LETTER III.

_Sir William Kyngston to Secretary Cromwell, with further details of the Queen's conduct._

[MS. COTTON, OTHO C. X. fol. 224 b.]

S^R.

The quene hathe meche desyred to have here in the closet the sacarments, & also hyr amner who she supposeth to be Devet; for won owre she ys determyned to dy, and the next owre meche contrary to that. Yesterday after your departyng I sent for my wyf, & also for mestrys Cossyn to know how the[222] had done that day, they sayd she had bene very mery and made agret dyner, and yet sone after she called for hyr supper, havyng marvell wher I was all day; and after supper she sent for me, and at my commyng she sayd, "Wher have you bene all day," and I mad ansure I had bene with prysoners, "so," she sayd, "I thowth I hard M. Tresur[_er_,"] I ansured he was not here; then she be gan talke and sayd I was creuely handeled ... a Grēweche with the kyngs counsell with my lord of Norfolke that he sayd, [_Tut, tut, tut_,] and shakyng hys hed iij or iiij tymes, and as for Master Tresurer he was in the [_Forest of Windsor_.] You know what she meynes by that, and named M^r. Controler to be avery [_gentleman_] ... she to be a quene and crevely handeled as was never sene; bot I [_think the king_] dose it to prove me, and dyd lawth with all and was very mery, and th[_en she said I shall have just_]ists; and then I sayde have now dowt ther[_in_]; then she sayd yf hony man [_accuse me I can say bot n_]ay, & thay can bring now wytnes, and she had talked with the gentell[_wemen_] ... sayd I knew at Marks commyng to the Towre that nyght I reysayved ... at it was x. of the cloke or he ware well loged, and then she sayd ... knew of Nores goyng to the Towre, and then she sayd I had ... next yf it had bene leyd she had wone, and then she sayd I w[_old God I had m_]y bysshoppys for thay wold all go to the kyng for me, for I thy[_nke the most part of_] Yngland prays for me, and yf I dy you shall se the grette[_st punishment for m_]e withyn thys vij yere that ever cam to Yngland, & then sh[_e sayd I shal be in heaven, for_] I have done mony gud dedys in my days, bot zit I thynke [_moche onkindnes yn the_] kyng to put seche abowt me as I never loved: I showed [_her that the king toke theym_] to be honest and gud wemen, bot I wold have had [_of myn owne prevy chambre_,] weche I favor most &c.

WILL[=M] KYNGST[_ON_.]

To Mast^r Seretory.