My duty m: honourably Remembred I truste yo^r La. will pardone ^me^ in wrytinge
playnely & truly, altho it be ether ^bothe^ blutley and tediously.
I mett my L. at bolsor yesterday aboute one of the clocke
who at the very fyrste was rather desyrouse to heare from
hence, then to inquyre of Kyllingeworthe, quothe he, gilbert
what taulke had my wyfe w^th yo.^w marry my L. quothe I
it hathe pleased her to taulke w^th me once or twyse synce
my cumminge, but the matter she moste spake of is no
smale discomforte for me to vnderstande then was he
very desyrouse & bade me tell him what, I began./ tTruly
ser, w^th as greved a mynde as ever I sawe woman
in my sam lyfe, she toulde me yo^r L. was vehemently
offended w^th her, in suche sorte, and w^th so many ^wordes &^ shewes
in yo^r angre, of evell will towardes her, and as therby yo^r La.
sayde, yo^u colde not, but stande doubtefull of that all
his wonted love & affection is cleane turned to the contrary
for yo^r La. further sayde, yo^u had geven him no cause
at all to be offended, yo^u hearinge that yo^r imbroderers
weare kepte oute of the Lodge from theyre beddes by dykensons
Iohn dykensons commandem^t, sayde to my L. thes wordes

noone, in the morninge, noone, did yo^u gyve commandem^t
y^t the imbroderers shoulde be kepte oute of the Lodge,
And my L. answered no, Then quothe yo^r La. they weare
kepte from theyr beddes there yesternyghte, and he that
did so sayde Io. dykenson had geven them y^t expresse
commandem^t, w^ch my L. sayde was a lye, And he sayde
it was vtterly vntrewe, & so I wolde have gone on to
have toulde the reste, howe yo^r La. willed him to inquyre
whether they weare not in this manner kepte oute or no, his
procedinge into vhe vehement coller & harde speches, but he
cutt me of, sayinge it was to no purpose to heare any
resytall of this matter, for if he lysted he sayde he cold
remember cruell speches yo^r La. vsed to him, w^ch weare such
as, quothe he, I was forced to say tell her, she scolded lyke
one y^t came from the banke, then gilbert ^sayd he^ Iudge yo^u whether
I had cause or not, well quothe he I will speke no
more of this matter, but she hathe suche a sorte of
varletts aboute her as never restethe carryinge of tales
& there vttered cruell wordes agaynste owen chefely and
the imbroderers, over lounge to troble yo^r La. w^th, so beynge
alyghted from his horsse all this whyle, sayde lett
vs gett vpp and be goynge, and I shall have ynoughe
to doe when I cum home, then (quothe I) I thynke my
La. be at Chatesworthe by this tyme, what quothe he is
she gone from Sheffeld, I answered by ix of the cloke
whervppon he seemed to marvayle greatly, & sayde
is her malice suche she wolde not tarrye on nyght
for my cumminge, I answered y^t yo^r La. toulde me
that he was contented at yo^r fyrste cumminge yo^u sholde
goe as yesterday w^ch he fursware he never harde of
then quothe I, my La. further toulde me that when
yo^r L. was contented for her departure yo that day,
he sayde y^t he had busynes in the Peake and
wolde shortely cum thither & lye at Chatesworthe
(quothe he) her cum goynge away thus gevethe me li ^smale^
cause to cum to Chatesworthe, but answered not whether
he sayde so or not, but I assure yo^r La. before god
he was & is greatly offended w^th yo^r goynge hence yester=
day
After he had seene all his groundes aboute bolsor and
was comen into the way homewardes, he began w^th me
agayne, sayinge y^t all the house myghte deserne yo^r La.
stomoke agaynste him by yo^r departure before his cumminge,
I answered, besydes y^t I sayde before, y^t yo^r La. sayde
yo^u had very gret & earnest busynes, as well at
Chatesworthe for yo^r thynges there, as to dele w^th sertayne
freeholders for ser thomas stanhope, but he allowed not of
any reson or cause, but was exceedinge angrye for the same
wherevppon I spake at large, w^ch I beseche yo^r La. to pardon
my tediousnes in repetall therof, or at leste y^e moste therof , quothe I, I pray yo^r L. gyve me leave to tell yo^u playnely
what I gathered by my Lady, I see she is so greaved
& vexed in mynde, as I proteste to god, I never sawe
any woman more in my lyfe, and after she had toulde
me, howe w^thoute any cause at all yo^r L. vttered moste
cruell & bytter speches agaynste her, when she all the
whyle never vttered any vndutyfull worde, and had
particularly Imparted the whole matter, she playnely decl
declared vnto me, that she thoughte, yo^r L. harte was
w^thdrawen from her, and all yo^r affection & love to hate
& evell wille sayinge y^t yo^u toke it as yo^r crosse, y^t
so contrary to yo^r deservinges he adiudged of yo^u, applinge
the manyfolde shewes w^ch yo^r yo^u so infyt infynitely
have shew made profe, & so forgott no earnest protestacion
y^t yo^r La. pleased to vtter to me of yo^r deere affection and
love to him bothe in healthe & sycknes, takinge it vppon
yo^r soule y^t yo^u have wysshed his greives weare on yo^r
selfe to disburthen & quyte him of, and quothe I my
L. when she toulde me of this her deere love towardes
yo^u, and now howe yo^r L. had requyted her, she was
in suche perplexitie, as I never sawe woman, and
concluded y^t yo^r La. speche was, y^t now yo^u know he
was thoughte him selfe moste happye when yo^u were
absente from him, and moste vnhappye when yo^u were w^th him, and att this I assure yo^r La. he melted, and
altho I can not say his very wordes weare, y^t he had
Iniuryed & wronged ^you^ yet bothe by his countenance & wordes
he it playnely shewed the same, and answered, I know
quothe he, her love hathe bene great to me/ and myne
hathe bene & is as great to her, for what can a man
doe more for his wyfe then I have done for her, and daly
doe for her, and so reckened at large yo^r La. may thynke
w^th the moste, what he had geven & bestowed whervnto
I coulde not otherwise replye then thus. quothe I, my L. she weare to blame if she consydered not
thes thynges, but I gather playnely by her speche
to me, y^t she thynkethe notw^thstandinge that yo^r harte
is as I have sayde hardened agaynste her, as I
have once or twyse alredy toulde yo^r Lordship, and
y^t yo^u love them y^t love not her, and beleave thos
aboute yo^u w^t w hatethe her, and at yo departure
I sayde, yo La. toulde me, that yo verely thoughte
my L. was gladder of yo La yo^r abcence then presence,
wherin I assure yo^r La. he depely protested the contrary
& sayde, gilbert yo^u know the contrarye, and how often
I have curced the buylded buyldinge at Chatesworthe
for wante of her companye, but (quothe ^he^) you ... see she
carethe not for my companie by her goynge away
I wolde not have done so to her ^for^ v^cli but after
this he taulked not muche, but I know it pynched him
& in my conscyence I thynke so, but what ^effecte^ will follow
(god knowethe,) I will wryte agayne to yo^r La. what
I fynde by him this day, for yesternighte havinge
not talked w^th any but my selfe, I know that
his harte desyred reconsyliation, if he wyste w^ch way
to brynge it to passe, The lyvynge god graunte it,
and make his harte turne to yo^r comforte in all thynges
/ To morow he will sende me to Darby aboute S^r
tho. Stanhops matter. I moste humbly beseche yo^r La. blessing
to me & myne, george reioyced so greatly yesternyghte
at my L. cumminge home, as I colde not have
beleved if I had not seene it. Sunday at ix of
the clocke. For godes g sake maddame pardone my very
tedyouse & evellfavored scryblinge.

Gilbert Talbott
§

the hastie lettres from S^r Iohn cunstable was to
advertise y^t there are ij Scotts y^t travell w^th lyne
lynen clothe to sell y^t have lettrs of importance
to this Quene thone of them is brother to curle
my L. huntington lettre was refusall of Land y^t my L. offred him to sell.