Upon saturdaie following, two lords of the coun|cell (the one was the earle of Sussex, the other shall be namelesse) came and certified hir grace, that forth|with she must go vnto the tower, the barge being prepared for hir, and the tide now readie, which tarieth for no bodie. In heauie mood hir grace requested the lords that she might tarie another tide, trusting that the next would be better and more comfortable. But one of the lords replied, that nether tide nor time was to be delaied. And when hir grace requested him that she might be suffered to write to the quéenes maie|stie,The hard dea|ling of a cer|teine lord with the ladie Elizabeth. The earle of Sussex gentle to the ladie Elizabeth. Ladie Eliza|beth writeth to the quéene but it would not seru [...]. he answered, that he durst not permit that: ad|ding that in his iudgement it would rather hurt, than profit hir grace in so dooing. But the other lord, more courteous and fauorable (who was the earle of Sussex) knéeling downe, said she should haue liber|tie to write; and as he was a true man, he would de|liuer it to the quéenes highnesse, & bring an answer of the same, what soeuer came thereof. Wherevpon she wrote, albeit she could in no case be suffered to speake with the queene to hir great discomfort, being no offendor against the queenes maiestie.

And thus the tide and time passed awaie for that season, they priuilie appointing all things readie that she should go the next tide which fell about midnight: but for feare she should be taken by the waie, they durst not. So they staied till the next daie, being Palmesundaie, when about nine of the clocke these two returned againe, declaring that it was time for hir grace to depart; she answering: If there be no re|medie, I must be content, willing the lords to go be|fore. Being come foorth into the garden, she did cast vp hir eies toward the window, thinking to haue séene the queene, which she could not. Whereat she said she maruelled much what the nobilitie of the realme meant, which in that sort would suffer hir to be led into captiuitie, the Lord knew whither, for she did not. In the meane time commandement was giuen in all London, that euerie one should keepe the church and carie their palmes, while in the meane sea|son she might be conueied without all recourse of people into the tower.

After all this, she tooke hir barge with the two fore|said lords, thrée of the quéenes gentlewomen,Ladie Eliza|beth sent to the tower. and thrée of hir owne, hir gentleman vsher, and two of hir groomes, lieng & houering vpon the water a cer|teine space, for that they could not shoot the bridge, the bargemen being verie vnwilling to shoot the same so soone as they bad, bicause of the danger ther|of: for the sterne of the boat stroke vpon the ground, the fall was so big, and the water was so shallow, that the boat being vnder the bridge, there staied a|gaine a while. At landing, she first staied, and denied to land at those staires where all traitors and offen|dors customablie vsed to land, neither well could she vnlesse she should go ouer hir shoo. The lords were gone out of the boat before, and asked why she came not. One of the lords went backe againe to hir, and brought word she would not come. Then said one of the lords which shall be namelesse, that she should not choose: and bicause it did then raine, he offered to hir his cloke, which she (putting it backe with hir hand with a good dash) refused. So she comming out, ha|uing one foot vpon the staire, said;The words of ladie Eliza|beth entring the tower. Here landeth as true a subiect being prisoner, as euer landed at these staires: and before thée O God I speake it, hauing none other fréends but thee alone.