compassyon of the poore Dene and Canons of the sayd Colege wych now reparyth onto yowr Hyhnes for knowlege gracyus yf yt schule seyna to your hyhe wysdom and mercyfull cherytable goodnes or Ordynance any thing therof ys. be Statuts THERE is a fragment of another Letter to King Henry the Eighth from Wolsey, of which enough does not remain to ascertain the entire subject, further than that it seems to relate to the capture of a Bryton schyp." It begins, 66 "Moste gracyous Sovereyn Lorde as to the premyssys and declaracion of the troweth, albeyt yt ys long agon sythyns thys thyng was don, and by reason of myn age, gret hevynes, and calamyte, my remembrance ys nott so fresche or quicke as yt hath beyn; yet insuyng your moste dred commandement as ny as I can call to mynde I shall declare what I do knowe and what have bye done in the forseyd matter." a seem. LETTER CIV. Wolsey to Cromwell. Thanks for assistance; and recommending his Colleges. [DRAFT IN WOLSEY'S HAND. A FRAGMENT.] M. CROMWELL for as moche as thys present berrer departyth by post for the dethe of M. Larcke on whos sowle Jhesu have mercy, and that I am in suche Indyssposycion of body and mynde by the reason of suche gret hevynes as I am yn, being put from my slep and mete for such advertysments as I have had from yow of the dyssolucion of my College with the smale comfort and apparence that I have to be retenyd by the Kyngs hyhnes in thys myne extreme nede, makyth me that I can not wrytt onto yow for wepyng and sorowe, wherfor thes shalbe not onely to geve onto yow my moste effectualle thancks for suche gret paynys as ye have takyn in all my causes him so to requyte the same to your full satysfaction as I shulbe of more abylyte but also to extyncte and convertyd to other prophane virtuus, and shall of lyclyhoode ende referryng the redresse therof . God and to the Princes moste mercyfull thus with wepyng terys I lye Sowthwell . DRAFTS of one or two other Letters occur, entirely in Wolsey's hand, soliciting the friendship of individuals for his College at Oxford. Of these the following may serve as specimens. 1. Myn owne goode M. Antoney aftyr my moste herty recommendations with lycke thancks for the goodnes wych as a most lovyng perfyght and constante frende ye have showyd onto me in all my causys and pursuitts most entirly praying yow of contynuance this shalbe semblable to desyre yow that foras moch as the Deane and Canones of my pore College in Oxford doth nowe repare unto the Kyngs Hyhnes for knowlege of hys gracyous pleasure on ther establysshement and contynuance to be good mastyr onto them, and in place and tyme as ye schall nede and se cause to helpe them with your sad b wyse cownsell and good advertyseAnd sythyns as ye do well trowe the seyd College hath beyne erectyd and induyd with lands by the Popes Kyngs moste royall asent concernyng the sa fectuall wyse as cowde be devysed by the Jugys of the lawe and other well lernyd men, gret pety and ́ . yt were that for my ment. in the Premunyre opon consyde as ye wol trowe that thes poore Scollers and suffyr ather by dyssoluing of ther body ⚫ semblably. auctoryte, the in as ef cannot be in consyens convertyd to any other use then of the seyd College. This doyng ye shall bynde not onely them and me ever more but also besyds our dayly prayers so to requyte your goodnes as ye schall have cause to thyncke the same to be well imployed and bestowyd to 2. Myn owne good mastyr Shelley aftyr my moste harty comendacyons thes shalbe in moste entyre and effectuall wyse to desyr you at the reverens of God and in the way of cheryte and for the olde Amyte and Love that hath beyn be twyxt us and for that I have usyd your counsell therin to be good Mastyr to the poore Deane and Canens of the Cardynalls College in Oxford and with your dyscret cownsell and faverable ayd to helpe them nowe in ther extreme nede as well for the contynuance incorporate Body as also that no notable or gret portion be takyn from them; for gret pety and, &c. (that they of t 3. Myn owne lovyng M'. Crumwell thes shalbe not onely in and lovyng maner to salute yow but also to sygnyfy gretly desyrows to understand and here from you stand and procede not onely consernyng my College herty I am afferys also myn owne poore astat in the releff wherof myn ondowted trust ys that ye wole may be had to my pore astat and old contynue yt wher ye may reduce all my and dexteryte to summe substantyall in your poorea to make my lorde of Northfolke I am moste desyrows. And havyng such to the Kyngs presens, ye may from forthe my causys at the reverens of God to your gret meryte a : Ye have gret love and zele that ye nowe the wards and without sufferyng me for hevy And fynally yo and peynys shalbe fully But The Correspondence relating to his College seems to have kept the hatred of Wolsey's enemies alive. In this respect it was perhaps unfortunate for him; for though the King, whilst Wolsey lived, took no public steps to continue the Foundation, he suffered it to stand, and evidently regarded it with kindness. The Courtiers feared that by producing a personal intercourse with the King, it might restore the Cardinal to favor. LETTER CV. John Briertonne to Mr. Tho. Wriothesley Clerk of the King's Council, reporting the Journey of his Master an English Ambassador, through France, with remarks upon the rigidness of search which was exercised in the time of Charles Vth. the Emperor, in Spain. [MS. COTTON. VESP. c. XIII. fol. 258. Orig.] My dewtie moost humbly remembred, these shalbe moost humbly to doo you t'understande that my a power. |