Decatur Democrat, Volume 47, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 10 September 1903 — Page 7

[WHEN KNIGHTHOOD! • WAS IN FLOWER 8 & Or The Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, the King’s Sister and £4 ’ Happening In the Reign cJ His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth $ Rewritten and Rendered Into Modern English From Sir Edwin 4.7 C%.»kodei\’s Memoir g By EDWIN CASKODEN [CHARLES MAJOR] J 7% Copvrioht, 18*8 and 1901, by the Bowen-<Merrill Company 14

,is yet another matter'of which I Ah to write in very earnestness. Sir sookc- to me thereof, and what he Ed T hath given me serious thought. I ’t d k him for his words, of which he th n «ll thee in full if thou but importune W . UI 'thereto It is this: The dauphin, Vincis d'Angouleme, hath fallen deslr„Llv fond of me and is quite as imand almost as foolish as the r lover This people in this strange id of France have, in sooth, some curious notions. For an Sample thereto, no p thinks to find anything unseemlng in me dauphin's conduct by reason of his having already a wife, and more, that ®, fe th e princess Claude, daughter to the Mnr I laugh at him and let him say hat he will for In truth I am powerless A urevent It. Words cannot scar even a rose leaf and will not harm me. Then, by his help and example. I am justified in the pves of the court in that I so treat the Mns which otherwise it were impossible for'me to do and live here. So, however much I may loathe them, yet I am driven to tolerate his words, which I turn off I ff fth a laugh, making sure, thou mayest krow that it come to nothing more than words And thus it is, however much I wish it not that I do use him to help me treat the king as I like, and do then use the poor old king as my buckler against this duke's too great familiarity. But. my friend when the king comes to die, then shall I have my £ears of this youns Francis d'Angouleme. He is desperate for me, and I know not to what length he might go. The king cannot live long, as the thread of his life is like rotten flax, and when he dies thou must come without delay, since I shall be in deadly peril. I have a messenger waiting at all hours ready to send to thee upon a moment's notice, and when he comes waste not a precious instant. It may mean all to thee and me. I could write on and on forever, but it would be only to tell thee o'er and o'er that my heart is full of thee to overflowing. I thank thee that thou hast i never doubted me. and will see that thou hast hereafter only good cause for better faith. MARY, Regina. ■qteglna!” That was all. Only a ■ queen! Surely no one could charge Brandon with possessing too modest tastes. It was, I think, during the second week in December that I gave this letter to Brandon, and about a fortnight later there came to him a messenger from Paris, bringing another .from Mary, as follows: Master Charles Brandon: Sir and Dear Friend, Greeting—l have but time to write that the king is so ill he cannot but die ere morning. Thou knowest that which I last wrote to thee, and in addition thereto I would say that although I have, as thou likewise knowest, my brother's permission to marry whom I wish, yet as I have his one consent it is safer that we act upon that rather than be so scrupulous as to ask for anbther. So It were better that thou take me to wife upon the old one rather than risk the necessity of having to do it without any. I say no more, but come with all the speed thou knowest. MARY. It is needless to say that Brandon started in haste for Paris. He left court for the ostensible purpose of paying me a visit, and came to Ipswich, whence we sailed.

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i'he French king was dead before Mary s message reached London, and when we arrived at Paris Francis I reigned on the throne of his father-in-law. I had guessed only too accurately. As soon as the restraint of the old king’s presence, light as it had been, was removed, the young king opened his attack upon Mary’ in dreadful earnest. He begged and pleaded and swore his love, which was surely manifest enough, and within three days after the old king’s death offered to divorce Claude and make Mary his queen. When she refused this flattering offer, his surprise was genuine. “Do you know what you refuse?” he asked in a temper. “I offer to make you my wife—queen of 15,000,000 of the greatest subjects on earth —and are you such a fool as to refuse a gift like that, and a man like me for a husband?” “That I am, your majesty, and with a good grace. I am queen of France without your help and care not so much as one penny for the honor. It is greater to be a princess of England. As for this love you avow, I would make so bold as to suggest that you have a good, true wife, to whom you would do well to give it all. To me it is nothing, even were you a thousand times the king you are. My heart is another’s. and I have my brother's permission to marry him.” “Another’s? God’s soul! Tell me who this fellow is that I may spit him on my sword!” “No. no! You would not Even were you as valiant and grand as you think yourself, you would be but a child in his hands.” Francis was furious, and had Mary’s apartments guarded to prevent her escape, swearing he would have his way. As soon as Brandon and I arrived in Paris we took private lodgings, and well it was that we did. I at once went out to reconnoiter, and found the widowed queen a prisoner in the old Palace des Tournelles. With the help of Queen Claude I secretly obtained an interview and learned the true state of affairs. Had Brandon been recognized and his mission known in Paris he would certainly have been assassinated by order of Francis. When I saw the whole situation, with Mary nothing less than a prisoner in the palace, I was ready to give up without a struggle, but not so Mary. Her brain was worth having, so fertile was it in expedients, and, while I was ready to despair, she was only getting herself in good fighting order. After Mary’s refusal of Francis, and after he had learned that the sacrifice of Claude would not help him, he grew

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desperate and determined to English girl in his court at any price and by Any means. So he hit upon the scheme of marrying her to his weak minded cousin, the Count of Savoy. To that end he sent a hurried embassy to Henry \ 111., offering, in case of tile Savoy marriage, to pay back Mary’s dower of 400,000 crowns. He offered to help Henry in the matter of the imperial crown in ease of Maximilian’s death, a help much greater than any King Louis could have given. He also offered to confirm Henry in all his French possessions and to relinquish an claims of IPs own thereto—all as the price of one eighteen-year-old girl. Do you wonder she had an exalted estimate of her own value? As to Henry, it of course need not be said that half the price offered would have bought him to break an oath made upon the true cross itself. The promise he had made to Mary, broken in intent before it was given, stood not for an instant in the way of the French king’s wishes, and Henry, with a promptitude begotten of greed, was as hasty in sending an embassy to accept the offer as Francis had been to make it. It mattered not to him what new torture he put upon his sister. The price, I believe, was sufficient to have Induced him to cut off her head with his own hands. If Francis and Henry were quick in their movements, Mary was quicker. Her plan was made in the twinkling of an eye. Immediately upon seeing me at the nalace she sent for Oueen

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He fell upon his knee and kissed the hem. of her gown. Claude, with whom she had become fast friends, and told her all she knew. She did not know of the scheme for the Savoy marriage, though Queen Claude did and fully explained it to Mary. Naturally enough, Claude would be glad to get Mary as far away from France and her husband as possible, and was only too willing to lend a helping hand to our purpose, or Mary’s, rather, for she was the leader. We quickly agreed among ourselves that Mary and Queen Claude should within an hour go out in Claude’s new coach for the ostensible purpose of nearing mass. Brandon and I were to go to the same little chapel in which Jane and I had bee® married, where Mary said the little priest could administer the sacrament of marriage and perform the ceremony as well as if he were thrice as large. I hurriedly found Brandon and repaired to the little chapel, where we waited for a very long time, we thought. At last the two queens entered as if to make their devotions. As soon as Brandon and Mary caught sight of each other Queen Claude and I began to examine the. shrines ai|d decipher the Latin inscriptions. It these wo had not married soon, they would have been the death of me. I was compelled at length to remind them that time was very precious just at that juncture, whereupon Mary, who was half laughing, half crying, lifted her hands to her hair and let it fall in all wealth down over her shoulders. When Brandon saw this, he fell upon his knee and kissed the hem of her gown, and she, stooping over him, raised him to his feet and placed her hand in his. Thus Mary was married to the man to save whose life she had four monthsbefore married the French king. She and Queen Claude had forgotten nothing, and all arrangements were completed for the flight. A messenger had been dispatched two hours before with an order from Queen Claude that a ship should be waiting at Dieppe ready to sail immediately upon our arrival. . , ~, After the ceremony Claude quickly bound up Mary’s hair, and the queens departed from the chapel in their coach We soon followed, meeting them again at St. Denis gate, where we found the best of horses and four sturdy men awaiting us. The messenger to Dieppe who had preceded us would arrange for relays, and, as Mary according to her wont when she had another to rely upon, had taken the opportunity to become thoroughly frightened, no time was lost. M e made these forty leagues in less than twentyfour hours from the time of starting, having paused only for a short rest at a little town near Rouen, which city we carefully passed around. We had little fear of being overtaken at the rate we were riding, but Mary qnjd «he supposed the wind -would die down for a month immediately upon our arrival at Dieppe. Fortunately no one pursued us. thanks to Queen Claude, who had spread the report that Marv was ill, and. fortunately also, much to Mary’s surprise ;4MI d^ 11 « ht ’ when we arrived at Dieppe, as fair a wind as a sailor’s heart could wish was blowi-i ' right up the channel. It was J part of the system of relays-horses. Sh -WhenYbe d very wind Stows for our _ J,.nse we mav surely dismiss

.. I —MM7., .. _ „ fear,” said Mary, laughing and clap ping her hands, but nearly ready for tears notwithstanding. The ship was a fine new one, well fitted to breast any sea, and, learning this, we at once agreed that upon iandin England Mary and I should go to London and win over the king, if possible. We felt some confidence in being able to do this, as we counted upon Woisey’s help, but in ease of failure we still had our plans. Brandon was to take the ship to a certain Island off the Suffolk coast and there await us the period of a year if need be, as Mary might, in ease of Henry’s obstinacy, be detained, then revictual and reman the ship and out through the North sea for their former haven, New Spain. In case of Henry’s consent, how they were to live* in a style fit for a princess Brandon did not know unless Henry should open his heart and provide for them, a doubtful contingency upon which they did not base much hope. At a pinch they might go down into Suffolk and live next to Jane and me on Brandon's estates. To this Mary readily agreed, and said it was what she wanted above all else. There was one thing now in favor of the king’s acquiescence. During the last three months Brandon had become very necessary to his amusement, and amusement was his greatest need and aim in life. Mary and I went to London to see the king, having landed at Southampton for the purpose of throwing off the scent any one who might seek the ship. The king was delighted to see his sister, and. kissed her over and over again. Mary had as hard a game to play as ever fell to the lot of woman, but she was equal to the emergency if any woman ever was. She did not give Henry the slightest hint that she knew anything of the Count of Savoy episode, but calmly assumed that of course her brother had meant literally what he said when he made the promise as to the second marriage. The king soon asked: “But what are you doing here? They have hardly buried Louis as yet, have they?” “I am sure I do not know,” answered Mary, “and I certainly care less. 1 married him only during his life and not for one moment afterward, so I came away and left them to bury him or keep him, as they choose; I care not which.” “But”— began Henry, when Mary interrupted him, saying, “I will tell you”— I had taken good care that Wolsey should be present at this interview. So we four —the king, Wolsey, Mary and myself—quietly stepped into a little alcove away from the others and prepared to listen to Mary’s tale, which was told with all her dramatic eloquence and feminine persuasiveness. She told of the ignoble insults of Francis, of his vile proposals—insisted upon, almost to the point of force—carefully concealing, however, the'offer to divorce Claude and make her queen, which proposition might have had its attractions for Henry. She told of her Imprisonment in the Palace des Tournelles and of her deadly peril and many indignities, and the tale lost nothing in the telling. Then she finished by throwing her arms around Henry’s neck in a passionate flood of tears and begging him to protect her, to save her, save her, save her, his little sister! It was all such perfect acting that for the time I forgot it was acting, and a great lump swelled up in my throat It was. however, only for the instant, and when Mary, whose face was hidden from all the others on Henry’s breast, smiled slyly at me from the midst of her tears and sobs, I burst into a laugh that was like to have spoiled everything. Henry turned quickly upon me. and I tried to cover it by pretending that I was sobbing. Wolsey helped me’owp'ny pflVmg or bis gown to his eyes, when Henry, seeing us all so affected, began to catch the fever and swell with indignation. He put Mary away from him and, striding up and down the room, exclaimed in a voice that all could hear: “The dog, the dog, to treat my sister so! My sister! My father’s daughter! My sister! The first princess of England and queen of France for his mistress! By every god that ever breathed. I’ll chastise this scurvy cur until he howls again. I swear it by my crcwn, if it cost n<. kingdom,” and so on until words failed him. But see how he kept his oath, and see how he and Francis hobnobbed not long afterward at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. Henry came back to Mary and began to question her, when she repeated the story for him. Then it was she told of my timely arrival, and how, in order to escape and protect herself from Francis, she had been compelled to many Brandon and flee with us. She said: “I so wanted to come home to England and be married where my dear brother couid give me away, but I was in such mortal dread of Francis, and there was no other means of escape, so”— “God’s death! If I had but one other sister like you, I swear before heaven I’d have myself hanged. Married to Brandon! Fool! Idiot! What do you mean? Married to Brandon! Jesu! You’ll drive me mad! Just one other like you in England, and the whole damned kingdom might sink. I’d have none of it. Married to Brandon without my consent!” “No, no, brother,” answered Mary softly, leaning affectionately against his bulky form. “Do you suppose I would do that? Now, don’t be unkind to me when I have been away from you so long! You gave your consent four months ago. Do you not remember? You know I would never have done it otherwise.” “Yes, I know! You would not do anything—you <M;’ not want, and it seems equally certain that in the end you always manage to do everything you do want. Hell and furies!” “Why, brother, I will leave it to my

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lord Disnop of York Ts you did not promise me that day, in this very room and almost on this very spot, that if I would marry Louis of France I might marry whomsoever I wished when he should die. Os course you knew, after what I had said, whom I should choose, so I went to a little church in company with Queen Claude and took my hair down and married him, and I am his wife, and no power cn earth can make it otherwise.” And she looked up into his face with a defiant little pout, as much as to say, “Now, what are you going to do about it?” Henry looked at her ip surprise and then burst out laughing, “Married to Brandon with your hair down?” And ne roared again, holding bls sides. “Well, you do beat the devil. There’s no denying that. Poor old Louis! That was a good joke on him. I’ll stake my crown he was glad to die! Y'ou kept it warm enough for him, I make no doubt.” “Well,” said Mary, with a little shrug of her shoulders, “he would marry me.” “Yes. and now poor Brandon doesn’t know the trouble ahead of him either. He has my pity, by Jove!” “Oh, that is different,” returned Mary, and her eyes burned •softly, and her whole person fairly radiated, so expressive was she of the fact that “it was different.” Different? Yes, as light from darkness; as love from loathing; as heaven from the other place; as Brandon from Louis, and that tells it all. Henry turned to Wolsey, t’Have you ever heard anything equal to it, my lord bishop?” My lord bishop, of course, never had. nothing that even approached it. “What are we to do about it?” continued Henry, still addressing Wolsey. The bishop assumed a thoughtful expression, as if to appear deliberate in so great a matter, and said, “I see but one thing that can be done.” And then he threw in a few soft, oily words upon the troubled waters that made Mary wish she bad never called him “thou butcher’s cur,” and Henry after a pause asked: “Where is Brandon? He is a good fellow, after all, and what we can’t help we must endure. He’ll find punishment enough in you. Tell him to come home—l suppose you have him hid around some place—and we’ll try to do something for him.” “What will you do for him, brother?” said Mary, not wanting to give the king’s friendly impulse time to weaken. “Oh, don’t bother about that now.” But she held him fast by the hand and would not let go. “Well, what do you want? Out with it. I suppose I might as well give it up easily; you will have it sooner or later. Out with it and be done.” “Could you make him duke of Suffolk." w“Eh? I suppose so. What say you, my lord of York?” York was willing; thought it would be just the thing. “So be It, then,” said Henry. “Now I am going out to hunt, and will not listen to another word. Y’ou will coax me out of my kingdom for that fellow yet.” lie was about to leave the room when he turned to Mary, saying: “By the way, sister, can you have Brandon here by Sunday next? 1 am to have a joust.” Mary thought she could, and the great event was accomplished. One false crord, one false syllable, one false tone, would Lave spoiled it all had not Mary—but I fear you are weary with hearing so much of Mary. So after all, Mary, though a queen, came portionless to Brandon. He got the title, but never received the estates of Suffolk. All he received with her was the money I carried to him from France. Nevertheless. Brandon thought himself the richest man in all the earth, and surely he was dfie of the happiest Such a woman as Mary is dangerous, except in a state of complete subjection, but she was bound hand and foot in the silken meshes of her own weaving, and her power for blissmaking was almost infinite. And now it was, as all who read may know, that this fair, sweet willful Mary dropped out of history, a sure token that her heart was her husband’s throne, her soul his empire, her every wish his subject and her will, so masterful with others, the meek and lowly servant of her strong but gentle lord and master, Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk. THE END. Note by the Editor.—Sir Edwin Caskoden's history differs in some minor details from other authorities of the time. Hall's chronicle says Sir William Brandon, father of Charles, had the honor of being killed by the hand of Richard 111. himself at Bosworth Field, and the points wherein his account of Charles Brandon's life differs from that of Sir Edwin may be gathered from the index to the 1548 edition of that work, which is as follows: Charles Brandon, Esquire, is made knight, created Viscount Lysie, made duke it Suffolk*, goi-Hi to Paris to the - <-q doeth valiantly there, returneth

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