Compare 1577 edition: 1 And then the said moonke told de la Court, that neither the king nor his heires should prosper, and that I should indeuour my selfe to purchase the good wils of the communaltie of England; for I the same duke and my bloud should prosper, and haue the rule of the realme of England. Then said Charles Kne|uet; The moonke maie be deceiued through the diuels illusion: and that it was euill to meddle with such matters. Well (said the duke) it cannot hurt me, and so (saith the indictment) the duke séemed to reioise in the moonks woords. And further, at the same time,But the end of that ioy was heaui|nesse. the duke told the said Charles, that if the king had misca|ried now in his last sicknesse, he would haue chopped off the heads of the cardinall, of sir Thomas Louell knight, and of others; and also said, that he had rather die for it, than to be vsed as he had beene.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreover, on the tenth daie of September, in the said eleuenth yere of this kings reigne, at Bleching|lie, in the countie of Surrie, walking in the gallerie there with George neuill knight, lord Aburgauen|nie, the duke murmuring against the kings coun|cellors, and there gouernment, said vnto the said George; that if the king died, he would haue the rule of the realme in spite of who so euer said the contra|rie; and withall said, that if the said lord Aburga|uennie would say, that the duke had spoken such words, he would fight with him, and lay his sword vpon his pate: & this he bound vp with manie great oths. These were the speciall articles & points com|prised in the indictment, and said to his charge: but how trulie, or in what sort prooued, I haue not fur|ther to say, either in accusing or excusing him, other than as I find in Hall and Polydor, whose words in effect, I haue thought to impart to the reader, and without anie parciall wrestling of the same either to or fro.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Sauing that (I that) I maie without offense saie, that (as the rumour then went) the cardinall chieflie procured the death of this noble man, no lesse fauou|red and beloued of the people of this realme in that season, than the cardinall himselfe was hated and en|uied. Which thing caused the dukes fall the more to be pitied and lamented, sith he was man of all EEBO page image 865 other, that chieflie went about to crosse the cardinall in his lordlie demeanor, & headie procéedings. But to the purpose. Shortlie after that the duke had béene in|dicted (as before ye haue heard) he was arreigned in Westminster hall,The duke of [...]ingham [...] at [...]minster. before the duke of Norffolke, be|ing made by the kings letters patents high steward of England, to accomplish the high cause of appeale of the péere or péeres of the realme, and to discerne and iudge the cause of the péeres.