HENRY THE EIGHTH. IOI
prouision to go northward, and apparelled his seruants newlie, and bought manie costlie things for his hous-hold: and so he might well inough, for he had of the kings gentlenesse the bishoprikes of Yorke and Winchester, which were no small things. But at this time diuerse of his seruants departed from him to the kings seruice, and in especiall Thomas Crumwell one of his chiefe counsell, and chiefe dooerfor him in the suppression of abbeies......
When night came, the cardinal! waxed verie sicke w*jg|th of with the laske, the which caused him continuallie to °sey" go to the stoole all that night, in sojnuch that he had that night fiftie stooles : therefore in consideration of his infirmities, they caused him to tarrie all that day: and the next daie he tooke his iournie with master Kingston, and them of the gard, till he came to an house of the earle of Shrewesburies called Hardwike hall, where he laie all night verie euill at ease. The next daie he rode to Notingham, and there lodged that night more sicke: and the next daie he rode to Leicester abbeie, and by the waie waxed so sicke that he was almost fallen from his mule; so that it was night before he came to the abbeie of Leicester, where at his comming in .at the gates, the abbat with all his conuent met him with diuerse torches light, whom they honorablie receiued and welcomed.
To whome the cardinall said : father abbat, I am come hither to lay my bones among you, riding so still vntill he came to the staires of the chamber, where he allighted from his mule, and master Kingston led him vp the staires, and as soone as he was in his chamber he went to bed. This was on the Saturday at night, and then increased he sicker and sicker, vntill mondaie, that all men thought he would haue died: so on tuesdaie saint Andrewes euen, master Kingston came to him and bad him good morrow, for it was about six of the clocke, and asked him now he did ?