"Coward, a coward, of Barney castell,
Dare not come out to fight a battell."
Popular Rhyme.
[125] Easy.
[126] Dear.
[127] This is quite in character; her majesty would sometimes swear at her nobles, as well as box their ears.
[128] Armour.
[129] Ambrose Dudley, created earl of Warwick, 26 Dec. 1561, with remainder, failing his issue male, to Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, and the heirs male of his body, K. G., ob. 1589, s. p., and his brother Robert having died the year previous s. p., all his honours became extinct.
[130] Thomas Ratcliffe, 3rd earl, summoned to Parliament v. p. in his father's barony of Fitz-Walter, 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, 1554, K. G; ob. 1583, s. p., and was succeeded by his brother Henry, K. G.