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time to come. For which cause he was taken into ser 

 vice in his court to a base office in his kitchen ; so that, 

 in a kind of &quot; mattacina&quot; of human force, he turned a 

 broach that had worn a crown ; whereas fortune 

 commonly doth not bring in a comedy or farce after 

 a tragedy. And afterwards he was preferred to be 

 one of the king s falconers. As to the priest, he was 

 committed close prisoner, and heard of no more ; the 

 king loving to seal up his own dangers. 



After the battle the king went to Lincoln, where 

 he caused supplications and thanksgivings to be 

 made for his deliverance and victory. And that his 

 devotions might go round in circle, he sent his ban 

 ner to be offered to our lady of Walsingham, where 

 before he made his vows. And thus delivered of this 

 so strange an engine, and new invention of fortune, 

 he returned to his former confidence of mind ; think 

 ing now, that all his misfortunes had come at once. 

 But it fell out unto him according to the speech of 

 the common people in the beginning of his reign, 

 that said, &quot; It was a token he should reign in labour, 

 &quot; because his reign began with a sickness of sweat.&quot; 

 But howsoever the king thought himself now in a 

 haven, yet such was his wisdom, as his confidence did 

 seldom darken his foresight, especially in things near 

 hand. And therefore, awakened by so fresh and un 

 expected dangers, he entered into due consideration, 

 as well how to weed out the partakers of the former 

 rebellion, as to kill the seeds of the like in time to 

 come ; and withal to take away all shelters and har_ 

 bours for discontented persons, where they might 



