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fol.172vEndorsed: To my L. Tresurer 28 July 1594
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Later Addition: 1594 28 July To the L. Tresurer
May it please your good L. I reported in my [last] the 21 of this moneth the answear of the states to[ her] Majesties demaunde for their assistance by sea: wher[eto I] finde them by their speeches very throughly disposed, and I doubt not all of their speedy perfourmance. They doe attend altogether upon her Highnes precise [and] final resolution, without the which they will not make any present preparation, for the reasons alleaged [in ] my former to your L. and because thei sawe that those de- maundes which were delivered Master Caron the 15 of [this] moneth, were then the same day countermaunded ag[ain,] whereby remaining uncertaine of her Majesties inten[tion] they knowe not howe to frame the course of their p[rovi-] sion. Nevertheles I doe alwaies assure them, [that they] shall have notice of it, assoone as is needefull. I [am also] earnest with them not onely to doe that, which was requ[ired of] Master Caron, by those forsaid demaundes, but to exte[nd the] particulars to some greater proportion, which I am [cer-] tainly persuaded they will accomplishe in good [sort,] to her Highnes contentation. Moreover I suppos[e, that] sith they have determined as I am informed, [to] [[that]] the newe Englishe companies, that serve in their pay, [[to the]] number of 8 enseignes, which were 13 at the first, [and] [In margin: they may be like- wise induced by her Majesties intreatie to send them all to- wardes Brest,]