Chap. LIII. during the Reign

1596. '' Deliberation, We think it good ra-

ther to forbear, in Favour of Our." Subjects Lives, from the Action, ex-ff cept by forbearing thereof any mani-" fest Danger may ensue.

‘ f Of all which Our Advises, Wet* charge you, Our two Generals, tohave dutiful Regard, and without“ mpst manifest Cause, not to dissentf s betwixt yourselves,norin your Dissen-tion to labour with any of the forefaid" Counfellours, by Way of Factions,«* to assist you in your partial Opinions.

" And to the Intent We may he fa-“ tisfyed of your Proceedings, in the‘ c Voyage, from Time to Tipie, and« c of your Manner of Deliberations and" Resolutions, and of your Actions* c thereupon taken in Hand, and theSuccess thereof, We have appointed" our Servant, Anthony HJhley, one of? e the Clerks of our Privy Council, toattend upon You, to keep a Registerof your Voyage, and of all your" Consultations and Actions, and of" your Concurrences in Opinions, oryour Differences, with the Causesthereof, whom We require you to al-" low in so doing, and to comfort him" with your Countenance in that §er-" vice.

“ And yet, nevertheless, tho’ Wef c have appointed the forefaid five to be" Counsellors to you, and that the" Causes may be of such Difficulty, as? e both yourselves, and the said Coon-s' sellours may think it good, for far-" ther Advice, to have the Opinion of" some more Persons, now having" Charge with you, We think it reason-“ able, that either of you two the Ge-" nerals, shall make Choice and call to* f your Consultation, two, three, four," or more of others, as you soall think" good, either of you in that Choice" calling an equal Number, for more" Indifferency, and so to make some" final Resolution.

" If, after this Service done, in De-" straying of the King’s Ships, and ofhis Staples of Provisions, you shall“ hear of the Likelyhood of the coming<c from the Indies of any of the King’s" Car racks, laden with Riches, you" soall fend away as many of the Ships" and Men, as you soall not haye Need“ of, to be used to the taking of such" Carracks , which we must leave to

(jh) These, and the following Letters, are left

of §lyeen Elizabeth. ^2^

‘ f your Consideration, not doubting but 1596,

" you will think it convenient, not to" continue the Charge thereof -longer" then soall be needful.

A Copy of Her M 4 J e sty’s Letter to thetwo Lords Generals, with Her ownHand. (J?')

„ H O’ all the careful Heed that The sheens

can be poured on one, and Letter to theThoughts full bent to save from Ill, Gene '“ that m3y befall in the scorning all,s good Hopes, and Treading on all" Charge, be not enough to graceless“ Thankfulness to yield but gratias for" such untouched, yea unheard of“ Goodness: I cannot but wonder how" Our Soil ever brought forth such" Fruit, and could not (till now) have" believed to find such Guerdon for such" Meat, but pa (ft graviora, which no" sober Silence may be thought, tho’ft not imputed, yet for all this, to veri-" fy that our Revenge is so likened to" earthly God’s, who soew more Be-“ nignify than they find Cause, I make" this humble Bill of Request to him" that all makes, and does, that with" his benign Hand he will soadow you" so, as all Harm may light beside you,

" and all that may be best, hap to your<f Sh^re, that your Return may make" you better, and me gsodder. Let(r your Companion, my most faithfull" Charles, be sure, that his Name is" not left out in this Petition. Gon" bless you both, as I would be, if £

" were there .* which whether I wiso“ or not. He alone doth know.

A Copy of Her Majesty’s Letter tothe Lords Generals ■, May, 21 . 1596.

" YX 7 E find your Letter very stramre Me $yeeri$" ™ to Us, considering the Mind f ° n ? 0 L f f;

" wherewith you . may perceive Ours Lords Geqe-." was written, for We find you wrest rats.

" Things to your own Evasions and" keep up Arguments made of common" Places of Doubts and Fears, (by indif-(f ferent Judgments not partial to their" own Passions) as easily answered as" made. You mention first a Danger“ to commitAuthority to any other, be r“ cause you are referred to your Con>

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Word for Word, as they are in the Originals-