And I do humbly beseech my said most dearest lord and husband to accept of my bequest and to keep for a memory of me one jewel, being a table diamond, which the emperor’s majesty, his and my most honourable father, sent unto me by the Count d’Egmont, at the insurance of my said lord and husband, and also one other table diamond which his majesty sent unto me by the Marquis de les Nanes, and the collar of gold set with nine diamonds, the which his majesty gave me the Epiphany after our marriage, also the ruby now set in a gold ring, which his highness sent me by the Count of Feria, all which things I require his majesty to dispose of at his pleasure, and, if his highness think meet, to the issue between us.
thereof. No more to you at this time, but that I trust shortly our meetings shall not depend upon other men’s light handlings, but upon our own.
Written with the hand of him that
longeth to be yours.
H. R.