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Show 12 T JI()·Letters framed, &c. . . brin forth a juft Defpair, by caufing your Lord-fb tn. ume,fl k g ahd 'break off your wife, loyal, and Seafona-rp ro ac en ' c. R . . t h Ma ble' Endeavours, and Indufrries ' lOr emtegration ? er - ."efties favour : In Comparifon whereof, alloth~r Clrcmnfian- 1c es ' are b ut as .4t · or rather as Vacuum, wtthout .any Sub. n omt; . . ' . .. 1 D . L d . ~ fiance at all. Againft thls·Opm10n, 1~ ·fi1ay Pea e your or - .. fh. to confider of thefe Reafons, whtch I have colleete.d; And t;~ake judgem~nt of them; Neither out of the MelancholY'· of - fent Fortune · nor out of the Infufion of that, whtch cyoomur m perth e to·, yo u , by others Relation, (which is fubfj eh6 t nt.o n1uch r: Tin& tire;) But ex Rebus ipfts, Out ofthe .Nature, o t e rer~o.ns, and 11:6tions, themfelves ; As ~he trufhefi:' and leaf\: decc.tvmg Grounds, of Opinion,. For though I am fo unfortunate, as <to be a {\.ran er to her Majeffies Eye, and to her Nature; yet .by that which ~s apparent, :1 doe manifeftly difcern' t~at {he h~th t.~e Chara6l:er of.the Divine Nature, and Goodnef.fe; ~os amavt~ ama:vt't uj: u~,a~ ji1J(m·; .And where fue hath .a Creature'. fue do~ not defa%e, nor defeat it : Infomuch, as tfl obferve ng~tly' 1n thofe per.fons , whom heretofore {he ha~h honoure~, wtth her fpecial Favour, ibe hath covered, and remltt~d, not only Defe~s, and In ratitudes in AffeCt: ion, but En·ours 1n State, and Servtce. Seconlffy, if I cat~ fpell, and Scholar-like put togethe:, the parts of her Majefties proceeding., no~ towards ,yo~r L~rdfh~p; I can~o~ but rt1ake this·Confirucbon; That her Ma~efty, 1~ her ~oyal In tention, never .purpofed, to call your Lordfhtps Dotngs, ll~t~ publick QJefEon :; But onely, .to . have ufed a Cloud., ~lt out a Shower, in cenfuring ~hem, .by [orne temporary Rdhamt onely, ofLiberty, and debarrmg fro,rn her prefence. For firil:, the Hand= lin · the Caufe in the Starr-Ciur,mber, you not called, was ~n~or ced~ by th~ Violence, of Libelling, a net ~um?urs; _( wherem th~ ~een thou·ght t6 have fatisfied the world, and yet fpar~dhyout Lord{bips Appearance;-) And after, ~~en that Means, wh1c ~as intended, for the Qt;!enching, of maliCious Brl;ltes, turned to k1nd dle them · ( Becauie it was [aid, your Lordfhtp, ~as condemne h d : And your Lord'fhips Siller wrote that ptquant Letter, ) un .ear ' r. . d f R could then her MajejtJ [aw plainly, that the1ew1n. so umours>~ b not be commanded down, without a Handling of the C~u e' l .Y Nl.akin you Party, and Admitting your Defence. An t~ t us purpo~, I doe Aifure your Lordfhip, that my Brother' Franc~ Ba- , .em, who is too wife, (I think) to be abufed, an~ too hone ' t.o abu[e . Thourrh he be more referved, in all particulars, . than lS "l1Cedf~l; yer, ~~ generality,he hath ever conftantly, an,d Wlth af.fevetation, affirmcd tO me, that both thofe Da yes; That of the Starrchamber and that at my Lord 'Kee!Jers,were wonne from the Q!tun, m- eerly u' pon nccefli.ty, and pointc o f Ho~our, agam· ft h. er o wn I. n-clination. Thirdly ,in the lafr proceed~ng, I n?te 3. pomtz yvbl~~1~1 .are diteetly fignifi.cant, That her Ma;eHy, d1d cxprefiy JOr ' 1 any 1 - - · ~ny point, which was Irreparable, or n1ight make your Lordfhip, ,many degree, uncapable, of the ret'urn·ot her favour; Or might ~x, any Character Indeleblc-, ·of difgrace upon ·:you : For ilie f pared, the Pub lick Place, of the Starr-Cbamher : Sl\e limited th•e Ch.arge, precifcly, not to touch Difloyalty; ·And no Reco'rd rematnet~" l t? M~mory, .of the Charge? or Sentence. Founh.ly, ~he v~ry D1fhn6lts>n, whtch was made, 111 the Sentence, of Sequc;fhatton, ~rmn t 1e places of Service in State ·; And leav~ng co your Lordfhtp, the Place, of MaHer of the Hor[e,doth,to ·my under !tanding, tndicath./e , point ·at this; That her Maiefty Incant, to ufc your Lordfhips Atten~ance in Court, wh:ile the Exe.wife_; gf the o-· rher P.laces, fiood fufpended. Fifthly, I have hear:~i, and your Lord.fhrP. knoweth better, that no·.v; fince you we:re m your own Cufiodie,. her Majefty, in Verbo Regia, and by his Mouth, by wholiDl fhe committeth, her Royal Graunts, a~d Decrees :, hath affured your Lord fbi p, :lhe will forbid, and not [ uffer, your Rt1ine. Sixthly? as I i1ave h ea~d, her Maiefty; t~ be a Princ.e, of that Magnanimuy, that ilie will [pare:, the Servtc~ of the ableft suhjeff,or Prerj when fhe iha.ll be thouahr, to fiand in need of it :: So :lhe is , of that Policy, asfhewillnotloofe, i:heScrvice, ofameancr than your Lorafhip' where i~ fhall depend, 1neerl y, upon her Choice, and Will. Seventhly, I hold it for a Principle; that thofe Difea[ es, arc ha:rde!t to cure, whereof the Cau[e is obfcure; And thofe · eafiefi, whereof the 'Citufo is manifeft: VVhereupon I conclude, that Gnce it hath been your E:rrour, in your Courfes, towards her Majefty, which hath prejudiced you; That your Reforming, and Conformity; will reftore you; So as you tnay be Fahtr Fortuntt propri£. Lafily, confidering your Lordfhi.p; is retnoved, from Dealing in Cauies of State} and left onely to a Place of Attendance; Methinks, the Ambition of any Man; who can endure no Partnc~s:, in Srare-Matters,may be fo quench~d;as they iliould not, labonouily,oppofe themfelves, to your Being in Court: So as upon the whole Matter, I cannot find, neither in het Maje{ties Perfon, nor in your own Perfon; nor in any third Perfon ; N ei · thcr in former Prefiden.ts, nor in your own Cafe, any Caufe, of dry, ~nd peremptory, Defpait. Neither d~ I fpeak d).is, but th~r tfhcr Maiefiy, our of her Refolution, woulddtlign you, to a pnvate Life, you iliould be as willing, tipon her Appointment, ro.goe into the witdernefs, as into the LalJq of Promi[e. Onely, I w1fh your Lordfhip, will not preoccupate Ddpair; but put trufi, next to Go,;/, in her Maiefties Grace; and not tO be wanting tO your Self. I know your Lordjbip,may jufily interpret;that this, which I perf wade, may have fome reference to my particular~ becaufe I Inay truly faye- Te Sta.nte, No~ IYireho, ( F?r I am W~thered in my fdf; ) bnt r.aneho, or Tenebo; I :£hall , 10 [orne fort; be, or hold our. Bu~ though your Lo,dfhips Years, and Health , may ex peer return qf Grace, and Fortune; yet your Eclipfe for a time, I is |