Throckmorton to Elizabeth I, 10 July 1559

main_decrypt.txt

BL Add MS 4136 f.32 (DECODE R2988) - Throckmorton to Queen Elizabeth, Paris, 10 July 1559
Main cipher block, line-by-line. Sign transcription (approximate glyph names) then reading.
Conventions: [?] doubtful; [x?] guessed word; {null} null; <cw:...> codeword.

L01 8 á q̇ 5 ı □ ⊥ ı l a | ξ | 9 ⊥ | α | 6 ρ λ v 7 9 υ 8 v ⊐ | Ω | p ⊓ H 9 | εt y a k ┘ 8 | υ | l □ 3 9 | ġ | p ⊥ | 9 ⊓ a | 8 6 2 v | T | 2 H υ l
    {8}[It may?] please <Queen's majesty> to <be> advertised {Ω} that whereas I sent [ġ=letters?] to the same [T=by?] Mais-
L02 9 υ 7 ω 7 6 x | ⊥ ⊏ | 9 ⊓ v | □ υ ω μ p | ⊥ y | 6̲ | ȯ | O | y υ q v | ⊥ ⊏ 9 ⊓ v | L 1 f ε ∅ | ˙ı | p y a | H 3 ⊥ e □ | H 3 ⊐ | L T 8
    -tir Gra[y?] of the eight of <this> <moneth> <at> five of the clock <in> the a[fter]none[?] and [L T 8 ?]
L03 Ω L 6 k v εt | ġ | ⊥ y | 9 ⊓ v | 8 H d a | ⊐ 6 p □ | ft 7 υ 9 v 3 | O | 2 x ρ e ● ω μ p | 9 ⊥ L ⊓ x e 7 | B. | 8 | 9 H p □
    {Ω} Carew [ġ] of the same date written <at> midnight tou[ch]ing[?] <French King>'s state,
L04 ḳ | υ | θ λ ⊐ ω v | ξ | ạ | α | ⊐ v l υ k ⊥ q 8 | 9 ⊥ | α | ⊏ λ 7 9 ⊓ v k | v 3 y 4 k 2 v ⊐ | 9 μ □ 7 f ⊏ | [8a struck] | i 6 υ
    [ḳ=whereof/which?] I iudge <Queen's majesty> [ạ=will?] <be> desirous to <be> further enformed thereof. [i6υ ?]
L05 9 ∅ ⊓ v e ∅ á ť | L ⊥ 3 λ v e υ □ 3 p | 9 4 | 5 λ 9 | ı́ | p ⊥ | εt k υ 9 x 3 7 | p ⊓ □ | y ⊥ 4 1 b | ● υ 8 L ⊥ ⊥ λ 7 l | ⊥ y
    [...then ... ?] convenient to put <in> to writin[g] the [whole?] discourse of

--- Lines 6-16: sign transcription only (glyph shapes, not yet decoded) ---
L06 1 k | 6 υ ∫t θ 8 π 3 9 4 δ̄ π 3 ⊥ εt 1 V ρ ω a | a 4 y ε ⊥ 3 l υ x v 7 υ 3 ω 9 ⊓ v 7 □ 8 v 3 p | ρ g δ̄ υ
L07 υ λ ⊐ 7 v ρ á μ □ l p 9 ⊥ ⊐ υ 8 ρ H 9 ε π a δ̲ ω □ | □ 3 9 v 1 z H 3 9 4 3 6 ⊓ ⊥ V v 3 y ⊥ k z a g ⊓ | ⊓ v 8 6 d a
L08 δ 4 ⊏ 9 ⊓ v 8 9 H p □ ⊥ L K r̲ ƒ̄ O ō b v 3 ω ⊓ | ⊓ 9 p 4 ƒ ȧ q ƒ 3 9 ⊥ ω x λ a ⊥ 7 v ⊐ υ p δ | δ π □ q̄ 8 υ 3 ε v
L09 ⊓̄ L ⊥ z b(v above) 3 ω ⊥ e δ 8 x ρ v ⊐ 4 e a ζ ⊐ υ λ | λ v 1 l a H 3 ⊐ 8 9 3 ρ 7 x ∫t 6 x 8 ḡ ō H e ⊐ 1 H | H υ 3 y λ 1 b   [* in right margin at end of line]
L10 8 v k q υ ε □ 6 ⊓ □ q ρ v l □ 7 λ υ ⊐ 9 ⊥ a εt | εt v 1 b ε ⊥ 3 8 υ ρ v k □ ⊐ H 3 ⊐ 7 v ∫t 6 k ρ a | a ⊐ ⊔ □ 8 v
L11 ε ⊓ υ 3 ω ζ 9 ⊥ a ǂ z λ L ⊓ ō ō H 3 ρ ω k | k H L υ ⊥ λ 8 1 ⊥ ⊐ x 6 ⊓ v q̇ g v k L v υ λ □ ō | l v k λ υ ε v
L12 q̄ μ v 3 6 ε L v g p ⊐ ⊔ b □ ∫t ⊓ v 7 4 ⊏ υ δ̄ r̄ | r ō □ T ; □ 7 υ v 3 ε a 6 υ 8 ⊓ H 1 a ρ 6 ⊔ 1 v 9 | 9 ⊥ ⊐ □ L 1 H 7 a
L13 z ⊥ k v 5 1 H x 3 *| b x H 3 ρ g 6 k 9 υ L λ b H 7 | 7 1 x 9 4 ζ εt ⊓ v e à 8 ρ ⊐ 1 b g 1 v H 8 □ 9 ⊓ | ⊓ v l 6 z □ p 4
    [the * sits above the sign after "3", with a vertical rule: insertion point of the margin note]
L14 8 L ⊥ z d ⊐ 3 ⊐ z □ 9 ⊥ H 9 p v e ρ ƒ ζ Ω | . 8 . H 3 ρ υ̲ υ μ □ δ 8 v ε ⊓ □ π̄ p ⊥ s k v 8 □ 7 λ | λ a ζ ì ρ v H 1 9 μ
L15 Ω εt v 1 9 ⊓ H e ⊐ K v a b υ L x ρ □ 8 ℓ δ δ | 6 7 υ 8 p ⊓ v 9 □ 3 p ⊓ v υ 9 1 x ß 8   (⊥ written above ⊓v)
L16 [not transcribed]

KEY CORRECTIONS: none established (decipherment of lines 6-16 not completed in this pass).

=== Pass 2 (main session, re-cut crops at measured line centres y=812,910,...,2220; pitch ~100 px) ===
Key corrections: x and υ = i; y = f or h; z = m; ρ = d or t (context); ∫t = w; Q = <be>; ξ = <your/Queen's Majesty>.
L1-4: It may please [ξ your Majesty] to be advertised that whereas I sent [ġ letters] to the same by Maister Gray
of the eight of [this] [moneth] at five of the clock in the afternoone, and [by] Carew [letters] of the same date
written at midnight touching the [French King]'s state, I judge [your Majesty] will be desirous to be further
enformed thereof ...

=== Pass 3 (subagent; crops T04..T15 = lines 5..16; T15 empty) ===
Key additions: G (6 with a flat top, distinct from 6) = w (G⊓⊥ who, G⊓v when/whe-); but 6/G confused in 'accepted' (a).
 q (looks like 9) = u (sundry, service, Julii). ζ = null inside words (ge-ζ-ntleman), else 'the'/null.
 K (capital) = code, probably 'all' (wealth and K felicitie). q̇ (dotted) = your Majesty (when q̇ perceive; please q̇ to give credit).
 T and ; = x, p (experience). δδ doubled = nulls. Crop overlaps duplicate 1-3 signs at third boundaries (ignore repeats).
L05 i6υ | 9∅⊓ve∅áf̈ | L⊥3λveυ□3p 94 5λ9 k̇ p⊥ εtkυ9x37 p⊓□ y⊥41b ■υ8L⊥⊥λ7l ⊥y
    [I ... then ... it?] convenient to put in to writing the whole discourse of
L06 1k̲ | Gυ∫tθ8π3 ζ 94 δ̄ π3⊥εt1Vρωa 4y ε⊥3lυxv7υ3ω 9⊓v 7□8v3p ρ̲ g̲ δ̄ υ
    [code] w-i-w-i-s-k-n[?which is known] to [my] knowledge; of considering the [p]resent [codes ρ̲ g̲ δ̄]
L07 υλ⊐⊐7vρáμ□l p9⊥ ⊐υ8ρH9επa δ̲ ω□ζ39v1zH3 94 G⊓⊥V v3y⊥kza 9⊓v 86da
    [i-u-d-d-r-e-d-e-h-e-s ?I judged the best?] to dispatch [this] gentleman, to whom [V] enforme the same
L08 δ 4⊏ 9⊓v 89Hp□ ⊥LKṟ ƒ̄ O ō bv3ω⊓9 p4 ⊏̇ á q̇ ζ 9⊥ ωxλa ⊥7v⊐υp δδ π□ q̄ 8υ3εv
    [δ] of the state [⊥LKṟ ƒ̄ be ō ?] length, to [whom it] [your Majesty] to giue [c]redit [nulls] [π□ q̄] since
L09 ⊓̄ L⊥zb(υ)3ω ⊥e δ̲ 8xρv ⊐4ea ζ ⊐υλv7la H3⊐ 8q3ρ7x ∫t6x8 g̲ ō H3⊐ 1Hυ3yλ1b
    [his] coming on [this] side done [the] diuerse and sundry waies [g̲ ō] and [l-a-i-n-f-u-l-l ?painfull]
L10 8vkqυε□ G⊓□ q̄ ρvl□7λυ⊐ 9⊥ Q εtv1b ε⊥38υρvk□⊐ H3⊐ 7v∫t6kρa⊐ ⊔□8v
    service whe[?] [q̄] deseruid to be well considered and rewarded, bese-
L11 ε⊓υ3ω ζ 9⊥ Q ξ̲ zλL⊓ ō H3ρ ωkHLυ⊥λ81⊥⊐x G⊓v q̇ gvkLvυλ□ ō lvkλυεv
    -ching to be [your Majesty] much [ō] and gracious[l-o-d-i ?ly to] when [your Majesty] perceiue [ō] seruice
L12 q̄ μυ3 6εLvgp⊐ λb□ ∫t⊓v7 4⊏ υ δ̄ r̄ ō □T;□7υv3εa 6υ 8⊓H1 Q ρ 6⊔1v 9⊥ ⊐□L1H7a
    [q̄] hi[m?] accept[e]d [u-l-e ?] where of I [δ̄ r̄ ō] experience, as I shall be able to declare
L13 z⊥kv 51Hx3 * bx H3ρ gHk9υLλbH71x 94 ζ εt⊓ve à 8ρ11b g1vH8□ 9⊓v l6z□ p4
    more plain-[*]-li and particularli to [ζ] when [it] shall please the same to
L14 8 L⊥zd⊐3⊐ z□ 9⊥ H9pveρ ƒ̇ ζ Ω 8. H3ρ ʋ̲ υμ□δ 8vε⊓□ π̄ p⊥ 8kv8□7λa ζì μvH19μ
    command me to attend [ƒ̇ ζ 8.] and [ʋ̲ ?I hum-] be-seche [God] to [p]reserue [your Majesty in] health,
L15 Ω εtv19⊓ H3⊐ K yabυLxρ□ 8ℓ̄ gH7υ8 p⊓v 9□3p⊓ ⊥y qq1x Ω 8
    wealth and [all] felicitie. [at] Paris the tenth of Julii.

R2988_signs.tsv

# R2988 (Add MS 4136 f. 32), Throckmorton to Elizabeth, Paris, 10 July 1559: sign transcription, b36 (23 Oct 2026, Claude Opus 5.5)
# Read on the DECODE image IMG_R2988_I20714_P.jpg (3269 x 4205) at measured line centres y = 813 911 1009 1105 1205 1305 1398 1496 1597 1696 1804 1901 2009 2115 2221, crops at 2-3x.
# One manuscript line per row: line <tab> signs (space-separated glyph labels). Labels follow main_decrypt.txt; values are in research/reading_audit/b36_throck.py.
# label:value = the glyph as seen is one member of a look-alike pair and the reading takes the other member's value (counted as a look-alike choice).
# {code} = a code sign (a dot over or a bar over/under a letter, or a key code letter); its value is in the decoder's CODES table.
# Lines 1-4 are not re-labelled here: their signs and reading are in ../main_decrypt.txt (passes 1-2), checked against the image in b36; lines 5-15 are new.
line	signs
05	9 % ⊓ v e ℘ {á} {ť} L ⊥ 3 λ v e υ □ 3 ρ 9 4 5 λ 9 {ἰ} ρ ⊥ εt k υ 9 x 3 7:g ρ ⊓ □ μ ⊥ 4 1 b ● υ 8 L ⊥ ⊥:- λ 7 l ⊥ y
06	{1̲} {k̲} {G} υ ſt θ 8 ⊓ {ξ} 9 4 {б̄} π 3 ⊥ εt 1 V ρ:d ω a 4 y ε ⊥ 3 l υ x:d v 7 υ 3 ω 9 ⊓ v 7:p □ 8 v 3 ρ ℘ {ϱ̲} {б̄} υ
07	υ λ ⊐ 7:g v ρ:d {á} μ:b □ l ρ 9 ⊥ ⊐ υ 8 ϱ H 9 ε π:h a {б̲} ω □ 3 9 v 1 z H 3 9 4 εt ⊓ ⊥ {V} v 3 y ⊥ k z a 9 ⊓ v 8 6 d a
08	δ 4 ⊏ 9 ⊓ v 8 9 H ρ □ ⊥ L:f {K} {r̲} {f̄} {O} {ō} b v 3 ω ⊓ 9 ρ 4 {ṭ} {á} {q̇} {?} {ξ} 9 ⊥ ω x λ a ⊥:c 7 v ⊐ υ ρ δ π:h □ {q̄} 8 υ 3 ε v
09	{ῡ} L ⊥ z υ 3 ω ⊥ e {δ} 8 x ρ:d v ⊐ 4 e a {ζ} ⊐ υ λ v 7 l a H 3 ⊐ 8 9:u 3 ρ:d 7 x:y ſt б x 8 {g̲} {ō} H e ⊐ 1:p H υ 3 y λ 1 b
10	8 v k q υ ε □ {б} ⊓ □ {q̄} ρ:d v l □ 7 λ ⊐ 9 ⊥ {Q} εt v 1 b ε ⊥ 3 8 υ ρ:d v k □ ⊐ H 3 ⊐ 7 v ſt б k ρ:d a ⊐ ⊔ □ 8 v
11	ε ⊓ υ 3 ω {ζ} 9 ⊥ {Q} {ꝗ̲} z λ L ⊓ {б̄} {ō} H 3 ρ:d ω k H L υ ⊥ λ 8 1 ⊥:a ⊐ x:y {б} ⊓ v {q̇} ϱ v k L v υ λ □ {б̄} l v k λ υ ε v
12	{q̄} μ:b υ 3 б ε L v ϱ ρ ┘ ⊔ b □ ſt ⊓ v 7 4 ⊏ υ {б̄} {r̄} {ō} □ T ; □ 7 υ v 3 ε a {G} υ 8 ⊓ H 1 {Q} ρ б ⊔ 1 v ϱ:t ┘:o ⊐ □ L 1 H 7 a
13	z ⊥ k v 5 1 H x 3 b x H 3 ρ:d ϱ б k 9 υ L λ b H 7 1 x:y 9 4 {ξ} εt ⊓ v e {à} 8 μ ┘ 1 1 b ϱ 1 v H 8 □ 9 ⊓ v l б z □ ρ 4
14	8 L ┘:o z d ┘ 3 ⊐ z □ 9 ⊥ H 9 ρ v e ⊐ {ḟ} {ξ} Ω 8 H 3 ρ:d {v̲} υ μ:b □ 8 v ε ⊓ □ {π̄} ρ ⊥ 5 k v 8 □ 7 λ a {ξ} {ἰ} μ v H 1 9 μ
15	Ω εt v 1 9 ⊓ H e ⊐ {K} y a b υ L x ρ □ 8 {ℓ̄} ϱ б 7 υ 8 ρ ⊓ v 9 □ 3 ρ ⊓ ⊥ y q q 1 x Ω 8

R2988_reading.md

# R2988: Nicholas Throckmorton to Elizabeth I, Paris, 10 July 1559 (BL Add MS 4136 f. 32), partial reading

Re-read 23 Oct 2026 (Claude Opus 5.5, REREAD_BRIEF batch b36); log `R2988_reread_log.md`. **A partial reading, not a
reading**: the sentences build, but 30 of the 496 letters of lines 5-15 (6%) rest on the other member of a look-alike
pair (ρ/℘ t/d, 7/¬ r/g, μ/M h/b, x/X i/y, ⊥/┘ o/a ...), above the brief's 3%, and there is no contemporary or printed
text to confirm them. Lines 1-4 follow `../main_decrypt.txt` pass 2; lines 5-15 rest on the new sign transcription
`R2988_signs.tsv`, decoded by `research/reading_audit/b36_throck.py` with Tomokiyo's Cipher 1 key (DECODE R2988 key
image) and its code list, which the September passes had not used (*have*, *had*, *as*, *so*, *whom*, *upon*, *at*,
*all*, *this*, *in*, *be*, *your Majesty*).

Conventions: plain = carried by the figures and the key; `[?word]` = a code read from sense only, or a word with a
sign not matched; `[word]` supplied; `[…]` unread; `[k̲]` = an unidentified code sign. Spelling as the figures give it.

## Reading

It may please your Majesty to be advertised that, whereas I sent [?letters] to the same by maister Gray of the eight of
this moneth at five of the clock in the afternoone, and […] Carew [?letters] of the same date written at midnight
touching the French King's state, […] I iudge your Majesty will be desirous to be further enformed thereof. […] then
[…] it […] conuenient to put in to writing the [?hoole] [?discours] of [1̲] [k̲], as I wish your Majesty to have
knowledge of, considering the present [?time], have I iudged it best to dispatche this gentelman, to [?whom] [?I]
enforme the same of the state of all [r̲] here at [?good] lenght, to whom it may [?please] your Majesty to giue credit.
He [?hath] since [?his] coming on [?this] side done your Majesty diuerse and sundry wais so [?good] and [?painfull]
seruice, as he [?hath] deserud to be well considered and rewarded, beseching your Majesty to be [?so] much [?his]
[?good] and gracious lady, as he may perceiue [?his] seruice [?hath] bin acceptable, wherof I have had [?good]
experience, as I shal be able to declare more plainli and particularly to your Majesty when it shall please the same to
command me to attend upon your Majesty. And [v̲] I beseche [?God] to preserue your Majesty in health, welth and all
felicite. […] Paris the tenth of [?Julii].

## Notes

- Code values new in b36, from sense: q̄ *hath* (three contexts: "he hath since", "as he hath deserued", "hath bin
  acceptable"; Tomokiyo's table has ꝗ̄ *both*, which fits none of them); ō *good* (four: "at good lenght", "so good and
  painfull", "much his good and gracious", "I have had good experience"); ġ *letters* (two, lines 1 and 3; Tomokiyo's
  table has *long* / *hundred*); π̄ *God* (one: "I beseche God to preserue"); ῡ *his* (one); б̄ read *his* twice in l. 11
  where the key's б̄ is *have* (look-alike with the key's v̄ *his*); ϱ̲ *time* (the key's e̲); V *I*.
- Open codes: 1̲ k̲ (l. 6, the subject of the discourse), ť (l. 5), r̲ (l. 8; the key's *then* does not fit "of all
  then here"), v̲ (l. 14), ℓ̄ (l. 15, before Paris), the end of l. 4 (`i б υ`) and the sign after *and* in l. 2 (`L T 8`).
- "to [?whom]" (l. 7): the figures give *who*, with a 4 corrected to 3 before it.
- The starred insertion after *plainli* (l. 13) keys to the margin note in the separate word code (throck1559margin).

main_decrypt.txt

BL Add MS 4136 f.32 (DECODE R2988) - Throckmorton to Queen Elizabeth, Paris, 10 July 1559
Main cipher block, line-by-line. Sign transcription (approximate glyph names) then reading.
Conventions: [?] doubtful; [x?] guessed word; {null} null; <cw:...> codeword.

L01 8 á q̇ 5 ı □ ⊥ ı l a | ξ | 9 ⊥ | α | 6 ρ λ v 7 9 υ 8 v ⊐ | Ω | p ⊓ H 9 | εt y a k ┘ 8 | υ | l □ 3 9 | ġ | p ⊥ | 9 ⊓ a | 8 6 2 v | T | 2 H υ l
    {8}[It may?] please <Queen's majesty> to <be> advertised {Ω} that whereas I sent [ġ=letters?] to the same [T=by?] Mais-
L02 9 υ 7 ω 7 6 x | ⊥ ⊏ | 9 ⊓ v | □ υ ω μ p | ⊥ y | 6̲ | ȯ | O | y υ q v | ⊥ ⊏ 9 ⊓ v | L 1 f ε ∅ | ˙ı | p y a | H 3 ⊥ e □ | H 3 ⊐ | L T 8
    -tir Gra[y?] of the eight of <this> <moneth> <at> five of the clock <in> the a[fter]none[?] and [L T 8 ?]
L03 Ω L 6 k v εt | ġ | ⊥ y | 9 ⊓ v | 8 H d a | ⊐ 6 p □ | ft 7 υ 9 v 3 | O | 2 x ρ e ● ω μ p | 9 ⊥ L ⊓ x e 7 | B. | 8 | 9 H p □
    {Ω} Carew [ġ] of the same date written <at> midnight tou[ch]ing[?] <French King>'s state,
L04 ḳ | υ | θ λ ⊐ ω v | ξ | ạ | α | ⊐ v l υ k ⊥ q 8 | 9 ⊥ | α | ⊏ λ 7 9 ⊓ v k | v 3 y 4 k 2 v ⊐ | 9 μ □ 7 f ⊏ | [8a struck] | i 6 υ
    [ḳ=whereof/which?] I iudge <Queen's majesty> [ạ=will?] <be> desirous to <be> further enformed thereof. [i6υ ?]
L05 9 ∅ ⊓ v e ∅ á ť | L ⊥ 3 λ v e υ □ 3 p | 9 4 | 5 λ 9 | ı́ | p ⊥ | εt k υ 9 x 3 7 | p ⊓ □ | y ⊥ 4 1 b | ● υ 8 L ⊥ ⊥ λ 7 l | ⊥ y
    [...then ... ?] convenient to put <in> to writin[g] the [whole?] discourse of

--- Lines 6-16: sign transcription only (glyph shapes, not yet decoded) ---
L06 1 k | 6 υ ∫t θ 8 π 3 9 4 δ̄ π 3 ⊥ εt 1 V ρ ω a | a 4 y ε ⊥ 3 l υ x v 7 υ 3 ω 9 ⊓ v 7 □ 8 v 3 p | ρ g δ̄ υ
L07 υ λ ⊐ 7 v ρ á μ □ l p 9 ⊥ ⊐ υ 8 ρ H 9 ε π a δ̲ ω □ | □ 3 9 v 1 z H 3 9 4 3 6 ⊓ ⊥ V v 3 y ⊥ k z a g ⊓ | ⊓ v 8 6 d a
L08 δ 4 ⊏ 9 ⊓ v 8 9 H p □ ⊥ L K r̲ ƒ̄ O ō b v 3 ω ⊓ | ⊓ 9 p 4 ƒ ȧ q ƒ 3 9 ⊥ ω x λ a ⊥ 7 v ⊐ υ p δ | δ π □ q̄ 8 υ 3 ε v
L09 ⊓̄ L ⊥ z b(v above) 3 ω ⊥ e δ 8 x ρ v ⊐ 4 e a ζ ⊐ υ λ | λ v 1 l a H 3 ⊐ 8 9 3 ρ 7 x ∫t 6 x 8 ḡ ō H e ⊐ 1 H | H υ 3 y λ 1 b   [* in right margin at end of line]
L10 8 v k q υ ε □ 6 ⊓ □ q ρ v l □ 7 λ υ ⊐ 9 ⊥ a εt | εt v 1 b ε ⊥ 3 8 υ ρ v k □ ⊐ H 3 ⊐ 7 v ∫t 6 k ρ a | a ⊐ ⊔ □ 8 v
L11 ε ⊓ υ 3 ω ζ 9 ⊥ a ǂ z λ L ⊓ ō ō H 3 ρ ω k | k H L υ ⊥ λ 8 1 ⊥ ⊐ x 6 ⊓ v q̇ g v k L v υ λ □ ō | l v k λ υ ε v
L12 q̄ μ v 3 6 ε L v g p ⊐ ⊔ b □ ∫t ⊓ v 7 4 ⊏ υ δ̄ r̄ | r ō □ T ; □ 7 υ v 3 ε a 6 υ 8 ⊓ H 1 a ρ 6 ⊔ 1 v 9 | 9 ⊥ ⊐ □ L 1 H 7 a
L13 z ⊥ k v 5 1 H x 3 *| b x H 3 ρ g 6 k 9 υ L λ b H 7 | 7 1 x 9 4 ζ εt ⊓ v e à 8 ρ ⊐ 1 b g 1 v H 8 □ 9 ⊓ | ⊓ v l 6 z □ p 4
    [the * sits above the sign after "3", with a vertical rule: insertion point of the margin note]
L14 8 L ⊥ z d ⊐ 3 ⊐ z □ 9 ⊥ H 9 p v e ρ ƒ ζ Ω | . 8 . H 3 ρ υ̲ υ μ □ δ 8 v ε ⊓ □ π̄ p ⊥ s k v 8 □ 7 λ | λ a ζ ì ρ v H 1 9 μ
L15 Ω εt v 1 9 ⊓ H e ⊐ K v a b υ L x ρ □ 8 ℓ δ δ | 6 7 υ 8 p ⊓ v 9 □ 3 p ⊓ v υ 9 1 x ß 8   (⊥ written above ⊓v)
L16 [not transcribed]

KEY CORRECTIONS: none established (decipherment of lines 6-16 not completed in this pass).

=== Pass 2 (main session, re-cut crops at measured line centres y=812,910,...,2220; pitch ~100 px) ===
Key corrections: x and υ = i; y = f or h; z = m; ρ = d or t (context); ∫t = w; Q = <be>; ξ = <your/Queen's Majesty>.
L1-4: It may please [ξ your Majesty] to be advertised that whereas I sent [ġ letters] to the same by Maister Gray
of the eight of [this] [moneth] at five of the clock in the afternoone, and [by] Carew [letters] of the same date
written at midnight touching the [French King]'s state, I judge [your Majesty] will be desirous to be further
enformed thereof ...

=== Pass 3 (subagent; crops T04..T15 = lines 5..16; T15 empty) ===
Key additions: G (6 with a flat top, distinct from 6) = w (G⊓⊥ who, G⊓v when/whe-); but 6/G confused in 'accepted' (a).
 q (looks like 9) = u (sundry, service, Julii). ζ = null inside words (ge-ζ-ntleman), else 'the'/null.
 K (capital) = code, probably 'all' (wealth and K felicitie). q̇ (dotted) = your Majesty (when q̇ perceive; please q̇ to give credit).
 T and ; = x, p (experience). δδ doubled = nulls. Crop overlaps duplicate 1-3 signs at third boundaries (ignore repeats).
L05 i6υ | 9∅⊓ve∅áf̈ | L⊥3λveυ□3p 94 5λ9 k̇ p⊥ εtkυ9x37 p⊓□ y⊥41b ■υ8L⊥⊥λ7l ⊥y
    [I ... then ... it?] convenient to put in to writing the whole discourse of
L06 1k̲ | Gυ∫tθ8π3 ζ 94 δ̄ π3⊥εt1Vρωa 4y ε⊥3lυxv7υ3ω 9⊓v 7□8v3p ρ̲ g̲ δ̄ υ
    [code] w-i-w-i-s-k-n[?which is known] to [my] knowledge; of considering the [p]resent [codes ρ̲ g̲ δ̄]
L07 υλ⊐⊐7vρáμ□l p9⊥ ⊐υ8ρH9επa δ̲ ω□ζ39v1zH3 94 G⊓⊥V v3y⊥kza 9⊓v 86da
    [i-u-d-d-r-e-d-e-h-e-s ?I judged the best?] to dispatch [this] gentleman, to whom [V] enforme the same
L08 δ 4⊏ 9⊓v 89Hp□ ⊥LKṟ ƒ̄ O ō bv3ω⊓9 p4 ⊏̇ á q̇ ζ 9⊥ ωxλa ⊥7v⊐υp δδ π□ q̄ 8υ3εv
    [δ] of the state [⊥LKṟ ƒ̄ be ō ?] length, to [whom it] [your Majesty] to giue [c]redit [nulls] [π□ q̄] since
L09 ⊓̄ L⊥zb(υ)3ω ⊥e δ̲ 8xρv ⊐4ea ζ ⊐υλv7la H3⊐ 8q3ρ7x ∫t6x8 g̲ ō H3⊐ 1Hυ3yλ1b
    [his] coming on [this] side done [the] diuerse and sundry waies [g̲ ō] and [l-a-i-n-f-u-l-l ?painfull]
L10 8vkqυε□ G⊓□ q̄ ρvl□7λυ⊐ 9⊥ Q εtv1b ε⊥38υρvk□⊐ H3⊐ 7v∫t6kρa⊐ ⊔□8v
    service whe[?] [q̄] deseruid to be well considered and rewarded, bese-
L11 ε⊓υ3ω ζ 9⊥ Q ξ̲ zλL⊓ ō H3ρ ωkHLυ⊥λ81⊥⊐x G⊓v q̇ gvkLvυλ□ ō lvkλυεv
    -ching to be [your Majesty] much [ō] and gracious[l-o-d-i ?ly to] when [your Majesty] perceiue [ō] seruice
L12 q̄ μυ3 6εLvgp⊐ λb□ ∫t⊓v7 4⊏ υ δ̄ r̄ ō □T;□7υv3εa 6υ 8⊓H1 Q ρ 6⊔1v 9⊥ ⊐□L1H7a
    [q̄] hi[m?] accept[e]d [u-l-e ?] where of I [δ̄ r̄ ō] experience, as I shall be able to declare
L13 z⊥kv 51Hx3 * bx H3ρ gHk9υLλbH71x 94 ζ εt⊓ve à 8ρ11b g1vH8□ 9⊓v l6z□ p4
    more plain-[*]-li and particularli to [ζ] when [it] shall please the same to
L14 8 L⊥zd⊐3⊐ z□ 9⊥ H9pveρ ƒ̇ ζ Ω 8. H3ρ ʋ̲ υμ□δ 8vε⊓□ π̄ p⊥ 8kv8□7λa ζì μvH19μ
    command me to attend [ƒ̇ ζ 8.] and [ʋ̲ ?I hum-] be-seche [God] to [p]reserue [your Majesty in] health,
L15 Ω εtv19⊓ H3⊐ K yabυLxρ□ 8ℓ̄ gH7υ8 p⊓v 9□3p⊓ ⊥y qq1x Ω 8
    wealth and [all] felicitie. [at] Paris the tenth of Julii.