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Show 110 To Sir Robert Cecil. The Fourth Impre[sion, of the InrquJliry, between your Ejtate ot MeanlS, and your Gr~atnej]'e of R.~fpe8s, is not to be negl<.~Ct:ed,. For believe it, (my Lord.,) that t11l her .11-late~y find you, caretull of your Eftttte, fhe will not ~oncl y think yo~1, ·more like tO cont.inue, c;1argeable to her, but alf~ have a ~oncc1t, that_y_ou. have h1ghcr Imaginations. T~c Remedus are; .F1ril? to profefle lt, 111 all ~rceches to her. Next, m [uch Sutes, whcrem both Honour, Gtft, and Profit, may be taken, to communicate freely with her Majefly, by way ofenducing her, to gram, that it will be this Benefit to you. Laitly, to be plain with your Lord[hip; (For the Gentlemen lre [uch, as I am beholding to; ) Nothing can make the Q~een, or the world, think fo n1ucb, tllat you are come, to a provident Care, of your Efrate, as the Altering of fome of your Officers: Who, though they be as rrue t? y~m, is One I:fand. to the Other; Yet Opinio ~eritatemaior. But If, 111 ref peet: of the Bonds, they 1na y be entred 111- to,for your Lordfhip, you cannot fo well difmi{fe your felf of them, ·this cannot be done, but with· Time. · · For the Fifth, and Lafl:, which is, of the Advantage of a F avourite: As fevered fro1n the refr, it cannot hun; So joy ned with them, it maketh her Ma;tfty, more fear full, and iliadowy, as not knowing her own fl:rength. The ondy Remedy to this, is; To give way, to fome other Farvouritf, as in particular you tball find, her Maje~y enclincd; SC? as the SubjeCt: h~th no ill, nor dangerous Afp a, tOWards your iclf. For othcrwtfc, whofoever fhall tell me, tbat you may not have fi.ngular ufc, of a Fa7.:ourite, at your Dey()ci.Gn; I will fay, he undcritandeth not the Q-~eens ~AJjeEfion., nor y-our Lordfhips Condition. And fo I rcfl:. ·oaober 4. r 59 6. ~----------------------------------- To Sir Robert Cecil. SIR; .. . I rorbear not to put in Paper, as much as I thought, to have fpo-ken to your Honour, coo day, if I could have frayed; Knowmg, that if your Honour, {hould make orhrr ufe of it, tban is due tO good meaning ; And then I am perf waded you will ; Yet to perfons of Judgement, and th[lt know me othcrwife, it will rather appear, ( as it is, ) a precife Handly, and this fame, Suum cui que tribuere, than any Hollowne{fe to any. It is my luck ftill, tO be a 1 kinn to fuch Things, as I neither like in nature> nor would w,illlingly meet with, im my Courfe; But yet cannot avoid, without 1bew of ba{c Timoroufndfe, or elfe of unkind, or fufpicious Hrangendfe .. Some Hiatus in the Copy. To.·niJ ·Loril of Efiex. ------~------~-- . . . And I am ofoneS_pirit frilL I ever liked the Gtdem(ls, that deal_wlth good Compofitions; And not the ~4r.acelfians, that ~eal Wlt~ rhefe fin9 Sep,aratiQnS : And in Mujick, r'ev~r loved cafieAye~s, that goe full, aH the _parts together; And not thefc firange pomts~ of Acco.rP, and Difeord This I · I afii R ffi · fl · wnte not, c ure your. onour, o CIOu y; Except it be, according to TuUies Offices; th-at 1s, Honeffly, ~nd lJ!orally. For though, I thank God, 1 a~c~unt upon the proceed111g, 111 th~ ~eens Service,or not proceedmg, both ways;.And therefore, ne1rher mean to fawn nor retire yet_ I natur,ally _d~Gr_e good opinion, with any Perfon,' which fo: Fc:nune, or Sptrlt, 1s to be rega~ded; Much more with a Secretary of the ~eens, and a CoufiriGermam; And one, with whom, I have ever.thotlght my Self, tQ have fomc fympathy, ofNature, thou h Accidents ~ave not fuffered it to appear. Thus not doubtin ~f your I;Ionourable Interpretatio~, ~nd ufage, ofthat I have writfen, I cptnmend you_, t? the D1v1ne prefervation. . From Gra:res Inn. · · :; .. "' ·.. ~ . . ------~---- - I - - '! _ - - " - - - --.-·- ~ ~~--~---,~~-=-- To my Lord q{Effex~ -.- t.· ~ . It may plea[e your good Lordiliip, · J Pray God, her A!'alefties wcighi~g, be notlike the weight , of a ~allance ; GrfZVta deorfum, Levta {urfum. But I am as far, from bemg altered, m Devouon towards Her as I am from Difirufi: that ilie will be altered, in opinion towa;ds me, when fhe know~ cth tne better.. For my Self, I have loft fome Opinion [orne Time ~nd fome Means; This is my Account : But then, fo: Opinion, i: . IS a ~lafi:, that goeth, and commeth; For Tim_e, it is true,ir goeth, and commeth not;But yet I have learned, that u may be redeemed. For Meam, I value that moft ;_ And the rather; becaufe I am purpofed, not _tO follow, ~he PraEltce of the Law: (If her Maje{tiecomn: and me; 1n any parucul~r,I iliall be ready,to do her,willing SerVl~ e;) An~ my Reafon ts onely; becaufe it drinketh too much T11ne, ~hKh I have dedicated to better purpofes. But even, for . h_lat pom.t of E~ ate, and .Mea_ns, I partly lean, to Thalts Opinion; bat a Phtlo[opher may 6e rtch, ifht wrU. Thus your Lordfhip feeth, how I comf<?rt my Self.- To the Encreafc whereof, I would fain pkafe.my Self, to.bel~eve th~t t_o be true, which my Lord Trea[urtr w~lteth; Wl11c~ 1s, that 1t 1smo~e, than a Philo[ophtr; morally can d1fgefi:. But Without any fuch htah Conceit I efteem it like 1 11. . b ' ' t ·1e pu mg our, of an A~111g Tooth, which I remember, when I was a Ch1ld, and had J1ttle Philofophy, I was glad of, when it was done. For your Lordfhrp, I doe tlunk my Self, more beholding to you, than to any Man. And I fay, I reckon my Self, as a Common; (Not Popular, ~ut Common;) And as much, as is lawfulJ, Pppz ro |
