Series 3 > Foreign correspondence with Marie de Lorraine, Queen of Scotland, from the originals in the Balcarres papers > Volume 7

LETTERS TO MARY OF LORRAINE
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avoir moyen leur acquerir quelque bien et amys il iuy est
prins en volunte de passer la mer et faire ce voyage. II
m’a asseure que si par vous luy est commande le trouverez
loyal et liable en tout.
Madame, toute la compagnie de ceste court mesmes
Monseigneur le due d’Aumalle et Madame la duchesse
qui sont a Chantilly de present et viendront faire pasques
a St. Germain, font tres bonne chere, Dieu mercy.
Madame, je prie a Dieu vous donner en tres bonne sante
longue vie. De Paris ce premier jour d’avril par
vostre tres humble et tres obeissant serviteur
Robert Fichepain.
Endorsed, Robert Fichepain.
XXVII
From Sancho de Nezzera to the Queen Dowager
1549. Vol. iv. 65.
On his way from Scotland to France he was taken prisoner by the
English, together with those on his ship ; since then he hears that some
have slandered him, and he begs the Queen to believe that his only
desire is to do her service. In the letter she gave him, another soldier
was named, Jehan de Planna: he claims a share with the writer in a
certain capture and has gone to law about it. This keeps him from
returning to fight the Queen’s enemies with his forty Spanish soldiers,
whom he collected from England and from Flanders, experienced
fighters. He begs the Queen to write to the King so that he may be free
to do her service. Written from Dieppe on the 6th April 1549.
A LA ROYNE.
Madame, despuys que je partis de se payis d’Escosse en
vennant en France je fus prins des Anglois avecque la
compaignie que je avoys de dans mon navire despuis m’ont
diet quel ques ungs ont diet de moy quel que chosses centre
mon honneur, de quelles, Madame, je suplie a vostre
mageste tres humblement ne bailler redict et estimer de
moy que je n’ey autre voulloir que de vous faire service
come je panse vous monstrer en brief.
Madame, dedans la lettre que vous a pleu me donner
je fys nomer avecque moy ung suldat nome Jehan de