HENRY R.

years, before their departure make a will, and fettle all their affairs, many of them, with their whole party, having been put to death by the Indians, either for the ftores they carry with them, or to revenge the death of fome of their nation, who has been killed by the bursting of a gun that has been fold to them, which is frequently the cafe, they being by no means proof. The Indians do not wait for those traders who fold the gun, but take their revenge upon the first they meet with. Here I muft obferve to you, that the guns which are fold to the Indians are fitted up in a very neat manner, to attract the notice of these poor creatures, and frequently, after having been fired five or fix times, they burft, and the unfortunate purchafer is either killed, or lofes an hand or an arm. These traders are certainly the beft judges, but I cannot help thinking it both cruel and impolitic.

EE wolle and com'ande you,

ney being in youre cuftodie and keeping, Ye furthwith upon the fight herof contente and paye unto alle theife parfons whofe names followe, for fuch parcelis of stuffe and workmanship as p'ticularie enfue, that is to wite; ffyrfte, to John Malte oure Tillor, for making of a jacquette of yalowe fatten, enbrowdered with Venyffe golde, cutte and lyned with fatten, s'cennette, and frife, the yaJowe fatten of oure ftore, and alle the lyning of oure greate warderobe. It'm, fourtene buttons of gold, employed to a dublette of white fat

By the King. ten cutte and fringed with golde,

and alle the refidue of oure owne ftore. It'm, for eight and twentye buttons of golde employed to two like dublettis of our store, and the buttons of our great warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of yallowe fatten enbrowdered with golde of oure ftore, lyned with farcenette, fuftian, and creefte clothe, and alfo the ventes lyned with farcenette, of our greate warderobe. It'm för making of a jaquette of yalowe damaske enbrowdered with golde of oure ftore, lyned with yalowe fatten and cotton of oure greate warderobe.

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It'm for making of a dublette of yalowe damaske, enbrowdered with golde of our store, lyned as welle with yalowe farcenette, fuftian, and creefte clothe, as alfo with white farcenette, of our greate warderobe. It'm for eight and twentye buttons of golde employed as well to the faid dublette of yalowe fatten, as alfo to the forfaide dublette of yalowe damaske, all oure greate warderobe. It'm for one yarde and a halfe of yalowe fatten employed to the p'formance of the faidé dublette and jacquette of like fatten, of our greate warderobe. It'm for making of a clooke of fkarlette with a brode garde of right crymfen velutte, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fyxe ellis of yalowe farcenette, fyxe ellis of carnacion-coloured farcenette, and three ellis of white farcenette delyuered to William Crofton, oure hoofyar, for lyning of oure hoofe, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fyxe yardis of white flanelle, delyuered for oure ufe into the'warderobe of our roobis, all of our greate warderobe. It'm for one dufsen brushes, and one dufsen and a halfe of rubbers delyuered to like ufe into oure faid warderobe of our roobis, all of our great warderobe. It'm for making of a jacquette of black veluette, enbrowdered with lace of oure ftore, and lyned with fatten of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a jacquette of black veluette embrowdered with Venyffe golde of oure ftore, lyned with fatten and cotton of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a fhamewe of black printed fatten embrowdered with damafke golde, and furred with luzardis of our ftore, the bodies and fleevis lyned with bokerham of our greate warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of carnacion-coloured fatten, embrowdered with damafke golde of our store, cutte and lyned with carnacion coloured farcenette,

fuftian, and creafte clothe, and the ventes with white farcenette of oure faid dublette, alle of our greate warderobe. It'm for fourtene buttons of golde, employed to oure faid dublette, all of our greate wardrobe. It'm for making of a ryding coote of grene clothe, with a brode garde of greene veluette, fette on with lace, and lyned with grene fatten, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a fhort coote of grene clothe, with a brode garde of grene veluette fette on with lace, and lyned with grene fatten, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a clooke of grene clothe, with a brodę garde of grene veluette fett on with lace, all of our greate warderobe. I'm for making of a hatte of green veluette, lyned with grene farcenette, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for two boultis of threede blacke and greye delyuered for oure ufe into the warderobe of our roobis, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for halfe a pounde of threede of fondrye colours in like manner delyuered for oure ufe, into the warderobe of oure faide roobis, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for tranflating of a gowne of blacke veluette, and newe lyning of the fame with clothe of golde, all of oure ftore. It'm for making of a jacquette of carnacioncoloured veluette enbrowdered with golde of oure ftore, lyned with carnacion-coloured fatten, and cotton of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of carnacioncoloured veluette, enbrowdered with damafke golde of oure store, lyned with carnacion-coloured farcenette, fuftain, and creefte clothe, and the ventes with white farcenette of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fourtene buttons of golde employed to the fame dublette, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of white fatten, cutte and fringed with Venyffe golde of oure Store,

for making of foure ftomachers of fatten, of carnacion, crymfon, white, and blacke coloures, everye of them lyned with the fame fatten, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a hatte of grene veluette, embrowdered with grene filk lace, and lyned with grene farcenette, all of our greate warderobe. It'm for making of three cappies of veluette, the one yalowe, the other orange coloure, and the third grene; everye of them lyned with the fame veluette, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of fyxe halfe cafes of yalowe cotton for the clene keping of oure riche clookys, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for halfe a yarde of white fatten, and halfe a yarde of grene fatten, delyuered for oure ufe into the warderobe of oure roobis, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fatten of fundrye colours, employed to the baggis of alle oure forenamed cootes and jaquettes, of oure greate warderobe. It'm for twentye yardis three quarters and a halfe of grene futen, delyuered by oure commandemente, to our dereft wyffe the Queene, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for thurteen yardis and a halfe and halfe a quarter of grene clothe of golde checked, likewise delyuered by our fame com'andemente, to oure faid wyffe, alle of oure forenamed greate warderobe. It'm for making of a long gowne of unwa tered chamblette, edged with the fame chamblette, furred with conye and lambe, alle of oure great warderobe, for Culpepir our page. It'm for making of a coote of blacke lukys veluette, with a brode garde of the fame veluette, fette on with foure laces of filk, lyned with purple farcenette and fryfe, aile of oure greate warderobe, for oure faid page. It'm for making of a dublette of blacke lukys veluette, lyned with purple far cenette, fuftian, and canvas, alle of oure greate warderobe, for oure fame page. It'm for making of a doub lette

Hore, lyned with white farcenette, fuftian, and creefte clothe, the ventes likewife lyned with farcenette of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fourtene buttons of golde employed to the fame dublette, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a ryding coote of grene veluette, enbrowdered with lace of grene filk, and lyned with grene fatten, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a coote of grene damaíke, with a brode garde of grene veluette fet on with lace, lyned with grene damafke fatten of Brudgies, and cotton, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of two peticootes of white tuffata, lyned with the fame taffata, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making a gwne of white damaske embrowdered and lyned with white veluette of oure fore, the fleeves lyned with boker. ham of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a gowne of crymfen printed atten, enbrowdered and Tyned with crymfen veluette, all of oure ftore, the fleeves: lyned with bokerham, of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a Spany the clooke of crymfen clothe of golde, enbrow dered and lyned with crymien velBest, alle of oure ftore. It'm for making of a Spany the clooke of grene tynfelle, enbrowdered and lyued with grene veluette, alle of oure flore. It'm for making of a Spanyihe clooke of purple caffe damale, enbrowdered and lyned with purple veluette, all of oure ftore. It'm for making of newe bod, e to a riche dubblette of crymfen fatten of oure ftore, lyned with fuftian, and the ventes with farcenette of our greate warderobe. It'm for fourtene buttons of golde employed to the fame dublette, all of our greate warderobe. It'm for making of a coote with the fleevis of purple fatten of our ftore, garded with purple veluette, lyned with fatten and cotton of our greate warderobe. It'm

lette of blacke fatten, edged with blacke veluette, lyned with fuftian and canvas, alle of oure greate warderobe, for our page aforefaid. It'm for making of three cootys of grene clothe ftyched with grene filke, having buttons of like fylke, lyned with frife and fuftian, alle of oure greate warderobe, for the three officers of bur roobys. It'm for making of two cootys of green clothe ftyched with grene filk, having buttons of like Like, lyned with frise and fustian, alle of oure greate warderobe for oure two barbours. It'm for making of fyve cootys of grene clothe ftyched with grene filke, having buttons of like filke, lyned with fryfe and fuftian, all of oure greate warderobe, for fyve groomes of oure preavie chambre. It'm for making of three cootys of grene clothe, gardid with brode gardes of grene veluette fette on with foure laces cf grene filke, having buttons of like filke, lyned with fryfe and fustian, alle of oure greate warderobe, for Marke Philip, and Culpepir, of our preavie chamber. It'm for fatten employed to the lyning of the ventes and collers of the faid cootys, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fuftian employed to the baggis of the fame cootys of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a coote of red clothe boordrid with black veluette, and lyned with fryfe, alle of oure greate warderobe, for William Crofton oure hoofyar. It'm for making of a coote of red clothe, lyned with fryfe, alle of cure greate warderobe for oure fporyar. It'm for blacke veluette, employed to the boodering of three-fcore and Leevyn red cootes, for three-fcore and feevyen yomen of oure garde, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of wurfteede, lyned with canvas and cotton, alle of oure greate warderobe, for William Som'ar, oure foole. It'm for making of a coote and a cappe of grene clothe, fringed with red crule,

and lyned with fryfe, alle of oure greate warderobe, for our faid foole. It'm for making of a dublette of fuftian, lyned with cotton and canvas, alle of oure greate warderobe, for oure fame foole. It'm for making of a coote of grene clothe, with a hoode to the fame, fringed with white crule lyned with fryfe and bokerham, alle of oure greate warderobe, for oure foole aforefaid. It'm for making of a do coote with a hoode of grene clothe, fringed with crule of red and white colours, and lyned with bokerham, alle of oure greate warderobe, for oure faid foole. To Thomas Addington, oure skynner for furring of a frocke of blacke fatten enbrowdered with golde, with twelve lufarne kynnes, paries and four of leopardes woomes, alle of our greate warderobe. It'm for furring of a paire of buikynnes, with twelve white lambe fkynnes, and fyxe blacke conye fkynnes, all of oure greate warderobe. To Leetice Worfop, oure filkewoman, for two pecis of reabande, the one white, and the other red, containing togeder in length one and fourtye yardes, and either peice in bredth three nayles for oure fockis, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for four pecis of coleyne reabande of div'fe colours containing togeder in length, fyve-fcore yardis, and everye pece in bredith three nayles, for oure gurdiles, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for three pecis of cappe reabande, and fyxe pecis of Venyffe reabande, pennye bredith of div'fe colours and for div'fe purposes, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fyxe pecis of gartering reabande of div❜fe colours containing togeders in length, one hundrith, one and fourtye yards and a halfe, alle of oure great warderobe. It'm for fyve grooffe and a halfe of reabande poyutes of feveralle colours, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of one daire of hoofe of carnacion coloured carfye,

darfye, upper ocked with carnacion-coloured veluette, cutte and enbrowdered with goide, and lyned as well with carnación-coloured farcenette, as alfo with fyne white clothe, the veluette and farcenette of oure ftore, the carnacion clothe, and white clothe of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making a pair of hoofe of white carfye upper ftocked with white fatten, cutte and fringed with golde, and lyned as well with white farcenette as alfo with fyne white clothe, the fatten and farcenette of oure ftore, the white carfye and white lynyng of oure greate warderobe. It'm for tranflating, as well of a paire of upper ftockis of purple veluette embroidered with golde and tuffed with cameryke of oure fore, as alfo for making of a newe paire of nether stockis of blacke carfye to the fame togeders with one Ivnying of the fame upper ftockis with fyne white clothe, the black carfye and white lynyng of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a paire of hoofe of grene clothe upper ftocked with grene veluette, fringed with golde, and lyned as welle with grene farcenette as alfo with fyne white clothe, the veluette of oure ftore, the grene clothe, farcenette, and white lynyng, of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a paire of hoofe of orange-coloured clothe upper ftocked with veluette of the fame coloure, fringed with filver, and lyned as well with orange-coloured farcenette a alfo with fyne white clothe, the veluette of oure flore, the orange-coloured clothe farcenette, and white lynyng of our greate warderobe. It'm for à paire of boote hoofe of black clothe with two paire fockis of the fame clothe, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for two yardis of black clothe delyuered to Henrye Cornelys our cordewaner, for the lynyng of oure bufkynnes, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for halfe a yarde VOL. X. No. 57. Y

of white clothe delyuered for oure roobis, of oure greate warderobe. It'm for a pair of nether stocks of yalowe clothe likewife delyuered for oure ufe into the faid warderobe of oure robis, of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of foure fockis for our use, whereof one of taffata, and three of Geneva clothe, everye of them embrowdered with filke and lyned with karlette, alle of ourè greate warderobe. It'm for thirtie paire of hofe, and thirtie paire of bafe fockis of fyne lynnen clothe for oure ufe, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for two paire of hoofe of blewe clothe, gardid with red and blacke clothe, alle of oure greate warderobe, for William Som'er oure foole. To Henrye Johnfone, our cordewaner for twentie yardis of veluette of dyv'fe colours, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of three paire of velvette bufkynnes, and nyne and thirtië paire of veluette fhooys of fondrye colours for oure ufe, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fyxe paire of English lether bootys, and fyxe paire of Spanyfhe lether buskynnes, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fooling of fyxe paire of thooys with feltys, to pleye in at tennyes, of oure greate warderobe. To William Sporyar, for foure and, twentie pair of fpores, whereof twelve paire of veluette, and twelve paire of lether, alle of oure greate warderobe. And these our L'res, fhall be unto you a fufficiente warrante and difcharge anémpfte us at all tymes hereaftir in this behalfe. Geven undre ouré figne manuelle, at oure caftille of Wyndefore, the xxviijth daye of June, in the xxvij yere of oure reigné.

To oure truftie and right well beloved counfaillor the Lorde Windfore, Keper of oure greate warderobe.

HENRT.

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