man hath hys gyft, and the diversitie of our mindes maketh every thing to be liked. And therfore while the oliphantes are in bredyng (to whom I haue therfore geuen the latter storyes) I haue brought you such as are allready doen, to be publyshed in the mean season, wherin there nedeth no furder labour, but to place them in due order. Loe you, Baldwyne, here is of myne owne the duke of Somerset slain at S. Albons with other which I promysed, whom I wysh you shoulde place last: there is also Shore’s wyfe, trimly handled by master Churchyard, which I pray you place where you thynk most conuenient. Here are other also of other mens, but they are rabettes. Do with them as you thynk best. I would tary with a good wyll and helpe you in the order, save that my busines is great and weighty, but I know you can do it wel inough, and therfore, tyl we meet agayne I will leaue you.” Than deliuered he the tragedyes vnto me, and departed. Dyuers of the rest lykyng hys deuyse, vsed the lyke maner: for the prynter delyvered vnto me the lord Hastynges penned by maister Dolman, and kyng Rychard the third, compiled by Frauncis Segars. “Then,” sayd I “wel my masters sith you thinke yt good to charge me with the order, I am contented therwith: for as you haue doen, so have I lykewyse procured sum of my frendes to ayd vs in our labour, for master Sackvyle hath aptly ordered the duke of Buckkyngham’s oracion, and master Cavyl the black smythe’s, and other.” “I pray you,” quoth one of the cumpany, “let vs heare them.” “Nay soft,” quoth I, “we wyl take the cronycles, and note theyr places, and as they cum so will we orderly reade them al.” To thys they all agreed. Then one tooke the cronicle whom therfore we made, and call the reder, and he began to rede the story of prince Edward called the fift king of that name: and whan he came to the apprehending of the lord Riuers: “Stay ther, I pray you,” quoth I, “for here is hys complaynt: for the better vnderstanding wherof you must ymagin that he was accompanyed with the lord Richard Graye, and with Hault and Clappam, whose infortunes he bewayleth after this manner.” [1231] The. 1578. [1232] Anno 1483, added. 1571. [1233] Cause. 1578. [1234] That one Baldwin by help of. 1578. [1235] Fallen. 1563, 71. [1236] We stert. 1578. [1237] Preaced forth among the ruful. 1578. [1238] Attended. 1563. [1239] Moved. 1578. [1240] That. 1563. [1241] This stanza omitted. N. [1242] Theyr, restored from 1563. The others read: my. [1243] The. N. [1244] Wise and welthy. 1578. [1245] Th’abuse. N. [1246] For, omitted in the text, 1563, but corrected by the faults escaped. The erroneous text followed. 1571, 75, 78. [1247] The. 1563, 71, 75, 78. [1248] The. N. [1249] Enmies. 1578. [1250] Espoused Bedford duchesse. N. [1251] He ’spous’d. N. [1252] So great. N. [1253] Bene. 1578. [1254] In. 1578. [1255] In myne eye very. 1563, 71, 75, 78. [1256] Sire. N. [1257] In. 1563, 71, 75, 78. [1258] The. 1563, 71, 75, 78.