[1] The English merchants,The English merchants complaine to the quéene of their wrongs. féeling themselues thus molested and damnified at sundrie seasons, exhibi|ted their complainis to the quéenes maiesties coun|cell, who accordinglie dealt from time to time with the prince of Orenge and his deputies for redresse, but speciallie now vpon this generall restreint. And although great difficultie appeared in the matter, as|well for contenting of the aduenturors of Flishing, as for that there had beene foure ships belonging to the prince arrested and staied at Falmouth:These foure ships were staied for sa|tisfaction of one Simons ship, out of the which a Flishingec had taken cer|teine tuns of Canarie wines. at length yet such English ships as were kept and holden at Flishing were released and sent home; but not till two of the English merchants aduenturors Martin Caltrop & William Go|dard. men of good calling and estimation (hauing first as hath bin said made a certeine maner of protest) were faine to enter into bond for the loane of a summe of monie, and were therewith kept at Flishing till the con|tract in that behalfe might be performed. Whervpon the quéenes maiestie, misliking that hir subiects should be thus hardlie dealt with, armed and set foorth certeine of hir ships, which going to the seas to see that hir subiects might trauerse the same in safetie, tooke diuerse of the Flishingers vessels, and brought them into the English streames. The Flishingers herewith on the other part tooke and arrested other of the English ships,The troubles increase. so that the troubles séemed rather to increase than to be in any wise appeased: although afterwards by sending to and fro, the matter was taken vp, and such order had as was thought to stand verie well for the suertie, commoditie, and good li|king of the English merchants.