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lawe onyourside, yetye might have 

 hadde regnrdto thequene'shighnes 

 present dooingesin that case. And 

 further, although ye seme to be 

 more then precise in the lawe ; yet 

 I thinke, ye wolde be veri loth tp 

 yelde to the extremitieofsuche ad- 

 vantage as might be gathered a- 

 gainste your proceedings in the 

 lawe, as ye have sometimes taken 

 uppon you in place of justice. 

 And, if it were well tried, I believe 

 ye shud not be v/A\ able to stond 

 honestlie thereto. 



Hales. Mi lord, I am not so 

 perfect but I may erre for lacke of 

 knowledge ; but, both in consci- 

 ence, and such knowledge of the 

 lawe as God hath given me, I will 

 do nothing but I will maintain and 

 abide in it. And if mi goodes, 

 and all that I have, be not able to 

 counterpoise the case, mi bodie 

 shal be redi to serve the turne, for 

 thei be at all the quenes highnesse 

 pleasure. 



Chauncellor. Ah! sir, ye be very 

 quicke and stoute in your answers ; 

 but as it shoulde semci that -which 

 ye did was more of a will, favour- 

 ing the opinion of your religion 

 against the service noweused', then 

 for ani occasion or zeale of justice, 

 seiiige the quenes highnesse doeth 

 set itforthe, as yet wisliingf, all hir 

 faithful subjects to imbrace it ac- 

 cordingli ; and where ye oft'er both 

 bodie and goods in your triall, there 



is no such matter required at youre 

 hnndes, and yet ye shall not have 

 your owne will neither. 



Hales. My lorfl, I seke not wil- 

 ful will, but to shew myselfastam 

 bound in love to God, and obedi- 

 ence to the quenes majestie, in 

 whose cause willingly, for justise 

 sake, al other respectes set apart, I 

 didoflate, (asyourlordshipknoeth), 

 adventure as much as I had. And 

 as for my religion, I trust it. to be 

 such aspleaseth God, whereini ani 

 redy to adventure as well my life as 

 my substaunce, if I be called tliere- 

 unto. And so in lackie of mine 

 owne power and wil, the Lordes 

 wil be fulfilled. 



Chauncellor. S'eeing ye be at this 

 point, master Hales, I wil present- 

 ly make an end with youe. The 

 quenes highnes shal be informed of 

 youreopinion and declaration. And 

 as hir grace shal fherupon deter- 

 mine, ye shal have knowledge j. un- 

 til which tyme ye may depart as yc 

 came without your oth, for, as it 

 appeareth, ye are scarce worthi the 

 place appointed. 



Hales. I thanke your lordship, 

 and, as for my vocation, being both 

 a burthen and a charge, more than 

 ever I desired to take upon me ; 

 whensoeverit shall please the quenes 

 highnes to ease me thereof, I shall 

 most bumbli, wilhduecontentation 

 obei the same. — And so this uprigJu 

 judge departed from the lar. 



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