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Thursday, February 11, 2021

Letters: Earl of Oxford to Sir Robert Cecil; June 12, 1603.


My very good L[ord] I know that yowe are soo charged wythe publeke affayres, that yow can haue lyttell lesure or none at all, to vndertake a priuat cause, especiallye concerninge an other. this therfore whiche yow doo for me I doo conceyve yt in yowre particular fauour, and so I take yt and yow shall fynde me therfore ever thankfull. thes shalbe therfore to desyre yowre L[ordship] that wythe my very good L[ord] and friend my L[ord] Admirall, that yow will procure me a full end, of thys sute wherin I haue spent so longe a tyme, and passed the greatest part of myne age. the cause ys ryght, the kynge Iuste, and I doo not dowt but yowre L[ordship]s boothe myne honorable friendes, accordinge to yowre woordes I shall fynd yow in deedes therfore in a full confidence of yowre L[ordship]s most frendlye favours, I will leaue to hynder yowre moore serious busnises. this 12 of Iune.

Yowre L[ordship]s most assured friende and Broother in Lawe

 

(signed) Edward Oxenforde. (knot)

 

Addressed (in Oxford's hand): To the ryght honorable my very good Lord the Lord of Essingedone. [seal torn away]

 

Endorsed: 12 Iune 1603. Erle of Oxenford to my Lord.


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