Fran · and · Thom's · Excellent · Venture

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The Great Conspiracy
is a rather short story- I tried Wordle on it. If you're curious to see if you can figure out the story from the Wordles, you can look at them first.
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(I increased the number of words to 200 for these)
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Also, the ficathon is Thursday.

The weather is:

relieved

The last day of June, the Generall himself beinge set in place of judgement (and havynge the whole company browght a shore) and havynge John Thomas set close by hym, who opened a bundle of papers that were rolled up together, where in were written dyvers and sundry articles, the which, before they were reade, the Generall spake unto Master Dowghtie, who then was present before, brought thethar more lyke a prisoner then a gentleman of honest conversation, unto whom Drake gane to say, Thomas Dowghtie, yow have heare sowght by dyvers meanes, in as muche as yow may, to discredit me, to the greate hinderance and ovarthrow of this voyage, besides other greate matters where with I have to charge yow with all, and whiche yf yow can clere yowr selfe of, yow and I shallbe very good frends, whereto the contrary yow have deserved deathe.

…they toke hym and bound his armes behind hym; then he gave dyvers furyous words unto Thomas Dowghtie, as charginge hym to be the man that poisoned my lorde Essex as he thought; and then agayne, whereas Mastar Dowghtie avouched to his face that he browght hym first to the presence of my lord in Ireland. Thow, qd. he, bringe me to my lorde? loe, my mastars, se howe he Goethe aboute to discredite me: this fellow with my lord was nevar of eny estimation, I thinke he nevar came about hym; for I that was dayly with my lord nevar saw hym there above once, and that was longe aftar my enterteynement with my lorde. … 

Then Mastar Leonard Vicarye, a very and assured frend unto Mastar Dowghtie, said unto hym, Generall, this is not lawe, nor agreeable to justice that you offer. I have not qd. he, to do with yow crafty lawyars, neythar care I for the lawe, but I know what I wyll do.

 John Cooke

...he was out having his t-shirt customised when the others joined.

 

The first is in his own hand, dated November 1582. It’s a letter of condolence to Burghley on the death of his son-in-law.

It’s been a rough few weeks for Puppie ....
 

In 47½ M^r Drake goinge to the rearwarde and I lyinge to the Southe
warde, he espied the flyeboate wth whom we had lost companie
in the River of plat, heer we halled in a baie wheare we founde
Sailes [seals] and water, here he discharged the flieboate and toke all
The provicion unto himselfe, heer he strake Thomas Dowtie and
bounde him to the maine maste. ...

Puttinge from heer we weare by contrarie wynd put back into
47 wher M^r Drake discharged the canter, where he put M^r
Thomas Dowtie aboard the Elizabeth, and his brother, commandinge
them upon paine of Deathe neyther to write nor reade but in
Inglish and he would have as an enemy to the viadge that
had anie conference wth him.

                                            John Wynter, Captain of the Elizabeth 
                                                            2nd June 1579


From the report of his voyage with Drake, written by John Wynter for his father and uncle, upon his return to England in 1579: certain events of May and June 1578.


Fquie

 

they do protest their innocence.