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1. Sir Wm. Cecill sorrowfully bees the Queen would dismiss him from her service, as she likes not his advice of driving the French from Scotland, 1560. A copy in his own hand.
38. A draught of Mr. Secretary Cecill's letter to the Bishop of Ely, to end a contest at St. John's College, Cambridge, concerning the election of a Master there, July 29, 1563.
83. Minutes of the Queen's' instructions to Sir T. Gresham, to borrow 20,000l. of the City of London for six or twelve months, at twelve per cent. Nov. 24. 1569.
104. Lord Burghley's own copy of his instructions to Sir Fran. Drake and his fleet, sailing to the Islands Azores to assist Don Antonio, K. of Portugal, Aug. 21, 1581.