From Paris, 15 September 1576.
The troubles and news of Flanders have set all the soldiers of this
realm in a triumph....
But now I mean to become an eyed-witness of the stir in Flanders; and
from thence your honour shall shortly (GOD willing) hear of me.
951. _GEORGE GASCOIGNE to Lord BURGHLEY._
From Paris, 7 October 1576.
Whereof I trust shortly to understand more, for to-morrow (GOD willing)
I go towards the Low Countries; and mean to spend a month, [or] two, or
three, as your Honours shall like, in those parts.
For I mean to spend this winter (or as long as shall be thought meet)
in service of my country. I beseech your Honour to confer with Master
Secretary [Sir FRANCIS WALSINGHAM] who can more at large make
you privy to my intent.
955. _Sir AMIAS PAULET, Ambassador for England in France, to
Sir FRANCIS WALSINGHAM._
From Paris, 12 October 1576.
Master GASCOIGNE is departed towards Flanders; having prayed
me to recommend him unto you by my letters, and also to convey these
letters enclosed unto you.
If this GEORGE GASCOIGNE, who, as his handwriting shows,
is doubtless the Soldier-Poet, left Paris on the 8th
October, he could very well have come to Antwerp, as the
Writer of this narrative states, at page 149, he did, by
the 22nd of that month.
GASCOIGNE the Poet was a very tall man, so that he was
called "long GEORGE." This he seems to refer to at page
155, where he says, "I got up like a tall fellow."
For further confirmation of GASCOIGNE being the Author,
see pp. 164-6.
2. The best Plan of Antwerp, about the time of the
Spanish Fury, that we have met with, is that of GEORGE
BRAUN's _Civitates Orbis Terrarum_, Vol. I., Plan 17.