Original Letters^ 
3jO 
chaunce comm in tlie very instant to 
Lave turned it into a comedye:—for, 
upon the report of her JMaj*'®’* being 
Silt George Carye’s, W. Ravvley 
having gazed and syghed a long tyrne 
at liys studye window, fi5 whence he 
myght discerne tlie barges and boates 
aboute the Blackfryers siayres, soodaynly 
he brake owte into a great distemper, 
and sware j' hys enemyes hadd of pur¬ 
pose brought hyr Ma^‘® thither to breake 
his gaule in sounder Tantalus’ tor¬ 
ment; that, when shee went a waye, he 
myght see hys deathe before hys eyes, 
many such like concepts. And as a 
mann transported passion, he sware 
toS^ George Carye that he woide disguise 
hymselfe, and gett into a payr of cares 
to ease his mynde but with a syght of 
the Queene, or els he protesttid hys 
harte woide breake : But the trusty 
jayler wold non of y' , for displeasing 
the hygher powers as lie sayde, w®** he 
more respected, than the feeding of his 
humor; and so dattiye reluseri to permit 
hym. But, in conclusyon upon this dis¬ 
pute, they fell flatt ovvte to coleryck 
outrageous wordes, w'> siryving and 
struggling at the doores, y\ all lameness 
was forgotten, and in the furye of the 
conflyct, the jayler had hys newe peri* 
wigg tome off liis crowne; and yet heare 
the battle ended not, for at last they 
had gotten owt daggers, w';*' when I sawe, 
I played the siyckler betw’eene them, 
and I purchased such a rappe on my 
hnockles, y\ I wyshed both theyr pates 
broken, and so wV' much adoo they 
stayed theyr brawie to see my bloodyed 
fyngers. Att the fyrste I was readye to 
breake wV' laughinge to see these too so 
scramble and brawie like inadd men, 
untyll I sawe the iron walkying, and 
then I dvd my bcste to apease the fury. 
As yet, I cannotn-econcyle them by anye 
p“suasion5, for Walt, swares yb he 
shall hate hym for so restrayning hym 
fro the syght of his M“, wbylst he ly ves, 
ior y\ he knewe not (as he sayd) whe¬ 
ther ever he shall see hyr agayn, when 
she is gown the progresse. And 
George on-hys syde sweares he shold 
lose hys longinge tharr y^. he woide drawe 
on hyme her displeasure by such 
lybarty. Tlius they continew in mallyce 
smartynge, but I am sure all tlie 
snaarte lyghted on me.—-I cannot tell 
[Nov* I* 
whether I shold more allowe of the pav 
sionate lover or the trusty jaylor : But 
y\ yi seife had seene it as' I dyd, you 
wold have byn as hartely merry & sorry 
as evar you weare in all your lyfe for so 
shorte a tyme. I praye you pardon my 
hasty wrytten narration w'^!? I acquaynt 
you hopyng you will be y®. peace 
maker: butt good lett no body knowe 
heareot, for I feare W. Ilawiey wyie 
shortly growe to an Orlando Furioso, if 
the Bryghc Angelica p^severe agaynst 
hvm a little longer. 
1 ^ Honour’s humbly to be commanded, 
A. Gorges. 
London. In haste this Wensdaye. 
It you letc tlie Q ; Mag', know hereof, 
as you ihinck good be it so, but other- 
wyse good keep it secret for theyr 
credytt, for they know not of 
discourse, w'*' I could wish her 
knew. 
Superscribed, 
To the fionourable S^. Robert Cecyl, 
Knight of hyr Prevy CouncelK 
(In another hand.) 
26 Julij,i592. M*! A. Gorges to my Ml 
THE EARL OF STRAFFORD, FRO:'J UTRECHT. 
7 Maj'chy 171 f. 
Now the poor king (of Prussia) is dead, 
the world will begin to speak well of him, 
and really he had a great many good 
qualities : He was good-natured and af¬ 
fable ; he was generous and just; he 
loved his children and people; he was 
magnificent and charitable, and has lef; 
many monuments of great value, which 
will make him remembered hereafter. 
He was a great encourager of arts and 
sciences. He both made commerce and 
industry flourish among his people, and 
has ready rendered his family and domi¬ 
nions greater than he found them, with¬ 
out ever having ventured or risqued their 
ruin. He had some faults, as no man 
is perfect; his chief were being passion¬ 
ate and suspicious, which was a handle 
iil-designing people laid hold upon ; and, 
working upon his easy temper, made 
him do violent things, which, I am sa- 
tished, he almost as soon repented as he 
did them: but those who had power to 
make him do them, had power to per¬ 
suade him it was a mark cf weaknesj 
and irresolution to retract. 
Communkations cf Original Letters of Emine?it Fersons arc alzcays 
acceptable* 
SCARCE 
