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it to her majesty first, he was assured she would 

 not take it : next, that thereby he should lay her 

 asleep, and make her secure of him for greater 

 matters, according to the saying, &quot; Fraus sibi fidem 

 &quot; in parvis prsestruit ut in magnis opprimat ;&quot; which 

 accordingly he did, with protestations of his fidelity : 

 and her majesty, as a princess of magnanimity, not 

 apt to fear or suspicion, returned it to him with 

 gracious words. 



After Lopez had thus abused her majesty, and 

 had these trials of the fidelity of Andrada, they fell 

 in conference, the matter being first moved by 

 Andrada, as he that came freshly out of Spain, 

 touching the empoisoning of the queen : which 

 Lopez, who saw that matter of intelligence, without 

 some such particular service, would draw no great 

 reward from the king of Spain ; such as a man that 

 was not needy, but wealthy as he was, could find 

 any taste in, assented unto. And to that purpose 

 procured again this Andrada to be sent over, as well 

 to advertise and assure this matter to the king 

 of Spain and his ministers, namely, to the count de 

 Fuentes, assistant to the general of the king of 

 Spain s forces in the Low Countries, as also to 

 capitulate and contract with him about the certainty 

 of his reward. Andrada having received those in 

 structions, and being furnished with money, by 

 Lopez s procurement, from Don Antonio, about 

 whose service his employment was believed to be, 

 went over to Calais, where he remained to be near 

 unto England and Flanders,, having a boy that 



