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Mecheln, where it had been deposited with the magistrates.
Would the king please write to Mecheln?1 Now the
name of this unsuccessful Scotsman is illegible, but there is
the draft of an old letter to the king, likewise written in
German, which may have been penned by him. It is so
thoroughly characteristic of the period that a translation
of its main contents will not be deemed out of place. u I
cannot withhold from your Majesty,” says the writer, u that
I still want a letter to my most gracious sovereign the
Queen of Scotland, in order to accomplish my purpose.
For your Majesty will know very well out of his highly
favoured knowledge2 that to raise such a number of
soldiers without the gracious permission of the Queen is
impossible. I therefore pray your Majesty to send me
such a letter. Moreover, I submit to your Majesty
whether I should not have power, in case I do not succeed
in raising the sufficient number, to complement it to its
full strength by other strong and efficient men.” Finally
the writer craves his expenses for living, “ he having had
to incur great outlay and being in debt to the amount of
loo Thaler.” The letter is written from Stockholm, but
neither dated nor signed.
But whoever it was that brought them across, there
they are. We even know some of their names. In an
old pay-list—probably dating from the year 1564—
William Brun mentions the following as having received
amounts due for their services in Livland: Matth.
Johnston, Jacob Wynne, Hans Renton, Ths. Krugshang,
Jacob Paton, Andr. Seton, and Hans Liddell.
This matter of pay was (for reasons that we have
alluded to) the one great difficulty with the ruling powers.
The treasury was exhausted ; the iron-mines were mort-
1 Riks A.
2 “ Aus hochbegnadem Verstande.” Riks A. King Eric’s Reg.
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