LYLY DEMANDE A ROBERT CECIL UNE LETTRE POUR APPUYER UNE PÉTITION

I dare not presume in yo’ Ho : affayres to intrud for access, nor to be tedious in writing, only this I humbly entreat, (as encoraged by a motion w® I mad to Beeston) y‘ your H : will leaue three or foure lynes, with any one, it shall seam best in yo" Tudgment, y° if I have any occasion ether to deliuer a peticion, or preferre a reasonable suit in yo" absence, it may be countenanced for yo’ sake, so shall I think y* I am not robbed of my hopes, though I be differrd. pardon this presumption. And so in all duety I pray both for yo’ Ho : prosperous returne, & success.

Ja : 23. 1597.

Yo’ H : in all service VIRE TEE Au dos :

For y° right Ho : Sir Robert Cecil Knight Principall Secretary to her Ma‘.

1597 23 Jan : Mr Lyllie to my M.

(Manuscripts preserved at Hatfield House, vol. lix, f. 13).