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patient abiding her Ma‘’s heavy displeasure in prison ten years lacking one 
moneth, my sondry grete losses in the sayd space, by my officers, and lastly, 
sithense her Ma‘’* most happy favor restored, my diligent attendaunce and 
arredinesse these full six years, to do any service commaunded which I shall be 
more able to perfourme when I may find some frute of her Ma’ favorable 
speaches and good opinion; her Ma‘’s gratious dealing in this behaulf being 
more worth unto me then ten tymes the valew of the remain. Otherwise con- 
trary to my owne disposition I shallbe enforced to leave her Mat”s comfortable 
presence by renewing my sute of travel, wberby, in letting my land to most 
advantage, abating my maintenance, I may take order to pay my credit at home 
and at my retourne be able to serve her Ma‘’, whear now for want I can not 
shew my affectionate mind if her Ma‘’ should any wayes employ me.” 
[Endorsed] 
‘¢ A Remembrance of the Earl of Hertford for Mr. Secretary Walsingham.” 
No. XII. 
1. Edward Earl of Hertford, from prison, to the Lords of the 
Council. (No date.)! See p. 153, Note 2. 
‘€ Most honorabyll and my synguler good Lordes: my duty wt all humbylnes 
consyderyd. Wher as by the want of consyderacon of my most bownden dute 
I have fallen into the gret Indyngnacon and dysplesure of the quen’s M*, the 
offence beying so yowthfull and unadvysed for want of hyre hyghnes lycence, 
as the felynge therof in myne owne brest hathe bene & ys ane uncurabyll gref 
unto me, I therefor my good lords knowyinge the most gentyll & well dysposyd 
naturs of yowe all, have tene so bould to request yowre favorabyll lycence to 
open myne afflyctyd mynd unto you; and do most humbly upon my knes ac- 
knowledge the gretnes of sayd faut & howe worthely I have deservyd all th 
enprysonment trobyll and dysplesure yt I have receyvyd, Well consyderyng 
y* althoughe I have never so good wyll & desyre to Recompence & Redrese the 
same, yet I aknowledge the faute to be suche that yt lyethe not in my power to 
do yt: therfor yeld I myself only to be under the quen’s Ma‘*gret mercy & perdon. 
Most humbly therfor my good lords styll upon my knes beseche your honors to be 
a meane unto hyre hyghnes to have pytty upon my pyttefull & wery lyf, my lone 
& longe Inprysonment, my hevy & dolorous hart utterly helples without hyre 
sayd mercy grauntyd. I greve I sey the same withowt myne owne desert, 
hopyng to Receyve therby fyrstsum .°. . . . lyberte of walk to Releve 
my self and contynewe my helthe, sum Repayre of sum of my poore frends to 
gyve me advyse howe furder to humbyll my self with contynewall humbyll suts 
‘to hyre highnes, wherby she may withdrawe hyre hevy hand from my hevy 
tormented hart. Affyrmynge unto your lordshyps that there cane [can] no 
mane [man] Imagyne so humbyll and semely way of submyssion as I have a 
faythfull and obedyent hart Redy to yeld hyre Mat* the same, and so wyll 
contynéwe durynge my lyf with contynewall prayer to God for hyre long pros- 
perous Reynge over us & your lordshyps Increse of honor.” 

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