Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
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out focked in again upon her accession;and'
ope,ing their houses. they sought in rare
display to make good the darker years of
banishulent Priests, too had come from
Rome. and there were many there from the
Spanish court; and the prisons being
opened and the old ecclssiastiCs set free,
the city wore the air almost of a foreign
capital You pass" says the chronicle.
''as many Spaniards as Englishmen, when
YOU walk from Temple Bar to Pauls; while
westward al St. James, and in the Minister
precincts, you may well think yourself
subject of the Emperor Charles Thus 1t
befel that the city wore the air of gayety
awakened. and never was the feast more
splendid nor the display of wealth more os-
tentatious. Initiating the fashions Of
France. newly built coaches began to roll
and founder In the muddy streets by West
minister. There were soldiers not a few.
both of that army which had been raised
against Northumberland endeavor, and of
others necessary to be employed against
the new cOnspiracies and the undated
mood of treason. Bishops, too, desired, to
renew a style strange to them since Hen
rvs reign and much pomp and ceremony
atoned for Lutheran neglect. In all the
places Of public diSpUtation on change by
the cross at st. PauIs. about the city's
gates, many spoke in unmeasured words OF
the changes which must be, of the new
edicts against the heretics of times OF
doubt and trial which no lover of the older
order might escape. There We're even dem
agOgues to proclaim the queen bastard
ana to seek a fermenJ OF that brOOding an
rest. None knew from day to day what to-
morrow might call upon him to answer. y
Shadow as of the nations peril doomed al
ready upon the spIendor Of the capital.
Now. Roy Of Calverton had little under
standing of the peoples spirit, nor of those
sUbtltr influences then working in the city.
Blunt in his northern honesty, he cared as
little for the fine arguments Of the theOlo-
gidns as for the disputations of the dema-
EoSueS. Mary was his lawful queen: he
would hear of no other. If more selfish
impulse had sent him to London to win his
own security, none the less the desire to
serve the throne was strong within him, and
not the least welcome of his ambitious.
Iet him gain but Mdry's ear. he said. and
all the rest were sure. For the others, the
sycophants. the merceuaries. the faint
hearts vino We're the sentinels Of her pal
ace, he had a freeman's' good contempt.
Let her but hCarken TO me-" ne declared
TO Abbot Parkenham. and 1 will raise so
good troop that. be it duke or devil no
harm shall come to her. To such a man,
the paths Of craftsmanship were so many
dark alleys leading from the high road Of
honesty and right judgment to the slough
OF subtlety and deceit, Il come to serve as
II is given 10 me. To your chanCellors in
Pettc0atS, carry brOidery and pillion Is
this London ruled by women? Let the
queen seek men. and all shall be well with
herv'
The Abbot Parkenham liked the argu-
ment, but had little faith in it.
You VIII be a clever man." he said IF
you gain the queens ear. Believe me sir
Candor IS an iI-prized gift when YOU Law
II at the foot of a throne. Let the need ex-
list, and the church will begin to think of
the men You name. She has much TO do ut
present, and Will guard her royal mistress
surely, while she makes her Golfers ready
for the restitution she looks for If these
Things were aught TO me- l would say that
Mary IS a woman of good habit, but of bad
counsel Ihey make mention of her clever
ness in other tongues. l have heard il said
That she hath a large heart for those who
win her favor, and gossip speaks of no lit
Tie love on her part for the poor She has
even been known to go abroad in London
unattended, that she might visit some sick
WOmanS house and carry there the conso
4atons OF CHARITY. Such charity done in
stealth 10 the individual might well be done
to the nation if her councillors wflled II Rut
IheS concern themselves with their own af-
lars. each man saying, God save your
majesty ana deliver you from my friends
your @nemiesH From such as these Won
have little to gain. believe me: nav were I
one whom the chancellor had answered as
you We're answered this day l would not let
the night find me in the CITY Go bacl, to
sherwood. sir: in the forest YOU have So
cuflty- God alone knows what liberty Won
age 4ia4 Jul
Roy answered him with A merry word and
a hand which lay heavy upon his shoulder
ne liberty Of them that pay the price
OF IT, Leave 1t 10 me, abbot to win such
an aHSW from yon chancellor as shall
DrIhS MN Suppliant to this gatei I sneak
a parable. Of which your books cannot read
You the answer Alright. Let the church 90
OUT 10 call the bowmen TO her sanct11ary.
s ., VII nave need OF them soon enough
ana II she come seeking Roy of CaIverton
say mat he has gone 10 the FORCES that the
smith may whet him as good a blade as
ever sWordsman carried from Damascus.
us a parable l like the sound OF Yon
ShaII cream OF II over the wine cup until /
be come again" ~
Master Parkenham, It is said. shook his
mead at such a boast. and went off to read
the signs and wonders in the heavens Tor
as his henchmeu would make believe 70
moo and wink In his great oak chair until
the bell should summon him TO sunnarl
but Roy went out with the Lady Barbara,
as ne had promised: and. showing her the
wonders OF the city, the great snops of the
goIdSmiths. the business OF Cheap. the
clamor and hustle on change the fine
dresses of my lord mayors servants tbe
great church of Paui's and all those who
thronged its aisles as some house of custom
and not the church of God he went with
her hereafter across the river bridge, and
showed her the gilded barges and the shins
which lay at anchor and all that CAV ma
geantry which the clear green water of
Thames ever affords. And as he went he
HPOhC ~ I4ei VI indt which he hoped for
the morrow. "
Ihey will send for me, dear heart-for
now shall they help themselves? / carry
tnat which may save not only this city. but
THIS Kingdom! Do men refuse a grain of
gold 10 him that offers them a crown of
Jewels? / speak all confidently, yet not as
a FOOL who would not measure words This
oay the chancellor shall send for me TO
say. We give the pledge, now speak, If
tnereafter, can be of any service to Queen
Mary, she shall find me faithful. Little
GOD knows. have l won hitherto of this
Kingdom OF England; yet little have I asked
or would seek If II be not the sovereignty
which the forest has given me. Dear wife
VINO would change one gift Of Sherwood's
solitudes for all which London has to show
him this hour? Men speak of cities and
the mind Of cities: but II Is vanity which
seeks out great company, the desire that
It shall outshine the others. Those who 90
out to natures God can but lift their ewes
In humiliation and thanks Be 1t yours and
mine, little wife. so to lift them ere many
suns have dawnedr'
He has grown a little serious she
thought: for. womanlike, the city delighted
per, and there was, perchance, already in
her mind the hope that when the darker
days were ended and OHerton remained
their prize, she, too, might ride again to
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