'The copie of a letter written by a maiester of arts of Cambridge, unto his friend in London concerning some talke passed of late betwene two worshipfull and grave men, about the present estate, and some proceedinges of Leycester and his frendes in England' is part of the title on p. 1, the remainder being what follows 'Leycester's commonwealth' by Robert Parsons, in the edition of 1641. The pamphlet was first published in 1584 and suppressed by proclamation. The last leaf of the manuscript is lost.