[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] After whose death, this yoong gentleman his sonne, being yet a child, was committed prisoner to the tower, where he remained vntill the beginning of the reigne of this quéene Marie (as before you haue heard.) This gentleman (as it appeared) was borne to be a prisoner, for from twelue yeares of age vnto thirtie, he had scarse two yeares libertie, within the which time he died, and obteined quiet, which in his life he could neuer haue. In the moneth of Maie next following,Ambassadors sent to treat a peace be|twéene the French king and the em|perour. cardinall Poole, who had bin a great la|bourer for peace betwéene the French king and the emperour, being accompanied with Stephan Gar|diner bishop of Winchester and chancellor of Eng|land, the erle of Arundell lord steward, and the lord Paget, were sent by the king and quéene ouer the sea to Calis, & from thence went to the towne of Marke where they met with the ambassadors of the emperor and the French king. From the emperour were sent the bishop of Arras with others. From the French king was sent the cardinall of Loraine, and the con|stable of France. In this treatie, cardinall Poole sat as president and vmpier in the name of the queene of England. This peace was greatlie laboured, where at the first, there was much hope, but in the end nothing was concluded: wherefore the seauen|teenth daie of Iune, this assemblie was dissolued, and the English ambassadours returned againe into England.