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Show s6 .A Letter, to the King, of acco"nt, of Owens C aufe, ~c. ly, (which is fomewhat,) we thought heft, rather tO u[e this Form. The Judges de!ire~ us, ~o leave the ,Examin~tion_s, an~ Papers> with them, for [01ne httle nme, to confiuer, ( wh1ch 1s a tbmp- th~ v ufe;) But, I conceive, there will be, no manner ofQ'!eition,~nad~ of it. My Lord chief Juffic~, to fuew forwardneis, ( as I interprtt it,) futwed us pa£fagcs of Suarez, _and ethers, ~hereby to pr~ve, that though your Majefl7, fiood not Ex.~~:)lnmmucat~,.by particular Sentence, yet by the General BuUs, of Crtna Domtm,and others, you w re; upon tlle n1atter, Exc~rnmunicate ; ~nd~ therefor~, that the Trea[on was, as De pr£fmtr • . But I, that tordee., that 1f that Courfe ihould be held, when lt co1ntntth to a pubhck day , ·-co difirminate to the Vulgar, an Opini.on,that your /rtajejfies Ca(e is all one, as if you were de FaBo5 particularly, and cxprdly, Excommunicate, it would but e11creafe, the danger of your Pcrfon, with thofe, that are Dcf per ate Papifis; And that iris necJlcis ; Commended n1y Lords Diligence, but wirhall, put it by; And fell upon the other Courfc, ~ whic!l is _the true way ·; ). ~hat is , th:u whofoev<:r {hall affirm, tn Dtem , or (ub Cond1ttone, that your t11a;eflJ'' inay be ddhoycd, is a Traytor, de prtej'enti; For that, he n1aketh you, but Tennant for Life, at the ~vill of an~ther. And I pur, the Duke of Buckin,'l,hams Cafe, who fa1d? That 1f the 'King, cau[ecNJim to be arrefted, of'TrttL[on, he would _~ab lnm ; And the. Cafe, of the lmfofturr[s, Elizabeth Barton, that faid, That if Kin7_ .. \Henry tiJe 8. toa.k not IJtS "!''i{e again, Katharine Dowat.er, he fhoul.:l be no · lonJi.fr King; And tl1c ltkc. It may be, thck particulars, are not worth the Relating. But , becaufcJ finJ 1:orhing in thcWorld,fo imrortantto your Service, as to have you duo 1ghly infonned,(the Ability of your Direttion con!idcrcd ,) it makctll me thus ~o doc; Moil: hum~ly praying your Maie.fl:y, to admonilh me, if I be ov~r-troub! d om. For Peacbam, tbc rdt of my Fdlowes, arc ready, to make their Report, to your Ma/rfty, at [uch time>, and in fuch manner, as your Majefty (hall require it. My S.elf ydlcrda y, wok my Lord Cooke ::t\ {iJ~~ ahe:r the rdt were go~e~ qn~ told hir:1, all ~h~ rdl: Wl'l"l' r~-::t: dy, and I v'vas now tor ,qu1re, ius Lordfhrpr Opuuon, accordmg ! to my Commiffion. He {aid, I i11onld have it; A~H.t repea ted \ that, twice, or thrice, as thinking he had gon~ too ta~r, m that .. kinde ofN en-~uivc, (tO deliver any Opiuion a pan,) bdorc; And \ faiJ, he vv~~lld tell it me, within a very 0 10rt time, ti ou~h he \ wuc not tl:.at ii1ftanr ready. I have roifcd this BuGncfs, in omnes \p.zrtes, whereof I witl give your Ma;e~y knowledgc,when tim fer- \'<:th. God p-refervc your MajfftJ. Your Mttjeffies, mofi humble, and devoted, ·subJrEf, and 5-et'T../aM. .A - - ---~-··---'-- -- ' :"!' .!~----......:----------..-----~-,----· A .L etter, to t·he- K-ing· , touc'bing Matter of h~ 'l{_el'tnew ,& c. s7. ..d Lette~, to the King, about a Certificate, of my Lord · Cooke. Feb. 14. 1614, It may tleaje your excellent Majdly, · · J Send your Majefty, cnclo(cd, my Lord Coo/as A1ifwers. I will nor call tl1c.m Refcripts; Much leis Oracles. They are of his own hand, anl~ ofterc~ tO me, a~ they arc, in writing·, though I am gbd of u, for mme own D1fcharge. I thourrht it my duty as foon as. I received thetn, infl:an~ly, to fend ther? to your Ma;~~y; And forbear, for ~he prefen.t, to !peak further of rhen1.· I, for my ~art,_ ( t~1ough tlus Mu[co1.:ra Wea1b:r' be a little roo hard, for my (or~~ztuttan;)was ready, to have walted,upon your Maje~y,thisday_, all n{pects fet a fide; But my Lord Treafurer, in rcfpeCt of the fea- ' [on, and much ~tl}Cr Bu!incfs,was 'vyilling to [ave.n~e. I will only · concluL\e, wuchmg thefe Papers, with a Text, D1v1ded, I can not fay ; Oportet ~~h£c.fini; But I may fay; Finu tiutem nondum. God j prefervc your Majefly. , Your Majefties, moil humble, and devoted Subjea, and Servant. ----------------------------------------- A Letter, to the King, touc1)ing Matter, of bis R.evenew and Profit. ·April15, 1611. ' J . It may pleafe your Majefi:y , 1 May remember, what TacittM faith, by occaGon, that Tiherius, was often, and long; abfenr, from Rome; In Yrbe, et parva, et m~g'!~.' .Ne~otia,. Imperatorem [imul premunt; But faith He, ~n re~ej] u, t/.tmiffts'rebw., mmons momentt, fumm£ rerum magnarum may;u agttantur. This tnakctli me think, it {hall be no Incivility, to _ti·ouble your Majefiy, with b11fincfs, during your aboad irmn London; Knowing~, that your Maiefties Meditations , are the principal wheel,ot yot1r Efiate; And be:ing warranted, from a former Com-mandement, which I received from you. , I doe now, onoly fend your Majejty, the[e Papers enclofed; becaufe I ~oe greatly defire, fo farr forth, tO preferve my credit with · you, as thus; That whereas lately, (perhaps, out of too much De!ire, which induceth too rritkh beleef,) I was bold to fay, that 1 thought it. as ea!ie for your Maje~y, to come out of Want , as to goe forth of your Gallery; your Maje~y, would not take me, for a D.rcah1er, or a Projectour; I fend your Majefty therefore, fame Grounds of tny Hop'S. And for that Paper, which I have gathered, of Increa[ments[perate,I be[eech you_,to give 1nc leave,to think, H h h 2 that -------- ~- -~ ... ----- |