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&quot; assure your lordships ; it is not possible for you to 

 &quot; imagine the true and cordial love that the king 

 &quot; our master beareth to your sovereign, except you 

 !f were near him as we are. He useth his name with 

 &quot; so great respect ; he remembereth their first ac- 

 &quot; quaintance at Paris with so great contentment ; 

 &quot; nay, he never speaks of him, but that presently he 

 &quot; falls into discourse of the miseries of great kings, 

 (t in that they cannot converse with their equals but 

 &quot; with servants. This affection to your king s person 

 &quot; and virtues God hath put into the heart of our 

 &quot; master, no doubt for the good of Christendom, 

 &quot; and for purposes yet unknown to us all. For 

 &quot; other root it cannot have, since it was the same to 

 &quot; the Earl of Richmond, that it is now to the King of 

 &quot; England. This is therefore the first motive 

 &quot; that makes our king to desire peace and league 

 &quot; with your sovereign : good affection, and some- 

 &quot; what that he finds in his own heart. This affec- 

 &quot; tion is also armed with reason of estate. For our 

 &quot; king doth in all candour and frankness of dealing 

 &quot; open himself unto you ; that having an honourable, 

 &quot; yea, and an holy purpose, to make a voyage and 

 &quot; war in remote parts, he considereth that it will be 

 &quot; of no small effect, in point of reputation to his en- 

 &quot; terprise, if it be known abroad that he is in good 

 &quot; peace with all his neighbour princes, and especially 

 &quot; with the King of England, whom for good causes 

 &quot; he esteemeth most. 



&quot; But now, my lords, give me leave to use a few 

 &quot; words to remove all scruples and misunderstand- 



