_The reader is already acquainted with the writer, Sir William Kingston, the Lieutenant or Constable of the Tower, from the figure he makes in the Life of Wolsey. See p. 369, et seq._
_Sir William Kingston to Secretary Cromwell, upon Queen Anne's committal to the Tower._
Thys ys to advertyse you apon my Lord of Norfolk and the kyngs counsell depart[_inge_] from the Towre I went before the quene in to hyr lodgyng, & [_then she_] sayd unto me, M. Kyngston, shall I go in to a dungyn? Now, madam, y[_ou_] shall go into your logyng that you lay in at your coronacion. It ys to gu[_de_] for me, she sayd, Jesu, have mercy on me; and kneled downe wepyng a [_great_] pace, and in the same sorow fell in to agret lawyng, and she hathe done [_so_] mony tymes syns. And then she desyred me to move the kyngs hynes that she [_myght_] have the sacarment in the closet by hyr chambr, that she my[_ght pray_] for mercy, for I am as clere from the company of man, as for s[_yn, sayd she as I_] am clere from you, and am the kyngs trew wedded wyf; and then sh[_e sayd_] M. Kyngston, do you know wher for I am here, and I sayd Nay, and then [_she sayd_] when saw you the kyng? and I sayd, I saw hym not syns I saw [_him in_] the Tylte yerde, and then M. K. I pray you to tell me wher my [_Lord Roch_]ford ys? and I told hyr I saw hym afore dyner in the cort. O [_where ys_] my sweet brod'er? I sayd I left hym at York place, and so I dyd. I [_hear say, say_]d she, that I shuld be accused with iij men; and I can say [_no more but_] nay, withyowt I shuld oppen my body; and ther with opynd [_her gown sayeng, O Nor_]res, hast thow accused me, thow ar in the Towre with me, & [_thou and I shal_]l dy to gether: and, Marke, thou art here to. O my mother, [_thou wilt dy_] for sorow, and meche lamented my lady of Worcet^r, for by ca[_wse her child_] dyd not store in hyr body, and my wyf sayd what shuld [_be the cawse, she_] sayd for the sorow she toke for me: and then she sayd M. K[_ingston, shall I dy_] with yowt just^s; & I sayd, the porest sugett the kyng [_hath had justis, and_] ther with she lawed. All thys sayings was yester ny[_ght_] . . . . . . . . & thys moryng dyd talke with mestrys Cosȳ[217], [_and said that Nor_]res dyd say on Sunday last unto the quenes amn[_er, that he wold sw_]ere for the quene that she was a gud woman. [_And then sayd Mrs._] Cosyn, Madam, why shuld ther be hony seche maters [_spoken of? Mary_,] sayd she, I bad hym do so, for I asked hym why he [_went nat thorough with_] hys maryage? and he made ansur he wold tary [_a time. Then said she, you_] loke for ded mens showys; for yf owth cam[_e to the king but good_,] you wold loke to have me; and he sayd, yf he [_should have ony soche thought_,] he wold hys hed war of; and then she sayd, [_she could undo him if she wold_,] and ther with thay fell yowt. Bot [_she said, she more feared Weston; for_] on Wysson Monday ^{ Twysday} last [_Weston told he_]r that Nores cam more u[_nto her chawmbre for her then for M_]age[218], and further . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wher I was commaunded to charge the gentlewemen that y gyf thaye atende apon the quene, that ys to say, thay shuld have now commynycaseon with hyr, in lese[219] my wyf ware present, and so I dyd hit, notwithstaundyng it canot be; for my lady Bolen and mestrys Cosyn lyes on the quenes palet, and I and my wyf at the dore with yowt, so at[4] thay most nedes talke at[220] be without; bot I have every thyng told me by mestrys Cosyn that she thynks met for mee to knowe, and tother ij gentlewemen lyes with yowt me, and as I may knowe [_the_] kings plesur in the premysses I shall folow. From the Towre this mo . . .