A  RIOT AT  THE   MERMAID  TAVERN     [6TH   JXJLY
house, and sent for the Constable to keep good order, he was
acquitted And it was then delivered that no taverner nor
alekeeper ought to suifer or receive company after 9 o'clock,
and furthermore because drunkenness is now so common,
general and odious, it is delivered as law that a common
drunkard may be bound for his good behaviour
gth July    the treaty at boulogne
There is still no beginning of the treaty, for the audiencer
that was sent to Brussels is not yet returned _> wherefore Sir
Thomas Edmonds, who is now returned to Boulogne, hath im-
parted unto the President Richardot that her Majesty hath
great reason to renew her former distrusts and jealousies, not
only by reason of these delays but upon advertisements which
she hath received both of supphes of munitions and presents
sent unto the rebels m Ireland, of negotiations begun with
them and pledges received thereupon, and of promise of succour
of men to be sent there in August next
reinforcements for ireland and the Low countries
From twenty-seven counties and the City of London new
troops are commanded for Ireland to the number of 100 horse
and 2,000 foot, to be ready at Chester for embarkation on the
27th of the month From the home counties also are required
volunteers to serve in the Low Countries, which are being sent
at the urgent request of the States of the United Provinces,
from whom also they shall draw their pay
nthjuly    dr  hayward examined
Dr Hayward was examined this day concerning his book of
Henry the Fourth before the Lord Keeper, the Lord Admiral,
Mr Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He ad-
mitted that the stones mentioned in the Archbishop's oration,
tending to prove that deposers of kings and princes have had
good success, were not taken out of any chronicle but inserted
by himself Mr Attorney would have it that Dr Hayward
intended the application of his book to this present time, the
plot being that of a King who is taxed for nusgovernment, and
his Council lor corrupt and covetous dealings for private ends
the King is censured for conferring benefits on hated favourites,