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Show 94 . l Majtffy, will include 1~1e, in any extraordinary Courfe, of youi 1 Soveraign pleafure, which your Majefty {hall like; to take, in this Cat1fe. _ The other Man, I fp<)kc to your Maitfty of, may, within chef~ tWO Terms, be in the f~me fireigh~s, b~tween your MaJf'ftie~. Jufbce, and Mercy, that thts Man now 1s, 1f your Majefly be fo pkafed. So mofl: humbly craving pardon, for my prefuming , to ' feek accdfe, for thefc few Lines, I recommend your MajeStJ'' to the n1oft precious C,uftody, and ~eft prefcrvation, of the Dirv·ine - .. -· _ _... ........ - A1aiefly. . .~·~<.· Your Majeflies, mofr humble, and entirely . obedient, Servant, and SubjeEt. To tbe QEeea. ;rt 1 I ' I ITI t may pleP[e your Ma jefty, · were gteat fimplicity in me, to look for better, than that your VP'rittcn by Majefty, iliould .cat\: away my Letur, as you .have. done Me; {o;~~~~r"J of were It no.r, ~hat It is poffi~le., y~:>U~ A.fajefty, w1ll dunk to find Efiex, · fomewhar m·u_, whereupon your dtfplcafurc may rake hold ; And fo I~dignatiot1, may obtain th~t of you, which Favour could not. N e~ch_er mought ~-'in_ rcafon, pre fume to offer, unto your Majefly, dead ltnes, my felt be1ng excluded as I am; Were it nat upon this andy Argum~nt, or SubjeCt:; Namely, to clear myfelf, in point of Duty. Duty, though my State, lye buried in the Sands; And my Favours, be cait upon the Waters; And my Honours,be commit- ~ ted to the Wind; Yet D:andeth furely built, upon the Rock, and hath been, and ever i111ll be, unforced, and unanen1pted. And thcreforr,finccthcwor/d,out ofErrour, and your MaJefty, I fear, om of A~t, is plcafe~ tO _put upon n1e; Tnat I have fo much, as any Elcchon, or W1ll, m .rhts tny Abfence, from' Attendance; I cannot but leave, this Prorcfi:arion, with vour Afaje~y; That I am, an~ have been, mecrly a patient, and tal:c my felf,onely ·to obey, and exec~te your Maiejties will, And indeed, Madam, I nad nev~r thought 1t _eoiliblc~ that )1our Mair~y, could have [o di[-inrerdfcd ~our felf of me~ Nor that you had been fo perfeCt:, in the Art of iorg~ttihg; Nor that after a Qlintdftnceof Wonnwood, your MaJr~y ,,,auld have taken [o large a Draught ofPoppy; As to have paifc~, ft1 many Su~mcr., wi~nout all Feeling of my Sufferings. But me o?elY Comlorr I have, ts this, that I know your Mafefty ra.keth Delight, and Comentn'lent, in executing, this Difgrace up- : on me. And fin c your MaieftJ'' can find no other u[e of me, I am . gl~d yet, I can ferve for that-. Thus making my mofi humble pe, tiuon, to your Maie~y, that in Jufticc, ( Howioevcr you may by. Hrangcnc{s, untyc, or by vi6lcnce cut Afunc\cr all otl1C-t Knotts,) your t-.~iaj,fty, would not touch n1e, in that which is indiffolublc ; I . . Tbc. t --. --- To r/d-.tord Treafurer Burghley Tna~:ts, p01ll:tOi Dut)· ~ And chat o:ur---~ . . \lll~warramcd pre[umption of y. . Mab~!ejry Wl}l pardon,thls 0.1Y ccafc in all Humblcndfe . ' wntmg, ewg to fu<:h an end: I ' . you~ Majejit"e~ popr, and never fo unworct1y ~ervdnt ~rr > E11 e::c. ~..,........ __ _ ----------· - ) . "[o my Lord of EO ex. · ·· ' I It may pleaft your Lor.a'ihip _ 1 ' • r ~ • • TH at your Lordfhip 'is, in S' tatu uo . · ' · gladndfc, than 1 ~ ttd . Th q l przur; no Mar ;taketh greater that of y~ur Ecltpfes: a:s this ha~~tte~~' l ecaufe I a~ilre my felf, ~eaft ; As the Comtcall Poet faith . . ~ le longe~, ·n {hall be the tUa, hocu~i jit;·ibi nonvi·t,itu-r F' N~tuttUam tu fat~$ no·veras; neque te what I thihk: I believe neither or 1 L mar be io bold, as to fay her Maitfty, in all point~ as yoo rour ;/fhtp look~d tO have found per cafe, looked, co 1ind your ~:-::fbi 11~; N qhl)eF h~r;Maiefty, therefore, I hope, upon tnis ex edcu1/' s ih~bAth done. AI?4 Knowlqdge, and upon Knowled~p e t .f~' nla y gr.ow 1110rc perfc.'&: I fo · · · ' 11'!.11e true Confe.nt · VVh · l ' rn:ypan, .. do1nfinirefywi !as· _ . . . ' . . lCl ~be. hkethe Fifh Rthto"r,tt) which}lih~!~f?~mtmg t.bofe Ace1dems lt a htdden ptopriery' ro hil1der the fu.il~ l ~fe nb~ grear, yet hath f?re, as bearing tlntO your LordfbJ. . af1 g. thq ~1p. A~1d therelick perfons, the fccond Duty!; I ~~ld ~~ ~~Gt Ma.!ffty, ot all p~bmy affeCtionate Gratulation. At'lclr.fo t . tit _.fignlfie unto you; Lordfhrp, to the btft prcfervacion of the 1 ~ , ~o~T-~Qd your. good J ,, .: , ' ' • t'TN.J7! JvmfeftJ. . . ' ~ ' . . ' · . ,; ' Frofu'~r~;s lnm. ~_............_ .... __. _____ ~----, .. _.,._----·--~· • }I t. To my -Lord Treafure~ Burghley~ My Lord, ,; · , d. • r With as much confid · · · . Devotion unto 0~~~~ a.s n;unc own ho11efi~ and faithft.tll fpondence unro me, ar~d my p~vlcefiand your ho.nou~able ~orre, I commend my [c lf ore arc_, can breed 111 a Man dQc . c Uf\tO your Lordn.w I ax I: ' anc1ent .. One and thin . J'.J r • w c now 10rnewhat Houre--glaffe. My Healrh;;~~~~k1~0~gfe~t 1eal of [and, in the do not [car, -that Acrjon iliall im . ·' n confirmed; And I ordina.ry courfe of Study and J~~~~ tt.; Becaufe I a~count, n1y than moft ~parts of Aet:ion arc ~ uauon, to be ~ore painfull, middle place, that I cou'ld difch. ever ~at:e a mtnd, (in [orne arge,) to 1erve her MaJefly; Nor .. __ Nnn2 , as · 95 |