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and so departed from the lord Keeper, &c. leaving 

 the lord Keeper, &c. and divers of the gentlemen 

 pensioners in that chamber, guarded by Sir John 

 Davis, Francis Tresham, and Owen Salisbury, with 

 musquet shot, where they continued until Sir Fer- 

 dinando Gorge came and delivered them about four 

 of the clock in the afternoon. 



In the mean time, we did often require Sir John 

 Davis, and Francis Tresham, to suffer us to depart, 

 or at the least to suffer some one of us to go to the 

 queen s majesty, to inform her where and in what 

 sort we were kept. But they answered, That my 

 lord, meaning the earl of Essex, had commanded 

 that we should not depart before his return, which, 

 they said, would be very shortly, 

 THOMAS EGERTON, C. S. 

 EDWARD WORCESTER, JOHN POPHAM. 



The examination of ROGER earl of RUTLAND, the 

 12th of February, 1600, taken before Sir THOMAS 

 EGERTON, lord Keeper of the great seal ; the lord 

 BUCKHURST, lord High Treasurer ; the earl of 

 NOTTINGHAM, lord High Admiral ; Sir ROBERT 

 CECIL, principal Secretary ; and Sir Jo. POPHAM, 

 lord Chief Justice of England. 



HE saith, that at his coming to Essex-house on 

 Sunday morning last, he found there with the earl 

 of Essex, the lord fc Sandys, and the lord Chandos, 

 and divers knights and gentlemen. And the earl of 

 Essex told this examinate, that his life was practised 

 to be taken away by the lord Cobham, and Sir Wai- 



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