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Show I . TO t1Je Lord Trea[urer Burghley. To the Lord T reafurer Burghley.· Mo~ Honourable, and my "L'ery good Lord. I Know, I may cornmit an Errour, in writing this Letter, both ill a tim~, of great, and weighty BuGncife; A_s alfo, when my [elf, am not induced thereto, by any new parucular occa{ion : And therefore, your Lordfhip may. impute tO tne, either Levity, or Ignorance, wnat appenaineth to good ref pc6ts, and forwardneffe of Dealing; Efpecially to an Honourable l'erfon, in whom there is [uch concurrence, ot .Eriagnitudo Honoris, & Oner#; As it is hard to fay, whether is the great~r. But I anfw<:r my felf fir.~, that I have ever noted it, as a part,of your Lordjhtps excellen_t VV ~fedotne, Parrz., ·is componere Majl,na; That you do not exclude tnfenour matte-rs, of Acceifc, amongfrthe Care of grcat.Andfor my fel~I thought, it would better manifdl:, wl::at I deGre to exprcffc, if I did write out of a deep, aod fettled coniideration, of mine own Duty, rathct than upon the fpurrc of a particular Occafion. And therefore, (my fingular good Lord) Ex abundantia cordis, I mufr acknowledgc, how greatly, and divcdly, your Loodfhip hath vouchfafed, to eye me unto you, by Many your Benefits. The Revedion of the Office, which your Lordfhip Onely proc.ured unto tne, and carried . through great, and vchetuent, Oppofition, though it yet bear no fruit, yet it is one of the fair eft Flowers, of my poor Efrate; your Lordfhips confiant, and ferious ~ndeavours, to ba.ve me Solltciter: your late honourable yYifhes, ior the p_lace of the wards : Together with your Lordfhtps Attempt, to gtve r~1e way , by the Re .. move of Mr. soUicitn ; They be Matters , of fingular obligation • Bdides many other favours, as well by your Lordfhips Graunts: from your Self, as lJy your Commendation ~o others, which I ·. have had for my help; And may jufHy perf wade my Self, out of the few Denials, I have received, that fewer rnought have been; if mine own Indufi:ry , and good happ, had been anfwerable to your Lorelfhips Goodnefs. But on the other fide, I moft humbly pray your Lordfhips pardon, ifl [peak it. The time is yet to come, that your Lordfhip did ev~r ufc,or command,or employ me, in my profdlion, 111 any Services, or OccaGons,of your Lordjbips own, ot {uch as are ncar unto your Lor~fhip: "'Yhich hath made me, fear, fomctimcs, that your Lordfhtp doth more honourably affe-Ct: me, than throughly difcern, ofmy mofl: humble, anP, dutifull AffeCtion, to your Lord(hip again. Which if it were not in Inc, l knew not, whether I were unnaturall, unrhankfutl, or unw if e. This caufeth me, mofi: humbly to pray your Lordfhip; ( And I know · mine own cafe too well, to fpcak it as weening, I can do your Lord~ Jip fc.rvin-, but as w.illing tO do it; ) To believe, that your Lord[ htp 1s) upon juil Title, a .principall Owner, and proprietary, of ,_ _______ r___________________ __ _________________________t_h_a_t ) ,,, 1 __ To my Lord 'Of Elfex. ~ that, I cannot call Talent but Mit -rh ---~~-:---:-.----' I ever do, and iball, de:orc to ·~~t~· f:r~fd hath gi~en ~e; which ma.n ner, I pray }'Our LordJn'J..t p, ) d ce •. And 111 ltkc humble to par on mme E t? tmpucc unto me, the Errours of an rr?urs, and not io, thrmfclves, have, by this time Iel otl~£; ( wluch I know al-l I conceive of me, to be a Man that d ·{'an fi orcrh~ught :) But to ttue, I do, in parr, comfort 1~1Y fclf {~~~? tt~b ~n. Duty. It i sl· neffe, and infufuctency, that move~h ou .mgt ar.u Is my ,VVc:·ak-gcncrall a command, to ufe others ni'orct trdfhtp, wh? hath fo Is; For Duty ondy and Homa I . a c. But lee lt be as ic ~ature, and true Thankfulneff; ~ llwrll bol~ly undertake, that ttck dependance. Lafily I mof£ :u n~te~ gAve place, tO a policonrinue unto me, the go~d favour ~~ y e tre your Lordfhip, to ragement ' in the Courfe of m': r counre~ance, and Encou-· fhh~d, fomc tall:e, and experience;YFEr rhc!~~\~~tl~; ~fdeteof I l~ave tp, my very humble good thanks And [c ' ,Yie yo_ur LordHonours patdon, for fo long a Lett • . o agam, cravmg your off< '11': er, carrymcr fo empty ~ cc . o unpulnant a fervice ; But yet a true a £ £ . n ?ncr' . tlon, ~f an honefi, and vowed due ; I'c'e~fe u~~tgned, ~gntfica- Lordfhtp, to the prefervati9n, of they Divine M;ieft;~endmg your . ) To my Lord of·Effex~ Moft Honour~ble, and t/IJy singular goDd Lord, I Cann~t but tmpo~tw1e your Lordfhip, with thank fi Lordfhrps remembrmg my name tom L d s, ~r your ing done, in fuch an Article of tim~, cou~ n~ ~uper; which_ be-ly enriched, both in demonftration;-and effett' ~ .b~ ~~~ddmgdifcern, by.the mann.er of expreffing thereo£ b : h~s Lc rtL . 1 w~ll rome. This accumulating of yoUr Lo.rdjb? YF ord,,Jtp,agatn hitherto, workethonely this effett. That !PS .;1ohurs, upon tne, r. · 1 b r. , lt ra11et my mi d a1p1n:, to e 10und worthy of them; And likewifl . n ' to . ferve you; for them. But whether I fhall be abl e, to ment, and or no, I mu~ leave that to God, who hath them ~~odpa.~ my~~es, alfo, I moft mfiantl y befeech, to give you fruit of y~P:r:aions ~ yond that you~ H~tt can propound. Nam Dtus mti.for eft d '.; Jh;;.to thu:wtrOmngofhis Jlu;.tdi5fions, Irccomtnend y:; l:.,d: • • .J. I I ' ' To .. , |