‘To this question I beseche god that sum sauge and well experte man here amongyst vs p_re_sent may say the thyng that may be honorable to o_ur_ most Redowted souerayne and proffyttable this to his noble Realme, As for myne owne partye knowyng my most redowtyd Souerayns high pleasure Whereof we haue all by my saide lorde Cardinall_e_s grace ben_e_ so clerely enfo_ur_med, I am at a poynt suche as dothe becom_e_ an humble and obeysant subiect to be, beyng adu_er_tisid of his Souerayns most redowtyd pleasure, especially by the mowthe of hys most nere and cheffest Counsaylo_ur_, declaryd, oonly oon thyng there ys whiche puttyth me in no small agonye, me thowght I harde my lorde Cardynall_e_s grace say that o_ur_ most gracious Souuerayne, more derer vnto any of hys Subiect_es_ that hathe any man_er_ zele to o_ur_ co_m_men welthe then hys owne propre lyfe, indendyth to go ou_er_ in his Royall p_er_sone, Whyche thyng I pray god for my partie I neu_er_ lyue to see, Most humbly beseching hys haboundant and tendre benygnyte of m_er_cy and p_ar_done of this my saiyng, for the humble and obeysant loue I ow vnto his noble p_er_son, causyth me in this case to forget obeysance, and I cannot consent to obey vnto this hys pleasure wheryn lyith the hazardyng of this his noble Realme, and apon the whiche myght follow (whiche god defend) the grettyst Calamyte and afflation[56] that eu_er_ happynned ther vnto by cause I am desyrous to be owte of all dowtt_es_ that I may all my lyfe dayes hereafter be his humble and obeisant subiet, and see w_i_t_h_ the prosperite and suretye of his noble parson, his Realme and power subiect_es_ to lyue assuryd in tranquylyte and to be reconforttid w_i_t_h_ his noble p_re_sence, whose welthe and prosperyte ys so vrgently necessary vnto vs all that I am sure their ys no good Englysshe man whiche can be mery the day whan he happenyth to thynk that his grace myght p_er_ch_au_nce be dystemp_er_id of his helthe so that albe hyt I say for my partie, I stomak as a sory Subiect may doo, the high Iniures done by the saide Francoys, vnto his most dere souerayne, yet rather then the thyng shuld goo so ferre forth I cowld for my partie be contented to forget altogyther soo that I may know the parson of my souerayne to be yn helthe, and suretye owte of the thowsand Daungiers whiche chaunce in warre, and lyue at his high Pleasure and assuryd myrth for yf the Frenche men haue establysshed an orden_au_nce amongyst theym that their kyng in hys owne p_er_sone shall neu_er_ com_e_ in Raungyd Battayll agay_n_st o_ur_ nacion bycawse of the sundry hazardys that their saide prync_es_ haue suffred in their owne parsons, notw_i_t_h_standyng their maruelous pollecy deuysed amongest them for the certayn and the establysshid succession of their Crowne, how neidfull ys hyt for us consideryng in what case we be to make the humblest sewyt that eu_er_ did pore Subiect_es_ to theyre Souuerayne,