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were delivered to Gomez d Avila to be carried 

 to Brussels, and a passport procured, and his charges 

 defrayed by Lopez. And Ferrera, the more to ap 

 prove his industry, writ letters two several times, 

 the one conveyed by Emanuel Pallacios, with the 

 privity of Lopez, to Christophero Moro, a principal 

 counsellor of the king of Spain, in Spain ; signifying 

 that Lopez was won to the king of Spain, and that 

 he was ready to receive his commandment ; and 

 received a letter from the same Christophero Moro, 

 in answer to one of these, which he shewed unto 

 Lopez. In the mean time Lopez, though a man, in 

 semblance, of a heavy wit, yet indeed subtle of him 

 self, as one trained in practice, and besides as wily as 

 fear and covetousness could make him, thought to 

 provide for himself, as was partly touched before, as 

 many starting holes and evasions as he could devise, 

 if any of these matters should come to light. And 

 first he took his time to cast forth some general 

 words afar off to her majesty, as asking her the 

 question, Whether a deceiver might not be deceived ? 

 Whereof her majesty, not imagining these words 

 tended to such end, as to warrant him colourably in 

 this wretched conspiracy, but otherwise, of her own 

 natural disposition bent to integrity and sincerity, 

 uttered dislike and disallowance. Next, he thought 

 he had wrought a great mystery in demanding the 

 precise sum of 50,000 crowns, agreeing just with 

 the sum of assignation or donation from Don Antonio ; 

 idly, and in that grossly imagining, that, if after 

 wards he should accept the same sum, he might 



