As touching the maner of whose death,The maner of quéene Ma|ries death. some saie that she died of a timpanie, some by hir much sighing before hir death supposed she died of thought and sor|row. Wherevpon hir councell seeing hir sighing, and desirous to know the cause, to the end they might minister the more readie consolation vnto hir, fea|red (as they said) that she tooke some thought for the kings maiestie hir husband, which was gone from hir. To whome she answering againe; In deed (said she) that may be one cause, but that is not the grea|test wound that pearseth mine oppressed mind: but what that was she would not expresse to them. Albe|it afterward she opened the matter more plainlie to mistresse Rise and mistresse Clarentius (if it be true that they told me, which heard it of mistresse Rise himselfe) who then being most familiar with hir, and most bold about hir, told hir that they feared she tooke thought for king Philips departing from hir.Q. Marie tooke thought for the losse of Calis. Not that onelie (said she) but when I am dead and o|pened, you shall find Calis lieng in my hart, &c. Which one supposing to be true, hath left this report:

Hispani Caleto. oppidulo amisso contabuit vxor,

Quam cruciatu aegro confecerat anxia cura.

And here an end of quéene Marie, and of hir persecution, during the time of hir misgouernment. Of which quéene this trulie may be affirmed and left in storie for a perpetuall memoriall or epitaph for all kings and quéenes that shall succéed hir to be noted,More Eng|lish bloud spil|led in quéene Maries time, than euer was in anie kings reigne before hir. that before hir neuer was read in storie of a|nie king or quéene of England since the time of king Lucius, vnder whom in time of peace, by hang|ing, heading, burning, and prisoning: so much chri|stian bloud, so manie Englishmens liues were spil|led within this realme, as vnder the said quéene Ma|rie for the space of foure yeares was to be séene, and I beseech the Lord neuer may be séene hereafter.

Now, for so much as quéene Marie, during all the time of hir reigne,The reigne of quéene Marie how vnpros|perous it was both to hir & hir realme in all respects. was such a vehement aduersarie and persecutor against the sincere professors of Christ Iesus and his gospell: for the which there be manie which doo highlie magnifie and approue hir dooings therein, reputing hir religion to be sound and catho|like, and hir procéedings to be most acceptable and blessed of almightie God: to the intent therfore that all men may vnderstand, how the blessing of the Lord God did not onelie not procéed with hir procee|dings; but contrarie, rather how his manifest dis|pleasure euer wrought against hir, in plaging both hir and hir realme, and in subuerting all hir counsels and attempts, what soeuer she tooke in hand: we will bestow a litle time therein, to perpend and surueie the whole course of hir dooings and cheuances: and consider what successe she had in the same. Which be|ing well considered, we shall find neuer no reigne of anie prince in this land, or anie other, which had euer to shew in it (for the proportion of time) so manie ar|guments of Gods great wrath and displeasure, as was to be séene in the reigne of this queene Marie, EEBO page image 1161 whether we behold the shortnesse of hir time, or the vnfortunate euent of all hir purposes?Quéene Ma|rie neuer had good successe in anie thing she went a|bout. Who séemed neuer to purpose anie thing that came luckilie to passe, neither did anie thing frame to hir purpose, what soeuer she tooke in hand touching hir owne pri|uat affaires.