“Of Bury, now, what new citizens since I was prisoned last?” the priest questioned.

“Thomas Halesworth, John Clakke, Robert Westbron.”

“And these be fit to lead?”

“Yea.”

“And who is messenger to run westward?”

“John Smyth, parson,—hath a horse.”

“Ah! And for the north?”

“John Reynolds of Bawdsey, and Walter Coselere; good runners, both.”

“Where is Jack Straw?”

“In Northampton, hanging at the heels o' Parliament.”