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Show so o I A Letter, rPporting thg State, &c. -------~ But if it (hould die, by Dtfpenfation, or Diffimula~ion, tl:en I : fear, that whereas your Ma/e~y, hath now, fo ma~1y 1ll Su~;e6ts, poor; ·tnd deteCted, you (hall tl:en have the:m, nch at~d d1ffe1n· bled. And therefore, I hold tl11s offer, very. confidera~le, of fo · reat an Increafe, of Re·venew; If it can pafs, the fiery Tr:al, of Re~ ion, and Honour;. which I wii11, all Pr·oje8s may paf~. gThus, in as much, as I have n1ade to your Ma7ejty, fomewl~at a naked, and particular account, ofBufinds, I l~ope your MaJefly, will ufe it accordingly. God preferve your MaJefty. Your Majejlits, moil hun1ble, and devoted SubjefJ, and Servant. --J.-----;....__;----~J---~-~----- A Letter, reporting the State, of »ry Lord Chancellers - Healtf,. Jan• 29. 1614. It may pleafe your excellent Majefi:y' . . BEcaufe I know your Majefty, would b: glad, to he_ar, how lt 1~, with my Lord chanceUer; And ~hat lt plea~ed h1~, o~t ofhts antient and great Love, to me; whtch, n1any umes, 1n Stckn~fs, app-eareth 1nofr; To adtnit _me, to~ great deal of Speech, w1th hi.m , this afternoon; whtch, dunng thefe three dayes, he hath fcarcely done to any; I thought it tn?ught be pleahn_g t? your Maje Ffy, to certify you, howl found ~um. I fow1d ht_m 111 bed, , but his Spirits frdl1, and good, q~e~kmg ftoutly ~ a~d w1th~ut beino- fi ent, or weary;~ 1d both ~tll~n g, and Beg1nnmg ~f_hunie~f, to 0fp~ak, but wholly of your MaJefous Bufinefs. v:'here1n I ca.~not forget, to relate, this particular;, That he wtfhed, th.at lus Sentencing of 1. S. at the day appomted, _mought. be lus laft Work,to conclude his Services,and exprefs.hts Affcchon,towards your Maje~y. I told him, I knew yo~r MaJeHy, would _be very defi. rous of his Prefencc, that day, So lt mought be, wtthout prejudie;; But othcrwife, your Maje~y, cfi:een1ed a Servant , more than a Service; fpecially fuel~ a ·S_ervant. Not to trot~ble your M · .fl:,;· T~-ou o-h good Spirits 1n S!Cknefs, be uncertain Kalen-a; ey_;' 11 .:l ' • • d I 1 b h ders, yet I have very good Comfort of lum, an 1ope y t at day, &c. .A ----------~-==~~--~~--~--------------~------~ , A Letter, to the King, (}ilJin(/ bim ~A c.count &~-· -·- - (: i . i 6 0 ' ' • . ,~ , 1 1.d Letter, to the King, ,gi1>ing bim a•z .d ccount of Peach a~ ~.----=-- rBufine[s,flndjomeothers, J~n. 3Io 1614. · It may pleafe yaur excellent Majdl:y, ' 1 Re~eived, thic:; Morning, by Mr. Afurr.~y, a Mcffagc, from your Ma7effy, of fomc warra t, and confidence, that I i11ould advcr~ ife your Maiefty, of your bufind~, wherein I had parr. VVt1c-n." . ln,_I am firfr, hum bly_,~o thank you: Maiefly,for your good acceptauon, of tny Endeavours, and ServiCe; which I am not ab:c to · furnifh, with any other ~ality, [ave Faith, and Diligence. For Peachams _Cafe, I have, fince my lafr Letter, been with my Lord Cooke, twiCe; Once before Mr. Secreta. riis going down to your Majefty; And once fincc, whic.h was yefrerday: At the Form~ r, of W,hich times, I ddiver~d him Pet~cbams papers ; And a t· thls Latter, th~ Prefidents, WhiCh I had, with care, gathered, and fde6l:ed: For thcfe Degrees, and order_, the Bufincfs required. At the former, I told him, that he knew my Errand, which fioo~ upon·two points : The one to i_nfonn h_im·~ of the particu. lar Cafe, of Peachams Trea[ons; (For I never gtve n, other word, to him;) The other, ro receive his Opinion, to tny Self, and in ie-cret, according to !llY Commiffio11; from your Maiefiy. , At the former ume, he ~ell, upon·the fame Allegation, which he ~a~ begun, at th~ Counctl Tab!~;. that Judges, ~ere not to give Optmon, by Fra6hons j but~ enttrcly, accordmg to the Vote, whereupon they fbould fettle, upon conference: And that, this .Auricular Taking of 0 pinions , fingle, and apart, was 11ew, and dangerous ; And other \\lords, more vehement:> than I re- . peIa tr.e p1 y e d , 1· n C · '1 d 1 ... IVl , an paw, Tcin'l>; That I wifuthis Lord-fhip, in 1ny love to him, t~ think bckter of it ; FGr that this , that his Lordfhipwas pleafed, to put into great Words, feemed to tne, and 1ny Fellows, when we fpake.ofit, amongfr our [elves, a reafonabk, and· familiar Matter, For a King to confult with his Judges, either aifembled, or fele6ted; or one, by one. And thcnj to give him a little Outlet, to [ave his firfr Opinion, (wherewith he is tnoft cQmmonly in love,) I added, that IudJ?.eS, [omc times, might 1nake a Sute, to be fpared, for their Opinion, till they had fpoken with the:ir Brethren; Bur, if the King, upon his own Princely Judgement, for Reafon ofEHate, i11ould think it fit, to have it o .. hcrwife·, and fhould fo de1nand it, there was no declining : Nay, that it touched, upon a Violation, of their Oath, which was, to counfel the King, without Difrin6tion, whether it were joyntIy, o~fevera_l~y. Thereupon, I put him the Cafe, of the Privy Counctl; As 1£ your Maiefty, fhould be plea fed, to command any of |
