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1600.

2 Iune. The Countesse of Shrewsbury to my Maste^r 9 good maste^r Secretary. I am lothe to be trobelsom to you, but when matters concerne me greatly, you wyll geue me leue to resorte to your honorable fauor, I haue and doe rely theron, and now occasion is offred wherein you may plentyfully shoe yt wi^thout the hurte of any, in mayntening me in my honest and just cause./ I am wronged by those, who in reson shold seke my comforte./ the erle of Shrosbery under pretence of a graunt of conceled Lands, goeth about to ouerthroe, thestate of some Lands formerly conueyed to my children, and derly obteyned by me, and uppon great considerations, the matter I haue caused to be briefly set downe, whi^ch my sonn w.illia^m Cauendysshe wyll present to you./ I besech god to graunt you long and happy health wi^th all honor./ from hardwyck the second of June

1600

your assured faythfull frend EShrouesbury / / Initial version