To set downe to Your Honnor perfectlye as= well the Introduction and beginninge of this bu sines as the course and yssue to which it is brought I must craue leaue to take it a litle higher then my owne tyme yet dare affirme what I shall saye therein to conteyne exactlie the truthe as that which hath passed by my selfe, for that I haue receaued it from his Magestiees owne mouthe and after from my Lord Treasurer and have found it accknowledged by the principall Mi= inster heere /

Not longe after the concludinge of the peace be= twixt his Magestye and the Kinge of Spayne there fell out manye occasions of expostulatinge be= tweene them both for diuers wrongs offered to his Magestyes Subiects contrarye to the Articles of Treatye as allsoe for the readines which was percei= ued in the Kinge of Spayne to receiue fower per= sons ill affected to his Magestye and the State, and thereuppon his Magestye was content that it should be playnlie tould to the Kings Embassadours re= sidinge there Thet he obseruedsoe strange a pro= ceedinge vpon the newe Amitye that he had Cause to suspecte That the former allienation was rather disguised for the contriuinge of some future end then soe extinguished as he might safely build vpon such a freindship whereuppon manye arguments beinge vsed by diuerse of the Kings Ministers in excuse of what had passed ymputing some thinge vnto the slowe style of theire procee= dings in Spayne and some other to the concurrance in matter of conscience with those persons, that made theire retreate into the Kings Dominions, and for the better and yt Yntimateinge and expressinge of this Kings cleere and sincere affections towards his Magestye, both the Conde de Villa Mediana in his tyme and Don Pedro de Zuinga since declared and protested to knowe soe much of the Kings theire Masters minde and good intents vnto His Magestye as as if he would be pleased accordinge to nature and Custome by both which the man iss to speake, First to begin a motion for a marriage betwixt the Prince of Wales, and the Infanta the same should be soe well heard as should appeare that the Kinge desired not onlye to continnue in amitye but to vnite Himselfe by nearest alliance vnto His Magestye my selfe beinge at the same tyme appointed to come as His Magestyes Leidger Am= bassadour into Spayne to supplye the place that had bine 2 yeares vacant with charge to procure some better satisfaction in the Marchaunts busines then theye had yet receiued and beinge soe neere my departure that I had my Instructions readye drawne and perfected and had allsoe taken my leaue of his Magestye thinkinge whithin a verrye fewe dayes to haue begun my Iourneye My Lord Trea= surer vpon this newe Inuitation of the Ambassa= dours sent me downe to Royston vnto his Magestye to make him accquainted therewith whereuppon His Magestye was pleased to giue me order howe to behaue my selfe in the busines and caused a per= ticulare Direction to be added and adioyned to my former Instructions wherein before there was noe kinde of mention for any such motion an euident argument that the ouertures of the Ambassadours (and the assurance he gaue His Mageestye that the proposition should haue all kinde acceptance) were the onlye motiues which caused his Magestye to propound the matche this beinge the true forme in which this busines was by the Ambassadours reuiued and by which his Magestye and this Kinge haue proceeded. / .

At my arriuall heere in Spayne hauinge procu= red audience of this Kinge after I had presented vnto Him His Magestyes kinde and affectionate sa= lutations withall princelye offers of his loue and freindshipp I tooke a perticulare notyce vnto him of the ouerture made by Don Alonsoe his Ambassadour and and in His Magestyes name gaue Him thankes for yeildinge soe cleere and apparent a testemonye of his affection and then I declared the extraordinarye vallewe and estimation His Magestye made of the person and fortune of the Infanta in euerye respect and that to shewe his willingnes to maytaine the a= mitye and encrease the allieance betwixt them he was willinge to laye hould of that which his Am= bassadour had intymated and therefore had giuen me Instructions to propound a marriage vnto him for the Prince of Wales his Magestyes sonne and Heire with the Infanta his Eldest Daughter, the Kinge heerunto made answare that thease Teste= monyes of his Magestyes loue, were verrye acceptable vnto him and tould me concerninge this busines, the Duke of Lerma should haue order to treate with me. .

Within 2 or three Dayes the Duke of Lerma came hoame vnto me to mye House to whome when I had signefied howe gratefull it was to His Magestye to vnderstand of his good inclynation towards Him and His estate I declared as much vnto him as former= lye I did vnto the Kinge and tould him that herein the Kinge had referred me to negotiate and treate with himselfe. / .

The Duke then begun with a greate protestation howe much he desired as greate strictnes and neere= nes of amitye and alliance as might bee betwixt the Crownes of England and Spayne and that by his meanes this proposition had bine diuerse tymes handled both by the Conde De Villa Miediana and since by Don Pedro De Zuinga , as allsoe by Don Alonso nowe resident in England and that hee well knewe of howe greate consequence it were both for the good of Spayne and England to be soe neerelye and freindlye vnited one thinge there and which he apprehended as the greatest and onlye difficultye which was the desparatie of Re= ligion for the accommodatinge Whereof hee would make make precise Iudgement beinge a thinge dependinge on the pope And in which neither the Kinge nor the State heere could make anye certayne determination I then made him answare, that the Kinge my Master would herein, haue to doe with noe other but the Kinge and his Ministers, And I supposed that if the popes Inclynation had not allreadye bine tryed herein and there might be a probabillitye of his giuinge waye vnto the matche, I should haue thought, there would not haue bine commission giuen to Don Alonso de Valasco to giue such encoarragements to the Kinge my Master for the propoundinge of it (That if I were not much mistaker I had heard. Don Alonso saye that the matche with Sauoyehad bine allready propounded vnto the Pope and that he should seeme not to be much auerse thereunto which match I con= ceiued had bine a preparation and a waye giuen to the other to which the Duke replyed that the Kinge dependeth on none but me, the Pope and that dependinge he could not nor must not denye it, neyther could hee proceede heerine without the Popes approbation, And as for the matter of Sauoye though the Pope should giue waye vnto it yet theire would be greate dif= ference in thease Cases in Regard there might be greates hopes of the Ladye Elizabeth hir conuersa= tion beinge matched to a Catholique Cuntrye where= as contrarye Wise there might be greate daunger of the Infantas peruersion, she beinge to bee matched and soe to be gouerned by a Prince that was not Catholike The which if the Kinge should suppose he could not nor would he doe thoughe it were for the sauinge of his Kingdome. / .

I seeinge the Duke stande vppon soe stricte tearmes desired him not to mistake my manner of proposition which was with these propositions conditions and restric= tions That if the motion should not be reeceiued with full as much forwardnes of disposition from the Kinge of Spaine as from the Kinge my Master in his de= sires of hauinge it effected this busines will quickelye bee be at an ende For that I haue noe Commission to treate vntill I should be assured both that the propo= sition in generall was verrye wellcome vnto him and that theie should vndertake the Cleeringe of such Difficultyes as one theire sydes might arise. Soe that vnlesse this by them might be vndergone, the yssue of this busines I conceiued would or was like to be noe other; but the Kinge my Master had expressed a willignes to laye hould of any Intimation, that this Kinge should make, of workinge a greater neere= nes and strictnes betweene them The Duke then seemed to be a litle altered with theise my directions and began to quallefie his manner of Speechee tellinge mee hee well knewe greate good and happines that might arise not onlye to the Crownes but to the Christiaan world in generall if this matche might take effecte and that which hee nowe had sayd was not ny waye of answare but by waye of proposition of the onlye difficullties he foresawe, But that the Kinge had giuen him order that herein shortlye I should receiue an answare the care whereof hee would vndertake, Willinge me to assure my selfe that it should be such as should be agreeable both to the Kinge my Masters honnor and full satisfaction vppon thease tearmed then, wee parted. / .

I then suffered them to take theire leisure of a monthe or Six weekes withoute suffering th vsinge any newe instance vntill theire staye was such as, I held it expedient to presse them, for an answare and to make meanes for a newe accesse vnto the Kinge one whome I was Commaunded to waite at the Escuriall my audience with him was verrye shorte beinge againe referred by him to the Duke of Lerma whome I then found verrye sicke of a Fever, and soe offered to haue attended him. some other daye, or hower, of his better dispo= sition but he intreated me to sitt downe by him and tould me he would breiflye signefye vnto me the Substance of the Kings answare which should be more more at large declared vnto me by Don John de Ideaques whoe was there then present, he then willed mee to signefie vnto the Kinge my Master that this proposition

And gratefull to this Kinge takinge it as an assured Testemonye of his affection and good will towards him And as he had found a direct and worthye proceedinge from the Kinge, in the propoundinge it soe would he vse much sincerritye and directnes in the an= sware, For that the truth was, that before his ouer= ture made by me in the Kings name for the Prince of Wales with the Infanta the Lady Anna the Kinge was elswheare engaged, And that the reason whye my answare had byne soe longe delayed was to see howe other Treatyes might which were allreadye one foote proceeded To the end that if the King should haue found himselfe free of all such engagements and promise as he had formerlye made he might haue giuen that acceptance which he desired to this proposition The which he nowe could not doe on the behalfe of the eldest daughter the Ladye Anna because those promisses and encouragements which he formerlye had made were proceeded in with greate likelyhood of taking effect. But such was his perticulare desire of giuinge satisfaction to the Kinge That hauinge other Daughters borne of the same Father and Mother and of equall deerenes and esteeme vnto him, that if for eyther of them it should please the Kinge, to make a motion for the Prince of wales, yf that the Kinge did thinke the matter of Relligion might be accommodated and withoute daun= ger that this Kings Daughter to be altered or peruer= ted from in Relligion, The Kinge there wwould be verrye willinge vnto it and would vpon His Magest= tyes answare heerine which he wished me to procure giue order for the negotiatinge heerin to the Kings full contentment he then tould me what he sayd should be more amplye deliuerd vnto me by Don John Ideaques Ideaques to whome I might likewyse saye anye thinge I had to speake for that his Indisposition was such that with much payne he had forced him= selfe to saye thus much And soe I was accompa= nyed to my Chamber, by Don John Adenques, and Don Roderigo Calderon from Don John I receiued the same answare in effecte, that I had done though somewhat more enlarged, with whoume though I held it to litle purpose to argue or expostulate. Yet when theye vrged the Kings former argument to bee longe before my ouerture, I replyed that I much wondred at it since the motiues which had incyted the Kinge my Master to this ouerture, had proceeded from Don Alonso theire Ambassadour nowe Resi= dent in England whoe had not onlye assured the Kinge my Master formerlye That if he should be pleased to make his motion it should receiue a gratious acceptance and an honorable answare But likewyse of late vppon the Instant of my de parture he confirmed that he was newelye instruc= ted from the Kinge That in case the Alliance with the Prince were then spoken of, not onlye not to refuse it, but to ymbrace it, as a matter that should be most agreable to his Kinge if matter of Relligion might be accommodated, Don Roderigo sud= dainlye and peremptorilye denyed his hauinge any such directions from hence, seeinge it could not be for that this Treatye had bine manye monethes in speeche but Don John Ideaques seemed to quallefye or rather wittelye to excuse it by takinge of the generall word alliance, sayinge it might be that he might haue directions in Case the Alliance with of the Prince with Spayne should be spoken of he should not refuse it For that it then was and is still desired though not perticulerlye with the Kings Eldest Daughter concerninge whome the the Kinge had byne allreadye manye moneths en= gaged by promise theie seemed much to desire that the Kinge might rest satisfied with his answare Tellinge me, that there was litle aduantage in the mayne, with Daughters, for that the Kinge much esteemed and would doe as much for the Younger as for the Elder. / .

I tould them I knewe not, how the Kinge my Master might rest satisfyed herewith yet I could not but re= ceiue manye differences betweene the Younger and the eldest daughter First that Kingdomes come not into diuision and then that a Prince of Nyne yeares of age should be marryed to a Ladye Elder then himselfe and annother of Eighteene should be moo= ued to tarrye for an Infanta of six Yeares.

And this is the effecte of that which passed at that tyme whereof I presentlye gaue an accounte vnto His Ma= gestye and thereuppon receiued directions to make vnto them this replye That the Kinge my Master found theire answare two certaine in it soe manye incongru= ityes and vnexpected passages, that he had held it fitt to call this Kings Ambassadour to a con= ferrence with the Lords of his Councell for the Iustefyinge of what had passed from him and had likewyse Commaunded me to vnderstand from this Kinge the reasons of thease proceedings which he found both vnsuteable to his expectation and noe waye to answare the promise of his Ambassadour for that he had not onlye assured my Master in former tymes that if he should be pleased to propounde a Match, for the Prince of Wales with the Infanta this Kings Eldest Daughter, he should receiue an honourable end or kinde answare, but allsoe verrye fewe dayes before my departure he confirmed his former speeches of in his Kings name aff accknowledginge that that by a late direction from hence, he was newlye instructed that in case the Alliance of the Prince of Wales were spoken of England that he should not onlye not refuse it, but ymbrace it as a thinge That should be most agreable to his Magestye if matter of Relligion might be accommodated Nowe the Kinge my Master Seeinge that those encou= ragements giuen by the Ambassadours were soe contrarye to what he found heere For ha= uing but 2 Moneths before receiued assurance that if hee propounded the matche for the Prince with the Infanta maior it should finde kinde acceptance, that he should nowe receiue answare that shee was nowe allreaaddye disposed of his Magestye could not heere but Iudge That eyther his Kings proceedings were not with that cleerenes that he expected or that the Ambassa= dour whome the kinge mye Master had cause in all things to beleeue, hauinge the Publique faythe and credence of his Kinge had heerein much exceeded wherein his Magestye desired first to receiue satis= faction, for that he was aduertized from my selfe That some of the Kings principall Ministers here absolutelye denyed to me That any such directions were or Commission was giuen to the sayd Ambassadour His Magestye therefore thought it fitt ro haue this point cleered whither he had anye warrant from his Kinge to speake that which was spoken or not For that whensoeuer it should appeare that any publique Minister should soe much for= get himselfe as to deliuer that in the person of his Master which is but his owne or hauinge spoken the truth should afterwards be disavowed by those that ymployed him one of thease 2 things must followe That he is eyther become unworthye of his place he houldeth by his owne Act, or made vnworthie by his Master Hauinge declared this both to the Kinge a Duke of Lerma, from the Duke in the the Kings name I receiued this answare That it was true, That his Magestye had greate reason to take exceptions and to be displeased with this manner of proceedinges, yf that this Ambassa= dour had in this sorte dealte with his Magestye but that hee heerein must absolutlye, Cleere the Kinge whose proceedings were and euer should be with much loue and sincerritye vnto His Ma= gestye and that the blame and faulte thereof must light uppon the Ambassadour, whoe hath receuiued noe such Commission, nor Direction from hence tellinge me it was Iustice, first to heare there Ambassadour before theye could proceede against him but in Case he should not Cleere himselfe But that hee had proceeded in the matter which I had sett downe, The Coursse which his Kinge would take with his Ambassadour, should be both fullye and sufficientlye to giue his Magestye sa= tisfaction, and witnes that this Kinge had giuen noe such Commission he then desired to knowe the perticulares which I alleaged, the Ambassadours had sayd to his Magestye The which I repeated vnto him in this Manner. . /

First uppon the Motion of the Matche with Sauoye he tould his Magestye that in case he would be plea= sed to make the like ouerture vnto the Kinge his Master for the Prince his highnes with the In= fanta his Kings daughter hee did assure him= selfe that his Magestye should receaue a kinde and honorable answare. / .

Secondlye in Aprill 1611. hee confirmed his former speeches in the Kinge his Masters name accknow= ledginge to be newe instructed from Spaine that in Case the Allieance for the Princes Highnes were spoken of in England he should not refuse it but ymbrace it as a thinge which should be most agreeable to his Kinge if matter of Relligion might bee accommodated. / .