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of Zot Mat bewte gryt wit and other excellent qualiteis the 
fame quharof has so all movit hyme to become Zo" Ma‘ affec- 
tionat seruand that he will be all meanes stude to advance 
quhat sum ever may stande you in staide. How that he was 
sumtyme weill accepted and gentlye intertenycid by this 
quene and haill court bot off lait to the contrarye used alto- 
gether and that onlye for one suspitione thay haif conceved off 
hyme in sum mater touchinge Zo" Ma’ qwhillk begonth to 
take rood in their hartes sone efter the deid of king Frangois 
Zo" hynes husband bot sensyne is so far growin that towardes 
hyme and his na discourtasyc is omyttid quhilk could be done 
to one ambassado" Suay that he mervaleis that the kyng their 
maister can thus lang beir it at their handes. The grounds of 
their suspitione is this, hawing remainit w' in this realme as 
ambassado' now the space of fywe yeires he hes had occasione 
to learne manye thinges of the estate of this cuntre, for that the 
king his maist” was onis king heir during the quhilk tyme he 
vas liberall and benefetiall to monye, monye var his pension- 
aries quhay heit cannot forzait his gentilnes and benefiteis re- 
ceiwed at his handes thay still beare hyme guid will quhair 
opone monye hes during this tyme resorted to hyme as his 
minister may that be off conference wt menye his intelligence 
is become veray gryet and he has learned the dispositione 
and humoures of the moist part. He hes by inquyring examened 
Zo" ma‘ interest to the crown of England quhilk feilyeing of 
this quene is so cleir that no argument is probable to the con- 
` trare nother in law nor reason. He takkes hyme self to be so 
far assurit of the inclinasone of this peple and nobilitie that 
the heill beinge devydit in fo" partes thre partes of the fo" ar 
cleir bent Zo" Mat‘ way, the cownsell heir by ane suborned 
seruand of his being adutist that he hes gevine frome tyme to 
tyme advertistment to the king his maister of that intelligence 
he has in this traist’ hes taken hyme to be ane farder midlare 
to draw one the mariage of the prince of Spane wt Zo" Ma” 
