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Show A Letter, to tbe King? of Ad~ice, &_:___ -:- _ . j - --- ----:;----.---£ our Maieftirs Confulcanon; fhat For the [econd mam ~art,~ Y n abfolute Breach ; I have had is what fhall be done, {uppo mgL. a '· fl 11d likewife with Sir Lio- ' L • h M s crettJry a,;e ' ·u fome Speecu, Wlt r. e . there may be three waye~, ta-nel! Cranfield; And,.(as I~~c~vifs that the Old Con1pany be ken into conudcrauon. b e r. Appetite and (as I findc: by Sir reftored, who, (no dou t,) a~~elf. And tha~ the Licences; The onr_, LioJZell Cranfield,) notunpreK· l 'as the old Licmce; The other, that of 3°00° Cloathes b ~ ~~; :hich is,without fiint, (my Lord that of my Lord of ~.um ~a:isr;ction; ) be compounded_, ipto one of C::umbt_rland re~etvwgftint· And then) that they' amongft themenure Ltcmce, withouth ' fi which hath been oftcred to your [elves, take o.r~er, fo{ ~ a~K~~n~wn way, wherin your Majefty, is MaieHy. This IS a p a~nh n this that the Work_, of Dying, and not an ACl:our; onely ~. ~thath'been fo much glorifyed, f:emeth Dreiling, Cloat~es, "'! IC . ou leave there. Thefecond 15, that to be wholly relmqudhf'C~[aih with this Dilfere~cc; That the there be a free Trade, ° C ' and the Whites double CuDyed, anddrdfed, pay n~. ~uffom~ibited and ondy licentiate. ftom, it b~ing a .Me:~han I£-:uf;othe 14 ork ddired, and_ will have This conunueth m hfe,Ba:r~ doe ~onfefs, 1 did ever ~hmk, that a porular .Applaufe.. is mofi: a reeable to the Englifh ~ature' Tradmg, 1n Comtan~s, enerafV ein, of a Rtpublick, which run,whic~ wanteth t ~t ~~fe~veth to them, infiead C?f a Company. neth 111 the Dutch' A t advi[e, to adventure, th1s great Trade, And thc~efore, Ida~~ n~ 1 th been fo loni , under Govermncnt, J. of the Ktn,Kdom, ( w 1C 1aTh Third is a Compounded W ay of in a free, ?r l~ofe, Trade • . n w~th the r:adt, •of whites, by the old both, which IS; To goeo 'our Ma'effies Profit be raifed, by o~. Company rtflored; A[cndl thatRya· ther t~an bY. double Cujlom' wherem d er amo n~ft TheAm6 eto vuers :; And that, neve.r tht l Cri. s, t he re b e a dd ed you ~.uft e the me Com an 'to carry out Cloathes' Dyed, .and a Pnvllege, to the fa w{ g will ftill continue, as a glonous Drdfed, Cuftom-frer_; 11c Deft n I hope, and W iih, at Beam, of your Ma,tjltes Royal titte~ ~a y be of iome \l[e, to your leaft, that this, whlch ~ ~~e yv of tl~e Lords about you,this great Maitfty, to iettl~ b{ tfi e. ·sv:~~'Effe6t of my Care, and poor ABufinefs •. At ~f~ ea b I~~ it is g. iv;n me, to no other end_, .but bility, wluch, 1 1n me e y, referve you. · faithfully, to [erve your Ma;efty. God ever p . Your Majefties, moft humble SubjefJ ' and bounden Servant. .A ----J ______. ... __., _. ._. , __ ~~. .......... --~~~------- I ------A- E-e-tt-e-r,- t-o -S-ir- G-e-o-r-ge- V-~ill-i-e-rs-,- &--c.- --------------- Another Letter, tQ Sir George Villiers ; touching a M!Jtion to · fTPe4r him C ounfeOer. February 17. 16 1 5· ' SIR, I humbly pray you, not to think mcovc;r-hafiy, or much in Appetite, it) pur you in Remembrance, of my Motion, of firengthening me, with tne Oath, and Trufi, of a Privy Coun(eUtr; Not for mine own firength, (For as tO that, I thank God, I am artned within,) bur for the Strength, of my Service. The Times, I fubtnit to you, who knoweth thetn befi. But fure I am, there were never Times, which did1nore require, a Kings AtPurne_;·, to be well armed, and (as I [aid once to you,) to wear a Gauntlet, and not a Glove. The .Arraignments, when they proceed; The Cantentt'on,berween the chancn-y,and Kings J!ench; The grea·t Cau[e, of the Rege incon(u!to, wnic is fo precious,to the Kings Prerogative; Diver[e other Servi~es, that concern the Kings Rroenew, and the Repair of his Eft ate. Be fides~ it pleafeth his Maiefty, to accept well, of my Relations_, touching his Bufinefs~ which may feem, a kind of Interlopin~, (as the Merchants call it,) for one that is no Coun- [eller. But I leave all unto you, thinking my Selfinfinitely bounden unto you, for your great Favours; The .Beams whereof, I fee plainly, refle6l: upon me, even from others : So that now, I have no greater Ambition, than this; That, as the Kin!., fheweth HitnfeH to you, the befr Ma(fer,[o I mought be found,your befi Servant. In which VVifh, and Vow, I iliall ever rcfi. Mofi devoted, and affeCtionate, td ________ obey your Commands. , ..... ____________________ A Letter, to the King, upon (ome Inclination, of bis Majelty, tiJ him, for the Chancellers Place. April!. t6t6. It may pleafe your moft excellent Ma jefiy, · THe lafr day, when it pleaicd your M:aje~y, to exprefs your Self, towards me, farr above that, I can defcrve, or could expeCt, I was furprized, by tne Princercomming in :_ I mofi humbly pray your Majefty, to accept rhefe few Lines, of Acknowledgem~nt~. I never had great Thought, for my Self, further than to maw ram_, thofe great Thoughts, which, I confefs, I have, for your Serv1ec~ I know, what Honour is; And! know, what the.T~mes ate • . Bur, I thank God, with me, my Service is the Principal·; And it is farr from me, under Honourable Pretences, to cover bafe De(lres ; which I account then to be, when Men referr, too much to Themfelves, efpecially [erving [uch a Kin~. I am afraid of Nothing, Kkk 2 but 73 |
