They answered that "it was past their remedy; for that otherwise they had in commandment." "Well," said she, "if it be so, my Lords! I must needs obey it: protesting before all your Honours, that here now steppeth as true a subject as ever was, towards the Queen's Highness. And before thee, O GOD! I speak it; having none other friends, but only Thee!" The Lords declared unto her that "there was no time then to try the truth." "You have said well, my Lords!" quoth she, "I am sorry that I have troubled you!" So then they passed on [_i.e., through the Traitor's Gate_], and went into the Tower: where were a great company of harnessed men, and armed soldiers warding on both sides: whereat she being amazed, called the Lords to her, and demanded "the cause, why those poor men stood there?" They declared unto her, that "it was the use and order of the place so to do." "And if it be," quoth she, "for my cause; I beseech you that they may be dismissed." Whereat, the poor men kneeled down, and with one voice, desired GOD to preserve Her Grace; who, the next day, were released of their cold coats. After this, passing a little further, she sat down upon a cold stone, and there rested herself. To whom, the Lieutenant [_Lord CHANDOS, see p._ 78] then being, said, "Madam, you were best to come out of the rain! for you sit unwholesomely." She then replying, answered again, "Better sitting here, than in a worse place! For, GOD knoweth! I know not whither you will bring me!" With that, her Gentleman Usher wept. She demanded of him, "What he meant so uncomfortably to use her, seeing she took him to be her comforter, and not her dis-mayer: especially for that she knew her truth to be such, that no man should have cause to weep for her." But forth she went into the prison. The doors were locked and bolted upon her; which did not a little discomfort and dismay Her Grace. At what time, she called to her gentlewoman for her book [_i.e., her Bible_], desiring GOD, "Not to suffer her to build her foundation upon the sands, but upon the rocks! whereby all blasts of blustering weather should have no power against her." After the doors were thus locked, and she close shut up; the Lords had great conference how to keep ward and watch, every man declaring his opinion in that behalf, agreeing straightly and circumspectly to keep her: while that one of them, I mean the Lord of SUSSEX, swearing, said, "My Lords! let us take heed! and do no more than our Commission will bear us! whatsoever shall happen hereafter. And, further, let us consider that she was the King our Master's daughter! and therefore let us use such dealing, that we may answer unto it hereafter, if it shall so happen! For just dealing," said he, "is always answerable." Whereunto the other Lords agreed that it was well said of him: and thereupon departed.