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To our right trusty and welbiloued
the Lord North our Lieutenaunt
of our County of Cambridge

By the Quene

Elizabeth R

Right trustie and welbeloved we grete you well. Forasmuche as our
right trustie and right entirely beloued cousin the Duke of Norfolk
our Lieutenaunte generall in the northe now residinge upon oure
frontieres at oure towne of Barwick hathe not with him suche a
convenient power as is mete for the [safetie] of oure sayd frontieres
and defence of our Realme against the attempts and practises
of the frenche and that we meane for our owne honor and for a
suretie specially of that parte of our Realme to haue a further
number sent to him. We have by advyse of oure couns[?]
resolved to [have] the nomber of two hundred [?]able foot men
for the warre, to be levied w^t all speede in that our comitie of
Cambridge And therefore we will and commaund [y? all]
delayes set aparte by auctority of theis our [?] to levye, or cause
to be levied within that our comitie as well within places exempted
as other whatsoever they be the nomber of two hundred
footemen and to be sent to our said cousin w^t all speede, for choyse whereof y shall cause regard to be hadd
specially to these thinges followinge. First, that they may
be of the ablest and strongest persons, and that they so be not
made of husbandmen, or laborers [Where] otherwise, that same
may be made of servinge men artificers and yomen that be
not occupied in husbandry with there owne hand laboures /
And finally to [foresee], that mete and [?]able men be not
spared or discharged by favor or awarde to be gevin to the
captaines or others that shall muster them And for choyse
of captaines our pleasure is that the

To our right trusty and welbiloued
the Lord North our Lieutenannt
of our County of Cambridge

By the Quene

Elizabeth R

Right trustie and welbeloved we grete you well. Forasmuche as our
right [?] and right entirely beloued cousin the Duke of Norfolk
our Lieutenannte generall in the northe now residinge upon oure
frontieres at oure towne of Barwick hathe not with him suche a
convenient power as is mete for the [safetie] of oure sayd frontieres
and defence of our Realme against the attempts and practises
of the frenche and that we meane for our owne honor and for a
suretie specially of that parte of our Realme to haue a further
number sent to him.