Sire:— On December 12th I wrote to Y. M. how two vessels left here for Virginia, and afterwards I — page 244 — heard that they carried up to 150 men most of whom were men of distinction. And likewise I wrote to Y. M. on Jan’ 17th how they would make still greater efforts, and spoke of sending the Baron de Arundel with a number of people, who has told me that they have excluded him, because in order to go, he asked this King for a Patent and for money, and likewise he tells me he had asked that liberty of conscience should be given in that country. This is what he asserts; but the trut...