dear mr president - henry and anne the tudors

upendo Letter 5

For a present so beautiful that nothing could be zaidi so (considering the whole of it), I thank wewe most cordially, not only on account of the fine diamond and the ship in which the solitary damsel is tossed about, but chiefly for the fine interpretation and the too humble submission which your goodness hath used towards me in this case; for I think it would be very difficult for
me to find an occasion to deserve it, if I were not assisted kwa your great humanity and favour, which I have always sought to seek, and will seek to preserve kwa all the kindness in my power, in which my...

June 22nd 1528

The cause of my uandishi at this
time, good sweetheart, is only
to understand of your good health
and prosperity; whereof to know I
would be as glad as in manner mine
own, praying God that (an it be His
pleasure) to send us shortly together,
for I promise wewe I long for it. How
be it, I trust it shall not be long to;
and seeing my darling is absent, I can
do no less than to send her some flesh,
representing my name, which is hart
flesh for Henry, prognosticating that
hereafter, God willing, wewe may en-
joy some of mine, which He pleased,
I would were now.
As touching your sister’s matter, I
have...