Hampton Court ... Illustrated with forty-three drawings by Herbert ...

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HAMPTON COURT
" Then went we and prepared ourselves to horseback,
being Saint Andrew's Day the Apostle, and so
took our journey to the court,... being at Hampton
Court, where the King and Council then lay, giving all
our attendance upon them for our despatches. And
the next day, being Saint
Nicholas' Day,Iwas sent
for, being in Master Kingston's
chamber there in the
court, to come to the King,
whomIfound shooting at
the rounds in the park, on
the backside of the garden.
And perceiving him occupied
in shooting, thought it
not good to trouble him:
but leaning to a tree, attending
thereunto till he
had made an end of his disport.
And leaning there,
being in a great study, what
the matter should be that
his Grace should send for
me, at the last the King
came suddenly behind me, and clapped me upon the
shoulder; and whenIperceived him,Ifell upon my
knee. And he, calling me by name, said unto me, ' I
will,' quoth he, ' make an end of my game, and then
willItalk with you; ' and so departed to the mark
where he had shot his arrow. And when he came