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&quot; hospitality, but I see it is greater than the speech : 

 &quot; These handsome gentlemen and yeomen, which I 

 &quot; see on both sides of me, are sure your menial ser- 

 &quot; vants.&quot; The earl smiled, and said, &amp;lt;f It may please 

 &quot; your grace, that were not for mine ease: they are 

 &quot; most of them my retainers, that are come to do 

 &quot; me service at such a time as this, and chiefly to 

 &quot; see your grace.&quot; The king started a little, and 

 said, &quot; By my faith, my lord, I thank you for my 

 &quot; good cheer, but I may not endure to have my laws 

 &quot; broken in my sight: my attorney must speak with 

 &quot; you.&quot; And it is part of the report, that the earl 

 compounded for no less than fifteen thousand marks, 

 And to shew further the king s extreme diligence, I 

 do remember to have seen long since a book of ac- 

 compt of Empson s, that had the king s hand almost 

 to every leaf, by way of signing, and was in some 

 places postilled in the margin with the king s hand 

 likewise, where was this remembrance. 



&quot; Item, Received of such a one five marks, for a 

 &quot; pardon to be procured ; and if the pardon 

 &quot; do not pass, the money to be repaid : except 

 &quot; the party be some other ways satisfied.&quot; 



And over-against this &quot; Memorandum,&quot; of the king s 

 own hand, 



&quot;Otherwise satisfied.&quot; 



Which I do the rather mention, because it shews 

 in the king a nearness, but yet with a kind of just- 



