to geue them strength. At the entryng to London, then were they pinoned and so came into the city, as the picture herafter folowing doth describe, but first let vs declare cōcerning their taking & their attachers, cōteined in the Commissaries letter, writen to Boner: then, þ^e indenture made betwene the Cōmissioners & the popishe Commissary. The letter of the Commissary is this.

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AFter my duety doone in receyuing & accōplishing your honorable & most louyng letters, dated the. 7. of August, Be it knowen vnto your Lordship, þ^t the. xxviii. of August, MarginaliaCommissioners seasing vppon the goodes of thē whiche fled ouer the seasthe Lorde of Oxenforde, Lord Darcy, N. Tyrell, A. Brown, W. Bendlowes, G. Tirel, Ric. weston, Roger Appleton published their commission to sease the landes and tenements and goodes of the fugitiues, so that the owners should haue neither vse nor cōmoditie thereof, but by inuentorye remaine in safe keping, vnto the cause wer determined.

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And also there was likewise proclaimed the Quenes graces warrant, for the restitution of the church goodes within Colchester, and the hundreds therabout, to the vse of gods seruice. And then were called the parishes particularly, and the Heretikes partly committed to my examination. And that diuers persones should certify me of theyr ornamentes of their churches, betwixt this and the Iustices next appearaūce, which shalbe on Mighelmasse euē next. And that parish which had presented at two seuerall tymes, to haue all ornamentes, with other liuinges in good order, were exonerated for euer, to they were warned againe, and others to make theyr appearaunce, from tyme to tyme. And those names blotted in the indenture, wer indited for Treason, fugitiues, or disobedients, and were putte foorth by maister Brownes commaundement. And before the sealing, my Lorde Darcy sayd vnto me a part, and maister Bendlowes, that I shoulde haue sufficient time to send vnto your Lordshyppe, yea, if nede were, the Heretikes to remayne in duraunce, tyll I hadde an aunswer from you: yea to the Lorde Legates graces commissyoners come into the countrey. And mayster Browne 

came vnto me in my Lorde Darcies house and parlour, belonging vnto mayster Barnaby, before my said Lord and all the Iustyces, and layd his hand of my shoulder with a smiling countenaunce, and desired me to make his heartye commendations vnto youre good Lordship, and asked me if I would, and I saide yea, with a good will. wherfore I was glad, & hought that I should not haue bene charged with so soddeyn cariage. But after the Diner the Iustices counselled with the Bailiffes, and with the Gaolers, and then after tooke me vn-

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to them, and made collation of the indentures, and sealed: and then maister Brown commaūded me this after noone, being the. xxx. of August, to goe and receiue my prisoners by and by. And then I said, it is an vnreasonable commaundement, for that I haue attended of you here these thre dayes, and this Sonday early I haue sent home my men. wherfore I desyre you to haue a conueniēt time appointed, wher in I may know whether it will please my lord my maister to send his commissioners hether, or that I shall make cariage of them vnto hys Lordship. Then maister Brown. we are certyfied that the counsel hath writtē vnto your master to make spede, and to rid these prisoners out of his hande: therfore go receiue your prysoners in hast. Then I. Sir I shall receyue them within tenne dayes. Then maister Browne. The limitation lyeth in vs, and not in you. wherfore get you hence.

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Syr, ye haue indited and deliuered me by this indenture, whose faith or opiniōs I know not, trusting that ye will graunt me a tyme to examine them, least I should punish the catholikes. Well sayde mayster Browne, for that cause ye shall haue tyme betwixte thys and wednisdaye. And I saye vnto you maister bailiffes, yf hee dooe not receyue them at youre handes on wednisdaye, sette open your dores and let them go.

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Then I. My Lorde and maisters all, I promyse to discharge the towne and conntrey of these heretiques within tenne daies. Then my Lorde Darcy saide: Commissarye, we dooe and muste all agree in one. wherefore dooe you receiue them, on, or before wednisday.

Then I. My Lorde, the laste I caried, I was goyng betwixt the Castell, & sainct Katherins chappel, two howers and an half, and in great presse and daunger: wherfore this may bee in desire your lordshippe to geue in commaundement vnto my maister Saier, Bailye here present, for to ayde me throughe hys lybertyes, not onely with men and weapons, but that the town clerke may be ready there with his boke to write the names of the most busy persones, and this vpon thre houres warnyng, all which my lorde and maister Browne commaunded. And the. xxxi. of August, william Goodwin of Muchbyrche, husbandman, thys bringer, and Thomas Alsey of Copforde your Lordshippes apparitour of youre consistorye in Colchester, couenaunted with me that they should hyer. ii. other menne at the least, wherof one should be a bowman, to come to me the next day about. 2. of the clocke at after noone, so that I myghte recite this bargayne before maister Archdeacon, and pay the money, that is. xlvi. shillyngs viii. pence. Wherefore they shoulde then goe foorth with me vnto Colchester, and on Wednisdaye before thre of the clocke in þ^e morning

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