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Show ------------.A- L-e~tt-er-, -to -my- l:-..o~rd- M-a~y o~u=r,= ~~c.~ --~1· ~ Letter~ to my Lord Mayour, upon GZ Procee~ing, in a Pril'4te Cauft. My very good Lord; I did little expeCl, when I left.your L~rdJbip lafr, chat tbere would have bee~, a Proceedmg agamft Mr .Barnard,to his Overthrow. Whe~cln I m~fr confefs my Self, to be, in a fort, Acceffaty: 13ecaufe, he rdymg upon tne, f?r Counfel I advifed that Courfc, which he followed. Whcrem now I begin, to quefiion my fdf, whether in prefcrvi~1g tny RefpeCls, unto your Lordfhip, and the Reft,. I have not fad~d, t.n. the Duty, of my Profeffion, to~ards my <:bent. .F?r cerrau~ly~tf the words .had been hainous, and fpoken tn a mahcwus fafhwn, ~nd in [orne publick place, and well proved ; And no~ a Prattle, 111 a Tavern, caught hold of by one, who, (as I hear) !Sa detccred Sycophant ( standiJh I ~can;) yet I k~ow not? what co 1ld have been done more, than to tmpofe upon htm, a gncvous Fme;. And to require, the Levying of the fame; And to Ta~c a~IIJay bts tncans of Life, by his Disfranchifrment ; A~1d t? commit h11n, to a D~famcd Prifon, during Chri~mafs ; In Honour whereof? the Pnfoncrs, in other Courts, doe,. commo~ly,of grace, obtain fom.e Enlargement. This Rigor of Proceed11~g:C to tcll_yo1Ir LordJhtp,and the ref\: as my good Friends, my Opm10n, plamly,) tcndeth not ·tO ftre~gthen Authority, which is beft fupp'one~, by Love, and Fear intermixed· But rather, to make People dtfcontented, and Servile· ~fpecially, when fuch Punii11ment is infii6ted,for words, not by RuleofLaw,but by a _Juri[diEfion of Difcretion,which would evennore,· be moderately uied. And I pray God, whereas Mr. Recorder, when I was with you_, did \~\?11, an~ wif~ly, put you in mind, of the Admonitions, you rotten recetvcd frotn my Lords, that you i11ould bridle unruly Tongues; That th?fe kind of Speeches, and Rumours , w~ereunto thofc Admomuons doe rcterr, which arc concerning t.hc State,.and Honou~ thereof, doc not pafs ~oo . licentiouily, in the City, unpunlfhed.; wlule the_fe W,ords, wh1ch concern you( particular, are fo frnughtly et~qmred 1nto, and p~nifhcd with fuch Extremiy. But thefc Thmgs, your ~Y~vn wtfdom,( firi1,or lafi:,) will beH: reprcfent unto you. My wnu.ng_ unto you at this time, is, to the en~, ~hat how~ocver I doe take 1t 10~1cwhat unki'ndly, rhat my Mcdtanon preva1le~t~o more;yet I mtght 1 · prcftrvc, that further H.cfpcCl, that I an1 w!llmg to u[e,unto fuch I a Stare, in delivering my Opin\on,unto you,freely,before I would be of Counfel, or move any thing, that {hould crofs your Proc~e- 1 dings; which, notwithftanding, (in c~fc, my Client, ·~an.receiVC no Relief,at your hands,) I mufr, and will doe. Con.t:mumg, nc-vrrthdcfs, in other Things, my wonted good Affection, to your Selves, and your Occafions. .A ' ' ~--· -----"------·---~ ------------ ~1 Letter, to his Majeilie, concerning Peachams•Caufe. A Letter, to my Lord Treafurer Salisbury upon 4 New-years Tide. ' It may pleafeyour good Lordi11ip, J Would Emrea t,the New y~ar,to an[ wer for the 0(4, in my hutn·~ ~lc Thanks to your Lordfhzp; . Both for many your Fcivours, and ch_1efiy, that upon .the Occafion, of Mr . .Atturneyr Infirmity, I found ~our Lordjhtp, even as I could wii11. This dorh encreafe a de fire 1n me, to exprefs my Thankfulltninde, ro your Lo dfb · . Hoping, that though I finde Age, and Decayes, grow up~~ :J:e" yet I may have a Flafh, or two, of Spirit, left to doe you Service' And.I doc pr?tefl befo~c God, wit~our Complement, or any Ii h~ V anuy of Mmde, that 1fi knew, 1n what Courfe of Life to ~oe you bdl S~rvice, ~ ~ould take it, and make my Thoughts: which now fly to many 'P-teccs, to be reduced to that Center. But all this~ is no I?ore, tha~ I am ; which is not much : But yet th'e E_nt_1re_ o fhum, that J.s, &c. ...,......_._ _______________ . _.;_ ___ , . ~Letter, to his MafeA:y, concerning Pe~chams Caufe, January 21. t6i4• . · · . I It may pleaft your ExceDent Majefty, JT griev~th ~c exc~edit1gl y, that your Majefly~ fhould be fo much troubled, wu~ th~s ~atcer of Peacham; whofe Raging De'll'il, feemeth to be turn d, Into a Dumh Dtl;i/. · But although, we arc driven:; to make our way, through ~e~ions, (which I wiili were 0 .: the1 wife,) yet I hope well, the End will be good~ But then, every Man, mu.il pu~ roo,. his H~lping Hand; for elfe~ I n1uft fay to .your /l'fa;efty, tn thts, and thchke Cafes, as St. Paul [aid, to the Cmturion, when fome~f the M~riners, had an Eye, to the Cockboat; ExceptthefeftaytntheSIJtp,ye~annotbefa(e. I finde, in my Lords, great, and worthy, Care, of the Bufinefs. And for my pan, I hold tny qpinion, and am firengthned in it, by [orne .Re· cords, that I have found. God prefervc your Maiefty. Your Majeffies, n1oft humble; and devoted · SubieR, and Servant. r, Ggg - .... ------· ~----~----------~----~~------------~----= • '' |
