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SP 12/181/72 f. 219r - v. William Herle to Lord Burghley. 
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[Superscription:] To the R. honorable mi verey good L. the Lord highe [Th] resuror of England &c. [giv] e these./
[Endorsement by Burghley:] 25. Aug. 1585 William Herle
Letter Text:
[fol. 219r] R. honorable L. your L. servant Brewer, browght me a few lynes from yow before dyner: To answer the which effectually I desire to do it by speche, assone as ether your own disquiettnes for mi good Lady, or your leysure with mi wekenes, will permitt And then yf I discharge nott mi sellf towards your L. as I owght, yow ar to conseve of me accordingly./ Butt yf I have don good offices to mi capacity & power, in the cowrse I have hollden, I hope that your wisdom will interprete theme to the best, & repute the discretyon I have used, to be symply & honestly ment./ Your L. as greved & possessed haply with an oppynion contrary to this, doth require to have your lres agayn that ye have plesed to wryte me (which ar so honorable, as they may be exposed to the vyew of the whole worlld) what in & in all other things I am most humbly to obey yow, hopyng that mi papers therewith shalbe restored me, that I have trobled your L. withall, & mi sellf nott prejudicated by ani sinister oppynion./ Towching your L. servant Owen: Truly I protest to God, that he is in all menes judgements (& yn mine especiallye) as honest a person as ever served noble man, & the other party no stayne att all unto hym, of whom I never hard before yesterdaye, butt by on newly com from the P. of Parmas Camp, & hath by the way observed Rowland Yorck, & others, which I thowght mi parte to advertis your L. of, in all symplicitye & duty, & not otherwise: Concludyng that I desire no longer lyfe nor wellfare, than I [ deleted: pray] from mi hart do pray for the advancement & conservatyon of your L. & yowrs, hoping [ deleted: hum] humbly that ye will so Receve it, when ye have ones hard me & mi justiffication, wherwith I take mi leve the 28. of Awgust mi Lodgyng. 1585. your L. very humblye. W. Herllely.

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