Letter signed : place not specified, to Henri de la Tour-d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, [late November or early December 1596].

The letter is written partly in French and partly in a cipher. The encrypted passages have been partially decrypted; the decrypted words and sentences have been written between the lines in a different ink.
Signed "tres humble frere et serviteur / Essex."
Address panel containing two red wax seals with armorial impressions and the remains of white silk ties: "A Monsieur / Monsieur Le Duc de Bouillon / Mareschal de France."