BISHOP AYLMER. ?3 



grees, the Marquis took him into his family, and made him CHAP. 

 tutor to his children ; one whereof was the Lady Jane, that 



afterwards wore a crown: who, as she was a lady of excel- Tutor to the 

 lent parts, so by his instruction she attained to a degree I^ Jane 

 above her sex in the knowledge of Latin and Greek; so 

 that she read, and that with ease and delight, Plato and 

 Demosthenes, and wrote excellently well. And he bred her 

 up in piety as well as learning, being very devout to God, 

 and a serious embracer of evangelical doctrine purged from 

 the superstitions of Rome. 



To what perfection she attained in Greek by Ay liner s Her profi- 

 instruction, and what an happy guide he was to her in good deThim &quot;&quot; 

 literature, appeared in part by a discourse that happened in 

 King Edward s days between this noble Lady and Roger 

 Ascham, who was schoolmaster to another great Lady, (and 

 afterwards Queen too,) viz. the Lady Elizabeth : and I will 

 give it in Ascham s own words. &quot; Before I went into Ger- Schooimast. 

 &quot;many&quot; [being Secretary to the embassy thither, Sir Ri- folfll b - 

 chard Morison Ambassador] &quot; I came to Broadgate in Lei- 

 &quot; cestershire, to take my leave of that noble Lady Jane 

 &quot; Grey, to whom I was exceeding much beholden. Her 

 &quot; parents, the Duke and the Duchess, with all the houshold, 

 &quot; gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. 

 &quot; I found her in her chamber, reading Phaedon Platonis in 

 &quot; Greek, and that with as much delight, as some gentlemen 

 &quot; would read a merry tale in Boccace. After salutation and 

 &quot; duty done, with some other talk, I asked her, why she 

 &quot; would leese such pastime in the park. Smiling she an- 

 &quot; swered me, &amp;lt; I wisse, al their sport in the park is but a 

 &quot; shadow to that plesure that I find in Plato. Alas ! good 

 &quot; folk, they never felt what true plesure meant. 1 And 

 &quot; how came you, madam, 1 quoth I, * to this deep know- 

 &quot; ledge of plesure, and what did chiefly allure you unto it, 

 &quot; seeing not many women, but very few men, have attained 

 &quot; thereunto ? 6 1 will tell you, quoth she, and tell you a 

 &quot; troth, which perchance ye will marvel at. One of the 

 &quot; greatest benefits that ever God gave me is, that he sent 

 &quot; me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a school- 



