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out into rebellion, without reservation of such lands 

 as were by act of parliament passed to the crown, 

 and so planted with English, both in the time of 

 queen Mary, and since ; and without difference either 

 of time of their going forth, or nature of their 

 offence, or other circumstance : tending in effect to 

 this, that all the queen s good subjects, in most of 

 the provinces, should have been displanted, and the 

 country abandoned to the rebels. 



When this man was come over, his heart thus 

 fraughted with treasons, arid presented himself to 

 her majesty ; it pleased God, in his singular provi 

 dence over her majesty, to guide and hem in her pro 

 ceeding towards him in a narrow way of safety 

 between two perils. For neither did her majesty 

 leave him at liberty, whereby he might have com 

 modity to execute his purpose ; nor restrain him in 

 any such nature, as might signify or betoken matter 

 of despair of his return to court and favour. And so 

 the means of present mischief being taken away, and 

 the humours not stirred, this matter fell asleep, and 

 the thread of his purposes was cut off. For coming 

 over about the end of September, and not denied 

 access and conference with her majesty, and then 

 being commanded. to his chamber at court for some 

 days, and from thence to the lord-keeper s house, it 

 was conceived that these were no ill signs. At my 

 lord-keeper s house he remained till some few days 

 before Easter, and then was removed to his own 

 house, under the custody of Sir Richard Barkley, 



