The  English  ambassador  is  strongly  pressing  to  be  allowed  to
leave,  and  I  expect  he  will  obtain  permission  shortly  without
difficulty.  There  is  therefore  nothing  more  to  be  done  now  (if  the
Christian  King  desires  to  send  aid  to  my  master)  than  for  you  to
return  hither,  as  you  said,  without  any  armed  force,  but  with
plenty  of  cash  to  reward  those  who  are  most  likely  to  be  useful  in
the  maintenance  of  the  alliance,  and  perchance  to  succour  his
Majesty  with  a  certain  amount  if  he  need  it.  As  the  King  has
now  fallen  into  the  hands  of  those  who  are  favourable  to  you,  and
is  now  at  liberty  to  undertake  sundry  good  projects,  and  especially
to  think  of  his  marriage,  it  is  highly  necessary  that  you  should  lay
before  the  King  your  Master  and  his  Council  the  present  condition
of  this  country.  If  any  one  comes  hither  it  should  be  you,  as  his
Majesty  greatly  desires  it,  he  having  found  you  very  ready  to  be
guided  by  his  opinion  when  you  were  here,  and  you  having  given
so  good  a  report  of  him  when  you  returned  to  France.  I  know
that  he  has  conceived  a  strong  affection  for  you,  and  he  expressly
ordered  M.  de  Dony  to  inform  you  how  he  (the  King)  had  kept  his
promise,  and  was  ready  to  be  guided  in  future  by  the  advice  of  his
best  friends,  begging  at  the  same  time  that  you,  and  no  one  else,


He  w»t,  in  fact,  the  priucipal  inetruntnt  of  the  King's  libeifttion,


490  SPANISH  STATE  PAPERS.
1583.
