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Show 14 .· . ... A Eetter,{ramtd, as from the Earl, in anfiiJtr, &cr is an Yltimum Vale, to my Foqune : And were it not, that I _deGre, and hope, to fee my Brot/Jer efrablifhed, by her Maitfties favour ; ( as-lthinkhim'Yell worthy, [or that he hath done, ~nd fu~red,)_ . it were time, I d1d take that Cour[e, from wli1ch I dl{fwade your · Lordfhip. But now in the mean time, I cannot choofe, but perform, thofe honef.t Duties, . unto you , to whotn I have been fo deeply bounden. _____ ...... ,__ ...... ...,...._.--------,...-.-.· ........... -- ~ Letter,framed,as (ram the Earl, in anfwer,of - · the fo~m~r Letter. Mr. Bacon, I Thank you, for your kind, and carefull Letter. It perfwad.es Lnethat, which I wifh frrongly, and h_ope for weakly; That 1s, Poffibility ofReftitutio~, to her Maiefttes Favou~ : Your Arguments that would chenfh Hope, turn to Defpatr. You fay the . flE.ee: never meant, to cal11ne to Publick Cenfure, which fheweth he~ Goodne!Je: But you fee I paifed it, which.lheweth others Power. I beleeve mofr ftedfafrly, her Maje~y never inte?ded, to bring my Caufe, to a Sentence; And I beleeve as venly, that fince that Sentence, {be 1neant to reftore me, to attend upon her Perfon. But they that could ufe occafions. ( which was not in me to let,) and amplifie Occafions, and ~ra6hfc Occafions,to reprefent tD her Maje~y, a N ecefiity, to bnng me to the one, can, and will, do the like, to flop me trmn the other. You fay, my Errol: irs, were tny Prejudice, and therefore I can mend my Self: It is true; But tt1ey that know, that I. can tnend my Self; A:nd th~t if ever, I recover the .Q.ueen,that 1 Will never loofe her aga10; wttl never {uff~r me, toobtainintereil, in her fav?ur. And you fay, 1 the !J.!!:_een never forfook utterly, where fhe mwardly favoured: 1 But I know not, whether the Hour -glaffe of time, hath altered I her . But fure I am, The falfe Glaife, of others Infqnnations , mua alter her, when I want acce{fe to plead mine own Caufe. I know, I ought doubly, to be her MajeSties; Both Jurt Creation-it; For lam her Creature: And Jure Redemptionis; For,I know, fhe hath faved me, from Overthrow. But for her firil Love, and for her lail ProteCtion, and all her great Benefits, 1 can but pray for her M4jefty; And my Ende.avours, arc now, to make, my Prayers for her ,wa;e~y, and my Self, better hearJ.. For than~s b~ to God, they that can make, her MafeHy beleeve, I counterfeit Wlth her, cannot make Godbeleeve, that I counterfeit with him: And they which can let me, from cmnming near unto her, ~arinot let me, from drawincr near unto him, a·s I hope I doe da1ly. For your Brother, I holdhim an honcft Gmtleman, and wifh him all good ; Much ._ __Lf _L_~tte~, to Mr. Secretary Cecill, ;;~ Much rather, for your Sake. Your [elf, I kr.ow, hath fuffcred more for me, than any Friend I have : But I cannot but lament freely, as you.fee I do~ ~nd advife you, not to doe that, whict. I d~e ;. wh1eh 1s, to de{ patr. You know Lette_rs., what hurt they have done m~; And therefore make fure of th1s : And yet I could nor, (a~ havmg 1:0 other Pkdge of my Love,) bur con1municatc freely Wlth you, for the Eafe of my Heart, and yotirs. A Lette~ to Mr. Secr~tary.Cecil1., after t.he De/eating, of the Spantili Forces, in Ireland; Inciting him, to emlrAce tbe Care, of Reducing tbat Kingdom to CiJJUit) 'llJith Jom~ re4· fonsfent, enclofid~ ' ' · · ... _, It may pleafe your Honour, A~ one, that wiilieth you, all Encteafe ofHonbut; And as one, that cannot leave, to love the Statt, (what Intercft foever I have, or r?ay ~orne, to have in it~ ) And as one, that now this dead V :Kauon ume, hath fmne Leifure, ad aliud agendum; 1 will prefume; to prqpound unto you, that, which though you cannot bur fee, yet I know. not, ~herher you apprehend, and efteem it, in 10 h1gh a degree; fhat ts, for the befr AB:ion, of Importation to your felf; O.f found Honour and Merit, to her Majefty , and this Crown ;. Without V en~ofity, and Popularity, that the Riches, of a?y Occafion, or the T1de, <?fany Opportunity, can poffibly minii: er, or ofter_. And that 1s, th.e Caufes of Ireland, if they be tak~n, by the nght Handle. For 1f t,he Wound, be not ripped up aga111; and come to a Recrudency, by new Forein Succours I think tl:iat no Phyjician, will goe on 1nuch, with letting Bloud 'In Dedi~ nat~one Morhi; But w1ll intend, to Purge, and Corroho~ate. To which P':rpofe, I fend you mine Opinion, without Labour of ~ords, tn the Enclofed; Andfure I am, that if you iliall enter m~o the matter ,according to the Vi~acity ,of your own Spirit,nothmg can make unt? you, a more gam full return. For you {hall make thef!_ueens Fehcuy compleat,Which now,(as it is,)is incompara? le ; ~n~ for your Self, you iliall ibew your (elf, as good a P~tnot,as you are thought a Politick; 1\-nd make the World perceive, you have not leife Gmerous Ends, than Dexterous Delivery, of your [elf, towards yourEnds;And that you have,as well true Arts, & Grounds. o~ Government,as the Facility, & Felicity, of PraCtice, and ~ egouauon ; And that you are as weii feen, in the Periods, and_ T1des, ofEffates, as in your own Circle, and Way: Than the wh1ch.' I fuppofe, nothing, can be a bettet Addition, and Accumulauo~, of~onour, unto you. This, I hope, I may in privateneife, wnte, euh~r as. a Kinfman, that rna y be bold; or a Scholar, that hath Liberty of Difcourfe, without Committing any C c c Abfurdity. |