He told me how he would give a finger off his hand to have the rascal laid by the heels, ay, and the printer too, who had vilely lent himself to the business.

He waxed so fierce and eloquent in defence of the good bishops, that I promised him, should my urgent errand in any way permit it, he might count on me to assist him in his righteous hue and cry.

For I loathed all that set itself up to vex our gracious Queen and the peaceful order of her kingdom.

The man commended my loyalty, and we talked of other matters-- he doing the most of it--till we came to Colnbrook, where, finding my nag slow, and his business being very urgent, he left me and rode forward; appointing to meet me two days hence at the inn at Iffley, should I still be of a mind to do him and the bishop a service.
All this talk had made me uneasy, for he had hinted broadly that a close watch was being kept on all disorderly printers; and I, remembering my master's press in the cellar, hoped no suspicion might attach to him, and resolved to warn him when I returned home.
From Colnbrook I rode solitary in the heat of the day.

So hot was it that I was tempted to take off my cloak and lay it across the saddle in front of me.