"And to the second it was alleadged, that if any were as deepely to bee touched as himselfe in that case; yet as longe as noe atteinder were of recorde against them, they were neverthelesse psones able in the lawe, to passe upon any tryall, and not to be challenged therefore but att the princes pleasure.

"After wch answere the duke usinge some wordes, declared his earneste repentance in the case (for hee saw that to stande upon utteringe any reasonable matter could little pvaile), and moved the Duke of Norfolke to bee a meanes unto the queene for mercy, and without furthere answeare confessed the indictment, by whose example alsoe the other prisoners arraigned wth him did likewise confesse the indictment produced against them, and therupon had judgement.

"The judgement being prōunced, hee craved favor of such a death as was executed on noblemen, and not the other hee beseeching alsoe that a favourable regard might bee had of his children in respect of theire age, and that hee might bee pmitted to conferre with some learned divine for the settlinge of his conscience; and, lastly, that her matie would bee pleased to send unto him foure of her counsell for the discovery of some things which might conserne the state.

"The Marquesse of Northampton pleaded to his indictment, That after the beginninge of these tumults he had forborne the execuson of any publique office, and that all the while hee, intente to huntinge and other sports, did not ptake in the conspiracy; but it

being manifest that hee was pty with the Duke of Northumberland, sentence passed on him likewise.

"The Earle of Warwicke fyndinge that the judges in soe greate a cause admitted noe excuse of age, wth greate resolucon heard his condemnacon pronounsed against him: cravinge only this favour, that whereas the goods of those who are condemned for treason are totally confiscated; yet her matie would bee pleased that out of them his debts might be payd. After this they were all returned to the Tower."

We may add, from another authority, that when Dudley implored the mercy of the court, or rather of the queen, towards his unhappy children, he had the generosity and liberality to assure them that the Lady Jane, so far from aspiring to the crown, was rather "by enticement and force made to accept it!"

This is a testimony, and a most forcible one too, of her good sense, which fully confirms what we have already stated in a former section.

The public clamour and rejoicing upon Northumberland's condemnation were considered by the court party as an approval of their cause, when in fact they were merely produced by the personal unpopularity of the individual himself; for it must not be forgotten, that when the Duke of Somerset perished on the scaffold, in 1551, through the intrigues of Northumberland, as commonly supposed, the people

were so generally persuaded of his innocence, that many dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood, as it fell from the block, considering him as a martyr. These were treasured up with great care; and now, whilst the duke was leading back to the Tower, a woman shook one of the bloody handkerchiefs at him, crying out, 66 Behold, the blood which thou didst cause to be unjustly shed does now apparently begin to revenge itself on thee !"

When Northumberland was committed to the Tower, he was lodged in that part called Beauchamp's Tower, anciently the place of confinement for state prisoners*, and which has recently been converted into a messroom for the officers of the garrison. When alterations were making for this purpose, a great number of inscriptions were discovered on the walls of the room, which probably have, for the most part, been made with nails, and are all of them, it should seem, the undoubted autographs, as Mr. Brand, Secretary to the Antiquarian Society, imagines, of the several illustrious and unfortunate tenants of this once dreary mansion.

Amongst these memorials is the device of Dudley most curiously done, a plate of which is given in the Archæologia, consisting of a bear and ragged staff, with a lion rampant, surrounded by well sketched foliage of roses, acorns, &c.

* Archæologia, vol. xiii. p. 68.

His name, in the spelling of the age, is under the device; and below are four lines, evidently punning upon his own misfortunes and his brother Ambrose's name.

YOW THAT THESE BEASTS DO WEL BEHOLD AND SE MAY DEME WITHE EASE WHERFORE MADE THEY BE WITHE BORDERS EKE WHERIN......

A BROTHERS NAMES WHO LIST TO SERCHE THE GROVN

This device and inscription appear not to have been quite finished before he was led forth to execution; but on different sides of the apartment the word

JANE

Mr. Brand very

justly supposes this to be intended for the royal title of the amiable and unfortunate daughter-in-law of Northumberland; and he remarks, that she had, perhaps, a latent meaning in this repetition of her signature Jane, by which she at once styled herself a queen, and intimated that not even the horrors of a prison could force her to relinquish that title. But such a feeling is not in consonance with facts which we have had occasion to record of her; besides it is known that she was lodged in a different apartment, in the house of one Partridge, as already noticed.

Indeed Mr. Brand remarks, that although it is stated in the Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, vol. iv. p. 129, that on the wall of the room in which she was