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neerly. And thus I comend you hartely to God. From the Court the xxix th I 

 of July 1588. 



" Yo r loving frend, 



" The Deputie Lieutenants of Wiltshire, " Fe. W." 



" S r , Since dinner I receaved yo r Ire written yesterday, for w ch and for the 

 horsses you have prepared to serve hir M tie in my band, I do thincke myselfe 

 more behouldinge to you than I will expresse, and assure yo r selfe as occasion 

 may bee offred mee, I will not only lett hir Ma tie for yo r good and comfort un- 

 derstand the readinesse and furniture you weare nowe in for hir service : but 

 also at all tymes to the best of my power in anie yo r cawses studie howe to 

 requitt this goodwill of yo r s towards mee so effectually nowe declared. 



" Towching yo r desyre to knowe where and howe yo r horsses shall be dis- 

 posed, you may understand that since I receaved yo r Ire, order is given to 

 the Counties abroade from my Slf here, for the staye of the forces nowe comyng 

 out of the same hitherwards, becawse (God be than eked) the successe of hir Ma ty 

 service at the sea is suche that wee are in good hope to stand in no need of land 

 service ; howbeit the stay of theise forces is such that they may be in readinesse 

 uppon anie sodayne or short warnyng againe to bee given them. And therfore 

 I pray you not to pcead further hitherwards, but to return home w th yo r horses, 

 and there so to dispose of them w th less charges to yo r self, as yf wee have anie 

 newe alarme given us here, I may uppon newe warnyng given you have them 

 readie. And thus I comend you hartely to God. From the Court the thyrd of 

 August 1588. 



"Yo r assured loving frend, 

 "Mr. Willm. Darell. "Fka. Walsyngham." 



Directed. " To my verie loving frend Mr. Willm. Darell, Esq." 



" S r . I have by this bearer, yo r servant, receaved yo r present of partridge 

 and other fowle, and by my servant Fraunces Mylles Ire from you understand yo r 

 goodwill in wishing Greenes and Norton unto mee, for w ch I yeald you thanckes, 

 but see no great hope of so good a matter to fall uppon mee. In yo r particular 

 affaires, I hope as occasion shalbe offred you will not spare mee, wherein I shall 

 allwayes be glad to doe you the best pleasure I can, and so comitt you to God. 

 From the Savoy the xi th of Sept. 1588. 



" To r assured loving frend, 



"Fka. Walsyngham." 

 Directed. "To my verie loving frend Mr. Willm. Darell, Esq." 



Sir H. KneveWs letter to Wm. Darell, Esq. 

 " So yt is that upon Tuesday night last very late, her Ma tie and my Lords of 

 y e priv'ie councell sent my brother Thom a s Knevett unto me at my house in S l 

 James pke in Weston, straytly comaundinge me w th all possible speed to hast 

 me into the Cuntry w th all possible speed, where I should meet w th Ires from 

 them w ch shauld throughly directe me in their will and pleasure. And because 

 I understood from them by worde of mouthe that yt was principally to bringe 

 upp twoo thowsand foote men armed out of o r Shire w th all hast that might be, 

 to attend her Ma tc pson, I thought yt good to lett you understand thereof in 

 any wayes. In her Ma u name earnestly requiringo you to see forthw 11 ' all soul- 



