D. BANCROFT com­plained, R. H. to the LL. of Amsteldam, vvhen j vvas preaching at Middel­burg, that j called him Athean, vilain, jevv, traytour. To these four j must ansvver. For the three first: he is no further charged then an allovver of the comon notes: & so longe the King cannot help him. The jevv Pha­rar hath caught him. Let him accept my defence for him, printed, & sent him, then yf he any vvit haue, he vvill svvear that my pen cleareth him from all blames vvhich he vvold fasten vpon him self. Novv touching the treason of the Libel: The Earle of Argiles cosin Germane, vvhich vvas vvith me at Geneva, told the K. hovv the senatours shevved him, that vpon Bancroftes libel, scoffing my hope in the scottish mist, a plot vvas Layd to kill me: hindering some hopes more then 40000 souldiers▪ & 300. french crovvnes vvere offred me to hasten avvay: j bele­ued it not, till it came so nere that euen Be­za made accompt j should never go avvay [Page] All this, ypon Bācroft his scophing of the Scottish mist. Touching the Diuinitie that to Descend to Hel in the Crede is to goe yp to Heauen: your honours see, that D. Bilson hath most mightilie proued that: so Bancroft allovving Bilson scoffeth him self: vvhē he scoffeth that vvhich D. Bilsō proued to be most sure: that he must be a most open atheist scoffing him self in the depth of Diuinitie, or the K. must be the matter of his Libel: as the K. often svvare in Scotland, that I should haue vvhat I vvold: for my dangers in his cause. And thus I ansvvear. vvhen the K. hath geven sentence, he may mot plead against that. I hope the K. vvill bridle him from that: by your Lps honorable aduertisement: & re­member his vovved recompence.