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Show A letter, to tbe J.{ing, &c. [< . hat it mo~ght be,-~ithout prcju~tic-c-~,-t-o_h_i_s_co_t_u_in~u-a_·nc_e; ;u::htat, otherwife~ your Majeftie efrremcd a ~erva~t, mon~ t~an a Ser~'ice. efpecially fuch a Sn·vant. Surely, 111 mm~ Oplnton, 1our M;,eft. were better, put oft th~day, th~n want h~s prefence, ~onfidering}'the Caufc 'of tb.c puttmg off, 1s fo n~tonous; A~1J then the Capital, al)d the Crtmmal, may ·come tOgether, the next T'ti~~ve not been unprofit~ble, it~ helping to dif~over, .an~ ex~mine within thefc few dayes, alate Patent, by. Surrep~1on obtatned f;om our .Ma;efty, of the great.eft F~reH, m England, worth l y der Colour of a Defechve Tttlc,for a matter of 4oo l. 3 0 0 0 0 • l:ln ' r. 1 fi: b {l.' 0 The Perfon mull be named, becaulc t le Patent, mu e que 1 .- d It is a·crreat perfon, my Lord of shrewsbury; Or rather, (as I nhe. ·k ) a 0 r~ater than he ' which is my Lady ~r shrewsbury. But I t 111 humb' l r·-ay;your Majefty,' to k• n ow. t h l·S £i ~1111:.. ' rl: r~In my Lo rd 'Tir e a • (urer; ~o, methinks, groweth even fiud10us, 111 your Buftnefs. G()d preferve your Malefty. Your Majefties moft ~1umble and devoted,, . subietl, and Servant. The rather, in regard of Mr. Mur:ay~s .Abfenu, I humhly pray your M~Jefl:y' to /:~ave a little regard, to thts Let~ tcr. ------ A Let~er, to the King, toa_cbin.g ·my Lord C?anceilers A· mendment J and the put t1.1!_g off, . of J. S. hu Caufep February 7:· 1 6 Lt. 1 It may pl~afe }o~r excelle;;t Majeft.y, i . . My Lord Chanuller, fcnt for me, to fpeak wtth me, thts M~r-. nine:, about 8. of the clock. I perceive,he hath now,,tl~at StgnS$. m Sanitatis, as to feel bette~ his former weakn~fs. F~r ~t 1s true, I did a little tnifl:ru(l, .that It was but a Boutaae, of Deftre? and · goo~.-1 Spirit, when he promi~ed h.im~elf; flrength for Fnd~y, tt1ouP"h I was wohn, and cart1ed With lt. But .now, I findc hun, well inclined, to ufe, ( tbould I fay) your Libert)', or rath~r your lnt(rdiEl, fi.crnifycd by Mr.Seeretary,from your MajeHy. Hts Lordfhip tbewed me alfo, your o·wn Letter, whereof he had told me befor~, but had not fhcwed it me. W hadball I fay ? I doe much admire, your Goodnefs, for writing fuch a Letter, at fuch a time. · He had fent alfo, to my Lortl Treafurer, to defire him, to come to him about that time. His Lordfhip came ; And, not to trouble · your A Letter, to the King, of account~ of Owens CaUJe~ &c; your MajeH~, with circumfl:anccs, coth their L;rd(bips co~1~lu~k~i · my Self pre.ien~, an~ ~oncurring; Tna tit could be no prcju· licc~ · tO your Ma;eHus Servtce, to pm off the day, for I. s~ ti!l the l1LXt Ta·f!Z· Tnc rather, becJufc there are Seven, of your Pri7.1y Counc;l) wh1eh arc. at l~afi, Numerus, Jnd part of the Court, which arc· by !nfirm1~y, like to be abfcnt; That is, my Lord chancell~r, my : · ~o~d ~dmtrul, my L~rd of Shr'ewsbur)', my Lord of f::xceter , 111y: Lord ":'ouch, my Lord Stanhope, and Mr_. chance/fer of the Dutcby : ' whcrefor~·tl1ey agreed, to hold a CounCil, coo morrow, in the af- ~~ tern~on, for that purpofc. : It IS tr~e, that I. was alwayes of Opinion, that it was no time loH:; And I doe tl11nk fo, the rather, becaufc I could be content tha.t the. Matter of Peacham, were firfi: fctled, and put to a point: . For ~hoc b.e' perchance, that would tnake the Example ~pon I.S. to fL:lnd. f?r all. Fo.r Pt'ach:zm, I expect, . iomc account, from my Fellows, thts day. ~fIt fho~lLt fa.ll out ocherwife,thcn;I llDpc,it may ~1ot, b~ 1~ft f~. :1 our .!VI~fefty, 111 your laH: Letter, very wifdy, pur 111 a DtSJ~ncbve, that d1e fudges, fhould deliver an Opinion, priva: el~, either to my Lord cha":celler, or to our Selves, diflributcd: Hts .SIC.knefs, I?ade the l:.uc.r way, to ~c taken :But the oth<:r may be re{crved, wtth fome Accommodating, vvhc:n we fee, tl:c fuccefs ·of the Former. I I am ~ppointed·? this day, ~o attend tny Loi:d Treafurer, for a :ropofinon, of~atfing Profit, and Reve.new? by JnfranchifinJ{ Copybolders. I am ~tg.ht glad, to fee the Patrtmomal part of your Revencw, vl.:clllook d Into, as well as the.Fifcal. And I hope it will (o ?e, 111 other parts; as wdl as th1s. God preferve your Maleftre. Your Majefties, moil humble, and devoted; s~bjelif~ and Servant~ -;..__-,:.__._ ___ . __ __;. ______ ...;.:,____.-:;... ___ _ A Letter, to the King, of account, of Owens Caufe ~ &c. I 1 February} 16 r4. , It may plet{e Jirl.ur excellent Majefiy, . / MY Selt, w1th the re!l:, of your Counfel Learn-ed, confeted with my f:ord Cooke, and the rcfi· of the Iudf!.eS, of the KinJ!.S Bench, o1:d y, bemg met at my Lords C hambcr, concerning the buft.nefs o~ O«~n . . For alrhcugh it be true, that your Maiejfy, in your Letter, dtd men non, that the fame Courfe, n1ighc beheld, in the Takincr of Opinions, apart, in this, which was prefcribed, and ufcd,i~ Peach~ms Caufe; yet both my Lords of the Council, and vvc amongfi: our S~lves, hol~ing it, in a. Cafe fo clear~ not ncedfull ; But rathat 1t would 1m port, a diffidence in us, and deprive us , of the means, to debate it, with the Judges, (if caufc were) more fhong- . Hhh f, · ------- ,Y |