Moreover,theHowardswereoftheQueen’sallianceandconsanguinitybyhermother,whichswayedheraffectionandbentittowardthisgreathouse;anditwasapartofhernaturalpropensitytograceandsupportancientnobility,whereitdidnotentrench,neitherinvadeherinterest;fromsuchtrespassesshewasquickandtender,andwouldnotspareanywhatsoever,aswemayobserveinthecaseofthedukeandmyLordofHertford,whomshemuchfavouredandcountenanced,tilltheyattemptedtheforbiddenfruit,thefaultofthelastbeing,intheseverestinterpretation,butatrespassofencroachment;butinthefirstitwastakenasariotagainsttheCrownandherownsovereignpower,andasIhaveeverthoughtthecauseofheraversionagainsttherestofthathouse,andtheduke’sgreatfather-in-law,Fitz-Allen,EarlofArundel,apersoninthefirstrankofheraffections,beforetheseandsomeotherjealousiesmadeaseparationbetweenthem:thisnoblelordandLordThomasHoward,sinceEarlofSuffolk,standingaloneinhergrace,andtherestinherumbrage。
PACKINGTON。
SirJohnPackingtonwasagentlemanofnomeanfamily,andofformandfeaturenowisedisabled,forhewasabravegentleman,andaveryfinecourtier,andforthetimewhichhestayedthere,whichwasnotlasting,veryhighinhergrace;buthecamein,andwentoutthroughdisassiduity,drewthecurtainbetweenhimselfandthelightofhergrace,andthendeathoverwhelmedtheremnant,andutterlydeprivedhimofrecovery;andtheysayofhimthathadhebroughtlesstoherCourtthanhedid,hemighthavecarriedawaymorethanhebrought,forhehadatimeofit,butwasanillhusbandofopportunity。
HUNSDOWN。
MyLordofHunsdownwasoftheQueen’snearestkindred,and,onthedeceaseofSussex,bothheandhissonsuccessivelytooktheplaceofLordChamberlain。Hewasamanfasttohisprince,andfirmtohisfriendsandservants;andthoughhemightspeakbig,andthereinwouldbeborneout,yetwashethemoredreadful,butlessharmful,andfarfromthepracticeoftheLordofLeicester’sinstructions,forhewasdownright;andIhaveheardthosethatbothknewhimwellandhadinterestinhim,saymerrilyofhimthathisLatinanddissimulationwerealike;andthathiscustomofswearingandobscenityinspeakingmadehimseemaworseChristianthanhewas,andabetterknightofhercarpetthanhecouldbe。Ashelivedinaroughlingtime,sohelovedswordandbucklermen,andsuchasourfatherswerewonttocallmenoftheirhands;ofwhichsorthehadmanybravegentlementhatfollowedhim,yetnottakenforapopularanddangerousperson:andthisisonethatstoodamongtheTOGATI,ofanhonest,stoutheart,andsuchaone,that,uponoccasion,wouldhavefoughtforhisprinceandcountry,forhehadthechargeoftheQueen’sperson,bothintheCourtandinthecampatTilbury。