And by the allegiance I owe to her Majesty, I never knew of the letter, nor gave consent to it, nor heard of it till it was complained of from Count Hollock.

But, as they are false in this, so you will find J.N.as false in his other answers; so that he would be ashamed, but that his old conceit hath made him past shame, I fear.

His companions in Ireland, as in these countries, report that Sir John Norris would often say that he was but an ass and a fool, who, if a lie would serve his turn, would spare it.

I remember I have heard that the Earl of Sussex would say so; and indeed this gentleman doth imitate him in divers things." But a very grave disaster to Holland and England was soon the fruit of the hatred borne by Leicester to Sir John Norris.

Immediately after the battle of Zutphen and the investment of that town by the English and Netherlanders, great pains were taken to secure the city of Deventer.
This was, after Amsterdam and Antwerp, the most important mercantile place in all the Provinces.