How now deere Soueraigne And our gracious Mother, Why doth your Highnes looke so pale and wan?
I did my Lord, Yet let me be their baile, For by my Fathers reuerent Tombe I vow They shall be ready at your Highnes will, To answere their suspition with their liues King.
She is sad and passionate at yourhighnes Tent Fra.
Adames to adviz the Emperour thereof, desiring to have hisHighnes letters of favor of the matter, which he promised me.
In the kinges letter, I recomended our English howse and our affares to the tuition of his Highnes in my abcense, desiring hym to have a fatherly care therof, and to assist them which I left in all occations they stood in need of.
I said I had receved suffition at his highnes hands in havinge the good hap to see the face of soe mightie a king as the King of Shashma; whereat he smiled.
I shal beseech your highnes In such a busines, giue me leaue to vse The helpe of mine owne eies King.
All that he is, hath reference to your Highnes Kin.
The late suspition of the Duke of Guise, Might well have moved your highnes to beware How you did meddle with such dangerous giftes.
The many favours which your grace has showne, From time to time, but specially in this, Shall binde me ever to your highnes will, In what Queen Mother or your grace commands.
Navarre that cloakes them underneath his wings, Shall feele the house of Lorayne is his foe: Your highnes need not feare mine armies force, Tis for your safetie and your enemies wrack.
Oh base Epernoune, were not his highnes heere, Thou shouldst perceive the Duke of Guise is mov'd.
My Lord, as by our scoutes we understande, A mighty army comes from France with speed: Which is already mustered in the land, And meanesto meet your highnes in the field.
Me thinkes my Lord, Anjoy hath well advisde Your highnes to consider of the thing, And rather chuse to seek your countries good, Then pittie or releeve these upstart hereticks.
These words revive my thoughts and comfort me, To see your highnes in this vertuous minde.
Ah, had yourhighnes let him live, We might have punisht him for his deserts.
All this and more your highnes shall commaund, For Polands crowne and kingly diadem.
Or be a knowne friend 'gainst hisHighnes pleasure, (Though he be growne so desperate to be honest) And liue a Subiect?
Tis his Highnes pleasure You shall to th' Tower Buck.
Now Madam, may his Highnes liue in freedome, And this man out of Prison Queen.
This they haue promised to shew yourHighnes A Spirit rais'd from depth of vnder ground, That shall make answere to such Questions, As by your Grace shall be propounded him Elianor.
My Lord Protector, 'tis his Highnes pleasure, You do prepare to ride vnto S[aint].
Why doth your highnes in your foe-mens tents Revell away the time and yield your person To the knowne malice of your enemies, Whilst in your owne tents rapine and foule lust Graspes your fayre daughter to dishonour her?
Whom if your highnes should so much neglect As to forsake his sister and delude him, Considering already your olde jarre With the stoute Lantsgrave, what harmes might ensue?
These are six carpet knights, and I one page Can easily bring in six that bee of age, They come to visite this your highnes court, And if they can, to make your honour sport.
But on Tyysday next we understand, that it pleaseth the said Kyngs Highnes that we shall come to hys presence, and ar charged to bring us up, Monsieur de Cressell, nowe Baillyf of Canse, and Monsieur de la Mot.
Madam, please it yowr gode God, we have sith our comyng hider, writen to your Highnes thryes.
Praiyng in the mean season the almightie God, to give your highnes in longe prosperous raigne, perfect health, desired tranquilitie, and against all your enemies, luckie and joifull victorie.
I retorned his Highnes many thankes; but rather imagin he standeth in dowbt we goe about to get lycense to send our shiping to Langasaque, in respect we desire to be apart from the Hollanders, and in that he is not deceaved.
Councell, a coppie whearof wee send your Highnes heare inclosed togeither with the princepall, which, if you finde requesite, maye please to cause to be delivered.
And thus, intreatinge your Highnes favourable assistance in theis our occasions, wee conclude, hopeinge to see you heare before our departure and take a friendlie farwell.
Unto which I made answer his Highnes had reason, but that I was not in falt; and that he might know, yf it pleaced hym to let his 194 jurebasso goe with me to the Hollandes howse to heare their answer.
These eies beheld; and these my followers, With these, the letters of the kings commend, Giues him letters Are happie witnesses of his Highnes health.
And God, Whose highnes doth the heauens transcend, As with a buckler doth the earth defend.
Wherfore I pray your lordship to consider the same, and to ymportune the kinges highnes with none other matiers then of necessite ye ought to do.
And for your paynes and diligence alredy taken and susteyned aboute his affayres there his highnes hathe commaunded me to yeve vnto you his most hertie thankes.
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