A coppy of my lettre to my
Lord 9: Iunij .1586.
I doe hereby in all bounden duty, & hum... [m]y selfe before
your Lordship moste humblie becechinge p...are playnely &
truly: the cause why I have not attended on your Lordship at this tyme proceding
only oute of a great feare of your Lordshipes wrathe & hevy displesure conceved
againste me; which I have harde by verye many hathe bene more styrred
of late then of a longe tyme before, thorrow sondry Informacions of my
vndutifullnes towardes your Lordship whereby I have doubted your Lordship wolde
now faule into the same manner of offence againste me which hertofore
your Lordship hathe done, espetially once at Sheffeld castell at ye same
tyme the Earle of Leycester was at Buxstons, whereby ther
entred into me then suche an Impression of vehement grefe And
vexation of mynde thorrow conceyte of a dutyfull vnkyndnes
as the same wente nerer my lyffe, or losse of my pore wytts &
sences, then is allmoste possible for your Lordship to conceve or beleve
And albeit I righte well know yat I owghte, bothe by the lawes of
god nature & men, patiently to beare what correction by wordes or
deedes, it shall please your Lordship to laye vppon me (knowinge well the same
muste nedes fyrste procede oute of a fa...my welldoyng)
yet is there suche an inward instyncte of...at when
any suche wordes shall procede oute of your...as sheweth
the wonted love which I know ...
& cleane altered; I am then presently ...of mynde
yat bereves me of all comforte of lyffe; And ...e as nothing
but godes omnipotent grace can restore me ffor better proffe wherof
& yat this procedethe oute of suche inclynacion, & nothynge els, I will in
all duty & humblenes subiecte my selfe to any other manner of correction
ether by dispossession of any erthly benefytes in present or future
or any other way of losse or punishment whatsoever, so as it myghte ples[e]
your Lordship to forbeare to chastyse me with the extreme rygoure of wordes
which wolde depryve me of all ioy or comforte of lyffe or worldly
thynges. And as nature hathe wroughte this effecte in me this
way, so hathe the favorable & lovinge speches of your Lordship heretofore
vnto me, wroughte the other way, as espetially ye laste tyme I did
wayte on your Lordship at your goynge from London, when I returned the
moste ioyed in harte yat ever I was in my lyffe, & so continued
vntyll I sente one to your Lordship shortely after, vnto whom I harde
your Lordship publikely vttered your former wrathe & great displesure agenst
me./. Thus moste humblie on my knees becechinge your Lordshipes blessinge with
my wonted bounden prayers for your Lordshipes moste perfyte healthe, honour
& longe lyffe, I humblie cease this 9 of Iune .1586.