Dover  for  three  days  longer  and  was  told  that  fresh  orders  had
arrived  that  no  one  was  to  pass  without  a  permit  signed  by  six
councillors.  He  was  then  obliged  to  come  back  and  give  me  an
account  of  what  had  happened,  of  which  I  sent  a  statement  to  the
Council.  They  assure  me  that,  with  the  new  passport  they  now
give  him,  he  will  be  allowed  to  go,  but  I  feel  no  confidence  in  it
until  I  know  he  has  crossed  the  sea ;  nor  can  I  say  anything
decided  about  these  people's  behaviour,  as  they  change  from  one
moment  to  another,  but  I  suspect  that  this  detention  of  my  servant,
whilst  they  allowed  another  who  was  with  him  to  go  over  to
M.  de  la  Motte  to  ask  him  to  arm  a  ship  to  escort  me  across,  was
caused  by  their  desire  that  he  should  not  arrive  at  your  Majesty's
court  so  soon  as  a  man  they  are  sending  thither,  a,  different  person
from  the  man  they  first  mentioned  for  the  errand,  as  he  is  a  person
of  low  rank  who  acts  as  secretary  to  Walsingham,  and  is  called
Wade.*

As  I  signified  to  Don  Juan  de  Idiaquez  for  your  Majesty's
information,  they  recently  refused  to  give  me  a  ship,  as  they  said,
in  consequence  of  my  proceedings  here  in  trying  to  disturb  the
country,  and  that  the  Queen,  consequently,  could  not  treat  me  as  a
friend.  I  replied  that,  since  she  had  not  learned  to  know  me  in  all
this  time,  I  could  not  avoid  telling  her  that  Don  Bernardino  de
Mendoza  was  not  born  to  disturb  countries  but  to  conquer  them.
