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 1921 IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 433 quam antea ; Jonas non repugnat ; Phylippus videtur nobiscum esse. Solus pomeranus mordicus resistit sed non despero de felici successu. But as concernyng thos matters that hathe byn handlyed cum con- federals, 1 treuly my lorde hathe usyd hym selfe wysely and leke a noble man, and drevyn the matters to the uttermost bothe for the Kynges pleasur, and also for the Kynges honore, wherfor I wolde desyre your h[onorable] M[astership] seyng that the matters be brought to so good a conclusion that yow wold thourow your wysdome fynd the mayns that nothyng be requyryd of thes men that shalbe to hard for them to grant, for then al owr labur ys lost, and no thyng shal come to passe, and I had rather take some resonable thynge now than lose al. Aftyrwarde occasion mae be gyven to optayne al owr desyr. And as farre as evyr I dyd perseyve owr soverayne lorde nevyr desyryd more than that they shuld a gre as concernyng the counsel and the pope the wyche thyngs they have grantyd to the utmost. Ther ys nothynge that I can se to be [. . . ] owt of [. . . . . . ] that they aske so moche money, the [. . . I] tolde your h[onorable] Mfastership] always that they wold do, but thys I [desir]e that yt mae be brought to passe that they shal do sumethyng for thys money. Your h[onorable] M[astership] is wyse and can mark better thys thyng than I can tel. But treuly your h[onorable] Mfaster- ship] dyd the Kyng hey servys whan yow sent my lord in these matters for doutles he usyth hym selfe leke a wyse man in al poynts and sparyth no money in tyme and place. And it pleaseth thes men very moche that he ys so wyse and lyberal. They are also proud that yt plesyd the Kinges g[race] to send them so honorable an embassatur. And treuly thes thynges helpe moche to persuade men. Thys I dare say, that he ys not in Ynglond that could have done the kynge better servys in thes matters than my lorde. I ame in a gret love wyth hym by cause he hathe usyd hym selfe so honorably, thowh he and I do not a gre in omnibus articulis religionis, but I trust at length so to use hym that ther shalbe no gret varyans, for he ys gentyl and mae a byde al maner of honest communication, wherfor 1 dout not but to drawe hym at length to me thorough goddes grace. I have reseyvyd xx li. of my lorde for the wyche I thank your h[onorable] Mastershyp, but I desyre your hfonorable] M[astership] to remember us with more money, for treuly we are at gret charges and your h[onorable] Mfastership] promysed me at my departyng to increse my dyet at my lordys comyng. I have here at my charge to the Kinges honore v horse, for as your hfonorable] Mfastership] knowyth such thynges wyl not be brought to passe with owt gret apparal. I dare say that my lorde do spend every weke above hys dyet xv li. or xvi li. at the lest, besyde rewards wycfhe] be very grete, but your hfonorable] Mfastership]. . . . 2 fYour dail]y bedeman. R. B. 1 i.e. with the Sehmalkaldic League. 2 Manuscript burnt away here. VOL. XXXVI. — NO. CXLIII. F f