IGll.] 



L. S. D. 0.. 



159 



The abatements or remedies, which the several 

 pieces of gold may not exceed : 



s. d. 



^30 ol 



20 o 



10 o i shall not exceed 



I , , I 1 5 o I The remedy and abatement 

 piece of gold <i ,^ ^1- 



current for - 1 



^3 6j 



grs. 

 3 



Superscription-—" Given at Newmarket the 23 day 

 of November, in the ninth year of our reign of Gt. 

 Britain, France, and Ireland. Anno Dom. 161 1."* 



The Court remained at Newmarket until about 

 the 7th of December. During the interval the Spanish 

 Ambassador demanded redress for piracy committed 

 by English merchants, and received a hint, as a soliatium 

 for the grievance of his nation, that the King of Spain 

 might propose to the Princess Elizabeth. Salisbury's 

 attention was directed to abuses in the mint ; and 

 Sir Dudley Diggs invoked the bracing air of New- 

 market that he might the better work out his ideas for 

 the discovery of the North- West Passage — an expen- 

 sive hobby with some enthusiasts then as now.f The 

 Earl of Suffolk "^ had a house in the town at this date, 

 from which some of the furniture was requisitioned for 

 the comfort of the Spanish Ambassador during his 

 sojourn on this occasion. 



^^ Illegitimate son of Thomas Aston, Esq., of Aston. Sir 



* Black Letter Proclamation Book (printed), p. 250, P.R.O. 

 t State Papers, Dom., vol. Ixvii. 



