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Show ObforvatiunJ 'tpon a Lihe/1, publifhed, in Anno, IS~ f,l. f tna~h-ath beeh c~~mfe/lour, before her Mrrjefties Time; A~d ~ hath continued longer CounfeUour, then any other. c~unfllotr tn t Europe· One that mufr needs have, been Great, tf 1t were but 1 by Su:viving alone though he had no other Excellency? O ne, . that hath p:11fed th~ Degrees of Hr>nour, with grea~ Trav.ell, and ' I long Time, whtch q?encheth al~ayes Envy, except .. 1t be JOyneJ,:) ; w:th extreme Malice; Then, 1t appeareth, manifefl:ly , to be l but a Brick._ wall at Tennis, to QJake the Defamatien, and Hatred \ 1·ebo1md from th~ Counfellour, upon the Prince .An.d aifuredl y ,~hey be very urn ple to think to abufe the VVor/d, wtth thofe Shtfts; Since every child, can ;ell the Fable; That the VVolfs Malice,wll.r 110t to'the shepherd) but ~0 his Eog. 1~ is true, that thefe Men, ha:-e I altred their Tune, twtce, or thnce: when the Matcb, was 1n Treating with the Duke, of Anjou, they f pake Ho11ey, as to her Jt.fajefly; All the Gall was uttered, againfr the E~rl ?f Leicefter. But, whtn they had gott~n HeJtrt, ~pon the ExpectatiOn, ~f the Invafon> they changed ~tle, and d1_fclofed, all the Venome m the World~ immediately)agatnfi her Ma FflY:. what ~ew Hope,hath made them return, their ~ino'!s Note, 1n tea~hmg Tror) bow t.~ faveitfelf; I cannot tell. But, tn the me~n ume, the~ do. hts Lordfhip~ much HonO'Hr: For, t\l.e more defpttefully,~hey tnve1gh, againfi his Lordjbip, the more R~afon) . hath her MaJeftJ, to truft him, and the Realm to honour hrm. lt was wont,~o be a Token, of fcarce a gocd Liedge'!lan, when the Enemy, fpml~d the Coun- ' trey, and left:, any partiFul~r Mtns Houfes, or Ftcldi) unwafied. JA. . ! 6. Certailt tr1te gene~ d.~ Ni. OteJ upon the A.ClionJ of. t.he \' Lord B1er/eigb. , BUT above all the refi ~ 1t ts a Change Fao.cy, tn th~ r,~e/ler, that he maketh his Lortlfhip, to be, the PruttH!n ./Uobzle,. 1n ~ · very Altion:~ without Diltipction. That. to him, her MaJ.effy IS Accomptant, of her Refolutiops. That to h1m, the Earl of Le1cejter~ and Mr. secretary Ualjit!gham, both Men, ufgreat Power~ and of great wit:> ~nd underftanding, were but as Injlrlfments;wherea~ it is well knownn) that as to her Majefty , the~e was never a etmnfeller => of his Lordjhips long Continuance , that was. fo a pplyable, to her Majefties, Princely.Refoh~tioni; Endeavourmg, alwayes, afler Fdithfult Propifttions, .and Remonjirancet, and thefe in the bt;fl words, and the ' moft Grtitefull Mann_er; to reO: -ppo.n fuch Conclujions, as her li.Tajefly, in her own wifdome,>determineth and them to execute to the befi: So far,hatlrhe been, fro~ Con/eftation, or drawing her Majefly, · to any his o~n Cmtr}es. And a~, for the Forenamed ('ounfeOo and others~~ w1t~ whom his Lordjhip, hath confort~d, in her Majeflies fervice? It ts ~ther true that his Lordjhip, out of the dreatnetfe, of h1s Exp~rrenre, ' and ObfervationJ upon a Libeli; publijhed; ln Anno, 15 9 2 .I a.nd WifdonJe; And, out of the Coldnejfc, of his Naturc,harh qua .. Jt?ed, gencral.ly, all Hard, and Extreamc, Courfcs, as far, as the Scr vu·e of her l!f'lJeftJ,and rhe Safety,of the Sttlte, & the 111af,Jng bimfelf; compattble, ~lth thofe, with whom he ferved, would permit. So far, hath ~Is LordfhiP. been, from inciting others, or running a full C?urfe WI h them, 1n that kind. But yet,it is more firange, that thts. Man, fhould be fo abfurdly lldalitious as he fl1ould c~arge hts Lordjhip, not onely, with all Alfion1 of ;tate but alfo wtth a~l the Faults, and Vices) of the Times; As if cu:iqftty, and Enmlatton' have bred fome Contr.overjeJ)in the church; Though, (thanks be to God,) they extend, but to outward Things· As if H~ealt~, a.nd the Cunning of 1-Vits, h ave brought forth, lldJtllitttdes ~~ StJlis, I? La1:v:, As If, Excejfe in Plea:fures, and in Mttgltificence, JOYn.ed wtth the unfaithfulnejje of Servants, and the Greedinejfe of il1omcd lr1e~, have decayed~ the Patrim_ony, of many Noble Men, .and others, That.a!l thefe:~and fuch like, condition! of the Time, iliould. be put~ on Ius Lordjhips accom pt; who hath been, as far as to h1~ Place, appenainetb, a mofl: Rcligifnu, and Wife:~ ffilo~ dera!or InChur~b Matt~rs,. to ~ave Vnity_ kept; who with great )ujizce, hath dtfp~tche?, mfintte Caufe 1 ~n La~v, that have orderly, been bro1~ght before hun; AnJ, for hts own Example, may fay thar, wlncb !ew M ... n can _fay, but was fometime faid, by cepha. ~~~!,th~Athenian, fo much Renowned, in Plato's Wor'<f; who ha .. vm~ltved, ne:utotheage, ofan1ooyean; And incootinuJll Affi1 trs, and Bufineffe, w.ts wont to fay of Himfelf; That he ne: ~er Jited any, neither had been fo ed bj any: Who by re:1fon, of his Jffic.e, hath preferved, ~.any G'1·e:lt Ho1tjes, frrom ?verthrow, by reI .. Vt~g fun~ry Extremzttes, towards fuch, as In their Minority h _ve been czrcumvented 1 And towards all fuch as his Lordfhip nur,ht ad vife~ did ever perf wade, sobr:r, and Lfmited, Expcnc/ _ ay, to make Proof, further, of his Co1ttcnted ffilanner of Life l' .(e from Sutts, and covetoufoejfe; as he never fued, any 114an (~ · dtd he n ever raife, any Rent, or put out, any Tenant of his own; N or ever gave confent, to have the like done' to any of the !f2!!eens Tenants; Mtttters, fingularly, to be noted, in this Age. ~ut ~owever, by this FeUow, as in a Falfe, Artificial!, G/af{e, w~tch IS able, to make the befi: Face Deformed, his Lordjhips D_omgs be fet f?rth; yet, let his Proceedings, (which be indeed hts own,) be .tnditferent_Jy weighed, and confidered; And Iet Men call to 1\:fmd, that his Lordfbip was never a violent, and Tran. (ported Mav, tn Matters of StatP., but ever Refpective, and Moderate; T~at he was never Man, in his particular, a Brea~r of Neck..!, no heavy Enemy, but ever Placable, and Mild; That he bas never a Brewer, of Hof; water in Court, no Dallier, no Abufor, ut ever ~eall, and Certain; That he was never, a Be~tring M~tn, nor ~ar:rer of Ca~fu, But ever gave way,to Ju.ftice,and Couf(e o Law' 1 hat he was never, a Glorious, Wiljlsll, Proud Man, but ever ~ |