EXAMINATION OF ROGER EARL OF RUTLAND. 387 



come with weapons in their hands : and saith, That 

 the earl of Essex, at the end of the street where 

 sheriff Smith dwelt, cried out to the citizens, that 

 they did him harm, for that they came naked ; and 

 willed them to get them weapons ; and the earl of 

 Essex also cried out to the citizens, that the crown 

 of England was offered to be sold to the Infanta : 

 and saith, That the earl burned divers papers that 

 were in a little casket, whereof one was, as the earl 

 said, an history of his troubles : and saith. That 

 when they were assaulted in Essex-house, after 

 their return, they first resolved to have made a sally 

 out ; and the earl said, that he was determined to 

 die ; and yet in the end they changed their opinion, 

 and yielded : and saith, That the earl of Southamp 

 ton, Sir Christopher Blunt, and Sir John Davis, 

 advised the earl of Essex, that the lord Keeper and 

 his company should be detained : and this examinate 

 saith, That he heard divers there present cry out, 

 &quot; Kill them, kill them :&quot; and saith, That he thinketh 

 the earl of Essex intended, that after he had pos^ 

 sessed himself of the city, he would intreat the lord 

 Keeper and his company to accompany him to the 

 court. He saith, he heard Sir Christopher Blunt 

 say openly, in the presence of the earl of Essex and 

 others, how fearful, and in what several humours 

 they should find them at the court, when they came 

 thither. 



RUTLAND. 

 Exam, per TH. EGERTON, C. S. Ro. CECIL, 



T. BUCKHURST, Jo. POPHAM. 



NOTTINGHAM, 



