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patient abiding her Ma 1 *'* heavy displeasure in prison ten years lacking one 

 moneth, my sondry grete losses in the sayd space, by my officers, and lastly, 

 sit house her Ma**' 8 most happy favor restored, my diligent atteudaunce and 

 arredinesse these full six years, to do any service commaunded which I shall be 

 more able to perfourme when I may find some frute of her Ma ty ' 9 favorable 

 speaches and good opinion ; her Ma ty ' 9 gratious dealing in this behaulf being 

 more worth unto me then ten tymes the valew of the remain. Otherwise con- 

 trary to my owne disposition I shallbe enforced to leave her Ma ty ' s comfortable 

 presence by renewing my sute of travel, wberby, in letting my land to most 

 advantage, abating my maintenance, I may take order to pay my credit at home 

 and at my retourne be able to serve her Ma ty , whear now for want I can not 

 shew my affectionate mind if her Ma ty should any wayes employ me." 

 \_Endorsed~\ 



" A Remembrance of the Earl of Hertford for Mr. Secretary Walsingham." 



No. XII. 



I. Edward Earl of Hertford, from prison, to the Lords of the 

 Council. (No date.) 1 See p. 153, Note 2. 



M Most honorabyll and my synguler good Lordes : my duty w 1 all humbylnes 

 consyderyd. Wher as by the want of consyderacon of my most bownden dute 

 I have fallen into the gret Indyngnacon and dysplesure of the quen's M te , the 

 offence beying so yowthfull and unadvysed for want of hyre hyghnes lycence, 

 as the felynge therof in myne owne brest hathe bene & ys ane uncurabyll gref 

 unto me, I therefor my good lords knowyinge the most gentyll & well dysposyd 

 naturs of yowe all, have bene so bould to request yowre favorabyll lycence to 

 open myne afflyctyd mynd unto you ; and do most humbly upon my knes ac- 

 knowledge the gretnes of sayd faut & howe worthely I have deservyd all th 

 enprysonment trobyll and dysplesure yt I have receyvyd. Well consyderyng 

 y t althoughe I have never so good wyll & desyre to Recompence & Redrese the 

 same, yet I aknowledge the faute to be suche that yt lyethe not in my power to 

 do yt: therfor yeld I myself only to be under the quen's Ma te gret mercy & perdon. 

 Most humbly therfor my good lords sty 11 upon my knes beseche your honors to be 

 a meane unto hyre hyghnes to have pytty upon my pyttefull & wery lyf, my lone 

 & longe Inprysonment, my hevy & dolorous hart utterly helples without hyre 

 sayd mercy grauntyd. I greve I sey the same withowt myne owne desert, 



hopyng to Receyve therby fyrst sum lyberte of walk to Releve 



my self and contynewe my helthe, sum Repayre of sum of my poore frends to 

 gyve me advyse howe furder to humbyll my self with contynewall humbyll suts 

 to hyre highnes, wherby she may withdrawe hyre hevy hand from my hevy 

 tormented hart. A.ffyrmynge unto your lordshyps that there cane [caw] no 

 mane \mari~\ Imagyne so humbyll and semely way of submyssion as I have a 

 faythfull and obedyent hart Redy to yeld hyre Ma tie the same, and so wyll 

 contynewe durynge my lyf with contynewall prayer to God for hyre long pros- 

 perous Reynge over us & your lordshyps Increse of honor." 



1 Printed from the original rough draft found at Longleat. 



