"O Mightie Lorde to whome all vengeaunce doth belonge"

"So good a medycyne I have alway found exersise with the open good ayre as yt hath ever byn my best remedye ageynst th…"

"For you must think hit ys some marvelous cause [...] that forceth me thus to be cause almost of the ruyne of my none …"

"As for me to be thought an enemye so sone to God's Church, I dare thus farr vaunt of my self, and the rather being a …"

"I stand on the topp of the hill, where I knowe the smallest slipp semeth a fall."

"Outwardly there is some appearance of good liking, for the messengers are very well used and her Majesty's self doth …"

"The more I love her, the more fearful am I to see such dangerous ways taken. God of his mercy help all, and give us a…"

"I doe assure your lordship since Queen Mary's time the papists were never in that jollity they be at present in this …"

"I call to minde the good and assured affectyoune that somtyme was betwene your brother the Laird of Lyddington and me…"

"I most humbly besech your majeste to pardon your poore old servant to be this bold in sending to know how my gratious…"