Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-05

his sentence of death. Come, come
my king, this moment, and all that
have, my wealth, my life. my honor
are yours for all time"
The king remained moment II
thought, with knife in hand.
"Caskoden, have never detected
you in a lie in all the years l have
known you. You are not very large II
body, but your honor is great enough
to stock Goliath. believe you are
telling the truth. will 60 at once to
liberate Brandon, and that little hussy
my sister, shall go to France and en-.
Joy life as best she can with her old
beauty, King Louis. l know Of nc
greater punishment to inflict upon her
This determines me. She shall coax
me out of it no longer. Sir Thomas
Brandon, have my horses ready, and !
will 60 to the lord mayor, then to my
lord bishop of Lincoln and arrange to
close this French treaty at once. Let
everybody know that the Princess
Mary will within the month be queen
of France" This was said to the
courtiers and was all over London be-
fore night.
followed closely in the wake of the
king, though unlimited, for I had de-
termined to trust to no one, not even
his majesty, until Brandon should be
free. Henry had said he would go
first to the lord mayor and then to
Wolsey, but after we crossed the
bridge he passed down Lower Thames
street and turned up Fish street hill
into Grace Church street on toward
Bishopsgate. He said he would stop
at Mistress CORVALLIS and have a
pudding and then on to Wolsey, who
at that time lodged in house near the
wall beyond Bishopsgate.
well knew If the king once reached
Wolsey's 1t would be wine and quoits
and other games, interspersed now
and then with a little clustering taD
on statecraft, for the rest of the day
Then the good bishop would have In 6
few pretty London women, and dance
would follow, with wine and cards
and dice, and Henry would spend the
night at Wolseys and Brandon lie an
other night in the mire Of his Newgate
dungeon.
resolved to raise heaven and earth,
and the other place, too. If necessary,
before this should happen. So rode
boldly up to the king and with uncov-
cred head addressed him: "Your maj
esty gave me your royal word that you
would 60 to the lord mayor first and
this is the road to my lord bishop Of
Lincoln. In all the years have known
your majesty, both as gallant prince
and puissant king, this is the first re-
quest ever proffered, and now l only
ask of you to save your own noble
honor and do your duty as man and
king"
These were bold words, but l did not
care one little farthing whether they
pleased him or not. The king stared
at me and said
"Caskoden, you are perfect hound
at my heels. But you are right. I had
forgotten my errand. You disturbed
my dinner, and my stomach called
loudly for one of Mistress Corvallis
buildings, but you are right to stick to
me. What a friend you are in case OF
need! Would had one like you"
"Your majesty has two of whom l
know-one riding humbly by your roy
al side and the other lying in the worst
dungeon In Christendom."
With this the king wheeled about I
and started west toward Guildhall.
To the lord mayor we accordingly I
went without further delay. He was
only too glad, to liberate Brandon when