■g'g5 8 i.lL. Naval Expeditions, Scc. of the Englisti, Book H

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ACovYoftheQovsciPsLetter to'theL.L. Admirals, the 10. 0/^ August,

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TheCoan - ff a jr^ER our very heartyCommen-

€ to the Lords “ ^ clarions to your good Lordsliips,Admirals. <e Her Majesty being given to under*“■ stand, as well from your.Lordships, of“ your Return, as otherwise, that your“ Lordships, and the Ships that were" with you, in this Voyage, are al-ready arrived at Plymouth , or will“ be there before this our Letter can(C come to your Hands, upon the dif-“ solving of this Army, consisting ofLand Soldiers and of Mariners, Her‘ s Majesty hath entred into Considera-<c tion how they are now to be disposed,,f without Continuance in Charge.<c Wherein first we are commanded by<c Her Majesty to let your Lordshipsknow, how greatly it is to Her Ma*jesty’s Misliking, that she should be‘ c now follicited to be put to any far-“ ther Expences, for defraying of thefC Wages of these Soldiers and Mari*“ ners, remembring the assured Pro*“ mifes, which, Her Highness fays," She received, with so earnest Pro-'s testations, from both your Lordships,,c not only to fee her eased of that Bur-<c then, but of assured Hope of great" Profit and. gain, to defray these andtc all other incident Charges, and to an,tr fwer the precedent Expences, where*" at Her Majesty hath been. So. as" Her Majesty fays she was, by your" Persuasions drawn very hardly to dif-burse aforehand the Sum of above sis*“ ty Thousand Pounds. Whereto Her“ Majesty adds, as a great Burthen to“ her Realm, the Charges the Pont“ Towns, and especially the City, of“ London , were put unto in Provisions,Manning and Victualing of the Ships“ set forth by them, whereof they were" in Expectation to be Gainers for their" Adventures, and not Loofers. Andte therefore Her Majesty fays, if she" shall now be driven to farther Expen*" ces, she shall be greatly deceived in" her Expectation, and the Assurances“ which you made her, without which“, she would never have yielded to the" Voyage. Now for the Order to be“ taken with the Land-Soldiers, being“ accounted.about the Number of five“ Thousand, of these two Thousand,

“ two Hundred which were drawn out

cl of the Low-Countries , are, by Her 1596'." Majesty, resolved to be sent again, in. " the Shipping of that Country, to be" conveyed back thither, to remain in" those Garrisons and Places, where" they were taken, as was promised" by Sir Francis Fere, in Her Majesty’s" Name. Nevertheless, we are to put‘ c your Lordships in Remembrance, of" the former Direction, which we late*

" ly sent to your Lordsliips, by Her“ Majesty’s special Command, which" was, to take Order, that they should" be first duly searched, both their“ Persons and the Ships, and so return-" ed thither directly, without touching" on Land here, where they which“ were before in Her Majesty’s Pay“ shall receive the Wages due unto“ them, as before they did. For the" other, being about three Thousand,

<c Her Majesty willeth us to put Your“ Lordship, the Earl of EJsex in Mind,

" that there wasFour Thousand Pounds" imprested to You, and the Lord Ad-“ miral, whereof Her Majesty is infor-" med, that you, the Earl, had two" Thousand Pounds. And therefore,

“ the said Sum received by you, the“ Earl, ought to be employed towards“ the Pay or the Wages of those .Land-“ Soldiers. And because Her Majesty,

“ by Letters, lately sent out of Ireland,

“ is earnestly called upon by the Lord“ Deputy and Council there, to fend“ speedily some Supply of Soldiers“ thither, the Rebels continuing in their“ disloyal Course, tho’ theEarl of Tyr-ee Oen hath received his Pardon, there-

“ fore, as lately we wrote unto-

“-* because Her Majesty is unwil-

“ ling to burthen her Countries, with“ often- Levies (having been of late“ greatly charged) and these Men are“ already in a Readiness armed, and“ well prepared, Her Majesty doth re-“ quire your Lordsliips to make Choice“ out of the said three Thousand Land-“ Soldiers, that were levied here with-“ in the Realm to the Number of fif-“ teen Hundred, or a Thousand, at“ the least, that may be speedily sent“ into Ireland, with their Captains. For“ which Purpose there is Order sent toMr . Darrell, for a Proportion of Vic-“ tuals to be provided, both to serve A

them in their Transportation, and as-“ ter their Arrival there, for two“ Months farther. . And upon Notice“ from your Lordsliips, of your Con-“ sent hereto, there shall be present

“ Direction