MANNINGHAM'S DIARY.
fo. 1.
A puritan is a curious corrector of thinges indifferent.16
Song to the Queene at the Maske at Court, Nov. 2.17
In whose riche bosome stored bee
Wisdome and care, treasures that free
Vs from all feare; thus with a bounteous hand
You serue the world which yett you doe commaund.
Most gracious Queene, wee tender back
Our lynes as tributes due,
Since all whereof wee all partake
Wee freely take from you.
Att whose fayre right hand
Attend Justice and Grace,
Both which commend
True beauties face;
Thus doe you neuer cease
To make the death of warr the life of peace.
Victorious Queene, soe shall you liue
Till Tyme it selfe must dye,
Since noe Tyme euer can depriue
You of such memory.
In Motleyum.
Our ages flower, in flower of his age. (Holland.)
In Spenserum.18
Then God of Poets, nowe Poet of the Gods.
March 29, 1602.
I sawe Dr. Parryes19 picture with a Bible in his hand, the word upon it, Huic credo, and over his heade an heaven, with a motto, Hoc spero.
Epigram; Mr. Kedgwyn.
Amates the ruby and puts downe the rose,
Had I a iewell of soe rich an hewe,
I would present it to some monarchs viewe,
Subjects ought not to weare such gemms as those,
Therefore our Prince shall have Tom Horton's nose!
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fo. 2b.Epitaph in the Chauncery21 at Sandey in Bedford[shire.]
Terræ terra datur, caro nascitur ut moriatur;
Terram terra tegat, demon peccata resumat,
Mundus res habeat, spiritus alta petat.
Why growes our fleshe so proud,
Whiles 'tis but made wormes foode?
This earth must turne to earth.
To dye flesh tooke it birth,
The earth our earth must hyde,
Our synnes the deuill betyde,
The world our goodes must haue,
And God our soules will saue.
fo. 3.Certayne devises and empresaes taken by the scucheons in the Gallery22 at Whitehall; 19 Martij 1601.
The scucheon, twoe windmilles crosse sailed, and all the verge of the scucheon poudred with crosses crosselets, the word Vndique cruciatus. Vnder written these verses:
When most I moue I toyle for others gayne,
The one declares my labour to be lost,
The other shewes my quiet is but payne.
Vnhappy then whose destiny are crosses,
When standinge still and moveing breedes but losses.
The devise manie small tapers neere about a great burning, the word, Nec tibi minus erit.
The devise a taper newe blowen out, with a fayre blast from a cloude, the word, Te flante relucet.
The scucheon argent with a hand and a pen in it, the word, Solus amor depinget.
Two garlandes in a shield, one of lawrell, the other of cypresse, the word, Manet vna cupressi.
A ship in the sea, the word, Meus error ab alto.
A man falling from the top of a ladder, the word, Non quo, sed unde cado.
A scrole of paper full of cypheres, the word, Adde unum.
A sunne with sweete face in it averted from an armed knight, shaddowed in a cloud all but his handes and knees, which were bended; the word, Quousque auertes?
The scucheon, a grayhound coursing, with a word, In libertate labor; and another grayhound tyed to a tree and chafinge that he cannot be loosed to followe the game he sawe; the word, In servitute dolor.
A fayre sunne, the word, Occidens occidens.
A glorious lady in a cloud in the one syde, and a sunne in the other; beneath a sacrifice of hands, hartes, armes, pennes, &c. the word, Soli, non soli.
A kingfisher bird, sitting against the winde, the word, Constans contrariæ spernit.
A palme tree laden with armor upon the bowes, the word, Fero at patior.
An empty bagpipe, the word, Si impleueris.
An angle with the line and hooke, Semper tibi pendent.
A viall well strunge, the word, Adhibe dextram.
A sable field, the word, Par nulla figura dolori.
A partridge with a spaniell before hir, and a hauke over hir; the word, Quo me vertam.
The man in the moone with thornes on his backe looking downwarde; the word, At infra se videt omnia.
A large diamond well squared, the word, Dum formas minuis.
A pyramis standinge, with the mott Ubi upon it, and the same fallen, with the word Ibi upon it.
A burning glas betwixt the sunne, and a lawne which it had sett on fire; the word, Nec tamen cales.
A flame, the word, Tremet et ardet.
A torch light in the sunne, the word, Quis furor.
A stag having cast his head and standing amazedly, weeping over them; the word over, Inermis et deformis; under, Cur dolent habentes.
A torche ready to be lighted, the word, Spero lucem.
A man attyred in greene, shoting at a byrd in the clowdes; the one arrowe over, the other under; the 3. in his bowe drawne to the heade, with this word upon it, Spero vltimam.
A foote treading on a worme, Leviter ne peream.
A dyall in the sunne, In occasu desinit esse.
A ballance in a hand, Ponderare est errare.
A fly in a hors eye, Sic ultus peream.
A scucheon argent, Sic cum forma nulla placet.
A ship sayling in the sea, Portus in ignoto est.
An eagle looking on the sunne, Reliqua sordent.
A branche sprung forth of an oake couped, the word, Planta fuit quercus.
fo. 5.Marche 28, 1602.23
At the Temple: sermon, the text, Mark, x. 20.
Notes: All the commandementes must be observed with like respect. It is not sufficient to affect one and leave the rest vnrespect, for that were to make an idoll of that precept. Obedience must be seasoned with love; yf any other respect be predominat in our actions, as feare of punishment, desyre of estimacion &c. they are out of temper.
Christ propoundes these commaundementes of the 2nd table, because, yf a man cannot observe these, he shall never be able to keepe them of the first, for yf a man love not his neighbor whom he hath seene, howe shall he love God whom he hath not seene?
And he that is bound to observe the lesse must keepe the greater commaundement.
The doctrine of justificacion consistes upon these pillars, 1. Ex merito, si non ex condigno at ex congruo. 2. And this upon free-will, for noe merrit with24 a free agent. 3. And this upon a possibilitie of keeping the commaundementes, for liberum arbitrium is a power of performing what wee would and should, and libertas voluntatis and liberum arbitrium are severall.
Noe man can performe anie any action soe well but he shall fayle either in the goodnes of the motion efficient, the meanes, or end.
Justificacion by workes is but old Pharisaisme and newe Papisme; fo. 5b.the Papists distinguishe and make Justiciam legalem and evangelicam; the 1. in performance of outward required accions; the 2. in the intent supplied [?]
All the sacrifices that God was most delighted with are for the most part sayd to be young, a lambe, &c. and the exhortacion of him which was more the agent and more learned than anie, for he was a King and the wisest that ever was, is, Remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth, &c.
There is a generall and a speciall love of Christ wherewith he embraceth men; the 1. is here ment and mentioned, and with that he loves all which doe but endeauour to be morally good; soe doubteles he loved Aristides for his justice, which was a work of God in him, and so being a good, God could not but love it, and him for it.
But the speciall is that whereby he makes us heires of eternall lyfe, and adoptes vs for his children.
Beholding him, God regardes the least perfections or rather imperfect affections in us; he will not breake a crazed reede.
fo. 6.At St. Clementes;25 the precher.26
Note: The breade in the sacrament becoming a nourishment is a medicine to our whole bodye.
The manner of receyving Christes body in the sacrament; as to make a question of it by way of doubting, is dangerous, soe to enquire of it to knowe it is relligious.
Wee receive it27 non per consubstantialitatem sed per germanissimam societatem. (Chrisostom.)
It must be received with five fingers, the first the hand, the 2. the understanding, 3. fayth, 4. application, 5. affection and joy; and this makes it a communion.
"Take and eate," the wordes of the serpent to Eua, the wordes of the brasen serpent to vs; those were beleued and brought in perdicion, these yf beleived are the meanes to saluation.
fo. 6b.Out of a booke called The picture of a perfect commonwealth.28
A wicked King is like a crazed ship, which drownes both it selfe and all that are in it.
Pleasures are like sweet singing birds, which yf a man offer to take they fly awaye.
Dr. Mounfordes29 Sermon. (Ch. Dauers.)
Of pleasure. Momentaneum est quod delectat, æternum quod cruciat.
It is better to eate fishes with Christ, then a messe of pottage with Esau.
Nil turpius quam plus ingerrere quam possis digerere.
The glutton eates like a dogge, and lives like a hogg, having his soule as salt onely to keepe his body from stinkinge.
He that filleth his body emptieth his soule.
Id pro Deo colitur quod præ omnibus diligitur.
Vtinam, sayth Augustine, tam finiatur quam definitur ebrietas.
Bacchus painted yonge, because he makes men like children, vnable to goe or speake, naked because discouers all.
It is noe better excuse for a drunkard to say that it was his owne that he spent, then yf one should say he would cut his owne throate, for the knife that should doe it is his owne.
Drunkennes is the divells birding synne; the drunkard like the stale that allures other to be taken like it selfe.
Matt. 12.
Envie and mallice will barke though it be so musselled that it cannot bite.
It is almost divine perfection to resist carnall affection.
When wee censure other men wee should imitate that good imitator of nature Apelles, whoe being to drawe a face of an great person30 which wanted an eye, drewe that syde only which was perfect.
The malicious man is like the vultur, which passeth ouer manie sweete gardens and never rests but vpon some carrion or garbage, soe he neuer takes notice of anie thing but vices.
Libellers are the divels herauldes.
Invidus alienum bonum suum facit peccando malum.
Envy, though in all other respectes it be a thing most execrable, yet in this it is in some sort commendable, that it is a vexacion to it selfe. It is like gunpowder, which consumes itselfe before it burnes the house. Or the fly pyrausta, which would put out the candle, but burns itselfe.
Honor is like a buble, which is raysed with one winde and broken with an other.
Mr. Downes.31
The love of the world is the divels eldest sonne.
Honour, riches, and pleasure are the worldly mans trynitie, wherewith he committs spirituall idolatry.
Thankefullnes is like the reflex of the sunne beame from a bright bodie.
After a full tyde of prosperitie cometh a lowe ebbe of adversitie. After a day of pleasure a night of sorrowe.
Honour is like a spiders webbe, long in doinge, but soone vndone, blowne downe with every blast. It is like a craggy steepe rocke, which a man is longe getting vpon, and being vp, yf his foote but slip, he breakes his necke. Soe the Jewes dealt with Christ; one day they would have him a king, an other day none; one day cryed Hosanna to him, an other nothing but crucifie him.
The world is like an host; when a man hath spent all, body, goodes, and soule with it, it will not vouchsafe to knowe him.
Laban chose rather to loose his daughters than his idols, and the riche man had rather forsake his soule then his riches.
If a citizen of Rome made him selfe a citizen of anie other place, he lost his priviledge at Rome; yf a man wilbe a citizen of this world, he cannot be a citizen of heaven.
Ambitious men are like little children which take great paynes in runninge vp and downe to catch butterflyes, which are nothing but painted winges, and either perishe in takinge or fly away from them.
Covetous man like a child, which cryes more for the losse of a trifle then his inheritance; he laments more for losse of wealth then soule.
A covetous man proud of his riches is like a theife that is proud of his halter.
Mr. Phillips.
The proverbe is that building is a theife, because it makes us lay out more money then wee thought on; but pride is a theife and a whore too, for it robbes the maister of his wealth, and the mistress of her honesty.
The drunkard makes his belly noe better then a bucking tubb, a vessell to poure into, and put out at.
Bona opera habent mercedem, non ratione facti, sed ratione pacti.
Non est refugium a Deo irato, nisi ad Deum placatum.
Synn is Adams legacy bequeathed to all his posteritie: nothing more common then to committ synn, and being committed to conceale it.
A concealed synn is tanquam serpens in sinu, gladius in corde, venenum in stommacho; it is like a soare of the body, the closer it is kept the more it festers.
Scelera quandoque possunt esse secreta, nunquam secura.
Confession must be festina, vera, et amara.
Confession of synne onely at the hour of death, is like a theifes confession at the gallowes, or a traytors at the racke, when they cannot choose.
Sine confessione justus est ingratus, et peccator mortuus.
The mercy of God is never to be despayred of, but still to be expected even inter pontem et fontem, jugulum et gladium.
Dissembled righteousnes is like smoake, which seemes to mount up to heaven, but never comes neare it.
Prayse is a kinde of paynt which makes every thing seeme better then it is. (Cha. Dauers.)
To prayse an unworthy man is as bad as to paint the face of an old woman. (Idem.)
Sorrowe is the punishment and remedy for synn; sic Deus quod pœnam dedit, medicinam fecit. (Augustine.)
fo. 8b.Mr. Munoes32 of Peterhouse in Cambridge.
Primum querite regnum Dei, et omnia adjicientur vobis. Tullies brother, in a sort reprehending or discouraging his suit for the consulship, tells him that he must remember that he is novus, consulatum petit, and Romæ est; the Devill, perhaps least any should attempt to put this precept in practise, will terrifie us by shewinge vs our weakenes, and that greatnes. Terræ filius es; regnum quæris? Cœlum est, &c.
Sit modus amoris sine modo.
Beatus est, Domine, qui te amat propter te, amicum in te, et inimicum propter te.
Quere 3. (1.) Quere Deum et non aliud tanquam illum. (2.) non aliud præter illum. (3.) non aliud post illum.
Diuitiæ non sunt bonæ, quæ te faciant bonum, sed unde tu facias bonum.
Beda interpreted those letters, S. P. Q. R. written upon a gate in Rome, Stultus Populus Quœrit Romam, intimating they were but fooles that went thither for true relligion.
Yf Christ had thought well of wealth he would not have bin soe poore himselfe. He was pauper in ingressu, borne in a manger; in progressu, not a hole to hide his head in; in egressu, not a sheet of his owne to shroude him in.
The covetous persons like the seven leane kine that eate up the seven fatt, and yet remaine as ill favoured as before.
Yf thou carest not to liue in such a house as hell is, yett feare to dwell with such a companion as the Divel is.
fo. 9.Serchefeild of St. Johns in Oxford.33
Cursus celerimus, sæpe pessimus.
Sit opus in publico, intentio in occulto.
A dissembled Christian, like an intemperate patient, which can gladly heare his physicion discourse of his dyet and remedy, but will not endure to obserue them.
Minus prospere, qui nimis propere.
Mr. Scott, Trinit. Cant'br.
Dum sumus in corpore peregrinamur a Domino.
Non contemnenda sunt parva, sine quibus non consistunt magna.
The soules of the just men are like Noahs doue sent out of the arke; could finde noe resting place upon the earth.
He that hath put on rich apparrail will be carefull he stayne it not; he that hath put on Christ as a garment must take heede he soile not himself with vices.
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An high calling is noe priviledge for an impious action.
All our new corne comes out of old feilds, and all our newe learning is gathered out of old bookes. (Chaucer.)
Words spoken without consideracion are like a messenger without an errand.
Our owne righteousnes at the best is but like a beggars cloke, the substance old and rotten, and the best but patches.
fo. 9b.At Bradborne with my Cosen this Chrismas. 1601.
My cosen34 told me that Mr. Richers would give his cosen Cartwright 8,000l. for his leas of the abbey of towne Mallinges, the Reversion whereof the L. Cobham hath purchased of hir Majestie.
An old child sucks hard; i.[e.] children when they growe to age proue chargeable.
Peter Courthope said it would be more beneficiall yf our woll and cloth were not to be transported but in colours; but my cosen35 said we may as well make it into clokes and garmentes, as dye it in colours before we carry it ouer; for both variable, and as much change in colour as fashion.
January.
But to furnishe a woman the charges are double.
(My cosens wife said.)
The priviledge of enfranchising anie for London is graunted to every alderman at his first creation for one: to every sherif for 2: to every maior for 4. (Cosen.)
And almost any man for some 40l. may buy his freedome, and these are called free by redemption.
If a man prentice in London marry, he shall be forced to serve of his time, and yet loose his freedome. But yf a woman prentice marry, shee shall onely forfayte hir libertie, but shall not be forced to serve. (Cosen.)
To be warden of the Companie of Mercers is some 80l. charge; to be one of the livery, a charge but a credit. A bachelor is charged at the Maiors feast some 100 markes.
fo. 10.
Jan. 1601.The Flushingers wanting money, since hir Majesties tyme, and
while they were our friends, seised certayne merchant ships [and]
forced them to give 40,000l. The merchants complayned but could
not be releived. Oftymes the Princes dutys are defrayed with the
subjectes goods.
Sir Moyle Finche of Kent married Sir Frauncis Hastinges daughter and heir,36 worth to him 3,000l. per annum. All his livinge in Lincolnshire and Kent, &c. worth 4,000l. per annum. (Dene Chapman.)
8. Dyned at Mr. Gellibrands, a physician, at Maidstone.
11. Mr. Fr. Vane, a yong gent, of great hope and forwardnes, verry well affected in the country already, in soe much that the last parliament the country gave him the place of knight before Sr. H.(?) Nevell; his possibilitie of living by his wife verry much, shee beinge daughter and co-heire to Sr. Antony Mildmay; and thought hir mother will give hir all hir inheritance alsoe; the father worth 3,000l. per annum, the mother's 1,200l.37 (Mr. Tutsham.)
The Duke of Albues [Alva's] negligence in not fortifying Flushinge before other places in the Netherlands was the cause he lost the country, for, when he thought to have come and fortified, the towne suddenly resisted his Spanish souldiers, and forced them to returne. (Cosen.)
18. I rode with my cosen's wife to Maidstone; dyned at Gellibrands.
Jan. 1601.
As we were viewinge a scull in his studye, he shewed the seame in the middle over the heade, and said that was the place which the midwife useth shutt in women children before the wit can enter, and that is a reason that women be such fooles ever after.
My cosen shee said that the Gellibrands two wives38 lived like a couple of whelpes togither, meaninge sporting, but I sayd like39 a payre of turtles, or a couple of connies40, sweetely and lovingly.
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Mr. Alane, a minister, was very sicke. Gellibrand gave him a glyster, and lett him bloud the same day, for a feuer; his reason was, that not to have lett him bloud had bin verry dangerous; but to lett bloud is doubtfull, it may doe good as well as harme.
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My cosen shee told me, that when shee was first married to hir husband Marche, as shee rode behinde him, shee slipt downe, and he left hir behinde, never lookt back to take hir up; soe shee went soe long a foote that shee tooke it soe unkindly that shee thought neuer to have come againe to him, but to haue sought a service in some vnknowne place; but he tooke hir at last.
Wee were at Mrs. Cavils, when she practised some wit upon my cosen41. Cosen she called double anemonies double enimies. Mrs. Cavill desired some rootes, and she referd hir to hir man Thomas Smith.
Jan. 1601.
My cose she Speaking lavishly in commendacions of one Lovell of Cranebrooke (a good honest poore silly puritane,) "O," said shee, "he goes to the ground when he talkes in Divinitie with a preacher." "True," said I, "verry likely a man shall goe to the ground when he will either venture to take vpon him a matter that is to waightie for him, or meddle with such as are more then his matche." "I put him downe yfaith," said one, "when he had out talked a wiser then himselfe." "Just," said I, "as a drumme putes downe sweete still musicke, not as better, but mor soundinge."
22. At London.—In a booke of Newes from Ostend.
Touchinge the parly which Sir Fr. Vere held with the Archduke there, till he had reenforced himself, Sir Franc. said that the banes must be thrice askt, and yf at the last tyme anie lawefull cause can be showen, the marriage may be hindred. The Duke answered, he knewe that was true, yet, he said, it was but a whore that offered hir selfe.
Divers merchants arrested by Leake for shipping ouer cloth aboue the rate of their licence. (Theroles [?] nar.)
The Companie of Peweterers much greived at a licence graunted to one Atmore to cast tynne, and therefore called him perjured knaue; whereupon he complayned to the Counsell, and some of them were clapt vp for it. "I will be even with him for it yfaith," said one that thought he had bin disgraced by his credit; "Then you will pay him surely," quoth I.
Jan. 1601.
But vse of synn doth make it seeme as nothing.
The spending of the afternoones on Sundayes either idly or about temporall affayres, is like clipping the Q. coyne; this treason to the Prince, that prophanacion, and robbing God of his owne,—(Archdall.)
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Hide to Tanfeild;42 "It is but a matter of forme you stand so much upon." "But it is such a forme," said Tanfeild, "as you may chaunce to breake your shins at, unless you be the nimbler."
Certaine in the country this last Christmas chose a jury to finde the churle of their parishe, and, when they came to give their verdick, they named one whose frende, being present, began to be verry collerick with the boys for abusing him. "Hold you content, gaffer," said one of them, "if your boy had not bin one of the jury you had bin found to have bin the churle." The game of vntimely reprehension and the verry course of common Inquests, all led by some frend.
The L. Paget upon a tyme thinkinge to have goded Sir Tho.
White (an alderman of London) in a great assembly, askt him,
what he thought of that clothe, shewing him a garment in present.
fo. 12.
Jan. 26."Truly, my Lord," said he, "it seemes to be a verry good
cloth, but I remember when I was a yong beginner I sold your
father a far better to make him a gowne, when he was Sergeant to
the L. Maior; truly he was a very honest sergeant!"43 None so
ready to carpe at other mens mean beginnings as such as were themselves
noe better. (Reeves.)
Tarlton44 called Burley house gate in the Strand towardes the Savoy, the Lord Treasurers Almes gate, because it was seldom or never opened. (Ch. Dauers.)
Repentaunce is like a drawebridge, which is layd downe for all to passe over in the day tyme, but drawne up at night: soe all our life wee have tyme to repent, but at death it is to late. (Ch. Dauers recit.)
It was ordered by our benchers, that wee should eate noe breade but of 2 dayes old. Mr. Curle said it was a binding lawe, for stale breade is a great binder; but the order held not 3 dayes, and soe it bound not.
Epitaphe of John Foote.
He was a Minister, borne at Westminster.
Aliud of Mr. Child.
I will be soe bolde as to give the Assise the lye:
(Ch. Dauers in argument.)
"I came rawe into the world, but I would not goe out rosted," said one that ment to be noe martyre. (Curle nar.)
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Jan. 1601.
This last Christmas the Conny-catchers would call themselves Country-gentlemen at dyce.
When a gentlewoman told Mr. Lancastre he had not bin soe good as his word, because he promised shee should be gossip to his first child (glaunceing at his bastard on his landres), "Tut," said he, "you shall be mother to my next, if you will."
Anagram.
Davis.
(Martin.)
Febr. 1601.
At our feast wee had a play called "Twelue Night, or What you Will," much like the Commedy of Errores, or Menechmi in Plautus, but most like and neere to that in Italian called Inganni47. A good practise in it to make the Steward beleeve his Lady widdowe was in love with him, by counterfeyting a letter as from his Lady in generall termes, telling him what shee liked best in him, and prescribing his gesture in smiling, his apparaile, &c., and then when he came to practise making him beleeue they tooke him to be mad.
Quæ mala cum multis patimur læviora putantur.
Cosen Norton was arrested in London.
fo. 13.
Febr. 1601.He put up a supplicacion to Sir Robt. Cecile presented by his
wife, whome he tooke notice of the next day, which remembring
[was?] with out being remembred what he had done in it. The
effect of this petition was, that, whereas Copping had their goods
forth of Mr. Cranmers hand (whoe had dealt but to honestly for
such vnthankefull persons), and they should have a certaine summe
yearely, they could neither gett payment, nor haue him account;
he said twenty pounds were enough to keepe the Lunatike their
mother, when Cranmer had the goodes; nowe he deductes 50l. for
hir, and yett keepes hir far more basely. And therefor humbly
desyre Copping might be brought to some order. Norton tels me
this Copping is a notable riche practiser, &c.
Cosen Norton told me that one Mr. Cokayne of Hertfordshire gott his brother H. Norton by a wile to his house, and their married him upon a pushe to a kinswoman of his, and made a serveingman serve the purpose insted of a preist.
Bounty is wronged, interpreted as duty.
My Cosen Garnons told me that the old Earle of Sussex48, being in seruice in the North, was intangled by his Marshall, but extricated by the Earle of Leycester, whose overthrowe afterward he covertly practised. Quædam beneficia odimus; vitam nulli debemus libenter.
The office of the Lord Keeper better worth then 3000l. per annum, of the Admirall more, of the Secretary little lesse. (Idem.)
Febr. 1601.
My Cosen Garnons told me that the Court of Wardes will send a prohibicion to anie other Court to cease from proceeding in anie suite, whereof themselues may have colour to hold plea in that Court. Soe prædominat a Court is that nowe become.
Went to my Cosen in Kent.
I was at Malling with Mr. Richers.
The Bishop of London49 is Dr. Parrys crosse frend. (Mr. Richers.) In discourse of Mr. Sedley50, he told me, that his lady said he is gone over sea for debt, which Mr. Richers thinks was caused by his lavishe almes; for Mr. Sedley would not sticke himselfe to say, yf any gentleman spent not aboue 500l. a yeare, he gaue as muche to the poure; and as he was prodigall in giuinge, so was he indiscreet in bestowinge, appointinge vile fellowes to be the distributors of it: he is now at Padua, without anie man attendant. He went into Italy to learne discourse, he was nothing but talke before. I maruaile what he will be when he returnes, said he. Reade muche but not judicious. (Idem.) Mrs. Frauncis Richers said he was a gentle gentleman. F. is open in talke. Plotters for him.
Miller, a rich yeoman about Rotham,51 when he came to entreate he might be abated in the assessment for subsidies, threwe in a note that he was worth but 5501. land fee simple: one of Mr. Sedley's almesmen.
This day Mr. Cartwright had bin with my cosen to knowe
fo. 14.
Febr. 1601.whether he denied to hold anie land of him. My cosen acknowledged
that he held divers parcells of him, but doth not certainely
knowe howe it is all bounded. My cosen told me it was
concealed land, and recovered by Mr. Cartwright's father against pag. prox. Mr.
Catlin, of whom my cosen bought Bradborne.
Sir Robert Sydney hath bought Otford House, and sells it againe by parcells.
Mr. Cartwrightes father and Mr. Richeres mother were brother and sister, soe they first cosens.
Mr. Jo. Sedley52 hath built a house in Aylesford which cost him aboue 4000l.; hath not belonging to it aboue 14 acres of ground. Perhaps he purposed to haue bought the Lordship, which indeede was afterward offered vnto him, but he soe delayed the matter, that particuler men haue it nowe. It is thought the Lord Buckhurst would buy the house, &c. (Cos.)