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Show .A Letter, of .A dl1ice, to the Earl ofEffex, &c. tyed to anot~ers Fifi. But ~ean while, I conti?ue my pr~fum ption, of makmg to your MaJe~y, ~y poo.r Oblauon, o} a Garment, as unworthy the Wearing, as h1s iervKe that fends lt : But the Approach, to your ~xccllent P~rfon, may give Worth to both : which is all the Happme{fe I afp1re unto. ~ .A Letter~ of Advice, to tbD Earl of Effex, to tal(g upon him,' the Care, eflrifh Caufts, l)Jhen Mr~ Secretary G:eciU 'll7M in· Fraunce. My fingular good ·Ldrd, . . 1 Doe write, be~aufe I h~d no t.une, ful.ly to expreffc.1ny Conceit~ to your Lord(ptp, touch1ng Irifh Affa1rs; confidenng them, a, they may concern, your Lordfhip; Knowing, rb~t you will confider them, as they rna y concern the State. Tnat 1t 1s one ·of the aptefi particulars:, that hath come, · o~ .can come upon the St~ge, for your Lordfhip,to ptirchaf~ ~~nour upon,~ am moved to t~lQk, for 3. Rca[ons. Becaufe, It IS mgenerate, 111 your Haufe, In r efpeCt of my Lord, your Fathers, ~ob!e Attempt~ : Bccaufe, of all ~ttc A Efions, of State, on foot,. at this ume, the Laoour r efieth mofi:, in that f~rticula.r; ~nd ?ecaufe., the rrorl~, vyjlllnake a kinde of Companfon, between thofe, ~hat fet 1t out ofFra.tne, and t~ofe that bring it into Frame :whiCh kin~ of H~nour,givcth the qu1ckefi: kind of Rifle~ion. T.he Transferrmgthi~ Ho?o~r, upon your fclf, confifreth In 2. pomts : The one, 1f the Prmctpal Perfor:s employ'd, come in by you, and depend upon you: The other, 1f your LfJrdfhip,decl:xte your felt,~nd profefsto undertake,a Care of r~at Kingdom. Forthe Per[~m, 1t falleth ~ut well,. that your ~ordf1;zf. , nath had no Interefi, m rt ·e Ptr[ons o£ Imputatton: For ne~rhe~, ~1r wiUiam Fitz.-wdliams, nor Sir JohnNorrice, was yours. Str WtUtam Ruff'ell, was conceived yours, but was curbe~. _ ?ir (oniers clifford, (as I conceive it,) dependeth on you, who 1s !a1d to do well. ~nd j if my Lord of Ormond, in this Interim, doth accommodate thmgs well, (as it is [aid he doth,) I tak~ 1t, he hath, a~wa yes? had good Underfi:-anding~ with your Lord[htp: ~ o as all Things,hlthcrto,are not only w:1ole, and entire, but oftavourable AtpeCt, t~wards your Lordfhip, if hereafter you choofc well. C~ncern1ng the Care of Bufinege, the genera~, and popular Conceit hath been, J that Irifh Caufes have been.much n~gle.U:ed; whereby, the Reputation, ofb~tter Care, Will put L1te intO them. Bur for a Beginning-, and Key, to that which (hall follow_; It wer~ good, your l.ordfhip, would have-, fon1elarge, and fenotas, Conference, with Sir william Ru[fell, Sir Richard Binj,bam, the Earl of Toumon1, and Mr. wilbraham; To know their Relation of the pafi: ; Their Opinion of the prefent; and Thc:ir Advife for the fu ture. For 1 .A Letter of Ad'vice, to the Eatl of Eifex1 (~c • For d~e Points, of Appojing the1n, I am too n1uch a Stranger, to the Bufindfe, to deduce them : But, in a general To pique, methinks, the pertinent Interrogations, mufr be; Either, of the Poffibili ty, and Mean~, of Accord; or of the Nature, of theW arre; . or. of the Refo!1nation,?f ~bufes ; Or of the joyning, ofPraCt:ice with Force, In the.Dif~nlon, of the Rehells. I.f your Lordfhip ~oubt, to p~t your Sulele, I.nto anothers Hllrveft; F 1:fr, Time brings It to you, In Mr. Secretarus Abfence : Next, bemg mixt, with matter ofWarre, it is fittefr for you: And laftly, I know, your Lordfhip, will carry it, with that Modefty, and Refpeet, towards Aged Dignity ; And that go~d Correfpondence,towards my d~ar ¥.mfman, and your good Frtend, now abroad, as no Inconvenience, rna y grow that way. ThU<S have I played, the Ignorant Stattfman; Which I doe, to No Body, but your Lordfhip ; except to the !J.!!len, fometimes, when fhe traine's me on. But your Lordfhip will ac~ept my Duty , and good Meaning; And fecure, me, ~ouching the privatenelfe, of that I write. A Eette~, of Advice; to the Earl of Elfex; upon the firft Trea~ ty, wttb Tyrone, 159 I, hefo~e ~h.e Earl"'~ nmninattd, for the Charge of Ireland. · _, Myverygood Lord, · C?ncerning th~ .A~verti{emenU, which your Lor~(hip impart. ed t<? 1~e~ t?uch1ng the State o~ Ireland, fo~ ~1lling Duties fake, ~ wtll fer down, to your Lordfhtp, what OpiniOn, fprang in my Mtnde, upon. that I read. . . . The Letter, f~om the Counftl, there, leaning to tniftruft, and dl{fwade. t~e Treaty, 1 do not much rely on, for 3. Caufes. Firfi, becaufe It tsalwayes, the Grace, and the Safety, offuch a Counfell, to erte in Caut~on :. wh~reunto add, that it may be, they, or fo~e ~f them, ~re not wuho.ut Envy, tow~rds the Perfon, who is . uf~d, In treatmg the Accord. . Next, becaufe the Time of this Tr~a~;·:1 ~ath no iliew ~fDiffi~ulation; For that Tjrone, is now in no fira1ght~; bpt ~e IS more hke a.Gamefter, tha~ will give over, b~caufe he Is a W Inner,than becauf~, he hath no more Money, in his Purfe. LafHy, I do not fee, but thofe Articles, whrreupon they ground their Sufpicion, may as well proceed out of Fear, as .out of F alfehood. For the Retaining, the Dependance; of the Yrtaghts ; ~he p;otracting, the A.dmi:ffio~, of a Sheriff; The f\e..: fufing, to giv~ his·sonne, fot an Hoff age ; The Holding off, from prefent ~epa1r~ to Du_hlin; The Refufing, to goc p1:cfently to Accord, Without Includmg OdonneU, and other his .A ffociates; May very s |
