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Show -40 I . A Letter, of like A rgum~nt, to the Lord Chancello~' . i the Profeffion, and in that fpectal Pla~e. Yet ~ecaufe, I th.mk, 1t will encreafe my praCl:ice, a~d that l.tmay fat1sfy my Fr.tends; And becaufe . I have been voiCed to 1t, I ~o?ld be g_lad It were d Wherein I 1nay fay to your Lordfhrp, m thc Confidence, oofn eo.u r poor Kinf'm an, and of a Man, b y you a dv ance d ; Tu .d t em fer~ em, qui spem dedifti: Fo~·, I am fure, lt was not poflible? for a: Mah Living, to have recetv~d, from another~ tno.re figmficant, and comfortable, words of Hope; your Lord~tp bemg plea fed~ to 11 me durino- the Courfe of my lafi: ServiCe, that you would te · fc m'e . AnJ that when you had refolved; to raife a ~an, you ~~re mo;e carefull ~fhitn, than himfelf; And that , what you had done for me, in my Marriage, was a ~enefit to me, but ot no ufe, to yonr Lordfhip; And thetefore, ~ mtght affurc n1y S~lf, .yqu would not leave me there; with many hkeS p~eches, whtch I knew, my Duty roo well, to take any othe~ hold of, than the Hold, of a Thankfull Jtemenibrance. And I acknowledge,and all the.World knoweth, that your Lordfhip, i~ no Dealer, ot Holy water, butl.Noble, and Ref1.l; And, on my part, I am of a fur~ ground, that I have committed nothing,rhat may ~eferve alteratlon.And therfore,my Hope is, your Lordj~ip,wi~l ~ndb a good Work,andc?n~der,th~t Time roweth pret1ous wtth 1ne, and that I am now m r:ergentt-l A g · And although I know, that your Fortune 1s not to r;~ ..annu. ll'b d · need, an Hundred [uch as I atn, yet I ilia e eve~ rea y, t<? gtve you my befr, and Firft fruits; And to fupply, (as 1nucn as lll me lieth,) Worthinc[s, by Thankfulnefs. ·. A Letter,o{like Apgument, to the LoRD C :W: A M C E L L 0 R. It may pleafe your f..Ood Lordf11ip, . . . . s I conceived it to be a Refolutlon, both wtth hts Maftfty '· ~nd A our Lordfhips of his Council, that I fhould ?e plac~d $oUrctte~, andy the solliciter > to be removed, to be t~e I~tngf Ser,eant : So I mofl: thankfully acknowledge,yoQr_L.ordjhtps furthcrance,and fo~wardncfs thcrdn ; your ~ordfhip, bemg the Man, that firir devtfed the Mean : Wherefore, 111~ humble R~quefi, to yo~t Lor~fhi i., that. y·ou would [et in, wtth [orne .Strength, to fimfh. thts !ur work: VVhich I a{fure your Lordfhrp, I defire the rathet,berau[ e being placed, I hope, .for J:?any Favours, at laft, to.b~ able, tO doc you [orne better Servtce. For as~ am, your Lor~fh'P '" at~n~t ufe me·; nor fcarcely indeed know me; Not that I va.mly ~htn~, I fhall be able, to doe any great Matter s , ~m. cer.tatnly, 1t wtl; fian1e me tO u[e a nearer Obferva.ncc,and Apphcauon,to fuch, a I honour [o much, as I doe your .L.ord(h1p; And not, (I hope,) 1 wid'ouc fome ~ood Offices, wh1Cl1In2y, now and then, deierve I _ o _ ~m ·w -- _ · _ _ .• -=---~--~~....,.- ' ' I eA Letter, to the king, touching the Solliciters Place. / 41 your Thank~. And hercwitha!l, -~g~od my ·L~rd..,) I humbly pray -your Lorcjfhzp, t~ collfider., that 1zme groweth precious with me, and that a Marrted Man, 1s 7. years elder, in hh thoua-hts the firfi: Clay. And thc~eforr, \rvha~ a difc0tn~ortable "Phing ir is'for ·me, to be J:Infetlcd fi1ll ?. C.ertamly_, were lt nor, that I think my Self born, to doc 11!-Y Soverazgn Servtce; And therefore, in that Station, I. ":'ill Fve and dye-; Od~crwife, for; min~ own Private com_. fort, 1t were better for me, t,lat the Ktng, dtd blot n1c out ofhis ~ook; Or that .I fbould turn my Courfe, to endeavour, to fctve, 1n fome othc~ kmde, than _for me,. to fiand thus at a fi:opp 5 And ~o have that lutle Rept:rauon, whtch ~y my In~ufrry I gathier.~ tO be fcattered? and taken away, by conunua.l Difgraces, every new Man commmg above n1e. Sure I am, I {hall nev0t have fairer Promifcs, and .VVords, fro~ all yot:1r Lorafhips. ·For :I know nor what .my ServiCes are; ( fav1ng that y~ur Lordfhipr tdld me; they were g?od;) ~i1d I would bcleevc;you, 1n a much grea'trr Matter. Were lt notlung dfe, I hope tl1eJModefty of my "-Sute, deferveth fomc~hat; ~or I.know 'we~l, the SoUic~ters Place:; is not as y0ur f:ordfhtp, left 1t; Ttme workmg Atlterauon; fomewhat in the Profeffion, much more in that tpecia.I Place. But to conclude, a~ my Honourable Lad;·, your WIfe, ·was f0n1c Mean, to n1ake me . ro change theN arne of Anot~er; So if it plcafe you, to help·1n;, to change n1ine own N a1ne, I can be, but more and more bounden to.you : And I am much deceived, if your Lordfhip, finde not the Ktn7,~ well inclined; and my Lord ofSalilbury forward, and af-fe6Honate. ', 1 -----~..._.-~-·------~ ....... - ·_ 4 Letter, to tbe King, tottcbing the Sollicicers · · Place. · HOW honefily ready I have beet~ (moil: gtacious Sort:eraign, J to . doe your Majefty humble ServKc;ro the bdtof my power,and Hl a manner, beyond n1y power, (as· I now frand,) I am not fo unfortunate, but your Maieffie knoweth. For both, in the Commijfion of Ynion, (the Labour whereof, for Men of my Profeffion) retied tnoH upon my l~and;) And this laH Parliam~nt, in the Bill of the Subjidy; Both Body and Preamble; In the Bill of Attainders, both Trefbam, and the reH:; ln t 1e Matter of Purveyt~.nce; In rhe . Ecclefiaftical Petitions; ln the G~ievances; And the like; as I was ever carcfull, (and not without good Succefs~} fomcrimcs to put for~ard, that which was good; f~metimes to keep ba~k, that wluch w~s not fo good j So yout Ma;efty '.Vas plea fed, kindly to accept of my Services, and to 'fay to me; Such ConfliCts \vcrc the Warts of Peace; And fuch Vi~qries the Vi61:ories ofPeace; And therefore fuch Servants, that obtained them, were by Kings, F ff 2 that l ' .. |