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Show \00 To my Lord Hen. Howard. humbly crave your Majefties pardon, for tny prcfumption. On the, other iide, it I have come ilion, of my ~nward vocatton, I mofi h~mbly crave Gods .pardon, for quenchinl{ the Spirit. But in thi's m111d, I find fuch foluude, and want of c01nfort; whi~h I judge to be, becaufe I take Duty too exa6t1y, and not according to the Dreggs, of this Age; wherein the old .Antheme, n1ought never be more truly fung; Totus mundus in maligm~ pojitus tft. My Life hath beef\ tlu:eatned, and my N arne libelled, which I count an Honor But thefe arc the pra61:ices of tho[C', ~hofe defpairs are dange~ rous ; But yet not fo dangerous as thetr Hopes : Or elfe the De~ tces of-fome, t~at would put out, ~11 your Mait~ies lights, and fall on reckoning, how many years you have reigned; whkh I ~efeechour blt'ged s~viour1nay be doubled; And that I may never live? to.fc~, any Echpfeof your glory, Interruption of fafety, or Indtfpoftuon of your perfon; whiCh lcomtuend tO the Divine Majefty, who keep you, anq fonifie you. _ ...... __ ___. _________ ._.__......_ __ .~----- ' ( To my Lord Hen. Howard. My Lord, • THc~e be very few befides your felf, to whom I would perfotm tbts Refpc61:. For~ contetnn Mendacia Pam£, as it walkes among l1?feriours; Though I negleCt: it not, as iunay have entrance, _1n_t9 fome Ea:e .. For your Lord/hips Love, ~ootcd upon go?dopmton,I efieem tt htghly,bccaufe I have tafied of the Fruits ~f tt; And ':Ve b_oth have_ rafted, of ~he befr waters, in tny accompr, to kmt mmds together. There Is fi1apcd a Tale, in Londons Forge, that beatcth apa<;e at this time· That I fhould deliver opinion, to the ~em, in my Lord of E./] ex c~ufe. Firfi:, that it was p~emunire; ~nd now l_afi, that it w~s High Treafon; And this opi- 1110~1, .to be m oppofitton, and Encounter, of the Lord chief Juffices Optnton, and the Atturnt~ Generalts. ~r Lord, (I thank God) my Wit fervcth me not, to deliver any Opmton, tO the f!.!en which my· Stomach> ferveth me not, to maintain: One, and the fame Confc~ ence of Duty, guiding me, and fortifying n1c. But the ~nrruth of tht~ Fah!e, Got(, and my· So·veraign, can witneffc; And there r' lea~e 1t =. Knowing no more Remedy againfr lies, tha11 others doe agamfi: lthells. The Roor, no queHion of it, is; partly, fome lightheaded f:nvy," t my Acce~cs to her A;fajt{fy; Which being begun, an~ conttnued, fince my cluldhood, as long as her Maidty, ihall thmk me worthy of them, I fcorn thofc-, that fhall think the conrrar~. And another Rea{on is, th~ Afperfion of chis Talc; And ~he ?nvy thereof, upon fomcgrcatc:r Man, in regard of my NcarJJcfie. And tl1ercfor ,~ C, my Lord) I pray you, anfvycr for me, co any pcJ[on, that you rhmk worthy, your own Reply, and my de- , fcnc~. - T'be -Earl ofEffex Letter to the Council &c, 10 1 ~--------~~----=-'--- . , \ --~--- fen'ce. For my ~~rd of' E_U'ex, I an1 not fe:rvile tO him, 11aving re-gard to my fup9t1ours Duty. I have been much bound unto him. And on t 1e orVi'er Gde, I havo fpent mo're time,and more thoughts, about his "Ycll-.doing, than I ever di~ about. mine own. I pray God, you his Fnends, amongfl you, be 1n the nght. Nulla Remedia, ·tam faciunt dolorem, quam qu£ funt falutaria. For my patt, I have defc-:-- vcd better, ~han t? have my Name, obje&_ed to Envy, or my Ltfe, to a Ruffians viOlence. But I have the pnvy Coat, of a good Confcience. I am fure, thefe Courfes, and Brutts, hutt my Lord more than all. So having written to your Lordfhip,I ddirc exceedingly, to be preferred, in your good Opinion, and Love. And fo leave you, to Gods Goodneife. . . ', ---------------------- The Earl of Effex Letter, ttJ tlie Councill, a~~;~ Bm~arquing for Spain~ June 1 596~ My very good Lords ; · . HAving . taken order, for all things, that belong to our L4ndForces; And ftaying onely, till theSbipp5 be ready, to take in our Souldiers, I alll come aboard, as well to draw other Men, by my example, to leave the iliore; As to have titne, and leafure, to ask account of my (elf, what other duty I have to do, beftdes the Governing of thofe Troupt; And the ufing of them to good purpofc. In which MeditatiOnj as I firft fi.udy , to pleafe r m~ moil gracious So vera~~-; as well a~ to ferve her ; So my nex~ care IS, to leave your Lord)btps well fausfied, of my paffed Carnage, fincc I was notninated to this Service; And apt, to make favourable Confiru61: ion, of what I {hall do hereafter. In my paft, Carriage, I . will neither plead Merit, nor Excu~e ' Imperfc61:ions : For whatfoever, I iliall be able to do, I know, Is 1e{fe than I owe ; And befides, my Faults, tny very' Fait~, and Zeal, (which are the befi: things in me,) do make tne commit ~rrour~. But I would fain, approve the Matter it [elf, of undenaku~g this fervice, to have been good, howioever my former have bqen erroneous; Or at leafi, 111y Intent, and Ends, ~nblame-· _ able, though tny Judg~ment were faulty. Your Lordfhtps know, · it hath been the W tfedome of all . Times, rather to at~ empt, and do fomething, in another Countrey . than to attend an Enemy , and be in danger much , In our ~w~. And if this Rule, among the Ancients, was generally held true, lt .might be better allowed of us, in. par_ticu~~u cafes, where a State, little in Territory, not extraordmaniy nch, and defended onely -with it felt fhall have to doe, with another State, that hath Ma~ ny, and amp.le D_ominions, the Trea[ure of the Indies, and all the Me~cenaries ofchriftendomt, to ferve lt. For we have, as the .Athem- 1t. . ' ' ' 0 00 . ans, |
