15.1. Richard duke of Yorke to king Henrie againe.
Richard duke of Yorke to king Henrie againe.
_PLease it your highnesse tenderlie to consi|der, that great murmur and grudging is vniuersallie in this your realme, in that iu|stice is not dulie ministred to such as trespasse and of|fend against you lawes, and in especiall of them that be indicted of treason, and other being openlie noised of the same; whereby great inconueniences haue fal|len, and great is like to fall hereafter in your said realme, which God defend: but if by your highnesse prouision conuenable be made for due reformation and punishment in this behalfe. Wherefore I your humble subiect and true liegeman, Richard duke of Yorke, willing as effectuallie as I can, and desiring the suertie and prosperitie of your most roiall person, and the welfare of this your noble realme, counsell and aduertise your excellencie, for the conseruation of good tranquillitie and peaceable rule among all o|ther subiects, for to ordeine and prouide, that true iu|stice be had, against all such that so be indicted, or o|penlie named: wherein I offer my selfe, and will put my indeuour for to execute your commandement in the premisses, for the punishing of such offendors, and redresse of the said misrules, to my might and power. And for the hastie execution hereof, like it your highnesse, to addresse these letters of priuie seale and writs to your officers and ministers, to doo, take, and arrest, all such persons so noised and indic|ted, of what estate, degree, or condition soeuer they be, and them to commit to the Tower of London, and to other of your prisons, there to abide without baile or maineprise, vntill the time they be vtterlie tried, and determined after the course of your lawes.
15.1. The ansvver of king Henrie to the duke of Yorke.
The ansvver of king Henrie to the duke of Yorke.
_COosine, as touching your bill last put vp to vs, we vnderstand well that ye (of good heart) counsell and aduertise vs to the setting vp of EEBO page image 639 iustice, and to the speedie punishing of some persons indicted or noised, offering your seruice to be readie at commandement in the same, sith it is that for ma|nie causes moouing vs to haue determined in our soule, to stablish a sad, and a substantiall councell, gi|uing them more ample authoritie and power than e|uer we did before this, in the which we haue appointed you to be one. But sith it is not accustomed, sure, nor expedient, to take a conclusion & conduct by aduise or counsell of one person by himselfe for the conserua|tion, it is obserued that the greatest and the best, the rich and the poore, in libertie, vertue, and effect of your voices be equall. We haue therfore determined within our selfe to send for our chancellour of Eng|land, and for other lords of our councell, yea and all other, togither within short time ripelie to common of these and other our great matters. In which com|munication, such conclusion (by the grace of God) shall be taken, as shall sound to his pleasure, the weale of vs and our land, as well in these matters as in anie other.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After all this adoo, it was so agreed vpon by ad|uise, for the auoiding of bloudshed, and pacifieng of the duke and his people, that the duke of Summer|set was committed to ward, as some say; or else com|manded to kéepe himselfe priuie in his owne house for a time. Whethamsted But it should seeme by that which some haue written, that the duke of Yorke was deceiued of the hope which he had, to be aided of the Kentish|men; insomuch that when he saw himselfe ouermat|ched by the king in number of people, who had got to|gither thrice as manie men as the duke had there with him, the duke was the more easie to be dealt with. And so comming to the king, and submitting himselfe by mediation of certeine of the nobilitie, he obteined pardon of that his former presumptuous enterprise. And within a few daies after his com|ming to London with the king, he openlie in the church of S. Paule (the king being present) receiued a solemne oth,The duke of Yorks recon|ciliation to the king. that from thenceforth, he should no more commit any such offense, nor attempt anie thing, ei|ther against the king, or any other of his liege peo|ple, contrarie to the order of law and iustice.