CORRESPONDANCE DU COMTE DE LEYCESTER. 149 
in anye thinghe against hym. I moste humbly thanke Your Lord 
for your letters I receaved of the 6 of september and verie gladd 
I am, that Your Lord hadd so good successe !) as to make even (?) 
with the prince of Parma with your conquestes. I praye God the 
deliverye of Bergh ?), thowghe ytt be nott in your charge, may 
make Your Lord overpasse him so mutche, thatt he maye loose 
his honor quite, as surely ytt wille be verie farre spent, yff he be 
fame (?) to leave his seege from thence. 
I woolde to God, ytt woolde please Your Lord to commande 
some off You to write to me sometymes uppon anye newe acci- 
dents of the successe, because heere the Spanishe affected these 
sundry tymes give on the....... 3) att the fyrst men be swayed 
withall awaye; and yf I knewe the truthe of, I koulde verie easely 
stoppe theire clamours and give over thinges to good pourpose 
sommetymes 
For newes heere truly I kanne write Your Lord verye smale, 
the kinge almoste theese five moneths having nott be seene and 
the Jermaine Imbassadors remayninge heere withoute audience, 
which theie are promysed to have on thuesday next, thoughe I 
wille nott sweare for ytt, thatt he wille keepe promis with them. 
All the armyes, thatt are heere against the king of Navar and 
them of the Relligion, have donne so lyttell as I kanne assure 
Your Lord, thatt in this whoole yeare taken butt three townes, 
the woorst village in Holland is better then the best of them, 
and the laste, yff the plague had nott devowered them, thay had 
nott taken them yett. 
The queen mother is styll att Chemonceaux and practyzes the 
spekinge with the kinge off Navar, butt yett nothing is done. In 
lenthe to be shorte I think the king dalyeth (?) with all the royalty 
butt especially with him self. I thinke in the eande ytt wille fauld 
on... 3) This was, my humble ....*) for this tyme. I commyt 
Your Lord to the keping off God. Paris, this 29 September 1586. 
Your Lords most assured att commandment, 
E. STAFFORD. 
1) La prise de Doesburg le 12 sept. 1586. 
2) Rijnberk. 
3) Deux mots illisibles. 
4) Mot illisible. 
