The daie being once knowne vnto the worship|full gentlemen of the countrie, and other, as abbats, and priors,The cardinall knoweth not that he was to be arrested of treason. and notice of his installation, they sent in such prouision of vittels, that it is almost incredi|ble, all which was vnknowne to the cardinall, for as much as he was preuented and disappointed of his purpose, by the reason that he was arrested of high treason, as yée shall héereafter heare. So that most part of this former prouision that I speake of, was sent vnto Yorke the same daie of his arrest, and the next daie following: for his arrest was kept as close as could be. The order of his arrest was thus. It was appointed by the king & counsell, that sir Walter Walsh knight, one of the kings priuie chamber, should be sent downe with a commission into the north vnto the earle of Northumberland (who was sometime brought vp in house with the cardinall) and they twaine being iointlie in commission to arrest the cardinall of high treason, maister Walsh tooke his horsse at the court gate, about noone, vpon Alhal|lowes daie, toward the earle of Northumberland.

Prognostica|tions of the cardinals ru|ine or fall.And now haue I occasion to declare what hap|pened about the same time, which peraduenture sig|nified the troubles following to the cardinall. The cardinall sitting at dinner vpon Alhallowes daie, hauing at his boords end diuerse chapleins sitting at dinner, yée shall vnderstand that the cardinals great crosse stood in a corner at the tables end, leaning a|gainst the hanging, and when the boords end was ta|ken vp, and a conuenient time for the chapleins to arise, one doctor Augustine a Uenecian, and physici|an to the cardinall, rising from the table with the o|ther, hauing vpon him a great gowne of boisterous veluet, ouerthrew the crosse, which trailing downe a|long the tappet, with the point of one of the crosses, brake doctor Bonars head that the bloud ran downe,Doctor Bo|nars head broken. the companie there standing greatlie astonied with the chance.

The cardinall perceiuing the same, demanded what the matter meant of their sudden amaze? And they shewed him of the fall of his crosse vpon doctor Bonars head. Hath it (quoth he) drawne anie bloud? Yea forsooth my lord (quoth they.) With that he cast his eies aside, & shaking his head, said Malum omen, & therewith saieng grace, rose from the table, & went to his chamber. Now marke the signification how the cardinall expounded this matter at Pomfret af|ter his fall. First, yée shall vnderstand,How the car|dinall expoun|ded the fall of his crosse. that the crosse which he bare as archbishop of Yorke, signified him|selfe; and Augustine the physician who ouerthrew the crosse, was onelie he that accused the cardinall, whereby his enimies caught an occasion to ouer|throw him: it fell vpon doctor Bonars head, who was maister of the cardinals faculties and spirituall iu|risdictions, and was then damnified by the ouerthrow of the crosse: yea, and more ouer, drawing bloud of him, betokened death, which shortlie after did insue.