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by way of amplification to make ſmall matters ſeeme great, as a little ſhoe to ſerue a great foote, and finding that it can hardly be brought to paſſe, he doth ſtretch the Leather with his teeth that it is ready to breake, and notwithstanding, all The Printing of the letter doth ſhame the Generall.this will not ſerue his purpoſe, for the Printing of the letter doth marr the play, and bringeth men matter in queſtion, as the Generall doth wiſh might be concealed, and were he not of ſo dry and cholericke complexion, as commonly Spaniards are, he would bluſh for very ſhame Don Bernaldino of an excellent complexionin publiſhing ſo impudently ſuch manifeſt vntruthes. For ſithence his meeting with the Engliſh flee at the Iſle of Pinas, there hath beene by the worthie Engliſh Generals, an honourable expedition from England into the Continent of Spaine, The firſt diſcouery of the Generals Printed letter.where amongſt other exploits hauing taken the Cittie of Cales, in the ſacke thereof was found ſome of Don Bernaldino his Printed letters: & comming to the hands of a Captaine that ſerued in the voyage tothe