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BL MS Cotton Caligula E VII, f. 213r - v. Unknown recipient to William Herle.
This document is badly burnt.
Address Leaf:
[Superscription:]
T
[o]
my veary Lovynge
[frend]
e master William Herlle
[give]
thys
Letter Text:
[fol. 213r]
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gladde to understand by your lre of the good g
[ ... pr]
oceedinges in your matters of the
feefarme, yf thee be
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Lyeke of Touchinge the advertisements of the newes which yo
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as well furnysshed of certayntyes, to advertyse you of, as the
[re ... ]
bee here currante but
of uncertayne reporte, yeat durste I
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comytte them to wrytinge consideringe the
doutefulle opyn
[yon]
conceaved of syche intellygences. The matters in ha
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reason of the
great personages cumen from the fr. k. to negocia
[te]
which are the Prince
Daulphynne, the marshall of Cosseye,
[misieur]
le Carouge, monsieur La motte fennelo, monsieur
de Pynnardo,
[M... ]
monsieur le
[Saisidente]
, monsieur de Vraye, and the Leggier, all
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There
dothe come to accompaynye thes, they yonge Duke of
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his brother bothe nephewes
to the
[
deleted: yonge]
Prynce Daulphyne.
yt ys advertyzed that the Earll of Arguysshe hath submytted
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K. hys mercye, and the
olde Regent Mourton, shall certayen
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There ar sente into Irlande another supplye of
men.
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power doothe stille gather forces. The frenche h
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by her majestie. Synce master
Norrys rayesinge of the sieg
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no other thynge doone; savynge that the mallcontentes
hang
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tresse to halfe a dosen compagnyes of frenche and flemynges
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and 500,
skottes encloesed in a vyllage, master Edward yourke,
[Lyvete]
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hys bande of horssemen,
with hys cornett, overthrowe iiij cornet
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with the losse of 36, of hys owene
compagnye.
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stronge supplye in preparacion from hence (as I here) for the sul
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Antonio; and 6 gentlemen of the Isle of Terziera cumen hy
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mooney and bylles of great
suffyciencye of 800000 crowenes, to
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our nacione, for the servyce of Don Antonio:
and to delyver that Ilan
[nd to his]
handes; they arryeved here the xiiij of thys moonethe and are
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hande. Thus havynge accomplysshed your requeste with
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but y
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for thys tyeme I
tak my leave. from the Court at
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