To Thomas Mills
MR MILLS. I thancke you hartelie for your letter and more particolerlie for those large advertisements contained in it. The more often you make me in that maner beholding unto you, the greater reason shall you geve me still to acknowledge Touching the Master of Greys I Lord of Lecester hathe allreadie — his letter and at my last being — and the States had laide downe a ress — comminge hither and money to be sent pres[entlie] to him for the transporting of his men. Of late I have not bene with his Lordship, and therefore knowe not yett of any other matter determined to the contrarie. But in truthe if I might well write it to the Master of Grey I wold rather wishe him, if he have any other enterprise in hand to goe on with that first, untill our matters be better setled heere, for I cannot as [considering how things stand heere wish any f[reend] of myne whom I love as I have reason to love him to imbarcke him self in these matters untill we be assured of better harbo- roughe. And thus leaving it to be told him rather by you then written by my selfe I committ you to the Lord. Flushing the XXIXth of Aprill 1586
Your loving freend Ph. Sidnei
Yow know it shoold evill becom me to disgrace our own warres but considering how we are backed I rather wish som other then he found the hardnes of it [To my] especialli good [frend Mr Thomas] Mills, with [ Thomas R]andolph, Embassadour in Scotland.