150 CORRESPONDANCE DU COMTE DE LEYCESTER. 
XXXVII. 
Charles Howard, amiral d'Angleterre, au Comte 
de Leycester. 
Sur la conduite de quelques vaisseaux flessinguois au détroit de Calais. 
Winpsor, 1 oct. 1586. 
My Honorable Good Lord. I have receved a complaynte maed 
and sent unto Your Lord from them of the admiraltie of Celand, 
wherin they complayne greatly agaynst Mr. Baker, capten of 
Heer Majesties shype, caled The Boull. I sent for him to ansver 
unto it, who doth the offer, if it be trew, as they exclame, to be 
hanged. This he sayethe, that inded ther cham in to the Narro 
Sees !) 5 flybots out of Spayne, wherof 4 of them had my pas 
under the cell of my offys. The fyfte had not bin bound, as the 
rest was, for London. The Boull, then beinge in Dover Rode ?), 
saw the Flushener lay on of the flybots aborde, wyche was 
that, wyche hade not my pase. On of the other flybots, wyche 
was well apoynted, went and recovered heer agayne of the 
Flushener and had 9 of the Flushyners men aborde, wyche they 
bestoed under hatches. Att this, whyll Baker was not ner but in 
Dover Rod, the Flushyner chame unto Mr. Baker and desyred 
him of ayde to recover his prise, who presently went to helpe 
him and sent for them aborde. They declared unto Mr. Baker, 
that 4 of them had my pase and that the fyfte had it not, but 
by ther merse had brought him in ther company with dyvers 
Englyshe marchants goods, wyche they could not lade, and so 
conducted it under the 4 other pases, wyche was a most honest 
parte of them, beinge Englyshe mens goods, so as he, fyndynge 
this to be trew, declared it unto the capten Flushynger and reco- 
vered him his 9 men, that they had taken, and ther wepons. This 
5 shypes weer all bound for London and so this false and untrew 
complaint of this nawghty fells; but I must neds thynke of them 
as Your Lord did wright unto me, what openyon you had of 
1) Le détroit de Calais. 
2) La rade de Dover. 
