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BL MS Cotton Caligula C III f. 60r - v. William Herle to Lord Burghley. The top three lines of this letter are badly eroded.The script becomes legible after the word 'knowes' in the second line. 
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[fol. 60r] 1571

Mi Lor [d] [ ... ] forni [ture] knowes I have no mene to com by ani, & to [endure] [such] fleyes, & have nott somuche [ ... ] [sto] le to sitt on, nor ^a^ table to wryte on nor yett a clowtt to wipe on, [ deleted: which is more than I can endure] Butt towching the servyce I [am] here for, the tyme consumes & I do nothyng & [ deleted: for] the livetenant hath no warrant to suffer ani [ac] cesse unto me, nor somuche as paper & inck unles I will write to your L. or the Cowncell [w] hereby the cheeff purposer do decaye, for if in this beginneng, I do nott entertayne a wis [e] oppinion with mi cawses abrode, I mar all, as no dowtt Barthlett is ether for fere redy [to] ron awaye, having no encoragement from me, or elles may give over ani further deling in the contrary passions that thus mete together, And withall I most have money to go threw with the busy [nes in] sondry wayes, otherwise it is vayne to procede in it, for as I speke only the [ deleted: cheef] good oppinion of mi Prince, & her preservatyon, so is it nott xli nor a Cli can do me good, butt in the end as I deserve well, so lett me have well, oweing Barthelett a 3li 15s which he most nedes have presently, elles this mi comittyng will make hym in dowtt of all together, & ^to^ breke of wholly in the busynes. It may plese you therfore to send me viijli which makes up xxli, & I will make you true accompte as I laye it furthe, being ashamed that I shold thus dayly importune your L. butt that mi hability is nott eqwall to mi good will being entred into suche a discredite with mi frynds [that] ar com up to this parlyament, that where they had ment to have don largely for me, I am now wiped of all, & scarse a rag of myne own to mi back ^but borowed^ . Desireng your L. that I may speke [to] you tomorow mi self, for that I have sondry thyngs to say unto you by mowth, & this mi open b [ ... ] ng to the Cowrt will make the better oppinion of me with the B. & lastly that I may have the key of the marshallsea & mi man [ deleted: with] to repayre unto me, wheruppon rests mi grettest enterprise, & to understand your L. plesure whither I may certeffye the B. that I was examined [ deleted: whither] ^iff^ I had eve [r] accesse unto hym, or whither ever I practised bettwen Charles & hym ether by lres or messinger, w [hich] I most nedes denye to have confessed ani of this, or elles I cannott attayne to that end, which is to appere gilltles to the B. of ani overture or yeldyng of mi syde, wherby only I may enter into his former grace moreover it may plese your L to wryte me or cawse master Blithe to do it whatt artycles ^I shall saye that^ I was examyned uppon by the Cowncell, that I may be throwly armed, lest he perceve a further halltyng in the matter ^than before^ desireng your L to consyder of mi state ^here^ & how willingly I wold do ani thyng that were servisable, mary I lye on the grownd, which my yll leg canott bere./ So most humbly taking mi leve, & most ernestly desireng to speke with your L./ iiij aprilis 1571 your L verey humbly To the Lord Burghly her Majestys principall Secretary

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