[fol. 47r] My R. honorable good L. I sent your L. on satterday a lre, by an Allmaigne, servant to hym that wrytt to her majestie wherof for that he hath long attended there, & [ deleted: had] I have hard nothing of the Receytt, I desire humbly to be resollved therof, for that som matter conteyned therin, caryes further mistery than is yett discoverd, & Requires bothe perfect secresye & Regard, in mi poore jugement I have Refferred it for a note to your L. own private deske & sincerity./
Towching mi Releeffe, yf it may com from her majestie by your honorable mediatyon, ther was never thing more seasonable comyng now, & for the whole that I have Receved, for the sayd viage of Estfrise Land, asswell in prest [ Marginalia (by Herle): as otherwise] wolld nott have deffrayd, Stephen Sebyews master Sydneyes man, that went in danyell Rogers busynes, the space of .3. moneths. I conclude humbly, that yf I have nothing, I content mi sellf with her majestie favor, & mi poverty, remitteng the disgrace to God./
Owr state here is confownded with diversytye of oppinion & men be very busy & sharp still, of which I will write no more (unles som partyculer occasyon of moment do reqwire it) before I have strengthe to speke with your L. mi sellf. & now they discend to dele with sir Thomas Cecilles humor to the howse of North: & of the marvaylows purchasses he makes in sondry parts of the Reallme./
I was in mi Late lre a sutor to yow for a Buck for savyng of [ deleted: credite] mi credite, I thowght the matter small, & presumed of your L. butt it may plese you bere with my bolldnes./
The Allmaigne wold be answerd well att her majesties hands & dispatched, in respect of his chargs. wherin a lyttell remembrance of your L. wolld do it. & so I humbly fynissh the 4 ^th^ of Awgust. 1585. Your L. in devotyon & service W. Herlleli.
