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but now perceive it is another, to me unknown, 

 but, as it seemeth, very fit. I doubt not but he 

 came with sufficient warrant to Mr. Lieutenant to 

 have access. In this I have no more to do, but to 

 expect to hear from his majesty how this worketh. 



The letter from his majesty to myself and the 

 Serjeants I have received, such as I wished ; and I 

 will speak with the commissioners, that he may, by 

 the lieutenant, understand his majesty s care of him, 

 and the tokens herein of his majesty s compassion 

 towards him. 



I ever had a purpose to make use of that circum 

 stance, that Overbury, the person murdered, was his 

 majesty s prisoner in the Tower ; which indeed is a 

 strong pressure of his majesty s justice. For Over- 

 bury is the first prisoner murdered in the Tower, 

 since the murder of the young princes by Richard 

 the third, the tyrant. 



I would not trouble his majesty with any points 

 of preamble, nor of the evidence itself, more than 

 that part nakedly, wherein was the tenderness, in 

 which I am glad his majesty, by his postils, which he 

 returned to me, approveth my judgment. 



Now I am warranted, I will not stick to say 

 openly, I am commanded, not to exasperate, nor to 

 aggravate the matter in question of the impoison- 

 ment with any other collateral charge of disloyalty, 

 or otherwise; wherein, besides his majesty s principal 

 intentkfn, there will be some use to save the former 

 biuits of Spanish matters. 



There is a direction given to Mr. Lieutenant by 



