From Godshill came forth the sole native of the island whose name has come down to posterity in connection with the Reformation, and his, alas! with infamy. This was Dr. Cole, a turncoat of the worst kind. He was born at Godshill about 1520, and was an ardent Protestant under Edward VI., holding the position of Warden of New College, Oxford; he used the power of his position in the narrowest spirit. With the accession of Mary his views completely altered, and he reaped the reward in being made Provost of Eton and Dean of St. Paul's. He was also selected to preach the funeral sermon at the burning of Cranmer, a congenial task indeed for one who had been Cranmer's friend! However, there is no convert so enthusiastic as he who has his zeal to prove, and he gave the oration at St. Mary's, Oxford, "when on a stage set up over against the pulpit of a mean height from the ground the archbishop was placed in a bare and ragged gown and ill-favouredly clothed with an old square cap, exposed to the contempt of all men." Dr. Cole was also sent over to Ireland to suppress the new converts to the reformed faith there. He stayed the night at Chester on the way, and could not forbear boasting about his commission. The landlady overheard, and having a brother a Protestant in Dublin, she managed to steal the commission from the little case in which the doctor carried it, and to substitute for it a pack of cards. Dr. Cole did not discover his loss until he arrived in Dublin, and with great seriousness presented the commission, as he supposed, to the Privy Council. On the opening of the box there fell thereout the pack of cards, to the no small confusion of the envoy! He returned to England to secure its renewal, but while on the return journey he was awaiting a favourable wind to make the passage across the Irish Channel once more, he heard of the death of Queen Mary, and thus the Irish reformers were saved! It is said that Queen Elizabeth, on learning the story, allowed the landlady, Mrs. Edmunds, a pension of £40 a year for the rest of her life. As for Dr. Cole, he was put in prison, where he died in misery and ignominy. [Illustration: GROUND-PLAN OF CARISBROOKE CASTLE.] INDEX Abbeys, 23 Albert, Prince, 34 Alum Bay, 49 Appuldurcombe, 23 Arnold, Dr., 32 Battenberg, Prince Henry of, 16, 39 Blackgang Chine, 53 Bonchurch, 57 Brading, 54 Brett, Colonel, 18 Carisbrooke, 13-22 Charles I., 19, 26, 27 Chines, 52 Cole, Dr., 59 Cowes, 41-45 Cowes Week, 41 Cromwell, Thomas, 16, 24 Davenant, Sir W., 22, 42 De Redvers family, 14, 23 Downs, The, 51 Elizabeth, Princess, 21 _Eurydice_, 47 Farringford, 29 Fitz-Osborne, William, 14 French invasion, 27 Freshwater Bay, 51 General description, 6 Geology, 49 Giambelli, 17 Gloucester, Duke of, Henry, 21 Godshill, 58 Golf, 52 Governors of the Island, 16 Health resorts, 8 Henry VIII., 24 Howard of Effingham, 18 Hunsdon, Lord, 17 Industries, 7 Isabella de Fortibus, 15 Keats, 30 Ken, Bishop, 30