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Show 108 TomyLordoJEifex,from Mr. Bacon. \ ____ I ·'fl. think you are in your right waY. Third! Y 'when r make ht~~l:,a/~~r Lord~ip, upon occafion, happen in Speeches, to at any ·1 .. h ( for there is no fuch Matter' as Flattery' doe ~~::Y~~ a?l n)g I tfear' you handle it, Magis in fpeciem addoF~nataum o b . ' . .d . S lata Man may rea or- verbu' quam ut [enttre 'l)t earts. ~ t 1 ' dn, . {hould maiit in your Countenance; Vv hereas your Lor J'~tp ld d , e i?' famitiarly,Et orationefida. Fourthly, y_our Lordfhrp,ld(h[cou :0 ' . h ut fome Particulars afoot, wh1ch you {hou ecn1 never~~~ w~tit~ Earneftnefs, and Affe61:i~n ; . And then ~et them tfnoa· lfpll u-r'u pon' ta k'w g Knowle·d g._ e ' of her Malefttes O·pfp ofitron, da'bn ·d Ofwhich theweightidlSortmaybe,_ 1 your Lor[!J tp ofte:~~·labour, in tl~e behalf of fome, tl:ar you ~avour, fo~ t~~~ ff thcPlaces, nowvoyd; Cbufing fuch_~ SubJe~,Ds yo h \. Maie.fty is like to oppofe unto : And lf you w lll a y' t at t ys 1?cr on ·unau'm cum aliena Injuria ; I will.not anfwer ~ Htec non at- I s' C ~ b . t. But I fay . C ommendauon frotn fo good a M?uth, · tertl~o~c:r ~~r~ a Man, th~ugh you prevail not. A lefs welg.Iuy ~~rt ofP articulars, may be, the Pre~ence of fome Journ_%' .w~~ ~f at her Majefties requeit, your Lordfhtp moug~t.relmq~ Ea." t to-auld pretend a Journey, to fee your Ln.lt~g, an 'J~a e, yo~d: wales, or the like: For as for great Forem Journ_eys, ofEm~ ar ment at1dServicc, it ftandeth not with your Grafvlty,~o )lay, P 0 ~rata 'eme, with them. And the lighteft fort ? parucu ars, ~l;ich yc~ are not to b~ negleCted, are,,in your Habtts, Apparel,wea-rinfl. S Geftures, and the hke. f T Tl~e Imprejfion, of great eft pre;udice~ t~e~t, is· that, o a . Mt ztar Dep' e·n da n ce . V\Thercin ' I cannot fuffictentl y wonder., 3:t y·o ur. L dfh. s courfe. That you fay, the warrs are your Occupatt_on J ;~d crJe on, in ~hat cour[e: Whereas, ifi mought hav~ adVIfe nL dfh ·p you iliould have left that Perfon , at Pltmmouth ;. your ~, 1 ' d · fi {; for More than, when in Counfell, .or in commen m~ t per onsd I fervicc for warH_, it had been 111 feafon. And here, (my Lor ,) ... pray mifrake tne not. I atn not to play now, the Part oi a Go~n . tbat would frame you beft, to mme own turn. I k~~w w . at ~a/J) c you I atn !nfinitel v·glad of this lafr Journey, now lt lS pa_U. t T~:rathc;, becaufe ybu ffiay make, fo Hono~rable a full~~~[:' f.o r a tu· nc. You have Property cb rood e{;n oud.g.. h, 111 that G·, recao mpe-· There is none can , of many years, a cen , near you, ~~~ tl·t t·o n. Be 1r. 1.~1~s , the Di(oofing of the Places, and Affatr s, bo~h, r ... . h G ~ ) w1ll concernincr the warrs, (you encreafing m_ot cr reatne s, ' of themfe~es' ftow to. you; which wlll l?referve. that Flependance, in full meafure. It is a Thing, that of .all Tlung& I wfu~~ h"veyou retain the Times confidered: And the Nece ny o. t. e S~rvice for other reafon, I know none. But I r~y; Keep 1t u; Subi1an~c, but abolifh it in {hewes, to the Q_ueen. F?r her A1a-l ·eff lovcth Peace. Next {he loveth not Char.e_e. Th1rdly' tl~at \ ____ jLl_in_~_e_o_f_D_e_p_en_d_an_c...,e,r---llf-a_k_e_th_a_s_u_fp _e_a._c_d_G_·r-ea_t_ne-fs_. __:.Th-~r_e_~_~_:_d _ --:--To m_y Lord of E{fex, from Mr. Bacon. \ 1 o 9 ~od mftat agamus •. Le_t that be~ fleeping Honour a while; And' cure the Q:ffem m~nd 111 th~t powt. Therefore again, whereas I heard your Lordfhtp defignmg to your felf, the Earl .Marfhals place, or the_place o.f Mafter of the f!tdn_ance,_ I. did n.ot, in my mind; fo wellltke of either; Becaufe of_ thc_1r Afh111ty ,wuh a Marti all Great-nejfe. But of the Places, now votd, 111 my Judgement, and di[creti-on, I would name you, to the place, of Lord Privy Seal For firft, it is the Third Perfon , of the great officers ~f the Crown. Next, it hath a kind, of Super-Intendence, ~ver the ~tcretary. It hath alfo an Affinity, with the Court of wards, 111 regard of the Peer, fro1n the Liveries. And it is a fine Ho- · nour, quiet p~ac~, and worth_ a T~oufand pounds by year. And my Lord .Admtral1s Father, had 1t, wno was a Martial! Man. And it fits a Favour it~, to carry her Mairflz':s Image in Seal, who beareth it befi: expreifed.m Heart. But my chtefReafon is, that which I firfi alleged, to d1vert her Majefty, from this Impre[sirm, of a Martia/1 GreatneJ!e. In concurrence wh~~eof,If your Lordfhip, {ball not remit any thmg _of your former ~thgence, at theStarr-chamher; If you fhall contmue~ fuch lntelhgences~ as are wonh the cher.iiliing; If you fhall pretend, to be as BookifiJ,andContemplative:> as ever you ~vere; All thefe Cou.r:fes, have both their ~dvantages, and , ufes , 1n themfdves othcr~tfe, and ferve ~xceedmg aptly to this purpofe. Whereunto, I add one Expedient more, fironcrer than all ~hc_rdl:; And for Inine_ o~n c?nfident Opinion, void ~f any preJUdKe,_ or_da~ger ofD11nmuuon, of your Greatne!Je; And that is, the Bnng111g l~j of [orne Martzalt Man, to be of the Counci/1; Dealing direCtly with her Maiefty in it; as for her Service, and yout better affift~nce; Ch17fing n~vertheldfe fome Perfon, that may be known, not to come 111 agunfi: you, by any former D.ivifion. I judge the fittefi,to be,my LordMount-joy,or my LordwiUoughhy.And if your Lordfhip, fee deeplier intO it, than I do, that you would not haveitdone, in effecr; yet in my Opinion, you may ferve your turn, by the pretence oltt, and fia y it nevc.ttheleife. The Third Imprefsion is, of a Popultlr Reputation; which, becaufe it _is a ~hing, good in it f~lf, being obtained as your Lordfhip obtameth It, that is, Bonu ~rti6~; And befides; VVell governed, is one of the bell Flowers, of your Greatneffe, both prdent, and to COIJ.?e; It would be handled tenderly. Theonely way is; to quench it Ver6is, and not Rehus. And therefore to take all Occafions; to the <1.f!.een, to fpeak againfl: Popularitj', and Popular Cour{es, vehemently; And to taxe it in all others: Bur, nevenheleife, to go on, it'l your Honourable Common-wealth Cour[es, as you do. And therefore, I will not advife you, to cure this, by dealing in Monopolies,- or any Opprejfions. Onely, if in Parliament, your Lord(hip be forward {or Trea(ure, in ref peer of the warrs, it becommeth your Pfr[on well. And if her Mairftyobjea Popularity to you at any time, I would fay 1 to her; A Parliament will !hew that; And fo feed her with Exoccra-tion. .P p p .. The . __ |