[772] Fortune wold not, that this flagitious person, shoulde so escape, for when he shipped in Suffolke, entendynge to be transported into Fraunce, he was encontered with a shippe of warre appertaininge to the duke of Excester, the constable of the towre of London, called the Nicholas of the Toure. The capitaine of the same barke with small fighte, entered into the duke’s shippe, and perceiuynge his person present, brought hym to Douer rode, and there on the one syde of a cocke bote, caused his heade to be striken of, and left hys body with the heade vpon the sandes of Douer, whiche corse was there founde by a chapelayne of his, and conuaied to Wyngfelde colledge in Suffolke, and there buried. This ende had William de la Pole, first duke of Suffolke, as men iudge, by God’s punishment: for aboue all thynges he was noted to be the very organ, engine, and deuiser of the destrucion of Humfrey the good duke of Gloucester, and so the bloudde of the innocente man was with his dolorous deathe, recompensed and punished. _Hall._ [773] A pyteous ende, and therefore, Baldwyn, warne All pyers and prynces, to abhorre vntroth, For vycyous grayne must cum to fowl endes barne: Who brueth breach of lawfull bond or oth, God wyll ere long, cause all the world to loth: Was neuer prynce that other dyd oppresse Vnryghteously, but dyed in distresse. 1559, 63. [774] Initials added in ed. 1571. W. Baldwine. N. [775] Wycked man so maruaylously well punyshed. 1559, 63. [776] Cade beinge but base borne, of no abylytye. 1559, 63. [777] The passage in brackets added 1571. [778] Naming himselfe Mortimer, added. 1571. [779] In June Anno, 1450, added. 1571. [780] Shall I it fortune call. N. [781] Lifte. 1578. Rais’d. N. [782] Vp, added. 1571. [783] Or strength of stars, which make men high to growe? 1578. [784] Ere. N. [785] The will. N. [786] Be stout. N. [787] The grace. N. [788] So. 1559, 63. [789] Grace be giuen to some man. N. [790] Yet fewe there be ’mongst men that vse it can. N. [791] The spirit weake, and will strong. N. [792] Comes. N. [793] For fortune is the only foe of those. N. [794] Wherefore I thought to be my prince’s mate, And by some meane his power to abate: And for that ends Mortimer would be nam’de, Heyre apparant of England once proclaym’de. 1578. [795] Because the Kentishe-men be impatient in wronges, disdainyng of to much oppression and euer desirous of new chaung, and new fangelnes; the ouerture of this matter was put furthe firste in Kent, and to the entente that it should not be knowen that the duke of Yorke or his frendes were the cause of the sodaine risyng: a certaine yong man of a goodely stature, and pregnaunt wit, was entised to take vpon hym the name of Ihon Mortimer allthoughe his name were Iohn Cade. _Hall._ [796] As our enemies. 1578. [797] Trap. 1559. Tray. 1563. To tary sought. 1578. To stay him. N. [798] T’imprison. N. [799] The, omitted. 1578.