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to the Bishop of Ely under shew of exceeding loue ; but of 

 purpose to drawe him to his party, beginning with seuerall 

 familiar discourses, and extending to the full all the parts of 

 humanity and good-will. But it fell out that the Bishop carried 

 himselfe after such a manner (which is tfot much to be mareviled 

 at) as tended to the liber tie of the one, and utter ruine of the 

 other, this wrought by the ambition of the duke, that effected 

 by the wisdome of the p r late ; for by seuerall discourses finding 

 the Duke willing to confer with him about thes secrets, he 

 brought him along w th faire words and many bewitching 

 phraises, whereby he perceiued by certain abrupt speeches, y fc 

 the Duke's pride burst out now and then w tb some flashes of 

 enuie against the glorie of the King, w ch if the matter weare 

 well-handled, would both easily and very quickly induce him to 

 fall off fro' his alleagiance ; wheareupon he very cunningly 

 wrought upon him to goe forward in his p r tences, and yet soe 

 keeping himselfe w th in bounds, that he rather seemed to follow 

 then to lead him, ffor when the Duke in a certaine conference 

 began first to commend and extoll the King, inferring how 

 blessed the realme should be in his raigne, it is thus reported 

 that the Bishop answered: 



" Surely (most worthy prince) it were folly for me to dissemble, 

 and if I should sweere the contrary my speeches would carrie 

 noe credit w th you, therefore I wilbe plaine and open my minde 

 unto you, if the times had seconded my wishes and aavanced 

 King Henrie's son to the crowne, and not King Edward, I had 

 proued his true and faithfull subiect. But after the eternall 

 p'vidence had decided the controuersie otherwise, and ordained 

 King Edward to raigne, I thought it neither wisdome nor 

 charitie to striue with the King for a dead man's cause, and 

 applied myself to a dutifull subiect, and true chapleine to the 

 p r sent King, and would have bin glad if his children had suc- 

 ceeded him, but, seeing the diuine disposer of secrets hath 

 otherwise determined it, there is no kicking, as we say, against 

 the pricks, nor p r suming to turne the frame of heaven about ; 

 but as for the late p'tectour, now King," and with that 



