The copie of a letter sent ovt of England to Don Bernardin Mendoza, ambassadovr in France for the King of Spaine, declaring the state of England, contrary to the opinion of Don Bernardin, and of all his partizans Spaniardes and others. This letter, although it was sent to Don Bernardin Mendoza, yet by good hap, the copies therof as well in English as in French, were found in the chamber of one Richard Leigh, a seminarie priest, who was lately executed for high treason committed in the time that the Spanish Armada was on the seas. Imprinted at London by I. Vautrollier for Richard Field, 1588.
(The English experience, its record in early printed books published in facsimile, no. 536)
On cover: A letter to Don Bernardin Mendoza.Written by W. Cecil, Baron Burghley; formerly attributed to R. Leigh. cf Brit. Mus. Cat., photolith. ed. t...