190 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII. 



kingdom must again be put to the stake, and that 

 he must fight for it. And first he did conceive, 

 before he understood of the Earl of Lincoln s sailing 

 into Ireland out of Flanders, that he should be as 

 sailed both upon the east parts of the kingdom of 

 England by some impression from Flanders, and 

 npon the north-west out of Ireland. And therefore 

 having ordered musters to be made in both parts, 

 and having provisionally designed two generals, 

 Jasper, Earl of Bedford, and John, Earl of Oxford, 

 meaning himself also to go in person where the affairs 

 should most require it, and nevertheless not expect 

 ing any actual invasion at that time, the winter be 

 ing far on, he took his journey himself towards Suf 

 folk and Norfolk for the confirming of those parts. 

 And being come to St. Edmond s-Bury, he under 

 stood that Thomas, Marquis Dorset, who had been 

 one of the pledges in France, was hasting towards 

 him, to purge himself of some accusations which had 

 been made against him. But the king, though he 

 kept an ear for him, yet was the time so doubtful, 

 that he sent the Earl of Oxford to meet him, and 

 forthwith to carry him to the Tower ; with a fair 

 message nevertheless, that he should bear that dis 

 grace with patience, for that the king meant not his 

 hurt, but only to preserve him from doing hurt, 

 either to the king s service, or to himself ; and that 

 the king should always be able, when he had cleared 

 himself, to make him reparation, 



From St. Edmond s-Bury he went to Norwich, 

 where he kept his Christmas : and from thence he 



