Catalogue description ANNE, LADY WALLER, to LORD WILLOUGHBY.

--Stating that "Mr. Waller's" affairs have made it needful for her to repair to England, yet finding, as she thought, that his Lordship and "my Lady" wished her to go to the Hague with her Ladyship, she had willingly resolved to remain with her till Michaelmas.

But this present Sunday, "my lady, with great rage, entered in to these words; I cannot forget, saith she, that one day you promised me to tarry till Michaelmas, and the next day you was of another mind." I tried to satisfy her, but she uttered many hard speeches and amongst other, upbraided me that I had charged her with meat and drink for myself and servants, asking me "whether that I thought my Lord of Leicester did give meat and drink to all them that came over with him. God knows the case is far different, for, as my lady well knoweth, I came over at her often requests and not for any other cause. . . . Her conclusion of speech was that she meant not to have my company any longer, for that, as she said, soon at night we should depart." I write this, my Lord, to make known the truth, lest mis-reports should lead you to think of me as I have not deserved.

I pray your Lordship to give Mr. Waller your passport into England for eight weeks, as you promised me yesterday, and to keep his company for him on his return. But as we would not have you think that he desires to avoid the answering of any matters here objected against him, he is very willing to remain ten or twelve days longer, to give his accusers time to bring in such matter as they have to charge him with; after which we entreat that he may depart "for that his three years' absence hath bred great and urgent occasion for his repair home."