ઃઃ "CHAUNCELOR. HALES. "Mafter Hales, ye fhall vnderstand that like as the Quenes Highnes hath hertofore receiuid "good opinion of you, especiallie, for that ye "ftoode both faithfullie and laufulli in hir cause "of iuft fucceffion, refufing to fet your hande "to the booke amonge others that were against "hir Grace in that behalfe: fo nowe through your owne late defertes: against certain hir "Highnes dooinges: ye ftande not well in hir "Graces fauour. And therfor, before ye take "anie othe, it fhal be neceffarie for you to make 66 your purgation. 66 HALES. "I praie you my Lorde, what is the caufe? "Informatiō is geuen that ye haue indicted "certain pristes in Kent, for faiing of Maffe. 66 HALES. "Mi Lorde it is not fo. I indicted none, but "in dede certaine indictamentes of like matter wer brought before me at the laste affises there holdē, and I gaue order therein as the lawe re quired. For I haue profeffed the law, against "which, in cases of iuftice wil I neuer (God willinge) procede, nor in ani wife diffemble, 66 K 4 " but "but with the fame fhewe forth mi confcience, "and if it were to do againe, I wolde doe no ❝leffe then I did. "Yea master Hales, your cōfience is knowne "wel inough. I know ye lacke no conscience. "Mi Lord, ye mai do wel to ferch your owne "confcience, for mine is better knowne to mie "felfe then to you, and to be plaine, I did afwell "vfe iuftice in your faide Masse case bi mi "cōscience as bi the law, wherin I am fulli bent "to ftand in trial to the vttermoft that can be "obiected. And if I haue therin done ani iniuri " or wrōg: let me be iudged bi the lawe, for I "will feeke no better defence, confidering chiefli "that it is mi profeffion. "Whi master Hales, althoughe ye had the "rigour of the law on your fide, yet ye might "haue hadde regard to the Quenes Highnes pre"fet doinges in that cafe. And further although ' ye feme to be more then precife in the lawe: yet I thinke ye wolde be veri loth to yelde to "the extremitie of fuche aduantage as mighte be gathered againste your proceedinges in the ' "lawe, "lawe, as ye haue fome time taken vppon you in place of iuftice. And if it were well tried, I "beleue ye fhuld not be wel able to stand ho"neftli therto. "HALES. "Mi Lord i am not fo perfect but i mai erre "for lacke of knowledge. But both in con"fience & fuch knoledge of the law as God "hath geue me, i wil do nothing but i wil "maintain and abide in it. And if mi goodes "and all that I haue be not able to counterpaise "the cafe: mi bodie fhal be redi to ferue the turne, for thei be all at the Quenes Highnesse pleasure. 66 cc CHAUNCELOR. "Ah fir, ye be veri quicke & ftoute in your "anfwers. But as it shoulde feme, that which 66 ye did was more of a will, fauouring the opi"nion of your Religion against the Seruice "nowe vfed, then for ani occafio or zeale of "iuftice, feinge the Quenes Highnes dooth fet "it furthe, as yet wishinge all hir faithful sub"iectes to imbrace it accordingli: & where ye "offer both bodie and goodes in your triall, "there is no fuch matter required at youre handes, and yet ye fhall not haue your owne " will neither. "HALES. "My Lord, I feke not wilful will, but to fhew "my felf as i am bound in loue to God, and "obedience to the Quenes Maieftie, in whose "cause willingly for iuftice fake (al other respectes "fet apart) i did of late (as your Lordship "knoeth) aduenture as much as i had. And "as for my religion, i truft it to be fuche as pleaseth God, wherin i am redy to aduenture "afwell my life as my fubftauce, if i be called "therunto. And fo in lacke of mine owne 66 power ad wil, the Lordes wil be fulfilled. CHAUNCELOR. "Seing ye be at this point Mafter Hales, i "wil presently make an end with you. The Quenes Highnes fhal be enfourmed of youre "opinion, and declaration. And as hir Grace "shall therupon determine, ye fhall haue kno ledge, vntil whiche tyme ye may depart, as ye "came without your oth, for as it appeareth, ye ar scarfe worthi the place appointed. t HALES. "I thancke your Lordship, and as for my "vocation, being both a burthen and a charge, "more than euer i defired to take vpon me, "whenfoeuer it fhal please the Quenes Highnes ❝ to " to ease me thereof: i fhall mooft humbli with "due contentation obei the fame. "And fo departed from SIR NICHOLAS THROCKMORTON was arraigned for high treafon before the Lord Mayor of London and fome of the principal nobility and Judges of the realm, for being concerned in Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion. The jury, however, acquitted him, against the pleafure of the Judges, and in spite of their menaces. They were all imprisoned for this terrible offence: fome of them were fined, and paid 500 marks a-piece, according to Stowe; the rest were fined fmaller fums, and, after their discharge from confinement, ordered to attend the Council-table at a minute's warning. "In one of the trials about this time," fays Fuller," the following occurrence took place: "A perfon tried for treafon, as the jury were "about to leave the bar, requested them to confider a ftatute which he thought made very "much for him. Sirrah, cried out one of the Judges, I know that statute better than you "do. |