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Show to6 1bmy LOtd of Effa:,(rom Mr, BacOn, . I i -------- ~ mending your g.o o d L "'d n. :1JS to Gods Divine prote6hon' J"'tc ' . rcft ; At your Lordfhips cori?mandtnent) , ----R-Pbert E~--~;....-l ....,._~,;,;,o....~ To my Lord of E[ex, from Mr. Bacon~ My Jingular good L~~~; ~art of that which 1 meant to have I ~·ill no longer, 1 ~v~t ~arnhelmes, f:om the Exordium,which fatd, to your Lord}htp, I 'll onely adde this. That I humbly I then rna d e. Wh·e. reuntor e Wolu iv~ accc{fe, to m' y poo~ Adv t·c e, de fire your Lordfhtp? b~fo a Y a li~k if you will, and to confider : to look about, even Jea ou y r.on to 'think that your Fortune com- . fi h he I have not rca11 ' d d Ftr ~ w et r. . whether I {bift my (oun[ell, an oe ~ot prehende~h. mme. N~t, erfwaded, the:re are [orne, would gtve conjfart n tiJt ; For I a P h · h I {ball but that they i11ould you the fame Counfell ~?~', t:eyl~avc [aid heretofore·: ihirdly, derogate from chat, w 1 tell r at any time by my carefull and 1 ave ta \.ell 1U.t:' ' L d whether you 1 l· For although, I ren1etnber we~l, your or - Devoted Couniel . havincr fubmitted, upon my well-meant fhip once told me, that you lace· ~here you renewed a Treaty, with Motion, at Non[uch,.( ~he Pk. 'd'11,..rl.e ) ibe had taken advantage of · ,fl f obf<:qutOUS 1ll l.:lll ' ~er MaJeiy, 0 fi u'do {iuce believe, that it did much attemper 1t; yet I fuppo e, yo ur then growing upon her Ma7effy, toa cold Mahgnan(ht .H~m~ h~h done you good in confequence. And ward your Lord J~p,;~1 w lately that you iliould not efirange for my being agam 1~' 110 lace tO n~ne, in true Gratulation; Yet your [elf, altt1ough I gtvf t ~ Counfell . Neither do I judge of the neither do I rcp~nt~~r'ft0 A~ e B~t whc:ther I counfell you ~he befi, whole Play, by t e . · h tne to offer to you, n1y wtfhes. I or for the beft, Du~y btnd~t . Martha Martha, attendis ad pluri[ aid co your ~o~dfhtp? laft h11Q:een . If ~his be not the Beginning,. ma, unum fuf{ictt. wmr.e t e end ' And I will not now fpeak, of of any other ~o~rfe, 1 fee tfoothe~ Correfpondence, an~ AgreeFavour of Aff~chon, but o 't {ball be conjoyned, wuh theoablendfc: wh.tch, whe~foeve~: m life (let them make what P~other of A{fcchon, I dur wag . ~ at~re . ) That in you, fhe wtll [opnp£as they will~ ofhtr ~=~1ft:t Homini,' quem Rex vult bonorare? come to tl-:e ~ue~ron ° M~ of a Nature, nor to be ruled ; That But how 1s tt now? A f. 'A ff.t l-.Ln.l·O n an d knoweth it·' Of an E-hath the Advantage, 0 !ny eatndfe ~ of a popular Rcpu_cation; fiate, n~r.groundcd t:~c~~ I den1a~d, whether there can be .a of a M1lttary Depe a · h . .;; rc ref en red to any MonarciJ hn1ore dangerous Image, dthan ~ lf'het Maieftits Apprehenfion?At:d ving)Mucl1 more to a La y,an o ts \ -, r. . . ro my Lord ofEffex.from"Mt:B~~~ - ~T- 10;' 1s It not more evtdent,than Demon.ftrarwn 1t felf,rhat wlulefi: this Impreffion continueth, in her MajeHies Brcait,you can findc no o .. ther Condition, than I~wenti~ms, to keep your E!l:ate, barl~, and low;. Crofiing, and p1fgracmg your ACt: ions; Extenuating, and Blaibngofyo~rMcr~t; C~rpingw~th.Contcmpr, at your Nature, and Fafh10ns; Breeding, nounflung, and fortifyitw, fuch Infl:ruments, as ~rc tnofi: FaCtious ~gainH: you; Repulfgs , and Scorns, of your Fnends, and Dcpcnoants, that are true, and fied£ 1fi:; winning, and inveigling away fr01n you, fuch as are Flexible~ and wavering; Thrufiing yo~ into odious Employments, and Offices~ to fupp~ant your Reputation; Abufing you, and Feeding you, Wlt~1 D~lhanccs, · ~nd Dcmonfirat.ions, to divert. you , . fi·om Defcendtng,u1t9 t~e fetiOu.sCon~derauon,of your ownCafc;yea,_ and percafe V entnng you, m penllotis; and defperate, Enrerpri- . fes. Herein, it Ina y plea[e your Lordjhip:, to underHand 1ne; For I mean nothing lefs, tban that thefe Thing~, f11ould be plotted_, and intended, as in her MaieHits Royal Minde towards you; I know the Excellency, ofher Nature; too well. But I fay, wherefoever the formerly defcrib~d Impreffion, is taken, in any Kings Breafi, towards a Subje£1, thefc other r(>ciced Inconve11iences, muft of ne- . ceffity, of politick confequence, follow; In refpea:, of fuch In-ftruments, as are never failing, about Princes; which fpy into their Humours, ~nd Conc~its, and fecond them; And not only fecond them, but 111. fecond111g encrea(e them ; Yea and; many times, without their know ~edge, purfue them, further than Themfelves would. . Your Lordjhip, will ask the ~efiion, wherewith the .Athenians, were wont to interrupt their Oratours,when they exaggerated their dangers ; .!l.!!.id igitur a1.endum eft~ I will tdl your Lord] hip, fl.!!te mihi nsnc iJa menttm "Veniunt; Suppofing, neverthele[s, that your Self,out of your own Wifdom,upon the cafe, with this Plainnefs, and Liberry,reprefented to you, will finde out, better Expedients, and Remedies, I wiili a Cure applied, to every, of the five former Imprej?ions, which I will take, nOt in order, but as I think, they are of weight. For the removing the Imprejfion, of your Nature, to be Opiniajlrt, and not Rulah!e; Firfij and above all things, I wiib, that all Matt~ rs pail:, which cannot be revoked, your Lordfhip would turn altogether, upon Infatisfaetion, and not upon your Nature, or proper Di[pofttion. This String you cannot, upon every apt bccation, harp upon toe much. Next, whereas IJ1ave noted you, to fly, and avoid, (in fomc refpcet jufi:ly,) the Refemblance,or Imitation, of my Lord of Leictjter, and 1ny Lord ChanceUer Hatton; yet I am perf waded, ( howfoever I wifh your Lordfhip, as difianr, as y.ou are, from them, in Points of Favour, Inte~rity, Magnanimity, and Mertt ; ) That it will doe you much good, between the ~een, and you, to allege them, (as oft as you finde occafi~n,.) for Aut hours, and Patterns. For I doe not know, a read1et mean, to make |