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Title:  The negotiations of Thomas Woolsey, the great Cardinall of England containing his life and death, viz. (1) the originall of his promotion, (2) the continuance in his magnificence, (3) his fall, death, and buriall / composed by one of his owne servants, being his gentleman-vsher.
Author: Cavendish, George, 1500-1561?
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those that stood by him what was the matter that they stood so amazed, I shewed him of the fall of his great crosse upon Dr. Bonners head: Quoth my Lord, hath it drawne any blood? yea quoth I, with that he cast his head aside and soberly said (Malum Omen) and there∣upon suddenly said grace, and rose from table and went to his Bed-chamber, but what he did there I cannot tell. Now marke how my Lord expounded the mea∣ning thereof (in his fancie) to meat Pontefract after his fall. First that the great Crosse that he bare as Arch∣bishop of Yorke betokened himselfe, and Doctor Aust∣in the Physitian who overthrew the Crosse, was hee that accused my Lord, whereby his enemies caught an occasion to overthrowe him, it fell on Doctor Bonners head, who was then master of my Lords faculties, and spirituall jurisdiction, who was then dampnified by the fall thereof, and moreover the drawing of blood betokeueth death, which did suddenly after follow.Now the appointed time drew neere for Installation and sitting at dinner; the friday before the monday that he should have been installed at Yorke: The Earle of Northumberland and M. Welsh with a great company of Gent of the Earls house, and of the Country whom they had gathered in the Kings name, to accompany them, (yet not knowing to what end) came to the hall of Caywood (the Officers being at dinner) and my The Earle of Northumber∣land and Mr. Welsh come to Caywood-hal. Lord not fullie dined, nor knowing any thing of the Earles being come.The first thing that the Earle did, after hee had set the hall in order, he commanded the Porter to deliver the keyes of the gates to him, which he would in no wise doe, although he was threatned and commanded in the Kings name to make deliverance thereof to one of the Earles servants, which he still refused, saying to the Earle, that the keyes were delivered to him by his Lord and master, both by oath and other command.0