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Letter from Francis Throckmorton to Elizabeth I, dated about June 1584.

(Catalogue reference: SP 12/171 folio 2 )
  1. To her most excelent ma[jes]tie even to her
  2. owne royall hand[es].
  3. Moste excelent prince & my moste gratious souvereigne
  4. sythe to me the moste myserable of all yo[u]r ma[jes]t[ies] dys
  5. tressed subiect[es] beinge Justly Condemned by the or
  6. dynary & orderly Course of yo[u]r ma[jes]t[ies] Lawes, there
  7. resteth noe farther meane of Defense but submys
  8. syon: vouchesafe moste gratious prynce to accept
  9. the same w[hi]ch prostrate in all humylyty &
  10. sorrowe I here presente unto the hand[es] of yo[u]r
  11. moste excelent ma[jes]tie beseechinge the same that
  12. as Justyce hath bene deryved from yo[u]r hyghnes as
  13. from the fowntayne, to the tryall of myne
  14. actions; soe I may receave from the same springe
  15. some Droppe of yo[u]r accoustomed grace & mercy for
  16. the greate & greevous offense whereof I remayne by
  17. yo[u]r ma[jes]t[ies] Lawes Justly Condemned, some parte
  18. I say of that yo[u]r gratious Clemency whereof moste
  19. yo[u]r Dystressed subiect[es] have tasted & fewe bene depryved
  20. & albeyt the inConsiderate rashenes of unbrydled
  21. youthe hath w[i]thdrawen me from that loyall
  22. respect w[hi]ch nature & Dewtye bownde me to owe to
  23. yo[u]r most excelent ma[jes]tie as to my Lawfull & natura[ll]
  24. Dreade souveraigne & that the naturall Care in me
  25. of the Defense of my Lyfe, dyd Lately move me to
  26. the undewtyfull gaynsayinge & Denyall of that w[hi]ch
  27. before had bene by me in moste humble sorte
  28. Confessed: neverthelesse I moste humbly beseche yo[u]r
  29. ma[jes]tie that in imitation of the example of god whose
  30. Image (both in respect of the happy place you holde
  31. & in regarde of yo[u]r singuler wysdome & other rare
  32. princely vertewes & perfections wherew[i]th god & nature
  33. hath plentyfully endowed your ma[jes]tie) you represente unto
  34. us here in thearthe, yt may lyke yo[u]r hyghnes to
  35. com[m]yserate the lamentable estate of me yo[u]r ma[jes]t[ies] poore
  36. dystressed subiect that Does both humbly Confesse my
 
 
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