[Address Leaf]
To the ryght honorable my very good
lord the Lo: burgley Lord Tresorar
of England///
lord the Lo: burgley Lord Tresorar
of England///
13.Iunij 1586
The Contiss of salopp
Rec. 17. Iunij
The Contiss of salopp
Rec. 17. Iunij
[Letter Text: Notes]
my most honorable good Lord; they that be in the pace of your Lo: must be trobuled wth the
complaynts of such as be oppressed./ and the great regard I haue to your Lo:, makes me open
my selfe vpon some speches both of latt and heartofore vsed by your L. vnto me wch
myght discorage me yf your Lo: honorable disposetyon and goodnes weare not dayly
tried and approued of all./ your L. supposed I had better frends then you, but
truly in my accounte ther ys noe such thinge./ for by the effecttes yt appears
not, my meserys being greatter, now then the weare at first, nether any thinge
done in my behaulfe more then of late her mag:tys order by your goodnes wch your
L. wth your owne hande made more fauorable for vs./ in treuth I confes ther
ys a noble man that hath made some good showes vnto me, whom I haue
found at the tyme of my nede much les then he profesed, and in stead
of afrendly and Iust course reuyled my sonnes, became parcyall ageanst
me, intruding hym selfe to be a Iudge in our cause, wch I proteast was
much ageanst our desyars, seking violently to make vs yelde to many
hard condetyons to all our present ovarthrowes./ others ther be that I
haue procured to be moued by my frends as I thenke any dystresed person
would, ether to make them frends, or else to stay ther oppotition; yet
what hath forlowed, nothynge but generall words, refering my comforte
to hope, wch hope ys desperate wthout your L. goodnes and protectyon of
me, whos athoretye, wysdom, and honorable dealing, hath of longe and doth
satysfye the worlde, to wch I vnfortunat woman doe as faythfully subcrybe
as any others, acknowledging my bonde to be equall wth the greatest./
Lett yt please your L. to know and beleue my professyon in all harty and
reuerent affectyon towards you, and geue me Leaue by your fauorable
acceptance to put my wholl trust and hope in your L. for the restoring
of the opresed estate of me and myne, dyspayring through any body else to w
haue redres h of my heauye meserys, and so (yf yt please you to regarde yt)
bynde me and myne in bonds that we shall euar beare to doe your L.
thankfull saruyce wth yours, and yf yt please your L. to excepte here of
and take vs into your fauorable conseratyon, we shall depend vpo
one you aboue all subiectes, as one most worthy and that hath most
bound vs./ only thys maybe doubted of my parte, the world being so
ell, whether ther be trewthe and constancye in my professyon, that I
refare to[deletion] the wholl course of my Lyfe past, and dealing wth all parsons
that haue had to doe wth me./. I beceache your L. to conceaue the best
you shall neuar be deseued in me, and so humble intreating your
comforttable answear I cease wth my prayar for your L. Longe
and happy Lyffe, thys monday./
complaynts of such as be oppressed./ and the great regard I haue to your Lo:, makes me open
my selfe vpon some speches both of latt and heartofore vsed by your L. vnto me wch
myght discorage me yf your Lo: honorable disposetyon and goodnes weare not dayly
tried and approued of all./ your L. supposed I had better frends then you, but
truly in my accounte ther ys noe such thinge./ for by the effecttes yt appears
not, my meserys being greatter, now then the weare at first, nether any thinge
done in my behaulfe more then of late her mag:tys order by your goodnes wch your
L. wth your owne hande made more fauorable for vs./ in treuth I confes ther
ys a noble man that hath made some good showes vnto me, whom I haue
found at the tyme of my nede much les then he profesed, and in stead
of afrendly and Iust course reuyled my sonnes, became parcyall ageanst
me, intruding hym selfe to be a Iudge in our cause, wch I proteast was
much ageanst our desyars, seking violently to make vs yelde to many
hard condetyons to all our present ovarthrowes./ others ther be that I
haue procured to be moued by my frends as I thenke any dystresed person
would, ether to make them frends, or else to stay ther oppotition; yet
what hath forlowed, nothynge but generall words, refering my comforte
to hope, wch hope ys desperate wthout your L. goodnes and protectyon of
me, whos athoretye, wysdom, and honorable dealing, hath of longe and doth
satysfye the worlde, to wch I vnfortunat woman doe as faythfully subcrybe
as any others, acknowledging my bonde to be equall wth the greatest./
Lett yt please your L. to know and beleue my professyon in all harty and
reuerent affectyon towards you, and geue me Leaue by your fauorable
acceptance to put my wholl trust and hope in your L. for the restoring
of the opresed estate of me and myne, dyspayring through any body else to w
haue redres h of my heauye meserys, and so (yf yt please you to regarde yt)
bynde me and myne in bonds that we shall euar beare to doe your L.
thankfull saruyce wth yours, and yf yt please your L. to excepte here of
and take vs into your fauorable conseratyon, we shall depend vpo
one you aboue all subiectes, as one most worthy and that hath most
bound vs./ only thys maybe doubted of my parte, the world being so
ell, whether ther be trewthe and constancye in my professyon, that I
refare to[deletion] the wholl course of my Lyfe past, and dealing wth all parsons
that haue had to doe wth me./. I beceache your L. to conceaue the best
you shall neuar be deseued in me, and so humble intreating your
comforttable answear I cease wth my prayar for your L. Longe
and happy Lyffe, thys monday./
your Lops: assured and so most
bounde
bounde
EShrouesbury
