Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane time,The like sto|rie you shall read of Caius Marius in Valerius Ma|ximus the se|cond booke and fift chap|ter. whilest these things were thus in dooing, the people by chance spied one sir Antho [...]ie Browne riding vnto the scaffold: which was the oc|casion of a new noise. For when they saw him com|ming, they coniectured that which was not true, but notwithstanding which they all wished for, that the king by that messenger had sent his vncle pardon: and therfore with great reioising and casting vp their caps, they cried out; Pardon, pardon is come: God saue the king. Thus this good duke,The great fa|uour of the people to the duke o [...] Sum|merset. although he was destitute of all mans helpe, yet he saw before his de|parture, in how great loue and fauour he was with all men. And trulie I doo not thinke, that in so great slaughter of dukes as hath béene in England within this few yeares, there was so manie weeping eies at one time: and not without cause. For all men did sée in the decaie of this duke, the publike ruine of all England, except such as indeed perceiued nothing.] The duke in the meane time standing still, both in the same place and mind wherin he was before, shaking his cap which he held in his hand, made a signe vnto the people that they should kéepe themselues quiet: which thing being doone, & silence obteined, he spake to them the second time in this maner.
21.1. The second speech of the duke of Summerset to the people.
The second speech of the duke of Summerset to the people.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 _DEerelie beloued friends, there is no such matter in hand, as you vainlie hope or beleeue. It seemeth thus good to almightie God, whose ordinance it is meet & necessarie that we be all obedient vnto. Wherfore I praie you all to be quiet, and without tumult: for I am euen now quiet, and let vs ioine in praier vnto the Lord, for the preseruation of our noble king, vnto whose maiestie I wish continu|all health, with all felicitie and abundance & all maner of prosperous successe: where|vnto the people cried out, Amen. Moreo|uer, I wish vnto all his councellors the grace and fauour of God, whereby they may rule althings vprightlie with iustice, vnto whome I exhort you all in the Lord to shew your selues obedient, the which is EEBO page image 1069 also verie necessarie for you, vnder the paine of condemnation, and also most pro|fitable for the preseruation and safegard of the kings maiestie. And forsomuch as here|tofore I haue had oftentimes affaires with diuers men; & that it is hard to please euerie man that hath beene offended or in|iuried by me, I most humblie require and aske them forgiuenesse: but especiallie al|mightie God, whome thoroughout all my life I haue most greeuouslie offended. And vnto all other, whatsoeuer they be that haue offended me, I doo with my whole heart forgiue them.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 And once againe (dearelie beloued in the Lord) I require that you will keepe your selues quiet and still, least thorough your tumult you might cause me to haue some trouble, which in this case would nothing at all profit me, neither be anie pleasure vnto you. For albeit the spirit be willing and readie, the flesh is fraile and wauering, and thorough your quietnesse I shall be much more the quieter: but if that you fall vnto tumult, it will be great trouble & no gaine at all vnto you. Moreo|uer, I desire you to beare me witnesse, that I die heere in the faith of Iesus Christ, desiring you to helpe me with your praiers, that I maie perseuere constant in the same vnto my liues end.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then he turning himselfe about knéeled downe vpon his knées,Doctor Cox the dukes [...]. vnto whome doctor Cox, which was there present, to counsell and aduertise him, deliue|red a certeine scroll into his hand, wherein was con|teined a briefe confession to God. Which being read, he stood vp againe on his féet, without anie trouble of mind as it appeared, and first bad the shiriffes fare|well, then the lieutenant of the tower, & certeine o|ther that were on the scaffold, taking them all by the hands. Then he gaue the executioner monie, which doone, he put off his gowne, and knéeling downe a|gaine in the straw, vntied his shirt strings: and then the executioner comming to him, turned downe his collar round about his necke, and all other things which did let and hinder him. Then he couering his face with his owne handkerchiefe, lifting vp his eies vnto heauen, where his onelie hope remained, laid himselfe downe along, shewing no maner of trou|ble or feare; neither did his countenance change, but that before his eies were couered there began to ap|péere a red colour in the middest of his cheeks.