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Show 6o A I.etter, to Sir George Vi\liers, &c. ( tie Husbandry, and Prov ~dencc, to t~ke nothing ~f them, for that which is meerl y lucrative tO them, 111 the mean t.1me. Nay, I fay further, this will greatly conduce, and be a kinde (')fSec_urity, tO the End dcG.red. .~or I alw.ayes feared, and doc yet fear, that when Men, by cond1t10n Merclumts, though never [o honcfl:, have gotten into their H~nds, the Trade of whites, and the Difp:n[ aJion to Teyntour· where1n ~hey fhall reap profit, for that, WhKh they never [owed ; :But have gotten themfelvcs Cerraint~es, in re- 1 fpeet of the Stat~s hopes; They are like enough; to fleer upon this as upon a P1llow; And to make no haHe, to goe on with the reG:~ And though it may be [aid, tl1at that is a thing, will eafily appear to the State,., yet, (no doubt,) means may be devifed, and found to .draw the Bufi.nefs in length. So that I conclude, that if yo~r Maj~@y, take a Erofit of them, in the In_teri"!, ( .confidering you r~fuie profit, from the Old Company, ) 1~ Will be both Spurr, an1Bndle, to then1, to make them Pace anght, to your 1 MajeH:ies End. . . Thic; in all humblenefs, accotdmg to tn.y vowed Care, and Pl-delity, being ,no Mans ~an, but your Majefties, I prefent,leave,~nd fubmit, to yonr Maje~us better Judgement; And I could w1fh, your Maieftj would. (peak; with Sir !bomas Lake in it; who, befides his good ~ab1r, which-~e ha.th m ~ufinefs, beare~h? ( methinks,) an ind1fferent Han}i 1ll tlus parucular; And ( 1f lt pleafe ym.)r Maje.ffy,) it ~a y pr?ce~d, ' as from your Self, and not as a Motion, or Ob(ervanon, Gf 1nme. Your Majefty, _need not, in this, to be fireightned in time ; As if this mufi be demanded_, or treated, before you G.gn their Bill. For I, fore[eeing this, and forcfeeil}g, tl1at many .things mought fall our, which I could not f9rcfee, have handled lt [o, as with their crood. Contentment, th\re is a Power of Revocation, inferred inro. fJ1eir Patent. And fucommending your.ll-faiefty, to Gods bleffed, and precious Cuftody; I rd}, ... Yout MajeHies, mofl humble, and devoted, . SuhjeEl, and Str·vant. . . ~----~-.......... ~ .,.,..___,.,.__. _____ ..,_..,.. __ \ .· A Letter, to Sir George Villiers, touching Ropers place. January11. 161;. .. S I R, Sending to the King, upo.n Occafio~, I would.110t fail, to falute you, by my Letter; wh1ch, that lt may be more ·than ~vy0lines, I a~d this for News ; That as I was fitttng, by my Lord Chief Juftic:, upo!l Fhe Commijfion, ~or the.IqdiCl:ing, of the Great Per[on:. On~ of the Iadoes ask~d I-hm, whether RotJer were dea~i? , ~ 6 . c He 1 A Le~~' t!!_tbe King, &c. Ije fai?, He, for his part, knew~ot~A-not_h-er o_f-th e_Judgts a11 - lwcr:a ; lr. ih~uldconcern you, my ~?rd, to kno'.v it. Wncreup· o~heturncdhtsSpecchrome,audiaH..1; No, Mr. tAtturney, I w11l !:o~ ~vrafil~,!1ow in n1y l~ttcr tin:es. My Lord, (faid I,) you. fpcak ~1ke. a Wife Man. ~ell, ( [alth he,) they have had no lu~k wHh n, that ha~e had lt. I [aid again, Thofd dayes be pa~. i Hn~ you have the J?Jalogcu, to make you merry. But in fadnds,_ I wa:> glad ro percc1vc he m ant not to conccft. I can but honoqr, and love you, clnd rdt, . Your affured F r icnd and Servant. -----------------~---· --. A Letter, to the King, advifing, bow to hreak off, with the · Ne»:J CBmpany. February 3· 16 I). I~ may pleafe your. excellent Majcfiy, . J .spakc, ycft crmg~t, long_, wi:h n~y Lord Cooke; And for the Rege mcon[ulro, I. concetve by lum, _H wtll be, An amp/ius deli.&erandum cen[ro, (as I thought at firfr,) io as, for the prefenr, your Majefty, 01all 1~ot need, to renew your Commandernent of Stay. I fpake ~1th lum, alfo, about fome ~ropofitions,. concerning your Maie- .fius cafual Revenew; whcrem, I found hun, to confent with tne, fully; Affuming, nevenhdefs, that he had thoucrhr of them before : But it .is one Thing, t? have the Vapour of; Thought; An? thcr, to ?1gefr Bufinds a1~1ght. He, on his part, imparted to me, dn~erfe Th 1~1gs, of great wetght, concerning the Reparatton, of your Ma7e~tes Me~n~, and Fmances, ~hich I heard gl~dly; Infon: uch, ~she pc~·ce1vwg __ ~he fame, I thm~,was the read1er, ro open h1111fcH to me, 111 one C lrcumftancC)whKh he did much inculcate. I concurr fully with him, that they are to be held [ecret : For I nevtr faw, but that BuGnefs, is like a Child, which is framed invifibly in the VVombe; And if it come forth too foon, it will be abortive. I know, in mofr of them, the Profecution 1nufi. refi, r~mch, upon my Sd.t. But I, that had the Power, to prevail, in tne Fa"tmers Cafe~ of the French f11incs, without the help, of my Lord Coo~·e, fhall be better abic ::> to goe through thefe, with his h~l p, the gr:-mnd being no lcfs juH. And this I {hall ever add of mmeown, that_ I !11all C:\'er rcfpeCl: your JV!aje(Iits Honour, no lcfs t~an your Pr~fu; And i~1~ll ~1fo take care, according to my pen~ tve 1:1anner, tllat that, wh1ch 1s good, for the prcfent, have not in llt, hidden Seeds of future Inconveniences. The M~trer, of the 1.Vew Company, was referred, to me by the I Lo!ds, ?~ r!:e Prirvj Council; where111, afcer fom~ private Speec.h, wtth SIT Ltonel Cranfield, I made that Rep?rt, wh1eh I held, mofl \ agreeable to Truth, and your Mai(fties Service. If this New Com-pany, / |