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IIKNRY MARSHALL TO LOUD HURCJIILEY. 



[MS. Lansd. 101, Art. 16. Orig.] 



Right Honorable, Forasmuch as I have of late devised 

 t\vo ran* inventions, the which may he profitable to my om- 

 trye, and damageable to the enemyes thereof; I thought it 

 my dutie (having found your honour ahvayes my especiall 

 good lord) to offer the disco verie of the same to your lord- 

 ship before anye other. The which if your honour shall 

 thinke worthie, maye be then imparted unto Her Majestic. 

 The first is an engine, whereby the walle of anye towne or 

 castle maye be defended from the force of anye canon : and 

 the other is an engyne, which shall brcake the araye of anye 

 bat tell being readie to joyne: the which engynes are easilie 

 made; and yett neither verie chargeable nor paynefull to trans- 

 porte. And because I understand your honour to be de- 

 lighted with such rare inventions, I thought it good to make 

 modelles of the same, whereby your lordship may the easelier 

 conceave my intention, and the better judge of the bcnefitt 

 and sequell pretended. Thus fearing to be troublesome to 

 your honour, and craving pardon for this my rashe boldnes, 

 I wish your honour good health and long life to God's plea- 

 sure. 



Your honour's most humble in all duetifulnes, 



HENRY MARSHALL. 

 To the right Honorable Sir William Cecill, Knight) 



Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England, 

 London, the 1st of June, 1595. 



EMERY MOL1NEUX TO LORD BURGHLEY. 



[MS. Lansd. 101, Art, 17. Orig.] 



1596. 



Right Honorable, As I have ever receaved, so I ever 

 acknowledge your honorable favors towardes me, and where 

 I have longe endevored to be a helpinge member to my 

 contry (as God enhableth me, by whome every good and 

 profitable thinge is effected,) so havinge by Him, by appa- 



out any living creature to stirrc them. Likewise, an instrument may be made to 

 fly \\itliall, if one sit in the midst of the instrument, and doe turne an engine, by 

 which the wings being artificially composed, may beat ayre after the manner of "a 

 flying bird." 



