Orange  (Don  Antonio  ?)  has  sent  William,  tlje  son  of  Loneston
Anes  and  a  brotlier-in-law  of  Dr.  Lopez,  to  Portugal,  by  way  of
France,  with  letters.  He  is  a  young  fellow  of  20,  well  built,
with  a  fair  and  handsome  face  and  a  small  fair  Ijeard.  He  is
addressed  to  Jacob  Anes  his  brother  in  Lisbon,  of  whom  I  spoke  on
the  14th  of  August;  the  jiretext  Ijeing  tiiat  he  is  to  take  charge
of  a  shipload  of  wheat  sent  to  him  from  here,  and  bring  back
a  cargo  of  goods.  The  three  ships  belonging  to  the  Queen,  which  I
advised  on  the  7th  ultimo  were  being  fitted  out  in  the  name  of
Don  Anlonio,  to  go  to  the  East  Indies,  will  not  now  be  sent,  in
face  of  the  news  of  the  fleet  having  come  from  there  with  the
submission  to  your  Majesty.  Only  one  is  to  be  sent  with  Frobisher,
a  ship  of  500  tons  now  being  fitted  out  with  great  haste  at
Southampton.  A  vessel  of  300  tons  arrived  from  Portugal  three
months  ago,  whose  captain  is  Alonso  Mayo,  with  a  good  crew  of
experienced  Portuguese  sailors.  Don  Antonio  sent  them  word  that
as  he  was  their  King  and  they  his  subjects  they  should  serve  him
with  their  sliip  and  persons.  The  captain  replied  that  he  would
rather  burn  htr  than  'be  a  traitor,  and  came  du-ectly  to  Antonio  de
Castillo  .'ind  to  me  to  tell  us  what  had  passed,  saynig  that  as  his
ship  was  discharging  in  the  Downs,  Don  Antonio  and  the  English


*  i.e.,  the  Londou  firm  of  Alderman  Bond  and  nephe^f.
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