Catalogue description The QUEEN to LORD WILLOUGHBY AND ERESBY, Captain General of the Forces sent to France.

--"Right trusty and well beloved, Wee greete you well. Beenge given to understand, as well by our good brother the French Kinge and by Monsieur de Beauvoir la Nocte [sic], his ambassadour, as by information received from others, of the greate valure and good service done by yourself, and the rest of the colonels, captaynes and companies under your charge, in the late attempt uppon the suburbes of Paris, and in such other services as have been committed unto you by direction from the Kinge and other principall officers of his army: Wee have therefore thought good to take knowledge thereof to your comforte, and to let you knowe how gratefull and acceptable newes yt was unto us, and how much we hould ourself bownd to thanck allmighty God for blessing us with subjectes of that worthines and valure as you have shewed to be in you in a service so greately importinge not onely our honour, and the strengthenynge and safety of a Kinge so greately devoted to us and our realme in goodwill as he ys, but also the good and benefit of the common cause, that ys so mightely assailed by so many and potent enemyes. And further we will you to make knowen to all the colonels, captaines and souldiars our subjectes there servinge under you, our princely and gratefull acceptance of this their worthy service, so highly recommended from all partes, and to assure all and every of them that they shall fynde us myndefull of yt to their comfortes, when any occasion shalbe offred. Given under our signet, at our mannour of Richemond, the nynthe day of November in the xxxjth yere of our raigne." At the top, by the Queen, "Your most lovinge soveraine, Elizabeth."