[1] Which sute for licence to haue reteiners, and to conueie such armors and habillements of warre, the said Gilbert, the twentith daie of Maie, in the said ninth yeare, and diuerse other daies before and after, at London, and east Gréenewich did follow, labou|ring earnestlie, both to the king and councell, for ob|teining the same. On the twentith daie of Iulie in the said ninth yeare, the said duke sent the said Gil|bert vnto Henton aforesaid, to vnderstand of the said moonke Nicholas Hopkins,A fa [...]se pro|phesieng moonke. what he heard of him: and the moonke sent him word, that before Christmas next there should be a change, & that the duke should haue the rule and gouernment of all England. And moreouer, the twentith of Februarie, in the eleuenth yeare of the kings reigne, at Blechingleie in the countie of Surrie, the said duke said vnto the said Robert Gilbert his chancellor, that he did expect and tarie for a time more conuenient to atchiue his pur|pose, and that it might easilie be doone, if the nobles of this realme would declare their minds togither: but some of them mistrusted, and feared to shew their minds togither: and that marred all.