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Description: | 1588-9, [February 28-] March 10. N.S. Middelbourch.
The bearer of this, Richard Tonson, will tell you of my continual endeavours that all of your side, being prisoners of war here, shall be well and humanely treated. I would willingly proceed further, to their deliverance, according to your request, the ransom being first agreed on and paid, but her Majesty has forbidden me to allow any to be ransomed until I am informed how his Highness means to proceed in regard to the soldiers of our side now prisoners with your party. Therefore I must pray you to pardon me if I wait to put my good will into execution until you have satisfied me on this point.
Meanwhile, I would recall to your memory, that when I was Governor of Bergen-op-Zoom, there fell into my hands one Pierre le Espagnol, whom, although he was 200 florins short in his ransom, I released upon your word, but have never received the money. Now, some months ago, I summoned from England a certain poor schoolmaster, to teach my pages, and on his way hither he was taken on the coasts of Flanders and carried to Dunkirk, where he is still a prisoner. I pray you therefore to send him to me, in recompense for the two hundred florins.
French. | Subjects: | Country Estates | Temporal: | 28 Feb 1589 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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