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Show -To Sir Robert Cecil, &c. --~------------~ To Sir Thomas Lucy. s I R There was no Newes 'better welco~ t? mc,this long.tim~) tha;l that, of the good Succc[s' of m~ Kw{ma~; wherem '. It h be happy, he cannot be happy alone, lt_ confi{hng of two parts . . e d 1 rencter ou, no lcfs kinde Thanks, for_ your a1~,and Favour, A:ards him,~han if it had been for n1y Self; Aifunng you, that tf. B dof Allian£e, {hall, on my part, tye Inc, to g1ve all the ~~~b on to your o-ood Fortune, upon all occafions, that my poor n uteh, y1·eldb 1 fcend you fo required, an .Ab{lraa, of the Strcnc0r t can . ' . l. h K. ,r Lands o f In bt rt·ta nce•, And one Lear1e' ofa~r eat value, w uCc my m1d-man b rm· get ll ; w1'th a Note' ofthe Tenures,b f!'atews, ,onten, ts, ·a n trul and erfe6tly, drawen; whe~e y you may perceive' ~l~:'tand {; goodpLand, aEd well countenanced, by [cope of .Acres, u·oodr and RDyalties ; Though the Total of the Re1t~, be fet do.wn, as it no~ goeth, without Improvement : In wh1~h ~efpe6t, lt m~y fomew h at dl. on:e r, from your fidl: N. ore . O. ut ofr t. h\1. s, Fw haI t1 h ew 111 au['{",u re 1·1 1 Jo m· ra; ,.ure, I leave it ' to h1s own k1ndne1s ; or oveh n ot mea[ure AffeCtion. To conclude, I ~oubt not, your Daug ter, mtoo ·u gh h arried to a better Li·-z;ino , but never tO a better t ave m. ' o ll H ft V Li~·' t · H aH.· ng c hofcen a Gentleman, bred-to Aa d .f.o ne BY ; · h ertue, atid Worth, with an Efi:ate convenient. .n. 1 Iny rot er, or Self were either Thti~ers_, or'fortunate, m the .fZ.uuns Serri? Y I ' ld 'nope there fhould be left, as great an Hou[e, of the vKe \'VOU ' -r . d M A Cook~s, in this Gentleman, as ih your good r~len. ' r. tturney _ 1 But fure I am if scriptures fa1l not, It w1ll have as much oGfe GmroaJ s• Blcfiing; and 'S uff·i-C·i cncy' l·S evert he b enn Fea~ fi ' &c • . , I To Sir Robert Ce~il,. at bis 13eing in France. . . ;t may plea{~yo11r Ho11ourablc Lord{hip, . . . Know you will pardon, th~s my Obfervance, 111 wnttng t<? you, I ~n; t, of matter but out of the fulnefs of my Love. r I am for;', t~ai C!~ ~gl:!\ ti:Uc of Abfe!'ce, is, prolopge~, above that 'Yas e~ emed at yourJ,~o1dfhips fetqngforth; . So now, upo~ t?l.s .lafi: , Advc:r.rifemen.t, received from you,, there .. gr<?wet~ ~n Op1~1on, · amonaG: better than the vulgar, that the D1fficyk-:trs alfo ~fyouf , Nc:) o~iation, are cncrea[ed .... But ~ecaufe, .I kno~ the Gravity, ? ou~· Nature, to be, not to hope lightly, 1t maketh ~e to ~efpa1r tynl c 1c 1r.s . For you arc NAtus ad A. rdua ·· And the Ind1fpso GuoIn , of he s bje6t rna y honour the Sk1ll of the Workman,. u~e am, tludg~mem: and Diligence, fball not want in yo~tr ~ordfhtps Self: But this wa.s .not my purpofe; Bring oncly to hgmfie untO yo.ur · 'L d'n.r·p Iny continual, and inceifanr, love towards you, t~lr - or J'J ' fiuw b To the ~e.en, fiing after your Return, f~r ~nany refpech. . So I commend you ever, to the good prefervat1on, of the Dt'Vine M4jefty. Grayes I nne. At your Ho~aours Commandement, ever, and particularly. ---------~----.-----------~----- To Sir Robert Cecil.;' My fingulvr good Lord, THe Argument of my Letters, to your Lordfhip, rather encrea-· ferh; than fpendeth; It being only the De fire, I have, to fa. lute .YOU : which by your abfence is' tnore a~gmented, than abated. For me to write your Lordfhip Occurrences, eithe_r of Scotifh Braggs, or Iri(h Plaints,or Spanifh Ruffiing,or Low~Countrey States, were, (befides that it is alienum quiddam,from mine own humour,) To fotget, to whom I write; [ave that you, that know true Adverrifemems, f01nerimes deG.re, and delight, to hear common Reports; As we, that know, but co.q1mon Repons,defire to hear the Truth. Bur to leave fuch, as write tO your Fortunes, I write to your felf, in regard of my love to you ; you being as near to me, in Hearts Bloud, as in Bloud ofDefcent. This day, I had the Contentment, to fee your Father,upon Occafion: And methought, his Lordfhips Countenance, was not decayed, nor his Cough vehement; But his Voice, was as faint, all the while, as at firft. Thus wifhing your Lord/hip, a happy, and fpeedy Return, I com. mend you, to the Divine Maieffy. . · -- To the Q!!cen~ . It may plea[e your facrcd M a jefty, {Would not fail, to give your Majejly, my tnofl: humble, and due Thanks, for your Royal choice, of fuch Commi.ffioners , iu the great Starre-chamber Caufe; Being perfons, befides their Honour, of fuch Science, and Integrity. By whofe Report, I doubt not, but your Majefty, will findc that, which you have been heretofore cnfotmed, ( both by my Lord Keeper, and by [orne much meaner perfon,) touching theN ature, of that Caufe, to be true. ·This prcpararory Hea!ing, doth.alrcady ~ifa~l me, with new, and enlarged Offers, of CompoGuon; whiCh tfl had born a minde, to ha vc hearkned unto, this matter had been •quenched long agoe, without any benefit to your Majefi.y. But your Maieffies Benefit, is to me, in greater regard, than mine own particular ; Trufting , · to your Ma;e{fies gracious difpofition, and Royal word, that your N n n MaieftJ'> / |