[Superscription:]
To the R honorable mi very good L. the lord highe Thresuror of England &c.
give these with speede att the Cowrt.
[Endorsement by unknown hand:]
sept. 1582 William Herle to my L.
[fol. 197r]
My dere Lord I have no leysure to wryte to you att this present whatt I determyned, butt
will tomorow supplye mi fawtt, in the mene tyme I do send your L. bownd up together
assmuche as hath passed in the Imperyall dyett to this daye, which is matter that
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may
be apte to be ymparted with the yong gentyll men your sones & neves for their
exercise, & I will procure for theme in wrytten hand all the oratyons & actes that have
passed duryng the dyett, amongest the Pryncs & those grave personaygs that were
assembled there, which shalbe worthye the perusing & the caryeng awaye If I were
hable to do your L. ani gretter servyce, or to the lest of yowres, in respect of the grett
mynde that I se caryed by you towards me your poore devoted creature, trulye I wolld
strive to do ytt. butt your L. knowes mi harte, & yow possesse it, as on that nature doth
comande to reverence yow the more in that I appertayn to yow by the same nature in
som good sort. yf your L. can do me ani good with her majestie ye shall do it for him
that nighte & daye strives to do her effectuall service. herewith is a booke, that
proceedes from certayn Sectaryes of owrs, establysshed att myddellburgh, yf to your
wisdom it shall appere that ani yll conseqwens may be drawn to our kingdom by
theme, ye may in this begineng
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theme, by the lest dyrectyon that her majestie
shall gyve. I have sent to the Bisshop of London on of the bookes, bycawse it
appertaynes to his estate to be advertised therof & to provyde for ytt. yf he do com to
your L. I wolld it might plese yow to saye, that it were fytt that the Bisshops dyd
amongest theme appoynt me to be their stypendarye, to watche in these cawses that
appertayne to the Churche. that they mighte be carefull of their s. as her her majestie is
of hers, to do somwhatt that were worthy their calling in the comune weall. They be
many, among whom the burden were easy ether by pensyon, or yelldyng of som
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pirbends for yeres, to do them sellves good & the Churche, with a good signifycatyon
of their myndes to her majestie. your L. will pardon mi motyon, the Bisshop Jewell
was ones disposed to have bestowed in this nature (declyneng his brethern therunto)
vcli a yere uppon me. whatt so ever it were it sholld content me, & nott hurte theme / I
have written to master Secretorye the state of all things here verey playnly; of whom it
may plese your L. to take the knowledge that I do send hym./ Which lest his leysure
canott serve to do, I do send yow copyes pryvatelye herwith of the whole, to peruse./ In
the rest it may plese your L. to pardon mi bolldnes all wayes, & to vowchesave to
comande me as on that prayes for yow with his harte contynuallye ./ Andwerpe.
1582 /
Your L. syncerelye allwayes W. Herrllly
[Postscript:]
Monsieur cam hither abowt ij of the clock
todaye the prynce comes after him. I beseke your L. to make master secretory mi
assured frynd I am a frayd that I do offend hym in wrytteng so playnlye (yett justly of
vylliers as I do.