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To our right trusty and welbeloued
the Lord North o Lieutenaunt
of our County of Cambridge
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Misc MS 256
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By the Quene
Elizabeth R
Right trustie and welbeloued we grete yow well. fforasmuche as our
right trustie and right entirely beloued cousin the Duke of Norff
our Lieutenaunte generall in the northe now residinge vpon oure
frontieres at oure towne of Barwick hathe not with him suche a
convenient power as is mete for the savetie of oure sayd frontiers
and defence of our Realme against thattempte and practises
of the frenche and that we meane for our owne honor and for ~
suretie specially of that p te of our Realme to haue a further
nomber sent to him. We haue by aduyse of oure counsell
resolued to haue the nomber of two hundred hable foote men
for the warre, to be levied w t all speede in that our countie of
Cambridge And therefore we will and co maund yow all
delayes set aparte by auctority of thies o [lettre] to levye, or cause
to be levied w thin that our countie aswell w thin plac exempted
as other whatsoever they be the number of two hundred
footemen ^and to be sent to o, In choyse whereof ye shall cause regard to be hadd said cousin w t all speede
specially to these thing followinge. First, that they may
be of the ablest and strongest p sons, and that the choyse be not
made of husbandmen, or laborers Where oth wise, the same
may be made of servinge men artificers and yomen that be
not occupied in husbandry withe their owne hand labors /
And finally to foresee, that mete and hable men be not
spared or discharged by favor or rewarde to be gevin to the
captaines or others that shall muster them And for choyse
of captaines our pleasure is that the charge hereof be com itted
to som e of our trustie and welbeloued knight or Squyers
of that countie beinge of woorshippe estimac on and [creditt...]
to leade suche nomber as ye shall thinke mete to assigne
to their charge Whereof we requyre yow to certefye vs that
we may retayne them and their service in our good memory
Requyring the same also in our name not to spare any
travaile, or labor in this case of service w t our said cousin
of Norff , o Lieutenaunt, the same beinge for the [Operacion]
of this oure Realme from violation or invasion by the
ffrenche wch they have of late tyme most notoriously ~
and daungerously devised to execute this present [som of es]
resistance had not ben, and were not provided in good tyme
And for money for coates and [conducs], ye shall receave l res
herewith by oure com aundeme t from our treasurer of
England to our [Recewvers] or suche oth s as shall [s...] the
same satisfied and contented And yf it shall
happen that the said numbers cannot all be furnyshed
withe armor and weapons in that countie, then the
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