that he was attached to the protestant interest; but more especially
in the learned account he gives of Archbishop Cranmer's death, and
Sir Thomas Wyat's insurrection[8]. The works of this author which are
printed in the Mirror of Magistrates, are as follow;

The Fall of Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of
England, for misconstruing the laws, and expounding
them to serve the prince's affections.

The Tragedy, or unlawful murther of Thomas
of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester.

The Tragedy of Richard II.

The Story of Dame Eleanor Cobham, Duchess
of Gloucester.

The Story of Humphry Plantagenet, Duke of
Gloucester, Protector of England.

The Tragedy of Edmund Duke of Somerset.


Among these the Complaints of Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester,
who was banished for consulting Conjurers and Fortune-tellers about
the Life of King Henry VI. and whose exile quickly made way for the
murder of her husband, has of all his compositions been most admired;
and from this I shall quote a few lines which that Lady speaks.

The Isle of Man was the appointed place,