Catalogue description M. BEAUVOIR LA NOCLE+ to LORD WILLOUGHBY.

--I send some letters which M. de Turene has brought for you. He has been received by the Queen and principal members of her Council with all the affection that could be wished for. The tidings from our master are very good. M. de Givry, with the garrisons of Melun and other places near retook Corbeil on the eve of St. Martin ; the Spaniards there having applied themselves rather to drinking than to guarding that which has cost them so dear. The Mareschal de Biron has taken and razed Passy and many other little forts which had much troubled those of Mantes. He writes to me that my son has given the enemy a third overthrow, and killed five or six hundred of them, but one need not believe him, as my son is his relative and his servant. M. de Nevers has defeated three regiments, and three troops of horse which St. Pol was taking to the Duke of Lorraine. Finally, the Parisians are very angry with the Duc de Maine, and say that he knows neither how to make peace or war ; their party being greatly astonished by the surprise of Corbeil. Signed.

Endorsed :--" Rec. a Grimsthorp, 21 Novembre a soir, aveque lettres du roy, per J. Hely."

+ Jean de la Fin, Seigneur de Beauvoir la Nocle, Grand Trésorier. Sent as ambassador to England in August, 1589.