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Show To t!Je fl\!nowned tlnil'erfitj of Cambridge, &c. . \ It was graciouil y, and kindly, done alfo, of his Maje~), towards me to tell you, that you were beholding to me. . But .n n1u~ be the~, for Thinking of you, as I doe~ For othei"wlfe, ~or ·Speaking, as I think, it is but the part of an Hondt Man. I fend yo~1 your I Patent, whereof God give you Joy: And I fend you here, 1nclo~ed, a little Note ofRemembrance,Jor that part of tl1·c Ceremony,wh1ch cohcerneth the Patent : For asJor other Ceremomes, I leave t~ o-thers. 1 1 My Lord chanceller, difpatcht your Patent, p~efent y, upon t 1e Receit; And writ to n1e, ho~ glad he was of 1t,_ and b~w wel~ he wifhed ou. If you writ to hun, a few words of Thanks, I tlun~, you {hill doe well. God keep you, and prof per you. I ever reft Your tru~, and moft devoted, Servant. ------...........-----------------------~--- A Letter, to Sir George Vi\liers,a~kno~ledging the Kings fa· llouringrantin.g,{ome Sute ofh•s. ~ u.gujJ2,2. t6t6~ S 1 R, 1 am more, and more; bound, unto his Majtfly '· ':Vho, .I think, knowing tne, to haveoth~r Ends, t~an Amb1t1011, ts contented, to 1nake me Judge, of mmeown De~res .. I ~m now beating my :Brains, (amongft many .~ar~s, o~hl!s Ma7ejlte$ Bufil. lcfs,)touching the Redeertung the ~11ne,m th1s Bufinefs of C~oath. The great Queftion is; How to nufs, or how to mate the F/emmings ; How to pafs by them, or how to l?afs over the1n. In my next Lett~r, I .fhall alter _your Sule? But I fhall neve~, whilft I breath, alter mme own Sule; In bemg Your true, and mo.ft devoted, Servant. ---------------------- The Lord Keepers Lettlr, to the Univerfity ,in a?f wer~ of their Congratulation, at his firfl: Commtng · to that place • To the RtnoumedUni'\1erfity of Cambridge, his Vear; and . ~'Verend1 Mother. I Am Debtor to you of your Letters, and of the Time, likewi[e, · that I have taken, to anfwer them; But as foon as I could chu[e, what to think on,l thought good, to let you know:)That althou;:~ ' ' . d Letter of K.Jng James, &c~ --------------------~ you may crre.tnuch, in your valuation oftne, yet you fhall not be deceived, 111 your A£furance : And for the other part alfo, tho:gh rhe manner bc,~o n1cnd the Piffur~,by the Life; yet I would be t,l~d, tO mend the Lrfe, by the PiHure, and tO become, and be as you exprc[s n1e ro ~c. Your Gratulations, fhall be no mor~ welcom ,rome, than your Buftnr[s, or occaftons; which I will atrend; and yet not fo, but that I fball endeavour,to prevent the~, by n1y care of your Good. And [t) I commend you, ro God's goodneis. Gorhambury, Apr. I 2. 1617. Your m~fi: loving, and a!fured Fr:end, and Sonne, Fr. Bacon. C.S. ---------------------- A Letter of l(.ing James, TPritten to his Lordfhip, when be 111a) Lo~d Cha~ceii~r, toith his Majefli~s own Hand, upon tbe ftndtng to hun, his Book, of Infl:auratio Magna then new- Ly publijhed, · ' Mr Lord, I Have received your Letter, and your Book, than the which, you could not have fcnr,a more acceprablePrcfcnt umo me. How thankfull I aru for it, cannot better be cxprcfied by me, than by a finn Re[olution,I have taken; FirH,to read it thorouah, with care, and attention; Though I fhould fieai,fome Hours,fr~m my Sleep; .Ha.ving otherwife,as little fJ2are time,_ro read ir, as you had, to ~r ue lt. And rheu tQ ufe the ltb~ny, of a true Friend, in not fpanng, ro ask you the quefiion, in any point, whereof! !hall f}:and in doubt; ( ~am. e{Uj.ejt Exp{icare, cujus eft Condere;) As, on the other part, I wtll w1llmgly gtve, a due commendation,ro fuch places, a ~· , in tny opinion,{hall deferve it. In the mean time,I can, with com tort, aifure you, that you could not have made choice, of a Sub jeer, more qefitting your place, and your univerfal, and Methodick, Knowledge; And, in the general, I have already obferved, that you jump with me, in keeping the midd way, between the two Extremes; As alfo in [orne particulars, I have found,that you agree fully, with my opinion. And fo praying God, to give your Work, as good Succefs, a.s your Heart can wiib., and your 'La-bours deferve, I bid you heartily farewell. · O[fob. I 6. I62o. . James Rex. OTHER |
