Written when the order came that she was to be sent to the Tower, on suspicion that she was implicated 由 Wyatt's rebellion. Wyatt's correspondence with Elizabeth was seized, and amongst the evidence produced was an alleged copy of a letter written 由 Elizabeth to Henri II; this was apparently a forgery.
March I6, I554.
If any ever did try this old saying, 'that a king's word was 更多 than another man's oath,' I most humbly beseech your Majesty to verify it to me, and to remember your last promise and my last demand, that I be not not condemned without answer and due proof, which it seems that...
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