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Lady.
My duty moste humbly Remembred vnto your good La.dyship
Here is no thinge that I can so advertise your La.dyship of
yesterday Ratclyfe my brother Savills man came from
London with a lettre to my L.ord from his master of my L.ord
of Pembroke and my sisters departure from london
on thursday laste, their hole companie is aboute
xxx persons, the Q.ueen’s ma.jestie hathe lente them one
her beste shippes throughly furnished to carry
them to Andwerpe, and hathe apoynted master William
Gorge the captayne therof. my brother Saville
and my sister hathe earnestly desyred me to excuse
them for not wryting now vnto your La.dyship and to gyve
you moste humble thankes for the furthering of
my L.ord's liberallitie vnto them, whereof at large
I wrytt vnto them. howbeit master Alderman osburne
to whom my L.ord earnestly directed his lettres to gyve
them creadite for one hundreth markes and he wolde
repay the same at michellmas, woulde not lende
them any more then fyvetie poundes, & not that
not in presente mony, but by a byll of exchange to be
receaved in Andwerpe, for which he muste pay for the exchange,
as it were interrest, wherin, in myne opinion he hathe
litell deserved the good turnes yat my L.ord dothe vnto him
& hindered them of my L.ord's gyfte./.
my L.ord is continually pestered with his wonted
busyness, and is very often in exceding collor of sleyghte
occasion, a great greife to them yat loves him to se him hurte
him selfe so muche. he now speketh nothing of my goyng to
house, & I fere woulde be contented with scilence to passe it over
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but I haue great hope in your La.dyship at your cumming, and
In all my lyfe I never longed for any thing so
muche as to be from hence truly madame I rather
wishe my sealfe a plowman then here to continew. my L.ord myndeth
to sende me to killingworth, when her majestie commeth
thither./ Your La.dyship's pretty fellow is a ryghte
honeste man every way I truste your La.dyship thinketh so
besyde his owne desertes, by father and moother.
who doe all moste humbly crave your La.dyship's blessing
and pray for your La.dyship's lonnge healthe in all honour
& happines. sh.effield this presente Wednesday. my Lorde
is now goyng to Tankarsely to coursse, I here not
of any that dothe t mete him therre./
Your La.dyship's moste humble
and obedient loving sunn.
/ / /
Gilbert Talbott
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