[1] [2] The Frenche K. vnderſtanding in what di|ſtreſſe [page 494] his menne remayned that were beſieged within Leith, and perceyuing himſelfe not able to ſ [...]nd an army to ſuccour them within ye time that their neceſſitie required, thought good to trie if the matter might be taken vp, and to that ef|fect ſent two Ambaſſadors,

Ambaſsadors ſente.

Monſieur Monluc Bi|ſhoppe of Va|lence.

the Earle of Ran|don, and Monſieur Monluc Biſhoppe of Va|lence, who declared to the Queenes Maieſtie of Englande the cauſe of their comming, whiche was, to deſire hir to retire hir armye forthe of Scotland, vpon ſome ſuche reaſonable conditi|ons as might be agreed vpõ, and herewith they declared, that they were ſent to the Queene, and not vnto the ſubiectes of Scotlande, for it was not meete that the king ſhould ſend to his owne ſubiectes (as they were by the marriage of theyr Queene) to require peace, or to condition with them for agreement.An Ambaſ|ſage ſent by the Queene of Englande. The Queenes Maie|ſtie of Englande therefore ſente Sir William Cecill Knighte, hir principall Secretarie, and Doctor Wotton, Deane of Canterbury and of Yorke, one of the priuie Counſel, with the frẽch Ambaſſadors into Scotland.