. The life of Cardinal Wolsey . id him be of good cheer, and pluckup his heart, and take no despair. And I chargeyou come not from him, until ye have broughthim out of all danger of death. And then spakehe to Mistress Anne, saying, Good sweetheart,I pray you at this my instance, as ye love us, tosend the cardinal a token with comfortable words;and in so doing ye shall do us a loving being not minded to disobey the kingsearnest request, whatsoever she intended in herheart towards the cardinal; took incontinent hertablet of gold hanging at her girdle, and deliveredit to Master Butte
. The life of Cardinal Wolsey . id him be of good cheer, and pluckup his heart, and take no despair. And I chargeyou come not from him, until ye have broughthim out of all danger of death. And then spakehe to Mistress Anne, saying, Good sweetheart,I pray you at this my instance, as ye love us, tosend the cardinal a token with comfortable words;and in so doing ye shall do us a loving being not minded to disobey the kingsearnest request, whatsoever she intended in herheart towards the cardinal; took incontinent hertablet of gold hanging at her girdle, and deliveredit to Master Buttes, with very gentle and com-fortable words and commendations to the car-dinal. And thus Master Buttes departed, andmade speedy return to Asher, to my Lord Car-dinal ; after whom the king sent Doctor Cle-ment, Doctor Wotton, and Doctor Cromer theScot, to consult and assist Master Buttes for mylords health. After that Master Buttes had been with mylord, and delivered the kings and MistressAnnes tokens unto him, with the most com-. CARDINAL WOLSEY. 289 fortable words he could devise on tlieir belialf,whereat he rejoiced not a little, advancing hima little in his bed, and received their tokens mostjoyfully, thanking Master Buttes for his com-fortable news and pains. Master Buttes showedhim furthermore, that the kings pleasure was,that he should minister unto him for his health :and to join with him for the better and mostassured and brief ways, to be had for the same,hath sent Doctor Wotton, Doctor Clement, andDoctor Cromer, to join with him in counsel andministration. Therefore, my lord, quoth he, it were well done that they should be called into visit your person and estate, wherein I wouldbe glad to hear their opinions, trusting inAlmighty God that, through his grace and as-sistance, we shall ease you of your pains, andrid you clean from your disease and my lord was well pleased and con-tented to hear their judgments; for indeed hetrusted more to the Scottish
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