‘In the reasonyng of whiche matter I shall but vtter myne ygnoraunce afore Hanyball as o_ur_ ryght wyse spekar rehersid now of late, but syns I am wadyd thus far vnder yo_ur_ benygne supportacion I shall here vtter my pore mynde yf thys grete and puysaunt armaye of xxx Thowsand foteme_n_ and ten Thowsand horsemen showld be co_n_ueyed in to the partyes of beyond see I ymagyn w_i_t_h_ myself whiche wayes they myght take to noy o_ur_ enemyes most Consideracion fyrst had vnto their owne saufegarde, How they myght suerly be victualled and thus I reason yf they shuld so invade Fraunce that they myght eu_er_ w_i_t_h_ suretye haue victayles owte of the Archedukedome, than put I no dowbt_es_ but they showld saufely Reto_ur_ne agayne, for any daungyer that showld com_e_ vnto theym by their enemyes, for synse they durst not this yere last past set vpon the Hardy and valiaunt Capetayn the Yerle of Surr_ey_ notw_i_t_h_standyng any prouocacions that he Cowld by hys exp_er_te wysedome in the Featt_es_ of warre Imagyn to bryng them thervnto how moche more wold they beware to mete w_i_t_h_ so howge an Armye whose bruit I suppose god beyng indyfferent the poore of Fraunce were not hable to susteyne, but by this meanes lyke as o_ur_ saide Armye shuld be in saftye soo showld the harme whiche they showld doo to the Realme of Fraunce be nothyng so moche as the harmys whiche we o_ur_selff_es_ showld susteyn in sowldyng of so great an army which were hable or iii Somers were expyred to exhawste and vtterly consume all the Cogne and bolyon w_i_t_h_yn this Realme whiche I coniecture can not passe moche aboue a Million For yf all the valew of the hole Realme excede not iiii Millions as my lorde Cardinall_e_s grace Declaryth playnly vnto vs all of whiche the possessions were estemyd to amount to oone Hole Million, me thynkyth that there ys no dowbte but that the Cornes, Cattall_es_ o_ur_ owne Co_m_modeties vtensill_es_ Apparayll for man and women whiche was neu_er_ soo sumptuo_u_s and also the wares not oonly made of o_ur_ owne co_m_modetyes but also conveyed from the partyes of beyond the see Hyther wherof was neu_er_ so grete Haboundaunce Dothe amount at the lest vnto other ij Millions This yf we showld take thys way or eu_er_ we showld doo to o_ur_ enemy any hurt that were worthy to be regardid we showld be brought in to that case that we showld neu_er_ be hable neu_er_ to hurt hym ne none other, nor to help o_ur_ Prynce, nor this his noble Realme What adu_er_syte soeu_er_ shuld fortune to Hap ye and what showld we then Doo, but sit in peace w_i_t_h_ the highest ignomine and Desperat confusion that eu_er_ did nacion and be constraynyd for the maynten_au_nce of co_m_mutacion and biyng and sellyng amongyst o_ur_selffes to koyne lether agayne, lyke as we oons haue done, whiche as for me I could well ynowgh be content with but yf yt showld fortune o_ur_ most Redowtyd Souerayne, yf he wold nyedys go ou_er_ yn hys owne