Chevalier Gates found by the hearty welcome he experienced from Your Lordships on his return, by the present you made him of the entire amount of his pay during his absence, that his duties were agreeable to you. Your Lordships, on the testimony his Majesty bears of Chevalier Dale's good demeanor on that occasion, and on the recommendation He makes in his behalf, will, if it please You, be happy to receive his petition and, for. the reasons it contains, do him the same favor.

HOLLAND DOCUMENTS: I. 17 Which his Majesty will take in very good part, as done out of respect for him, and will acknowledge with like regard all that will be recommended to him on Your side.

Presented in the Assembly of the States General of the United Provinces, on the Se"- day of January 1618. (Signed) Dudley Carleton.

M. Noel de Carcn to the States General. [ From the Origioal in the Royal Archives at the Hague ; File entitled Engeland. ]

High and Mighty, Potent, Noble and right Discreet Lords. My Lords, Sir Thomas Dale has stated to me that he was permitted about five or six years ago by your Miglitinesses to proceed to Virginia, and had gone thither. He has returned here about a year ago : but, as he represents, has since been very sick and feeble, so that he could not before now present himself to Your iSlightinesses. He requests my letters to you, High and Mighty, and says he carries with him letters from his Majesty also, to Ambassador Carleton- He likewise says, he has been long in the public service ; so that [ consider Your Mightinesses should please to entertain the matter, inasmuch as his voyage was undertaken with Your Mightinesses' Consent and Knowledge for the space of five years, as he says.