[1] Whilest the armie (as ye haue heard) laie idle in the north parts, there were certeine letters found by a poore man about London,Treason in letters writ|tẽ by sir Rafe Ferrers to certeine French lords. who deliuered them vn|to the worthie citizen Iohn Philpot, who calling vnto him certeine other worshipfull citizens, opened one of them, in which was conteined matter of high trea|son: and perceiuing by the scale that it belonged vn|to sir Rafe Ferrers knight, one of the kings priuie councell, deliuered that letter with foure other let|ters closed with the same seale, first to the lord chan|cellor, and after to the king, the which being read and the seale knowne to be the said sir Rafe Ferrers his seale, manie greatlie maruelled that so ancient a knight, and one in whom so great trust was put, should go about any such treasons.