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dearthe by thys transportation into spayne*^ & other countryes, it is 

 pytty ther shuld not be a restreynt of corne durynge the tyme tyll 

 the plantatyon be throughly setteled. 



Of the spoyll of ttmbre in Ieelande 



The woodes & tymbre in England beynge thus spent & consumed 

 yf hys ma*' shuld haue any ocasyon to bwyld shyppynge (whych wer 

 some tymes estemed for the walles of Englande) he could not be 

 better fytted wyth tymbre then in Irelande the whych is now made 

 spoyll of and cut into pype staves, «& so carryed into spayne, and, 

 especially in thos places whych are nearest to the seasyd, the 

 whych of all other is most necessary & behovefull for hys ma^', but 

 yf thys spoyll be contynued as it is begune yf hys Ma*' shuld haue 

 any after ocasyon about hys navy he shuld fynd the want of yt. 



CONCLUSYON. 



I haue hitherto p^sumed (wyth all humblness & duty to p^sent your 

 ho' wyth thos informatyons whych I have indevoured as well for hys 

 ma*'* servyce as in respect of that dutyfuU zeal I do bear to you, who 

 beynge now a pryncypall pyller of the comon wealth I haue therfore 

 p^sumed to inform you wyth thos matters that doth so hyghly concerne 

 the especyall good of our Irysh comon wealth. And wyll eii^ rest 

 to do you farther servyce durynge lyf. 



