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fol.223vLater Addition: Sir Thomas Bodleyes lettere to the Lord Tresorore touchinge the States preperaton to Ayd hir Majestie in the Jurneye of Breste in Bryttanye 14 Auguste 1594. 36 Elizabeth.
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Later Addition: Sir Thomas Bodley to the Lord Tresorore concernyng the beseegyng of Breste in Bryttany./.
May it please your good lordshipe / For Answere to your lette of the 3 of this presente I Can sygnefy No more of the states R preparacion then I have done alredy theye have alwayes Complayned, and so they doe yet that they are Not made acquain- ted with hir Highnes Resolucyones. Knowinge Nothinge yet in Certen of the Troupes that shalbe sente of the Nomber of hir shipes, of the tyme and place of theyre meetinge or other Nedfull partycularytyes, Neverthelese of their desyre to second that service and that they maye Not be blamed for any backwardnes hear they have alredy ordayned as I write unto your lordshipe the 7th of this monthe that yf 10 of their beste and greateste shipes, either all or some parte shall Repaire unto the Dounes assoone as they are Armed, but yet I am parswaded unlesse the Certenly bee greater of hir Majesties proceedynges then yet appeareth unto them they will but temporyse at home (and and I maye Conjecture will Not willyngly be the fyrste that shall sette their shipes to sea Master Caron as I am privatly informed) hath done them to weitte that 14 of hir Majesties Shipes arre dispached towardes Plymothe, but yet for oughte I can parceav they are very lytle styrred with that advertysmente from him doublynge as I doe suspecte that it is but geven awaye out to towle them faster forward which parhaps they thinke the Rather bycause Nothinge is writtene of thos shipes unto me, althoughe I had your letteres by yo their Agentes Cone Convayance and was dated as lately as his, I was my suite unto your lordshipe in all my former letteres that for the better parformance of my Charge and to satysfy the States in that which they Required I myghte have knoledge Expresly and directelye aswell what forces hir highnes intended for hir parte to furneshe to this voyage as what shee dothe Expecte shold be done by them heare or in Case that Nothinge weare determyned to insyn- uate yet somwhat whearby I myghte be able to intertayne them heare the whill, howbeite your lordshipe knowethe that from the tyme that I parted from hom tylle this tyme I had Never any Answer to any poynte that I proposed, onely by your lordshipe of the 7th of July, I was injoyned to Recomend unto the States thos partycler demaundes which weare delyvered Master Carron but it was Not sygnefyed to me, what thos demaundes myghte importe, uppon occa- syone whearof I am hombly to beseeche yow that in theis affaires of hir Majestie I maye alwayes be Instructed, bothe presysely and by writynge too, what effecte I shall Negotyate and that I maye Not be referred to knowe my message of them with whom I maye Negotyate, For to be playne in this Case they doe very muche marvelle and speake of it oftene to see me lefte solonge heare without any informacion espessyally in thes matteres that are of suche Consequence and for which I was sente Expresly unto them, they tell me also Roundly that Consyderinge I am presente yt is Not their order to take onely Notyce of suche messages from their Agente and uppon his Reporte to dealle with their provincesbut they must be Recomended as desyred from hir Majestie by hir letteres unto them, or by me that am hir servante & purposly imployed, And in effecte that will be harde for hir hignes to be served as shee wold be yf thear be No more Care of hir mynesteres Creddyte I will Not, I will Not amplefye this poynte bycause your lordshipe in your wisdome dothe knowe what is meete and will pardone me a lytle yf I speake with some playnenes when I feele my selfe Incombered with the burden of my service for wante of due Informacion, they have delyvered unto me a transcripte of hir Majesties demaundes in which I doe Not doubte but theye deall with all Cinceretye in delyveryng me the Righte demaundes but yet I have Reason to be Scrupelos howe farre I should geve Credit to that which they exhibite whear wheare thinges are Not spessefyed to me in my letteres, for I see very Nowe that in this demaundes Conferryng some poyntes with your lordshipes lettere theare is appary apparante varyance For wheare your lordshipe dothe Certefy that theare weare 12 shipes at leaste Required of them thear are but x sette doune in writynge and lyke wise for the fol.222v