Here the conestable, being at the first not verie well pleased with the comming in of such a compa|nie against his will, would haue had his men still to haue serued with hir graces men. Which hir seruants at no hand would suffer,Uariance betweene the lord chamber|leine & ladie Elisabeths seruants. desiring his lordship to be contented: for that order was taken, that no stran|ger should come within their offices. At which an|swer being sore displeased, he brake out into these threatning words: Well (said he) I will handle you well inough. Then went he into the kitchin, and there would néeds haue his meat rosted with hir gra|ces meat, & said that his cooke should come thither and dresse it. To that hir graces cooke answered; My lord, I will neuer suffer anie stranger to come about hir diet, but hir owne sworne men, so long as I liue. He said they shuld. But the cooke said, his lordship should pardon him for that matter. Thus did he trouble hir poore seruants verie stoutlie: though afterwards he were otherwise aduised, and they more courteouslie vsed at his hands. And good cause why, for he had good cheare, and fared of the best; and hir grace paied well for it. Wherefore he vsed himselfe afterwards more reuerentlie toward hir grace.

After this sort, hauing lien a whole moneth there in close prison, and being verie euill at ease therwith|all, she sent for the lord chamberleine, and the lord EEBO page image 1155 Shandois, to come and speake with hir. Who com|ming, she requested them that she might haue liber|tie to walke in some place, for that she felt hirselfe not well.Ladie Elisa|beth denied the libertie of the tower. To the which they answered, that they were right sorie that they could not satisfie hir graces re|quest, for that they had commandement to the con|trarie, which they durst not in anie wise breake. Fur|thermore, she desired of them, if that could not bee granted, that she might walke but into the queenes lodging. No nor yet that (they answered) could by anie meanes be obteined without a further sute to the quéene and hir councell. Well (said she) my lords, if the matter be so hard that they must be sued vnto for so small a thing, and that friendship be so strict, God comfort me: and so they departed, she remai|ning in hir old dungeon still, without anie kind of comfort but onelie God.

The next daie after, the lord Shandois came againe vnto hir grace, declaring vnto hir that he had sued vnto the councell for further libertie. Some of them consented therevnto, diuerse other dissented, for that there were so manie prisoners in the tower. But in conclusion they did all agrée, that hir grace might walke into those lodgings, so that he & the lord cham|berleine, and three of the quéenes gentlewomen did accompanie hir, the windowes being shut, and shée not suffered to looke out at anie of them: wherewith she contented hirselfe, and gaue him thanks for his good will in that behalfe. Afterwards there was li|bertie granted to hir grace to walke in a little gar|den,Libertie gran+ted to ladie Elisabeth to walke in a little garden. the doores and gates being shut vp, which not|withstanding was as much discomfort vnto hir, as the walke in the garden was pleasant and accepta|ble. At which times of hir walking there, the priso|ners on that side strictlie were commanded not to speake or looke out at the windows into the garden, till hir grace were gone out againe, hauing in consi|deration thereof, their keepers waiting vpon them for that time. Thus hir grace with this small libertie contented hir selfe in God, to whome be praise there|fore.