386 EXAMINATION OF ROGER EARL OF RUTLAND. 



ter Raleigh, when he was sent for to the council ; 

 and the earl said, that now he meant by the help of 

 his friends to defend himself : and saith, that the de 

 taining of the lord Keeper and the other lords sent 

 to the earl from the queen, was a stratagem of war ; 

 and saith, That the earl of Essex told him that Lon 

 don stood for him, and that sheriff Smith had given 

 him intelligence, that he would make as many men 

 to assist him as he could ; and farther the earl of 

 Essex said, that he meant to possess himself of the 

 city, the better to enable himself to revenge him on 

 his enemies, the lord Cobham, Sir Robert Cecil, and 

 Sir Walter Raleigh. And this examinate confesseth, 

 That he resolved to live and die with the earl of 

 Essex ; and that the earl of Essex did intend to 

 make his forces so strong, that her majesty should 

 nqt be able to resist him in the revenge of his ene 

 mies. And saith, That the earl of Essex was most 

 inward with the earl of Southampton, Sir Christo 

 pher Blunt, and others; who have of long time 

 shewed themselves discontented, and have advised 

 the earl of Essex to take other courses, and to stand 

 upon his guard : and saith, That when the earl of 

 Essex was talking with the lord Keeper, and other 

 the lords sent from her majesty, divers said, &quot; My 

 lord, they mean to abuse you, and you lose time.&quot; 

 And when the earl came to sheriff Smith s, he desired 

 him to send for the lord Mayor that he might speak with 

 him ; and as the earl went in the streets of London, this 

 examinate said to divers of the citizens, that if they 

 would needs come, that it was better for their safety to 



