APPLICATION OF J. PAINTER (Abstract).
_Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS._ 75, No. 55.)
_Sept. 26. 1593._--The best experience of faithful and true endeavours
is to be opposed by politic and malicious adversaries whose slanderous
informations have lately been used against him which he has truely
answered and has been examined by Sir Geo: Carewe with the copies of the
monthe’s books and therefore he trusts his Hon: will be satisfied. He
hopes his slanderers will be punished, or it will be a precedent to
others. He has served H.M. faithfully being encouraged by hopes of
preferment. He yearly increases H.M. Store to the value of £2,000 by
taking the returns of such munitions as return from the seas unspent in
H.M. ships, which formerly were concealed and converted to private use.
He has deciphered so many deceipts as amount to above £11,000. He is
ready to show a number of abuses by which H.M. pays great sums of money
which do not benefit her service, and finally by his experience he has
been able to do Her Majesty profitable service, the particulars of which
he is ready to show when required, and he trusts he deserves more favour
and regard than to be utterly discredited and disgraced through the
information of the person who through malice seeks to be revenged of
him, because he saves H.M. £40 a year which this person sued for, for
taking the aforesaid remains.