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Show A ~etter, to the Earl of Sali~bury, &c· rhat reign in Peac<_t, no k[5 to be e~t~emed, than Services of Com .. mandersin the v\1 firrs. In all wn1cb, ncvenhclefs,. ~can challenge, to my Self, no Sufficiency,~ bu~ th~t I was .d11lgent,. and rcaionablc happy, to execute_ ~l}oie D1rcchons, wluch.I rccnvcd, rithc·r immcdiatcl y from your Royal Mout{J,O~ from my .. Lord ~f ~a· ltibury. At what time, it plca(ed your MaJ"ft13.l[o, to promtfe, and a{furc me that upon the Remove of the then Atturney, I fhould not be 'forgotten, but brought into Ordinany Place. And I this was after confirmed to me, by n1any of ~ny Lo~ds>and towards th~ end of the tail: Tcrll), ~l~e manner alfo, m partK~llar ? fpoken of; That is, tl}:}t Mr. Solltcr~er, i11ould be made your Mat~11te1 Srrjeant,, ~nd I Sol/iciter: For fo 1t was thought bell, t~ fort, With ~ot~ our Gifts,andJ?,aculties, for the ,good of your Serv1ce: And o~ th~s Rcfolmion both Court , ancL Coumry, rook know ledge. N ctther was this, ~ny Invention, or Pt;ojcet, of n1inc own; but tnoved,from my Lqrds, I think, fidl fr01p my Lord chanaller: whereupon rcfring, your Ma;dfy well knowGth,I neve-r ope~~q tny.Mouth,for the Greater place; Tnough I am (urc, I had 2. Cucum1lat~ccs,that Mr . .Atturney, that ·now is, coutd not allege : Tne one, N 11:\~.ycars Service of the Crown: The·othcr., the bc-u1g ·coujin Germam, to the Lord of salisbury, vyhom your Maiefly,.efl~cmeth, and trufieth fo 111u00. But [or the lefs Place, I conde1ve 1t was meant me. But . a(ter ~hat, Mr•. Atturney !fobtrt was placed, I heard no 1nore .of my Preferment; but it fcemed to me at a fi.opp, to 111~ gre~t D!fgrace, aud Difcouragcnl~nt. For (graciOus.soveratgp) 1ffhll, when the waters are ffirr' d,another {hall be put 111 before me, your Majefly had need work. a Miracle, or el[c, I fhall be fiill, a lame Man, to doc your ServiCe. .And t.herefore) my 1no~ humble fute, tO your Maiejty, is; Tnat dus, wluch fecmed to 1ne mtcn~ed, may fpecdily b~ pe:-rformed: AJ d:,. I hope.) lll)l fqtmer SerVlce, iliall be, but as Beginnings to bette~,. when I am better ihengthencd: For fure I am, no Mans Heart 1s fy~kr, (I fay not, but many may have greatcr"Heans, but I fay no_tfuUcr,) of Love, and J.?ury, t?wards your Maie~y, and your chrldrel!; .(\..s, I hope, T1mc will manifctt, againfr Envy, and Dctrachon, 1f any be. To COf\clude, I mofl: humbly crave pardon for 1ny boldncfs, and rdl:. · ---------------........-.---------------....- : A Letter to the Earl of Salisbury, of Curtefy, upon a , New-years ~ide. It may plffi[e )'Ottr good Lordiliip, ~ .I • HAving no Gift, t~ prcfcnt you w~th, • in anyfdegrce ~roporttonable to 1ny mmdc; I ddire, ncverthclcfs, to tak~ th~ Ad ·vantage, of a Ceremqny, to cxprcfs my Self, to your Lordfhrp; lt ~c-mg I A Letter, to the King, &c. · in~ the fitfi til~lC, I could make thc:-li·k-c A~knowlcdgcmcnr, when I~ ood, out of th~ pcrfoz~ of n Sure:r : whcr fore , t'moH humbly pray your~~rdfhtp, to d11nk of m' , rLat now i bath plea fed you, . by many ~:.~..:Ct:ual, and grcar Benefits, to add the Affutancr, and l Co~fo_rr, of yo.ur ~ovc, and ~avour, ro that precedent Difpofitir: on, whtch was 111 me, to adm1re, your V rnue and Merit . I doc j cflecm, _whatfo v~r:.. I hav~, o~ may have, in this World,' but as / J~afh, 111 companfon, ot hav1ng the Houour,.and Happincfs, to o .. -a near, ana well accepted, .Ktnfman, to io rarc;and. wonhy, a Counfel/e):, c_overn~r, and Patrrot. For having b en a fiudious if not, a € ·tU·10us Obferver, of .A ntiquittes of Vn;ttu, as of hltc Pir:es· I forbear to fay to your Lordfhip, '.Yhat I find ·a~d concci.ve; Bu~ to any ot~er, I would think, to make tny Self., belct:vcd. But not to be teo10us, in ·.tllat, which may have theiliewof a Complctncn:, I can but Wlili your Lordfhip, many happy years; Man,y tnorc, than rour Fath:r had; Even io Jllany more, as we m,ay need you n1ore. So I rcma111. · · · #; ' t ----..-.---..------------·----~ ·' ' . A' Letter, ofTHan~s, to tl;e King, upQn Mr. Arcur· . I ners s i~Anejs. -" it may p/eafo )'Our mo{t ;xcel!ent Majcfi:y, I I _Doc undcrfiand, by fomeoftny good Friends, to mygtcat · f l . .a 1 h . . com- .orr, t 1a~your ~a(~Ji), 1at 1n mmde_; you£ M4jeftus Roya/Pro- 111tfc,( whu:h to 1ne 1s Anchor a Spei,)- t~mching the Atturne '! lace I hope, Mri Atturney fhall doc well. I thank God I w1"tbry110PM • D h l . . . ' ans cat ? Nor muc 11n1nc own L~fe, mote than to doeyout Ma:e. (ly Servtcc. For I account nty L1fc the Accident and m D 1 the Subil:ance. But this,_ I w~ll be bold to fay. If it pleJc G~d, that ever _I fcrvc your if,faJefty,m the .Atturnry's place,l,.bave known an Atturney Cooke, and an Atturney I.Jobert; Both worthy Men d farr abov~ my Self=. Bur irl fhould not find, a Middle way:~~ryvcen thc1t two D1fpofit1on.s, and Carriages, I fuould not fat~ sfy my Self. But tt:efc thmgs_, are farr, ot neat, as it fhall plcafeGod. ~Gan wlnlc, I.n~olthilmbly pray your MajefiJ, to ac.;. cept,my Sacrift~e of ThankSJ[.tVtng for your Gracio~ Fa'l/our. God pre. ferve your MaJejly. I ever remain. .- · |