It seemethe by this report that a Plantation is ment. Thes Skottishe seem to be very honest men, and this intelligenc differeth littell from that I sent yow from Jersey. All which I leve to your better judgment, and rest your most assured to do yow service. W. RALEGH. Weimouthe, this 26 of September [1601]. Addressed: For Her Maiesties service. To the right honorable Sir ROBERT Cecyll, Principal Secritory to Her Maiestie. Shirburne, the 26 of September, att 10 o'clock the forenoune. Endorsed : Sir W. Raleigh to my Master. From Shirbonne. LETTER CIII. 1601. Sept. 26. CIV. TO SECRETARY SIR ROBERT CECIL. From the Original. Domestic Correspondence: Elizabeth. Unarranged I WROTE unto yow the 26 of this present what I re- 1 So in MS., but evidently by a slip of the pen. VOL. II. R 2 off. LETTER CIV. 1601. Sept. 27. To Sir Robert Cecil. From Sherborne. LETTER CIV. 1601. Sept. 27. News of Spanish rences on coast. be in Ireland or perished; from whence it seemeth yow canot hear by reason of this esterly winde. Thos of Munster had some warninge of ther being on the coast, for one Captayne LOVE or Capt. LANE, being on the Irishe coast, forsooke his shipp, and went into a bote and tooke horse uppon the shore, and gave warninge to the next adjoyninge about the coast of Dungarvan, between Yoholl and Waterforde. From there he tooke his shipp agayne and arived att Plymoth. Thes pinneses tolde 60 sayle. A Fleming also, cuming from Lysbone, confirmeth the former intelligence, and addeth therunto, either out of conjecture, or knowledge, or fame, affirming that the soldiers ar 6,000; that they have twelvemoneths pay, and like vittell, beforehande; that he saw many with chaynes of golde; and that generally the army was very brave, and well provided of all things; that certayne cannons were imbarked in some gallions, with all other things answerabeil. Sir, I beseich [you] to acquaynt my Lord Admirrall herewith, and that yow will vouchsaif to excuse me for not writing to his L[ordship], knowing that yow are of one mind and fortune, of one love and on 2 indevor for Her Majesties service. Yours ever as your sarvent, Shirb[orne], the 27 of Sept. [1601]. Addressed: W. RALEGH. For Her Majesties speciall affaires. To the right honorabell Sir ROBERT Hast, &c. CV. TO SECRETARY SIR ROBERT CECIL. From the Original. Cecil Papers, vol. lxxxviii. § 128 (Hatfield). Holograph. SIR, IF I cum not to1 late, I would be an humbell sutor unto yow for a cumpany in Irland for a gentelman, Mr. STUCKLY, who hath served with good reputation bothe by sea and lande. Hee was wounded with Sir RICHARD GRENVILE in the Revendge, and hath since served longue in Irland and elcewhere. For the rest, I will not trobell yow, but I will hope for your favor towards hyme, and rest your Honors to do yow service, Sherburn, this 13 of October [1601]. W. RALEGH. [POSTSCRIPT.]-This bearer hath brought an Inglishman which came in the Spanish fleet. Hee will tell yow that they imbarked 4,000 men, but want ij great shipps and almost a 2,000 of their men. They ar riche in mony. The cummanders have brought their wives and children, which proveth that they mean to abide it, and make us a warr ther. They look for great supplies. They have broken down the wall, man's hight. They have intrenched without the towne; out of which they have bynn beaten twise in a day by Captain FLOWRE.2 The Inglishe serve with invincibell currage agaynst them. Many Spanierds ar alreddy taken. They have too carvells uppon the entrance. The Deputy is not yet cum 1 100. 2 This reading is doubtful. LETTER 1601. Oct. 13. To Sir R. Cecil. From mendation by the LETTER 1601. Oct. 13 to beseige them, but will shortly. DIEGO BROCHERO is admirall; SEBURO, vice-admirall. BROCHERO is thot dead. They had 6 great shipps of 900 toon, and on1 of 1.300; all mand, for the most, with strangers. The most of the shipps ar gone. The rest tarry yet. I had thought that this bearer had been STUCKLY, which made me write as I did. Butt he is still in Irlande, and therfore I do not miche desire anything in his behalf. Your's ever to do yow service, Sherburn, this Wensday night. W. R. Addressed: To the right honorabell Sir ROBERT CECYLL, Knight, Principall Endorsed: Særitorye, &c. 14 October, 1601. Sir Walter Ralegh to my Master. LETTER 1601. Oct. To Sir R. Cecil. [From Sherborne.] CVI. TO SECRETARY SIR ROBERT CECIL. From the Original. Cecil Papers, vol. lxxxix. § 41 (Hatfield). Holograph. SIR, Without date. I AM of oppinion that ether Kynsale was not the place purposed to be undertaken, or elce FLORENCE* was the cause therof, for the port bordereth his country. The towne is of small reseate, mastered by hills, and cumpassed with a weake wall. Butt wher as I herd that the Deputy and Presedent have written that they will make 1 one. 2 Florence MacCarthy. See Vol. I., chapter xvi. CVI. 1601. Oct. Invasion a short work of it, I am not altogether of that minde, LETTER and yet I do not thinck that Spayne will supply them in hast. Neather will thos Spanierds alreddy ther finde such a party as they hoped,-which may be some cause of thos governours' hopes. Butt, after a few dayes, yow shall here more; for, if the country stand sounde, then the warr wilbe the easier. Butt sure I am if thes Spanierds had cum in the begining of the warrs, the kingdome had bynn once lost. Yow shall finde, I warrant yow, that TIRRONE will bestire hyme sealf in the north, and every rebell in his quarter. For this is the last of all hopes. For MEERES, I thinck by this tyme yow finde the strenght of his villanous spirrite, and yet a more notorious cowardly brute never lived. Butt if hee do not submitt hyme sealfe, hee will triumph that hee hath resisted mee and my greatest frinds. All which I leve to your favorabell care, and rest your ever most faythfull, to do yow service, W. RALEGH. [POSTSCRIPT.]-My wife sayes that yow came hither in an unseasonabell tyme, and had no leasure to looke abrode; and that every day this place amends, and London, to her, groes worss and worss. I have sent away her Majestie's letters and your Honor's with all dillegence; not doubting butt the soldiers, butt1 first apoynted and thes, shalbe reddy. My deputes have written to mee that they will arme the first 50 men. What they will do for thes, I know not. Addressed: To the right honorabell Sir ROBERT CECYLL, Knighte, Principall Secritorye, &c. Endorsed: "Sir Walter Raleigh to my Master. Without date;" and, in another hand, "Oct. 1601." So in MS., probably written for ‘both.' of Ireland by the Spaniards. Knavery of John Meeres |