aūswer, kepyng among the monkes of Merton, he durst not appeare.

MarginaliaThe kynges displeasure against HubertThen was it signified to him from the kyng, that he should come vp and appeare in the court, there to aunswere to his charge. Wherunto he aunswered agayne, that he misdoubted the kyngs anger, and therfore he did flye to the churche, as the vttermost refuge to all such as suffer wrong. From whence he would not stirre, till he hard the kynges wrath to be mitigated towardes hym. MarginaliaThe kinges message to the maior of london.With this, the king moued and sore displeased, directed his letters in all hast, to the Maior of London: commaundyng hym at the sight thereof to muster and take vp all the Citizens that could beare harnes in the Citie, and to bryng to hym by force of armes the foresayd Hubert, either quicke or dead, out of Merton. Wherupon, the Maior immediatly causing the great Bell to be roung: assembled together the people of London, and opening before them the kynges letters: commaunded them to prepare and arme them selues, in all readynes to the executyng of the kynges will and message.

MarginaliaOlde grudge borne in minde.The citizens hearyng this, were therwith right glad and ready, for they were all in great hatred with Hubert: Because of the execution of Constantine their citizen abue mentioned. pag. 349. Notwithstandyng, certain of the citizens namely Andrew Bukerel, Ihon Trauers and other mo, men of more graue and sage discretion (wisely ponderyng with them selues, what inconuenient might rise herof) MarginaliaSome wyser then some.went in hast to þ^e bishop of Wint. lyeng then in Southwerke: and wakyng him out of hys sleepe, desired hym of hys counsaile in that so sodeine and daungerous distresse: MarginaliaGood aduisement of discret citizins.Declaring to him, what peril might therby ensue as well to the churche of Merton, as also to the citie, by the furie of the vnordinate and fierce multitude, whiche will hardly be bridled from robbyng & spoylyng, neither will spare shedyng of bloud. &c. Vnto whom agayne the bloudy Bishop, gaue this bloudy coūsaile (sayth Parisiensis.) MarginaliaCruell coūsaile geuen of Peter Bish. of Wint.Daungerous it is (quod he) both here and there, but yet see that you obey and execute the precept of the king, I counsaile you plainly. At the which counsaile of the Byshop they beyng amased, went with an euill will about þ^e busines inioyned. But the people inflamed w^t hatred, gladly coueted to be reuēged & to shed the bloud of the sayd Hubert. MarginaliaThe causes of despleasure betwene Hubert and the bishop of Wint.¶ The cause why Peter bishop of Wint. was so cruelly set agaynst the Iustice, was partly for the damages he had done to the Romane priestes, as is before touched: Partly also for the olde grudge, because the kyng commyng to his lawfull age before (through the counsaile of this Hubert) loosed hym selfe from the gouernement of the said Bishop, who had hym then in custodie. And thus rose vp the grudge and displeasure of this bishop agaynst him.

MarginaliaHubert prostrate vpon the grownd commendeth him selfe to God.On the next morowe, the Londiners isshuyng out of the citie to the number of xx. thousand: set forth toward the abbey of Mertō. where Hubert was lyeng prostrate before the altar commending him selfe to God.

In the meane season, while the citizens were in their iorney, ragyng against þ^e poore Erle of Kent: MarginaliaSage coūsaile of an Erle geuē to the kyng.it was suggested to þ^e King by Radulfe B. of Chichester, & L. chaūcelor, þ^t it was daungerous to excite vp the vulgare & vnruly multitude, for feare of seditiō: least peraduenture, þ^e rude & heady people beyng stirred vp, wil not so soone be brought down agayne, when the Kyng would haue thē. Moreouer, what shall be said (quod he) emong the Frēch men, and other nations, whiche of great thinges loue to make them greater, and of euils thynges to make them worse then they are: but thus iestyngly and mockingly: See what a kynde bird is the yong Kyng of Englande, whiche seekth to deuoure hys olde nurse vnder whose wynges he had bene brought vp & nurished in his youth. MarginaliaThe maruelous working of the lords helpe at time of nede
Iuxta versum saith the story: Alis, ales, alis alium ne longius ales.And thus the Kyng by the persuasion hereof, chaunging his coūsaile, sent in all hasty wise after the army again, willyng them to retracte their iorney, and to retire. Andthus the Londiners (although much agaynst their wils) returned home, missing of their purpose: Wherin is to be obserued an other notable example of Gods working prouidence. Wherin is to be obserued an other notable example of Gods working prouidence. MarginaliaEx addita mētis Mat Parisiens. Pag. 81.For when the kyng (sayth the story) had sent by two messengers or purseuantes to reuoke and call backe agayne the army of the Londiners, goyng with gredy myndes to shed the bloud of the innocent Iustice: One of the messengers postyng with all spede possible, with the Kynges letters, ouertooke the army: and comming to the forward, where the captaines were, by vertue of the Kinges letters stayde their course and bloudy purpose, wherby they could procede no farther. But the other messenger crafty and malitious, who bearyng hatred to the sayde Huberte, rather wyshynge him to be slayne, then to be deliuered: lingard by the way of purpose (although beyng cōmaunded to make hast) and whē he came, went onely but to the midle sorte. MarginaliaA notable example of Gods iuste punishmēt striking with death him that seketh the death of an other.More lyke a messēger meete to serue a dead mās arrāt, then to serue the turne of them whiche be a liue. And so in lyke maner by the iust hand of God, it fell vpon hym. For othe same messenger stomblynge with hys horse, rydynge but a soft or a foote passe, and rather walkyng then rydyng: fell downe backwarde from hys horsebacke, and there brake hys necke and dyed. This mercifull message of the Kyng was, as is sayd, sent by the instigation of Radulph Byshop of Chichester Lord Chauncelour (a vertuous and a faythfull man) and one that could skill to haue compassion on the miseries of men. MarginaliaComendation of Radulfe bishope of Chichester.Of whom was declared before, that he beyng elected archbishop of Canterbury, would not geue one halfepeny to their expēses by the way, to get hys election confirmed by the Pope and afterward by the sayd Pope was defeyted and frustrated of hys election, as relation was made before. pag. 357. And thus through Gods prouidence, by the meanes of the Kynges letters the army returned: and Hubertes life (contrary to his expectation) was preserued.

MarginaliaThe archb. of Dubline again maketh intercession of Hubert.After this, the Archbyshop of Dubline w^t much labour & great sute intreated and obteyned of the King to graunt vnto the sayd Hubert respite till the twelfe day of Ianuary, to prouide him selfe of hys aūswere to such thynges as were commensed agaynst hym. Then Hubert trustyng to enioy some safetie by the kynges permission to hym graūted, to breath hym self a lytle and to walke abroad, tooke his iourney toward S. Edmundesbury, where his wife was. And passyng throught he coūtry of Essex, was Inned there in a certayn towne belongyng to the Byshop of Norwiche. Whereof when the king was certified, fearing least he would raise vp some commotion in the realme: sendeth in hastye anger after hym, Syr Godfred Cranecumbe knyght, with. CCC. men: commaundyng vnder payne of hanging, that they should apprehend hym, as bryng hym to the towre of London. Whiche commaundent to accomplish, there lacked no hast. MarginaliaHubert flyeth to the church for his refuge.Hubert hauyng intelligence of their commyng (rysing out of his bed, naked as he was) ranne to the chapell standyng nere to the Inne, where he holdeth with the one hand the crosse, with the other hand the Sacrament of the Lords body. Then Godfride w^t his foresayd armed souldiours entryng into the chappell, wylled him to come out. MarginaliaHubert violently drawen out of the church. Hubert cast in the tower of Lōdō.Which whē he would not: with violent handes he drew hym out of the chappell, and takyng the crosse and Sacrament out of hys handes fast bounde hym with fetters and gyues vnder the horse bely, and brought hym as they were commaunded, to the tower. And so certifeyng the Kyng what they had done (who then taryed vp wakyng for them) he reioysed not a litle thereat, and went mery to his bed.

MarginaliaThe king blamed for breaking the peace of holy church.The next morow folowyng, after Roger Bishop of of London had knowledge, how and in what order he was takē violētly out of the chappell: he commeth to the kyng, blamyng him boldly for violating the peace of holy churche, and protested that vnles the partie wer loosed