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Show 10 A Letter, to tbe Earl ofNorthumberland, &c~ Ufeofthis, may be~ in two forts : Fi~fi, p(operly, if your Lord~ think it convenient, to {hew the Kmg any fuch .Draught, be-I ca~fe the Veins,and Pulfes,of this Statt;cannot but be l?ett known here; which if your Lord/hip iliould doe, th~Jl I would de fire you, co· withdraw my · Name, andonely fi.gnlfic, that ym~ g~vc [orne Heads ofDire&ion,of fuch a Matter ,to one, ?f whofe Sule, and Penn, you had fome Opinion.~ ·The ot~1er, C?l~atera~; That though your Lordfhip,make no other ufe of tt, yet 1t ts a ~1nde of Portraidurc, ot that, which I think, worthy to be advtfed? by your Lordfhip, to th~ !'ing; And, perhaps,. more.compendtous, and fignificant, than tf I had fet them Jown .1n .Arttcles. I would have attended your Lord/hip, but ~or fomc bttle Phyfick, I took •.. To mo~row , tn()rning., I will watt on you. So I eve~, &c. , It may pleafi your Lordiliip, · . , . I Would have been very glad, to have prefe~ted, my humble Ser-, vice, to your Lorilfhip, by my attendance, tf l could have forefeen that it fhould not nave been, unpleafing unto you. ~nd ther~fore~ bccauft I would commit-m:rError,. I chofe to wr1te; A{furing yo~r. Lordfhip) how cr~~ble foever, lt may f~em to yo~, at firft . ycr 1t 1s as ttue, as a Thmg, that God know~~h , That thts great Change, hath ~rought irt me, no other Change, tow~rds. your Lorafhil', than·tlus s Tnat I may fafely he now, t~a~ whtch I w~ truly before. And fo craving no ~cher pa:don, than for t_r<?ubling you, with my Letter, I doe not now begm to be, but conunue to be, · , . · · ~ Your Lcr Jfhips humble and. tnuch devot.ed, ---· ---. ----··-..~, -. -----. .....-....:....- A Letter, t9 tbe Earl of.Northumberland,, after be had bttn . . , .. . · Jl1itb the King. · .; \ It may pleafe your f!..~od 1..ordiliip, . ' . ' ' ,. ~ · I Would not have loH.' this Journey,· and yet 'Ihave·not that I went for. For 1 have had no private Couterenc~, ~o purpofe, with the King. N?· more,~ath almo!\ any ocher Enghfl:: For the · Speach his MaJt~J admttteth, ·w1th [orne Nobltmm, ts rather., Matter ~fGracc, than Matter of Bufinefs; With the Atturney he fpake, urgeJ by the Tre~furer ?[ Scot.lan_d, but no more than ne~ds mu~ After 1 had recetvcdhis MaJtftus fi,ril Wekom, and \\ ~S ! prom1- ' :A Letter, to MrwPierce, Secretary, ·to t~e D~puty~he~~~ p:omifed private. 1\ccefs, yet not knowing, what matter of Ser- ~ ------_.; v tee, ~our Lordfbtps Letter ~arried, ( for I fa V!.f it nor ; ) And well knowmg, t~at ~ttme~efs ln Advertifcment; 1s much~· ·I chofe, ra- 1 ther, to dchver lt to Str. Tho. Heskins, than·ro cool it, in mine own I H~nds, upon Expc.:Cl:auon of Accefs. , ' Your Lordfhip fhall finde a P_rmce, tl?e furtheH: from y ai?.:.Glory, that may be s And tather, like a P~mu,. of the .aunctent Form, than of the'latter Time ( His j Speec.h 1s fwtft, and Curforyj·a:mdin the'fulLDia/ea of his Country 1 At:d In Speech o~Bu~ncfs iliorr,. in Speech ofDifcourfe large~ , He affe6teth Populanry, by gractng fuch, as he hath'heard to be ! Popul~r, arid not ~y ~ ny Faihion~ ofhis own. He is th~ught fomewhat gepetal,,tn hts Favours ; And his Venue of Accefs is rather, becaufe.he is much abroad, and in Prefs, than that h~ giveth eafie Audten<;e. He hafineth, to a mixture, of both Xing-- l ,dornr, and Occafion.s, fafi:er perhaps, than Policy will well bear. l told your Lordfhtp, once be!ore, that (methoughr) his Majtffy rath~r .asked Counfcl, of the umc pall:, than of the time to come. I But lt IS yet early, to ground any s.etled Opinion. For the particulars~ Irefcrr to conference, havwg in thefe generals, gone fur, ther, 1n fo tender an Argmnenc, than I would have done) were not the Bearer hereof fo alfured. So I continue, &c. ----------------------- A Letter, to Mr.· Pierce, Secretary, to tbe Deputy · of I B. E LAN o. Mr. Pierce , .. . ... JAm glad to hear of you, as I doe ; And for my parr, you fuall find me read_y, to take any Occafton, to further your credit, and preferment : And I dare ailitre you, ( though I am no Undertaker,) to prepare your way with my Lord of S41iihury,for any good For~tune, whtch rna y befaU you. You ·teach me to complatn of Bu~mefs; wher~by I write tlie rno!e briefly; And yet I am fo U~Juft, as that.which I allegefor ·mineown Excufe, I.cannot-adm~ t for yours. For I f!lUll:,by Expefring,exa6l: yonr Letters, with ~h1s Fru~t~ of your Sufficiency, as to underftand, how things pafs, ~~ that Kmg_ ~om. And therefore, having begun, I pr~ y you conunue. . Thts Is !lOt tneerl y C ur.~ofiry, for ..I have ever , ( I know n~t by what Inft~n6t, ) wi(Q.'d well, to that impolliih'd part of thts Cro'f!n. And fo, with IJlY very loving Cot:nmendations, I remain. :J. 1, ' |