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260 Friars. And one Henry King, whose dwelling,' etc.

Waad to Salisbury, November 21, 1605: relating to Winter's convalescence, and ability to write:—

'Thomas Winter doth find his hand so strong, as after dinner he will settle himself to write that he verbally declared to your Lordship, adding what he shall further remember.' Sir Thomas Lake to Salisbury, November 27, 1605: relating to the receiver of the gunpowder:—

'His Majesty, this evening, after his return from his sports, commanded me to put your Lordship in mind of (a) thing in the examination whereof he doth not remember that you are yet cleared, that is, that where at Lambeth at the house whither the powder was brought by the porters there was a young man that received it, which His Majesty and your Lordship conceived at first to be Winter, but since, as His Majesty judgeth, could not be so because the examinations make mention that young man had no hair on his face, which is otherwise in Winter. He would, therefore, know whether your Lordship hath yet found who was the receiver of the powder, or, if it hath not been enquired of, by reason of the multitude of other things, then your Lordship would best to labour to discover it?'

'The copy of a letter cast into the Lord of Salisbury's court, December 4th, 1605:—

'My Lords, whereas the late unapprovable, and most wicked design for the destroying of his Majesty, the Prince, and Nobility, with