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Wulfhall and the Seymours. 



No. XVI. 



Mr. Robert Tutt's letter to the Earl of Hertford,, describing Queen 

 Elizabeth's kindness to the Earl's two sons. See page 157. 



[ The second person in the household list, Mr. Robert Tutt, had also charge 

 of the two young gentlemen, and attended them when on a visit to Queen 

 Elizabeth, at Hanworth, Middlesex, from which house Mr. Tutt thus writes to 

 the Earl at " Totnatn Lodge."] 



10 June, 1582. *' My humble dutie unto your honour remembered. It may 

 please the same to be advertised that Her Grace remayneth still troubled with 

 the cough which with her age maketh her feble and weak. Her Grace will 

 not desire your Lp retorne, but yet I know, willing enough to see your L. here ; 

 neyther request a Buck, but will take more [in] thankfull part one Buck 

 voluntarily sent, especially at thys tyme of the yere, than a leash hereafter. 

 And although your I> dothe conceive, that it is no meat for Her Grace, being 

 as she is, yet to have it in her house and to pleasure her neighbours and friends 

 with venison at this tyme of the yere, it is no small pleasure. Those pinates * 

 whereof your L. maketh mention, Her Grace receyveth to ripen the flewme. 

 Touching my Lord Beauchamp and Mr. Thomas, they continue for their dispo- 

 sitions after one sort. They have read my fellow Smith's last letters in Latin, 

 to Her Grace ; and afterwards put the same into English to Her Grace, as your 

 Lp willed. With my L. Beauchamp Her Grace had speciall speeches, to what 

 effect I know not, but without all doubt for his great good if he have a prepared 

 mynde to follow grayve and sound counsels. Her Grace made him fetch 

 his booke, entituled, ' Regula Vitce? & out of the same to read the Chapiters 

 ' Be veritate et mendaciisS Your L. shall do Well in wonted manner to 

 acknowledge her Grace's great care of them and their well doing. 



Now if your L, hath any meaning that Her Grace shall visit Totnam this 

 summer, then is it necessarie your honour acquaint my fellow Ludloe with your 

 L. determination therin : that all necessaries may be thought upon and provyded 

 in tyme." 



No. XVII. 



Frances Howard, the Earl's second wife, to him. Queen Elizabeth's 

 fall from her horse. See page 158. 



" Sweet Lorde, I thanke God moste humbly for your good helth and well 

 doinge, and I moste hartely desier hym to continue and increyse the same, and 

 I thanke you for so sone sendeng to me for I was a lettell mallencolly for fere 

 that you had not your helth, and I was sending my man Lennerd to you but 

 you prevented me by your foutman who met me as I was comynge home wayt- 

 ynge on the Quene abrode ; but a lyttell before we were all grettly afraed for 

 that her Majestes horse in stombleng, feall withall, and she withall felle, but as 

 she says, she lepped of frome hym, but her foutman stode her in grate sted but 

 thankes be to God she had no kynde of harme and presently after she wallked 



* Pinates : probably the same as " pinnonades " (Halliwell's Archaic. Diet.) " a confection made 

 chiefly of almonds and pines whence the name." 



