Divulgers of such notorious Lies, as I am sure they ' did; for I myself was sent by ، my Lord to York, to fee that 'all Things there should be or • dered and provided for that 'Solemnity * in a very decent Form, to the Honour of that 'antient and worthy Monastery ' of York. * Yet many Authors, the Cardinal's inveterate Enemies, have averred the contrary. |