Source:
The girlhood of Queen Elizabeth, a narrative in letters, Frank Arthur Mumby, 1909
Above: Queen Mary I of England, painted by unknown artist after Anthonis Mor.
Above: Sir Henry Bedingfeld.
Above: Princess Elizabeth, artist unknown.
The letter:
HAMPTON COURT, April 17, 1555.
Mary, the Queen.
Trusty and well beloved, we greet you well. And forasmuch as we have resolved to have the Lady Elizabeth to repair nearer unto us, we do therefore pray and require you do declare unto her that our pleasure is she shall come to us to Hampton Court in your company with as much speed as you can have things in order for that purpose; wherein you shall not need to make any delay for calling of any other numbers than these, which are yourself and [those that] be now there attendant upon her. And of the time of your setting forward from thence, and by what day you shall think you may be there, we require you to advertise us by your letters with speed.
Meaning: advertise = to warn someone, to let someone know about something.
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