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SP 12/144/50 f. 99r - v. William Herle to Edmund Cornwall.
Letter Text:
[fol. 99r]
mi R. worshipfull good cosyn, I do bere in mynde, how muche I am beholldyng to
yow, and will nott cesse (besyde mi thanckfullnes for the same) tyll I make yow som
amends, desireng yow in the mene tyme,
[
deleted: that yow possesse that ynterest in
me]
to be perswaded that the interest yow have in me is suche, as that
[
deleted: you
may use & comande me, as
[forefurth]
]
nether fryndship nor kynred shall go
before me, in expressyng how muche I desire to be yowrs, whom I love & respect for
the vallew that is in yow, a grownd worck that is apte to byllde faste uppon./ When the
sute was made here
[
deleted: for the Recevyng of]
^that^
your accomptes
^might be
Receved^
att home, I tolld master Secretory Wallsyngham your merites &
[
deleted: master]
justice,
[
deleted: & mynde grett mynde]
,
^towards the state^
& whatt further I suppresse, who conffirmed
^agayn^
that yow were worthy of ani favor, & was most willeng ether in this or other
matter, to be your mediator hym sellf./ I mene shortly sir to be yn the Contrey & to
discowrse with yow (yf your disposityon will permitt it) of a nomber of things, &
namely of drakes circuityon of the worlld, a man that made hym sellf herby famous
[
deleted: & is to
[brave]
]
& wherof our kyngdom is to Receve ynffinite comodytye.
Herewith, havyng the comoditye of this bere mi frynd & kynseman I do send yow
ynclosed ij papers