My dutie always remembered. I am driven upon occasions to trouble your Honour, presuming uppon your great curtesy, I hope you will accept in good parte thereof. I am nowe to complaine to your Honour of Florence Mac Cartie howe by his affinitye with the traytor James Fitz Thomas, and his accesse unto him, hath of late assemled together seven houndereth of the Traytors bonies,58 otherwise called here amonge us cabbage Soldiors. The first service he attempted with that graceles company was to directe them to a small cantred or Barony of mine called Ibawne, linge on a remote corner towards the sea, nyre Carribrie, and ther for the space of six wyeks remayned, takinge forceably meate, drinke, and monye, besides the spoyell of all my poore tennants ther; so as they are in manner quite undon. That small Baronye was one of the best stayes of liveing that I had; and nowe, by the said Florences meanes, my said tennants threof are scarse able to sustayne them selves. I was able tohave withstoode those inyories, but that your honourable lettre on Florence's behalf I respected, and therfore have not mynestered any empediment to the said Florence's procedinges; yett the said abusses I reffer to your Honour to by considered of, I wold by glad, if it seemed good to your Honour that Her Majestie wold graunt the remyttall of my old fyne that I might not hereafter be trobled for the same which I pray your Honour to procure, &c. &c.59