The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-24

while the silk that was secured by ii
has been cut. The writing, on fOolso ap
paper, is in a fine clerkly hand; and the sigma
ture is low down on the page, connected with
the main body by line such as one sees ia
account books, when the entered items on
either side do not correspond in number. This
popularity was common before this period,
and was continued for very many years. The
letter itself runs thus:-
To the
right honorable my very good Lorde the Lorde
BuTghley-LoTde Hy Treasurer OF England.
Rghle honorable my singular good Lorde
Sir Nicholas Bagnoll do the requisite my mum.
pounde out of the treasure, wch he for his ne.
cessities dothe desyre to receave here aud to
pay at his cominge into Irelande do take it
that there Is as muche due unto him, and be-
sydes know the creddit my father hathe in
him, dotne stretche TO matter of greater
importance, so that thus furr these few lynes
shall only serve, humbly to advertise your H.
that holde IL for assured my. father will be
proceede, but referringe IL holy to your LDrde.
ships goodnes humbly leave your l.. to the
Ftome Leysternouse this 6th OF Februarle
Your Lys moste humbly at commandment.
PHILIPPE SIDNEY.
The remarkable letter that l next proceed
to cite, has indeed been publshed-but only
in the ArchGologia of the Society of Anti
quaries, having been read at one of their meet
ings while it was in possession of the TYR
written probably in 1910, to Sir Walter Cope,
Governor of the Tower, while Sir Walter
Raleigh was prisoner therein. 1t is on
foolscap sheet, much frayed and very dirty.
The writing is neat. The superscription Isl
''To my very worthy friend Sir Walter Cope
Knight" The following is a copy
Sir Walter Cope. You are of my old acquayn-
taDce, and were my fsmilier friend for many
yeeres in wch time hope you cannot say that
ever used any unkind office towards you. But
md
may be in your. power greatly to bynde
me unto you, If the bynding OF 2 man
in my estate be worth anything. My de.
sire unto You is, that you Will be pleased
TO move my Lord Treasurer in my behalf, that
by his grace my wife might agayne be made u
prisoner with me, as she hath bine for SIX
yeeres last past. She being now devided from
am driven to keip two howses. A miserable
fate it is and yet great to me, who, in this
wretched estate, can hope for no other thing
IL is now, and l call the Lord of all power to
witness, Vt 1 have ever bine, and am resolved,
that 1t was never in the worthy hart of Sr
Robert Cecyll Whatsoever a counceler OF state
and lold treasorer OF Ingland must dol to
suhtr me to fall, much less 10 perish. For
whatsoever termes IL hath pleased his LOrdship
| to use towards mee wen might utterly despaiTe
any bOdie else, yet know vt he spake them
as a counceler, sitting in council, and in com.
! paDy of such AS would not otherwise have bine
| salished-But as God nveth | would have
| bought his presence att farr dearer rate than
| those sharp words, and these three moneths
| close imprisonment; for it is in his Lordship's
| face and cOuntenance that l behold all vt re-
meyLes to me of comfort, and all the hope 1
| have, and from wch snail never be beaten, Till
| | see the last OF evils, and the dispaire wch
| hath no heaIp. The 10 essngs of God cannot
| make him cTuell that was never SO, nor pros
| perltie teach any man of so great worth to de-
light in The endies adverslIie of an enemie,
much less of him who in his very soule and ma
| ture can never be such one towards him.
Sr, the matter Is of no great Importance
! Uhough cTuell destnle hath made it so to rn y,
TO desire that my wife may live with me in tnis
unsaVory place II by your mediation | may
obtayne il, l will aCknowledg it in the highest
degree Of thankfullness, and rest reddy in trew
fayth 10 be commanded by you.
October the 8. W. RALEIGH.
Come we down to a later period in English
history, and to an incident that is famous.
Here is a letter from James Stanley, Earl OF
! Derby, to Prince Rupert, dated 23d March,
| l643, but without mention of place, praying
the Prince to send suce0r to the relief OF
Latham House, then beleaguered by the Par
| lament forces. A former attempt at aiding
the garrison had failed; and the Earl states
that
"rhe time for efIecting it by that means has
house that it is i'm possible for that designe tC
take effect, which might have been some reviv
next he almig htyes is in your highness help
for double reasons, soc she hath tolde me in he
Last Letter. j praise God bless and prospe.
yor highness, what ever becomes of me, sucl
shall be the prayer OF ,.,,,au
Most unfortunate humble servant
DERBY"
The "distressed woman in the foregoing
extract was the heroic Charlotte de la Ire
moille, Countess of Derby, who also directly
implored assistance from the same quarter
This her touching appeal-never published,
believe, heretofoTe-is written in large bol(
hand ON note paper. 1t has been folded up il
long and narrow form, to be the more easil,
secreted on the person of its bearer. The tw,
black wax seals are broken; nor are there a
is usual, any vestiges of the silk fastening
that was once bound by them. The copy i
exact; and the reader cannot fail to notice th
curious mixture of correct and incorrect rem
deripg. For ''wgaiD," one may read "Wi
gam" and for ''devent," "avant;" but tn
word "fIayen" is a puzzle. Can it have beel
hastily written for ''prayen," and can he
Lsdyship have thus corrugated the verb pren
d,e? The whole runs thus
Monsegneur
toute Brleure je veins de resivoir les m "
vaisse nouVelles de la perte de wigain mill
de salte plasse ellie ma teneu que deux heure
ct a este frayen mon mary elOlt q IL mile
deVent quil peut estre piest de La secourir ii
Sc sont IenCeus an nom de d1eu Monseigneu
prenes pilie de nous ct sy vous aparessez YOU
pouVes recOnquerir bien aysement ct avec bic
| de PhohDeur pour vostre altesse 10 ne say C
que je dis mes ayes pitie de mon mary me
| eniens ct moy qui sommes perdues pour tou
: jamsis sy dteu ma pitie de nous ct vostr
| altesse qui je suis
Monseigneur
r tres humble ct tres obeysente servente
DE LA TREMOILLE.
A ladhom ce davril 1913.
9 For youthful student of French it woul
= be a pleasant exercise, to put this letter int
; correct terms, and to puDctuate it in accord
ance with stom.-Putnam'S Magazine.