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Show 74 .A Letter, to Sir George Villiers, &c; but that the Mafrer of the Hcrfe, your Excellent Servant , and 1, {hall fall out, who {hall hold your Stirrop heft. But were you Mounted, and Sea ceCil, without Difticultie , and D ifrafi:es, ~tt your Bufinefs, a~ I ddi.re, alld hope to fee yo~; I JbP.W~,, ~x. 4Mmo, d~fire to [pend the Decline, ot tny years, 111 my Stud1es. Vv'hereu1 alf~, ~ {hould no~ ~orget, to doe ~i1n Honour , who, .betides ,his A6tive, and Pohuqtie Venues, 1s the befi Penn of Ktngs ; ~uch more, the beft SubjeCt of a P_enn. God ever preferve your Ma,efty. Your M~effies, tnofr humble suhie8, And more, and more, obliged Servant. .A Let~er, to Sir George Villiers~ touching his Swearing ~ounfe~l~r, May 3 o·~ _16 16. S 1 R, The time is, as I ihouldthink, now,-or never, for .hisMajeHy, tO finifh his .good Meaning t0wards 1ne ; If it ple~fe )l.im to confider, what is pafl, and what is to }:Orne. , , If I would 'tender my Profit, and oblige Men untQ me, by my Place, and Pra6tice,I could have more profit,than 1 could devife; And could oblige all the \!Vorld, .an~ £fend none -; which is a bravc"Cond1tion, for a Mans Private. But my tJcart, is not, on thefe Things. Y ct, on the other fide, I would be forry , that worthlefs Perfons, fhould make a Note, that I get Nothing, but Pains, and Enemies ; And a little Popular Reputation , which followeth me, whether I will, or no. If any thing, be to be done; for _your [elf, I iliould take infinite Contenunent , that tny H~nour, might wait upon yours :But I would be loath,it iliould wa~t upon any ~ans elfe. If you would .put your. ftrength, t? th1s Bufine[s, lt is done; And that done., 1nany Thlllgs -more~w1ll be. gin. God keep you ever; I reft, your true, and devoted, servant. ------~--_:_ ______________ . __ .A Letter, ta Sir George Villiers, upon tl1e Choice, bis Maje~ fly ga~e l;im, 1l;Jbet/;er he would be Jrvorn Counfeller} or ha)le A jfurance, tofocceed the Ghanceller, June 3. 1616 .. SIR, The King giveth me a noble choice; And you are the . . Man, my Heart ever told me, you werco Ambition would draw ------ --~----------------------------------~------ ~ A Letter,' to :Sir G·eorge Villiers· d~c · \ I - '" • 7; 1 1 dra,:·mc ~ ' ~o the latter part of th.c CJ1oice; Bm, in ref} ca ot my ---l~ eatty willies, that my Lcrd (:h,mceJ/e-t, may live loncr . And the · fmall Hopes I have~ tl_1ar_ I ~all ·li~c long? my Self; 0 And abbvc 11 all, becaufe I fee, h~s Ma1~~us Servt~e, darly, and inD:antly, b1ee- . der~; T?~ards ;whlCh, I per[ wade my Sclt~ (vainly perhaps, bt1t 1 y~t mm~ncown thoug~ts, firmly, ahd confiamly,) that I iliall gtve, when I am of the Table, fome effeCtual Furtherance (as h pO?r Thrtd o~ the Lahyri~th} which hath no other Venue: but an umted Conunuance, w1tl:out Inwrrupdon, or Difiraetion;) I doc accept of t?e former, to be Coun[eller, for the prefent, and to give over fleadtn~ ~t Barr ; · Let the other Matter reft upon my Proof, and. h1s MaJefius Pleafure, and the :AccidMts ofTimt. For to fpeak 1 plalllly, I would be lo~ th, that my Lord chanceller, tO whom I · . O~iVe moil:? after the Kmg~ and your Self, iliould be locked to h1s Succejfour _, for any Advancement, or Gracing, of me. So I ever remaw. Your ttue, and moft devoted, and obliged, Servant. I I • ~ To his 'Very Honourabl~ good FrienJ,Sir George Villiers MaHer of the Horfe, to his Maj efly, and of the moft N ohle · OrderiftheGarter. ·junCil. 1616. · SIR, ~fend hi~ MajeHy, a Draught, of the A£f .ofCotmfel; con-cernmg the Judges Letter ;/enned, as near as I could to his Majefties Infi:ru6l:ions, receive in your prefence. , I then ~old his Maie~y,· m~ Metnory vyas not able, to keep way with his; And therefore hts Majefly w11l pardon me, for any Omiffions, or Errours; And be plea fed, to fupply, and reform the fame. i am preparii~g, fome other Mat.erials, for his Maj~~ies excelient Hand, concernmg ~ufinefs, that IS ~m~uning on. ~bt fince his Majefly, hath renewed tny Heart w1thll1 me; methwks, I i11ould dou~ le my endeavours. God ever preferve, and prof per you; I refr. Your 111ofi: devoted;; and bounden, Servant ----·------------------·------- A Letter, to Sir George Villiers,; {or the rJ\.efloring of Doctor Surgis, to preach, June 11~ x616, SIR_, I ~oe think, you may doe your [elf Honour, and, (that r wluch 1s ~ore,) doe a good \/Vork, if you will affifi; and per; feet, a Motion begun, (and that upon a good Ground, both ofl , I -~ . ...--. Sub~ |