Letter from Balduin to Robert Beale Three pages in French, dated 4 July. No year, but possibly around 1570 (cf MS 1009/2/35) Begins by referring to Beale's lost books (?); mentions Thomas and Richard Wroth, and some financial business with th the wife of a M. Paindavoine involving a value of 1400 florins. At end, passage in Latin beginning 'Vides quibus fatis' and ending 'Tu ne cede malis'. Balduin will leave it to Herbert to [tell?] Beale certain matters. Dated [illegible], ce iiij de Juillet. Addressed to Monsieur Beel Endorsed Baldwin Two documents copied out on back of letter: 1. Receipt by Monsieur Balduin in favour of Madame [?] George Paindavaine for payment of 230 talers, a portion of a larger sum. Dated Heidelberg 23 October 1558 2. Undated document with marginal note describing it as the deathbed confession of George Paindavaine, referring to a case or envelope and to Mademoiselle Baldvin Thomas Wroth may be Sir Thomas Wroth (1518 – 1573), who like Beale was an exile on the Continent during the reign of Queen Mary. He had a brother [?] called Richard Wroth George Paindavoine is mentioned in connection with the Reformation in the Rhineland by Philippe Denis, Les églises d'étrangers en pays rhénans, 1538-1564 Paris 1984, p. 347 Late 16th century