THE PBINCES8 MARY TO

Mylord, I most heartily ihankyou foryour gentle and kiad letters. And where it $hoald seem to you and othera my friends, that the soil and air of this housc might be occasion of my sickaess , for the recovery wbereof you tbiok good that 1 shoold remove from the same ; my lord , the tmth is « that neither the house nor air is herein to be suspected , but the time of the year being the fall of the leaf , of which time I ha?e seldom escaped the same disease thèse roany years; and the rather to prove the air not to be evii, I havc not a the présent ( thaoks be to God ) any of my household sick. Notwithstanding, I bave made my proviso's at Wanstead and St. John s two months past, where I intcnded lo have lien aU this winter; and by occasion of one departed at Wanstead of the plague , who was bariedin the church yard, being very near to the gâte , I was drivcn from that house ; and thon my disease comping upon me so sore, bearing also that the air at St. John*s was not clear, I durst not venture to take that so far a journey , the slay whcreof was a grief to me , because my chief intent of the same vas to have seen the KingsMdjesly .

So« having no house near hand of my own, I thoughtit

not meet to make any more provision in any otber honse , but determined to rest bere till Ghristaïas was past, and caosed mine officera to make provision accordingly. Moreover« where, for the better amendment of my heaith, yoa so gently offer me the choice of any of the King*s Majesty*8 bonse , or « any otber man*s else being meet to be bad , yoa would give order for ihe same; my lord , your genlleness in tbis, or in any otber tbing toucbing my causes, bath and dotb appear to be sncb unfeignedly, tbat I bave jnst occasion to think you my vcry friend ; and , being not other^ wise able to recompense it , I sball pray for you ; and bereafter, if I sball espy auy bouse meet for me purpose, sball bebold 10 require your favour thcrein ; minding, if strength and bealtb wili suffer me, to cbange tbe air and bouse bere, for tbe cleansing of tbe same, and borrow my lord cbancellor*! bouse for tcn or twelve days, wbo very geolly batb offered me tbe same.

And tbos witb my most bearty commendations , I wisb yon well to do as myseif.

From Beaulyeu , the 23tb of November 1550.

Your assnred friend to my powp

Maryb.