Note 127 — Chapter IV · 1555-1558
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In the letter written by Philip to Feria in reply to that quoted above he says that he has written to Clinton ordering him to go to Flanders at once to receive Philip’s orders as to what he is to do with the English fleet, “in order that the money it is costing should not be spent fruitlessly.”—MSS. Simancas, Estado 811.