[690] The 9 of Nouember dame Elianor appeered before the archbishop and other in the sayde chappell (of S. Stephen’s), and receiued her penance which she performed. On Monday the 13 of Nouember, she came from Westminster, by water, and landed at the Temple bridge, from whence with a taper of waxe of two pound in hir hande, she went through Fletestreete, hoodlesse (saue a kerchefe) to Paul’s, where she offered hir taper at the high altar. On the Wednesday next shee landed at the swan in Thamis streete, and then went through Bridgestreete, Gracechurchstreete, straight to Leaden Hall, and so to Christ church by Aldegate. On fryday she landed at Queene hiue, and so went through Cheape to S. Michael’s in Cornehill, in forme aforesaid: at all which times the maior, sherifes, and crafts of London, receiued her and accompanied hir. This being done she was committed to the ward of Sir Thomas Stanley, wherein she remained during hir life in the castle of Chester, hauing yeerely 100 markes assigned for hir finding, in the 22 of Henry the sixt she was remooued to Kenilwoorth, there to be safely kept, whose pride, false couetise, and lecherie, were cause of hir confusion. _Stowe._ [691] A ballad, that has been modernized, entitled “the lamentable fall of the dutchess of Gloucester, wife to good duke Humphry, with the manner of her doing penance in London streets, and of her exile in the Isle of Man, where she ended her days,” may be found in Evans’s _Old Ballads, historical and narrative_, ed. 1784, Vol. I. p. 317. [692] The house. 1578. [693] I shall see you. 1578. [694] Good peace. 1578. [695] G. Ferrers. The peculiarity of the above signature in the addition of _quod_ is noticeable, though, probably, it originated with the printer. [696] Knyt vp the ende of her. 1578. [697] Behold me Humfrey hight by name. N. [698] Who in the sixt king Henrie’s rule, with fame Twice ten yeares kept the troubled state in frame; Note well the cause of my vnhappie case, And ’mongst thy mirrours let the same haue place. N. [699] Weale, let men beware mishap. N. [700] With blind securitie. N. [701] To trust their state. N. [702] Most smiles to haue in memorie. N. [703] Who in most certaintie. N. [704] Men. N. [705] Same approue. N. [706] To bite on fawning flatterie’s bait did loue. N. [707] Had I to high degree, And yet in fine they all beguiled mee. N. [708] Of Henry fourth by name. N. [709] Henry fift of that same name. N. [710] To the sixt Henrie vncle. N. [711] To build vpon. N. [712] To aduance my. N. [713] When the fift Henry by his valiancie. N. [714] T’haue. N. [715] Which all states do spill. N. [716] From a feend. N. [717] Do verefy. 1578. [718] For euermore. N. [719] Histories. N. [720] Neretheless. N. [721] Bitter. N.