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petitiones I have ben a suitor to your honors for this cause : and 

 do now likewise in all humble and dowtiful sorte accordinge to 

 my allegiance herein appertayning continue my petitions for the 

 same. 



In my petition most honourable I do humbly crave your 

 opinions may be heald of me as my desartes shall deserve, and 

 that my over liberall offere considering my beggerly estate for 

 the fortefying of the Castell, and furnishing of it with all 

 necessaries, may be understood as my poore true single meaning 

 is. 



And so in all humble and dewtyfull sort I end, desiring Grod 

 to send your honors long life with health. 



Pendennis Castell the vjth of February 1596. 



THE ENCLOSURE. 



*The examination of Eich^'- Perne taken by John Killegrewe 

 and Hanibal Vivian Esquires the 4th daye of February which 

 examinant was delivered from a towne in Spain called S. Anderas 

 to come for Ingland on Christmas daye last and came to Penryn 

 in Cornwall, the third daye of february where they took this 

 examination as followeth : — 



Imprimis Pichard Peren of Penryn fisherman by a Spanish 



Shallope beinge taken the 'day of August last past as he 



was a fishinge in the night confesseth that a Portingale captaine 

 who once was pilot with one captaine Poche & had byn often 

 times in Mr. Killegrewes house, boasted muche of the knowledge 

 of that place & therefore had credit from the Kinge to employ 

 some action uppon it, because he was the leader of suche 

 companies who came to fire the same. 



This examinant being taken a Leage of the harbrough by 

 the sayde captaine & his companies who then had put them- 

 selves in to a schallope to do theire exploit beinge stronger 

 guarded by a man of war, which they left at sea of & on 

 a bout the Lizarde pointe, entered the sayde harborough some 

 fewer houres before daye & landed under Mr. Kyllygrewes 

 house, kepeing the sayd examinant aborde their shallope till 

 they returned from the house makinge no longer staye than 

 a quarter of an houre & at their cominge backe againe vaunted, 



* State Papers Domestic, Elizabeth, Vol. 256. 



