1-272-867 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Letter from Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, to William Cecil, 1st July 1596. Letter written from the port of Cadiz (which Essex refers to as 'Cales'), to William Cecil, Lord Burghley, Lord High Treasurer, on Essex's capture of Cadiz and destruction of the Spanish feet (21, 22nd June) and praying Burghley to plead for him until his return, lest he should be brought into the Queen's displeasure. From the fifth series of Facsimiles of royal, historical, literary and other autographs in the Department of Manuscripts, British Museum: Series I-V. (London, 1899).