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"attending it, wher it continued added to the Counsel, "a good whil ftandinge in the "drawinge chamber, wher it was watched all "night by feuerall Lo: and Ladies; my mother

fittinge vp wth it 2 or 3 nights; but my La: "would not giue me leaue to watch by reason "I was heald too yeonge. At this tyme we

vfed to goe verie mutch to Whithall, and "wa'ked mutch in the garden, wch was much "frequented wth Lords and Ladies, being all full

of feuerall hopes, euerie man expectinge moun ❝taines and findinge mole hills, exceptinge St "Robert Cicill and ye houfe of the Howards, "who hated my mother, and did not much loue "my aunt of Warwicke.

"About this tyme my Lo: of Southampton "was enlarged of his emprisonment out of the "Tower. When the corps of

Queene Eliz:

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' Queene Elizabeth had continued "at Whithall as longe as the Coun"fell had thought fit, it was caried "from thence wth great folemnitie to Westminfter, the Lords and Ladies goinge on foot to "attend it, my mother and my aunt of Warwick "being mourners, but I was not alowed to be "one because I was not high enoughe, wch did "mutch trouble me then; but yet I ftood in the

church at Westminster to fe the folemnitie ❝ performed.

"A little

"A little after this my Lady and a great deale "of other companie, as M Elizab: Bridges,

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my La: Newton and hir daughter, my La: “Finch, went downe with my aunt of Warwick "to North hall, and from thence we all went to "Tibbals to fe the Kinge, who vsed my mother " and my aunt very gratiouflie; but we all faw "a great chaunge betweene the fashion of the "Court as it was now, and of y' in y° Queene's, y: "for we were all lowzy by fittinge in S Tho mas Erfkin's chamber.

A difpute between Geo. E: of Cumberland & the Lrd Burleigh,about carrying the fword before the King at York, adjudged in favour of the f Earl.

"As the Kinge came out of "Scotland, when he lay at Yeorke, "ther was a ftriffe betweene my "father and my Lord Burleighe, "who was then Prefident, who "fhould carie the fword; but it "was adiudged one my father's "fide, because it was his office "by inheritaunce, and fo is lineally defended 66 on me.

"From Tibballs the Kinge went to Charter"houfe, wher my Lo: Tho: Howard was "created Earle of Suffolke, and my Lo: Mont❝ioy Earle of Deuonfhire, and restored my Lo: "of Southampton and Effex who ftood attaint«ed; likewife he created many Barrons, amongst

"wth my vnckle Ruffel was made Lo: Ruffell "of Thorney; and for Knights, they weare in"nuemerable.

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"All this Springe I had my health verie well.

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"My father vsed to come fome tymes to vs at "Clerken well, but not often; for he had at "this tyme, as it weare, whollie left my mother: "yet the houfe was kept still at his charge.

"About this tyme my aunt of Bath and hir "Lord came to London, and brought wth them "my Lo: Fitzwaren and my cozen Fraunces "Bourcher, whom I mett at Bagshot, wher I lay "all night wth my cozen Fraunces Bourcher and "Mrs. Marie Carie, wch was the first beginnings "of the greatnes betweene vs. About 5 mile

from London ther mett them my mother, my "Lo: of Bedford and his La: my unckle Ruffell "and much other companie, foe that we weare "in number about 300, we did all accompanie "them to Bath House, wher they continued "most of that fommer, whether I went dailie " and visited them, and grew more inward wh my cozen Fraunces and Mrs. Cary.

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"About this tyme my aunt of Warwick went to meete the Queene, haueinge Mrs. Bridges "wh hir, and my [coufin] Anne Vauifor; my

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"mother and I fhould have gone w'h them, but "that hir horfes, wch fhe borrowed of Mr. Elmes ❝and old Mr. Hickley, weare not ready; yet I "went the fame night and ouertooke my aunt

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at Ditten Hanger, my Lady Blunt's house, "wher my mother came the next day to me "about noone, my aunt being gone before, "Then my mother and I went on o' iorney to "ouertake hir, and kild 3 horfes that day wth "extreamitie of heate, and came to Wreft, my "Lord of Kent's houfe*, where we found the "dores fhutt, and none in the house but one ❝fervaunt, who only had the keyes of the hall, "fo that we weare enforced to lie in the hall all "night, till towards morneinge, at wch tyme "came a man and lett vs into the higher roomes, "wher we flept 3 or 4 howers.

"This morneinge we hafted away betyme, and

came that night to Rockingham Castle, wher "we ouertooke my aunt of Warwick and hir "companie, wher we continued a day or two

wh old S Edward Watfon and his Lady.

Then we went to my La: Nedums, who once "ferued my aunt of Warwick, and from thence 66 to a fifter of hirs whofe name I haue forgotten. "Thither came my La; of Bedford, who was

* In Hertfordshire, the feat at this time of Lady Hardwicke, the reprefentative of the Kent family.

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then fo great a woman with the Queene as "euerie body much refpected hir, fhe haueinge "attended the Queene from out of Scotland.

"The next day we went to M. Griffin of "Dinglies, wh was the first tyme I euer faw the "Queene and Prince Henrie, wher fhe kiffed vs "all, and vfed vs kindly. Thither came my "La: of Suffolk, my yeonge La: Darby, and

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my La: Walfingham, wch 3 Ladies wear the 66 great fauorits of S Robert Sicill. That night we went alonge wth the Queene's traine, ther beinge an infinit companie of coaches; and, "as I take it, my aunt and my mother and I

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lay at S Ritchard Knightlies, wher my La: "Eliz. Knightly made exceedinglie much of vs. "The fame night my mother and I, and my "coz. Ann Vauifor rid on horfeback throw "Couentrie, and went to a gentleman's house "wher y La: Eliz. hir grace lay, wch was the "first tyme I ever faw hir, my La: Kildare and "ye La: Harington being hir gouerneffes. The "fame night we returned to S. Ritchard "Knightlies.

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