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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05269	The copie of a letter sent out of England to Don Bernardin Mendoza ambassadour in France for the King of Spaine declaring the state of England, contrary to the opinion of Don Bernardin, and of all his partizans Spaniardes and others. This letter, although it was sent to Don Bernardin Mendoza, yet, by good hap, the copies therof aswell in English as in French, were found in the chamber of one Richard Leigh a seminarie priest, who was lately executed for high treason committed in the time that the Spanish Armada was on the seas. Whereunto are adioyned certaine late aduertisements, concerning the losses and distresses happened to the Spanish nauie, aswell in fight with the English nauie in the narrow seas of England, as also by tempests, and contrarie winds, vpon the west, and north coasts of Ireland, in their returne from the northerne isles beyond Scotland.	Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.; Leigh, Richard, 1561?-1588, attributed name.; Mendoza, Bernardino de, 1540 or 41-1604.	1588 (1588)	STC 15413; ESTC S108408	47,041	60

the Realme shewed euery of them seuerall strong Bands of horsemen to the great liking of the Quéene and of all the people that were there being many thousands And within two daies after that the Earle of Essex being Master of the Quéenes horse with certaine principall Gentlemen his seruants friends and followers shewed afore the Quéene aboue thrée hundred horses of al seruice and a great number of Carabins and a faire Band of footmen all Musketiers This shew excéeded in number any other particular Band and the Earle himselfe with a great number of Launces horsed and armed did run very many courses and specially with the Earle of Cumberland as they cal it the Course of the field which I had neuer séene before and did also him selfe and his company Tourney on horsebacke a very long time and caused also his Carabines and his footemen to make many skirmishes there to the great liking of the Quéene and of the multitude of people which were many thousands Amongst whom I heard many vehement spéeches against all English Papists calling them all Traitors wishing also that the Spaniards had bene there in that field with treble the number to make proofe of the value of English men all which I heard to my great griefe with many curses against all their countrimen saying that they as arrant Traitors to their natiue countrie had villanously sold as farre as in them did lie the libertie of their country to Spaniards and other Papists It behoued me not there to haue contraried any of them for surely if I had their rancour was so stirred vp by the comfort of these faire shewes of horsemen as they would there in the field in their rage haue killed me and cut me in a thousand péeces Besides these Lords aboue named there were brought to the towne other faire Bandes by the Earle of Worcester the Earle of Hertford the Lord Audeley Lord Morley Lord Dacres Lord Lomeley Lord Mountioy Lord Sturton Lord Darcy Lord Sands Lord Mordant and by euery one that were of the priuie Counsell so as by estimation there were about London at that time aboue fiue thousand horses readie to serue the Quéene besides all the horsemen that were raised in all other Countries for the Armies and the Sea coasts And besides these I heard in a very good place where I was silent that there was by accompt twise as many in readinesse with the Noble men that were absent attending on their charges in their seuerall Lieutenancies As the Marques of Winchester one counted to be the strongest man of his own furniture for Horse Armour who is Lieutenant of Hampshire with the Earle of Sussex Captaine of Portemouth and Lieutenant also of Dorcetshire Next to him is in accompt the Earle of Shrowsbury Earle Marshal of England Lieutenent of a great number of Countries and of great power of his owne both for horsemen and footmen beside the power of the Lord Talbot his sonne The Earle of Darby also though he was in Flaunders from whence he came lately yet his sonne the Lord Strange Lieutenent of Lancashire and Cheshire in his fathers absence is said to haue raised a great power of horsemen And to shew the populer affection to this Earle in his Countrey I heard it for certaine reported that when the Earle continued longer in Flanders then they liked and doubting of his returne for that they supposed that the Duke of Parma would stay him and the other Commissioners there the people of his Countrie in a generalitie did amongst themselues determine that the Lord Strange the Erles sonne and all the manhood of Lancashire and Cheshire would goe ouer the Seas and fetch the Earle home A matter for no purpose to be spoken of but to note the force of the loue which the people doe beare to the Earle who with his sonne is firmely bent against the Pope The Earle of Bath also Lieutenant of Deuonshire had as is said great forces of his owne readie to haue impeached the landing of any strangers in Deuonshire The Earle of Pembroke also being Lieutenant of Somersetshire and Wiltshire and Lord President of all Wales was ready to haue come to the Quéene with thrée hundred horsemen and fiue hundred footmen all of his owne retinue leauing all the Countries vnder his charge fully furnished I omit here to speake of the Bands of horsemen belonging to the Earles of Northumberland and Cumberland which though they were ready to haue bene shewed at the same time yet the Earles hearing of the Spanish Armie approching went voluntarily to the Sea side in all hast and came to the Quéenes Nauie before the fight afore Callice Where they being in seuerall ships of the Quéenes did with their owne persons valiant seruices against the Kings Armada And to shew the great readines in a generalitie of sundrie others at the same time to aduenture their liues in the said seruice there went to the Seas at the same time diuers Gentlemen of good reputation who voluntarily without any charge without knowledge of the Quéene put themselues into the Quéens Nauy in sundry ships wherein they serued at the fight afore Callice of which number being very great I remember that the names of some of them were these Master Henry Brooke sonne heire to the Lord Cobham Sir Thomas Cecil sonne and heire to the Lord Treasurer Sir William Hatton heire to the Lord Chancellour Sir Horatio Pallauicino a Knight of Genua Master Robert Carie sonne to the Lord Hunsdon Sir Charles Blunt brother to the Lord Mountioy But much speach is of two Gentlemen of the Court that went to the Nauie at the same time whose names are Thomas Gerard and William Heruie to me not knowen but now here about London spoken of with great fame These two aduentured out of ship boate to scale the great Galliasse wherein Moncada was and entred the same only with their Rapiers a matter commonly spoken that neuer the like was hazarded afore considering the height of the Galliasse compared to a ship boate And yet to make it more manifest how earnest all sorts of Noble men and Gentlemen were to aduenture their liues in this seruice it is reported that the Earle of Oxford who is one of the most auncient Earles of this land went also to the Sea to serue in the Quéenes Army There went also for the same purpose a second sonne of the Lord Treasurer called as I can remember Robert Cecil there went also about that time to the Seas the Lord Dudley an ancient Baron of the Realme and Sir Walter Ralegh a Gentleman of the Queenes priuie Chamber and in his company a great number of young Gentlemen amongst whom I remember the names of the heire of Sir Thomas Cecil called

William Cecil of Edward Darcy Arthure Gorge and such others with the rehearsall of whom I do not comfort my selfe but only to shew you how farre we haue bene deceiued to thinke that we should haue had a partie here for vs when as we sée both by land and Sea all sorts of men were so readie of their owne charges without either commandement or entertainement to aduenture their liues in defence of the Quéene and the Realme And for the Earle of Huntingtons forces being Lieutenant Generall in the North it is reported that he hath put in readines for an Armie in Yorkshire and other Countries commonly limited to serue against Scotland to the number of fortie thousand well armed footemen and neare hand ten thousand horsemen to come to him if any occasion of Inuasion should be in the North partes to whom are ioyned with their forces thrée Lordes in the North the Lord Scroop Lord Darcy and Lord Euers There are also diuers other Lordes that are Lieutenants of Countries that haue in readinesse of their proper charges good numbers of horsemen As the Earle of Kent Lieutenant of Bedfordshire the L. Hunsdon Lord Chamberlaine Lieutenant of Norfolk and Suffolk the Lord Cobham Lieutenant of Kent the Lord Gray of Buckinghamshire the Lord North of Cambridgeshire Lord Chandos of Glocestershire Lord S. Iohn of Huntingtonshire Lord Buckhurst of Sussex and so by this particuler recital not vnméet for your knowledge it is to be noted what disposition the Nobilitie of the Realme had at this time to haue withstood all Inuasion And if percase you shall peruse your ordinary Catalogue of the grrat Lordes of the Realme you shal find that these are the substance of all the great Lords sauing thrée young Earles within age Rutland Southhampton and Bedford all thrée brought vp in peruerse religion And so remaineth to be spoken of the Earle of Arundel who is in the Tower for attempting to haue fled out of the Realme by prouocation of him that now is Cardinall Allen who howsoeuer he may be affected to the Catholique religion yet I heare most certainly that he offereth his life in defence of the Quéene against all the world And where accompt was made to haue a partie in this Realme which by these former relations appeare could not be possible the whole Nobilitie being assured to the Quéene and the force of the people not violently bent that way In this very time was offered to the Quéene as great a partie for her to come to her seruice and defence of the Realme as out of all Christendome she could not haue to all respects a stronger Which was the King of Scots who hearing of the intended Inuasion of the Realme sent a Gentlemā to the Quéene with his letter as I credibly heard to offer her all the power that he had to defend her her Realme and if she so would he would come in his owne person and hazard his owne life to defend this Realme against all Inuaders for Religion or any other pretence whatsoeuer So by this you may sée what accompt may be made of any vayne promises made in the name of this King And because you shall perceiue that I haue good meanes to haue intelligence of any other forces of the Realme for defence thereof it is most certaine as I heare and I haue séene a List or Rol of a great number both of horsemen and footmen which the Bishops of the Realme haue of their owne charges with the cōtribution of the Clergy raised vp in Bandes of horsemen and footmen which are to be led by Noble Gentlemen at the Quéenes nomination and these Bandes must be vaynely termed Milites Sacri As to the last point of the thrée foundations of the principal hope conceiued whereupon the Inuasion was chiefly grounded and taken in hand which was most certainly and generally beléeued that there should be found here in the Realme a strong partie of Catholiques against the Quéene to ioyne and assist the Inuaders vpō the appearing of the Spanish Nauie by my former relations of the generall great feruent loue of the people towardes the Quéene and of the great offers of seruice now made by the whole Nobilitie of the Realme this their foundation may appeare to haue bene wrong laied onely by imaginations as it were vpon a quick sand or rather as flying in the aire And yet it appeareth very truely that no small accompt was made hereof by the King of Spaine and by his principall Ministers for there is nothing at this present more vniuersally with one lamentable voyce spoken of by all the multitude of the Spaniardes now here prisoners yea by the chiefest of them then that they now euidently sée that the King their Maister was with such informatiōs greatly abused yea rather betrayed For they say there was no mā of value in all this Army but he heard it constantly affirmed and so deliuered for comfort of all that serued therein before they were shipped that they should not be afrayed of any resistance to land in England for that there was good assurance geuen to the King that they should finde a strong Armie of Catholiques ready in their fauour assoone as euer their Nauie should be séene vpon the Sea coast so they all here say they were incouraged to come to this iourney otherwise many of them sweare they would neuer haue come on shipbord so vnlikely they say it was and against all reason to Inuade a Realme with opinion to conquere it without both some title of right and a partie also but specially without a good sure partie And therefore now finding this report very false many of these prisoners do by name curse you as being the Kinges Ambassadour as him they say who vpon the opinion of the knowledge which you had gotten in England was therein more credited then any other and had these many yeares together tempted the King their Maister vpon hope and other such like perswasions to attempt such a matter as this was being vtterly in all wisedome to haue bene condemned without some certaintie of this latter part specially to haue had a strong partie here They also curse all such Englishmen as haue fled out of this Countrie whom they spare not to call arrant Traitors for offring the sale of their Countrie to the Pope and the King of Spaine And these prisoners adde also that they were borne in hand that this Countrie was so open to march in and so weake to withstand any force and the people so miserable as they thought the Conquest thereof had bene of no more difficulty then the ouercomming of a nomber of naked Indians was at the beginning of the Conquest thereof by King Ferdinand And now for strength of this countrie and people many of these prisoners hauing bene brought from the Sea coastes hether to