Copy of the original letter : the Hague, to Queen Elizabeth, [1585] Aug. 17.

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Copy of the original letter : the Hague, to Queen Elizabeth, [1585] Aug. 17.

Urging her not to make a treaty with the Prince of Parma and warning her of the approach of the Spanish fleet.

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