has  hopes  of  being  able  to  recover  a  considerable  proportion,  with
my  support  and  assistance,  and  he  hoped,  yours  also.  In  addition
to  the  sureties  he  has  already  given  in  Seville  he  is  willing  to
give  further  security  for  100,000  crowns,  if  necessary,  in  England.
It  has  been  considered  advisable  that  the  instructions  should  be
sent  to  him  through  you,  so  that  you  may  deliver  them  if  and
when,  you  think  fit.  If,  therefore,  you  are  of  opinion  that  Pedro
de  Zubiaur  can  be  of  any  use,  you  may  deliver  the  instructions  and
employ  him  in  the  matter-,  taking  care  first  to  obtain  the  security
he  offers,  which  must  be  approved  of  by  you.  I  again  press  upon
you  most  urgently,  oithtr  by  this  or  some  other  means,  to  make
every  possible  effort  in  favour  of  this  business,  informing  me
continually  of  what  is  dons  and  the  result  attained. — Badajoz,
14th  November  1580.
Add.  2»,i-20.
24  Nov.    54.  Memorandum  (of    Cardinal  de  Granvelle  ?)   upon  letters
B.M.  Mss.  from  Bernardino  de  Mendoza,  London.
Letters  arrived  yesterday  from  Don  Bernardino  de  Mendoza
containing  advices  of  importance,  both  as  to  the  negotiations  with
tlie  French  and  the  manner  in  which  the  Queen  is  treating  iiim  in
the  niattfr  of  granting  audience.  He  reports  also  upon  the  plunder
brought  by  Drake  the  corsair,  and  upon  the  determination  they
sliow  of  troubling  the  S[>anish  and  Portuguese  Indies.
