[1] Lacie came ſundry tymes thither to further
the worke, full glad to ſee them fall in vre with any ſuch exerciſe wherein
might they once begin to haue a delight, and taſt the ſweeteneſſe of a true
mans life, he thought it no ſmall token of re|formation: for whiche cauſe hee
viſited them the oftner, and merily would commaund his gentle|men (to giue the
labourers example) to take theyr tooles in hande, and to worke a ſeaſon, whyle
the poore ſoules looking on might reſt them. But this paſtime grewe to a
tragicall end: for on a time as each man was buſily occupied, ſome lading, ſome
heauing, ſome plaſtring, ſome grauing, the gene|rall alſo himſelfe digging with
a pickare, a deſpe|rate villayne among them, whoſe toole the noble man vſed,
eſpying both his hands occupyed, and his body enclining downewards, ſtill as he
ſtroke watched when hee ſo ſtouped,
1186 Lacy is tray|terouſly ſlayne