Dear Edmund:

I have secret but sure hints Drs Beale, Martin, and Sterne, following our conversation yesterday, have let it be known to the Scholars that it’s the first part of a Christian’s duty to gird himself with sword for his King, and the University would smile on service undertaken to this end.

I propose, then, we pay call on the Castle at Cambridge, and secure its store of arms and powder against any malignant undertaking. Please ride with all haste and join us at King’s.