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Show Th£ Life of the Henourable Aut~t<>f. Of which flpu[e, he ll'tlll' · a Member ;/&;ne be EreCted, that fJegant Pile -o or Strulture, cq»n~~nZJ ~0'¥1"1t, by the NAme, of the Lord Bacons,Lodgings .: w_l~kh he inhabited, by T ur11J, them~ p11rt of~;/Lifi:, C]ll1fle. fow JMrJ onely e.xcepted,) IIJitO biJ P.Jitlg ]?.ay. In Fhzcb~o.v[~, .he camcd hilllfclf, ~ ithfuch Sw~~~llf.ffo, Comtty, ~~GeJtero.Jity ;_That . he WIIJ 'tHUcb revered', ~pqlqtVed, by the ~eader$,dndGen .. ' tle1uen, afth.e 1-Ioufe.J · . . . .. . . "}{ot~ithfotndjrj~tpat bt.profoffedth~ Law., for biJ Live~ lybpod, ~tnd S~t~fifl:ence \ .~et biJ Hear~, 411{/ AjficJ~on, waJ' more carried,·,after ~bq ~fi;a.J.res, an~ J?l;aces, ofE{}ate; For ~l;it:h, iftb~ f\4ajefty 'Rqj'all then; IJadbeen pleitfed, he w11~ mofl.fit. In pi.t young~r year.,, h~ ftzsd~e.d, the Service; and F ortuneJ, (~it-' they caU ti:JepJ,) oft hal· N?ble, but unfortunate Earl, the Ea-rl~[~ffe* ;.unto whom, he was, in a fort, a Private, ancl ft~e, Coun£ Ii~r ; .A1UI g,aeue hiln.fttft, and He~ nourable A4:vic~ ; l,il~, if! tpe end, 'll,;e Earl i1tcli1re~ too mttcb, to the tViclent, ,.utd predpitatt Cqunfol~ of others, biJ AdherentJ, an~f qQo~eri; w~icp wa~ his F~~e, 41tdRuine. . HiJ Birth, tJIJd (Jthe:r 9~~cities, qual~fied hipt, abo'Vt others of hit Profeffion, to batVe OrdintJry Acccjjiu at Court; And to cot~te frequeatly, i11!Q the Qyeens Eye; who would of tell grace him,. wit~ pri.tr(•te, 'and free , Communication ; Not onely abeHt Matters ~f pi.t P~ofe«i0n, or ·Bufincffe in Law ~But alfo1. ,bout the ~vduous Affairs, o[Efiate ; F ro1tt whom.fhe recBifll.ed,jroHt tttne to time,great SatiJ'fa&lion. Ne~ q;erthele.fJe, though foe d;eered him nnuh, with the Bounty, e her Countenance ; yet foe Never cheered him , witb the Eounty, of her Hand: Having never conferrtdupo.n him, any Ordinary Place, or Means, ofHon~ur, or Profit:, Save I onely., one dry Rcverfion, ofthe RegiflerJ Office,in th~ Star! Chamber ; worth. about 1 6o" l. per Annum ; For which he 1 waited, in Ex~f:tatWn, either fHlly, ~r near, '2 o. yeau : 0 which h~ Lord £hip would fay, in O!_Ieen Elizabeths Tinte ; That it was, like another Mans Qround,buttalling upon his Houfe ; which might mend his Profrecr , but it did not fill his Barn. (NetzJertheleffi, in the time, ofKing James, · j it I ---·------------------------~~--~-------------- I J--Th-eLinfe o~ft he~ Ho~nou~rabl~e A-uth-or. -. - it fill unto him. Which might be imp~tted . N. / _ _ her M.ajefiics Averfeneffe or o·rc ff c'f , ot fo much, to AJtotbeArn;, and Policu' o+a ~~r e ~'1n, t~n.·ard.thim; h I b J' 'J eat vtatetman th . w o a Ottred, by all IndJf/1-riou' and r; M ' en ' ,rr; d /, '1. ' Jecret, ean.t to ruh pr~;e' arJ ~ep him down ; Lifl' if l t d ;r; ' J.':rhave obfcured biJ Glory . ' :Jf >a n.Jc", be 11nght .IAl B{l~tthough, hefloodlongat afiaJ', in the Dave.; o,+J.. l\1. llr. t e. ' Qu een Erl Za b et l1 ; Yet, after tbe cha./n ge' 'Ja nds C t~ mtng zn, of his New Mailer, l{ing James hent~dn ontProoreffe · B h 1 ' e 4 great o 11'"' 1 n~ om' oe waJmuchcoviforted in Pla f I ru£1:, Honour, and Revenue. I have Jcen a'Ler ter ce~J. ~ Lo rdlhi ps, to King James, 16herein he ma~J Ack,zto; {~ ~ll mcllt ; That He was that Mafter to him th h d e .rrgeand advanced him nine times. Th . ' . ~· a . ray ted, Sixe times, in office. HiJ Offi~es ( nc; 111 ~gm)ty, and Counfdl Learned Extraordinary ats '~onMcetf'l;'e~ were ; h db ' 011u · aJetty aJhe a een, to Queen Elizabeth. Ki S 11. . c' rall . H. M . n· ' ngs o tetter ene- ' u . a}e tes Attorney Generall ; Counfeller of Efiate~ berngJ'et but At turney; Lord Keeper oft he Grea J.~a~1 Enghland ; Laflly, Lord Chanceller : Which tw: 'fjt ace~, t ~ugh they be the fame, in Author it a d P . yet they differ tn Patent, Heigth ~nd Favour~}t; p ~wer, Since whofe time, noneo+ biJ Su~ccffiours d.doJ. e l rtnche: 1 .... 1 11' '1 · ' 1 ever eear t e tt e, oJ Lord Chanceller Hir Dig .. . Knight ; Then Baron of Ver~lam .' L r~r.j ntVtt~l were' f!rfl Alb h ner;d h ' t!y:J, UCOU.tlt Satnt . a ... Jr :Jot . er good Gifts,alul Bounties,ofthe Hand wbrch hu MaJefty gave bim ; Both out of the Broad ~ And OJtt of the Alienation Office. Seal ' . dT.Eo~ardJAh isdR.ifingyear J, not before, he entred into a ofMAr-arzned C-1 1taHte '.. t l. w;{;. r II'#~ n ~;"-to '-'.e' A Jce, one oftiJe Daughters, d o- eues:l tJJ Benedtct Barn ham, Efquire and AI . erman ofL~ndon ; with wboiiJ He received, a fofficientlample, and llberall Portion, in' Marriage. Children Z had none: which though they be the Means, to perpetuate our NaresN after our DeathJ ; yet he had other Itfues to perpttuate 1~J a me; Tbe Iifues, ofhiJ Br.tin; In which be waJ ever appy, and adl~tired; AJ Jupiter was, in the production oft |