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Show Cbr; ationJ upon a L.1 b e ]] 'pu bfi'Jlhr.;e d' ]u .Anno t r; 9.? · . - , 'Jerv . . . nd ood to deal withall; That In the ever C ivill, and F atmflar h a h ~. ther fufiained the B1trthen, then Collrfe. ofhts S.crv.ce, he at ' Iap o'lit'. Scarcely fparing any time, J c .J fought t h e Frm· t t·o n,o f Honour} or r '.1~ h' sufientation o f ht·s Hea l t h '· frOl'n his Caru' and Trava7 ehi' toh tvee co·r Himfelf and his Chil-h d {oug t to a 'x~ ' . d That he never . a 'nor ds or Goodi that appeitame to a-dren any Penuy .. wonh ot LanF' l or ~therwi(e; That he ne-ny, ~ttainted, of any Tret~d of o;{~eftt, by any Forfeiture, to her ver had, or fought, any F 8iort1 Com mender, of Men, as he, llia'J·efty; That he was ~ever, ab :. Her by bringing in, Men at . d d wates to ellege ' M . ,n 'hat mten. e 'any ' r a true Reporter, unto her aJe.J'J, his Ocvotton; But was eve d Ab ·rt·er That he nevertook rhe of c:very Mans D:forts' a~ffendT rn~ ;or exaf perate her Maj~fty, Courfe' to unqmet '.or and ~iti ate her Dif pleaf~ue; 1 hat but to content her mmd, l d g. thout scandall ln Matters b H. ~lf verenty .. an WI ' . L he ever are tm ~ re bl ·(h. h1s Private C()Urfe, of Life; et cf Religion, and :Without ffim1 t~n Mall ice, call to mind, thefe Men' I fay~ wtthou~ Pa .too.a eafon that, though he be not Things; And they w~ll thmk lt! he is ~orthily,celebr~ted, as canoni~ed for aS amt, In .Romd Yh h he be Libelled agamfr :» by rater !'afrite, in En$~and; An / ~u~ Multitude, of good sub jells: Fugitlvet, yet he Is prayed fo ·' d Y hilcfi he liveth, )ret he fhall Aud lafily, though he be en~te ' : And afluredly, many Prinbe deeply wanted, when he IS gon f Trufl Name, and fofficiency; ces' have had' many b Servantst ;arts there hath oft.en wan ted, But where there have een grha e ha;e beeu both Ability, and Temper of Ajfc8ion; Where t de~iligence and Lo'l:Je of 1ravaile; Moderation' there have bante ~here hav~~ fometimes, wanted, Where _.}1 Thre~ hav~ een{;, cfew have had, all thefc Four, Faith, and Sincenty; ~ ~;~c: 3~~ Experience: But where there is a yet they have wan te h is no marvaile, thou~h a Prince Concurrence, of all t~fe' t. e~~e Employment, and Tr.Hfl, of fuch a of']udgcment, be conuant, In Ser'l'ant. · 7. Of div€rJ pttrl.u u~ar Untrut h s,· an d A bufes , difper-ied tbrugh the Ltbel. , . k th in his Libel/is fuch, I Hf: order which thts Man ~~ehu~ to empty fome Note as tt ruay appear, that he ~c To brin in, ( whatfoever of the Matters of En?,land' h. hgh thought might came' o f.t. t, ) a N um.b et o f Idle Jefhis. : wl dtfce teh en to clear h t e Hy abroad; And Intended not hmgf d ' d DiflintJ WriMatters, be handled, by the Lin to Or er, an ting ObJertz~ationJ upon a Lib ell~ P·H.blijbed, ln A~no; 15 9 2. 1 • 145 ting. Having therefore, in the Principall PointJ, namely the Se~ond, Third, and Fourth, Articles, ranged his Scattering, and wandering, Difcourfe, i.nto fome Order:» fuch as may help, the Judg~ment of the Reader, I a.~ now content, to gathe_r up, fome'ofhti By-Matters, and Straghng Untruths,and very brtefly, to cenfure them. Page 9· he f.1ith; That hi~ Lordfhips could, neither hythe Greatnef, of hil Beade.t; creeping to the Crojfe; Nsr exterio1sr [hew of Devotion:iefore the High .Altar; find his entrance, into high Dicc:nity, in fft!!een Maries·Thite. All which, is a meer Fi{Jion, at PJea(ure: For ~een M4rJ,bare that Ref peer unto him,in regard, pf his confrant ll:anding, for her Title; As fhe defired to continue his Service~ The R.P,fufall thereof, growing from his own Par~: He enjoyed, neverthelefs,all other Liberties)& FAvouri,oftbe ttme; Save only, that it was put, into the ff<!!eens Heac:i, that it was dar•gerous, to permit him) to go beyond the Sea, becaufe ·he had a gre~t .Wit of A{/ion, and had ferved, in fo Printipall a Place; W htch ne, ver~helelfe, after, with Cardinali Poole, h as fuffered to do Pag. Eadem, he faith i Sir Nich. Bac~n, tha was Lord K_eeper, was a Matt of exceeding crafty wit ; Whlch fhew th, that thts Fellow in his slanders is no good Marks-Man; But throweth our his'Words, of Dej;ming, without all Lev~//. F?r all the World, noted, Sir Nich. Eacon, to be a Man, P lat.tl, Duecr, and Con .. ll:anr without all Finene.ffe and Doublendfe; And one that was, ofth~ mind, that a Man, id h1s private Proceedings, and Efiate, and in the Proceedings, of State, iliould reft, upon the SoHf!dnef! e and strength, ofhis own Courfes, and not upon Pr~:chfeJ to tircnmvent bthers; According, to the Sentence of Salotnon; Vir Pruden.r ~tduertit ad GrejfiH fooi, flulttH aut~m diver/it ad Do_los ; [nfomuch, that the Bifoop of Roffe, a Subtile, and Obferv~ng, Man faid of him · That he cmtld faften ~ no words upon h1111 , and .:hat it wm im.poffible to come within him, bec~uje he _offered no play. And ff<!!een Mother of Fra,.rce, a very polttu:I{Pr!nceJJe~ faid of him~ 7hat he jhould have been, of the CmmceU of Spam, beC4ufe he defpifed the Occm·rents ,andre.fted upon th~ Firfl Plot; So that, iiHe were Crafty, it is hard to fay, who is WI~~. . .. Pag. 1 o. he faith; That the Lord B11rleigh, In the Ejiablifhment, of Religion,, in the Eeginning of the !f2.!!.eens Time, prefcnbed a Compojition, of his own Jnve11tion; Whereas .the fame For"!, not fulJy fix years before, ~ad been recc:ived, In_ t~ts Re~l~,. tn King Edwards Time: So as hts L ordjhip, bemg a C hriftran, I o~tttcft, C01mfeller, thought it better, 'to follow a Prejident, then to Innovate; And chofe t~ Prelident~ .-ather at Home, then Abroad. · Pag. 41. he faitn; That (;tttholick.!, never attcmpte.d~ to mur .. ther, any principall perfon, of her Maje~ies Court, as dtd 'Burche_w, (whom he calleth a ruritan)In wounding, of a Gentleman, tnftead, of Sir chriflopherHatten; But by their ~reat ~ertue, Modefi!; and Patience, do manifefr in themfelves, a far different Sptrtt, ' U from |