Shott of iron and stone of the kindes afforesaid.

Habillimentes of Warre and other furnitures for Ordinaunce, viz.

Trunckes.

Staves for trunckes.

Canes.

Roddes for Rockettes, and

divers other receiptes and ymplementes, accordinge to the nature and service of the fierworkes.

Off all which kindes there are a nomber remayninge, accordinge to the necessary service and employment of the same, which for the multitude of their natures and quantities cannot be presently esteemed nor valued, that otherwise beinge sett downe would amount to a greate masse, as may be considered by perusing their severall natures.

QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE DUKE OF ANJOU.

[The match between Elizabeth and the Duke of Alençon was first proposed when the French Prince was about seventeen, and the Queen not far from forty. The project was entertained in 1571-2, and a French alliance was not abandoned for many years. In 1579, Anjou visited England privately (Alençon having been elevated to that duke. dom in 1576, although, as the subsequent document shews, he was still known in England by his former title); and in Murdin's State Papers, 319, et seq., may be seen a variety of official documents on the subject. It seems from the following that the Earl of Sussex had written a special letter to her Majesty, the original of which has not been preserved, but the following abstract of it is entirely in the handwriting of Sir Walter Mildmay, who took a deep interest in the question, and was importantly concerned in the discussions with Bacherville and Simier. It is to be observed that the letter of the Earl of Sussex to the Queen was dated in August 1578, when Bacherville was in England, and prior to any of the documents printed by Murdin. Camden mentions the Earl of Sussex as one of those directly instructed to treat with Simier. Vide "Annals" in Kennett, 463.]

Fr. Marriage with Mons". D'Alanson, the French Kinges brother and heyre apparent.

Notes taken owt of a letter from the E. of Sussex, xxviijo Auguste, 1578, to the Q. Matie.

Comodyties which he saieth will follow.

1. Alliance with the housse of Fraunce, and the partie there by

the Protestantes, so as the Fr. K. neither will nor shalbe liable to anoy the Q.

Fr.

2. The Q. and hir husband shall protect the Protestantes in

3. The avoyding of practises, seditions, by competition or otherwise abrode or at home, by French assurance of the Q. person.

4. The Q., with the help of hir husband, shall constrayne the K. of Spayne to make reasonable peax with the Low Countreyes, with preservation of his right and their libertyes, which wilbe suerty to the Q. and great honour.

5. The Q. may have, for more securitye of this, some marytyme partes, to be kept at the K. of Sp. chardge, and hir husband some frontier townes, in like sort, for some nombre of yeres, untill the peax be stablished. And therby free from perilles by Spayne.

6. If the Q. like not this course, then she and her husband to joyne and to possesse all the Low Countryes, and so anex them to England, yf she have a child by hym: if not, than to devyde the hole between Engl. and Fr.; but, in his opynion, the first is the better course.

7. The stablishing the realme by children, and the avoydinge of cyvill warres, to the Q. suretye and hir fame, with discharge of conscience before God, &c.

So as, briefely, by the marriage the Q. shall give lawe to Fr., Spayne, the Low Countryes, England, Scotland, and in effect to all Christendome.

She shall settle her state surely at home.

She shalbe strongly guarded abrode.

In estimation over all the world.

To have a husband, as a servant and a defender of hir causes present.

Like to have a child that shalbe feared, to be a revenger of hir injuryes, and to settle hir kingdom.