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&quot; tion of it as matter of well deserving at his hand : 

 &quot; for that deserving was no more but to make him 

 &quot; his instrument to surprise one of his hest confede- 

 &quot; rates. And for the marriage, the king would not 

 &quot; meddle in it, if your master would marry by the 

 &quot; book, and not by the sword. 



&quot; For that of Flanders, if the subjects of Bur- 

 &quot; gundy had appealed to your king as their chief 

 &quot; lord, at first by way of supplication, it might have 

 &quot; had a shew of justice : but it was a new form of 

 &quot; process, for subjects to imprison their prince first, 

 and to slay his officers, and then to be complain- 

 &quot; ants. The king saith, That sure he is, when the 

 &quot; French king and himself sent to the subjects of 

 &quot; Scotland, that had taken arms against their king, 

 &quot; they both spake in another style, and did in princely 

 &quot; manner signify their detestation of popular atten- 

 &quot; tates upon the person or authority of princes. 

 &quot; But, my lords ambassadors, the king leaveth these 

 &quot; two actions thus : that on the one side he hath not 

 &quot; received any manner of satisfaction from you con- 

 &quot; cerning them ; and on the other, that he doth not 

 &quot; apprehend them so deeply, as in respect of them 

 &quot; to refuse to treat of peace, if other things may go 

 &quot; hand in hand. As for the war of Naples, and the 

 &quot; design against the Turk : the king hath commanded 

 me expressly to say, that he doth wish with all his 

 &quot; heart to his good brother the French king, that his 

 &quot; fortunes may succeed according to his hopes and 

 honourable intentions. And whensoever he shall 

 &quot; hear that he is prepared for Grecia, as your master 



