‘To recou_er_ agayne by the sworde the Realme of Fraunce, belongyng to o_ur_ most Redowbtid Souerayne by good and iuste tytle, and to chaunge the Sums of monay whiche we haue in sundrey yeres Receyued from thens into the hole and iust Reuenues that myght there from yere to yere be Leuyed yf we did peasibly enioye the same, who ys here present that wold not gladly dispend not oonly all his goodys but also his lyffe yf euery of vs had ten thowsand lyues to help to obtayne vnto o_ur_ most benygne souerayne and his most noble Succession besydys the high honour and wyde spredyng of his most glorious fame, whiche while this world endured shuld euer be had in memory, suche yerely reuenues and wellyng spryngg_es_ as[52] treasure as shuld by thyse means contynually be browght into this Realme, Whereoff there were no dowte but that ryght haboundant stremys shuld from his most liberall magnyfysence be dereuyed into eu_er_y parte of this his Realme to the grete Inryching and enprosperyng of vs and all suche as hereafter showld lyue vnder hys obeysaunce and subieccion. And that this high and Magnanyme ent_er_pryse ys at this p_re_sent by o_ur_ saide Souerayne not only in secret wyse in his high cowrage conceyued, but also vttred to his most prudent counsayll, and at sundrey tymes by his grace and them rypely dygested debated ye and fynally concluded as the thyng by his most high wysdome and thens thowg_ht_ not only possible but also very apparaunt and lykely, all reasonable dowt_es_ auoyded, we All haue clerely persayued as well by the mowth and reporte of my lorde legatt_es_ good grace as by the Recapitulacion of the Right w_or_shipfull best Assuryd and discrete Speker, in so moche that we haue ben_e_ adu_er_tised of the Indentures all reddy passed bytwene o_ur_ said most noble Souerayne and the Emparo_ur_s Magesty, conteynyng not oonly the nombre of horseme_n_ and Fotemen, estemed sufficient for the saide enterpryse, but also the day p_re_fixid for the Arryuall beyond the see of the saide Army. Whyche thyng sythyns o_ur_ most Redowbted Souerayne hathe so depely myndyd, that for the more effectuall puttyng in execucion of the same, his high enterpryze, he hathe promysed in the saide endentures, to goo ou_er_ in his owne noble p_er_sone Whoo ys here p_re_sent in this ryght w_or_shipfull assemble, or any other his subiet Whatsoeuer he be whiche to the vtterest of his power wold not payne and endeu_er_ hymself, that this so glorious, so profyttable and so wysshefull an enterpryse myght properously be atcheuyd and o_ur_ souerayne w_i_t_h_ assuryd hono_ur_ to Reto_ur_ne agayne after this grete acte well and victoryously p_er_fynysshed. But for somoche As yt hathe pleased o_ur_ most Redowbtid Souuerayne of his most high and haboundant goodnes, to declare vnto vs by the mowthe of my saide Lorde Cardinallis grace, not only this his purpose, but also the manyfold p_ro_uocacions and hainous iniures done