Madame This bearar hath made verie good diligence to bring us yo^[r] lettres wherof we wer verie gladde, for that by the same we understoode yo^[r] newes, and the rath^[r], for that we had receyvid none from yo^[w], sins the comminge of _Protestant the courrone_. Sins which tyme the _Quene of England_ hath ever kept us in allarme to begynne the _warre_ and to shew _by all her dealinges that she_ had sent to be doinge and sturringe the coles. We beleeve she hath forgotten nothinge, wherby she might thinke to draw anye fruict of her evell disposicion: yf she had fownde thinges in cace to go through w^[th] her businesse. Neverthelesse shee hath gyven us the fairest wordes of the world. _Wherunto the Frenche King hath not so muche trustyd_ but that he hathe advertisid the king of Spaine of all that _she hath doon_ who having well considered the mater, hath made answer that there is no cause why to disalow his entent specially to go through w^[th] the maters on that side, and that to chastise the Rebelles he will gyve the King, as manye vessells, men, and vitailes, as he will, and so hath writen to the said queene, who knowing that she can hope for nothing of that, that she maketh a rekening of, begynnithe to use oth^[r] languaige, and causythe her ambassad^[r] to saye that that she hath done hath ben for none oth^[r] cause, but for the jalousye she hath of her Realme, and fearinge to be sodaynly taken unwares. So that it seemithe, that she repentethe to have gon so farre furth in the mater. And we beleeve that before theese lettres come to yo^[r] handes, yo^[w] shall have well perceyved, that her intentes ar waxed verye colde. And yf that which she hathe caused to be said by her Ambassado^[r] be true, yo^[w] shall have understand all the hole storie, by a man whome the S^[r] de Sevre the kinges ambassad^[r] in Englande, hathe sent unto yo^[w]. Neverthelesse we have thought good to sende yo^[w] backe againe this said bearar, by the waye of Flandres to advertise yo^[w], that we thinke that your Rebelles wilbe farre from their rekeninge, yf they make their accompte of the said Ladyes protection. Or elles there is much dissimulation. And yet the King knowing after what sorte he must trust Englishemen, leavithe not of, to prepare xxiiij great ships to thintent (yf neede requyre, and that it do appeere, that the sayd Ladye doth contynue her evell disposicion) to gyue ordre w^[th] the same and oth^[r] forces w^[ch] he keepith in a readinesse, to souccour yo^[w] in such sorte, as he shall have the reason that he requyrethe, of thone and thoth^[r]. Yn the meane tyme he hathe sent the busshoppe of Valence, counsello^[r] in the K^[es] pryvie counsell, towardes the Queene, to understande plainely her meaninge, and in cace that the same be good, then to come to yo^[w] w^[th] good and large memorialles, to assaye to appease thinges on that side and to fynde the meanes to wynne tyme.