Letter from Michel de Castelnau in London to Robert Beale Short letter in French in scribe's hand from teh French ambassador in London. . De Castelnau is writing with a short plea for aid for a 'poor woman', not explicitly named: 'Monsieur, Il y a ceste paoure fenmme pleine de pitié qui dict auoir receu de vous grande ayde & faueur en la juste deliurance de son mary. Pour laquelle M[adam]e Crouch se deult et s'absené de la paoure femme'. She is being treated badly, and has appealed to de Castelnau for these few words of address, which he cannot deny her. Ends: En Priant Dieu Monsieur qu'il vous donne un trespafait santé heureuse et longue vye Date:d De Londres Ce xiime Octobre 1583 Signed Vostre bien affectioné a vous obeir et seruir M de Castelnau Addresed: À Monsieur, Monsiuer Beele Con[...]r Secretarie et Clerc du Conseil de sa Majesté en Angleterre Endorsed by Beale: 12 Octobris 1583 stilo nouo The french Ambassador Michel de Castelnau had previously been French Ambassador to Scotland and had repeatedly attempted to achieve a reconciliation between Mary Queen of Scots and Queen Elizabeth of England. 12 October 1583