To the Right honorable Sir
Robert Cecill knight, principall
Secretarie to hir Majestie/
6. February: 1602
Old Countess of
Shrewsbury
It maye please you good Master Secretarie./ Arbell is nowe in minde as she
sayth to make the parties name she favoreth knowne to hir Majestie by any yt
shall please hir highnes to send hither, as maye appeare by hir owne letter
to you hereinclosed./ ffor that Sir Henry Brounckar hath ben ymployed before
in theise matters, hir humble suit is that he maye be sent agayne./ he is a
verie discreete gentleman, she sayth she woulde more willingly impart hir
minde to him that doth alredie vnderstand some part of theise matters, then
to an other./ I wishe she had ben better advised, then to have entred into
any of theise courses without hir Majesties good allowaunce and appoyntment./
The Almightie forever prosper hir sacred Majestie And so wishing you all
honnor and happines I will take my leave./ ffrom hardwick this vjt.
of ffebruarie 1602./
your uery assured louing frend
EShrouesbury