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Show ----------~.1~~-t7he-L~or~d~T~r-ea~fi~ur~er~.----~---- h The ConcluGon fhall be, to put you in minde,to maintain ~~~t ·which you have kindly begun; accor~ing to the Reliaunce, I have, upon the Sincerity, of your Affcchon, and the Soundt:effe of your J udgement.And fo I commend you, to Gods prefervauon. _.-..:......._..,.,...-----~----·---4------ __... .... .-...-... .. .........- To "V Lord ofEfiex. , · It may plea Je your good Lordfhi p, . . Am very forry, her Ma;effy ibould take my Mot ton to tr.aval~, lin offence. But furely, under her Majefties Royal Correchon, 1t is fuch an Offence, as it fhould be, an offence to the. Sun, when a Man, to avoid the fcorching hea_t thereof, fl yeth mto the £hade. And your Lordjbip rna y eaGly thmk, that havmg now t~efe ~wenty years,, ( For fo long it is, and more'· fi~Ke I went, wrth .. S 1r A .. 1 m)'M P.1ulett, into Frana., from her MaJeft~es .ooyal Hand,) I made Her Majefties Service, the Scope of my hfe : I ili.~llnever find~ a greater grief than this, Relmquere Amorem Prtmum. But fince, p~tnci ia AElionum,funt tant'Um, in n~ftra p~te~ate ;· I hope, her Mafefly, other Clemency, yea and J uf.hce, will pardon me, ~nd not force me, to pine here, with Melancholy. For though mme Heart be good, yet mine Eyes "Yill be fore; So a~ I fhall have no pleaf~re, to look abroad: And .1fi fuouldotherw.Ife be affeeted, her Malefty, in her Wifdom, will but think me, an Impudent Man,that would face out a difgracc. Therefore, as I have ~ver found you, 1ny good Lord, and true Friend, fo I pray,C?pen ti:cma~ter io, to ~er Maie~y, as (he 1nay di~cen~ the neceili:y of 1t, Without adding hard Conceit, to her RcJc:chon; Of wh1ch, I am furc, the latter I never deferved. Thus, &c. -----! l To the Lord 1 reafurer. It may pleafeyourgood Lordfhip, .. I Am to give you humble Thanks, for your favour~blr ~RllUOn, which by Mr. Srcretaries report, 1 ~nde, you co!JCCIVC of me, for the obtaining of a good place, whiCh fome of my honourable Friends have wifhed unto me, Nee Opinanti. I ~111 ufe no rcafan, to perf wade your Lordfhips Mcdi~tio~, but this; !hat your Lordfhip, and my other Frends, fha~lin dus, begg my hfe, oi the ; Quem; For I fee well, the Barr will be tny ·Becr, ~s I mufr, and ! will ufe it, rather than my poor Eitatc, or Reputation, iliall_dcca y. But I ftan:i indiff.::ren~, whether God call !11e, or her MaJefty. Had I that in poffeffion, which by your Lordfhtps onely m.eans, acrainft thenreardl: oppofitio'n, her Majefty grauntcd roc, I would b b never .· To Foulk Grevill. never trou,~le her Maieft~, bu: ferve her fiill voluntarily, without P~Y· Ncidltr, doc I, 1n thts, more, than obey my F·riends Conceus, ~s one that ~ould not be, wholly wanting to my Self. Your Lord{htps.good Oplllion, doth f01newhac confirm me, as that I ral.,e comfort m, above all ot~ers; Afiuringyour Lordfhip, that I never thought fo well of my S~lf,. for _any one t~1ing, as th~t I bave t found~ fitnefs, to my Thwkmg, ll1 my 5clf,to obfcrve,and revere I your V ertues. For the Continuan(e whereof, in the prolonr.:r: t~g, of your. d~yes, I will fiill be your Bead[Inan; And acco~dtngly, at th1s tunc, comtnend your Lordfhip, to the Dh·ine ProteElton. ...._, . ·-·---~~~------------- · To Foulk Grevil. S 1 R, I Underfiand of your pai~es, to have vifited me; For which 1 tha~k you .. My MfZtttr ts an endlc{fe ~eftion. I aifure you, I had fatd; Requufce amma mea: But now, I am otherwifc put to my p[alter; Nolite c,onfickre. I dar~ go no f.:'lrther. Her Maje(fy:had by fet fpeech, more than once~ afiurcd me, of her Intention to call me to her fervice; which I could not underftand, but of :he place, I had been named to. And now; whether ln'L'idus Homo hoc fecit. Or whether tny Matter~ nmfi: be an .Appendix to my Lo: ofE/Jex f~te; Or wheth,er her MaJe~y, pretendtng to prove ll!Y Ability,meaneth, but to take advantage, of [orne Errours, whtch like enoucrh at <;me ume, or other, I may commit; Or what it is'. But her Mafrfty ts no.t ready, to difpatch it .. And what though the Mr. of tb; Ro.wles, and my Lo~ of~!Jex, and yo_ur felf, and others,think my cafe Without doubt ;·yet m the tne~n t1me, I have a hard condition, to fiand fo, that whatfoe~e~ ferv~ce, I d~ to her Majejiy, it £hall be thought to be; but {trvtttum vi[catt~m, lime-twiggs, and Fetches, to place my felf; And fo I fhall have Envy, not Thanks . . This is a ~ourfe, to gucnc? a~l good fp~rits, and to Corrupt every Man~. Nature; wh1ch wtll, ~ fear,. tnuch hurt 2 her Majeft,ies Service, in the et!d· I hav~ been !1ke a p1ece of S~uff, befpoken in tbe ibopp: And tfher MaJefty, wlll tlot take me, It may be,thc fe ing by parcels, "':ill be ~ore ga.infull. For t.o be, as I rold you, like a Child, follow~ng a Btrd, whiCh when he I~ nearefi,fiyeth away,artd lightct~ a lut1e before, and then the Chlld after it acrain and fo in In{ imtu~, I am weary of it : As alfo, of wearying ~y ~ood Friends ; Of wnom, Neverrheleffe, I hope, in onecourfe or other gratefully to dcferve .. An~ f<?, not forgetting your Bufindfe, I le;ve to trouple~ ou, W~t~thts H.ilc Letter, be!ng b~t ]ufta, & Modfrat~ ~.!!/Yimoma. For mdeed, I do confcife, prtmus Amor, will not eafily be caft off. And thus again, I c01nmcnd me to you. - -- ·--.' |