fo. 127b.
10 Aprill 1603.
Jo. Davis[184] reports that he is sworne the Kings Man, that the King shewed him greate favors. Inepte. (He slaunders while he prayses.)
There is a foolishe rime runnes up and downe in the Court of Sir Henry Bromley, Lord Thomas Haward, Lord Cobham, and the Deane of Canterbury, Dr. Nevil, that eache should goe to move the King for what they like.
Nevil for the Protestant, Lord Thomas for the Papist,
Bromley for the Puritan, and Lord Cobham for the Atheist.
(Mr. Ysam nar.)
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I heard that the Earl of Southampton and Sir Henry Nevill were sett at large yesterday from the Tower; that Sir Henry Cock the cofferer was sent for by the King, and is gone unto him.
Was with the Lady Barbara.[185] Shee saith the King will not swear, but he will curse and ban at hunting, and wish the diuel goe with them all.
In the Frenche Court, the guard is all of Scottishmen, and to distinguishe betwixt a Frenche and a Scot in admitting anie to a place of present spectacle, the[y] give the word "bread and chese," which the Frenche cannot pronounce; "bret and sheese."
fo. 128.
11.Mr. Thomas Overbury spake much against the Lord Buckhurst as a verry corrupt and unhonest person of body.