[1] And the better to be heard in their sute, they made friends as well with bribes and large gifts as other|wise, leauing no waies vnassaied to compasse their desires. Which gréedines in such multitude of suters, brought the commissioners, and others that had delt in the forfeitures into danger, and did themselues no good: for the councell perceiuing that it was not pos|sible to satisfie them all, refused to heare anie further complaints or sutes for restitution: but thought it best to commit those to prison, by whom the complai|nants pretended themselues to haue beene wronged. And herevpon was sir Richard Empson knight,Empson and Dudleie com|mitted to the Tower. and Edmund Dudleie esquier, great councellors to the late king attached, and brought to the Tower, there|by to quiet mens minds, that made such importu|nate sute to haue their monie againe restored, which in the late kings daies they had béene compelled to [page 800] disburse, thorough the rigorous procéedings, as they alleged, of the said two councellors, and others.