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This haue I set downe the more willinglie, for that I haue receiued it from them, which haue heard it reported, not onlie by the lord Greis owne mouth, but also by the relation of sir Thomas Palmer, and others that were present: the same not tending so much to the lord Greies owne praise, as to the be|tokening of the kings noble courage, and the great secret trust which he worthilie reposed in the said lord Greie.

Here is to be noted also, lest any man should mistake the matter, as if the king dealt indirectlie herein, that his maiestie knowing how the French|men in going about to build this fort, did more than they might by the couenants of the peace; and there|fore was resolued at the first aduertisement thereof, to haue it rased. But yet for that it might happilie haue béene signified ouer vnto the Frenchmen, be|fore my lord Greie could haue accomplished the feat, he therefore wiselie wrote one thing in his let|ters, wherevnto manie might be priuie, and [...]en [...] se|cret knowledge by words contrarie to the contents of the same letters, so as if the messenger were tru|stie, his pleasure might not be discouered to the hin|derance or dispappointing of the same. But now to our purpose.