The felicity of Queen Elizabeth: and her times, with other things; by the Right Honorable Francis Ld Bacon Viscount St Alban.
         In felicem memoriam Elizabethae. English
         Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
      
       
         
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             The felicity of Queen Elizabeth: and her times, with other things; by the Right Honorable Francis Ld Bacon Viscount St Alban.
             In felicem memoriam Elizabethae. English
             Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
             Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.
          
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             The apology of Francis Bacon; in, certain imputations concerning the late Earl of Essex -- The Bacon his letter to the most illustrious and most excellent Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Duke of Corn-wal, Earl of Chester, &c -- The Lord Treasurer Burleigh his advice to Queen Elizabeth in matters of religion and state -- To the Ld. Bacon, then falling from favour -- To my reverend friend Doctor A -- In obitum incomparailis Fransci de Verulamio, &c.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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               THE
               FELICITY
               OF
               QUEEN
               ELIZABETH
               :
               And
               Her
               Times
               ,
               With
               other
               Things
               ;
               By
               the
               RIGHT
               HONORABLE
               FRANCIS
               L
               d
               BACON
               Viscount
               S
               t
               Alban
               ,
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               by
               
                 T.
                 Newcomb
              
               ,
               for
               
                 George
                 Latham
              
               at
               the
               Bishops
               Head
               in
               St.
               Pauls
               Church-yard
               .
               1651.
               
            
          
           
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
               TO
               the
               READER
               .
            
             
               
                 Reader
                 ,
              
            
             
               HERE
               is
               presented
               to
               thy
               view
               certain
               Tracts
               ,
               containing
               divers
               
                 Arcana
                 Imperii
              
               ;
               by
               two
               in
               their
               times
               eminent
               Councellors
               of
               Estate
               .
            
             
             
               The
               one
               is
               the
               
                 Felicity
                 of
                 Queen
                 ELIZABETH
                 ,
                 and
                 her
                 Times
                 ,
              
               by
               that
               Noble
               and
               learned
               Gentleman
               ,
               the
               
                 Lord
                 BACON
                 ,
                 Viscount
                 St.
                 Alban
              
               ;
               one
               of
               the
               standing
               Honors
               of
               the
               Law
               in
               general
               ,
               and
               of
               
                 Grayes
                 Inn
              
               in
               particular
               .
            
             
               The
               other
               is
               the
               
                 Advices
                 to
                 Queen
                 ELIZABETH
              
               ,
               
               by
               that
               well
               weigh'd
               States-man
               the
               
                 Lord
                 BURLIEGH
              
               ,
               then
               Lord
               Treasurer
               ,
               a
               man
               beyond
               expression
               excellent
               ,
               whom
               it
               much
               availed
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               to
               have
               for
               Minister
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               that
               Favour
               shewed
               to
               him
               ,
               the
               Queen
               alwaies
               making
               him
               to
               sit
               in
               the
               presence
               (
               by
               
               
               
               
               
               reason
               of
               the
               Gout
               in
               his
               Feet
               )
               and
               telling
               him
               ,
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 We
                 make
                 much
                 of
                 you
                 ,
                 not
                 for
                 your
                 bad
                 Legs
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 your
                 good
                 Head.
                 
              
            
             
               And
               as
               for
               the
               
                 Lord
                 Bacon
              
               ,
               (
               certain
               of
               whose
               Epistles
               are
               annexed
               to
               this
               book
               )
               if
               it
               were
               expected
               ,
               we
               must
               heap
               up
               abundant
               
               Testimonies
               ;
               We
               will
               select
               some
               few
               out
               of
               many
               ,
               omitting
               the
               for-rain
               of
               Mersennus
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               
                 Pierre
                 D'Amboise
              
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               who
               have
               Translated
               and
               Commented
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               confine
               our selves
               to
               those
               worthy
               men
               that
               are
               of
               our
               own
               Nation
               ;
               and
               begin
               with
               the
               Testimony
               of
               
               
               
               
               
               Sir
               
                 Hennry
                 Wotton
              
               .
            
             
               The
               Lord
               Bacon
               hath
               done
               a
               great
               and
               everliving
               Benefit
               to
               the
               Children
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               to
               Nature
               her self
               ,
               in
               her
               uttermost
               Latitude
               and
               Extent
               ,
               who
               never
               before
               had
               so
               Noble
               and
               True
               an
               Interpreter
               ;
               (
               and
               as
               I
               am
               ready
               to
               stile
               his
               Lordship
               )
               never
               
               so
               
                 inward
                 a
                 Secretary
                 of
                 her
                 Majesties
                 Cabinet
              
               ;
               and
               he
               did
               determine
               to
               have
               his
               Lordships
               work
               of
               
                 Novum
                 Organon
              
               ,
               read
               ,
               peice
               by
               piece
               ,
               at
               certain
               hours
               in
               his
               Domestick
               Colledge
               ,
               
                 (
                 Eaton
              
               )
               as
               an
               Ancient
               
               Author
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               
                 George
                 Sands
              
               ,
               in
               his
               Coment
               on
               Ovid
               ,
               
               
               
               
               
               professes
               himself
               to
               be
               much
               assisted
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               whom
               he
               calls
               ,
               
                 The
                 Crown
                 of
                 the
                 latter
                 Age
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Viscount
                 St.
                 ALBAN
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Howel
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Vocal
                 Forest
              
               ,
               of
               him
               thus
               —
               The
               Flexanimous
               and
               Golden
               Tongued
               Orator
               ,
               and
               Chancellor
               of
               the
               Kings
               Conscience
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Prefacer
               to
               
                 Lessius
                 Hygiasticon
              
               :
            
             
               The
               Lo.
               Bacon
               ,
               the
               great
               Lo.
               Chancellor
               ,
               of
               Learning
               ,
               aswell
               as
               Law.
               
            
             
               Dr.
               
                 Gilbert
                 Watts
              
               :
               The
               L.
               Bacon
               ,
               a
               learned
               man
               ,
               happily
               ,
               the
               learnedst
               that
               ever
               lived
               since
               the
               decay
               of
               the
               Grecian
               and
               Roman
               Empires
               ,
               when
               
               
               
               
               
               learning
               was
               at
               an
               high
               pitch
               .
            
             
               Aud
               for
               a
               further
               testimony
               ,
               we
               refer
               you
               to
               those
               Copious
               and
               Elegant
               Verses
               ,
               made
               by
               
                 M.
                 Geo.
                 Herbert
              
               ,
               somtime
               Orator
               of
               the
               Vniversity
               of
               Cambridg
               ,
               upon
               this
               Author
               ,
               and
               lately
               Printed
               in
               a
               Book
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 Herberts
                 Remains
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               THE
               FELICITY
               Of
               Queen
               ELIZABETH
               :
               
                 Writ
                 ,
                 By
                 Sir
              
               Francis
               Bacon
               .
            
             
               QUEEN
               Elizabeth
               in
               regard
               both
               of
               Nature
               and
               Fortune
               ,
               the
               Pattern
               of
               Princes
               ,
               and
               wonder
               of
               her
               Sex
               ,
               of
               whose
               vertues
               and
               glories
               thereof
               Monks
               
               that
               live
               in
               the
               shade
               of
               Cloysters
               ,
               tart
               in
               stile
               ,
               loose
               in
               judgment
               ,
               and
               not
               forgetful
               of
               themselves
               ,
               would
               be
               no
               sufficient
               avowchers
               ;
               this
               testimony
               belongs
               to
               men
               of
               note
               ,
               such
               as
               have
               stood
               at
               the
               helm
               of
               State
               ,
               and
               been
               acquainted
               with
               the
               depth
               and
               tydes
               of
               Civil
               affairs
               :
               In
               all
               Antiquity
               the
               rule
               of
               a
               woman
               hath
               been
               very
               rare
               ,
               in
               that
               rule
               the
               Felicity
               rarer
               ,
               and
               the
               continuance
               of
               that
               Felicity
               rarest
               of
               all
               ;
               yet
               this
               Lady
               raigned
               full
               four
               and
               fourty
               years
               ,
               and
               overlived
               not
               her
               Felicity
               ;
               of
               which
               happiness
               I
               purpose
               to
               speak
               a
               little
               without
               running
               into
               praises
               ,
               for
               praises
               are
               given
               by
               men
               ,
               but
               happiness
               is
               the
               gift
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               I
               say
               the
               first
               stept
               of
               her
               Felicity
               ,
               
               in
               that
               she
               was
               raised
               to
               the
               top
               of
               all
               from
               a
               private
               fortune
               ,
               for
               customarily
               so
               run
               the
               opinions
               of
               men
               ,
               to
               esteem
               that
               most
               happy
               ,
               which
               happeneth
               most
               beyond
               hope
               and
               expectation
               .
               But
               this
               is
               not
               all
               I
               mean
               ,
               my
               aim
               reacheth
               further
               ,
               that
               Princes
               brought
               up
               in
               Regal
               houses
               ,
               to
               hope
               of
               succession
               not
               uncertain
               ,
               are
               often
               depraved
               with
               soft
               and
               licentious
               breeding
               ,
               and
               become
               immoderate
               in
               their
               raign
               .
               From
               hence
               we
               finde
               the
               best
               and
               most
               excellent
               Kings
               were
               taught
               in
               Schooles
               of
               either
               fortune
               ,
               such
               as
               with
               us
               was
               Henry
               the
               seventh
               ,
               and
               Lewis
               the
               twelfth
               among
               the
               French
               ,
               both
               of
               which
               about
               the
               same
               time
               (
               as
               the
               memory
               yet
               remaineth
               )
               obtained
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               not
               from
               privacy
               only
               ,
               
               but
               onely
               from
               adversity
               ,
               whereof
               the
               latter
               flourished
               in
               justice
               ,
               and
               the
               former
               in
               wisdom
               .
               Like
               to
               theirs
               was
               the
               condition
               of
               this
               Prince
               ,
               whose
               hopes
               and
               beginnings
               Fortune
               brauled
               ,
               but
               was
               thence
               forward
               constant
               to
               her
               till
               her
               ending
               .
            
             
               For
               first
               ,
               By
               birth
               she
               had
               her
               turn
               by
               succession
               ,
               then
               she
               was
               disinherited
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               laid
               aside
               ,
               and
               forgotten
               ;
               in
               the
               raign
               of
               her
               brother
               her
               fortune
               was
               propitious
               and
               fair
               ,
               which
               in
               her
               Sisters
               grew
               dark
               and
               dangerous
               :
               But
               yet
               she
               was
               not
               suddenly
               taken
               from
               prison
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
               least
               that
               fret
               of
               remembrance
               might
               perhaps
               make
               her
               swell
               ,
               but
               being
               first
               restored
               to
               liberty
               ,
               she
               afterwards
               obtained
               her
               claim
               without
               stir
               or
               competition
               ,
               of
               whom
               
               God
               intending
               to
               make
               so
               rare
               a
               Prince
               ,
               it
               seemeth
               he
               prepared
               her
               mind
               ,
               and
               made
               her
               ascend
               by
               the
               steps
               of
               her
               discipline
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
               her
               own
               inheritance
               :
               neither
               ought
               the
               calamity
               of
               her
               mother
               blast
               the
               dignity
               of
               her
               birth
               ,
               especially
               it
               being
               certain
               ,
               that
               Henry
               the
               eight
               was
               rather
               led
               with
               love
               towards
               another
               ,
               then
               indignation
               against
               her
               :
               The
               nature
               of
               which
               King
               ,
               light
               in
               his
               loves
               ,
               apt
               to
               suspition
               ,
               and
               in
               them
               hasty
               to
               blood
               ,
               cannot
               avoid
               the
               note
               of
               posterity
               .
               As
               for
               the
               accusations
               made
               against
               her
               person
               in
               themselves
               improbable
               ,
               and
               leaning
               upon
               slight
               conjectures
               ,
               they
               were
               not
               onely
               detested
               by
               the
               silent
               murmurers
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               but
               by
               Queen
               Anne
               her self
               in
               that
               memorable
               and
               heroical
               
               speech
               which
               she
               used
               at
               the
               instant
               of
               her
               death
               ;
               whereas
               preparing
               her self
               to
               leave
               this
               world
               ,
               and
               having
               gotten
               as
               she
               thought
               a
               loving
               and
               trusty
               messenger
               ,
               she
               bids
               him
               deliver
               this
               message
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               that
               well
               she
               saw
               his
               Majesty
               would
               not
               give
               over
               his
               old
               wont
               in
               heaping
               new
               honours
               upon
               her
               :
               First
               ,
               from
               a
               Gentlewoman
               he
               had
               made
               her
               a
               Marquess
               ,
               from
               thence
               his
               consort
               and
               a
               Queen
               ,
               and
               now
               finding
               no
               higher
               pitch
               of
               honour
               upon
               the
               earth
               ,
               he
               was
               pleased
               to
               advance
               her
               in
               her
               innocency
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
               Martyrdom
               ;
               which
               though
               that
               messenger
               durst
               not
               relate
               to
               the
               King
               burning
               in
               new
               desires
               ,
               yet
               Fame
               (
               preserver
               of
               truth
               )
               hath
               kept
               it
               safe
               for
               after
               ages
               .
            
             
             
               Moreover
               ,
               I
               put
               no
               small
               part
               of
               her
               Felicity
               in
               the
               measure
               and
               compass
               of
               her
               raign
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               for
               being
               long
               ,
               as
               beeause
               it
               took
               up
               that
               space
               of
               age
               ,
               which
               is
               most
               fit
               to
               hold
               the
               raynes
               of
               publick
               government
               ,
               for
               at
               five
               and
               twenty
               yeers
               (
               when
               tuition
               beginneth
               to
               cease
               )
               she
               began
               and
               raigned
               till
               threescore
               ,
               and
               whereby
               she
               neither
               felt
               the
               wrongs
               of
               a
               pupil
               under
               anothers
               arbitration
               ,
               nor
               yet
               the
               inconveniences
               of
               an
               old
               decrepit
               age
               ,
               private
               men
               feel
               miseries
               enough
               in
               old
               age
               ;
               but
               usually
               it
               bringeth
               to
               Princes
               (
               besides
               those
               common
               griefs
               )
               ends
               void
               of
               glory
               ,
               and
               diminution
               of
               estate
               ,
               few
               attaining
               an
               old
               and
               unwealdy
               age
               without
               some
               loss
               of
               reputation
               and
               state
               .
               Take
               one
               example
               
               in
               Philip
               the
               second
               King
               of
               Spain
               ,
               a
               most
               puissant
               Prince
               ,
               and
               coming
               in
               swaying
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               who
               in
               his
               latter
               daies
               feeling
               the
               burthen
               and
               feebleness
               of
               age
               ,
               helped
               weakness
               with
               wisedom
               ,
               submitting
               himself
               to
               the
               course
               of
               mortal
               things
               ;
               thereupon
               he
               restored
               such
               places
               as
               had
               been
               won
               in
               ,
               there
               he
               established
               a
               Peace
               ,
               and
               attempted
               the
               same
               elsewhere
               ;
               that
               his
               affairs
               being
               all
               compounded
               he
               might
               leavethem
               intire
               and
               illetigious
               to
               his
               heirs
               .
               The
               contrary
               in
               all
               things
               hapned
               to
               Q.
               Elizabeth
               to
               whom
               fortune
               was
               so
               firm
               ,
               that
               she
               never
               suffered
               in
               flourishing
               or
               declining
               yeers
               any
               declination
               .
               And
               to
               seal
               up
               her
               rare
               Felicity
               ,
               she
               departed
               not
               this
               world
               till
               the
               Rebellions
               in
               Ireland
               were
               decided
               by
               
               stroke
               of
               an
               happy
               battail
               ,
               that
               there
               might
               be
               no
               blemish
               nor
               imperfection
               in
               her
               glory
               .
            
             
               That
               is
               not
               also
               to
               be
               forgotten
               what
               kinde
               of
               People
               she
               governed
               ;
               had
               she
               raigned
               in
               Palmgrevis
               ,
               or
               over
               the
               milk
               sops
               of
               Asia
               ,
               it
               would
               have
               been
               no
               marvel
               that
               a
               female
               Prince
               should
               command
               effeminate
               Nations
               :
               But
               that
               in
               England
               ,
               so
               Warlike
               and
               stout
               a
               People
               should
               stir
               and
               stop
               at
               the
               beck
               of
               a
               woman
               ,
               cannot
               be
               without
               great
               admiration
               ;
               yet
               ,
               for
               all
               this
               inclination
               of
               her
               people
               longing
               for
               war
               ,
               &
               of
               their
               rest
               impatient
               ,
               she
               was
               never
               hindred
               from
               loving
               and
               keeping
               of
               peace
               ,
               which
               will
               of
               hers
               was
               seconded
               with
               success
               ,
               I
               reckon
               among
               her
               chiefest
               praises
               ,
               for
               it
               not
               onely
               became
               
               her
               sex
               ,
               and
               eased
               her
               age
               ,
               but
               was
               certainly
               a
               great
               comfort
               to
               her
               conscience
               ;
               indeed
               about
               the
               tenth
               of
               her
               raign
               some
               tumults
               were
               attempted
               in
               the
               North
               ,
               but
               they
               were
               quickly
               quenched
               ,
               and
               she
               enjoyed
               ever
               after
               deep
               peace
               and
               security
               :
               which
               inward
               peace
               of
               her
               times
               ,
               I
               judge
               was
               most
               glorious
               for
               two
               respects
               ;
               the
               one
               that
               it
               shone
               the
               better
               by
               the
               flames
               and
               combustions
               of
               her
               neighbours
               ;
               the
               other
               that
               notwithstanding
               the
               easiness
               of
               Peace
               ,
               Armes
               wanted
               not
               their
               honour
               ;
               whereby
               the
               prowess
               of
               the
               English
               Name
               was
               not
               onely
               kept
               up
               ,
               but
               increased
               ;
               hence
               many
               supplies
               were
               sent
               into
               
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Netherlands
               ,
               divers
               expeditions
               by
               Sea
               into
               the
               Indies
               ,
               some
               
               wherof
               gave
               the
               world
               a
               girdle
               ,
               Fleets
               were
               rigged
               to
               infest
               the
               Coasts
               of
               Spain
               and
               Portugal
               .
               The
               Rebels
               in
               Ireland
               were
               often
               tamed
               and
               suppressed
               ,
               so
               that
               she
               took
               a
               special
               care
               ,
               that
               neither
               the
               courage
               of
               the
               people
               should
               rest
               ,
               nor
               their
               fame
               suffer
               any
               diminution
               .
            
             
               To
               this
               glory
               the
               weight
               of
               desert
               was
               added
               ;
               for
               by
               her
               reasonable
               reliefs
               neighbouring
               Princes
               were
               preserved
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               ;
               and
               afflicted
               people
               (
               exposed
               by
               their
               Lords
               ,
               badly
               counselled
               to
               the
               cruelty
               of
               their
               Ministers
               ,
               and
               devoted
               to
               the
               Shambles
               )
               received
               petition
               in
               their
               miseries
               ,
               whereof
               they
               feel
               the
               benefit
               at
               this
               day
               .
            
             
               In
               her
               councels
               she
               was
               no
               less
               kinde
               and
               helpful
               then
               in
               her
               supplies
               ,
               
               whereby
               she
               perswaded
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               to
               asswage
               his
               anger
               towards
               his
               subjects
               of
               the
               Netherlands
               ,
               &
               reduce
               them
               to
               obedience
               upon
               tollerable
               terms
               ,
               and
               often
               solicited
               the
               Kings
               of
               France
               to
               keep
               their
               faith
               ,
               by
               not
               infringing
               the
               edicts
               granted
               to
               publick
               peace
               ;
               in
               the
               first
               whereof
               ,
               she
               had
               regard
               to
               the
               state
               of
               Europe
               in
               general
               ,
               lest
               the
               boundless
               ambition
               of
               Spain
               once
               broken
               out
               should
               fuse
               it self
               over
               the
               Christian
               world
               ,
               and
               endanger
               the
               common
               liberty
               .
               In
               the
               second
               she
               had
               compassion
               of
               so
               many
               innocents
               that
               suffered
               fire
               and
               sword
               with
               their
               wives
               and
               children
               ;
               among
               whom
               the
               scum
               of
               the
               people
               armed
               and
               animated
               with
               publick
               power
               ,
               were
               let
               loose
               like
               wild
               beasts
               to
               
               devour
               them
               ,
               whose
               blood
               called
               for
               vengeance
               ,
               and
               expiation
               upon
               that
               Kingdom
               which
               had
               made
               a
               league
               to
               commit
               inhumane
               murders
               and
               savage
               Laniations
               ;
               in
               both
               which
               she
               omitted
               not
               do
               the
               office
               of
               a
               kinde
               ,
               wise
               ,
               and
               considerate
               Prince
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               yet
               another
               cause
               which
               maketh
               the
               piece
               of
               her
               raign
               more
               admirable
               ,
               namely
               ,
               that
               it
               proceeded
               from
               her
               own
               wisedom
               and
               contriving
               against
               the
               disposition
               of
               the
               times
               ;
               for
               if
               we
               consider
               her
               kingdom
               either
               cut
               into
               factions
               at
               home
               by
               difference
               of
               religion
               ,
               or
               abroad
               standing
               as
               the
               strength
               and
               bulwork
               of
               Christendom
               against
               the
               monstrous
               designs
               and
               overflowing
               power
               of
               Spain
               ,
               we
               shall
               finde
               that
               there
               was
               no
               fuel
               wanting
               for
               
               a
               war
               ,
               but
               she
               had
               provided
               for
               all
               ,
               and
               gotten
               the
               reach
               both
               in
               Force
               and
               Councel
               ;
               as
               that
               memorable
               event
               well
               declared
               ,
               which
               for
               the
               happiness
               thereof
               surpassed
               all
               the
               actions
               of
               our
               age
               ;
               for
               when
               that
               Navy
               called
               Invincible
               ,
               whose
               sailes
               swelled
               with
               pride
               ,
               and
               secure
               of
               victory
               ,
               had
               entered
               the
               narrow
               Seas
               ,
               to
               the
               fear
               and
               astonishment
               of
               Europe
               ;
               it
               neither
               took
               a
               cock-boat
               at
               Sea
               ,
               nor
               burnt
               a
               Cottage
               at
               Land
               ,
               nor
               once
               touched
               upon
               the
               Coasts
               ;
               but
               was
               miserably
               scattered
               and
               put
               to
               flight
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               dashed
               upon
               against
               the
               Rocks
               ,
               whist
               peace
               remained
               in
               her
               confines
               ,
               and
               no
               commotion
               was
               seen
               in
               the
               Land.
               
            
             
               No
               less
               happy
               was
               she
               in
               escaping
               the
               plot
               of
               Traytors
               ,
               then
               
               defeating
               the
               power
               of
               her
               enemies
               ,
               for
               though
               divers
               conspiracies
               were
               hatched
               against
               her
               life
               ,
               yet
               all
               were
               either
               discovered
               or
               failed
               ,
               neither
               did
               they
               work
               any
               jealousies
               or
               distrust
               in
               her
               mind
               ,
               for
               she
               kept
               not
               the
               more
               within
               ,
               nor
               went
               the
               less
               abroad
               ,
               nor
               increased
               the
               number
               of
               her
               guard
               ,
               but
               secure
               and
               confident
               ,
               and
               mindful
               more
               of
               her
               deliverance
               from
               danger
               ,
               then
               of
               the
               danger
               it self
               ,
               she
               changed
               nothing
               from
               the
               wonted
               course
               of
               her
               life
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               also
               unworthy
               to
               be
               marked
               the
               quality
               of
               those
               times
               wherein
               she
               flourished
               ,
               for
               some
               ages
               fall
               out
               to
               be
               so
               barbarous
               and
               silly
               ,
               that
               it
               were
               no
               harder
               matter
               to
               rule
               a
               Nation
               of
               men
               ,
               then
               to
               lead
               a
               flock
               of
               sheep
               ,
               but
               
               she
               was
               eminent
               in
               learned
               and
               refined
               times
               ,
               wherein
               it
               was
               not
               easie
               to
               excel
               without
               singular
               parts
               of
               Nature
               ,
               habituation
               of
               Vertue
               ,
               and
               extraordinary
               indowments
               of
               Wit
               and
               Temper
               .
            
             
               Besides
               ,
               the
               raign
               of
               Women
               use
               to
               be
               obscured
               with
               marriage
               ,
               whose
               worth
               and
               actions
               are
               commonly
               smothered
               up
               under
               the
               names
               and
               covert
               of
               their
               husbands
               :
               Those
               onely
               that
               live
               unmarried
               have
               no
               partner
               in
               their
               glory
               ,
               such
               was
               she
               ,
               and
               this
               praise
               she
               deserved
               the
               more
               ,
               because
               she
               was
               supported
               by
               no
               props
               but
               her
               own
               ;
               no
               half
               brother
               ,
               nor
               uncle
               ,
               nor
               Prince
               of
               the
               blood
               was
               remaining
               to
               whom
               she
               might
               impart
               her
               cares
               ,
               and
               receive
               assistance
               in
               her
               governing
               ;
               
               yea
               ,
               those
               who
               she
               advanced
               to
               highest
               honours
               ,
               she
               kept
               in
               such
               a
               ballance
               and
               restraint
               ,
               that
               every
               one
               laboured
               most
               to
               please
               her
               will
               ,
               whilst
               she
               remained
               mistris
               of
               her self
               .
            
             
               Barren
               indeed
               she
               was
               ,
               left
               no
               child
               behind
               her
               ,
               which
               also
               happened
               to
               many
               fortunate
               Princes
               ,
               Alexander
               the
               great
               ,
               
                 Julius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               and
               Trojaen
               the
               Emperor
               ;
               but
               this
               may
               be
               a
               diverse
               construction
               ,
               and
               be
               disputed
               on
               either
               part
               ,
               some
               call
               it
               diminishment
               of
               happiness
               ,
               as
               if
               those
               men
               were
               blessed
               above
               the
               conditions
               of
               men
               ,
               who
               prove
               aswel
               happy
               in
               their
               propagation
               as
               in
               themselves
               .
            
             
               Others
               make
               it
               the
               pitch
               of
               happiness
               ,
               which
               ,
               say
               they
               ,
               is
               then
               onely
               compleat
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               exempted
               
               from
               the
               wheel
               of
               fortune
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               danger
               to
               be
               blemished
               by
               a
               degenerating
               issue
               .
            
             
               She
               wanted
               not
               also
               those
               outward
               adjuncts
               of
               happiness
               ,
               she
               was
               tall
               of
               stature
               ,
               of
               comely
               limbs
               and
               excellent
               feature
               in
               her
               countenance
               ,
               Majesty
               sate
               under
               the
               vail
               of
               sweetness
               ,
               her
               health
               was
               sound
               and
               prosperous
               ,
               and
               so
               drawing
               to
               her
               last
               without
               sense
               of
               age
               or
               misfortune
               ,
               she
               had
               that
               which
               Augustus
               so
               much
               desired
               ,
               a
               gentle
               and
               happy
               departure
               .
               The
               which
               is
               likewise
               recorded
               of
               
                 Antonius
                 Pius
              
               that
               good
               Emperor
               ,
               whose
               death
               was
               like
               a
               dream
               or
               some
               sweet
               imagination
               :
               In
               all
               her
               sickness
               was
               nothing
               ominous
               ,
               nor
               lamentable
               ,
               nor
               uncouth
               to
               her
               kind
               ,
               no
               
               Symptom
               was
               seen
               strange
               or
               noisome
               ,
               but
               all
               of
               such
               a
               frame
               ,
               as
               rather
               shewed
               the
               frailty
               of
               the
               corruption
               of
               humane
               nature
               ;
               for
               some
               few
               daies
               before
               her
               death
               finding
               her
               body
               (
               seldom
               moistened
               with
               wine
               ,
               or
               a
               larger
               diet
               )
               to
               shrink
               up
               with
               driness
               and
               cares
               which
               attend
               a
               crown
               ,
               she
               suffered
               some
               convulsion
               in
               her
               nerves
               ,
               still
               keeping
               (
               though
               in
               a
               slow
               and
               weaker
               measure
               )
               her
               speech
               ,
               motion
               and
               understanding
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               ordinary
               in
               that
               disease
               :
               But
               this
               estate
               not
               long
               abiding
               ,
               seeming
               rather
               the
               first
               steps
               to
               death
               ,
               then
               last
               act
               of
               life
               ;
               for
               when
               the
               powers
               of
               life
               are
               wasted
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               wretched
               thing
               to
               remain
               in
               life
               ;
               but
               by
               the
               slumber
               of
               sense
               to
               haste
               insensibly
               to
               death
               ,
               is
               a
               clement
               and
               easie
               close
               of
               life
               .
            
             
             
               Add
               this
               to
               the
               hap
               of
               her
               felicity
               ,
               that
               she
               was
               not
               onely
               happy
               in
               her
               own
               ,
               but
               also
               in
               the
               abilities
               of
               her
               servants
               ;
               for
               she
               had
               such
               gifted
               men
               about
               her
               as
               perhaps
               this
               Island
               had
               rarely
               brought
               forth
               before
               .
            
             
               But
               God
               when
               he
               favoureth
               Kings
               enlargeth
               the
               hearts
               of
               their
               ministers
               .
            
             
               Two
               felicities
               yet
               remain
               that
               may
               be
               called
               
                 Post
                 humus
              
               ,
               which
               are
               indeed
               higher
               and
               happier
               then
               all
               these
               that
               adorned
               her
               life
               :
               One
               of
               her
               successor
               ,
               the
               other
               of
               her
               memory
               ;
               such
               a
               successor
               she
               had
               ,
               who
               albeit
               in
               regard
               of
               his
               masculine
               vertue
               and
               fair
               progeny
               ,
               and
               access
               of
               a
               new
               Kingdom
               ,
               might
               somwhat
               shadow
               or
               exceed
               her
               glory
               ,
               yet
               he
               alwayes
               honoured
               her
               
               name
               ,
               and
               gave
               a
               kinde
               of
               perpetuity
               to
               her
               deeds
               ,
               for
               he
               made
               so
               small
               alteration
               in
               the
               orders
               he
               found
               established
               ,
               or
               persons
               she
               had
               chosen
               ,
               that
               so
               the
               son
               could
               succeed
               his
               father
               with
               greater
               silence
               ,
               or
               less
               danger
               or
               disturbance
               of
               estate
               .
            
             
               And
               concerning
               the
               fame
               and
               happiness
               of
               her
               memory
               ,
               that
               is
               yet
               so
               fresh
               in
               the
               mindes
               and
               mouths
               of
               men
               ,
               as
               taking
               life
               from
               her
               ashes
               wherein
               all
               envy
               is
               raked
               up
               ;
               it
               seemeth
               to
               contend
               with
               the
               happiness
               of
               her
               life
               ,
               for
               if
               any
               factious
               humor
               raised
               from
               dissent
               in
               Religion
               be
               yet
               buzzing
               abroad
               (
               though
               it
               seems
               by
               this
               time
               conjured
               down
               by
               consent
               of
               truth
               )
               as
               it
               is
               most
               foul
               and
               false
               ;
               so
               it
               cannot
               be
               long
               lived
               ,
               and
               truly
               I
               have
               gathered
               these
               
               notes
               of
               Gods
               favour
               and
               her
               felicity
               for
               this
               special
               end
               ;
               that
               malicious
               men
               should
               be
               afraid
               to
               mingle
               their
               cursings
               (
               amongst
               so
               many
               blessings
               of
               God.
               )
            
             
               After
               all
               this
               ,
               if
               any
               should
               say
               as
               one
               did
               of
               Caesar
               ,
               We
               hear
               of
               things
               whereat
               we
               wonder
               ,
               but
               look
               for
               things
               which
               we
               might
               commend
               ;
               I
               verily
               think
               that
               true
               admiration
               is
               certain
               excess
               of
               praise
               ,
               and
               verily
               these
               felicities
               here
               described
               ,
               cannot
               befal
               to
               any
               who
               are
               not
               visibly
               sustained
               with
               divine
               favours
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               sort
               have
               not
               set
               their
               lives
               in
               aim
               of
               glory
               ;
               nevertheless
               ,
               I
               will
               recount
               some
               few
               things
               concerning
               her
               manners
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               onely
               which
               might
               seem
               to
               lend
               occasion
               unto
               base
               speeches
               of
               contumelious
               men
               .
            
             
             
               In
               her
               religion
               she
               was
               pious
               ,
               constant
               ,
               moderate
               ,
               and
               could
               not
               away
               with
               innovations
               ,
               her
               piety
               chiefly
               appeared
               in
               her
               works
               and
               actions
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               also
               seen
               in
               the
               ordinary
               course
               ,
               and
               conversation
               of
               her
               life
               ;
               she
               was
               seldom
               absent
               from
               prayers
               in
               her
               closet
               ,
               or
               at
               sermons
               and
               solemn
               service
               abroad
               ;
               diligent
               in
               reading
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               well
               versed
               in
               the
               Fathers
               ,
               and
               above
               all
               in
               St.
               Augustine
               ;
               upon
               divers
               occasions
               she
               composed
               sundry
               prayers
               :
               when
               she
               mentioned
               God
               (
               though
               in
               common
               talk
               )
               added
               for
               the
               most
               part
               of
               Creator
               ,
               casting
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               often
               observed
               ,
               her
               face
               &
               eies
               into
               a
               reverend
               form
               of
               humility
               :
               and
               whereat
               some
               have
               published
               ,
               that
               she
               put
               off
               the
               thought
               of
               mortality
               ,
               nor
               could
               abide
               to
               
               hear
               of
               old
               age
               or
               death
               .
               It
               is
               most
               untrue
               ,
               for
               many
               years
               before
               her
               end
               she
               was
               not
               nice
               ,
               often
               ,
               and
               with
               much
               grace
               to
               call
               her self
               old
               woman
               ,
               and
               used
               to
               discourse
               of
               her
               Tomb
               ,
               and
               what
               inscription
               would
               most
               please
               her
               ,
               saying
               ,
               She
               delighted
               not
               in
               long
               Titles
               ,
               or
               shadows
               of
               glory
               ,
               a
               line
               or
               two
               would
               be
               enough
               for
               her
               memory
               ,
               which
               in
               few
               words
               should
               only
               express
               her
               name
               in
               her
               virginity
               ,
               the
               time
               of
               her
               raign
               ,
               the
               restoring
               of
               religion
               ,
               &
               establishment
               of
               Peace
               :
               True
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               being
               once
               importuned
               to
               declare
               her
               successor
               whilst
               she
               was
               yet
               in
               her
               full
               strength
               ,
               not
               unfit
               to
               bear
               children
               ,
               she
               would
               not
               endure
               her
               winding
               sheet
               to
               be
               spread
               before
               her
               eies
               ,
               and
               
               yet
               not
               long
               before
               her
               death
               ,
               sitting
               pensive
               ,
               and
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               musing
               of
               mortality
               ,
               as
               one
               came
               and
               told
               her
               ,
               that
               divers
               places
               stood
               too
               long
               vacant
               in
               the
               State
               ;
               she
               rose
               up
               somwhat
               offended
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               
                 She
                 knew
                 well
                 enough
                 that
                 her
                 place
                 would
                 not
                 stand
                 an
                 instant
                 empty
                 .
              
               Her
               moderation
               may
               perchance
               be
               doubted
               in
               matter
               of
               Religion
               ,
               considering
               the
               severity
               of
               those
               Lawes
               she
               made
               against
               the
               Papists
               :
               But
               herein
               we
               will
               produce
               such
               onely
               things
               whereof
               we
               have
               certain
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               made
               diligent
               search
               ;
               out
               of
               all
               question
               ,
               the
               meaning
               of
               this
               Princess
               minde
               ,
               was
               this
               ,
               neither
               to
               offer
               violence
               to
               the
               consciences
               of
               men
               ,
               nor
               to
               suffer
               her
               State
               to
               be
               disquieted
               under
               
               pretext
               of
               conscience
               ;
               out
               of
               which
               foundation
               she
               judged
               ,
               first
               of
               all
               ,
               that
               the
               toleration
               of
               two
               Religions
               in
               one
               hot
               heart-burning
               people
               ,
               who
               from
               differenc
               in
               mind
               )
               might
               break
               out
               into
               blows
               ,
               might
               be
               of
               pernitious
               consequence
               to
               the
               State
               ;
               thereupon
               at
               her
               entrance
               upon
               the
               Crown
               ,
               when
               all
               things
               were
               ful
               of
               suspition
               ,
               she
               used
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               committed
               som
               of
               the
               busiest
               ,
               and
               most
               factious
               Prelates
               for
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               Coat
               :
               so
               far
               was
               she
               from
               vexing
               them
               with
               severe
               inquisitions
               ,
               that
               she
               winked
               at
               their
               faults
               ,
               and
               took
               them
               into
               her
               protection
               ;
               This
               was
               the
               first
               state
               of
               things
               :
               and
               although
               the
               interdiction
               of
               Pius
               the
               fift
               might
               have
               stirred
               up
               her
               anger
               ,
               
               and
               made
               her
               resolve
               of
               a
               sharper
               course
               ,
               yet
               she
               departed
               not
               from
               her
               nature
               ,
               and
               changed
               little
               from
               her
               mildness
               ;
               for
               ,
               like
               a
               most
               wise
               and
               heroical
               Lady
               ,
               secure
               of
               her
               peoples
               love
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Popish
               Faction
               could
               not
               stir
               at
               home
               without
               far
               assistance
               ,
               she
               passed
               little
               for
               the
               claps
               of
               the
               Popes
               thunder
               :
               But
               about
               the
               three
               and
               twentieth
               of
               her
               raign
               things
               received
               an
               alteration
               ,
               which
               change
               of
               time
               ,
               was
               not
               complotted
               by
               design
               ,
               but
               recorded
               in
               publick
               Acts
               ,
               and
               cut
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               in
               brass
               for
               perpetuity
               ;
               Till
               that
               year
               ,
               no
               great
               or
               heavy
               punishment
               was
               laid
               upon
               her
               Popish
               Subjects
               by
               the
               Lawes
               precedent
               ;
               but
               now
               the
               vast
               projects
               and
               ambitions
               
               of
               Spain
               for
               subduing
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               began
               to
               be
               detected
               ,
               whereof
               a
               principal
               part
               was
               ,
               that
               a
               new
               fangled
               Faction
               should
               be
               raised
               in
               the
               bowels
               of
               this
               State
               ;
               which
               should
               not
               onely
               be
               ready
               to
               receive
               a
               forraign
               invader
               ,
               but
               also
               ,
               (
               under
               pretence
               of
               the
               Roman
               Religion
               ,
               and
               power
               of
               the
               Popes
               Bull
               ,
               )
               should
               absolve
               her
               Subjects
               from
               their
               Faith
               and
               Allegiance
               ,
               and
               prepare
               their
               Spirits
               for
               dangerous
               innovasions
               .
               About
               that
               time
               Ireland
               was
               assaulted
               with
               open
               Armes
               ,
               scandalous
               Libels
               were
               cast
               out
               against
               the
               fame
               ,
               and
               government
               ,
               and
               the
               Queen
               ;
               and
               all
               things
               seemed
               to
               swell
               up
               in
               presage
               of
               greater
               motions
               .
               I
               would
               rather
               think
               ,
               that
               many
               
               of
               the
               Preists
               were
               made
               wicked
               instruments
               of
               other
               mens
               malice
               ,
               then
               that
               all
               were
               privy
               to
               their
               Councel
               ;
               yet
               this
               is
               true
               ,
               and
               verified
               by
               sundry
               confessions
               ,
               That
               almost
               all
               the
               Priests
               that
               were
               sent
               over
               into
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               from
               the
               three
               and
               twentieth
               to
               the
               thirtieth
               of
               this
               Queens
               raign
               (
               in
               which
               year
               that
               Popish
               and
               Spanish
               design
               was
               put
               in
               execution
               )
               had
               private
               instructions
               to
               divulge
               abroad
               ,
               that
               this
               Estate
               could
               stand
               thus
               no
               longer
               ;
               that
               within
               a
               while
               they
               should
               see
               a
               new
               face
               of
               things
               ,
               and
               notable
               alterations
               ;
               That
               the
               good
               of
               England
               was
               cared
               for
               by
               the
               Pope
               ,
               and
               popish
               Princes
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               not
               be
               wanting
               to
               themselves
               ;
               yea
               ,
               some
               
               of
               the
               Priests
               were
               manifestly
               found
               guilty
               of
               those
               Plots
               and
               Machinations
               ,
               which
               tended
               to
               the
               subversion
               of
               the
               State.
               And
               that
               which
               moved
               most
               the
               carriage
               of
               their
               secret
               Councels
               ,
               was
               disclosed
               by
               letters
               intercepted
               ,
               importing
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               watchfulness
               of
               the
               Queen
               and
               Councel
               over
               the
               Papists
               ,
               would
               be
               utterly
               deluded
               ;
               for
               ,
               albeit
               they
               laboured
               much
               ,
               that
               no
               man
               of
               note
               or
               nobility
               should
               be
               head
               of
               the
               Faction
               ;
               yet
               ,
               a
               course
               was
               taken
               to
               effect
               the
               work
               by
               men
               of
               meaner
               and
               inferiour
               rancks
               ,
               whose
               mindes
               (
               though
               they
               knew
               not
               one
               another
               )
               should
               be
               linked
               together
               by
               secret
               confessions
               ,
               without
               need
               of
               Assembly
               .
            
             
               Such
               arts
               were
               then
               used
               ,
               
               and
               ,
               of
               late
               in
               a
               case
               (
               not
               unlike
               )
               resumed
               ;
               which
               (
               it
               seems
               )
               are
               familiar
               with
               those
               men
               :
               Thus
               clangor
               approaching
               ,
               like
               a
               storme
               ,
               put
               a
               Law
               of
               necessity
               upon
               the
               Queen
               .
            
             
               It
               being
               now
               high
               time
               ,
               that
               such
               part
               of
               her
               subjects
               as
               were
               estranged
               from
               her
               love
               ,
               impoisoned
               without
               hope
               of
               cure
               ,
               and
               yet
               grew
               rich
               withall
               in
               a
               private
               life
               ,
               which
               freed
               them
               from
               publick
               charge
               ,
               should
               be
               kept
               under
               and
               restrained
               with
               Lawes
               of
               a
               more
               heavy
               nature
               :
               The
               course
               of
               all
               this
               misery
               still
               increasing
               ,
               was
               imputed
               to
               the
               Priests
               ,
               who
               carried
               into
               forraign
               Countries
               ,
               and
               fed
               by
               the
               crums
               of
               stranger
               Princes
               (
               professed
               enemies
               to
               this
               State
               )
               were
               brought
               up
               onely
               in
               such
               
               places
               where
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Queen
               their
               Soveraign
               was
               never
               heard
               of
               ,
               but
               as
               an
               heretick
               and
               excommunicate
               person
               ,
               torn
               with
               curses
               and
               excommunications
               ;
               If
               these
               men
               were
               not
               inticed
               with
               treacherous
               designes
               ,
               they
               were
               surely
               known
               to
               be
               familiar
               with
               such
               as
               were
               ;
               who
               with
               the
               venom
               of
               their
               arts
               ,
               had
               pernitiously
               depraved
               the
               minds
               of
               many
               Papists
               ,
               and
               sowred
               their
               whole
               Lump
               with
               a
               new
               malignant
               livery
               ,
               which
               was
               sweeter
               and
               less
               timerous
               before
               .
            
             
               Now
               therefore
               ,
               no
               safer
               reremedy
               could
               be
               found
               ,
               then
               to
               debar
               these
               unnatural
               men
               from
               all
               entrance
               into
               this
               Kingdom
               ;
               which
               was
               likewise
               decreed
               under
               penalty
               of
               their
               
               lives
               ,
               in
               the
               seven
               and
               twentieth
               of
               her
               raign
               .
            
             
               Not
               long
               after
               when
               the
               tempest
               rose
               and
               fell
               upon
               this
               land
               ;
               the
               event
               well
               declared
               what
               love
               remained
               in
               these
               mens
               brests
               towards
               their
               dearest
               Country
               ;
               for
               ,
               so
               were
               they
               blinded
               with
               hate
               and
               envy
               ,
               that
               they
               rested
               neither
               night
               nor
               day
               ,
               binding
               themselves
               with
               Vowes
               and
               Sacraments
               ,
               to
               bring
               it
               into
               bondage
               of
               a
               forraign
               Enemy
               .
            
             
               Hereupon
               ,
               albeit
               the
               clouds
               of
               Spain
               (
               which
               caused
               this
               severity
               )
               were
               blown
               over
               ,
               and
               vanished
               ;
               yet
               ,
               the
               remembrance
               of
               danger
               passed
               ,
               struck
               deep
               in
               the
               mindes
               of
               men
               ;
               and
               ,
               because
               it
               would
               have
               been
               accounted
               levity
               to
               have
               repealed
               
               those
               Lawes
               ,
               and
               unfaithfulness
               to
               neglect
               them
               once
               established
               ;
               The
               Queen
               was
               so
               drawn
               with
               weight
               of
               affairs
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               no
               more
               in
               her
               power
               to
               set
               them
               in
               that
               former
               estate
               wherein
               they
               were
               before
               ,
               in
               the
               twenty
               third
               of
               her
               raign
               .
            
             
               Hereunto
               may
               be
               added
               ,
               that
               although
               there
               was
               not
               wanting
               the
               industry
               of
               divers
               Ministers
               to
               increase
               her
               exchequer
               ;
               and
               justice
               of
               others
               to
               urge
               exemption
               of
               the
               Lawes
               ,
               wherein
               they
               onely
               saw
               the
               publike
               safety
               to
               consist
               ;
               yet
               ,
               constant
               to
               her
               natural
               clemency
               ,
               she
               debated
               the
               keenness
               of
               their
               edge
               ,
               that
               the
               Priests
               who
               suffered
               death
               were
               very
               few
               in
               regard
               of
               their
               exceeding
               number
               .
            
             
             
               These
               things
               I
               rehearse
               ,
               not
               ,
               as
               points
               of
               her
               defence
               ,
               this
               cause
               needeth
               no
               justification
               ;
               whereas
               both
               the
               safety
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               required
               no
               less
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               course
               of
               this
               severity
               ,
               fell
               far
               short
               of
               the
               bloody
               examples
               amongst
               the
               Papists
               ;
               which
               rather
               flowed
               from
               pride
               and
               malice
               ,
               then
               any
               necessity
               :
               But
               I
               am
               not
               forgetful
               of
               my
               first
               affection
               ,
               having
               by
               this
               time
               sufficiently
               shown
               that
               this
               Prince
               was
               moderate
               in
               cause
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               if
               any
               sharpness
               happened
               therein
               ,
               that
               it
               proceeded
               not
               from
               her
               nature
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               iniquity
               of
               the
               times
               .
            
             
               Of
               her
               great
               care
               and
               constancy
               in
               true
               religion
               ,
               this
               may
               be
               a
               certain
               Argument
               ,
               that
               albeit
               
               popery
               had
               been
               established
               by
               much
               power
               and
               study
               in
               her
               sisters
               raign
               ,
               and
               had
               taken
               deep
               root
               by
               time
               ,
               and
               was
               still
               confirmed
               by
               the
               writ
               and
               assent
               of
               all
               in
               Authority
               ;
               yet
               ,
               since
               that
               it
               neither
               agreed
               with
               the
               word
               of
               God
               ,
               nor
               the
               primitive
               pureness
               ,
               nor
               her
               own
               conscience
               ,
               she
               pluck'd
               it
               up
               ,
               with
               little
               help
               ,
               and
               abolished
               it
               with
               great
               courage
               and
               resolution
               ;
               which
               was
               not
               done
               upon
               a
               rash
               impetuous
               fancy
               ,
               but
               with
               maturity
               and
               advice
               ;
               whereof
               (
               among
               many
               other
               things
               )
               we
               may
               take
               a
               conjecture
               by
               an
               answer
               so
               made
               upon
               a
               by-occasion
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               beginning
               of
               her
               raign
               ,
               when
               Prisoners
               (
               as
               the
               manner
               is
               )
               were
               released
               ,
               for
               a
               boon
               of
               
               her
               new
               inauguration
               ;
               A
               certain
               Courtier
               ,
               who
               by
               custome
               had
               taken
               up
               a
               boldness
               of
               speech
               ,
               and
               jestingly
               waited
               for
               her
               as
               she
               went
               to
               Chappel
               ,
               when
               ,
               either
               of
               himself
               ,
               or
               set
               on
               by
               wiser
               men
               ,
               he
               put
               an
               humble
               petition
               ,
               crying
               out
               aloud
               withall
               ,
               
                 That
                 yet
                 there
                 remained
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 honest
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 unjustly
                 detained
                 ;
                 beseeching
                 he
                 Majesty
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 at
                 Liberty
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 were
                 the
                 four
                 Evangelists
                 ,
                 and
                 Saint
              
               Paul
               
                 the
                 Apostle
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 been
                 long
                 shut
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 strange
                 language
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 a
                 Prison
                 ,
                 and
                 kept
                 from
                 conversing
                 among
                 the
                 people
              
               ;
               to
               whom
               she
               wisely
               answered
               ,
               
                 That
                 full
                 inquiry
                 should
                 be
                 made
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 whether
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 released
                 ,
                 yea
                 ,
                 or
                 no
                 :
              
               whereby
               
               she
               put
               off
               a
               sudden
               question
               ,
               with
               a
               suspended
               answer
               ;
               and
               stil
               reserved
               the
               interest
               of
               things
               in
               her
               own
               freedom
               and
               decision
               .
            
             
               In
               which
               business
               ,
               she
               proceeded
               not
               by
               peeces
               ,
               or
               with
               trepidation
               ,
               but
               in
               a
               grave
               and
               setled
               order
               :
               First
               ,
               calling
               the
               Synods
               to
               conference
               ,
               and
               the
               States
               to
               Parliament
               ;
               and
               then
               within
               compass
               of
               one
               year
               ,
               so
               reformed
               Ecclesiastical
               affairs
               ,
               that
               till
               her
               dying
               day
               she
               departed
               not
               a
               whit
               from
               the
               constitution
               then
               determined
               ;
               yea
               ,
               ever
               after
               her
               custome
               was
               to
               warn
               almost
               every
               Parliament
               when
               it
               sate
               ,
               that
               nothing
               should
               be
               changed
               in
               the
               right
               ,
               and
               discipline
               of
               the
               Church
               ;
               and
               thus
               far
               concerning
               Religion
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               to
               leave
               these
               sadder
               things
               ;
               if
               any
               man
               should
               think
               it
               a
               lightness
               that
               she
               suffered
               her self
               to
               be
               courted
               and
               wooed
               ,
               and
               refused
               not
               to
               be
               seen
               upon
               the
               scene
               of
               Love
               ,
               even
               beyond
               the
               condition
               of
               her
               Age
               ;
               this
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               gently
               construed
               ,
               wanted
               not
               also
               a
               share
               in
               admiration
               ;
               for
               it
               soundeth
               unlike
               those
               old
               Stories
               of
               a
               Maiden
               Queen
               living
               in
               Elizian
               Islands
               ,
               from
               whose
               Court
               none
               was
               debarred
               that
               used
               fair
               accostment
               ,
               and
               no
               lasciviousness
               in
               love
               ;
               But
               if
               it
               be
               severely
               scanned
               ,
               then
               greater
               is
               the
               wonder
               ;
               for
               ,
               albeit
               that
               we
               often
               see
               ,
               that
               a
               State
               is
               loosened
               by
               the
               looseness
               of
               the
               Prince
               ;
               yet
               ,
               these
               delights
               she
               used
               with
               such
               a
               curb
               ,
               that
               they
               little
               dimmed
               
               her
               fame
               ,
               less
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               softned
               the
               vigour
               and
               dispensation
               of
               her
               State
               nothing
               at
               all
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               shut
               up
               my
               discourse
               ;
               the
               Prince
               was
               certainly
               good
               and
               vertuous
               ,
               and
               so
               she
               desired
               to
               seem
               ,
               she
               hated
               vices
               ,
               and
               took
               the
               way
               to
               fame
               ,
               by
               that
               of
               honour
               :
               Whilst
               I
               am
               upon
               her
               vertues
               ,
               I
               cannot
               forget
               one
               passage
               ,
               when
               letters
               were
               written
               to
               her
               Ambassadors
               in
               France
               ,
               to
               deliver
               some
               private
               message
               to
               the
               Queen-Mother
               then
               of
               Valois
               ;
               wherein
               her
               Secretary
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               to
               curry
               favour
               ,
               had
               inserted
               this
               clause
               ,
               that
               the
               Ambassador
               should
               say
               ,
               
                 They
                 two
                 were
                 two
                 such
                 Queens
                 ,
                 so
                 versed
                 in
                 Soveraign
                 Arts
                 ,
                 and
                 seen
                 in
                 politick
                 affairs
                 ,
              
               
               
                 as
                 no
                 Kings
                 nor
                 men
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 went
                 beyond
                 them
              
               ;
               She
               misliked
               the
               assotiation
               ,
               and
               commanded
               it
               to
               be
               blotted
               out
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 The
                 Arts
                 she
                 had
                 learned
                 were
                 of
                 a
                 better
                 stamp
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 principles
                 of
                 a
                 far
                 higher
                 nature
                 ,
                 whereby
                 she
                 ruled
                 her
                 people
                 .
              
            
             
               She
               was
               not
               puffed
               up
               with
               the
               length
               of
               her
               raign
               ,
               although
               she
               was
               long
               a
               Queen
               ;
               for
               ,
               if
               any
               had
               told
               her
               fitly
               in
               discourse
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 world
                 would
                 have
                 taken
                 notice
                 of
                 her
                 admirable
                 parts
                 ,
                 though
                 she
                 had
                 lived
                 in
                 some
                 mean
                 estate
              
               ;
               she
               would
               have
               been
               well
               pleased
               with
               such
               insinuations
               ;
               so
               much
               she
               desired
               that
               her
               vertue
               should
               stand
               alone
               unbeholding
               to
               her
               fortune
               for
               praise
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               I
               should
               enter
               into
               her
               
               moral
               or
               regal
               commendations
               ,
               or
               recite
               the
               Roll
               of
               her
               vertue
               ,
               and
               rank
               them
               in
               their
               proper
               place
               and
               light
               ,
               befitting
               so
               rare
               a
               Prince
               ,
               which
               should
               slide
               into
               the
               story
               of
               her
               life
               ,
               it
               would
               require
               greater
               leasure
               and
               a
               larger
               vein
               .
               I
               have
               onely
               summoned
               up
               these
               two
               parcels
               briefly
               ,
               and
               sincerely
               ,
               as
               I
               could
               ;
               for
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               confessed
               ,
               That
               no
               Commender
               can
               be
               found
               sufficient
               for
               this
               Prince
               ,
               but
               onely
               time
               ,
               which
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               beginning
               ,
               never
               produced
               in
               all
               her
               sex
               any
               one
               like
               to
               her
               for
               Civil
               Government
               and
               Administration
               of
               Affairs
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               THE
               APOLOGY
               OF
               S
               r
               
                 FRANCIS
                 BACON
              
               ;
               In
               ,
               Certain
               IMPUTATIONS
               concerning
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               ESSEX
               .
               Written
               to
               the
               Right
               Honorable
               his
               very
               good
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               Devonshire
               ,
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               of
               IRELAND
               .
            
             
               London
               ,
               Printed
               1651.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               TO
               THE
               RIGHT
               HONORABLE
               HIS
               very
               good
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               Devonshire
               ,
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               of
               IRELAND
               .
            
             
               IT
               may
               please
               your
               good
               Lordship
               :
               I
               cannot
               be
               ignorant
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               sensible
               of
               the
               wrong
               which
               I
               sustain
               in
               common
               speech
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               had
               been
               false
               ,
               or
               unthankful
               to
               that
               noble
               ,
               but
               unfortunate
               Earl
               the
               Earl
               of
               Essex
               :
               and
               for
               satisfying
               the
               vulgar
               sort
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               so
               much
               regard
               it
               ;
               though
               I
               love
               a
               good
               name
               ,
               but
               yet
               as
               
               an
               handmaid
               and
               attendant
               of
               honesty
               and
               vertue
               .
               For
               I
               am
               of
               his
               opinion
               that
               said
               pleasantly
               ,
               
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 shame
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 was
                 a
                 suter
                 to
                 the
                 mistriss
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 love
                 to
                 the
                 waiting
                 woman
              
               ;
               and
               therfore
               to
               woo
               or
               court
               cōmon
               fame
               otherwise
               then
               it
               followeth
               on
               honest
               courses
               ,
               I
               for
               my
               part
               ,
               find
               not
               my self
               fit
               nor
               disposed
               .
               But
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               worldly
               thing
               that
               concerneth
               my self
               ,
               which
               I
               hold
               more
               dear
               ,
               then
               the
               good
               opinion
               of
               certain
               persons
               ;
               amongst
               which
               there
               is
               none
               I
               would
               more
               willingly
               give
               satisfaction
               unto
               ,
               then
               to
               your
               Lordship
               .
               First
               ,
               because
               you
               loved
               my
               L.
               of
               Essex
               ,
               and
               therefore
               will
               not
               be
               partial
               towards
               me
               ;
               which
               is
               part
               of
               that
               I
               desire
               ,
               next
               ,
               because
               it
               hath
               ever
               pleased
               
               you
               to
               shew
               your self
               to
               me
               an
               honorable
               friend
               ;
               and
               so
               no
               baseness
               in
               me
               to
               seek
               to
               satisfie
               you
               :
               and
               lastly
               ,
               because
               I
               know
               your
               Lordship
               is
               excellently
               grounded
               in
               the
               true
               rules
               and
               habits
               of
               duties
               &
               moralities
               ;
               which
               must
               be
               they
               which
               shall
               decide
               this
               matter
               :
               wherein
               (
               my
               L.
               )
               my
               defence
               needeth
               to
               be
               but
               simple
               and
               brief
               :
               namely
               ,
               that
               whatsoever
               I
               did
               concering
               that
               action
               and
               proceeding
               ,
               was
               done
               in
               my
               duty
               and
               service
               to
               the
               Queen
               and
               the
               State
               ;
               in
               which
               I
               would
               not
               shew
               my self
               false
               hearted
               ,
               nor
               faint
               hearted
               for
               any
               mans
               sake
               living
               .
               For
               every
               honest
               man
               that
               hath
               his
               heart
               wel
               planted
               ,
               wil
               forsake
               his
               King
               rather
               then
               forsake
               God
               ,
               &
               forsake
               his
               friend
               rather
               then
               
               forsake
               his
               King
               ;
               and
               yet
               will
               forsake
               any
               earthly
               commodity
               ,
               yea
               ,
               and
               his
               own
               life
               in
               some
               cases
               ,
               rather
               then
               forsake
               his
               friend
               .
               I
               hope
               the
               world
               hath
               not
               forgotten
               these
               degrees
               ,
               else
               the
               heathen
               ,
               saying
               ;
               
                 Amicus
                 usque
                 ad
                 aras
              
               ,
               shall
               judge
               them
               .
            
             
               And
               if
               any
               man
               shall
               say
               ,
               I
               did
               officiously
               intrude
               my self
               into
               that
               business
               ,
               because
               I
               had
               no
               ordinary
               place
               ;
               the
               like
               may
               be
               said
               of
               all
               the
               business
               in
               effect
               that
               passed
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               learned
               Councel
               ,
               either
               of
               State
               or
               Revenues
               these
               many
               years
               ,
               wherein
               I
               was
               continually
               used
               .
               For
               ,
               as
               your
               Lordship
               may
               remember
               ,
               the
               Queen
               knew
               her
               strength
               so
               well
               as
               she
               looked
               her
               word
               should
               be
               a
               warrant
               ;
               and
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               
               the
               choisest
               Princes
               before
               her
               ,
               did
               not
               alwayes
               tye
               her
               trust
               to
               place
               ,
               but
               did
               somtime
               divide
               private
               favor
               from
               office
               .
               And
               I
               for
               my
               part
               ,
               though
               I
               was
               not
               so
               unseen
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               but
               I
               knew
               the
               condition
               was
               subject
               to
               envy
               and
               peril
               ;
               yet
               because
               I
               knew
               again
               she
               was
               constant
               in
               her
               favours
               ,
               and
               made
               an
               end
               where
               she
               began
               ,
               and
               especially
               ,
               because
               she
               upheld
               me
               with
               extraordinary
               access
               ,
               and
               other
               demonstrations
               of
               confidence
               and
               grace
               ,
               I
               resolved
               to
               indure
               it
               ,
               in
               expectation
               of
               better
               .
               But
               my
               scope
               and
               desire
               is
               ,
               that
               your
               Lordship
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               have
               the
               honorable
               patience
               ,
               to
               know
               the
               truth
               ,
               in
               some
               particularity
               ,
               of
               all
               that
               passed
               in
               this
               cause
               ,
               wherein
               I
               had
               any
               
               part
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               perceive
               how
               honest
               a
               heart
               I
               ever
               bear
               to
               my
               Soveraign
               and
               to
               my
               Country
               ,
               and
               to
               that
               Noble
               man
               ,
               who
               had
               so
               well
               deserved
               of
               me
               ,
               and
               so
               well
               accepted
               of
               my
               deservings
               ;
               whose
               fortune
               I
               cannot
               remember
               without
               much
               grief
               .
               But
               for
               any
               action
               of
               mine
               towards
               him
               ,
               there
               is
               nothing
               that
               passed
               me
               in
               my
               life
               time
               ,
               that
               cometh
               to
               my
               remembrance
               with
               more
               clearness
               ,
               and
               less
               check
               of
               conscience
               :
               for
               it
               will
               appear
               to
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               not
               onely
               not
               opposite
               to
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               did
               occupy
               the
               utmost
               of
               my
               wits
               ,
               and
               adventure
               my
               fortune
               with
               the
               Queen
               to
               have
               reintegrated
               his
               ,
               and
               so
               continued
               faithfully
               and
               industriously
               till
               
               his
               last
               fatal
               impatience
               (
               for
               so
               I
               wil
               call
               it
               )
               after
               which
               day
               there
               was
               not
               time
               to
               work
               for
               him
               ,
               though
               the
               same
               ,
               my
               affection
               ,
               when
               it
               could
               not
               work
               on
               the
               subject
               proper
               ,
               went
               to
               the
               next
               ,
               with
               no
               ill
               effect
               towards
               som
               others
               ,
               who
               I
               think
               do
               rather
               not
               know
               it
               ,
               then
               not
               acknowledge
               it
               .
               And
               this
               I
               will
               assure
               your
               Lordsh
               .
               I
               wil
               leave
               nothing
               untold
               ,
               that
               is
               truth
               for
               any
               enemy
               that
               I
               hav
               to
               add
               ;
               &
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               I
               must
               reserve
               much
               which
               makes
               for
               me
               ,
               in
               many
               respects
               of
               duty
               ,
               which
               I
               esteem
               above
               my
               credit
               :
               and
               what
               I
               have
               here
               set
               down
               to
               your
               Lordsh
               .
               I
               protest
               ,
               as
               I
               hope
               to
               have
               any
               part
               in
               God's
               favour
               ,
               is
               true
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               well
               known
               ,
               how
               I
               did
               many
               years
               since
               dedicate
               my
               
               travels
               and
               studies
               to
               the
               use
               and
               (
               as
               I
               may
               tearm
               it
               )
               service
               of
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               ,
               which
               I
               protest
               before
               God
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               ,
               making
               election
               of
               him
               as
               the
               likeliest
               mean
               of
               mine
               own
               advancement
               ,
               but
               out
               of
               the
               humor
               of
               a
               man
               ,
               that
               ever
               ,
               from
               the
               time
               I
               had
               any
               use
               of
               reason
               (
               whether
               it
               were
               reading
               upon
               good
               books
               ,
               or
               upon
               the
               example
               of
               a
               good
               father
               ,
               or
               by
               nature
               )
               I
               loved
               my
               Country
               more
               then
               was
               answerable
               to
               my
               fortune
               ,
               and
               I
               held
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               my
               L.
               to
               be
               the
               fitter
               instrument
               to
               do
               good
               to
               the
               State
               :
               and
               therefore
               I
               applied
               my self
               to
               him
               ,
               in
               a
               manner
               which
               I
               think
               hapneth
               rarely
               among
               men
               :
               for
               I
               did
               not
               onely
               labour
               carefully
               and
               industriously
               in
               that
               he
               set
               me
               about
               ,
               
               whether
               it
               were
               matter
               of
               advice
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               but
               neglecting
               the
               Queens
               service
               ,
               mine
               own
               fortune
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               sort
               my
               vocation
               ,
               I
               did
               nothing
               but
               advise
               and
               ruminate
               with
               my self
               to
               the
               best
               of
               my
               understanding
               ,
               propositions
               and
               memorials
               ,
               of
               any
               thing
               that
               might
               concern
               his
               Lordships
               honor
               ,
               fortune
               ,
               or
               service
               .
               And
               when
               not
               long
               after
               I
               entred
               into
               this
               course
               ,
               my
               brother
               Mr.
               
                 Anthony
                 Bacon
              
               came
               from
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               ,
               being
               a
               Gentleman
               whose
               ability
               the
               world
               taketh
               knowledge
               of
               for
               matters
               of
               State
               ,
               specially
               forraign
               ;
               I
               did
               likewise
               knit
               his
               service
               to
               be
               at
               my
               L
               ds
               disposing
               .
               And
               on
               the
               otherside
               ,
               I
               must
               and
               will
               ever
               acknowledge
               my
               Lords
               love
               ,
               trust
               ,
               and
               favour
               towards
               
               me
               ,
               last
               of
               all
               his
               liberality
               ,
               having
               infeofed
               me
               of
               land
               which
               I
               sold
               for
               eighteen
               hundred
               pounds
               to
               Master
               
                 Reynold
                 Nicholas
              
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               was
               more
               worth
               ,
               and
               that
               at
               such
               a
               time
               ,
               and
               with
               so
               kinde
               and
               noble
               circumstances
               ,
               as
               the
               manner
               was
               as
               much
               as
               the
               matter
               :
               which
               though
               it
               be
               but
               an
               idle
               digression
               ,
               yet
               because
               I
               am
               not
               willing
               to
               be
               short
               in
               commemoration
               of
               his
               benefits
               ,
               I
               will
               presume
               to
               trouble
               your
               Lordship
               with
               the
               relating
               to
               you
               the
               manner
               of
               it
               .
               After
               the
               Queen
               had
               denied
               me
               the
               Solicitors
               place
               ,
               for
               the
               which
               his
               Lordship
               had
               been
               a
               long
               and
               earnest
               sutor
               on
               my
               behalf
               ,
               it
               pleased
               him
               to
               come
               to
               me
               from
               Richmond
               to
               Twicknam
               Park
               ,
               and
               
               brake
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               said
               :
               Mr.
               Bacon
               ,
               the
               Queen
               hath
               denied
               me
               the
               place
               for
               you
               ,
               and
               hath
               placed
               another
               ;
               I
               know
               you
               are
               the
               least
               part
               of
               your
               own
               matter
               ,
               but
               ,
               you
               fare
               ill
               because
               you
               have
               chosen
               me
               for
               your
               mean
               and
               dependance
               :
               you
               have
               spent
               your
               time
               and
               thoughts
               in
               my
               matters
               ;
               I
               die
               (
               these
               were
               his
               very
               words
               )
               if
               I
               do
               not
               somewhat
               towards
               your
               fortune
               ,
               you
               shall
               not
               deny
               to
               accept
               a
               peece
               of
               Land
               ,
               which
               I
               will
               bestow
               upon
               you
               .
               My
               answer
               I
               remember
               was
               ,
               that
               for
               my
               fortune
               it
               was
               no
               great
               matter
               :
               but
               that
               his
               Lordships
               offer
               made
               me
               call
               to
               minde
               what
               was
               wont
               to
               be
               said
               when
               I
               was
               in
               France
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Guise
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               the
               greatest
               usurer
               in
               France
               
               because
               he
               had
               turned
               all
               his
               Estate
               into
               obligations
               ;
               meaning
               that
               he
               had
               left
               himself
               nothing
               ,
               but
               onely
               had
               bound
               numbers
               of
               persons
               to
               him
               .
               Now
               my
               Lo.
               (
               said
               I
               )
               I
               would
               not
               hav
               you
               immitate
               his
               course
               ,
               nor
               turn
               your
               state
               thus
               by
               great
               gifts
               into
               obligations
               ,
               for
               you
               wil
               find
               many
               bad
               debtors
               .
               He
               bad
               me
               take
               no
               care
               for
               that
               ,
               &
               pressed
               it
               :
               whereupon
               I
               said
               my
               Lor.
               I
               see
               I
               must
               be
               your
               homager
               ,
               and
               hold
               land
               of
               your
               gift
               :
               but
               do
               you
               know
               the
               manner
               of
               doing
               homage
               in
               law
               ?
               Alwaies
               it
               is
               with
               a
               saving
               of
               his
               faith
               to
               the
               King
               and
               his
               other
               Lords
               ,
               and
               therefore
               my
               L.
               (
               said
               I
               )
               I
               can
               be
               no
               more
               yours
               then
               I
               was
               ,
               and
               it
               may
               be
               with
               the
               ancient
               savings
               :
               and
               if
               I
               grow
               to
               be
               a
               rich
               man
               ,
               you
               
               will
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               give
               it
               back
               to
               some
               of
               your
               unrewarded
               followers
               .
               But
               to
               return
               ,
               sure
               I
               am
               (
               though
               I
               can
               arrogate
               nothing
               to
               my self
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               was
               a
               faithful
               remembrance
               to
               his
               Lordship
               )
               that
               while
               I
               had
               most
               credit
               with
               him
               ,
               his
               fortune
               went
               on
               best
               .
               And
               yet
               in
               two
               main
               points
               we
               alwaies
               directly
               and
               contradictorily
               differed
               ,
               which
               I
               will
               mention
               to
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               because
               it
               giveth
               light
               to
               all
               that
               followed
               .
               The
               one
               was
               ,
               I
               ever
               set
               this
               down
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               onely
               course
               to
               be
               held
               with
               the
               Queen
               ,
               was
               by
               obsequiousness
               &
               observance
               ;
               and
               I
               remember
               I
               would
               usually
               engage
               confidently
               ,
               that
               if
               he
               would
               take
               that
               course
               constantly
               ,
               and
               with
               choise
               of
               good
               particulars
               
               to
               express
               it
               ,
               the
               Queen
               would
               be
               brought
               in
               time
               to
               Assuerus
               question
               ,
               to
               ask
               ,
               
                 What
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 to
                 the
                 man
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 would
                 honour
                 :
              
               meaning
               ,
               that
               her
               goodness
               was
               without
               limit
               ,
               where
               there
               was
               a
               true
               concurrence
               ,
               which
               I
               knew
               in
               her
               nature
               to
               be
               true
               .
               My
               Lord
               on
               the
               otherside
               had
               a
               setled
               opinion
               ,
               that
               the
               Queen
               could
               be
               brought
               to
               nothing
               ,
               but
               by
               a
               kinde
               of
               necessity
               and
               authority
               ;
               and
               I
               will
               remember
               ,
               when
               by
               violent
               courses
               at
               any
               time
               he
               had
               got
               his
               will
               he
               would
               ask
               me
               .
               Now
               Sir
               :
               
                 whose
                 principles
                 be
                 true
              
               ?
               And
               I
               would
               again
               say
               to
               him
               :
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 these
                 courses
                 be
                 like
                 to
                 hot
                 waters
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 help
                 at
                 a
                 pang
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 use
                 them
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 spoil
                 the
                 stomack
                 ,
              
               
               
                 and
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 fain
                 still
                 to
                 make
                 them
                 stronger
                 and
                 stronger
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 they
                 will
                 less
                 their
                 operation
                 :
              
               with
               much
               other
               variety
               ,
               wherewith
               I
               used
               to
               touch
               that
               string
               .
               Another
               point
               was
               ,
               that
               I
               alwaies
               vehemently
               disswaded
               him
               from
               seeking
               greatness
               by
               a
               military
               dependance
               ,
               or
               by
               a
               popular
               dependance
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               would
               breed
               in
               the
               Queen
               jealousie
               ,
               in
               himself
               presumption
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               State
               perturbation
               :
               and
               I
               did
               usually
               compare
               them
               to
               Icarus
               two
               wings
               which
               were
               joyned
               on
               with
               wax
               ,
               and
               would
               make
               him
               venture
               to
               soar
               too
               high
               ,
               and
               then
               fail
               him
               at
               the
               height
               .
               And
               I
               would
               further
               say
               unto
               him
               :
               My
               Lord
               ,
               stand
               upon
               two
               feet
               ,
               and
               fly
               not
               upon
               two
               wings
               .
               
               The
               two
               feet
               ,
               are
               the
               two
               kinds
               of
               Justice
               ,
               Commutative
               and
               Distributive
               :
               use
               your
               greatness
               for
               advancing
               of
               merit
               and
               vertue
               ,
               and
               relieving
               wrongs
               and
               burdens
               ,
               you
               shall
               need
               no
               other
               art
               or
               fineness
               :
               but
               he
               would
               tell
               me
               ,
               that
               opinion
               came
               not
               from
               my
               minde
               ,
               but
               from
               my
               robe
               .
               But
               it
               is
               very
               true
               ,
               that
               I
               that
               never
               meant
               to
               inthral
               my self
               to
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               ,
               nor
               any
               other
               man
               ,
               more
               then
               stood
               with
               the
               publick
               good
               ,
               did
               (
               though
               I
               could
               little
               prevail
               )
               divert
               him
               by
               all
               means
               possible
               from
               courses
               of
               the
               wars
               and
               popularity
               :
               for
               I
               saw
               plainly
               the
               Queen
               must
               either
               live
               or
               die
               ;
               if
               she
               lived
               ,
               then
               the
               times
               would
               be
               as
               in
               the
               declination
               of
               an
               old
               Prince
               ,
               if
               she
               died
               ,
               
               the
               times
               would
               be
               as
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               a
               new
               :
               and
               that
               if
               his
               Lordship
               did
               rise
               too
               fast
               in
               these
               courses
               ,
               the
               times
               might
               be
               dangerous
               for
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               for
               them
               :
               Nay
               ,
               I
               remember
               I
               was
               thus
               plain
               with
               him
               upon
               his
               voyage
               to
               the
               Ilands
               ,
               when
               I
               saw
               every
               spring
               put
               forth
               such
               actions
               of
               charge
               and
               provocation
               ,
               that
               I
               said
               to
               him
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               when
               I
               came
               first
               unto
               you
               ,
               I
               took
               you
               for
               a
               Physition
               that
               desired
               to
               cure
               the
               diseases
               of
               the
               State
               ;
               but
               now
               I
               doubt
               you
               will
               be
               like
               those
               Physitians
               ,
               which
               can
               be
               content
               to
               keep
               their
               Patients
               low
               ,
               because
               they
               would
               alwayes
               be
               in
               request
               :
               which
               plainness
               he
               nevertheless
               took
               very
               well
               ,
               as
               he
               had
               an
               excellent
               ●ar
               ,
               and
               was
               patientissimus
               
               veri
               ,
               and
               assured
               me
               the
               case
               of
               the
               Realm
               required
               it
               :
               and
               I
               think
               this
               speech
               of
               mine
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               renewed
               afterwards
               ,
               pricked
               him
               to
               write
               that
               Apology
               which
               is
               in
               many
               mens
               hands
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               difference
               in
               two
               points
               so
               main
               and
               material
               ,
               bred
               in
               process
               of
               time
               a
               discontinuance
               of
               privateness
               (
               as
               it
               is
               the
               manner
               of
               men
               feldom
               to
               communicate
               where
               they
               think
               their
               courses
               not
               approved
               )
               between
               his
               Lordship
               and
               my self
               ;
               so
               as
               I
               was
               not
               called
               nor
               advised
               with
               ,
               for
               some
               yeer
               and
               a
               half
               before
               his
               Lordships
               going
               into
               Ireland
               as
               in
               former
               time
               :
               yet
               nevertheless
               touching
               his
               going
               into
               Ireland
               ,
               it
               pleased
               him
               expresly
               and
               in
               a
               
               set
               manner
               to
               desire
               mine
               opinion
               and
               counsel
               .
               At
               which
               time
               I
               did
               not
               onely
               disswade
               ,
               but
               protest
               against
               his
               ,
               going
               telling
               him
               with
               as
               much
               vehemency
               and
               asseveration
               as
               I
               could
               ,
               that
               absence
               in
               that
               kinde
               would
               exulcerate
               the
               Queens
               minde
               ,
               whereby
               it
               would
               not
               be
               possible
               for
               him
               to
               carry
               himself
               so
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               her
               sufficient
               contentment
               :
               nor
               for
               her
               to
               carry
               her self
               so
               ,
               as
               to
               give
               him
               sufficient
               countenance
               ,
               which
               would
               be
               ill
               for
               her
               ,
               ill
               for
               him
               ,
               and
               ill
               for
               the
               State.
               And
               because
               I
               would
               omit
               no
               argument
               ,
               I
               remember
               I
               stood
               also
               upon
               the
               difficulty
               of
               the
               action
               :
               setting
               before
               him
               out
               of
               Histories
               ,
               that
               the
               Irish
               was
               such
               an
               enemy
               as
               
               the
               ancient
               Gaules
               or
               Britons
               ,
               or
               Germanes
               were
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               saw
               how
               the
               Romans
               ,
               who
               had
               such
               discipline
               to
               govern
               their
               soldiers
               ,
               and
               such
               donatives
               to
               encourage
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               world
               in
               a
               manner
               to
               levy
               them
               ;
               yet
               when
               they
               came
               to
               deal
               with
               enemies
               which
               placed
               their
               felicity
               onely
               in
               liberty
               ,
               and
               the
               sharpness
               of
               their
               sword
               ,
               and
               had
               the
               natural
               and
               elemental
               advantages
               of
               woods
               ,
               and
               boggs
               ,
               and
               hardness
               of
               bodies
               ,
               they
               ever
               found
               they
               had
               their
               hands
               full
               of
               them
               :
               and
               therefore
               concluded
               that
               going
               over
               with
               such
               expectation
               as
               he
               did
               ,
               and
               through
               the
               churlishness
               of
               the
               enterprise
               not
               like
               to
               answer
               it
               ,
               would
               mightily
               diminish
               his
               reputation
               ;
               and
               many
               
               other
               reasons
               I
               used
               ,
               so
               as
               I
               am
               sure
               I
               never
               in
               any
               thing
               in
               my
               life
               time
               dealt
               with
               him
               in
               like
               earnestness
               by
               speech
               ,
               by
               writing
               ,
               and
               by
               all
               the
               means
               I
               could
               devise
               .
               For
               I
               did
               as
               plainly
               see
               his
               overthrow
               chained
               as
               it
               were
               by
               destiny
               to
               that
               journey
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               possible
               for
               a
               man
               to
               ground
               a
               judgement
               upon
               future
               contingents
               .
               But
               my
               Lord
               ,
               howsoever
               his
               ear
               was
               open
               ,
               yet
               his
               heart
               and
               resolution
               was
               shut
               against
               that
               advise
               ,
               whereby
               his
               ruine
               might
               have
               been
               prevented
               .
               After
               my
               Lords
               going
               ,
               I
               saw
               then
               how
               true
               a
               Prophet
               I
               was
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               evident
               alteration
               which
               naturally
               succeeded
               in
               the
               Queens
               mind
               ;
               and
               thereupon
               I
               was
               still
               in
               watch
               to
               find
               the
               best
               occasion
               that
               in
               the
               
               weakness
               of
               my
               power
               I
               could
               either
               take
               or
               minister
               ,
               to
               pull
               him
               out
               of
               the
               fire
               if
               it
               had
               been
               possible
               :
               and
               not
               long
               after
               ,
               me
               thought
               I
               saw
               some
               overture
               thereof
               ,
               which
               I
               apprehended
               readily
               ;
               a
               particularity
               I
               think
               be-known
               to
               very
               few
               ,
               and
               the
               which
               I
               do
               the
               rather
               relate
               unto
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               because
               I
               hear
               it
               should
               be
               talked
               ,
               that
               while
               my
               Lord
               was
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               I
               revealed
               some
               matters
               against
               him
               ,
               or
               I
               cannot
               tell
               what
               ;
               which
               if
               it
               were
               not
               a
               meer
               slander
               as
               the
               rest
               is
               ,
               but
               had
               any
               ,
               though
               never
               so
               little
               colour
               ,
               was
               surely
               upon
               this
               occasion
               .
               The
               Queen
               one
               day
               at
               Nonesuch
               ,
               a
               little
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               )
               before
               Cuffes
               coming
               over
               ,
               I
               attending
               on
               her
               ,
               shewed
               
               a
               passionate
               distast
               of
               my
               Lords
               proceeding
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               were
               unfortunate
               ,
               without
               judgement
               ,
               contemptuous
               ,
               and
               not
               without
               some
               private
               end
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               might
               be
               ,
               and
               was
               pleased
               ,
               as
               she
               spake
               of
               it
               to
               many
               that
               she
               trusted
               least
               ,
               so
               to
               fall
               into
               the
               like
               speech
               with
               me
               ;
               whereupon
               I
               who
               was
               still
               awake
               ,
               and
               true
               to
               my
               grounds
               which
               I
               thought
               surest
               for
               my
               Lords
               good
               ,
               said
               to
               this
               effect
               :
               Madam
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               the
               particulars
               of
               Estate
               ,
               and
               I
               know
               this
               ,
               that
               princes
               actions
               must
               have
               no
               abrupt
               periods
               or
               conclusions
               ,
               but
               otherwise
               I
               would
               think
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               had
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               here
               with
               a
               white
               staff
               in
               his
               hand
               ,
               as
               my
               Lord
               of
               Leicester
               
               had
               ,
               and
               continued
               him
               still
               about
               you
               for
               society
               to
               your self
               ,
               and
               for
               an
               honor
               and
               ornament
               to
               your
               attendance
               and
               Court
               in
               the
               eies
               of
               your
               people
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               eies
               of
               forraign
               Ambassadors
               ,
               then
               were
               he
               in
               his
               right
               element
               :
               for
               ,
               to
               discontent
               him
               as
               you
               do
               ,
               and
               yet
               to
               put
               arms
               and
               power
               into
               his
               hands
               ,
               may
               be
               a
               kinde
               of
               temptation
               to
               make
               him
               prove
               combersome
               and
               unruly
               .
               And
               therefore
               if
               you
               would
               
                 imponere
                 bonum
                 clausulam
              
               ,
               &
               send
               for
               him
               and
               satisfie
               him
               with
               honor
               here
               neer
               you
               ,
               if
               your
               affairs
               which
               (
               as
               I
               have
               said
               )
               I
               am
               not
               acquainted
               with
               ,
               will
               permit
               it
               ,
               I
               think
               were
               the
               best
               way
               .
               Which
               course
               your
               Lordship
               knoweth
               ,
               if
               it
               had
               been
               taken
               then
               all
               had
               
               been
               well
               ,
               and
               no
               contempt
               in
               my
               Lords
               coming
               over
               ,
               nor
               continuance
               of
               these
               jealousies
               ,
               which
               that
               employment
               of
               Ireland
               bred
               ,
               and
               my
               Lord
               here
               in
               his
               former
               greatness
               .
               Well
               ,
               the
               next
               news
               that
               I
               heard
               ,
               was
               ,
               that
               my
               Lord
               was
               came
               over
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               was
               committed
               to
               his
               Chamber
               for
               leaving
               Ireland
               without
               the
               Queens
               licence
               :
               this
               was
               at
               Nonesuch
               ,
               where
               (
               as
               my
               duty
               was
               )
               I
               come
               to
               his
               Lorship
               ,
               and
               talked
               with
               him
               privately
               about
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               ,
               and
               he
               asked
               mine
               opinion
               of
               the
               course
               was
               taken
               with
               him
               ;
               I
               told
               him
               :
               My
               Lord
               ,
               
                 Nubecula
                 est
                 ,
                 cito
                 transibit
              
               :
               it
               is
               but
               a
               mist
               :
               but
               shal
               I
               tel
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               it
               is
               as
               mists
               are
               ,
               if
               it
               go
               upwards
               ,
               it
               may
               haps
               cause
               a
               
               showre
               ,
               if
               downwards
               it
               wil
               clear
               up
               .
               And
               therefore
               good
               my
               Lo.
               carry
               it
               so
               ,
               as
               you
               take
               away
               by
               all
               means
               all
               ombrages
               and
               distasts
               from
               the
               Queen
               ,
               &
               especially
               if
               I
               were
               worthy
               to
               advise
               you
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               have
               been
               by
               your self
               thought
               ,
               and
               now
               your
               question
               imports
               the
               continuance
               of
               that
               opinion
               )
               observe
               3.
               points
               :
               First
               ,
               make
               not
               this
               cessation
               or
               peace
               which
               is
               concluded
               with
               Tyrone
               ,
               as
               a
               service
               wherein
               you
               glory
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               shuffling
               up
               of
               a
               prosecution
               which
               was
               not
               very
               fortunate
               .
               Next
               ,
               represent
               not
               to
               the
               Queen
               any
               necessity
               of
               estate
               ,
               whereby
               as
               by
               a
               coercion
               or
               wrench
               ,
               she
               should
               think
               her self
               inforced
               to
               send
               you
               back
               into
               Ireland
               ;
               but
               leave
               it
               to
               her
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               seek
               accesse
               importune
               ,
               
               oportune
               ,
               seriously
               ,
               sportingly
               every
               way
               .
               I
               remember
               my
               Lord
               was
               willing
               to
               hear
               me
               ,
               but
               spake
               very
               few
               words
               ,
               and
               shaked
               his
               head
               sometimes
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               thought
               I
               was
               in
               the
               wrong
               ;
               but
               sure
               I
               am
               ,
               he
               did
               just
               contrary
               in
               every
               one
               of
               these
               three
               points
               .
               After
               this
               ,
               during
               the
               while
               since
               my
               Lord
               was
               committed
               to
               my
               Lord
               Keepers
               ,
               I
               came
               divers
               times
               to
               the
               Queen
               ,
               as
               I
               had
               used
               to
               do
               ,
               about
               causes
               of
               her
               revenue
               and
               law
               business
               ,
               as
               is
               well
               known
               :
               by
               reason
               of
               which
               accesses
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               ordinary
               charities
               of
               Court
               ,
               it
               was
               given
               out
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               one
               of
               them
               that
               incensed
               the
               Queen
               against
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               .
               These
               speeches
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ,
               nor
               I
               will
               
               not
               think
               that
               they
               grew
               any
               way
               from
               her
               Majesties
               own
               speeches
               ,
               whose
               memory
               I
               will
               ever
               honour
               :
               if
               they
               did
               ,
               she
               is
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               
                 miserum
                 est
                 ab
                 illis
                 laedi
                 ,
                 de
                 quibus
                 non
                 possis
                 queri
                 .
              
               But
               I
               must
               give
               this
               testimony
               to
               my
               Lord
               Cecil
               ,
               that
               one
               time
               in
               his
               house
               at
               the
               Savoy
               he
               dealt
               with
               me
               directly
               ,
               and
               said
               to
               me
               ;
               Cousin
               ,
               I
               hear
               it
               ,
               but
               I
               beleeve
               it
               not
               ,
               that
               you
               should
               do
               some
               ill
               office
               to
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               :
               for
               my
               part
               I
               am
               meerly
               passive
               and
               not
               active
               in
               this
               action
               ,
               and
               I
               follow
               the
               Q.
               and
               that
               heavily
               ,
               and
               I
               lead
               her
               not
               ;
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               is
               one
               that
               in
               nature
               I
               could
               consent
               with
               as
               well
               as
               with
               any
               one
               living
               ;
               the
               Queen
               indeed
               is
               my
               Soveraign
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               her
               creature
               ,
               I
               
               may
               not
               lose
               her
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               cours
               I
               would
               wish
               you
               to
               take
               :
               whereupon
               I
               satisfied
               him
               how
               far
               I
               was
               from
               any
               such
               minde
               .
               And
               as
               sometimes
               it
               cometh
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               mens
               inclinations
               are
               opened
               more
               in
               a
               toy
               ,
               then
               in
               a
               serious
               matter
               :
               A
               little
               before
               that
               time
               ,
               being
               about
               the
               middle
               of
               Michaelmas
               terme
               ,
               her
               Majesty
               had
               a
               purpose
               to
               dine
               at
               my
               lodge
               at
               Twicknam
               Park
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               I
               had
               (
               though
               I
               profess
               not
               to
               be
               a
               Poet
               )
               prepared
               a
               Sonnet
               directly
               tending
               &
               alluding
               to
               draw
               on
               her
               Majesties
               reconcilement
               to
               my
               Lord
               ,
               which
               I
               remember
               also
               I
               shewed
               to
               a
               great
               person
               ,
               and
               one
               of
               my
               Lords
               neerest
               friends
               ,
               who
               commended
               it
               :
               this
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               (
               as
               I
               said
               )
               but
               a
               toy
               ,
               yet
               it
               shewed
               
               plainly
               in
               what
               spirit
               I
               proceeded
               ,
               &
               that
               I
               was
               ready
               not
               only
               to
               do
               my
               L.
               good
               offices
               ,
               but
               to
               publish
               and
               declare
               my self
               for
               him
               ;
               and
               never
               was
               so
               ambitious
               of
               any
               thing
               in
               my
               life
               time
               ,
               as
               I
               was
               to
               have
               carried
               some
               token
               or
               favour
               from
               her
               Majesty
               to
               my
               Lord
               ,
               using
               all
               the
               art
               I
               had
               ,
               both
               to
               procure
               her
               Majesty
               to
               send
               ,
               and
               my self
               to
               be
               the
               messenger
               :
               for
               as
               to
               the
               former
               I
               feared
               not
               to
               alledge
               to
               her
               ,
               that
               this
               proceeding
               toward
               my
               Lord
               ,
               was
               a
               thing
               towards
               the
               people
               very
               implausible
               ,
               and
               therefore
               wished
               her
               Majesty
               however
               she
               did
               ,
               yet
               to
               discharge
               her self
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               to
               lay
               it
               upon
               others
               ,
               and
               therefore
               that
               she
               should
               intermix
               her
               proceeding
               with
               some
               
               immediate
               graces
               from
               her self
               ,
               that
               the
               world
               might
               take
               knowledge
               of
               her
               Princely
               nature
               and
               goodness
               ,
               lest
               it
               should
               alienate
               the
               hearts
               of
               her
               people
               from
               her
               ,
               which
               I
               did
               stand
               upon
               ,
               knowing
               wel
               that
               if
               she
               once
               relented
               to
               send
               or
               visit
               ,
               those
               demonstrations
               would
               prove
               matter
               of
               substance
               for
               my
               Lords
               good
               .
               And
               to
               draw
               that
               employment
               upon
               my self
               ,
               I
               advised
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               whensoever
               God
               should
               move
               her
               to
               turn
               the
               light
               of
               her
               favours
               towards
               my
               Lord
               ,
               to
               make
               signification
               to
               him
               thereof
               :
               that
               her
               Majesty
               if
               she
               did
               it
               not
               in
               person
               ,
               would
               at
               the
               least
               use
               some
               such
               mean
               as
               might
               not
               intitle
               themselves
               to
               any
               part
               of
               the
               thanks
               ,
               as
               persons
               that
               
               were
               thought
               mighty
               with
               her
               ,
               to
               work
               her
               ,
               or
               to
               bring
               her
               about
               ;
               but
               to
               use
               some
               such
               as
               could
               not
               be
               thought
               but
               a
               meer
               conduct
               of
               her
               own
               goodness
               :
               but
               I
               could
               never
               prevail
               with
               her
               ,
               though
               I
               am
               perswaded
               she
               saw
               plainly
               whereat
               I
               levelled
               :
               but
               she
               plainly
               had
               me
               in
               jealousie
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               not
               hers
               intirely
               ,
               but
               still
               had
               inward
               and
               deep
               respects
               towards
               my
               Lord
               ,
               more
               then
               stood
               at
               that
               time
               with
               her
               will
               and
               pleasure
               .
               About
               the
               same
               time
               I
               remember
               an
               answer
               of
               mine
               in
               a
               matter
               which
               had
               some
               affinity
               with
               my
               Lords
               cause
               ,
               which
               though
               it
               grew
               from
               me
               ,
               went
               after
               about
               in
               others
               names
               .
               For
               her
               Majesty
               being
               mightily
               incensed
               with
               that
               
               book
               which
               was
               dedicated
               to
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               being
               a
               story
               of
               the
               first
               year
               of
               King
               Henry
               the
               fourth
               ,
               thinking
               it
               a
               seditious
               prelude
               to
               put
               into
               the
               peoples
               head
               boldness
               and
               faction
               ,
               said
               ,
               She
               had
               an
               opinion
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               treason
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               asked
               me
               if
               I
               could
               not
               finde
               any
               places
               in
               it
               ,
               that
               might
               be
               drawn
               within
               case
               of
               treason
               :
               whereto
               I
               answered
               ;
               for
               treason
               surely
               I
               found
               none
               ,
               but
               for
               fellony
               very
               many
               .
               And
               when
               her
               Majesty
               hastily
               asked
               me
               wherein
               ;
               I
               told
               her
               ,
               the
               Author
               had
               commited
               ,
               very
               apparent
               theft
               ,
               for
               he
               had
               taken
               most
               of
               the
               sentences
               of
               
                 Cornelius
                 Tacitus
              
               ,
               and
               translated
               them
               into
               English
               ,
               and
               put
               them
               into
               his
               text
               .
               And
               another
               time
               
               when
               the
               Qu.
               would
               not
               be
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               his
               writing
               whose
               name
               was
               to
               it
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               had
               some
               more
               mischievous
               Author
               ,
               and
               said
               with
               great
               indignation
               ,
               that
               she
               would
               have
               him
               racked
               to
               produce
               his
               Author
               ;
               I
               replyed
               ,
               Nay
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               Doctor
               ,
               never
               rack
               his
               person
               ,
               but
               rack
               his
               stile
               ;
               let
               him
               have
               pen
               ,
               ink
               ,
               and
               paper
               ,
               and
               help
               of
               books
               ,
               and
               be
               enjoyned
               to
               continue
               the
               Story
               where
               it
               breaketh
               off
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               undertake
               by
               collecting
               the
               stiles
               ,
               to
               judge
               whether
               he
               were
               the
               Author
               or
               no.
               But
               for
               the
               main
               matter
               ,
               sure
               I
               am
               ,
               when
               the
               Qu.
               at
               any
               time
               asked
               mine
               opinion
               of
               my
               Lords
               case
               ,
               I
               ever
               in
               one
               tenor
               ,
               said
               unto
               her
               :
               that
               they
               were
               faults
               which
               the
               
               Law
               might
               terme
               Contempts
               ,
               because
               they
               were
               the
               transgression
               of
               her
               particular
               directions
               and
               instructions
               :
               but
               then
               what
               defence
               might
               be
               made
               of
               them
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               great
               interest
               the
               person
               had
               in
               her
               Majesties
               favour
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               greatness
               of
               his
               place
               ,
               and
               the
               ampleness
               of
               his
               Commission
               ;
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               business
               being
               action
               of
               war
               ,
               which
               in
               common
               cases
               cannot
               be
               tyed
               to
               strictness
               of
               instructions
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               the
               distance
               of
               the
               place
               ,
               having
               also
               a
               sea
               between
               ,
               that
               demands
               and
               commands
               ,
               must
               be
               subject
               to
               winde
               and
               weather
               ;
               in
               regard
               of
               a
               councel
               of
               State
               in
               Ireland
               which
               he
               had
               at
               his
               back
               to
               avow
               his
               actions
               upon
               ,
               and
               lastly
               
               in
               regard
               of
               a
               good
               intention
               that
               he
               would
               alledge
               for
               himself
               ,
               which
               I
               told
               her
               in
               some
               religions
               was
               held
               to
               be
               a
               sufficient
               dispensation
               for
               Gods
               commandements
               ,
               much
               more
               for
               Princes
               .
               In
               all
               these
               regards
               ,
               I
               besought
               her
               Majesty
               to
               be
               advised
               again
               and
               again
               ,
               how
               she
               brought
               the
               cause
               into
               any
               publick
               question
               :
               nay
               ,
               I
               went
               further
               ,
               for
               I
               told
               her
               ,
               my
               Lord
               was
               an
               eloquent
               and
               wel
               spoken
               man
               ,
               and
               besides
               his
               eloquence
               of
               nature
               or
               art
               ,
               he
               had
               an
               eloquence
               of
               accident
               which
               passed
               them
               both
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               pity
               and
               benevolence
               of
               his
               hearers
               ;
               and
               therefore
               that
               when
               he
               should
               come
               to
               his
               answer
               for
               himself
               ,
               I
               doubted
               his
               words
               would
               have
               so
               unequal
               
               passage
               above
               theirs
               that
               should
               charge
               him
               ,
               as
               would
               not
               be
               for
               her
               Majesties
               honor
               ;
               and
               therefore
               wished
               the
               conclusion
               might
               be
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               wrap
               it
               up
               privately
               between
               themselves
               ,
               and
               that
               she
               would
               restore
               my
               Lord
               to
               his
               former
               attendance
               ,
               with
               some
               addition
               of
               honour
               to
               take
               away
               discontent
               .
               But
               this
               I
               wil
               never
               deny
               ,
               that
               I
               did
               shew
               no
               approbation
               generally
               of
               his
               being
               sent
               back
               again
               into
               Ireland
               ,
               both
               because
               it
               would
               have
               carried
               a
               repugnancy
               with
               my
               former
               discourse
               ,
               and
               because
               I
               was
               in
               mine
               own
               heart
               fully
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               not
               good
               neither
               for
               the
               Queen
               ,
               nor
               for
               the
               State
               ,
               nor
               for
               himself
               :
               and
               yet
               I
               did
               not
               disswade
               it
               neither
               ,
               but
               
               left
               it
               ever
               as
               
                 locus
                 lubricus
              
               .
               For
               this
               particularity
               I
               do
               well
               remember
               that
               after
               your
               Lordship
               was
               named
               for
               the
               place
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               and
               not
               long
               before
               your
               going
               ,
               it
               pleased
               her
               Majesty
               at
               
                 White
                 Hall
              
               to
               speak
               to
               me
               of
               that
               nomination
               :
               at
               which
               time
               I
               said
               to
               her
               :
               Surely
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               if
               you
               mean
               not
               to
               imploy
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               thither
               again
               ,
               your
               Majesty
               cannot
               make
               a
               better
               choise
               ,
               and
               was
               going
               on
               to
               show
               some
               reason
               ,
               and
               her
               Majesty
               interrupted
               me
               with
               great
               passion
               :
               Essex
               !
               (
               said
               she
               )
               whensoever
               I
               send
               Essex
               back
               again
               into
               Ireland
               ,
               I
               will
               marry
               you
               ,
               claim
               it
               of
               me
               :
               whereunto
               I
               said
               ;
               Well
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               I
               will
               release
               that
               contract
               if
               his
               going
               be
               for
               the
               good
               of
               
               your
               State.
               Immediately
               after
               the
               Queen
               had
               thought
               of
               a
               course
               (
               which
               was
               also
               executed
               to
               have
               somewhat
               published
               in
               the
               Star-chamber
               ,
               for
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               the
               world
               touching
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               his
               restraint
               ,
               and
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               not
               to
               be
               called
               to
               it
               ,
               but
               occasion
               to
               be
               taken
               by
               reason
               of
               some
               Libels
               then
               dispersed
               ;
               which
               when
               her
               Majesty
               propounded
               unto
               me
               ,
               I
               was
               utterly
               against
               it
               ;
               and
               told
               her
               plainly
               ;
               that
               the
               people
               would
               say
               ,
               that
               my
               Lord
               was
               wounded
               upon
               his
               back
               ,
               and
               that
               justice
               had
               her
               balance
               taken
               from
               her
               ,
               which
               ever
               consisted
               of
               an
               accusation
               and
               defence
               ,
               with
               many
               other
               quick
               and
               significant
               tearms
               to
               that
               purpose
               :
               insomuch
               that
               I
               
               remember
               I
               sad
               ,
               that
               my
               Lord
               
                 in
                 foro
                 famae
              
               was
               too
               hard
               for
               her
               ;
               and
               therefore
               wished
               her
               as
               I
               had
               done
               before
               ,
               to
               wrap
               it
               up
               privately
               .
               And
               certainly
               I
               offended
               her
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               which
               was
               rare
               with
               me
               :
               for
               I
               call
               to
               mind
               that
               both
               the
               
                 Christmas
                 ,
                 Lent
              
               ,
               and
               Easter
               Terme
               following
               ,
               though
               I
               came
               divers
               times
               to
               her
               upon
               Law
               business
               yet
               me
               thought
               her
               face
               and
               maner
               was
               not
               so
               clear
               and
               open
               to
               me
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               at
               the
               first
               .
               And
               she
               did
               directly
               charge
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               absent
               that
               day
               at
               the
               Star-chamber
               ,
               which
               was
               very
               true
               ;
               but
               I
               alleged
               som
               in
               disposition
               of
               body
               to
               excuse
               it
               :
               and
               during
               all
               the
               time
               aforesaid
               ,
               there
               was
               
                 altum
                 silentium
              
               from
               her
               to
               me
               touching
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               causes
               .
            
             
             
               But
               towards
               the
               end
               of
               Easter
               terme
               ,
               her
               Majesty
               brake
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               told
               me
               that
               she
               had
               found
               my
               words
               tru
               ,
               for
               that
               the
               proceeding
               in
               the
               Star-chamber
               had
               done
               no
               good
               ,
               but
               rather
               kindled
               factious
               bruits
               (
               as
               she
               termed
               them
               )
               then
               quenched
               them
               ,
               and
               therefore
               that
               she
               was
               determined
               now
               for
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               to
               proceed
               against
               my-Lord
               in
               the
               Star-chamber
               by
               an
               information
               
                 ore
                 tenus
              
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               my
               Lo.
               brought
               to
               his
               answer
               :
               howbeit
               she
               said
               ,
               she
               would
               assure
               me
               that
               whatsoever
               she
               did
               ,
               should
               be
               towards
               my
               L.
               
                 ad
                 castigationem
                 ,
                 &
                 non
                 ad
                 destructionem
                 ,
              
               as
               indeed
               she
               had
               often
               repeated
               the
               same
               phrase
               before
               :
               whereunto
               I
               said
               (
               to
               the
               end
               utterly
               to
               
               divert
               her
               :
               )
               Madam
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               have
               me
               speak
               to
               you
               in
               this
               argument
               ,
               I
               must
               speak
               to
               you
               as
               Frier
               Bacons
               head
               spake
               ,
               that
               said
               first
               ,
               
                 Time
                 is
              
               ,
               and
               then
               ,
               
                 Time
                 was
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Time
                 would
                 never
                 be
              
               ;
               for
               certainly
               (
               said
               I
               )
               it
               is
               now
               far
               to
               late
               ,
               the
               matter
               is
               cold
               and
               hath
               taken
               too
               much
               wind
               ;
               where
               at
               she
               seemed
               again
               offended
               ,
               and
               rose
               from
               me
               ,
               and
               that
               resolution
               for
               a
               while
               continued
               ;
               and
               after
               ,
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               Midsomer
               tearm
               ,
               I
               attending
               her
               ,
               and
               finding
               her
               setled
               in
               that
               resolution
               (
               which
               I
               heard
               of
               also
               otherwise
               )
               she
               falling
               upon
               the
               like
               speech
               ,
               it
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               seeing
               no
               other
               remedy
               ,
               I
               said
               to
               her
               slightly
               ,
               Why
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               if
               you
               wil
               needs
               hav
               a
               proceeding
               ,
               you
               were
               best
               have
               it
               in
               some
               
               such
               sort
               as
               Ovid
               spake
               of
               his
               mistress
               ,
               
                 Est
                 aliquid
                 luce
                 patente
                 minus
              
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               counsel
               table
               matter
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               there
               an
               end
               ;
               which
               speech
               again
               she
               seemed
               to
               take
               in
               ill
               part
               ,
               but
               yet
               I
               think
               it
               did
               good
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               and
               helped
               to
               divert
               that
               course
               of
               proceeding
               by
               information
               in
               the
               Star-chamber
               .
               Nevertheless
               afterwards
               it
               pleas'd
               her
               to
               make
               a
               more
               solemn
               matter
               of
               the
               proceeding
               ,
               and
               some
               few
               daies
               after
               when
               order
               was
               given
               that
               the
               matter
               should
               be
               heard
               at
               York
               hous
               ,
               before
               an
               assembly
               of
               Councellers
               ,
               Peers
               ,
               and
               Judges
               ,
               &
               some
               audience
               of
               men
               of
               quality
               to
               be
               admitted
               :
               and
               then
               did
               some
               principal
               Councellers
               send
               for
               us
               of
               the
               learned
               Councel
               ,
               and
               notifie
               her
               Majesties
               
               pleasure
               unto
               us
               ,
               save
               that
               it
               was
               said
               to
               me
               openly
               by
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               her
               Majesty
               was
               not
               yet
               resolved
               whether
               she
               would
               have
               me
               forborn
               in
               the
               business
               or
               no.
               And
               hereupon
               might
               arise
               that
               other
               sinister
               and
               untrue
               speech
               that
               I
               hear
               is
               raised
               of
               me
               ,
               how
               I
               was
               a
               suter
               to
               be
               used
               against
               my
               Lo.
               of
               Essex
               at
               that
               time
               :
               for
               it
               is
               very
               true
               ,
               that
               I
               that
               knew
               well
               what
               had
               passed
               between
               the
               Queen
               and
               me
               ,
               and
               what
               occasion
               I
               had
               given
               her
               both
               of
               distast
               and
               distrust
               ,
               in
               crossing
               her
               disposition
               ,
               by
               standing
               steadfastly
               for
               my
               L.
               of
               Essex
               ,
               and
               suspecting
               it
               also
               to
               be
               a
               stratagem
               arising
               from
               some
               particular
               emulation
               ,
               I
               writ
               to
               her
               two
               or
               three
               words
               of
               complement
               ,
               signifying
               to
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               
               that
               if
               she
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               spare
               me
               in
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               cause
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               consideration
               she
               took
               of
               my
               obligation
               towards
               him
               ,
               I
               should
               reckon
               it
               for
               own
               of
               her
               greatest
               favors
               :
               but
               otherwise
               desiring
               her
               Majesty
               to
               think
               that
               I
               knew
               the
               degrees
               of
               duties
               ,
               &
               that
               no
               particular
               obligation
               whatsoever
               to
               any
               subject
               could
               supplant
               or
               weaken
               that
               entireness
               of
               duty
               that
               I
               did
               ow
               &
               bear
               to
               her
               and
               her
               service
               ;
               &
               this
               was
               the
               goodly
               sute
               I
               made
               ,
               being
               a
               respect
               no
               man
               that
               had
               his
               wits
               could
               hav
               omitted
               :
               but
               nevertheless
               I
               had
               a
               further
               reach
               in
               it
               ,
               for
               I
               judged
               that
               daies
               work
               would
               be
               a
               full
               period
               of
               any
               bitternes
               or
               harshness
               between
               the
               Queen
               and
               my
               Lord
               ,
               and
               therefore
               if
               I
               declared
               
               my self
               fully
               according
               to
               her
               minde
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               which
               could
               not
               do
               my
               Lord
               any
               manner
               of
               prejudice
               ,
               I
               should
               keep
               my
               credit
               with
               her
               ever
               after
               ,
               whereby
               to
               do
               my
               Lord
               service
               .
               Hereupon
               the
               next
               news
               that
               I
               heard
               ,
               was
               ,
               that
               we
               were
               all
               sent
               for
               again
               ,
               and
               that
               her
               Majesties
               pleasure
               was
               ,
               we
               all
               should
               have
               parts
               in
               the
               business
               ;
               and
               the
               Lords
               falling
               into
               distribution
               of
               our
               parts
               ,
               it
               was
               allotted
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               should
               set
               forth
               some
               undutiful
               carriages
               of
               my
               Lord
               ,
               in
               giving
               occasion
               and
               countenance
               to
               a
               seditious
               Pamphlet
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               termed
               ,
               which
               was
               dedicated
               unto
               him
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               book
               before
               mentioned
               of
               K.
               Henry
               the
               fourth
               .
               Whereupon
               I
               replyed
               to
               that
               allotment
               ,
               
               and
               said
               to
               their
               Lordships
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               an
               old
               matter
               ,
               and
               had
               no
               manner
               of
               coherence
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               charge
               ,
               being
               matters
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               and
               therfore
               that
               I
               having
               been
               wronged
               by
               bruits
               before
               ,
               this
               would
               expose
               me
               to
               them
               more
               ;
               and
               it
               would
               be
               said
               ,
               I
               gave
               in
               evidence
               mine
               own
               tales
               .
               It
               was
               answered
               again
               with
               good
               shew
               ,
               that
               because
               it
               was
               considered
               how
               I
               stood
               tyed
               to
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               ,
               therefore
               that
               part
               was
               thought
               fittest
               for
               me
               ,
               which
               did
               him
               least
               hurt
               :
               for
               that
               whereas
               all
               the
               rest
               was
               matter
               of
               charge
               and
               accusation
               ,
               this
               onely
               was
               but
               matter
               of
               caveat
               and
               admonition
               .
               Wherewith
               though
               I
               was
               in
               mine
               one
               minde
               little
               satisfied
               ,
               because
               I
               knew
               well
               a
               man
               were
               
               better
               to
               be
               charged
               with
               some
               faults
               ,
               then
               admonished
               of
               some
               others
               :
               yet
               the
               conclusion
               binding
               upon
               the
               Queens
               pleasure
               directly
               ,
               
                 volens
                 nolens
              
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               avoid
               that
               part
               that
               was
               laid
               upon
               me
               ;
               which
               part
               if
               in
               the
               delivery
               I
               did
               handle
               not
               tenderly
               (
               though
               no
               man
               before
               me
               did
               in
               so
               clear
               tearms
               free
               my
               Lord
               from
               all
               disloyalty
               as
               I
               did
               )
               that
               your
               Lordship
               knoweth
               ,
               must
               be
               ascribed
               to
               the
               superiour
               duty
               I
               did
               ow
               to
               the
               Queens
               fame
               and
               honour
               in
               a
               publick
               proceeding
               ,
               and
               partly
               to
               the
               intention
               I
               had
               to
               uphold
               my self
               in
               credit
               and
               strength
               with
               the
               Queen
               ,
               the
               better
               to
               be
               able
               to
               do
               my
               Lord
               good
               offices
               afterwards
               :
               for
               assoon
               as
               this
               day
               was
               past
               ,
               I
               lost
               
               no
               time
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               next
               day
               following
               (
               as
               I
               remember
               )
               I
               attended
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               fully
               resolved
               to
               try
               and
               put
               in
               ure
               my
               utmost
               endeavor
               (
               so
               far
               as
               I
               in
               my
               weaknes
               could
               give
               furtherance
               )
               to
               bring
               my
               Lord
               again
               speedily
               into
               Court
               and
               favour
               ,
               and
               knowing
               (
               as
               I
               supposed
               at
               least
               )
               how
               the
               Queen
               was
               to
               be
               used
               ,
               I
               thought
               that
               to
               make
               her
               conceive
               that
               the
               matter
               went
               well
               then
               ,
               was
               the
               way
               to
               make
               her
               leave
               off
               there
               ;
               and
               I
               remember
               well
               ,
               I
               said
               to
               her
               ,
               you
               have
               now
               Madam
               obtained
               victory
               over
               two
               things
               which
               the
               greatest
               Princes
               in
               the
               world
               cannot
               at
               their
               wills
               subdue
               :
               the
               one
               is
               over
               Fame
               ,
               the
               other
               is
               over
               a
               great
               minde
               :
               for
               surely
               the
               world
               is
               now
               (
               I
               hope
               )
               reasonably
               
               well
               satisfied
               ;
               &
               for
               my
               Lord
               ,
               he
               did
               shew
               that
               humiliation
               towards
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               as
               I
               am
               perswaded
               he
               was
               never
               in
               his
               life
               time
               more
               fit
               for
               your
               favor
               then
               he
               is
               now
               :
               therefore
               if
               your
               Majesty
               will
               not
               marre
               it
               by
               lingring
               ,
               but
               give
               over
               at
               the
               best
               ,
               and
               now
               you
               have
               made
               so
               good
               a
               full
               point
               ,
               receive
               him
               again
               with
               tenderness
               ,
               I
               shall
               then
               think
               that
               all
               that
               is
               past
               ,
               is
               for
               the
               best
               .
               Whereat
               I
               remember
               she
               took
               exceeding
               great
               contentment
               ,
               and
               did
               often
               iterate
               and
               put
               me
               in
               minde
               ,
               that
               she
               had
               ever
               said
               ,
               that
               her
               proceedings
               should
               be
               
                 ad
                 reparationem
              
               ,
               and
               not
               adruinam
               ,
               as
               who
               saith
               ,
               that
               now
               was
               the
               time
               I
               should
               well
               perceive
               ,
               that
               that
               saying
               of
               hers
               should
               prove
               
               true
               .
               And
               further
               she
               willed
               me
               to
               set
               down
               in
               writing
               all
               that
               passed
               that
               day
               .
               I
               obeyed
               her
               commandment
               ,
               and
               within
               some
               few
               daies
               brought
               her
               again
               the
               narration
               ,
               which
               I
               did
               read
               unto
               her
               at
               2
               several
               afternoons
               :
               and
               when
               I
               came
               to
               that
               part
               that
               set
               forth
               my
               Lords
               own
               answer
               ,
               (
               which
               was
               my
               principal
               care
               )
               I
               do
               well
               bear
               in
               mind
               ,
               that
               she
               was
               extrordinarily
               moved
               with
               it
               ,
               in
               kindness
               and
               relenting
               towards
               my
               Lord
               ,
               and
               told
               me
               afterwards
               (
               speaking
               how
               well
               I
               had
               expressed
               my
               Lords
               part
               )
               that
               she
               perceived
               old
               love
               would
               not
               easily
               be
               forgotten
               :
               wherto
               I
               answered
               suddenly
               ,
               that
               I
               hoped
               she
               meant
               that
               by
               her self
               .
               But
               in
               conclusion
               I
               did
               advise
               her
               ,
               
               that
               now
               she
               had
               taken
               a
               representation
               of
               the
               matter
               to
               her self
               ,
               that
               she
               would
               let
               it
               go
               no
               further
               :
               for
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               (
               said
               I
               )
               the
               fire
               blazeth
               well
               already
               ,
               what
               should
               you
               tumble
               it
               :
               and
               besides
               it
               may
               please
               you
               keep
               a
               convenienc
               with
               your self
               in
               this
               case
               :
               for
               since
               your
               express
               direction
               was
               ,
               there
               should
               be
               no
               register
               nor
               clarke
               to
               take
               this
               sentence
               ,
               nor
               no
               record
               or
               memorial
               made
               up
               of
               the
               proceeding
               ,
               why
               should
               you
               now
               do
               that
               popularly
               ,
               which
               you
               would
               not
               admit
               to
               be
               done
               judicially
               ?
               Whereupon
               she
               did
               agree
               ,
               that
               that
               writing
               should
               be
               suppressed
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               there
               were
               not
               ▪
               persons
               that
               ever
               saw
               it
               .
               But
               from
               this
               time
               forth
               during
               the
               whole
               latter
               end
               of
               that
               summer
               
               while
               the
               Court
               was
               at
               Nonsuch
               and
               Otlands
               ,
               I
               made
               it
               my
               task
               and
               scope
               to
               take
               and
               give
               occasions
               for
               my
               Lords
               reintegration
               in
               his
               fortune
               :
               which
               my
               intention
               I
               did
               also
               signifie
               to
               my
               Lord
               ,
               assoon
               as
               ever
               he
               was
               at
               his
               liberty
               ;
               whereby
               I
               might
               without
               peril
               of
               the
               Queens
               indignation
               write
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               having
               received
               from
               his
               Lordship
               a
               courteous
               and
               loving
               acceptation
               of
               my
               good
               will
               and
               indeavours
               ,
               I
               did
               apply
               it
               in
               all
               my
               accesses
               to
               the
               Queen
               ,
               which
               were
               very
               many
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               and
               purposely
               sought
               and
               wrought
               upon
               other
               variable
               pretences
               ,
               but
               onely
               and
               chiefly
               for
               that
               purpose
               .
               And
               on
               the
               otherside
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               forbear
               to
               give
               my
               Lord
               from
               
               time
               to
               time
               faithful
               advertisement
               what
               I
               found
               ,
               and
               what
               I
               wished
               .
               And
               I
               drew
               for
               him
               by
               his
               appointment
               some
               letters
               to
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               which
               though
               I
               knew
               well
               his
               Lordships
               gift
               and
               stile
               was
               far
               better
               then
               mine
               own
               ,
               yet
               because
               he
               required
               it
               ,
               alledging
               that
               by
               his
               long
               restraint
               he
               was
               grown
               almost
               a
               stranger
               to
               the
               Queens
               present
               conceipts
               ,
               I
               was
               ready
               to
               perform
               it
               :
               and
               sure
               I
               am
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               space
               of
               six
               weeks
               ,
               or
               two
               months
               it
               prospered
               so
               well
               ,
               as
               I
               expected
               continually
               his
               restoring
               to
               his
               attendance
               .
               And
               I
               was
               never
               better
               welcom
               to
               the
               Queen
               ,
               nor
               more
               made
               of
               ,
               then
               when
               I
               spake
               fullest
               and
               boldest
               for
               him
               :
               in
               which
               kinde
               the
               particulars
               were
               exceeding
               
               many
               ,
               whereof
               for
               an
               example
               I
               will
               remember
               to
               your
               Lordship
               one
               or
               two
               ;
               as
               at
               one
               time
               I
               call
               to
               minde
               ,
               her
               Majesty
               was
               speaking
               of
               a
               fellow
               that
               undertook
               to
               cure
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               to
               ease
               my
               brother
               of
               his
               gout
               ,
               and
               asked
               me
               how
               it
               went
               forwards
               ;
               and
               I
               told
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               first
               he
               received
               good
               by
               it
               ,
               but
               after
               in
               the
               course
               of
               his
               cure
               he
               found
               himself
               at
               a
               stay
               or
               rather
               worse
               :
               the
               Queen
               said
               again
               ,
               I
               will
               tell
               you
               Bacon
               the
               error
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               manner
               of
               these
               Physitians
               ,
               and
               especially
               these
               Empericks
               is
               to
               continue
               one
               kinde
               of
               medicine
               ,
               which
               at
               the
               first
               is
               proper
               ,
               being
               to
               draw
               out
               the
               ill
               humor
               ,
               but
               after
               they
               have
               not
               the
               discretion
               to
               change
               
               their
               medicine
               ,
               but
               apply
               still
               drawing
               medicines
               ,
               when
               they
               should
               rather
               intend
               to
               cure
               and
               corroborate
               the
               part
               .
               Good
               Lord
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               (
               said
               I
               )
               how
               wisely
               and
               aptly
               can
               you
               speak
               and
               discern
               of
               Physick
               ministred
               to
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               consider
               not
               that
               there
               is
               the
               like
               occasion
               of
               Physick
               ministred
               to
               the
               minde
               :
               as
               now
               in
               the
               case
               of
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               ,
               your
               Princely
               word
               ever
               was
               ,
               that
               you
               intended
               ever
               to
               reform
               his
               minde
               ,
               and
               not
               ruine
               his
               fortune
               :
               I
               know
               well
               you
               cannot
               but
               think
               that
               you
               have
               drawn
               the
               humor
               sufficiently
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               were
               more
               then
               time
               ,
               and
               it
               were
               but
               for
               doubt
               of
               mortifying
               or
               exulcerating
               ,
               that
               you
               did
               apply
               and
               minister
               strength
               and
               
               comfort
               unto
               him
               :
               for
               these
               same
               gradations
               of
               yours
               are
               fitter
               to
               corrupt
               then
               correct
               any
               mind
               of
               greatness
               ▪
               And
               another
               time
               I
               remember
               she
               told
               me
               for
               news
               ,
               that
               my
               Lord
               had
               written
               unto
               her
               some
               very
               dutiful
               letters
               ,
               and
               that
               she
               had
               been
               moved
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               when
               she
               took
               it
               to
               be
               the
               abundance
               of
               the
               heart
               ,
               she
               found
               it
               to
               be
               but
               a
               preparative
               to
               a
               suit
               for
               the
               renuing
               of
               his
               farme
               of
               sweet
               wines
               :
               whereunto
               I
               replyed
               ;
               O
               Madam
               ,
               how
               doth
               your
               Majesty
               consture
               these
               things
               ,
               as
               if
               these
               two
               could
               not
               stand
               well
               together
               ,
               which
               indeed
               nature
               hath
               planted
               in
               all
               creatures
               .
               For
               there
               are
               but
               two
               sympathies
               ,
               the
               one
               towards
               Perfection
               ,
               the
               other
               towards
               Preservation
               .
               
               That
               to
               Perfection
               ,
               as
               the
               Iron
               con●ēdeth
               to
               the
               Loadstone
               :
               that
               to
               Preservation
               ,
               as
               the
               Vine
               will
               creep
               towards
               a
               stake
               or
               prop
               that
               stands
               by
               it
               ,
               not
               for
               any
               love
               to
               the
               stake
               ,
               but
               to
               uphold
               it self
               .
               And
               therefore
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               you
               must
               distinguish
               my
               Lords
               desire
               to
               do
               you
               service
               ,
               is
               as
               to
               his
               perfection
               ,
               that
               which
               he
               thinks
               himself
               to
               be
               born
               for
               :
               whereas
               his
               desire
               to
               obtain
               this
               thing
               of
               you
               ,
               is
               but
               for
               a
               sustentation
               .
               And
               not
               to
               trouble
               your
               Lordship
               with
               many
               other
               particulars
               like
               unto
               these
               ,
               it
               was
               at
               the
               self
               same
               time
               that
               I
               did
               draw
               with
               my
               Lords
               privity
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               appointment
               ,
               two
               letters
               ,
               the
               one
               written
               as
               from
               my
               brother
               ,
               the
               other
               as
               an
               answer
               returned
               
               from
               my
               Lord
               ,
               both
               to
               be
               by
               me
               in
               secret
               manner
               shewed
               to
               the
               Queen
               ,
               which
               it
               pleased
               my
               Lord
               very
               strangely
               to
               mention
               at
               the
               bar
               :
               the
               scope
               of
               which
               were
               but
               to
               represent
               and
               picture
               forth
               unto
               her
               Majesty
               my
               Lords
               minde
               to
               be
               such
               ,
               as
               I
               knew
               her
               Majesty
               would
               fainest
               have
               had
               it
               ,
               which
               letters
               whosoever
               shall
               see
               ,
               (
               for
               they
               cannot
               now
               be
               retracted
               or
               altered
               ,
               being
               by
               reason
               of
               my
               brothers
               ,
               or
               his
               Lordships
               servants
               delivery
               ,
               long
               since
               come
               into
               diverse
               hands
               )
               let
               him
               judge
               ,
               especially
               if
               he
               knew
               the
               Queen
               ,
               and
               do
               remember
               those
               times
               ,
               whether
               they
               were
               not
               the
               labors
               of
               one
               that
               sought
               to
               bring
               the
               Queen
               about
               for
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               his
               good
               .
               The
               
               troth
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               issue
               of
               all
               his
               dealing
               grew
               to
               this
               ,
               that
               the
               Queen
               by
               some
               slackness
               of
               my
               Lords
               ,
               as
               I
               imagine
               ,
               liked
               him
               worse
               and
               worse
               ,
               and
               grew
               more
               incensed
               towards
               him
               .
               Then
               ,
               she
               remembring
               belike
               the
               continual
               ,
               and
               incessant
               ,
               and
               confident
               speeches
               and
               courses
               that
               I
               had
               held
               on
               my
               Lords
               side
               ,
               became
               utterly
               alienated
               from
               me
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               space
               of
               (
               at
               least
               )
               three
               moneths
               ,
               which
               was
               between
               Michaelmas
               and
               New-years
               tide
               following
               ,
               would
               not
               so
               much
               as
               look
               on
               me
               ,
               but
               turned
               away
               from
               me
               with
               express
               and
               purpose-like
               discountenance
               wheresoever
               shee
               saw
               me
               :
               and
               at
               such
               time
               as
               I
               desired
               to
               speak
               with
               her
               about
               Law
               business
               ,
               ever
               sent
               me
               
               forth
               very
               slight
               refusals
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               it
               is
               most
               true
               ,
               that
               immediately
               after
               Newyears
               tide
               I
               desired
               to
               speak
               with
               her
               ;
               and
               being
               admitted
               to
               her
               ,
               I
               dealt
               with
               her
               plainly
               ,
               and
               said
               :
               Madam
               ,
               I
               see
               you
               withdraw
               your
               favor
               from
               me
               and
               now
               I
               have
               lost
               many
               friends
               for
               your
               sake
               ,
               I
               shall
               lose
               you
               too
               :
               you
               have
               put
               me
               like
               one
               of
               those
               that
               the
               Frenchmen
               call
               
                 Enfans
                 perdus
              
               ,
               that
               serve
               on
               foot
               before
               horsmen
               ,
               so
               have
               you
               put
               me
               into
               matters
               of
               envy
               without
               place
               ,
               or
               without
               strength
               :
               and
               I
               know
               at
               Chess
               a
               pawn
               before
               the
               King
               ,
               is
               ever
               much
               plaid
               upon
               :
               a
               great
               many
               love
               me
               not
               ,
               because
               they
               think
               I
               have
               been
               against
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               ;
               and
               you
               love
               me
               not
               ,
               because
               you
               
               know
               I
               have
               been
               for
               him
               :
               yet
               will
               I
               never
               repent
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               dealt
               in
               simplicity
               of
               heart
               towards
               you
               both
               ,
               without
               respect
               of
               cautions
               to
               my self
               :
               and
               therefore
               
                 vivus
                 vidensque
                 pereo
              
               .
               If
               I
               do
               break
               my
               neck
               ,
               I
               shall
               do
               it
               in
               a
               manner
               as
               Master
               Dorrington
               did
               it
               ,
               which
               walked
               on
               the
               battlements
               of
               the
               Church
               many
               daies
               ,
               and
               took
               a
               view
               &
               survey
               where
               he
               should
               fall
               :
               and
               so
               ,
               Madam
               ,
               (
               said
               I
               )
               I
               am
               not
               so
               simple
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               take
               a
               prospect
               of
               mine
               overthrow
               ,
               onely
               I
               thought
               I
               would
               tel
               you
               so
               much
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               know
               that
               it
               was
               faith
               ,
               and
               not
               folly
               that
               brought
               me
               into
               it
               ,
               &
               so
               I
               will
               pray
               for
               you
               .
               Upon
               which
               speeches
               of
               mine
               uttered
               with
               some
               passion
               ,
               it
               is
               true
               her
               
               Majesty
               was
               exceedingly
               moved
               ;
               and
               accumulated
               a
               number
               of
               kind
               &
               gratious
               words
               upon
               me
               ,
               and
               willed
               me
               to
               rest
               upon
               this
               ,
               
                 Gratia
                 mea
                 sufficit
              
               ,
               and
               a
               number
               of
               other
               sensible
               &
               tender
               words
               and
               demonstrations
               ,
               such
               as
               more
               could
               not
               be
               ;
               but
               as
               touching
               my
               Lord
               of
               
                 Essex
                 ,
                 ne
                 verbum
                 quidem
              
               .
               Whereupon
               I
               departed
               ,
               resting
               then
               determined
               to
               meddle
               no
               more
               in
               the
               matter
               ;
               as
               that
               ,
               that
               I
               saw
               would
               overthrow
               me
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               able
               to
               do
               him
               any
               good
               .
               And
               thus
               I
               made
               mine
               own
               peace
               with
               mine
               own
               confidence
               at
               that
               time
               ;
               and
               this
               was
               the
               last
               time
               I
               saw
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               before
               the
               eight
               of
               February
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               day
               of
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               his
               misfortune
               ,
               after
               which
               
               time
               for
               that
               I
               perform
               at
               the
               bar
               in
               my
               publick
               service
               ,
               your
               Lordship
               knoweth
               by
               the
               rules
               of
               duty
               ,
               that
               I
               was
               to
               do
               it
               honestly
               and
               without
               prevarication
               :
               but
               for
               any
               putting
               my self
               into
               it
               ,
               I
               protest
               before
               God
               ,
               I
               never
               moved
               neither
               the
               Queen
               ,
               nor
               any
               person
               living
               concerning
               my
               being
               used
               in
               the
               service
               ,
               either
               of
               evidence
               or
               examination
               :
               but
               it
               was
               meerly
               laid
               upon
               me
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               my
               fellows
               .
               And
               for
               the
               time
               which
               passed
               ,
               I
               mean
               between
               the
               arraignment
               and
               my
               Lords
               suffering
               ,
               I
               well
               remember
               but
               I
               was
               once
               with
               the
               Qu.
               at
               what
               time
               though
               I
               durst
               not
               deal
               directly
               for
               my
               Lord
               as
               things
               then
               stood
               ;
               yet
               generally
               I
               did
               both
               commend
               
               her
               Majesties
               mercie
               ,
               terming
               it
               to
               her
               as
               an
               excellent
               balm
               that
               did
               continually
               distil
               from
               her
               Soveraign
               hands
               ,
               and
               made
               an
               excellent
               odour
               in
               the
               senses
               of
               her
               people
               :
               and
               not
               onely
               so
               ,
               but
               I
               took
               hardiness
               to
               extenuate
               ,
               not
               the
               fact
               ,
               for
               that
               I
               durst
               not
               ;
               but
               the
               danger
               ,
               telling
               her
               that
               if
               some
               base
               or
               cruel
               minded
               persons
               had
               entered
               into
               such
               an
               action
               ,
               it
               might
               have
               caused
               much
               blood
               and
               combustion
               :
               but
               it
               appeared
               well
               they
               were
               such
               as
               knew
               not
               how
               to
               play
               the
               Malefactors
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               words
               which
               I
               now
               omit
               .
               And
               as
               for
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               carriage
               of
               my self
               in
               that
               service
               ,
               I
               have
               many
               honorable
               witnesses
               that
               can
               tel
               ,
               that
               the
               next
               day
               after
               my
               Lords
               
               arraignment
               ,
               by
               my
               diligence
               and
               information
               touching
               the
               quality
               and
               nature
               of
               the
               offendors
               ,
               six
               of
               nine
               were
               stayed
               ,
               which
               otherwise
               had
               been
               attainted
               ,
               I
               bringing
               their
               Lordships
               letter
               for
               their
               stay
               ,
               after
               the
               Jury
               was
               sworn
               to
               pass
               upon
               them
               ;
               so
               neer
               it
               went
               :
               and
               how
               careful
               I
               was
               ,
               and
               made
               it
               my
               part
               ,
               that
               whosoever
               was
               in
               trouble
               about
               that
               matter
               ,
               assoon
               as
               ever
               his
               case
               was
               sufficiently
               known
               and
               defined
               of
               ,
               might
               not
               continue
               in
               restraint
               ,
               but
               be
               set
               at
               liberty
               :
               and
               many
               other
               parts
               ,
               which
               I
               am
               well
               assured
               of
               stood
               with
               the
               duty
               of
               an
               honest
               man.
               But
               indeed
               I
               will
               not
               deny
               for
               the
               case
               of
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Smith
              
               of
               London
               ,
               the
               Q.
               demanding
               my
               opinion
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               
               told
               her
               ,
               I
               thought
               it
               was
               as
               hard
               as
               many
               of
               the
               rest
               :
               but
               what
               was
               the
               reason
               ?
               because
               at
               that
               time
               I
               had
               seen
               only
               his
               accusation
               ,
               and
               had
               never
               been
               present
               at
               any
               examination
               of
               his
               :
               and
               the
               matter
               so
               standing
               ,
               I
               had
               been
               very
               untrue
               to
               my
               service
               ,
               if
               I
               had
               not
               delivered
               that
               opinion
               .
               But
               afterwards
               upon
               a
               re-examination
               of
               som
               that
               charged
               him
               ,
               who
               weakned
               their
               own
               testimony
               ;
               &
               especially
               hearing
               himself
               
                 viva
                 voce
              
               ,
               I
               went
               instantly
               to
               the
               Q.
               out
               of
               the
               soundness
               of
               my
               conscience
               ,
               &
               not
               regarding
               what
               opinion
               I
               had
               formerly
               delivered
               ,
               told
               her
               Majesty
               ,
               I
               was
               satisfied
               and
               resolved
               in
               my
               conscience
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               reputation
               of
               the
               action
               ,
               the
               plot
               was
               to
               countenance
               
               the
               action
               further
               by
               him
               in
               respect
               of
               his
               place
               ,
               then
               they
               had
               indeed
               any
               interest
               or
               intelligence
               with
               him
               .
               It
               is
               very
               true
               also
               ,
               about
               that
               time
               her
               Majesty
               taking
               a
               liking
               of
               my
               pen
               ,
               upon
               that
               which
               I
               had
               done
               before
               concerning
               the
               proceeding
               at
               
                 York
                 house
              
               ,
               and
               likewise
               upon
               some
               other
               declarations
               ,
               which
               in
               former
               times
               by
               her
               appointment
               I
               put
               in
               writing
               ,
               commanded
               me
               to
               pen
               that
               book
               ,
               which
               was
               published
               for
               the
               better
               satisfaction
               of
               the
               world
               :
               which
               I
               did
               ,
               but
               so
               ,
               as
               never
               Secretary
               had
               more
               perticular
               ,
               and
               express
               directions
               and
               instructions
               in
               every
               point
               how
               to
               guide
               my
               hand
               in
               it
               :
               and
               not
               onely
               so
               ,
               but
               after
               that
               I
               had
               made
               a
               first
               
               draught
               thereof
               and
               propounded
               it
               to
               certain
               principal
               Councellors
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesties
               appointment
               ,
               it
               was
               perused
               ,
               weighed
               ,
               censured
               ,
               altered
               ,
               and
               and
               made
               almost
               anew
               ,
               writing
               according
               to
               their
               Lordships
               better
               consideration
               ,
               wherein
               their
               Lordships
               and
               my self
               both
               were
               as
               religious
               and
               curious
               of
               truth
               ,
               as
               desirous
               of
               satisfaction
               :
               and
               my self
               indeed
               gave
               onely
               words
               and
               form
               of
               stile
               in
               pursuing
               their
               direction
               .
               And
               after
               it
               had
               passed
               their
               allowance
               ,
               it
               was
               again
               exactly
               perused
               by
               the
               Queen
               her self
               ,
               and
               some
               alterations
               made
               again
               by
               her
               appointment
               :
               nay
               ,
               and
               after
               it
               was
               set
               to
               print
               ,
               the
               Queen
               ,
               who
               as
               your
               Lordship
               knoweth
               ,
               as
               she
               was
               excellent
               
               
               
               
               
               in
               great
               matters
               ,
               so
               she
               was
               exquisite
               in
               small
               :
               and
               noted
               that
               I
               could
               not
               forget
               my
               ancient
               respect
               to
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               interming
               him
               ever
               my
               Lo.
               of
               Essex
               ,
               my
               Lord
               of
               Essex
               almost
               in
               every
               page
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               which
               she
               thought
               not
               fit
               ,
               but
               would
               have
               it
               made
               ,
               Essex
               ,
               or
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Essex
               :
               whereupon
               of
               force
               it
               was
               printed
               
                 de
                 novo
              
               ,
               &
               the
               first
               copies
               suppressed
               by
               her
               peremptory
               commandment
               .
               And
               this
               my
               good
               Lord
               ,
               to
               my
               furthest
               remembrance
               ,
               is
               all
               that
               passed
               wherein
               I
               had
               part
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               set
               down
               as
               neer
               as
               I
               could
               in
               the
               very
               words
               and
               speeches
               that
               were
               used
               ,
               not
               because
               they
               are
               worthy
               the
               repetition
               ,
               I
               mean
               those
               of
               mine
               own
               ;
               but
               
               to
               the
               end
               your
               Lordship
               may
               lively
               and
               plainly
               discern
               between
               the
               face
               of
               truth
               ,
               and
               a
               smooth
               tale
               .
               And
               the
               rather
               also
               because
               in
               things
               that
               passed
               a
               good
               while
               since
               ,
               the
               very
               words
               and
               phrases
               did
               sometimes
               bring
               to
               my
               remembrance
               the
               matters
               ,
               wherein
               I
               report
               me
               to
               your
               honorable
               judgement
               ,
               whether
               you
               do
               not
               see
               the
               traces
               of
               an
               honest
               man
               :
               and
               had
               I
               been
               as
               well
               beleeved
               either
               by
               the
               Queen
               or
               by
               my
               Lord
               ,
               as
               I
               was
               well
               heard
               by
               them
               both
               ,
               both
               .
               my
               Lord
               had
               been
               fortunate
               ,
               and
               so
               had
               my self
               in
               his
               fortune
               .
            
             
               To
               conclude
               therefore
               ,
               I
               humbly
               pray
               your
               Lordship
               to
               pardon
               me
               for
               troubling
               you
               with
               this
               long
               Narration
               ,
               
               and
               that
               you
               will
               vouchsafe
               to
               hold
               me
               in
               your
               good
               opinion
               ,
               till
               you
               know
               I
               have
               deserved
               ,
               or
               finde
               that
               I
               shall
               deserve
               the
               contrary
               ;
               and
               even
               so
               I
               continue
            
             
               
                 At
                 your
                 Lordships
                 Honorable
                 commandments
                 very
                 humbly
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               Ld.
               BACON
               HIS
               LETTER
               TO
               THE
               MOST
               ILLUSTRIOUS
               ,
               AND
               most
               Excellent
               Prince
               CHARLS
               ,
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Corn-Wal
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Chester
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 It
                 may
                 please
                 your
                 Highness
                 ,
              
            
             
               IN
               part
               of
               my
               acknowledgement
               to
               your
               highness
               ,
               I
               have
               endevoured
               to
               do
               honor
               to
               the
               memory
               of
               the
               last
               
               King
               of
               England
               that
               was
               Ancestor
               to
               the
               King
               your
               Father
               and
               your self
               ,
               and
               was
               that
               King
               to
               whom
               both
               unions
               may
               in
               a
               sort
               refer
               ,
               that
               of
               the
               Roses
               being
               in
               him
               consummate
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               the
               Kingdoms
               by
               him
               begun
               :
               besides
               his
               times
               deserve
               it
               ,
               for
               he
               was
               a
               wise
               man
               ,
               and
               an
               Excellent
               King
               ;
               and
               yet
               the
               times
               very
               rough
               and
               full
               of
               mutations
               and
               rare
               accidents
               :
               and
               it
               is
               with
               times
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               with
               wayes
               ,
               some
               are
               more
               up
               hill
               and
               down
               hill
               ,
               and
               some
               are
               more
               flat
               and
               plain
               ,
               and
               the
               one
               is
               better
               for
               the
               liver
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               for
               the
               writer
               :
               I
               have
               not
               flattered
               him
               ,
               but
               took
               him
               to
               life
               as
               well
               as
               I
               could
               ,
               sitting
               so
               far
               of
               ,
               and
               having
               no
               better
               light
               ;
               it
               is
               true
               your
               Highness
               
               hath
               a
               living
               patern
               ,
               incomparable
               of
               the
               King
               your
               Father
               ,
               but
               is
               not
               amiss
               for
               you
               also
               to
               see
               it
               one
               of
               these
               Ancient
               Pieces
               :
               God
               preserve
               your
               Highness
               .
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Highness
                 most
                 humble
                 and
                 devoted
                 Servant
                 ,
                 Francis
                 S
                 t
                 Alban
                 .
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
           
             
             
             
               THE
               Lord
               Treasurer
               BUR
               LEIGH
               HIS
               Advice
               to
               Queen
               ELIZABETH
               in
               matters
               of
               Religion
               and
               State.
               
            
             
               
                 Most
                 Gratious
                 Soveraign
                 ,
              
            
             
               CARE
               (
               one
               of
               the
               true
               bred
               Children
               of
               my
               unfained
               affection
               )
               awaked
               with
               the
               late
               wicked
               and
               barbarous
               attempts
               ,
               would
               needs
               exercise
               
               my
               pen
               to
               your
               sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               not
               onely
               encouraging
               me
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               take
               the
               whole
               fault
               of
               boldness
               upon
               it self
               ;
               but
               ,
               also
               ,
               that
               even
               the
               world
               should
               not
               doubt
               to
               appear
               in
               your
               Highness
               presence
               in
               their
               kindly
               rudeness
               .
               For
               that
               if
               your
               Majesty
               with
               your
               voice
               did
               but
               read
               them
               ,
               your
               very
               reading
               would
               grace
               them
               with
               eloquence
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               laying
               aside
               all
               self
               guilty
               conceits
               of
               ignorance
               (
               knowing
               that
               the
               Sign
               is
               not
               angry
               with
               the
               well
               meaning
               Astronomer
               ,
               though
               he
               hap
               to
               miss
               his
               course
               ;
               I
               will
               with
               the
               same
               sincerity
               display
               my
               humble
               conceits
               )
               wherewith
               my
               life
               shall
               be
               amongst
               the
               foremost
               to
               defend
               the
               blessings
               
               which
               God
               (
               in
               you
               )
               hath
               bestowed
               upon
               us
               .
            
             
               So
               far
               then
               as
               can
               be
               perceived
               by
               my
               humane
               judgment
               ,
               Dread
               Soveraign
               ,
               you
               may
               judge
               ,
               that
               the
               happiness
               of
               your
               present
               Estate
               ,
               can
               no
               ways
               be
               encumbred
               with
               one
               of
               these
               two
               means
               ,
               
                 (
                 viz
              
               )
            
             
               Either
               by
               your
               
                 
                   1
                   
                     Factious
                     Subjects
                  
                   ,
                   or
                
                 
                   2
                   
                     Forraign
                     Enemies
                  
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Your
               strong
               and
               Factious
               Subjects
               are
               the
               Papists
               ,
               strong
               I
               account
               them
               ,
               both
               in
               number
               and
               nature
               ;
               for
               by
               number
               they
               are
               able
               to
               raise
               a
               great
               Army
               ,
               and
               by
               their
               natural
               and
               mutual
               confidence
               ,
               and
               intelligence
               ,
               they
               may
               soon
               bring
               to
               pass
               an
               uniting
               with
               Forraign
               
               Enemies
               ;
               Factious
               I
               call
               them
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               discontented
               ,
               Of
               whom
               in
               all
               reason
               of
               State
               your
               Majesty
               must
               determine
               ;
               if
               you
               will
               suffer
               them
               to
               be
               strong
               to
               make
               them
               the
               better
               content
               ,
               or
               if
               you
               will
               discontent
               them
               ,
               by
               making
               them
               weaker
               ;
               for
               what
               the
               mixture
               of
               strength
               and
               discontent
               are
               in
               genders
               ,
               there
               needs
               no
               Syllogism
               to
               prove
               .
            
             
               To
               suffer
               them
               to
               be
               strong
               with
               hope
               ,
               that
               with
               reason
               they
               will
               be
               contented
               ,
               carrieth
               with
               it
               in
               my
               opinion
               ,
               but
               a
               fairer
               enamling
               of
               a
               terrible
               danger
               .
            
             
               For
               first
               ,
               mens
               natures
               are
               not
               only
               to
               strive
               against
               a
               present
               smart
               ,
               but
               to
               revenge
               by-past
               injury
               ,
               though
               they
               be
               never
               
               so
               well
               contented
               hereafter
               ,
               which
               cannot
               be
               so
               sufficient
               a
               pledg
               to
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               but
               that
               when
               opportunity
               shal
               flatter
               them
               ,
               they
               will
               remem
               .
               +ber
               ,
               not
               the
               after
               slacking
               ,
               but
               the
               former
               binding
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               the
               more
               when
               they
               shall
               imagine
               this
               relenting
               rather
               to
               proceed
               from
               fear
               ,
               the
               which
               is
               the
               poyson
               of
               all
               Government
               ,
               when
               the
               Subject
               thinks
               the
               Prince
               doth
               any
               thing
               more
               out
               of
               fear
               then
               favour
               .
               And
               therefore
               the
               Romans
               would
               rather
               abide
               the
               uttermost
               extremities
               ,
               then
               by
               their
               Subjects
               to
               be
               brought
               to
               any
               conditions
               .
               Again
               ,
               for
               to
               make
               them
               contented
               absolutely
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               see
               how
               your
               Majesty
               either
               in
               Conscience
               will
               do
               or
               
               in
               policy
               may
               do
               it
               ,
               since
               you
               cannot
               throughly
               discontent
               your
               faithful
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               to
               fasten
               an
               unreconciled
               love
               ,
               with
               the
               losing
               of
               certain
               love
               ,
               is
               to
               build
               a
               house
               with
               the
               sale
               of
               lands
               ;
               so
               much
               the
               more
               in
               that
               your
               Majesty
               is
               imbarqued
               in
               the
               Protestant
               cause
               ,
               as
               in
               many
               respects
               by
               your
               Majesty
               it
               cannot
               be
               with
               any
               safety
               abandoned
               ,
               they
               having
               been
               so
               long
               time
               the
               onely
               instruments
               both
               of
               your
               Councel
               and
               Power
               ;
               and
               to
               make
               them
               half
               content
               ,
               and
               half
               discontent
               ,
               methinks
               carries
               with
               it
               as
               deceitful
               a
               shadow
               of
               reason
               as
               can
               be
               ,
               since
               there
               is
               no
               pain
               so
               small
               ,
               but
               if
               we
               can
               cast
               it
               off
               ,
               we
               will
               ;
               and
               no
               man
               loves
               one
               the
               better
               for
               
               giving
               him
               the
               Bastinado
               though
               with
               never
               so
               little
               a
               Cudgel
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               course
               of
               the
               most
               Wise
               ,
               most
               Politick
               ,
               and
               best
               grounded
               Estate
               ,
               hath
               ever
               been
               to
               make
               an
               assuredness
               of
               friendship
               ,
               or
               to
               take
               away
               all
               power
               of
               enmity
               .
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               here
               must
               I
               distingiush
               between
               discontent
               and
               dispair
               ,
               for
               it
               sufficeth
               to
               waken
               the
               discontented
               ;
               but
               there
               is
               no
               way
               but
               to
               kill
               desperates
               (
               which
               in
               such
               a
               number
               as
               they
               are
               )
               were
               as
               hard
               and
               difficult
               ,
               as
               impious
               and
               ungodly
               .
            
             
               And
               therefore
               ,
               though
               they
               must
               be
               discontented
               ,
               yet
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               have
               them
               desperate
               ;
               for
               among
               many
               desperate
               men
               ,
               it
               is
               like
               some
               one
               will
               
               bring
               forth
               some
               desperate
               attemps
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               ,
               considering
               that
               the
               urging
               of
               the
               oath
               ,
               must
               needs
               in
               some
               degree
               beget
               despair
               ,
               since
               therein
               he
               must
               either
               think
               (
               as
               without
               the
               special
               grace
               of
               God
               he
               cannot
               think
               otherwise
               )
               or
               else
               become
               a
               Traitor
               ,
               which
               before
               some
               hurt
               done
               seemeth
               hard
               :
               I
               humbly
               submit
               this
               to
               your
               Excellent
               consideration
               ,
               whether
               with
               as
               much
               sincerity
               of
               your
               Majesties
               Person
               and
               State
               ,
               and
               more
               satisfaction
               for
               them
               ,
               it
               were
               not
               better
               to
               leav
               the
               oath
               to
               this
               sense
               ,
               That
               whosoever
               would
               not
               bear
               Arms
               against
               all
               forraign
               Princes
               ,
               and
               namely
               ,
               the
               Pope
               ,
               that
               should
               any
               way
               invade
               your
               
               Majesties
               Dominions
               ,
               he
               should
               be
               a
               Traytor
               ;
               for
               hereof
               this
               commodity
               will
               ensue
               ;
               that
               those
               Papists
               (
               as
               I
               think
               most
               Papists
               would
               that
               should
               take
               this
               oath
               )
               would
               be
               devided
               from
               the
               great
               mutual
               confidence
               which
               now
               is
               betwixt
               the
               Pope
               and
               them
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               afflictions
               for
               him
               :
               And
               such
               Priests
               as
               would
               refuse
               that
               oath
               then
               no
               tongue
               could
               say
               for
               shame
               ,
               that
               they
               suffer
               for
               Religion
               ,
               if
               they
               did
               suffer
               .
            
             
               But
               here
               it
               may
               be
               objected
               ,
               they
               would
               dissemble
               and
               equivocate
               with
               this
               oath
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               oath
               would
               dispence
               with
               them
               in
               that
               case
               .
               Even
               so
               may
               they
               with
               the
               present
               oath
               both
               dissemble
               and
               equivocate
               ,
               and
               also
               have
               the
               Popes
               dispensation
               
               for
               the
               present
               oath
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               for
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               is
               certain
               ,
               that
               whomsoever
               the
               conscience
               ,
               or
               fear
               of
               breaking
               an
               oath
               doth
               binde
               ,
               him
               would
               that
               oath
               binde
               .
            
             
               And
               that
               they
               make
               conscience
               of
               an
               oath
               ,
               the
               troubles
               ,
               losses
               ,
               and
               disgraces
               ,
               that
               they
               suffer
               for
               refusing
               the
               same
               ,
               do
               sufficiently
               testifie
               :
               and
               you
               know
               that
               the
               perjury
               of
               either
               oath
               is
               equal
               .
            
             
               So
               then
               the
               farthest
               point
               to
               be
               sought
               for
               their
               contentment
               is
               but
               to
               avoid
               their
               dispair
               .
               How
               to
               weaken
               their
               contentment
               is
               the
               next
               consideration
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Weakned
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 by
                 two
                 means
                 .
              
            
             
               First
               ,
               By
               lessening
               their
               number
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               By
               taking
               away
               from
               their
               force
               ,
               their
               number
               will
               easily
               be
               lessened
               ,
               by
               the
               means
               of
               careful
               and
               diligent
               Preachers
               in
               each
               Parish
               to
               that
               end
               appointed
               ;
               And
               especially
               ,
               by
               good
               School-masters
               ,
               and
               bringers
               up
               of
               their
               youth
               ;
               the
               former
               by
               converting
               them
               after
               their
               fall
               ;
               and
               the
               latter
               ,
               by
               preventing
               them
               from
               falling
               into
               their
               errors
               .
               For
               Preachers
               (
               because
               their
               own
               )
               groweth
               a
               great
               question
               ;
               I
               am
               provoked
               to
               lay
               at
               your
               Highness
               feet
               my
               opinion
               touching
               the
               preciser
               sort
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               Protesting
               to
               God
               Almighty
               ,
               
               and
               your
               sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               not
               given
               over
               ,
               no
               ,
               nor
               so
               much
               as
               addicted
               to
               their
               preciseness
               ;
               therfore
               till
               I
               think
               ,
               that
               you
               think
               otherwise
               ,
               I
               am
               bold
               to
               think
               ,
               that
               the
               Bishops
               in
               these
               dangerous
               times
               ,
               take
               a
               very
               ill
               and
               unadvised
               course
               in
               driving
               them
               from
               their
               cures
               ;
               and
               this
               I
               think
               ,
               for
               two
               causes
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               because
               it
               doth
               discredit
               the
               reputation
               and
               estimation
               of
               your
               power
               ;
               when
               the
               Princes
               shal
               perceive
               ,
               and
               know
               ;
               that
               even
               in
               your
               Protestant
               Subjects
               (
               in
               whom
               consisteth
               all
               your
               force
               ,
               strength
               ,
               and
               power
               )
               there
               is
               so
               great
               ,
               and
               heart
               burning
               a
               division
               ,
               and
               how
               much
               reputation
               swayeth
               in
               these
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               worldly
               
               actions
               ;
               there
               is
               none
               so
               simple
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               ignorant
               :
               and
               the
               Papists
               themselves
               (
               though
               there
               be
               most
               manifest
               ,
               and
               apparent
               discord
               between
               the
               Franciscans
               and
               Dominicans
               ,
               the
               Jesuites
               ,
               and
               other
               Orders
               or
               Religious
               persons
               ,
               especially
               the
               Benedictims
               :
               )
               Yet
               will
               they
               shake
               off
               none
               of
               them
               ,
               because
               in
               the
               maine
               point
               of
               Popery
               they
               all
               agree
               ,
               and
               hold
               together
               :
               And
               so
               far
               they
               may
               freely
               brag
               and
               vaunt
               of
               their
               unity
               .
            
             
               The
               other
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               in
               truth
               ,
               (
               in
               their
               opinions
               )
               though
               they
               are
               oversqueamish
               ,
               and
               nice
               ,
               and
               more
               scrupulous
               then
               they
               need
               ;
               yet
               with
               their
               careful
               catechizing
               ,
               and
               diligent
               Preaching
               ,
               they
               bring
               forth
               that
               fruit
               which
               your
               
               most
               Excellent
               Majesty
               is
               to
               desire
               ,
               and
               wish
               ,
               namely
               ,
               the
               lessning
               and
               diminishing
               the
               Papistical
               numbers
               .
            
             
               And
               therefore
               in
               this
               time
               your
               Majesty
               hath
               especial
               cause
               to
               use
               and
               imploy
               them
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               but
               as
               Frederick
               the
               second
               (
               that
               excellent
               Emperor
               )
               did
               use
               and
               employ
               the
               Sarazens
               souldiers
               against
               the
               Pope
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               well
               assured
               ,
               and
               certainly
               knew
               ,
               that
               they
               onely
               would
               not
               spare
               his
               sanctity
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               those
               objections
               what
               they
               would
               do
               ,
               if
               once
               they
               got
               a
               full
               and
               entire
               Authority
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               methinks
               they
               are
               
                 inter
                 remota
                 &
                 in
                 certa
                 mala
                 ,
              
               and
               therefore
               ,
               
                 vicinia
                 &
                 certa
              
               ,
               to
               be
               first
               considered
               .
            
             
             
               As
               for
               School-masters
               (
               they
               may
               be
               a
               principal
               means
               of
               diminishing
               their
               number
               )
               the
               lamentable
               and
               pittiful
               abuses
               of
               them
               are
               easie
               to
               be
               seen
               ,
               since
               the
               greatest
               number
               of
               Papists
               is
               of
               very
               young
               men
               ;
               but
               your
               Majesty
               may
               prevent
               that
               bud
               ,
               and
               may
               use
               therein
               not
               onely
               a
               Pious
               and
               Godly
               means
               ,
               in
               making
               the
               Parents
               of
               every
               Shire
               to
               send
               their
               children
               to
               be
               vertuously
               brought
               up
               at
               a
               certain
               place
               ,
               for
               that
               end
               appointed
               ;
               but
               you
               shall
               also
               (
               if
               it
               please
               your
               Majesty
               )
               put
               in
               practice
               a
               notable
               stratagem
               ,
               used
               by
               Certories
               in
               Spaine
               ,
               by
               choosing
               such
               fit
               and
               convenient
               places
               for
               the
               same
               ,
               as
               may
               surely
               be
               at
               your
               devotion
               ;
               and
               by
               this
               
               means
               you
               shall
               under
               colour
               of
               education
               ,
               have
               them
               as
               hostages
               of
               the
               Parents
               fidelities
               ,
               that
               have
               any
               power
               in
               England
               :
               and
               by
               this
               way
               their
               number
               will
               quickly
               be
               lessned
               ;
               for
               I
               account
               death
               doth
               no
               wayes
               lessen
               them
               ,
               since
               we
               find
               by
               experince
               ,
               that
               death
               worketh
               no
               such
               effect
               ;
               but
               that
               like
               
                 Hydra's
                 heads
              
               ,
               upon
               cutting
               off
               one
               ,
               seven
               growes
               up
               ;
               persecution
               being
               accounted
               as
               the
               badg
               of
               the
               Church
               ;
               and
               therfore
               they
               should
               never
               have
               the
               honour
               to
               take
               any
               pretence
               of
               Martyrdom
               in
               England
               ,
               where
               the
               fulness
               of
               blood
               ,
               and
               greatness
               of
               heart
               is
               such
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               even
               for
               shameful
               things
               go
               bravely
               to
               death
               ;
               much
               more
               when
               they
               think
               themselves
               
               to
               climb
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               that
               vice
               of
               obstinacy
               seems
               to
               the
               common
               people
               a
               divine
               constancy
               .
            
             
               But
               for
               my
               part
               I
               wish
               no
               lessning
               of
               their
               number
               ,
               but
               by
               preaching
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               youngers
               education
               under
               good
               School-masters
               ;
               there
               taking
               away
               of
               their
               forces
               ,
               is
               as
               wel
               by
               Peace's
               Authority
               ,
               as
               of
               War
               provision
               .
            
             
               
                 Their
                 Peace's
                 Authority
                 standeth
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 Offices
                 ,
                 or
                 Tenantries
                 .
              
            
             
               For
               their
               Offices
               ,
               their
               credit
               w●ll
               seem
               available
               ,
               if
               order
               be
               taken
               ,
               that
               from
               the
               highest
               Councellor
               to
               the
               lowest
               Constable
               ,
               none
               to
               have
               any
               charge
               or
               office
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               will
               really
               pray
               and
               communicate
               in
               
               their
               congregation
               according
               to
               the
               doctrine
               received
               generally
               into
               this
               Realm
               .
            
             
               For
               their
               Tenantries
               ,
               this
               conceit
               I
               have
               thought
               upon
               ,
               (
               which
               I
               submit
               to
               your
               farther
               piercing
               judgment
               )
               That
               your
               Majesty
               in
               every
               Shire
               should
               give
               strict
               order
               ,
               to
               some
               that
               are
               indeed
               trusty
               and
               religious
               Gentlemen
               ;
               That
               whereas
               your
               Majesty
               is
               given
               to
               understand
               that
               divers
               Popish
               Landlords
               ,
               do
               hardly
               use
               all
               such
               of
               your
               people
               and
               subjects
               ,
               (
               as
               being
               their
               tenants
               )
               do
               embrace
               and
               live
               after
               the
               authorised
               and
               true
               Religion
               ;
               that
               therefore
               you
               do
               constitute
               and
               appoint
               to
               deal
               both
               with
               intreaty
               and
               authority
               ,
               (
               paying
               as
               others
               do
               )
               that
               they
               be
               
               not
               thrust
               out
               of
               their
               living
               ,
               nor
               otherwise
               unreasonably
               molested
               .
            
             
               This
               would
               greatly
               bind
               the
               Commons
               hearts
               unto
               you
               (
               on
               whom
               indeed
               consisteth
               the
               power
               and
               strength
               of
               your
               Realm
               )
               and
               it
               will
               make
               them
               much
               the
               less
               ,
               or
               nothing
               at
               all
               depend
               upon
               their
               Landlords
               .
            
             
               And
               although
               there
               may
               hereby
               grow
               some
               wrong
               ,
               which
               the
               Tenants
               upon
               that
               confidence
               may
               offer
               to
               their
               Landlords
               ;
               yet
               ,
               those
               wrongs
               are
               very
               easily
               ,
               even
               ,
               with
               one
               wink
               of
               your
               Majesty
               redressed
               ;
               and
               are
               nothing
               comparable
               ,
               to
               the
               danger
               ,
               of
               having
               many
               thousands
               depending
               upon
               the
               adverse
               party
               .
            
             
             
               Their
               Wars
               provision
               ,
               I
               account
               men
               and
               munition
               ,
               of
               whom
               in
               some
               ,
               I
               could
               wish
               no
               man
               ,
               either
               great
               or
               smal
               ,
               should
               so
               much
               as
               be
               trained
               up
               in
               any
               Musters
               ;
               except
               his
               ●arishioners
               would
               answer
               for
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               orderly
               and
               duly
               receiveth
               the
               Communion
               ;
               and
               for
               munition
               ,
               that
               not
               one
               should
               keep
               in
               his
               house
               ,
               or
               have
               at
               command
               ,
               so
               much
               as
               a
               Halbert
               ,
               without
               he
               were
               conformable
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               condition
               aforesaid
               .
            
             
               And
               if
               such
               order
               were
               taken
               ,
               that
               considering
               they
               were
               not
               put
               to
               the
               labour
               and
               charge
               of
               mustering
               and
               training
               ;
               therefore
               their
               contribution
               should
               be
               more
               and
               more
               narrowly
               looked
               into
               :
               This
               
               would
               breed
               a
               chilness
               unto
               their
               fervour
               of
               superstition
               ;
               especially
               in
               popular
               resolutions
               ,
               who
               if
               they
               love
               Egypt
               ,
               is
               chiefly
               for
               the
               flesh
               pots
               ,
               so
               that
               me-thinks
               this
               temper
               should
               well
               agree
               with
               your
               wisdom
               ,
               and
               the
               mercifulness
               of
               your
               nature
               .
            
             
               For
               to
               compel
               them
               you
               would
               not
               ;
               kill
               them
               you
               would
               not
               ;
               so
               in
               reason
               to
               trust
               them
               you
               should
               not
               ;
               trust
               being
               in
               no
               case
               to
               be
               used
               ,
               but
               where
               the
               trust
               is
               of
               one
               minde
               ,
               with
               the
               trusting
               reason
               ,
               which
               ever
               commandeth
               every
               wise
               man
               to
               fly
               and
               avoyd
               that
               shamefac'dness
               with
               the
               Greeks
               ;
               which
               is
               ,
               not
               to
               seem
               to
               doubt
               them
               ,
               which
               give
               just
               occasion
               of
               doubt
               .
            
             
             
               This
               ruined
               Hercules
               the
               son
               of
               Great
               Alexander
               ;
               for
               ,
               although
               he
               had
               most
               manifest
               reasons
               ,
               and
               evident
               arguments
               to
               induce
               him
               to
               suspect
               his
               ill
               servant
               Poliperchon
               ,
               yet
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               confidence
               he
               had
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               experience
               he
               had
               of
               his
               former
               Loyalty
               ,
               he
               would
               make
               provision
               accordingly
               ,
               because
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               seem
               so
               much
               as
               to
               misdoubt
               or
               suspect
               him
               ;
               and
               so
               by
               that
               means
               he
               was
               murthered
               by
               him
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               knot
               of
               this
               discourse
               is
               ;
               That
               if
               your
               Majesty
               finde
               it
               reasonable
               of
               the
               one
               side
               ,
               by
               relenting
               the
               rigour
               of
               the
               oath
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               other
               by
               disabling
               the
               unsound
               Subjects
               ,
               you
               shall
               neither
               execute
               any
               ,
               but
               very
               Traytors
               ,
               in
               all
               mens
               opinions
               
               and
               constructions
               ;
               nor
               yet
               put
               faith
               and
               confidence
               in
               those
               ,
               even
               for
               their
               own
               sakes
               which
               must
               be
               faithful
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               point
               of
               the
               general
               part
               of
               my
               discourse
               ,
               is
               ,
               the
               consideration
               of
               your
               forraign
               enemies
               ,
               which
               may
               prove
               either
               able
               or
               willing
               to
               hurt
               you
               ;
               and
               those
               are
               Scotland
               ,
               for
               his
               pretence
               and
               neighbourhood
               ,
               and
               Spain
               ,
               for
               his
               religion
               and
               power
               ;
               as
               for
               France
               ,
               I
               see
               not
               why
               it
               should
               not
               rather
               be
               made
               a
               friend
               ,
               not
               an
               enemy
               ;
               for
               though
               he
               agree
               not
               with
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               in
               matters
               of
               Conscience
               and
               Religion
               ;
               yet
               ,
               
                 in
                 hoc
                 termino
              
               ,
               he
               doth
               agree
               ,
               that
               he
               feareth
               the
               greatness
               of
               Spain
               ,
               and
               therefore
               ,
               that
               may
               soder
               the
               link
               which
               
               Religion
               hath
               broken
               ,
               and
               make
               him
               hope
               by
               your
               Majesties
               friendship
               ,
               to
               secure
               himself
               of
               so
               potent
               an
               Adversary
               .
            
             
               And
               though
               he
               were
               evilly
               affected
               towards
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               yet
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               think
               it
               greatly
               to
               be
               feared
               ,
               the
               pres●●●
               condition
               of
               his
               estate
               ,
               himself
               being
               a
               Prince
               who
               hath
               given
               an
               assurance
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               he
               loves
               his
               ease
               much
               better
               then
               victories
               ,
               and
               a
               Prince
               ,
               that
               is
               neither
               beloved
               nor
               feared
               of
               his
               people
               :
               And
               the
               people
               themselves
               being
               of
               a
               very
               light
               ,
               and
               unconstant
               disposition
               ;
               and
               besides
               ,
               they
               are
               altogether
               unexperienced
               ,
               and
               undisciplined
               how
               to
               do
               their
               duties
               ,
               either
               in
               war
               or
               peace
               ;
               they
               are
               ready
               
               to
               begin
               and
               undertake
               any
               enterprize
               before
               they
               enter
               into
               consideration
               thereof
               ,
               and
               yet
               weary
               of
               it
               before
               it
               be
               well
               begun
               ,
               they
               are
               generally
               poor
               and
               weak
               ,
               and
               subject
               to
               sickness
               at
               Sea
               ,
               divided
               and
               subdivided
               into
               sundry
               heads
               ,
               and
               several
               f●●tions
               ,
               not
               onely
               between
               Hugonites
               and
               Papists
               ,
               but
               also
               between
               the
               Memorancis
               ,
               Guises
               ,
               and
               Migonominies
               ;
               the
               people
               being
               opressed
               by
               all
               due
               hate
               ;
               so
               that
               for
               a
               well
               setled
               and
               established
               Government
               ,
               and
               common-wealth
               ,
               as
               your
               Majesties
               is
               ,
               I
               see
               no
               grounds
               why
               to
               misdoubt
               or
               fear
               them
               ,
               but
               onely
               fo
               farforth
               as
               the
               Guisars
               hap
               to
               serve
               for
               Boutefeus
               in
               Scotland
               ;
               and
               while
               it
               shall
               please
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               but
               
               with
               reasonable
               favour
               to
               support
               the
               King
               of
               Navar
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               think
               the
               French
               King
               will
               ever
               suffer
               you
               to
               be
               from
               thence
               anoyed
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               ,
               for
               France
               ,
               your
               Majesty
               may
               assure
               your self
               of
               one
               of
               these
               two
               ;
               either
               to
               make
               with
               him
               a
               good
               aliance
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               common
               enemy
               of
               both
               Kingdoms
               ,
               or
               at
               the
               least
               so
               to
               muzle
               him
               ,
               as
               that
               he
               shall
               have
               little
               power
               to
               bite
               you
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               Scotland
               ,
               if
               your
               Majesty
               assist
               and
               help
               those
               Noble
               men
               there
               ,
               which
               are
               by
               him
               suspected
               ,
               your
               Majesty
               may
               be
               sure
               of
               this
               ,
               that
               those
               will
               keep
               at
               home
               .
               And
               also
               whilst
               he
               is
               a
               Protestant
               ,
               no
               forraign
               Prince
               will
               take
               
               part
               with
               him
               against
               your
               Majesty
               :
               and
               of
               himself
               he
               is
               not
               able
               to
               do
               much
               harm
               ,
               the
               better
               part
               of
               his
               nobles
               being
               for
               your
               Majesty
               ;
               and
               if
               in
               time
               he
               should
               grow
               to
               be
               a
               Papist
               ,
               your
               Majesty
               shall
               always
               have
               a
               strong
               party
               at
               his
               own
               doors
               ,
               in
               his
               own
               Kingdom
               ,
               to
               restrain
               his
               malice
               ;
               who
               since
               they
               depend
               upon
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               they
               are
               in
               all
               Policy
               never
               to
               be
               abandoned
               ;
               for
               by
               this
               resolution
               the
               Romans
               anciently
               ,
               and
               the
               Spaniards
               presently
               ,
               have
               most
               of
               all
               prevailed
               :
               and
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               the
               Macedonians
               in
               times
               past
               ,
               &
               the
               French
               men
               in
               our
               age
               ,
               have
               lost
               all
               their
               forraign
               friends
               ,
               because
               of
               their
               aptness
               to
               neglect
               them
               who
               depended
               upō
               them
               ;
               
               but
               if
               your
               Majesty
               could
               by
               any
               means
               possible
               devise
               to
               bring
               in
               again
               the
               Hamiltons
               ,
               he
               should
               then
               be
               beaten
               with
               his
               own
               weapons
               ,
               and
               should
               have
               more
               cause
               to
               look
               to
               his
               own
               succession
               then
               to
               be
               too
               busie
               abroad
               .
               But
               Spain
               ,
               yea
               ,
               Spain
               it
               is
               ,
               in
               which
               (
               as
               I
               conceive
               )
               all
               causes
               do
               concur
               ,
               to
               give
               a
               just
               alarm
               to
               your
               Excellent
               Highness
               judgement
               .
            
             
               First
               ;
               because
               in
               Religion
               ,
               he
               is
               so
               much
               the
               Popes
               ,
               and
               the
               Pope
               in
               Policy
               so
               much
               his
               ,
               as
               that
               the
               minde
               of
               Pope
               Gregory
               ,
               and
               the
               power
               of
               King
               Philip
               ,
               will
               ,
               nor
               can
               compass
               ,
               or
               bring
               us
               in
               all
               probability
               to
               be
               expected
               ,
               himself
               being
               a
               Prince
               ,
               whose
               closet
               hath
               brought
               forth
               geater
               victories
               ,
               
               then
               all
               his
               Fathers
               journies
               ,
               absolutely
               by
               ruling
               his
               subjects
               ;
               a
               people
               all
               one
               hearted
               in
               Religion
               ,
               constantly
               ambitious
               ,
               politick
               ,
               and
               valiant
               ;
               the
               King
               rich
               and
               liberal
               ,
               and
               (
               which
               of
               all
               I
               like
               worst
               )
               greatly
               beloved
               amongst
               all
               the
               discontented
               party
               of
               your
               highness
               subjects
               ;
               a
               more
               lively
               proof
               whereof
               one
               could
               never
               see
               ,
               then
               in
               the
               poore
               Don
               Anthonio
               ,
               who
               when
               he
               was
               here
               ,
               was
               as
               much
               at
               Mass
               ,
               as
               any
               man
               living
               ,
               yet
               there
               did
               not
               so
               much
               as
               one
               Papist
               in
               England
               give
               him
               any
               good
               countenance
               ;
               so
               factious
               an
               affection
               is
               born
               the
               Spaniards
               .
               Now
               ,
               as
               of
               him
               is
               the
               chief
               cause
               of
               doubt
               ,
               so
               of
               him
               the
               chief
               care
               must
               be
               had
               of
               providence
               .
            
             
             
               But
               this
               offers
               a
               great
               question
               ,
               whether
               it
               bebetter
               to
               procure
               his
               Amity
               ,
               or
               stop
               the
               course
               of
               his
               Enmity
               ;
               as
               of
               a
               great
               Lion
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               more
               wisdom
               ,
               to
               trust
               to
               the
               taming
               of
               him
               ,
               or
               tying
               of
               him
               .
            
             
               I
               confess
               ,
               this
               requires
               a
               longer
               and
               larger
               discourse
               ,
               and
               a
               better
               discourser
               then
               my self
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               will
               stay
               my self
               from
               roaving
               over
               so
               large
               a
               field
               ,
               but
               onely
               with
               the
               usual
               presumption
               of
               love
               ,
               yeeld
               this
               to
               your
               gratious
               consideration
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               If
               you
               have
               any
               intention
               of
               League
               ,
               you
               see
               upon
               what
               assurance
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               what
               likelihood
               you
               may
               have
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               observe
               the
               same
               .
            
             
             
               Secondly
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               Parlying
               season
               it
               it
               be
               not
               as
               a
               Countenance
               unto
               him
               the
               sooner
               to
               overthrow
               the
               low
               Countries
               ,
               which
               hitherto
               hath
               been
               as
               a
               counter-scarff
               to
               your
               Majesties
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               you
               doe
               not
               league
               ,
               then
               your
               Majesty
               is
               to
               think
               upon
               means
               for
               strengthening
               your self
               and
               weakning
               of
               him
               ,
               and
               therein
               your
               own
               strength
               is
               to
               be
               tendered
               both
               at
               home
               and
               abroad
               .
            
             
               For
               your
               home
               strength
               in
               all
               reverence
               I
               leave
               it
               as
               the
               thing
               which
               contains
               in
               effect
               the
               universal
               consideration
               of
               Government
               .
            
             
               For
               your
               strength
               abroad
               ,
               it
               it
               must
               be
               in
               joyning
               in
               good
               
               Confederacy
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               intelligence
               with
               those
               that
               would
               willingly
               embrace
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               Truly
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               as
               the
               Turk
               and
               Morocco
               ,
               but
               at
               some
               time
               they
               may
               serve
               your
               Majesty
               to
               great
               purpose
               ,
               but
               from
               
                 Florence
                 ,
                 Ferrara
              
               ,
               and
               especially
               Venice
               ,
               I
               think
               your
               Majesty
               might
               reap
               great
               assurance
               and
               service
               ,
               for
               undoubtedly
               they
               fear
               his
               frauds
               ,
               and
               abhor
               his
               greatness
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               Dutch
               and
               Nothern
               Princes
               being
               in
               Effect
               of
               your
               Majesties
               Religion
               ,
               I
               cannot
               think
               but
               their
               alliance
               may
               be
               firm
               ,
               and
               their
               power
               not
               to
               be
               contemned
               ,
               even
               the
               Countenance
               of
               united
               powers
               doth
               much
               in
               matters
               of
               State.
               
            
             
               For
               the
               weakning
               of
               him
               ,
               I
               
               would
               (
               I
               must
               confess
               from
               my
               heart
               )
               wish
               that
               your
               Majesty
               did
               not
               spare
               throughly
               and
               manifestly
               both
               upon
               the
               Indies
               ,
               and
               the
               Low-Countries
               ,
               which
               would
               give
               themselves
               unto
               you
               ;
               and
               rather
               take
               him
               while
               he
               hath
               one
               hand
               free
               and
               at
               liberty
               ,
               then
               both
               of
               them
               sharply
               weaponed
               .
            
             
               But
               if
               this
               seem
               foolish
               hardiness
               to
               your
               Majesties
               wisdom
               ,
               yet
               I
               dare
               not
               presume
               to
               Councel
               (
               but
               beseech
               )
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               what
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               your
               Majesty
               (
               without
               warre
               )
               can
               give
               to
               the
               Low-Countries
               ,
               you
               would
               vouchfafe
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               since
               as
               King
               of
               Spain
               without
               the
               low
               Countries
               ,
               he
               may
               trouble
               our
               skirts
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               but
               can
               never
               come
               to
               grasp
               
               with
               you
               ;
               but
               if
               he
               once
               reduce
               the
               Low-Countries
               to
               an
               absolute
               subjection
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               what
               limit
               any
               man
               of
               judgment
               can
               set
               unto
               his
               greatness
               :
               divers
               wayes
               are
               to
               be
               tryed
               ,
               among
               the
               rest
               one
               ,
               (
               not
               the
               worst
               )
               in
               my
               opinion
               ,
               might
               be
               to
               seek
               either
               the
               winning
               of
               the
               Prince
               of
               Parma
               from
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               ,
               or
               at
               the
               least
               to
               have
               the
               matter
               so
               handled
               ,
               so
               as
               the
               jealousie
               thereof
               may
               arise
               betwixt
               them
               ,
               as
               Pope
               Clement
               did
               by
               the
               notable
               Marquess
               of
               Pescara
               ,
               for
               he
               practized
               ,
               with
               him
               for
               offering
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Naples
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               with
               whom
               to
               joyn
               him
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               his
               master
               suspect
               him
               ,
               for
               when
               I
               confider
               that
               Parma
               is
               a
               Roman
               by
               blood
               ,
               a
               
               Prince
               born
               ,
               placed
               in
               the
               place
               he
               hath
               by
               
                 Don
                 John
              
               ,
               and
               maintained
               in
               it
               by
               the
               male-contents
               ;
               whereunto
               the
               King
               hath
               rather
               yeelded
               of
               necessity
               then
               any
               other
               way
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               When
               I
               remember
               the
               Cittadel
               of
               Pierensa
               ,
               kept
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               and
               the
               apparent
               title
               of
               his
               Son
               Remutio
               to
               the
               Crown
               of
               Portugal
               ,
               things
               hardly
               to
               be
               digested
               by
               an
               Italian
               stomack
               ,
               I
               cannot
               see
               how
               such
               a
               mind
               in
               such
               a
               fortune
               can
               sell
               it self
               to
               a
               Forraign
               servitude
               .
            
             
               The
               manner
               of
               dealing
               with
               him
               ,
               should
               be
               by
               some
               man
               of
               spirit
               ,
               with
               the
               Venetian
               Ambassadors
               at
               Paris
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               with
               his
               own
               father
               in
               Italy
               ,
               both
               which
               are
               in
               their
               hearts
               mortal
               Enemies
               of
               the
               greatness
               of
               Spain
               .
            
             
             
               But
               these
               sheets
               of
               Paper
               bare
               witness
               against
               me
               ,
               of
               having
               offered
               too
               tedious
               a
               discourse
               to
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               divers
               of
               which
               points
               ,
               yet
               ,
               as
               of
               mittigating
               the
               oath
               ,
               the
               School
               hostages
               ,
               the
               heartning
               of
               tennants
               ,
               and
               the
               dealing
               with
               the
               Prince
               of
               Parma
               ,
               would
               require
               a
               more
               ample
               handling
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               first
               ,
               reason
               to
               know
               whether
               your
               Majesty
               like
               of
               the
               stuff
               before
               it
               be
               otherwise
               trimmed
               .
            
             
               For
               my self
               ,
               as
               I
               will
               then
               only
               love
               my
               opinions
               ,
               when
               your
               Majesty
               liketh
               them
               ;
               so
               will
               I
               daily
               pray
               ,
               That
               all
               opinions
               may
               be
               guided
               with
               as
               much
               Faith
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               Zeal
               to
               your
               Majesties
               Service
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               may
               be
               followed
               with
               infinite
               success
               .
            
             
               Finis
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               TO
               THE
               Ld.
               BACON
               THEN
               FALING
               FROM
               FAVOUR
               .
            
             
               
                 DAZEL'D
                 thus
                 with
                 height
                 of
                 place
                 ,
              
               
                 Whilst
                 our
                 hopes
                 our
                 wits
                 beguile
                 ;
              
               
                 No
                 man
                 markes
                 the
                 narrow
                 space
              
               
                 'Twixt
                 a
                 Prison
                 and
                 a
                 smile
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 Then
                 since
                 Fortune's
                 favors
                 fade
                 ,
              
               
                 You
                 that
                 in
                 her
                 Arms
                 do
                 sleep
                 ,
              
               
                 Learn
                 to
                 swim
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 wade
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 ,
                 the
                 hearts
                 of
                 Kings
                 are
                 deep
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 But
                 if
                 greatness
                 be
                 so
                 blinde
                 ,
              
               
                 As
                 to
                 trust
                 in
                 Towers
                 of
                 Air
                 ;
              
               
                 Let
                 it
                 be
                 with
                 goodness
                 lin'd
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 at
                 least
                 the
                 fall
                 be
                 fair
                 :
              
            
             
               
                 Then
                 though
                 darkned
                 you
                 shall
                 say
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 friends
                 fail
                 and
                 Princes
                 frown
                 ,
              
               
                 Vertue
                 is
                 the
                 roughest
                 way
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 proves
                 at
                 night
                 a
                 bed
                 of
                 down
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 To
                 my
                 Reverend
                 Friend
              
               ;
               Doctor
               A.
               
            
             
               
                 SIR
                 ,
              
            
             
               AMongst
               consolations
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               the
               least
               to
               represent
               to
               a
               mans
               self
               ;
               like
               examples
               of
               Calamity
               in
               others
               .
               For
               examples
               give
               a
               quicker
               impression
               then
               Arguments
               ,
               and
               besides
               ,
               they
               certifie
               us
               that
               which
               the
               Scripture
               also
               tenders
               for
               satisfaction
               ;
               That
               no
               new
               thing
               is
               hapned
               unto
               us
               :
               This
               they
               do
               the
               better
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               the
               examples
               are
               liker
               in
               circumstances
               to
               our
               own
               case
               ,
               and
               more
               especially
               ,
               if
               they
               fall
               upon
               persons
               that
               are
               greater
               and
               worthier
               then
               our selves
               :
               For
               as
               it
               savoureth
               of
               vanity
               to
               match
               our selves
               highly
               in
               our
               own
               conceit
               ;
               so
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               good
               sound
               conclusion
               ,
               That
               if
               our
               betters
               have
               sustained
               the
               like
               
               events
               ,
               we
               have
               the
               less
               cause
               to
               be
               grieved
               .
            
             
               In
               this
               kind
               of
               consolation
               I
               have
               not
               been
               wanting
               to
               my self
               ,
               though
               as
               a
               Christian
               I
               have
               tasted
               (
               through
               Gods
               great
               goodness
               )
               of
               higher
               remedies
               .
               Having
               therefore
               through
               the
               variety
               of
               my
               reading
               ,
               set
               before
               me
               many
               examples
               ,
               both
               of
               ancient
               and
               latter
               times
               ;
               my
               thoughts
               I
               confess
               have
               chiefly
               staid
               upon
               three
               particulars
               ,
               as
               the
               most
               eminent
               &
               the
               most
               resembling
               All
               three
               persons
               that
               had
               held
               chief
               places
               of
               Authority
               in
               their
               Countries
               ,
               all
               three
               ruined
               ,
               not
               by
               war
               ,
               or
               by
               any
               other
               disaster
               ,
               but
               by
               justice
               and
               sentence
               ,
               as
               Delinquents
               and
               Criminals
               :
               All
               three
               famous
               Writers
               ,
               insomuch
               as
               the
               remembrance
               of
               their
               calamity
               is
               now
               as
               to
               posterity
               ,
               but
               as
               a
               little
               picture
               of
               Night-work
               ,
               remaining
               amongst
               the
               faire
               and
               excellent
               Tables
               of
               their
               Acts
               and
               Works
               :
               And
               all
               three
               (
               if
               that
               were
               any
               thing
               to
               the
               matter
               )
               fit
               
               examples
               to
               quench
               any
               mans
               ambition
               of
               rising
               again
               ;
               for
               that
               they
               were
               every
               one
               of
               them
               restored
               with
               great
               glory
               ,
               but
               to
               their
               further
               ruine
               and
               destruction
               ,
               ending
               in
               a
               violent
               death
               .
               The
               men
               were
               
                 Demosthenes
                 ,
                 Cicero
              
               ,
               and
               Seneca
               ,
               persons
               that
               I
               durst
               not
               claim
               affinity
               with
               ,
               except
               the
               similitude
               of
               our
               fortunes
               had
               contracted
               it
               .
               When
               I
               had
               cast
               mine
               eyes
               upon
               these
               examples
               ,
               I
               was
               carried
               on
               further
               to
               observe
               ,
               how
               they
               did
               beare
               their
               fortunes
               ,
               and
               principally
               how
               they
               did
               imploy
               their
               times
               ,
               being
               banished
               and
               disabled
               for
               publick
               businesse
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               I
               might
               learn
               by
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               might
               be
               as
               well
               my
               Counsellors
               as
               my
               Comforters
               .
               Whereupon
               I
               h●pned
               to
               note
               ,
               how
               diversly
               their
               Fortunes
               wrought
               upon
               them
               ,
               especially
               in
               that
               point
               at
               which
               I
               did
               most
               aim
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               employing
               of
               their
               times
               and
               pens
               .
               In
               Cicero
               I
               saw
               ,
               that
               during
               his
               banishment
               
               (
               which
               was
               almost
               two
               years
               )
               he
               was
               so
               softned
               and
               dejected
               ,
               that
               he
               wrote
               nothing
               but
               a
               few
               Womanish
               Epistles
               .
               And
               yet
               in
               mine
               own
               opinion
               ,
               he
               had
               least
               reason
               of
               the
               three
               ,
               to
               be
               discouraged
               :
               For
               that
               although
               it
               was
               judged
               ,
               and
               judged
               by
               the
               highest
               kind
               of
               judgement
               ,
               in
               form
               of
               a
               Statute
               ,
               or
               Law
               ,
               that
               hee
               should
               be
               banished
               ,
               and
               his
               whole
               Estate
               confiscated
               and
               seised
               ,
               and
               his
               houses
               puld
               down
               ;
               and
               that
               it
               should
               be
               highly
               penal
               for
               any
               man
               to
               propound
               his
               Repeale
               :
               Yet
               his
               Case
               even
               then
               had
               no
               great
               blot
               of
               ignominy
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               thought
               but
               a
               tempest
               of
               popularity
               which
               overthrew
               him
               .
               
                 Demost
                 henes
              
               contrariwise
               ,
               though
               his
               case
               was
               foule
               ,
               being
               condemned
               for
               bribery
               ,
               and
               not
               simple
               bribery
               ,
               but
               bribery
               in
               the
               nature
               of
               Treason
               and
               Disloyalty
               ;
               yet
               nevertheles
               took
               so
               little
               knowledge
               of
               his
               Fortune
               ,
               as
               during
               his
               banishment
               ,
               hee
               did
               much
               busie
               
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               entermedle
               with
               matters
               of
               State
               ,
               and
               took
               upon
               him
               to
               counsel
               the
               State
               (
               as
               if
               he
               had
               been
               stil
               at
               the
               helm
               )
               by
               letters
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               some
               Epistles
               of
               his
               ,
               which
               are
               extant
               .
               Seneca
               indeed
               ,
               who
               was
               condemned
               for
               many
               Corruptions
               and
               crimes
               ,
               and
               banished
               into
               a
               solitary
               Island
               ,
               kept
               a
               mean
               ;
               &
               though
               his
               pen
               did
               not
               freeze
               ,
               yet
               he
               abstained
               from
               intruding
               into
               matters
               of
               business
               ;
               but
               spent
               his
               time
               in
               writing
               Books
               of
               excellent
               argument
               and
               use
               for
               all
               Ages
               ,
               though
               hee
               might
               have
               made
               better
               choyce
               (
               sometimes
               )
               of
               his
               Dedications
               .
            
             
               These
               Examples
               confirmed
               mee
               much
               in
               a
               resolution
               (
               whereunto
               I
               was
               otherwise
               inclined
               )
               to
               spend
               my
               time
               wholly
               in
               writing
               ,
               &
               to
               put
               forth
               that
               poor
               talent
               ,
               or
               half
               talent
               or
               what
               it
               is
               that
               God
               hath
               given
               me
               .
               But
               revolving
               with
               my self
               my
               Writings
               as
               wel
               those
               which
               I
               have
               publisht
               ,
               as
               those
               I
               have
               in
               hand
               ,
               me
               thought
               they
               all
               went
               into
               the
               City
               
               and
               none
               into
               the
               Temple
               ;
               where
               ,
               because
               I
               found
               so
               great
               consolation
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               make
               some
               poor
               oblation
               :
               Therefore
               I
               have
               chosen
               an
               Argument
               mixt
               of
               Reliligious
               and
               Civill
               Considerations
               ;
               and
               likewise
               mixt
               between
               Contemplative
               and
               Active
               .
               This
               work
               ,
               because
               I
               was
               ever
               an
               enemy
               to
               flattering
               Dedications
               ,
               I
               have
               dedicated
               to
               you
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               our
               ancient
               and
               privat
               acquaintance
               .
               And
               because
               amongst
               the
               men
               of
               our
               times
               ,
               I
               held
               you
               in
               especiall
               Reverence
               .
            
             
               
                 Your
                 loving
                 Friend
                 ,
                 Fra.
                 St.
                 Alban
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               IN
               Obitum
               Incomparabilis
               FRANSCI
               DE
               VERULAMIO
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 DUM
                 moriens
                 tantam
                 nostris
                 
                   Verulamius
                   Heros
                
              
               
                 Tristitiam
                 Musis
                 ,
                 luminaque
                 uda
                 facit
                 :
              
               
                 Credimus
                 heu
                 nullū
                 fieri
                 post
                 fata
                 beatum
                 ,
              
               
                 Credimus
                 &
                 Samium
                 desipuisse
                 senem
                 .
              
               
                 Scilicet
                 hic
                 
                   miseris
                   ,
                   felix
                
                 nequit
                 esse
                 Camaenis
              
               
                 Nec
                 se
                 quam
                 Musas
                 plus
                 amat
                 iste
                 suas
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 luctantē
                 animā
                 Clotho
                 imperiosa
                 cöegit
              
               
                 Ad
                 coelum
                 ,
                 invitos
                 traxit
                 in
                 astra
                 pedes
                 .
              
               
                 Ergone
                 Phoebeias
                 jacuisse
                 putabimus
                 artes
                 ?
              
               
                 Atque
                 herbas
                 Clarii
                 nil
                 valuisse
                 Dei
                 ?
              
               
                 Phoebus
                 idē
                 potuit
                 ,
                 nec
                 virtus
                 abfuit
                 herbis
              
               
                 Hunc
                 artem
                 atque
                 illas
                 vim
                 retinere
                 putes
                 :
              
               
                 At
                 Phoebū
                 (
                 ut
                 metuit
                 ne
                 Rex
                 foret
                 iste
                 Camaenis
                 )
              
               
                 Rivali
                 medicam
                 crede
                 negasse
                 manum
                 .
              
               
                 Hinc
                 dolor
                 est
                 ;
                 quod
                 cum
                 
                   Phoebo
                   Verulamius
                   Heros
                
              
               
                 Major
                 erat
                 reliquis
                 ,
                 hac
                 foret
                 arte
                 minor
                 .
              
               
               
                 Vos
                 tamē
                 ,
                 ô
                 tantū
                 manes
                 atque
                 
                   umbra
                   ,
                   Camaenae
                
              
               
                 Et
                 poenae
                 inferni
                 pallida
                 turba
                 Jovis
                 ,
              
               
                 Si
                 spiratis
                 adhuc
                 ,
                 &
                 non
                 lucistis
                 ocellos
                 ,
              
               
                 Sed
                 neque
                 post
                 illum
                 vos
                 superesse
                 putem
                 :
              
               
                 Si
                 vos
                 ergo
                 aliquis
                 de
                 morte
                 reduxerit
                 Orpheus
                 ,
              
               
                 Istaque
                 non
                 aciem
                 fallit
                 imago
                 meam
                 :
              
               
                 Discite
                 nunc
                 gemitus
                 ,
                 &
                 lamentabile
                 carmen
                 ,
              
               
                 Exoculis
                 vestris
                 Lacryma
                 multa
                 fluat
                 .
              
               
                 En
                 quam
                 multa
                 fluit
                 ?
                 Veras
                 agnosco
                 Camaenas
              
               
                 Et
                 lacrymas
                 ,
                 Helicon
                 vix
                 satis
                 unus
                 erit
                 ;
              
               
                 Deucalionaeis
                 &
                 qui
                 non
                 mersus
                 inundis
              
               
                 Pernassus
                 (
                 mirum
                 est
                 )
                 hisce
                 latebit
                 aquis
                 .
              
               
                 Scilicet
                 hic
                 periit
                 ,
                 per
                 quē
                 vos
                 vivitis
                 ,
                 &
                 qui
              
               
                 Multâ
                 Pierias
                 nutriit
                 artes
                 Deas
                 .
              
               
                 Vidit
                 ut
                 hic
                 artes
                 nulla
                 radice
                 retentas
                 ,
              
               
                 Languere
                 ut
                 summo
                 semina
                 sparsa
                 solo
                 ;
              
               
                 Crescere
                 Pegaseas
                 docuit
                 ,
                 velut
                 Hasta
                 Quirini
              
               
                 Crevit
                 ,
                 &
                 exiguo
                 tempore
                 Laurus
                 erat
                 .
              
               
                 Ergo
                 Heliconiadas
                 docuit
                 cū
                 crescere
                 divas
                 ,
              
               
                 Diminuent
                 hujus
                 secula
                 nulla
                 decus
                 .
              
               
                 Nec
                 ferre
                 ulterius
                 generosi
                 pectoris
                 aestus
              
               
                 Contemptū
                 potuit
                 ,
                 Diva
                 Minerva
                 ,
                 tuum
                 ,
              
               
                 Restituit
                 calamus
                 solitū
                 divinus
                 honorem
                 ,
              
               
                 Dispulit
                 &
                 nubes
                 alter
                 Apollo
                 tuas
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Dispulit
                 &
                 tenebras
                 sed
                 quas
                 obsusca
                 vetustas
                 ,
              
               
                 Temporis
                 &
                 prisci
                 lippasenecta
                 tulit
                 ;
              
               
               
                 Atque
                 alias
                 methodos
                 sacrum
                 instauravit
                 acumen
                 ,
              
               
                 Gnossiaque
                 eripuit
                 ,
                 sed
                 sua
                 fili
                 dedit
                 .
              
               
                 Scilicet
                 antiquo
                 sapientum
                 vulgus
                 in
                 aevo
              
               
                 Tam
                 claros
                 oculos
                 non
                 habuisse
                 liquet
                 ;
              
               
                 Hi
                 velut
                 Eoo
                 surgens
                 de
                 littore
                 Phoebus
                 ,
              
               
                 Hic
                 velut
                 in
                 mediâ
                 fulget
                 Apollo
                 die
                 :
              
               
                 Hi
                 veluti
                 Typhis
                 tentarunt
                 aequora
                 primum
                 ,
              
               
                 At
                 vix
                 deseruit
                 littora
                 prima
                 ratis
                 ,
              
               
                 Pleiadas
                 hic
                 Hyadasque
                 atque
                 omnia
                 sydera
                 noscens
                 ,
              
               
                 Syrtes
                 ,
                 atque
                 tuos
                 ,
                 improba
                 Sylla
                 ,
                 canes
                 ;
              
               
                 Scit
                 quod
                 vitandum
                 est
                 ,
                 quo
                 dirigat
                 aequore
                 navem
                 ,
              
               
                 Certius
                 &
                 cursum
                 nautica
                 monstrat
                 acus
                 ;
              
               
                 Infantes
                 illi
                 Musas
                 ,
                 hic
                 gignit
                 adultas
                 ;
              
               
                 Mortales
                 illi
                 ,
                 gignit
                 at
                 iste
                 Deas
                 .
              
               
                 Palman
                 ideo
                 reliquis
                 
                   Magna
                   instauratio
                   libris
                
              
               
                 Abstulet
                 ,
                 &
                 cedunt
                 squalida
                 turba
                 sophi
                 ,
              
               
                 Et
                 vestita
                 novo
                 Pallas
                 modo
                 prodit
                 amictu
              
               
                 Anguis
                 depositis
                 ut
                 nitet
                 exuviis
                 .
              
               
                 Sic
                 Phoenix
                 cineres
                 spectat
                 modo
                 nata
                 paternos
                 ,
              
               
                 Aesonis
                 &
                 rediit
                 prima
                 juventa
                 senis
                 .
              
               
                 Instaurata
                 suos
                 &
                 sic
                 Verulamia
                 muros
              
               
                 Jactat
                 ,
                 &
                 antiquum
                 sperat
                 ab
                 inde
                 decus
              
               
                 Sed
                 quāta
                 effulgēt
                 plus
                 quā
                 mortalis
                 ocelli
              
               
                 Lumina
                 ,
                 dum
                 regni
                 mystica
                 sacra
                 canat
                 ?
              
               
                 Dum
                 sic
                 naturae
                 leges
                 ,
                 arcanaque
                 Regum
                 ,
              
               
                 Tanquam
                 à
                 secretis
                 esset
                 utrisque
                 can●t
                 :
              
               
                 Dū
                 canat
                 Henricū
                 ,
                 qui
                 Rex
                 ,
                 idemque
                 sacerdos
              
               
                 Connubio
                 stabili
                 junxitutramque
                 Rosam
                 .
              
               
               
                 Arqui
                 haec
                 sunt
                 nostris
                 longe
                 majora
                 Camaenis
                 ,
              
               
                 Non
                 haec
                 infaelix
                 Granta
                 sed
                 Aula
                 sciat
                 :
              
               
                 Sed
                 cum
                 Granta
                 labris
                 admoverit
                 ube●a
                 tantis
              
               
                 Jus
                 habet
                 in
                 laudes
                 (
                 maxime
                 Alumne
                 )
                 tuas
              
               
                 Jus
                 habet
                 ,
                 ut
                 moestos
                 Lacrymis
                 extingueret
                 ignes
                 ,
              
               
                 Posset
                 ut
                 è
                 medio
                 diripuisse
                 rogo
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 nostrae
                 tibi
                 nulla
                 ferant
                 encomia
                 Musae
                 ,
              
               
                 Ipse
                 canis
                 ,
                 laudes
                 &
                 canis
                 inde
                 tuas
                 .
              
               
                 Nos
                 tamen
                 &
                 laudes
                 ,
                 quâ
                 possumus
                 arte
                 ,
                 canemus
                 ,
              
               
                 Si
                 tamen
                 ars
                 desit
                 ,
                 laus
                 erit
                 iste
                 dolor
                 .
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A76741-e180
           
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             412.
             of
             Wotton's
             Letters
             .