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 170 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. Letter from Edward, Prince of Wales, Son of Henry VI., to the Earl of Ormond, circa J 463. (Baluze MS., 9037, 7, art. 173, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Holograph.) Cousin Ormond, I grete 3-011 liertly well, acerteynyng yow that I have liorrle the gode and honorable report of 3'our sad, wise, and manly gj'ding ageynst my lordis rebellis and 3-our aduersaries, in the witche ye have pureheased unto yow perpetuall lawd and wosship. And I thank God. and so do 3'e allso, that ye at all tymes vnder his proteccione haue escaped the cruoU malise of your sayd aduersaries ; and for as motch as I vnderstand that ye ar nowe in portingale, I pray yow to put yow in the vttermost of your deuoir to labore vnto the kyng of the sayd royalme, for the forderanee and setyng forthe of my lord, in the recuvering of his ryght, and subduing of his rebellis. Whcrin, yf ye so do, as I bane for vndowted that 3"e wyll, 1 trust sume frute thall folue, w' godis mercy, witche spede yow well in all your workes. Writen at seynt mychael, in bare, w* myn awn hand, that ye nia3' se how gode a wrytare I ame. e^Mx^- To mj' Cousyn, the erle of Ormond. Letter of Sir John Fortescue, addressed — To the right worship- full AND singulerly belovid LORD, THE Erle OF Ormond. (Biblioth. Nationale, Paris, Baluze MS., 9047, 7, art, 175, Holograph.) Right worshipful! and myne especially belovyd lord, I recoraraande me to you, and it is so that in foste of the conception of oure lady, I resce3'ved at Seynte Mighel 3 in Barroys frome you a lettre writyne at porto in portingale, on monday nexte before the feste of seynte Mighel, to my right singulcr comfort, god knowith, of M-hiche lettere the queue, my lord prince and all theire servants were full gladde, and namely of your welfare and (?)•• escapynge the pouer of 3'ourc enn3"mics. And it is so that the queue nowe desireth you to do ccrtayne message frome here to the Kynge of portingale, of whiche ye mowe clerely understande here entente by an instruction, and also by here letteres, whiche here highnesse nowe sendeth to 3'OU by the berer thereof. Wherefore I writhe nowe noth3'nge to 3'ou of tho (sic) maters. And as touchyngo the sauf-conducte whiche ye desire to have of the kynge of Fraunce, it were god that 3'C haddc it, and 3^et 3'f his highnesse do to us nothynge but right, the queues ccrtificat, whiche we sonde to 3'Ou herewith, shuU be to you siwerte sufficiant. Northelessc I counseille you not to truste fermcly thcrouppone, and therby to aventure 3'ou to passe thorgh' his landc. For he has made many appo3'ntementes with oure rebcUes, by whiche it semyth he hath not alway intended to kepc the peace and triwes, whiche he made with us, but yet 1 knawe no cause that he bathe to breke ^ Now called St. Miliicl (Pi-pt. de la Mciisc) part of the ancient Lorraine. ^ The reading of tliis word is questionable. It may be — " in escapynge."