e
added; "tell him that I will be all to him that a wife ought to be;
and tell him, too [delightful message to an already hesitating
bridegroom], tell him to bring his own cook with him" for fear he
should be poisoned,[214] The ceremony, could it have been
accomplished, {p.092} would have been a support to her; but the
forms from Rome were long in coming. On the 24th of January the
emperor was at last able to send a brief, which, in the absence of the
bulls, he trusted might be enough to satisfy the queen's scruples.
Cuthbert Tunstal, who had been consecrated before the schism, might
officiate, and the pope would remove all irregularities
afterwards.[215] But when the letter and the brief arrived Mary was at
no leisure to be married.

[Footnote 214: Ibid.]

[Footnote 215: Charles V. to the Ambassadors in
England, January 24 _Granvelle Papers_, vol. iv.]

Wyatt, having arranged the day for the rising, sent notice to the Duke
of Suffolk, who was still in London. On the morning of the 25th an
officer of the court appeared at the duke's house, with an intimation
that he was to repair to the queen's presence. Suffolk was in a riding
dress--"Marry!" he said, "I was coming to her grace; ye may see I am
booted and spurred; I will but break my fast and go."[216] The officer
retired. The duke collected as much money as he could lay hands
on--sent a servant to warn his brothers, and, though in bad health,
mounted his horse and rode without stopping to Lutterworth, where, on
the Sunday following, Lord John and Lord Thomas Grey joined him.

[Footnote 216: _Chronicle of Queen Mary._ Baoardo
says that Suffolk was sent for to take command of
the force which was to be sent against Wyatt. But
Wyatt's insurrection had not commenced, far less
was any resolution taken to send a force against
him. Noailles is, doubtless, right in saying that
he was to have been arrested.--_Ambassades_, vol.
iii. p. 48.]

The same morning of the 25th an alarm was rung on the church bells in
the towns and villages in all parts of Kent; and copies of a
proclamation were scattered abroad, signifying that the Spaniards were
coming to conquer the realm, and calling on loyal Englishmen to rise
and resist them. Wyatt's standard was raised at Rochester, th