[1] [2] [3] His prisoners Christopher Roper, George Dor|rell, and Iohn Tucke esquiers, who were kept some|what strict, for that they seemed sicklie, and finding within the towne no conuenient harborough or at|tendance,

Wiat suffereth his prisoners to go abrode vpon their word.

Wiat cõmeth into South|worke.

were licenced by sir Thomas Wiat, vpon promise of their worships to be true prisoners, to pro|uide for themselues out from the towne, where they best might. But they breaking promise with him, sought waies to escape and come no more at him. On saturdaie following verie earlie Wiat marched to Southworke, where approching the gate at Lon|don bridge foot, he called to them within to haue it o|pened: which he found not so readie as he looked for. After he had beene a little while in Southworke, and began to trench at the bridge foot, and set two peeces of ordinance against the gate, diuerse of his soldiors went to Winchester place, where one of them (be|ing a gentleman) began to fall to rifling of things found in the house. Wherewith sir Thomas Wiat seemed so much offended, that he threatned sore to hang him euen presentlie there vpon the wharfe, and so as he made others to beleeue he meant to haue doone, if capteine Bret and others had not intreated for him.