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[fol. 76r] 5 January 1587

I Receved on wensdaye R. h. Lord, this lre inclosed, & have this mornyng writte [n] unto, makyng honorable mencyon of your L. therin. I wolld putt yow in remembrance [ ... ] disposed to employe me in Holland, to effect that purpose which ye brake with me of, [ ... ] willeng withall mi skyll & diligence to obey yow, wherfore I wolld humbly be re [ ... ] your L. plesure on that behallf. And Herewith I humbly beseke yow to move mi favorably on mi behallf, withowt whose furtherance I shalbe never hable to pr [ ... ] advance, & in lyke sorte mi sute is, that ye will wyn master secretory to ass [ ... ] & prefferment for your L. sake, seyng that for yow only, I am kept back & mos [ ... ] with her majestie which difficultye yf I shalbe hable this waye to overcom your L. shall [ ... ] the good & faythfyll service, that I will do yow. & ye shall increse the good will of [ ... ] (in my case) towards yow. /

Cesar the Italyen, lyes in howndesdiche att on Samfordes howse, who nott w [ ... ] hath shiffte of lodgings, & is gelous over his owne conscyens, butt when ye [ ... ] him, the monie shalbe fownd to intercepte him. There be 2. other Italyens [(I am] informed) com of late to him, & do kepe theme sellves close, in a howse [in] fisshstrete, nott comunicateng with ani of their owne nacion, which makes [the] more worthy suspicyon & lookyng to, which your L. may consyder of./

Fisshwick the poore fellow that is in the hole off the Cownter of woodstret [is] to be banisshed the Reallme, accordyng to the order that your L. prescribed to m [ ... ] Cesur hath payd sondry rownd somes of dett, & is full of money, wh [ere with] verey humbly I take mi leve. The v ^th^ of January. 1587. Temple Barre your L. most humbly W. Herlleli.