Funds  are  sent  to  you  herewith  for  the  purpose,  in  a  credit  for
4,000  crowns,  and  if  passports  from  the  Christian  King,  or  escorts
be  needful  for  your  safety  in  certain  places,  Juan  Bautista  dc  Tassia
will  take  steps  to  obtain  them.  I  shall  be  glad  to  receive  an  account,
which  doubtless  you  will  already  have  written  to  me,  of  all  you  did,
and  all  that  happened  up  to  the  time  you  left,  and  anything  that
occurs   to  you  in  English  affairs,  as  y7e  are  now  dependent  upon


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SPANISH  STATE  PAPERS.
correspondents  in  France  with  regard  thereto.  Yon  need  only  deal
with  matters  that  you  think  we  ought  to  know  before  you  can
arrive.     All  else  may  wait  until  you  come.
William  Waad  has  arrived,  and  will  get  fitting  treatment  and
reply,  as  you  will  learn  in  good  time, — Madrid,  12th  March  1584.*

20  March.    378.     Document  sent  to  the  King  by  Juan  Bautista  de  Tassis,

^K^ii^B"'"!*''  *^®  ambassador  in  France,  headed  "Intelligence  brought

•  ^'  "  by  John   Utiton  (Whittington  ?)  who  left  London  20th

"  March  1584."

That  three  ships  of  400,  300,  and  200  tons  were  being  fitted  out

on  the  Queen's  account  in  London,  the  statement  being  that  they

were  destined  for  Magellan  and  would  be  commanded  by  Francis

Drake.    They  are  to  be  very  well  supplied  with  soldiers,  munitions,

and  warlike  stores^  but  carry  no  merchandise.    They  are  to  sail  at

the  beginning  of  May.f

1  April.     374.    The  Kino  to  Bernardino  de  Mbndoza.
