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             ELIZABETHA
             D.G.
             ANGLIAE
             FRANCIAE
             ET
             HIBERNIAE
             REGNA
             .
             MORTUA
             1602.
             
          
        
         
           The
           most
           Excellent
           Princes
           of
           (
           Famous
           Memorie
           )
           
             ELIZABETH
          
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           Queene
           of
           England
           ,
           France
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           .
           Defendor
           of
           the
           Faith
           .
           &c.
           This
           Maiden-Queene
           Elizabeth
           ,
           came
           into
           this
           world
           ,
           the
           Eue
           of
           the
           Natiuitie
           of
           the
           blessed
           virgin
           Mary
           :
           and
           died
           on
           the
           Eue
           of
           the
           Annunciation
           of
           the
           virgin
           Mary
           .
           1602.
           
        
         
           Are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           I.
           Sudbury
           or
           George
           Humble
           in
           〈◊〉
           .
        
         
           
             Shee
             was
             Shee
             is
             (
             what
             can
             there
             more
             be
             said
             ?
             )
          
           
             In
             earth
             the
             first
             ,
             in
             heauen
             the
             second
             Maide
             .
          
        
         
           R.
           Elstrak
           sculpsit
        
      
       
       
         
           Fragmenta
           Regalia
           ,
           OR
           OBSERVATIONS
           ON
           THE
           LATE
           QUEEN
           ELIZABETH
           ,
           Her
           Times
           and
           Favorits
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Naunton
             ,
          
           Master
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Wards
           .
        
         
           
             Printed
             ,
          
           Anno
           Dom.
           1641.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           
        
         
           The
           most
           excellent
           Princes
           Elizabeth
           Queene
           of
           Englande
           ,
           France
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           Defendor
           of
           the
           Faith
           &c.
           
           She
           raigned
           44
           yeares
           .
           died
           the
           24
           of
           March
           ,
           1602
           aged
           69
           ,
           6
           monthes
           :
           and
           lieth
           buried
           at
           Westminster
           .
           Compton
           Holland
           excudit
           .
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           FRAGMENTA
           REGALIA
           ,
           OR
           OBSERVATIONS
           ON
           THE
           LATE
           QUEEN
           ELIZABETH
           ,
           Her
           Times
           and
           Favourits
           .
        
         
           TO
           take
           herein
           the
           originall
           ,
           〈◊〉
           was
           daughter
           to
           
             Henry
          
           the
           eighth
           ,
           by
           
             Anne
             Bull●●
          
           〈◊〉
           second
           of
           six
           Wives
           ,
           which
           He
           had
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Maides
           of
           Honour
           to
           the
           divorced
           Queen
           
             Katherine
          
           of
           
             Austria
          
           (
           or
           as
           they
           now
           style
           it
           )
           
             ●nfanta
          
           of
           
             Spain
             ,
          
           and
           from
           thence
           taken
           into
           the
           Royall
           Bed
           .
        
         
           That
           She
           was
           not
           of
           a
           most
           noble
           and
           Royall
           extract
           by
           Her
           Father
           ,
           will
           not
           fall
           into
           question
           ,
           for
           on
           that
           side
           there
           was
           disimbogned
           into
           〈◊〉
           ●eins
           by
           a
           Confluence
           of
           Bloud
           ,
           the
           very
           abstract
           of
           all
           the
           greatest
           houses
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           remarkable
           it
           is
           (
           concerning
           that
           violent
           desertion
           of
           the
           Royall
           House
           of
           the
           
             Britains
             ,
          
           by
           the
           invasion
           of
           the
           
             Saxons
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           by
           the
           Conquest
           of
           the
           
             Normanes
             ,
          
           that
           by
           their
           vicissitude
           of
           times
           ,
           and
           through
           a
           discontinuance
           (
           almost
           a
           thousand
           yeers
           )
           the
           Royall
           Scepter
           should
           fall
           back
           into
           the
           Current
           of
           the
           old
           
             B●i●●sh
          
           Bloud
           ,
           in
           the
           person
           of
           Her
           renowned
           Grandfather
           ,
           
             Henry
          
           the
           seventh
           ,
           together
           with
           whatsoever
           
           the
           
             German
             ,
             Norman
             ,
             Burgund●an
             ,
             Castalian
             ,
          
           and
           
             French
          
           atchievements
           with
           the
           intermarriages
           ,
           which
           eighth
           hundred
           yeers
           had
           acquired
           ,
           incorporated
           ,
           and
           brought
           back
           into
           the
           old
           Royall
           Ryne
           .
        
         
           By
           Her
           Mother
           She
           was
           of
           no
           Soveraign
           discent
           ,
           yet
           Noble
           ,
           and
           very
           Ancient
           in
           the
           Name
           ,
           and
           Family
           of
           
             Bullen
             ,
          
           though
           some
           erroniously
           brand
           it
           with
           a
           Citizens
           rise
           ,
           or
           originall
           ,
           which
           was
           yet
           but
           of
           a
           second
           Brother
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           divining
           the
           greatnesse
           ,
           and
           lustre
           to
           come
           to
           his
           House
           ,
           was
           sent
           into
           the
           City
           to
           acquire
           wealth
           ,
           
             ad
             edific
             〈◊〉
             antiquam
             domum
             ,
          
           unto
           whose
           atchievements
           (
           for
           he
           was
           Lord
           Major
           of
           
             London
             )
          
           fell
           in
           as
           it
           was
           averred
           ,
           both
           the
           bloud
           and
           inheritance
           of
           the
           eldest
           Brother
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           issue
           Male
           ,
           by
           which
           
             accumulation
             the
             house
             within
             a
             few
             discents
             mounted
             in
             Culmen
             hororis
             ,
          
           and
           was
           suddenly
           lated
           into
           the
           best
           Families
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           
             Irela●d
          
           as
           
             Haward
             ,
             Ormund
             Sock●i●e
             ,
          
           and
           divers
           other
           having
           thus
           toucht
           ,
           and
           now
           leaving
           Her
           strip
           ,
           I
           come
           to
           Her
           Person
           ;
           and
           as
           She
           came
           to
           the
           Crown
           by
           the
           decease
           of
           Her
           Brother
           and
           Sister
           :
           under
           
             Edward
          
           She
           was
           His
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           darlings
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           for
           besides
           the
           consideration
           of
           Bloud
           ,
           there
           was
           between
           these
           two
           Princes
           ,
           a
           concurrency
           ,
           and
           sympathie
           in
           their
           Natures
           ,
           and
           affections
           together
           ,
           with
           the
           Celestiall
           bond
           (
           Conformity
           in
           Religion
           )
           which
           made
           them
           one
           ,
           and
           friends
           ,
           for
           the
           King
           ever
           called
           Her
           His
           sweetest
           and
           deerest
           Sister
           ,
           and
           was
           scarce
           His
           own
           man
           ,
           She
           being
           absent
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           so
           between
           Him
           and
           the
           Lady
           
             Mary
             .
          
        
         
           Vnder
           His
           Sister
           ,
           She
           found
           Her
           condition
           much
           altered
           :
           for
           it
           was
           resolved
           ,
           and
           her
           destiny
           had
           decreed
           to
           set
           Her
           an
           Apprentice
           in
           the
           School
           of
           affliction
           ,
           and
           to
           draw
           Her
           thorough
           the
           Ordeall
           fire
           of
           tryall
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           mould
           and
           fashion
           Her
           ,
           to
           rule
           ,
           and
           Soveraignty
           :
           which
           finished
           ,
           and
           Fortune
           calling
           to
           minde
           ,
           that
           the
           time
           of
           Her
           servitude
           was
           expired
           ,
           gave
           up
           Her
           Indentures
           ,
           and
           therewith
           delivered
           up
           into
           Her
           Custody
           a
           Scepter
           ,
           as
           a
           reward
           for
           Her
           patience
           ,
           which
           was
           about
           the
           twenty
           sixth
           yeer
           of
           Her
           Age
           ;
           a
           time
           in
           which
           (
           as
           for
           externals
           )
           She
           was
           full
           blown
           ,
           so
           was
           She
           for
           Her
           internals
           grown
           ripe
           ,
           and
           seasoned
           with
           adversity
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           Her
           Vertue
           ,
           for
           it
           seems
           Fortune
           meant
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           to
           shew
           Her
           a
           peece
           of
           Her
           variety
           ,
           and
           changeablenesse
           of
           Her
           Nature
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           conduct
           Her
           Her
           destin●d
           Felicity
           .
        
         
           She
           was
           of
           personge
           tall
           ,
           of
           hair
           and
           complexion
           fair
           ,
           and
           therewith
           well
           favoured
           ,
           but
           high
           nosed
           ,
           of
           lymbs
           ,
           and
           feature
           neat
           ,
           and
           which
           added
           to
           the
           lustre
           of
           those
           exterior
           Graces
           ,
           of
           Stately
           ,
           and
           Majestick
           comportment
           ,
           participating
           in
           this
           more
           of
           Her
           Father
           then
           Mother
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           an
           inferiour
           allay
           ,
           plausable
           ,
           or
           as
           the
           
             French
          
           hath
           it
           ,
           more
           debonare
           ,
           and
           affable
           ,
           vertues
           ,
           which
           might
           well
           
           suite
           with
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           which
           descending
           ,
           as
           Hereditary
           to
           the
           Daughter
           ,
           did
           render
           Her
           of
           a
           more
           sweeter
           temper
           ,
           and
           endeared
           Her
           more
           to
           the
           love
           and
           liking
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           who
           gave
           Her
           the
           name
           and
           fame
           of
           a
           most
           gratious
           and
           popular
           Prince
           ,
           the
           atrocity
           of
           Her
           Fathers
           nature
           ,
           being
           rebated
           in
           Hers
           ,
           by
           the
           Mothers
           sweeter
           inclinations
           for
           to
           take
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           more
           then
           the
           Character
           out
           of
           His
           own
           mouth
           ,
           He
           never
           spared
           man
           in
           His
           anger
           ,
           nor
           woman
           in
           His
           lust
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           search
           further
           into
           Her
           intellectuals
           and
           abilities
           ,
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           Her
           government
           desciphers
           them
           to
           the
           admiration
           of
           posterity
           ,
           for
           it
           was
           full
           of
           magnanimity
           tempered
           with
           Iustice
           ,
           and
           Piety
           ,
           and
           to
           speak
           truely
           ,
           noted
           but
           with
           one
           act
           or
           taint
           ,
           all
           Her
           deprivations
           either
           of
           life
           or
           liberty
           ,
           being
           legall
           ,
           and
           necessitated
           :
           She
           was
           learned
           (
           Her
           sex
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           considered
           )
           beyond
           common
           belief
           ;
           for
           letters
           about
           this
           time
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           before
           ,
           began
           to
           be
           of
           esteem
           ,
           and
           in
           fashion
           ,
           the
           former
           ages
           being
           overcast
           with
           the
           mists
           and
           fogs
           of
           the
           
             Roman
          
           ignorance
           ,
           〈◊〉
           it
           was
           the
           maxime
           that
           overruled
           the
           foregoing
           times
           ,
           that
           ignorance
           was
           the
           mother
           of
           devotion
           .
        
         
           Her
           warres
           were
           along
           time
           more
           ,
           in
           the
           auxiliary
           part
           ,
           in
           assistance
           of
           forraign
           Princes
           ,
           and
           States
           ,
           then
           by
           invasion
           of
           any
           ,
           till
           common
           pollicy
           advised
           it
           for
           a
           safer
           way
           ,
           to
           strike
           first
           ,
           and
           broad
           ,
           then
           at
           home
           ,
           to
           expect
           the
           warre
           ,
           in
           all
           which
           she
           was
           felicious
           ,
           and
           victorious
           .
        
         
           The
           change
           and
           alteration
           of
           Religion
           upon
           the
           instant
           of
           Her
           accession
           (
           the
           smoak
           and
           fire
           of
           Her
           Sisters
           Martyrdomes
           ,
           scarcely
           quenched
           )
           was
           none
           of
           Her
           least
           remarkable
           accounts
           .
           But
           the
           support
           and
           establishment
           thereof
           ,
           with
           the
           means
           of
           Her
           subsistance
           amidst
           so
           powerfull
           enemies
           abroad
           ,
           and
           those
           many
           domestique
           practises
           ,
           were
           (
           methinks
           )
           works
           of
           inspiration
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           humane
           providence
           ,
           which
           on
           Her
           Sisters
           departure
           ,
           She
           most
           religiously
           acknowledged
           ,
           ascribing
           the
           glory
           of
           Her
           deliverance
           to
           God
           alone
           ,
           for
           She
           received
           the
           news
           both
           of
           the
           Queens
           death
           ,
           and
           her
           proclamation
           ,
           by
           the
           generall
           consent
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           the
           publique
           suffrage
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           whereat
           ,
           falling
           on
           her
           knees
           (
           after
           a
           good
           time
           of
           respiration
           )
           she
           uttered
           this
           Verse
           of
           the
           
             Psalms
             ,
             A
             domino
             fa●tum
             est
             istud
             ,
             &
             est
             in●nable
             inoculis
             nostris
             ,
          
           which
           we
           finde
           to
           this
           day
           on
           the
           stamp
           of
           her
           gold
           ,
           with
           this
           on
           her
           silver
           ,
           
             Posui
             Deumad
             ,
             ●●●rem
          
           meum
           .
        
         
           Her
           Ministers
           and
           Instruments
           of
           State
           ,
           such
           as
           were
           
             participes
          
           〈◊〉
           and
           bare
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           burthen
           ,
           were
           many
           ,
           and
           those
           memorable
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           onely
           Favorites
           ,
           not
           Mimions
           ;
           such
           as
           
           acted
           more
           by
           her
           own
           Princely
           rules
           and
           judgements
           ,
           then
           by
           their
           own
           wills
           and
           appetites
           ,
           which
           she
           observed
           to
           the
           last
           :
           for
           we
           finde
           no
           
             Gaveston
             ,
             Vere
             ,
          
           or
           
             Spencer
             ,
          
           to
           have
           swayed
           alone
           ,
           during
           forty
           four
           yeers
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           well
           settled
           ,
           and
           advised
           maxime
           ,
           for
           it
           valued
           her
           the
           more
           ,
           it
           awed
           the
           most
           secure
           ,
           and
           it
           took
           best
           with
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           it
           starved
           all
           emulations
           ,
           which
           are
           apt
           to
           rise
           and
           vent
           in
           obloquious
           acrimony
           (
           even
           against
           the
           Prince
           )
           where
           there
           is
           onely
           
             A
             Major
             Palatii
             .
          
        
         
           The
           principall
           note
           of
           her
           raign
           ,
           will
           be
           ,
           that
           she
           ruled
           much
           by
           faction
           and
           parties
           ,
           which
           her self
           ,
           both
           made
           ,
           upheld
           ,
           and
           weakned
           ,
           as
           her
           own
           great
           judgement
           advised
           ,
           for
           I
           disassent
           from
           the
           common
           received
           opinion
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Leicester
             ,
          
           was
           absolute
           and
           above
           all
           in
           her
           Grace
           :
           and
           though
           I
           come
           somewhat
           short
           of
           the
           knowledge
           of
           those
           times
           :
           yet
           (
           that
           I
           might
           not
           rove
           ,
           and
           shoote
           at
           random
           )
           I
           know
           it
           from
           assured
           intelligence
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           ,
           for
           proof
           whereof
           (
           among
           many
           that
           I
           could
           present
           )
           I
           will
           both
           relate
           ,
           a
           short
           ,
           and
           ther●●
           ,
           a
           known
           truth
           ;
           And
           it
           was
           thus
           ,
           
             Bawyer
          
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           Black-rod
           ,
           being
           charged
           by
           her
           expresse
           command
           ,
           to
           look
           precisely
           to
           all
           admissions
           into
           the
           Privy-Chamber
           ,
           one
           day
           stayed
           a
           very
           gay
           Captain
           ,
           and
           a
           follower
           of
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Leicesters
             ,
          
           from
           entrance
           ;
           for
           that
           he
           was
           neither
           well
           known
           ,
           nor
           a
           sworn
           servant
           to
           the
           Queen
           ,
           at
           which
           repulse
           the
           Gentleman
           bearing
           high
           on
           my
           Lords
           favour
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           he
           might
           perchance
           procure
           him
           a
           discharge
           :
           
             Leicester
          
           coming
           into
           the
           Contestation
           ,
           said
           publikely
           (
           which
           was
           none
           of
           his
           want
           )
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Knave
           ,
           and
           should
           not
           continue
           long
           in
           his
           office
           ;
           and
           so
           turning
           about
           to
           go
           into
           the
           Queen
           ,
           
             Bowyer
          
           (
           who
           was
           a
           bold
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           welbeloved
           )
           stept
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           fell
           at
           Her
           Majesties
           feet
           ,
           related
           the
           story
           ,
           and
           humbly
           craves
           Her
           Graces
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           whether
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Leicester
          
           was
           King
           ,
           or
           Her
           Majesty
           Queen
           ,
           whereunto
           she
           replyed
           ,
           with
           her
           wonted
           oath
           (
           Gods
           death
           )
           my
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           wisht
           you
           well
           ,
           but
           my
           favour
           is
           not
           so
           lockt
           up
           for
           you
           ,
           that
           others
           shall
           not
           partake
           thereof
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           many
           servants
           ,
           unto
           whom
           I
           have
           ,
           and
           will
           at
           my
           pleasure
           bequeath
           my
           favour
           ,
           and
           like
           wise
           resume
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           think
           to
           rule
           here
           ,
           I
           will
           take
           a
           course
           to
           see
           you
           forth
           coming
           ,
           I
           will
           have
           heere
           but
           one
           Mistris
           ,
           and
           no
           Master
           ;
           and
           look
           that
           no
           ill
           happen
           to
           him
           ,
           least
           it
           be
           severely
           required
           at
           your
           hands
           ,
           which
           so
           quelled
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Leicester
             ,
          
           that
           his
           fained
           humility
           ,
           was
           long
           after
           one
           of
           his
           best
           vertues
           ;
           Moreover
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Sussex
          
           then
           Lord
           Chamberlain
           ,
           was
           his
           profest
           Antagonist
           to
           his
           dying
           day
           ;
           and
           for
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Hunsdone
             ,
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Sackvile
             ,
          
           after
           Lord
           Treasurer
           (
           who
           were
           all
           Contemporaries
           )
           he
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           
           they
           were
           of
           the
           Tribe
           of
           
             Dan
             ,
          
           and
           were
           
             Noli
             me
             tangeres
             ,
          
           implying
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           to
           be
           contested
           with
           ,
           for
           they
           were
           indeed
           of
           the
           Queens
           neer
           kindred
           ;
           from
           whence
           ,
           and
           in
           more
           instances
           I
           conclude
           that
           she
           was
           absolute
           and
           Soveraign
           Mistris
           of
           Her
           Graces
           :
           and
           that
           all
           those
           ,
           to
           whom
           ,
           she
           distributed
           her
           favours
           ,
           were
           never
           more
           then
           Tenants
           at
           will
           ,
           and
           stood
           on
           no
           better
           ground
           then
           her
           Princely
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           good
           behaviour
           ;
           and
           this
           also
           I
           present
           as
           a
           known
           observation
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           (
           though
           very
           capable
           of
           Councell
           )
           absolute
           enough
           in
           her
           own
           resolutions
           ,
           which
           was
           ever
           apparent
           even
           to
           her
           last
           ,
           in
           that
           her
           aversation
           to
           grant
           Tyrone
           the
           least
           drop
           of
           her
           mercy
           ,
           though
           earnestly
           and
           frequently
           advised
           ,
           yea
           wrought
           onely
           by
           the
           whole
           Counsell
           of
           State
           ,
           with
           very
           many
           pressing
           reasons
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           state
           of
           her
           Kingdom
           then
           stood
           (
           I
           may
           speak
           it
           with
           assurance
           )
           necessitated
           Arguments
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           into
           her
           inclination
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           disposed
           either
           to
           magnificence
           ,
           or
           frugality
           ,
           we
           shall
           finde
           in
           them
           many
           notable
           considerations
           ,
           for
           all
           her
           dispensations
           were
           so
           poysed
           ,
           as
           though
           discretion
           and
           Iustice
           had
           both
           agreed
           to
           stand
           at
           the
           beam
           ,
           and
           see
           them
           weighed
           out
           in
           due
           proportion
           ,
           the
           maturity
           of
           her
           yeers
           ,
           and
           judgement
           meeting
           in
           a
           concurrency
           ,
           and
           at
           such
           an
           age
           as
           seldome
           lapseth
           to
           excesse
           .
        
         
           To
           consider
           them
           apart
           ,
           we
           have
           not
           many
           presidents
           of
           her
           liberality
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           large
           donatives
           to
           particular
           men
           ;
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Essex
          
           Book
           of
           
             Parkes
          
           onely
           excepted
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Princely
           gift
           ,
           and
           some
           few
           more
           of
           a
           lesser
           size
           to
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Leicester
             ,
             Hatton
             ,
          
           and
           others
           .
           Her
           reward
           consisted
           chiefly
           in
           grants
           of
           Leases
           ,
           of
           Offices
           ,
           and
           places
           of
           Indicature
           ,
           but
           for
           ready
           money
           ,
           and
           in
           any
           great
           summes
           ,
           she
           was
           very
           sparing
           ,
           which
           we
           partly
           conceive
           was
           a
           vertue
           rather
           drawn
           out
           by
           necessity
           ,
           then
           her
           nature
           ,
           for
           she
           had
           many
           layings
           out
           ,
           and
           to
           her
           last
           period
           .
           And
           I
           am
           of
           opinion
           with
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Rawleigh
             ,
          
           that
           those
           many
           brave
           men
           of
           our
           times
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Militiae
             ,
          
           tasted
           little
           more
           of
           her
           bounty
           ,
           then
           in
           her
           grace
           ,
           and
           good
           word
           with
           their
           due
           entertainment
           ,
           for
           she
           ever
           paid
           the
           Souldiers
           well
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           honour
           of
           her
           times
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           her
           great
           adversary
           of
           
             Spain
          
           could
           perform
           ,
           so
           that
           when
           we
           come
           to
           the
           consideration
           of
           her
           frugality
           ,
           the
           observation
           will
           be
           little
           more
           ,
           then
           that
           her
           bounty
           ,
           and
           it
           were
           so
           woven
           together
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           vvas
           suited
           by
           an
           honourable
           vvay
           of
           spending
           ,
           the
           other
           limited
           by
           a
           necessitated
           vvay
           of
           sparing
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Irish
          
           action
           vve
           may
           call
           a
           mallady
           ,
           and
           a
           Consumption
           of
           her
           times
           :
           for
           it
           accompanied
           her
           to
           her
           end
           ,
           and
           it
           vvas
           of
           so
           profuse
           ,
           and
           vast
           an
           expence
           ,
           that
           it
           drevv
           neer
           a
           distemperature
           of
           
           State
           ,
           and
           of
           passion
           in
           her self
           ,
           for
           tovvard
           her
           last
           ,
           she
           grevv
           somevvhat
           hard
           to
           please
           ,
           her
           Armes
           being
           accustomed
           to
           prosperity
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Irish
          
           persecution
           ,
           not
           ansvvering
           her
           expectation
           ,
           and
           vvonted
           successe
           for
           a
           good
           vvhile
           ,
           it
           vvas
           an
           unthrifty
           ,
           and
           inauspitious
           vvarre
           vvhich
           did
           much
           disturbe
           ,
           and
           mislead
           her
           judgement
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           for
           that
           it
           vvas
           a
           president
           ,
           vvhich
           vvas
           taken
           out
           of
           her
           ovvn
           Pattern
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           Queen
           (
           by
           vvay
           of
           diversion
           )
           had
           at
           the
           coming
           to
           the
           Crovvn
           ,
           supported
           the
           revolted
           States
           of
           
             Holland
             ,
          
           so
           did
           the
           King
           of
           
             Spain
          
           turn
           the
           trick
           on
           her self
           tovvards
           her
           going
           out
           ,
           by
           cherishing
           the
           
             Irish
          
           rebellion
           ,
           vvhere
           it
           falls
           into
           consideration
           ,
           vvhat
           the
           State
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           the
           Crovvn
           revenevvs
           vvere
           then
           able
           to
           embrace
           ,
           and
           endure
           ;
           if
           vve
           look
           into
           the
           establishment
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           vvith
           the
           list
           of
           the
           
             Irish
          
           Army
           ,
           considering
           the
           defeatments
           of
           Blackvvater
           ,
           vvithall
           precedent
           expences
           ,
           as
           it
           stood
           from
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Essex
             ,
          
           undertaking
           to
           the
           surrender
           of
           Kingsale
           under
           the
           Generall
           
             Mountioy
             ;
          
           and
           somevvhat
           after
           ,
           vve
           shall
           finde
           the
           horse
           and
           foot
           Troopes
           ,
           vvere
           for
           three
           or
           four
           yeers
           together
           much
           about
           20000
           ,
           Which
           besides
           ,
           the
           Navall
           charge
           vvhich
           vvas
           a
           dependant
           of
           the
           same
           Warre
           ;
           in
           that
           the
           Queen
           vvas
           then
           forced
           to
           keep
           in
           continuall
           pay
           ,
           a
           strong
           Fleet
           at
           Sea
           ,
           to
           attend
           the
           
             Spanish
          
           Coasts
           ,
           and
           Ports
           ,
           both
           to
           allarum
           the
           
             Spaniard
             ,
          
           and
           to
           interpret
           his
           Forces
           designed
           for
           the
           
             Irish
          
           assistance
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           charge
           of
           that
           Warre
           alone
           ,
           did
           cost
           the
           Queen
           300000.
           
             p●●annum
          
           at
           least
           ,
           vvhich
           vvas
           not
           the
           moytie
           of
           her
           other
           disbursements
           ,
           an
           expence
           vvhich
           (
           vvithout
           the
           publique
           aide
           )
           the
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           Royall
           reccipts
           ,
           could
           not
           have
           much
           longer
           endured
           ,
           vvhich
           out
           of
           her
           ovvn
           frequent
           Letters
           and
           complaints
           to
           the
           Deputy
           
             Mountioy
          
           for
           casheering
           part
           of
           that
           List
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           could
           ,
           may
           be
           collected
           ,
           for
           the
           Queen
           vvas
           then
           driven
           into
           a
           strait
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           naturally
           proan
           to
           applaud
           the
           times
           behinde
           us
           ,
           and
           to
           villifie
           the
           present
           ,
           for
           the
           current
           of
           her
           fame
           carries
           it
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           hovv
           Royal●y
           and
           victoriously
           she
           lived
           and
           dyed
           ,
           vvithout
           the
           grievance
           and
           grudge
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           yet
           that
           truth
           may
           appear
           vvithout
           retraction
           from
           the
           honour
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Princesse
           ,
           It
           is
           manifest
           she
           left
           more
           debts
           unpayed
           ,
           taken
           upon
           the
           credit
           of
           her
           Privy-Seals
           ,
           then
           her
           Progenitors
           did
           ,
           or
           could
           have
           taken
           up
           that
           vvay
           in
           a
           hundred
           yeers
           before
           her
           ,
           vvhich
           vvas
           an
           inforced
           peece
           of
           State
           ,
           to
           lay
           the
           burthen
           on
           that
           horse
           ,
           that
           vvas
           best
           able
           to
           bear
           it
           ,
           at
           the
           dead
           lift
           ,
           vvhen
           neither
           her
           receipts
           could
           yeild
           her
           relief
           at
           the
           pinch
           ,
           nor
           the
           urgency
           of
           her
           affairs
           endure
           the
           delayes
           of
           Parliamentary
           assistance
           ,
           and
           for
           such
           aides
           it
           is
           likevvise
           apparent
           ,
           that
           she
           received
           more
           ,
           and
           vvith
           the
           love
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           then
           any
           tvvo
           
           of
           her
           predecessors
           ,
           that
           took
           most
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           Fortune
           strained
           out
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           through
           the
           plause
           ability
           of
           her
           Comportment
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           would
           say
           without
           offence
           the
           prodigall
           distribution
           of
           her
           Graces
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           Subjects
           ,
           for
           I
           beleeve
           no
           Prince
           living
           that
           was
           so
           tender
           of
           honour
           ,
           and
           so
           exactly
           stood
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           soveraignty
           ,
           that
           was
           so
           great
           a
           Courtier
           of
           her
           people
           ,
           yea
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           and
           that
           stoopt
           and
           descended
           lower
           in
           presenting
           her
           person
           to
           the
           publike
           view
           ,
           as
           she
           past
           in
           her
           progresses
           and
           perambulations
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           ejaculation
           of
           her
           prayers
           on
           her
           people
           ;
           and
           truly
           though
           much
           may
           be
           given
           in
           praise
           of
           her
           magnanimity
           ,
           and
           there
           with
           comply
           with
           her
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           for
           all
           that
           come
           off
           at
           last
           with
           honour
           and
           profit
           ,
           yet
           must
           we
           ascribe
           some
           part
           of
           the
           commendation
           to
           the
           wisedomes
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           choice
           of
           Parliament
           men
           ,
           for
           I
           finde
           not
           that
           they
           were
           at
           any
           time
           given
           to
           any
           violent
           or
           pertinatious
           dispute
           ,
           elections
           being
           made
           of
           grave
           and
           discreet
           persons
           ,
           not
           factious
           and
           ambitious
           of
           fame
           ,
           such
           as
           came
           not
           to
           the
           house
           with
           a
           malevolent
           spirit
           of
           contention
           ,
           but
           with
           a
           preparation
           to
           consult
           on
           the
           publike
           good
           ,
           rather
           to
           comply
           ,
           then
           contest
           with
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           neither
           do
           I
           finde
           that
           the
           house
           was
           at
           any
           time
           weakned
           and
           pestered
           with
           the
           admission
           of
           too
           many
           young
           heads
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           of
           later
           times
           ,
           which
           remembers
           me
           of
           Recorder
           
             Martins
          
           speech
           ,
           about
           the
           tenth
           of
           our
           late
           Soveraign
           Lord
           King
           
             Iames
             ,
          
           when
           there
           were
           accounts
           taken
           of
           forty
           Gentlemen
           ,
           not
           above
           twenty
           ,
           and
           some
           not
           exceeding
           sixteen
           ,
           which
           moved
           him
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           ancient
           custome
           for
           old
           men
           to
           make
           Laws
           for
           young
           ones
           ,
           but
           that
           then
           he
           saw
           ,
           the
           case
           altered
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           were
           children
           elected
           unto
           the
           great
           Councell
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           which
           came
           to
           invade
           and
           invert
           nature
           ,
           and
           to
           inact
           Laws
           to
           govern
           their
           Fathers
           :
           sure
           we
           are
           ,
           the
           house
           alwayes
           took
           the
           common
           cause
           into
           their
           consideration
           ,
           and
           they
           saw
           the
           Queen
           had
           just
           occasion
           ,
           and
           need
           enough
           to
           use
           their
           assistance
           ,
           neither
           do
           I
           remember
           that
           the
           house
           did
           ever
           Capitulate
           or
           preferre
           their
           private
           to
           the
           publike
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           Queens
           necessities
           ,
           but
           waited
           their
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           first
           place
           gave
           their
           supply
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           the
           exigency
           of
           her
           affairs
           ,
           yet
           failed
           not
           at
           last
           to
           obtain
           what
           they
           desired
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Queen
           and
           her
           Parliaments
           had
           ever
           the
           good
           Fortune
           to
           depart
           in
           love
           ,
           and
           on
           reciprocall
           tearms
           ,
           which
           are
           considerations
           which
           have
           not
           been
           so
           exactly
           observed
           in
           our
           last
           assemblies
           ,
           as
           they
           might
           ,
           and
           I
           would
           to
           God
           they
           had
           been
           for
           considering
           the
           great
           debt
           lest
           on
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           incumbrances
           the
           house
           it self
           had
           then
           drawn
           him
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           was
           not
           well
           used
           ,
           though
           I
           lay
           not
           the
           blame
           on
           the
           whole
           suffrage
           of
           the
           house
           ,
           where
           
           he
           had
           many
           good
           friends
           ,
           for
           I
           dare
           avouch
           ,
           had
           the
           house
           been
           freed
           of
           half
           a
           dozen
           of
           populer
           and
           discontented
           persons
           ,
           such
           (
           as
           with
           the
           fellow
           that
           burnt
           the
           Temple
           at
           
             Ephesus
             )
          
           would
           be
           talked
           of
           ,
           though
           but
           for
           doing
           of
           mischief
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           the
           King
           had
           obtained
           ,
           that
           which
           in
           reason
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           first
           accession
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           received
           freely
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           condition
           ,
           But
           pardon
           the
           digression
           ,
           which
           is
           here
           remembred
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           way
           of
           aggravation
           ,
           but
           in
           true
           zeal
           to
           the
           publike
           good
           ,
           and
           presented
           in
           caveat
           to
           future
           times
           ,
           for
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           how
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           now
           moves
           to
           make
           his
           Majesty
           amends
           on
           any
           occasion
           ,
           and
           how
           desirous
           the
           Subject
           is
           to
           expiate
           that
           offence
           at
           any
           rate
           ,
           may
           it
           please
           his
           Majesty
           gratiously
           to
           make
           tryall
           of
           his
           Subjects
           affection
           ,
           and
           at
           what
           price
           they
           now
           value
           his
           goodnesse
           and
           magnanimity
           .
           But
           to
           our
           purpose
           ,
           the
           Queen
           was
           not
           to
           learn
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           strength
           of
           her
           Kingdome
           consisted
           in
           the
           multitude
           of
           her
           Subjects
           ,
           for
           the
           security
           of
           her
           person
           rested
           in
           the
           love
           and
           fidelity
           of
           her
           people
           ,
           which
           she
           politiquely
           affected
           (
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           thought
           )
           somewhat
           beneath
           the
           hight
           of
           her
           spirit
           ,
           and
           naturall
           magnanimity
           .
           Moreover
           it
           will
           be
           a
           true
           note
           of
           her
           providence
           ,
           that
           she
           would
           alwayes
           listen
           to
           her
           profit
           ,
           for
           she
           would
           not
           refuse
           the
           informations
           of
           mean
           persons
           ,
           with
           purposed
           improvement
           ,
           and
           had
           learned
           the
           Phylosophy
           of
           
             Hoc
             ag●re
             ,
          
           to
           look
           into
           her
           own
           work
           ,
           of
           the
           which
           there
           is
           a
           notable
           example
           of
           one
           
             Carwarden
          
           an
           under
           Officer
           of
           the
           custome
           house
           ,
           who
           observing
           his
           time
           presented
           her
           with
           a
           paper
           ,
           shewing
           how
           she
           was
           abused
           in
           the
           under
           renting
           of
           her
           customes
           ,
           and
           therewithall
           humbly
           desired
           her
           Majesty
           to
           conceal
           him
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           did
           concern
           two
           or
           three
           of
           her
           great
           Councellors
           ,
           whom
           customer
           
             Smith
          
           had
           bribed
           with
           200.
           a
           man
           ,
           so
           to
           loose
           the
           Queen
           2000.
           
             per
             annum
             ,
          
           which
           being
           made
           known
           to
           the
           Lords
           ,
           they
           gave
           strickt
           order
           ,
           that
           
             Carwarden
          
           should
           not
           have
           accesse
           to
           the
           back
           stairs
           ,
           till
           at
           last
           her
           Majesty
           smelling
           the
           craft
           ,
           and
           missing
           
             Carwarden
             ,
          
           she
           sent
           for
           him
           back
           ,
           and
           encouraged
           him
           to
           stand
           to
           his
           information
           ,
           which
           the
           poor
           man
           did
           so
           handsomely
           ,
           that
           within
           the
           space
           of
           ten
           yeers
           ,
           he
           brought
           
             Smith
          
           to
           double
           his
           rent
           ,
           or
           to
           leave
           the
           customes
           to
           new
           Farmers
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           may
           take
           this
           also
           into
           observation
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           of
           the
           Queens
           Councell
           that
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Catalogue
           of
           Saints
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           we
           have
           taken
           a
           view
           of
           some
           particular
           notions
           of
           her
           times
           ,
           her
           nature
           ,
           and
           necessities
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           without
           the
           text
           ,
           to
           give
           ,
           a
           short
           touch
           on
           the
           helps
           and
           advantages
           of
           her
           raign
           ,
           which
           were
           without
           paralell
           ,
           for
           she
           had
           neither
           husband
           ,
           brother
           ,
           sister
           ,
           nor
           children
           to
           provide
           for
           ,
           who
           as
           they
           are
           dependants
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           
           so
           do
           they
           necessarily
           draw
           maintenance
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           do
           often
           times
           exhaust
           and
           draw
           deep
           especially
           when
           there
           is
           an
           ample
           fraternity
           of
           the
           bloud
           Royall
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Bloud
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Edward
          
           the
           third
           ,
           and
           
             Henry
          
           the
           fourth
           ,
           for
           then
           when
           the
           Crown
           cannot
           ,
           the
           publike
           ought
           to
           give
           them
           honourable
           allowance
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           the
           honour
           and
           hopes
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           and
           the
           publike
           which
           injoyes
           them
           ,
           hath
           alike
           interest
           in
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           Father
           that
           begot
           them
           ;
           and
           our
           Common-Law
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           heritance
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           did
           ever
           of
           old
           provide
           ayds
           for
           the
           
             primogenitures
             ,
          
           and
           the
           eldest
           daughter
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           multiplicity
           of
           Courts
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           charge
           which
           necessarily
           follow
           a
           King
           ,
           and
           Queen
           ,
           a
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           Royall
           issue
           ,
           was
           a
           thing
           which
           was
           not
           
             in
             rerum
             natura
             ,
          
           during
           the
           space
           of
           forty
           yeers
           ,
           and
           which
           by
           time
           was
           worn
           out
           of
           memory
           ,
           and
           without
           the
           cons●deration
           of
           the
           present
           times
           ,
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           the
           aydes
           given
           to
           the
           late
           and
           right
           noble
           Prince
           
             Henry
             ,
          
           and
           to
           his
           sister
           the
           Lady
           
             Elizabeth
             ,
          
           were
           at
           first
           generally
           received
           for
           impositions
           of
           a
           new
           Coynage
           .
           Yea
           the
           late
           impositions
           for
           Knightwood
           (
           though
           an
           ancient
           Law
           )
           fell
           also
           into
           the
           imputation
           of
           a
           tax
           of
           novelty
           ,
           for
           that
           it
           lay
           long
           covered
           in
           the
           embers
           of
           division
           ,
           between
           the
           Houses
           of
           
             York
          
           and
           
             Lancaster
             ,
          
           and
           forgotten
           ,
           or
           connived
           at
           by
           the
           succeeding
           Princes
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           strangenesse
           of
           the
           observation
           ,
           and
           the
           difference
           of
           those
           latter
           raignes
           is
           ;
           that
           the
           Queen
           took
           up
           beyond
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           fell
           not
           into
           the
           murmure
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           her
           successors
           nothing
           but
           by
           warrant
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           neverthelesse
           was
           conceived
           (
           through
           disuse
           )
           to
           be
           injurious
           to
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           .
        
         
           Now
           before
           I
           come
           to
           any
           further
           mention
           of
           her
           favorits
           (
           for
           hitherto
           I
           have
           delivered
           ,
           but
           some
           obvious
           passages
           ,
           thereby
           to
           prepare
           and
           smooth
           a
           way
           for
           the
           rest
           that
           follows
           )
           it
           is
           requisite
           that
           I
           touch
           on
           the
           reliques
           of
           the
           other
           raign
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           body
           of
           her
           sisters
           Councell
           of
           State
           ,
           which
           she
           retained
           intire
           ;
           neither
           removing
           ,
           nor
           discontenting
           any
           ,
           although
           she
           knew
           them
           averse
           to
           her
           Religion
           (
           and
           in
           her
           sisters
           time
           perverse
           towards
           her
           person
           )
           and
           private
           to
           her
           troubles
           and
           imprisonment
           :
           A
           prudence
           which
           was
           incomparable
           with
           her
           sisters
           nature
           ,
           for
           she
           both
           dissipated
           and
           persecuted
           the
           major
           part
           of
           her
           brothers
           Councell
           ,
           but
           this
           will
           be
           of
           certainty
           ,
           that
           how
           compliable
           soever
           ,
           and
           obsequious
           she
           found
           them
           ,
           yet
           for
           a
           good
           space
           she
           made
           little
           use
           of
           their
           Councells
           ,
           more
           then
           in
           the
           ordinary
           course
           of
           the
           board
           :
           for
           she
           held
           a
           dormant
           Table
           in
           her
           own
           Princely
           brest
           ,
           yet
           she
           kept
           them
           together
           ,
           and
           their
           places
           without
           any
           suddain
           change
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           may
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           Councell
           ,
           
           for
           whilst
           she
           amazed
           them
           with
           a
           kinde
           of
           premissive
           disputation
           concerning
           the
           points
           controverted
           by
           both
           Churches
           ,
           she
           did
           set
           down
           her
           own
           reservations
           ,
           without
           their
           privity
           ,
           and
           made
           all
           her
           progressions
           gradations
           .
           But
           so
           that
           the
           tenents
           of
           her
           secrecy
           with
           intent
           of
           her
           establishment
           ,
           were
           pitcht
           before
           it
           was
           knovvn
           where
           the
           Court
           would
           sit
           dovvn
           ;
           neither
           do
           I
           finde
           that
           any
           of
           her
           sisters
           Councell
           of
           state
           were
           either
           repugnant
           to
           her
           religion
           ,
           or
           opposed
           her
           doings
           
             (
             Engl●field
             ,
          
           Master
           of
           the
           horse
           excepted
           )
           who
           withdrew
           himself
           from
           the
           board
           ,
           and
           shortly
           after
           from
           out
           her
           Dominions
           ,
           so
           plyable
           and
           obedient
           they
           were
           to
           change
           with
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           their
           Princes
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           there
           will
           fall
           in
           heer
           a
           relation
           both
           of
           recreation
           ,
           and
           of
           knovvn
           truth
           ▪
           
             Pawle●
          
           Marquesse
           of
           
             Wincheste●
             ,
          
           and
           Lord
           Treasurer
           ,
           having
           served
           then
           four
           Princes
           in
           as
           various
           and
           changeable
           season
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           well
           say
           ,
           time
           ,
           nor
           any
           age
           hath
           yeilded
           the
           like
           president
           .
        
         
           This
           man
           being
           noted
           to
           grow
           high
           in
           her
           favour
           (
           as
           his
           place
           ,
           and
           experience
           required
           )
           was
           questioned
           by
           an
           intimate
           friend
           of
           his
           ,
           how
           he
           stood
           up
           for
           thirty
           yeers
           together
           amidst
           the
           changes
           ,
           and
           raignes
           of
           so
           many
           Chancellors
           and
           great
           personages
           ,
           why
           quoth
           the
           Marquesse
           ,
           
             Ortus
             sunt
             ex
             salice
             ,
             non
             ex
             que●cu
             ,
          
           I
           was
           made
           of
           the
           pliable
           Willovv
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           stubborn
           Oake
           ,
           and
           truly
           the
           old
           man
           hath
           taught
           them
           all
           ,
           especially
           
             William
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Pembroke
             ,
          
           for
           they
           tvvo
           were
           alvvayes
           of
           the
           Kings
           religion
           ,
           and
           over
           zealous
           professors
           .
           Of
           this
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           being
           both
           younger
           brothers
           (
           yet
           of
           noble
           Houses
           )
           they
           spent
           what
           was
           left
           them
           ,
           and
           come
           on
           trust
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           vvhereupon
           the
           bare
           stock
           of
           their
           Wits
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           traffick
           for
           themselves
           ,
           and
           prospered
           so
           vvell
           ,
           that
           they
           got
           ,
           spent
           ,
           and
           left
           more
           then
           any
           Subjects
           from
           the
           
             Norman
          
           Conquest
           ,
           to
           their
           ovvn
           times
           ,
           vvhereunto
           it
           hath
           been
           prettily
           replyed
           ,
           that
           they
           lived
           in
           a
           time
           of
           dissolution
           .
           To
           conclude
           them
           ,
           of
           any
           of
           the
           former
           raign
           ,
           ir
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           these
           tvvo
           lived
           and
           dyed
           (
           chiefly
           )
           in
           her
           favour
           .
           The
           latter
           upon
           his
           sonnes
           marriage
           ,
           vvhich
           the
           Lady
           
             K●th
             rine
             Grey
             ,
          
           vv●s
           like
           utterly
           to
           have
           lost
           himself
           ,
           but
           at
           the
           instant
           of
           the
           consummation
           ,
           apprehending
           the
           insafety
           ,
           and
           danger
           of
           an
           intermarriage
           vvith
           the
           bloud
           Royall
           ,
           he
           fell
           at
           the
           Queens
           feet
           ,
           vvhere
           he
           both
           acknovvledged
           his
           presumption
           vvith
           tears
           ,
           and
           projected
           the
           cause
           ,
           and
           the
           divorce
           together
           ,
           and
           so
           quick
           he
           vvas
           at
           his
           vvork
           (
           for
           it
           stood
           him
           upon
           )
           that
           upon
           repudiation
           of
           the
           Lady
           ,
           he
           clapt
           up
           a
           marriage
           for
           his
           sonne
           the
           Lord
           
             Herbert
          
           vvith
           
             M●r
             ▪
             Sidney
          
           Daughrer
           to
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Sydney
             ,
          
           then
           Lord
           Deputy
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           the
           blovv
           falling
           on
           
             Edward
          
           late
           Earl
           of
           
             Hereford
             ▪
          
           vvho
           (
           to
           his
           cost
           )
           took
           up
           the
           divorced
           Lady
           ,
           of
           vvhom
           the
           Lord
           
             Beauchampe
          
           vvas
           borne
           ,
           
           and
           
             William
          
           Earl
           of
           
             Hereford
          
           is
           descended
           .
           I
           come
           how
           to
           present
           those
           of
           her
           own
           election
           ,
           which
           she
           either
           admitted
           to
           her
           secrets
           of
           State
           ,
           or
           took
           into
           her
           grace
           and
           favour
           ,
           of
           whom
           in
           their
           order
           ,
           I
           crave
           leave
           to
           give
           unto
           posterity
           a
           cautious
           description
           ,
           with
           a
           short
           Charracter
           ,
           or
           draught
           of
           the
           persons
           themselves
           :
           for
           without
           offence
           to
           others
           ,
           I
           would
           be
           true
           to
           my self
           ,
           their
           memories
           and
           merits
           distinguishing
           them
           of
           the
           
             militiae
             ,
          
           from
           the
           〈◊〉
           and
           of
           these
           she
           had
           as
           many
           ,
           and
           those
           as
           able
           Ministers
           ,
           as
           any
           of
           her
           Progenitors
           .
        
         
           
             Leicester
             .
          
           
             IT
             will
             be
             out
             of
             doubt
             ,
             that
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicester
            
             was
             one
             of
             the
             first
             whom
             she
             made
             Master
             of
             the
             Horse
             ,
             he
             was
             the
             youngest
             Sonne
             (
             then
             living
             )
             of
             the
             Duke
             
               Northumberland
            
             beheaded
             〈…〉
             ,
             and
             his
             Father
             was
             that
             
               Du●y
               ,
            
             which
             our
             Histories
             couple
             with
             〈◊〉
             ;
             and
             both
             so
             much
             infamed
             for
             the
             Caterpillars
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             during
             the
             raign
             of
             
               Henry
            
             the
             seventh
             :
             who
             being
             a
             noble
             extract
             ,
             was
             executed
             the
             first
             yeer
             of
             
               Henry
            
             the
             eighth
             ,
             but
             not
             thereby
             so
             extinct
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             left
             a
             plentifull
             estate
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             Sonne
             ,
             who
             (
             as
             the
             vulgar
             speaks
             it
             )
             could
             live
             without
             the
             teat
             ;
             for
             out
             of
             the
             Ashes
             of
             his
             Fathers
             infamy
             ,
             he
             rose
             to
             be
             a
             Duke
             ,
             and
             as
             high
             ,
             as
             subjection
             could
             permit
             ,
             or
             Soveraignty
             endure
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             could
             not
             finde
             out
             any
             appellation
             to
             assume
             the
             Crown
             in
             his
             own
             person
             ,
             yet
             he
             projected
             ,
             and
             very
             neerly
             effected
             it
             for
             his
             Sonne
             
               Gu●lbert
               ,
            
             by
             intermarriage
             with
             the
             Lady
             
               〈◊〉
               Grey
               ,
            
             and
             so
             by
             that
             way
             to
             bring
             it
             about
             into
             his
             loynes
             :
             Observations
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             lye
             behinde
             us
             ,
             and
             seem
             impertinent
             to
             the
             Text
             ,
             yet
             are
             they
             not
             much
             extravagant
             ,
             for
             they
             must
             lead
             ,
             and
             shew
             us
             how
             the
             after
             passages
             were
             brought
             about
             with
             the
             dependances
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             hinges
             of
             a
             collaterall
             workmanship
             :
             and
             truely
             ,
             it
             may
             amaze
             a
             well
             settled
             judgement
             to
             look
             back
             into
             those
             times
             ,
             and
             to
             consider
             how
             this
             Duke
             could
             attain
             to
             such
             a
             pitch
             of
             greatnesse
             ,
             his
             Father
             dying
             in
             ignominy
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Gallows
             ,
             his
             estate
             confiscate
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             peeling
             and
             polling
             ,
             by
             the
             clamor
             ,
             and
             cruci●●ge
             of
             the
             people
             ,
             but
             when
             we
             better
             think
             upon
             it
             ,
             we
             finde
             that
             he
             was
             given
             up
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             please
             the
             people
             ,
             not
             for
             any
             offence
             committed
             against
             the
             person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             so
             that
             upon
             the
             matter
             he
             was
             a
             Martyr
             of
             the
             Prerogative
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             in
             honour
             could
             do
             no
             lesse
             then
             give
             back
             to
             his
             Son
             the
             priviledge
             of
             his
             bloud
             ,
             with
             the
             acquirings
             of
             his
             Fathers
             profession
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             a
             Lawyer
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Kings
             Councell
             ,
             at
             Law
             before
             he
             came
             to
             be
             
               ex
               〈…〉
               ,
            
             
             where
             besides
             the
             lickings
             of
             his
             own
             fingers
             ,
             he
             got
             the
             King
             a
             Masse
             of
             riches
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             with
             the
             hazard
             ,
             but
             the
             losse
             of
             his
             fame
             and
             life
             ,
             for
             the
             Kings
             Fathers
             sake
             .
             Certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             his
             sonne
             was
             left
             rich
             in
             purse
             and
             brain
             ,
             which
             are
             good
             foundations
             ,
             and
             full
             to
             ambition
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             supposed
             ,
             he
             was
             on
             all
             occasions
             well
             heard
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             a
             person
             of
             marke
             and
             compassion
             in
             his
             eye
             ,
             but
             I
             finde
             not
             that
             he
             did
             put
             up
             for
             advancement
             ,
             during
             
               Henry
            
             the
             eights
             time
             ,
             although
             a
             vast
             aspirer
             ,
             and
             provident
             storier
             .
             It
             seemes
             he
             thought
             the
             Kings
             raign
             was
             much
             given
             to
             the
             falling
             sicknesse
             ,
             but
             espying
             his
             time
             fitting
             ,
             and
             the
             Soveraignty
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             pupill
             Prince
             ,
             he
             thought
             he
             might
             as
             well
             ,
             then
             put
             up
             for
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             best
             ,
             for
             having
             then
             possession
             of
             bloud
             ,
             and
             a
             purse
             ,
             with
             a
             head-peece
             of
             a
             vast
             extent
             ,
             he
             soon
             got
             honour
             ,
             and
             no
             sooner
             there
             ,
             but
             he
             began
             to
             side
             it
             with
             the
             best
             ,
             even
             with
             the
             Protector
             ;
             and
             in
             conclusion
             got
             his
             ,
             and
             his
             Brothers
             heads
             ▪
             still
             aspyring
             ,
             till
             he
             expired
             ,
             in
             the
             losse
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             so
             that
             posterity
             may
             by
             reading
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Grandfather
             ,
             make
             judgement
             of
             the
             sonne
             ;
             for
             we
             shall
             finde
             that
             this
             
               Robert
            
             (
             whose
             originall
             we
             have
             now
             traced
             the
             better
             to
             present
             him
             )
             was
             inheritor
             of
             the
             genius
             ,
             and
             craft
             of
             his
             Father
             ;
             and
             
               Ambrose
               ,
            
             of
             the
             estate
             ,
             of
             whom
             hereafter
             we
             shall
             make
             some
             short
             mention
             .
          
           
             We
             take
             him
             now
             as
             he
             was
             admitted
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             Queens
             favour
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             not
             to
             seek
             to
             play
             his
             part
             well
             ,
             and
             dexteriously
             .
             But
             his
             play
             was
             chiefly
             at
             the
             forgame
             ,
             not
             that
             he
             was
             a
             learner
             at
             the
             latter
             ,
             but
             he
             loved
             not
             the
             after
             wit
             ,
             for
             they
             report
             (
             and
             I
             think
             not
             untruely
             )
             that
             he
             was
             seldome
             behinde
             hand
             with
             his
             Gamesters
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             alwayes
             went
             away
             with
             the
             losse
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             very
             godly
             person
             ,
             and
             singular
             well
             featured
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             youth
             well
             favoured
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             sweet
             aspect
             ,
             but
             high
             foreheaded
             ,
             which
             as
             I
             should
             take
             it
             ,
             was
             of
             no
             discommendation
             :
             but
             towards
             his
             latter
             end
             (
             which
             with
             old
             men
             ,
             was
             but
             a
             middle
             age
             )
             he
             grew
             high
             coloured
             and
             red
             faced
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Queen
             in
             this
             ,
             had
             much
             of
             her
             Father
             ,
             for
             (
             excepting
             some
             of
             her
             kindred
             ,
             and
             some
             few
             that
             had
             handsome
             wits
             in
             crooked
             bodies
             ,
             she
             alwayes
             took
             personage
             in
             the
             way
             of
             her
             election
             ,
             for
             the
             people
             hath
             it
             to
             this
             day
             in
             proverb
             ,
             King
             
               Harry
            
             loved
             a
             man
             :
             Being
             thus
             in
             her
             grace
             ,
             she
             called
             to
             minde
             ,
             the
             sufferings
             of
             his
             Ancestors
             ,
             both
             in
             her
             Fathers
             and
             sisters
             raignes
             ,
             and
             restored
             his
             ,
             and
             his
             brothers
             bloud
             ,
             creating
             
               Ambr●s
            
             the
             elder
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
               Warwick
               ,
            
             and
             himself
             ,
             Earl
             of
             
               Leicester
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             And
             he
             was
             
               ex
               rimiti●s
               ,
            
             or
             of
             her
             first
             choice
             ,
             for
             he
             rested
             not
             there
             ,
             but
             long
             enjoyed
             her
             favour
             ;
             and
             therewith
             ,
             much
             what
             he
             listed
             ,
             
             till
             time
             and
             emulation
             (
             the
             companions
             of
             great
             ones
             )
             had
             resolved
             on
             his
             period
             ,
             and
             to
             cover
             him
             at
             his
             setting
             in
             a
             cloud
             at
             
               Cornebury
               ▪
            
             not
             by
             so
             violent
             a
             death
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             fatall
             sentence
             of
             judicature
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             his
             Fathers
             ,
             and
             Grandfathers
             was
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             is
             suggested
             by
             that
             poyson
             which
             he
             had
             prepared
             for
             others
             ,
             wherein
             they
             report
             him
             a
             rare
             Artist
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             bound
             to
             give
             credit
             to
             all
             vulgar
             relations
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             libells
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             which
             are
             commonly
             forced
             ,
             and
             falsified
             suitable
             to
             the
             moods
             ,
             and
             humours
             of
             men
             ,
             in
             passion
             ,
             and
             discontent
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             leads
             me
             to
             think
             him
             no
             good
             man
             ,
             is
             (
             amongst
             others
             of
             known
             truth
             )
             that
             of
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             death
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             the
             marriage
             of
             his
             Lady
             yet
             living
             ,
             which
             I
             forbear
             to
             presse
             ,
             in
             regard
             that
             he
             is
             long
             since
             dead
             ,
             and
             others
             living
             ,
             whom
             it
             may
             concern
             .
          
           
             To
             take
             him
             in
             the
             observations
             of
             his
             Letters
             ,
             and
             Writings
             (
             which
             should
             best
             set
             him
             off
             )
             for
             such
             as
             fell
             into
             my
             hands
             ,
             I
             never
             yet
             saw
             a
             style
             or
             phrase
             ,
             more
             seeming
             religious
             ,
             and
             fuller
             of
             the
             strains
             of
             devotion
             ,
             and
             were
             they
             not
             sincere
             ,
             I
             doubt
             much
             of
             his
             well
             being
             ,
             and
             I
             may
             fear
             he
             was
             too
             well
             seen
             in
             the
             Aphorismes
             and
             principles
             of
             
               Nicholas
            
             the
             
               Florentine
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             reaches
             of
             
               Caesar
               Borgia
               ;
            
             and
             hitherto
             I
             have
             onely
             touched
             him
             in
             his
             Courtship
             .
             I
             conclude
             him
             in
             his
             Lance
             ,
             he
             was
             sent
             Governour
             by
             the
             Queen
             to
             the
             united
             States
             of
             
               Holland
               ,
            
             where
             we
             reade
             not
             of
             his
             wonders
             ,
             for
             they
             say
             that
             he
             had
             more
             of
             
               Mercury
            
             then
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             and
             that
             his
             device
             might
             have
             been
             ,
             without
             prejudice
             to
             the
             great
             
               Caesar
               ,
               Veni
               ,
               vidi
               ,
               redii
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Sussex
             .
          
           
             HIs
             Corrivall
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             was
             
               Thomas
               Radcliff
            
             Earl
             :
             of
             
               Sussex
               ,
            
             who
             ,
             (
             in
             his
             constellation
             was
             his
             direct
             opposite
             )
             for
             he
             was
             indeed
             one
             of
             the
             Queens
             Martialists
             ,
             and
             did
             very
             good
             service
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             at
             her
             first
             accession
             ,
             till
             she
             recalled
             him
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             where
             she
             made
             him
             Lord
             
               Chamberlaine
               ,
            
             but
             he
             played
             not
             his
             game
             with
             that
             cunning
             ,
             and
             dexterity
             ,
             as
             
               Leiceste
            
             did
             ,
             who
             was
             much
             the
             more
             faceate
             Courtier
             ,
             though
             
               Sussex
            
             was
             thought
             much
             the
             honester
             man
             ,
             and
             farre
             the
             better
             souldier
             ,
             but
             he
             lay
             too
             open
             on
             his
             guard
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             goodly
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             brave
             Noble
             nature
             ,
             true
             and
             constant
             to
             his
             friends
             and
             servants
             ,
             he
             was
             also
             of
             a
             very
             Noble
             and
             ancient
             Lyneage
             ,
             honoured
             through
             many
             descents
             by
             the
             Title
             
             of
             Viscounts
             ,
             
               Fitzwalters
               :
            
             Moreover
             there
             was
             such
             an
             Antipathy
             in
             his
             nature
             to
             that
             of
             
               Leicesters
            
             that
             being
             together
             in
             Court
             ,
             and
             both
             in
             high
             imployments
             they
             grew
             to
             a
             direct
             frowardnesse
             ,
             and
             were
             in
             continuall
             opposition
             ,
             the
             on
             setting
             the
             watch
             ,
             the
             other
             the
             sentinell
             ,
             each
             on
             the
             other
             actions
             and
             motions
             ,
             for
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Sussex
            
             was
             of
             a
             great
             spirit
             ,
             which
             backt
             with
             the
             Queens
             speciall
             favour
             ,
             and
             supported
             by
             a
             great
             and
             ancient
             inheritance
             ,
             could
             not
             brook
             the
             others
             Empire
             :
             Insomuch
             as
             the
             Queen
             upon
             sundry
             occasions
             had
             somewhat
             to
             do
             to
             appease
             ,
             and
             attain
             them
             ,
             untill
             death
             parted
             the
             competition
             ,
             and
             let
             the
             place
             of
             
               Leiceste●
               ,
            
             who
             was
             not
             long
             alone
             without
             his
             rivall
             in
             grace
             and
             command
             ,
             and
             to
             conclude
             this
             Favorite
             ,
             it
             is
             confidently
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             lying
             in
             his
             last
             sicknesse
             ,
             he
             gave
             this
             caveat
             to
             his
             friends
             ,
             I
             am
             now
             passing
             into
             another
             world
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             now
             leave
             you
             to
             your
             Fortunes
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Queens
             grace
             ,
             and
             goodnesse
             :
             but
             beware
             of
             the
             Gipsey
             ,
             meaning
             
               L●ice●ter
               ,
            
             for
             he
             will
             be
             to
             hard
             for
             you
             all
             ,
             you
             know
             not
             the
             best
             so
             well
             as
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Burleigh
             .
          
           
             I
             Now
             come
             to
             the
             next
             ,
             which
             was
             Secretary
             
               William
               Cecill
               ,
            
             for
             on
             the
             death
             of
             the
             old
             Marquesse
             of
             
               Winchester
               ▪
            
             he
             came
             up
             in
             his
             room
             ,
             a
             person
             of
             a
             most
             subtill
             and
             active
             spirit
             ,
             who
             though
             he
             stood
             not
             altogether
             by
             the
             way
             of
             constellation
             ,
             and
             making
             up
             of
             a
             part
             and
             faction
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             wholly
             intentive
             to
             the
             service
             of
             his
             Mistris
             ,
             and
             his
             dexterity
             ,
             experience
             ,
             and
             merit
             ,
             challenged
             a
             room
             in
             the
             Queens
             favour
             ,
             which
             ecclipsed
             the
             others
             over
             seeming
             greatnesse
             ,
             and
             made
             it
             appear
             that
             there
             were
             others
             that
             steered
             ,
             and
             stood
             at
             the
             Helm
             besides
             himself
             ,
             and
             more
             Starres
             in
             the
             Firmament
             of
             her
             grace
             then
             ,
             〈◊〉
             Maior
             ,
             or
             the
             Bear
             with
             the
             ragged
             staffe
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             borne
             (
             as
             they
             say
             in
             
               Lincola●
            
             shire
             ,
             but
             as
             some
             upon
             knowledge
             averre
             ,
             of
             a
             younger
             Brother
             of
             the
             
               Cecills
            
             of
             
               Hartford-shire
            
             ,
             a
             family
             (
             of
             my
             ovvn
             knovvledge
             )
             though
             novv
             private
             ,
             yet
             of
             no
             mean
             antiquity
             ,
             vvho
             being
             exposed
             ,
             and
             sent
             to
             the
             City
             ,
             as
             poor
             Gentleman
             use
             to
             do
             their
             younger
             Sonn●s
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             be
             a
             rich
             man
             on
             
               Lo●●o-bridge
            
             ,
             and
             pu●chasing
             in
             
               Lincol●-shire
            
             ,
             vvhere
             this
             man
             vvas
             born
             ,
             he
             vvas
             sent
             to
             Cambridge
             ,
             then
             to
             the
             Innes
             of
             Court
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             came
             to
             serve
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ommerse●
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Protectership
             ,
             as
             Secretary
             ,
             and
             having
             a
             pregnancy
             to
             great
             inclinations
             ,
             he
             came
             by
             degrees
             to
             a
             higher
             conversation
             vvith
             the
             chiefest
             
             affairs
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             Councels
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             fall
             of
             the
             Duke
             he
             stood
             some
             yeers
             in
             umbrage
             ,
             and
             without
             imployment
             ,
             till
             the
             State
             found
             and
             needed
             his
             abilities
             ,
             and
             though
             we
             finde
             not
             that
             he
             was
             taken
             into
             any
             place
             ,
             during
             
               Maries
            
             raign
             ,
             unlesse
             (
             as
             some
             have
             said
             )
             towards
             the
             last
             ,
             yet
             the
             Councell
             on
             severall
             occasions
             made
             use
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Queens
             entrance
             he
             was
             admitted
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             afterwards
             he
             was
             made
             Master
             of
             the
             Court
             of
             Wards
             ,
             then
             Lord
             Treasurer
             ,
             a
             person
             of
             most
             requisite
             abilities
             ;
             and
             indeed
             the
             Queen
             began
             then
             to
             need
             ,
             and
             to
             seek
             out
             for
             men
             of
             both
             Garbs
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             conclude
             ,
             and
             rank
             this
             great
             Instrument
             of
             State
             ,
             amongst
             the
             
               Togati
               ,
            
             for
             he
             had
             not
             to
             do
             with
             the
             sword
             ,
             more
             then
             as
             the
             great
             pay-master
             ,
             and
             Contriver
             of
             the
             Warre
             ,
             which
             shortly
             followed
             ,
             wherein
             he
             accomplished
             much
             thorough
             his
             theoricall
             knowledge
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             his
             intelligence
             abroad
             ,
             by
             unlocking
             the
             Councells
             of
             the
             Queens
             enemies
             .
          
           
             We
             must
             now
             take
             (
             and
             that
             of
             truth
             )
             into
             observation
             ,
             that
             untill
             the
             tenth
             of
             her
             raign
             ,
             her
             times
             were
             calm
             and
             serene
             ,
             though
             sometimes
             a
             little
             overcast
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             glorious
             Sunne
             risings
             ,
             are
             subject
             to
             shadowings
             and
             droppings
             in
             ,
             for
             the
             clouds
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             and
             Vapors
             of
             the
             holy
             League
             ,
             began
             then
             to
             disperse
             and
             threaten
             her
             serenity
             ;
             Moreover
             ,
             she
             was
             then
             to
             provide
             against
             some
             intestine
             storms
             ,
             which
             began
             to
             gather
             in
             the
             very
             heart
             of
             her
             Kingdom
             ,
             all
             which
             had
             a
             relation
             ,
             and
             correspondency
             ,
             each
             with
             the
             other
             to
             dethrone
             her
             ,
             and
             to
             disturbe
             the
             publike
             tranquillity
             ,
             and
             therewithall
             (
             as
             a
             principall
             work
             )
             the
             established
             Religion
             ,
             for
             the
             name
             of
             Recusant
             began
             then
             ,
             and
             first
             to
             be
             known
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             till
             then
             the
             Catholiques
             were
             no
             more
             then
             Church
             Papists
             ,
             but
             were
             commanded
             by
             the
             Popes
             expresse
             letters
             ,
             to
             appear
             ,
             and
             forbear
             Church
             going
             ,
             as
             they
             tender
             their
             holy
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             holy
             Catholike
             Church
             their
             Mother
             :
             so
             that
             it
             seems
             the
             Pope
             had
             then
             his
             ayms
             to
             take
             a
             true
             muster
             of
             his
             children
             ,
             but
             the
             Queen
             had
             the
             greater
             advantage
             ,
             for
             she
             likewise
             took
             tale
             of
             her
             apostate
             Subjects
             ,
             their
             strength
             ,
             and
             how
             many
             they
             were
             that
             had
             given
             up
             their
             names
             unto
             
               Baal
               ,
            
             who
             then
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             some
             of
             his
             Prosilits
             fixed
             his
             Bulls
             on
             the
             Gates
             of
             
               Pauls
               ,
            
             which
             discharged
             her
             Subjects
             of
             all
             fidelity
             ,
             and
             layed
             siege
             to
             the
             received
             faith
             ,
             and
             so
             under
             the
             vail
             of
             the
             next
             Successor
             ,
             to
             replant
             the
             Catholike
             Religion
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Queen
             had
             then
             a
             new
             task
             and
             work
             in
             hand
             ,
             that
             might
             well
             awak
             her
             best
             providence
             ,
             and
             required
             a
             muster
             of
             men
             of
             Armes
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Courtships
             ,
             and
             Councels
             ,
             for
             the
             times
             began
             then
             to
             be
             quick
             and
             active
             ,
             fitter
             for
             stronger
             motions
             ,
             then
             those
             of
             the
             Carpet
             ,
             and
             measure
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             
             be
             a
             true
             note
             of
             her
             magnanimity
             ,
             that
             she
             loved
             a
             souldier
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             propension
             in
             her
             nature
             to
             regard
             ,
             and
             alwayes
             to
             grace
             them
             ,
             which
             the
             Courtiers
             taking
             into
             observation
             ,
             took
             it
             as
             an
             invitation
             to
             winne
             honour
             ,
             together
             with
             their
             Majesties
             favour
             ,
             by
             exposing
             themselves
             to
             the
             Warres
             ,
             especially
             when
             the
             Queens
             ,
             and
             the
             affairs
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             stood
             in
             some
             necessity
             of
             a
             Souldier
             ,
             for
             we
             have
             many
             instances
             of
             the
             Sallies
             of
             the
             Nobility
             ,
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             yea
             and
             out
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             her
             Privy
             favorits
             (
             that
             had
             any
             touch
             or
             tincture
             of
             
               Mars
            
             in
             their
             inclinations
             ,
             and
             to
             steal
             away
             without
             licence
             ,
             and
             the
             Queens
             privity
             ,
             which
             had
             like
             to
             have
             cost
             some
             of
             them
             dear
             ,
             so
             predominant
             were
             their
             thoughts
             and
             hopes
             of
             honor
             growing
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             truly
             observe
             in
             the
             expositions
             of
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Sydney
               ,
            
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
               Mountjoy
               ,
            
             and
             divers
             others
             ,
             whose
             absence
             ,
             and
             the
             manner
             of
             their
             cruptions
             ,
             was
             very
             distastfull
             to
             her
             :
             whereof
             I
             can
             here
             adde
             a
             true
             ,
             and
             no
             impertinent
             Story
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             the
             last
             
               Mountjoy
               ,
            
             vvho
             having
             tvvice
             or
             thrice
             ,
             stoln
             avvay
             into
             
               Britain
            
             (
             vvhere
             under
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Norris
            
             he
             had
             then
             a
             company
             )
             vvithout
             the
             Queens
             leave
             and
             privity
             ,
             she
             sent
             a
             Messenger
             unto
             him
             ,
             vvith
             a
             strict
             charge
             to
             the
             generall
             to
             see
             him
             sent
             home
             ,
             vvhen
             he
             came
             into
             the
             Queens
             presence
             ,
             she
             fell
             into
             a
             kinde
             of
             reviling
             ,
             demanding
             hovv
             he
             durst
             go
             over
             vvithout
             her
             leave
             ,
             serve
             me
             so
             quoth
             she
             once
             more
             ,
             and
             I
             vvill
             lay
             you
             fast
             enough
             for
             running
             :
             you
             vvill
             never
             leave
             untill
             you
             are
             knockt
             on
             the
             head
             ,
             as
             that
             inconsiderate
             fellovv
             
               Sydney
            
             vvas
             ,
             you
             shall
             go
             vvhen
             I
             send
             you
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             see
             that
             you
             lodge
             in
             the
             Court
             (
             vvhich
             vvas
             then
             at
             
               White-Hall
               )
            
             vvhere
             you
             may
             follovv
             your
             Book
             ,
             read
             and
             discourse
             of
             the
             Warres
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             our
             purpose
             it
             fell
             out
             happily
             to
             those
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             I
             may
             say
             )
             to
             those
             times
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             during
             the
             calm
             of
             her
             raign
             vvas
             not
             idle
             ,
             not
             rockt
             a
             sleep
             vvith
             security
             ,
             for
             she
             had
             been
             very
             provident
             in
             the
             Reparation
             ,
             and
             Augmentation
             of
             her
             Shipping
             ,
             and
             Ammunition
             ;
             and
             I
             knovv
             not
             ,
             vvhether
             by
             a
             foresight
             of
             policy
             ,
             or
             an
             instinct
             ,
             it
             came
             about
             ,
             or
             vvhether
             it
             vvas
             an
             act
             of
             her
             compassion
             .
             But
             it
             is
             most
             certain
             ,
             that
             she
             sent
             Levies
             ,
             and
             no
             small
             Troopes
             to
             the
             assistance
             of
             the
             revolted
             States
             of
             
               Holland
               ,
            
             before
             she
             had
             received
             any
             affront
             from
             the
             King
             of
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             that
             might
             deserve
             ,
             or
             tend
             to
             a
             breach
             in
             hostility
             ,
             vvhich
             the
             Papists
             to
             this
             day
             maintain
             ,
             vvas
             the
             provocation
             ,
             and
             cause
             of
             the
             after
             Warres
             ,
             but
             omitting
             vvhat
             might
             be
             said
             to
             this
             point
             ,
             those
             Netherland
             Warres
             vvere
             the
             Queens
             Seminaries
             ,
             and
             the
             Nurseries
             of
             very
             many
             brave
             Souldiers
             ,
             and
             so
             vvere
             likevvise
             the
             Civill
             Warres
             of
             
               France
            
             (
             vvhither
             she
             sent
             five
             severall
             Armies
             )
             the
             Fenceschooles
             that
             inured
             the
             youth
             
             and
             Gallantry
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             a
             
               Militia
            
             wherein
             they
             were
             daily
             in
             acquaintance
             ,
             with
             the
             discipline
             of
             the
             
               Spaniard●
               ,
            
             who
             were
             then
             turned
             the
             Queens
             inveterate
             enemies
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             have
             I
             taken
             into
             observation
             ,
             her
             
               Di●s
               Halci●nii
               ,
            
             those
             yeers
             of
             hers
             which
             were
             more
             serene
             and
             quiet
             then
             those
             that
             followed
             ,
             which
             though
             they
             were
             not
             lesse
             propitious
             ,
             as
             being
             touched
             more
             with
             the
             point
             of
             honour
             and
             victory
             ,
             yet
             were
             they
             troubled
             ,
             and
             ever
             clouded
             over
             ,
             both
             with
             domestiques
             ,
             and
             forraign
             macchinations
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             already
             quoted
             ,
             they
             were
             such
             as
             awakened
             her
             spirits
             ,
             and
             made
             her
             cast
             about
             how
             to
             defend
             ,
             rather
             by
             offending
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             way
             of
             diversion
             to
             prevent
             all
             invasions
             ,
             then
             to
             expect
             them
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             peice
             of
             policy
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             and
             with
             this
             I
             have
             noted
             the
             causes
             or
             
               principia
            
             of
             the
             Warres
             following
             ,
             and
             likewise
             pointed
             to
             the
             seed-plots
             ,
             from
             whence
             she
             took
             up
             those
             brave
             men
             ,
             and
             plants
             of
             honour
             ,
             which
             acted
             on
             the
             theatre
             of
             
               Mars
               ,
            
             and
             on
             whom
             she
             dispersed
             the
             rayes
             of
             her
             grace
             ,
             which
             were
             persons
             in
             their
             kindes
             of
             rare
             vertues
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             might
             (
             out
             of
             height
             of
             merit
             )
             pretend
             interest
             to
             her
             favour
             ,
             of
             which
             rank
             ,
             the
             number
             will
             equall
             ,
             if
             not
             exceed
             that
             of
             the
             Gown-men
             ,
             in
             recount
             of
             whom
             I
             proceed
             with
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Sydney
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Philip
             Sydney
             .
          
           
             HE
             was
             sonne
             to
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Sydney
               ,
            
             Lord
             Deputy
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             and
             President
             of
             
               Wales
               ,
            
             a
             person
             of
             great
             parts
             ,
             and
             in
             no
             mean
             grace
             with
             the
             Queen
             ,
             his
             Mother
             was
             Sister
             to
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicester
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             we
             may
             conjecture
             ,
             how
             the
             Father
             stood
             up
             in
             the
             place
             of
             honour
             ,
             and
             imployment
             ,
             so
             that
             his
             descent
             was
             apparantly
             noble
             on
             both
             sides
             ;
             for
             his
             education
             ,
             it
             was
             such
             as
             travell
             ,
             and
             the
             university
             could
             afford
             ,
             or
             his
             Tutors
             infuse
             ,
             for
             after
             an
             incredible
             proficiency
             in
             all
             the
             species
             of
             learning
             ,
             he
             left
             the
             Academiall
             life
             ,
             for
             that
             of
             the
             Court
             ;
             whither
             he
             came
             by
             his
             Vncles
             invitation
             ,
             famed
             aforehand
             by
             a
             noble
             report
             of
             his
             accomplishments
             ,
             which
             together
             with
             the
             state
             of
             his
             person
             ,
             framed
             by
             a
             naturall
             propension
             to
             Armes
             ,
             he
             soon
             attracted
             the
             good
             opinion
             of
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             was
             so
             highly
             prized
             in
             the
             good
             opinion
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             that
             she
             thought
             the
             Court
             deficient
             without
             him
             ,
             and
             whereas
             (
             through
             the
             fame
             of
             his
             deserts
             )
             he
             was
             in
             the
             election
             ,
             for
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             
               Pole
               ,
            
             she
             refused
             to
             further
             his
             advancement
             ,
             not
             out
             of
             emulation
             ,
             but
             out
             of
             fear
             to
             loose
             the
             jewell
             of
             her
             
             times
             ;
             he
             married
             the
             Daughter
             and
             sole
             heir
             of
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Walsingham
               ,
            
             then
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             a
             Lady
             destinated
             to
             the
             Bed
             of
             honour
             ,
             who
             (
             after
             his
             deplorable
             death
             at
             
               Zutphen
            
             in
             the
             Netherlands
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             Governour
             of
             
               Vl●ishing
               ,
            
             and
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Vncles
             being
             there
             )
             was
             married
             to
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             and
             since
             his
             death
             ,
             to
             my
             Lord
             of
             Saint
             
               Albons
               ,
            
             all
             persons
             of
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             otherwise
             of
             great
             honour
             and
             vertue
             .
          
           
             They
             have
             a
             very
             quaint
             ,
             and
             factious
             figment
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             
               Mar●
            
             and
             
               Mercury
            
             fell
             at
             variance
             ,
             whose
             servant
             he
             should
             be
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             an
             
               Epigrammist
            
             that
             saith
             ,
             that
             Art
             and
             Nature
             had
             spent
             their
             excellencies
             in
             his
             fashioning
             ,
             and
             fearing
             they
             should
             not
             end
             what
             they
             begun
             ,
             they
             bestowed
             him
             on
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             nature
             stood
             musing
             ,
             and
             amased
             to
             behold
             her
             own
             work
             .
             But
             these
             are
             the
             petulancies
             of
             Poets
             .
          
           
             Certain
             it
             is
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             noble
             and
             matchlesse
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             justly
             said
             without
             hiperboles
             of
             fiction
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             of
             
               Coto
               〈◊〉
               ,
            
             that
             he
             seemed
             to
             be
             borne
             ,
             to
             that
             onely
             which
             he
             went
             about
             
               Versalitis
               ingenii
               ,
            
             as
             
               Plutarch
            
             hath
             it
             ,
             but
             to
             speak
             more
             of
             him
             ,
             were
             to
             make
             him
             lesse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Francis
             Walsingham
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Francis
               Walsingham
               ,
            
             (
             as
             we
             have
             said
             )
             had
             the
             honour
             to
             be
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Sydneys
            
             Father
             in
             Law
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Gentleman
             (
             at
             first
             )
             of
             a
             good
             house
             :
             but
             of
             a
             better
             education
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Vniversity
             travelled
             for
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             learning
             ,
             he
             was
             doubtlesse
             the
             best
             Ling●ist
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             but
             knew
             best
             how
             to
             use
             his
             own
             tongue
             ,
             whereby
             he
             came
             to
             be
             imployed
             in
             the
             cheifest
             affairs
             of
             State
             ;
             he
             was
             sent
             Ambassador
             into
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             stayed
             there
             Leiger
             long
             ,
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             Civill
             Warres
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             that
             Monsieur
             was
             here
             a
             Suitor
             to
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             be
             not
             mistaken
             ,
             he
             played
             the
             very
             same
             part
             there
             ,
             as
             since
             
               Gundam●re
            
             did
             heer
             ;
             at
             his
             return
             he
             was
             taken
             principall
             Secretary
             ,
             and
             was
             one
             of
             the
             great
             Engines
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             high
             in
             the
             Queens
             favour
             ,
             and
             a
             watchfull
             servant
             over
             the
             safety
             of
             his
             Mistris
             .
          
           
             They
             note
             him
             to
             have
             had
             certain
             curiosities
             ,
             and
             secret
             wayes
             of
             intelligence
             above
             the
             rest
             ,
             but
             I
             must
             confesse
             I
             am
             to
             seek
             ;
             Wherefore
             he
             suffered
             
               Parry
            
             to
             play
             so
             long
             on
             the
             hook
             ,
             before
             he
             hoysed
             him
             up
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             been
             a
             little
             curious
             in
             the
             search
             thereof
             ,
             though
             I
             have
             not
             to
             do
             with
             the
             
               Arcan●
               Imperii
               .
            
          
           
           
             For
             to
             know
             is
             sometimes
             a
             burthen
             ,
             and
             I
             remember
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             
               Ovids
               c●imen
               aut
               error
               ,
            
             that
             he
             saw
             too
             much
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             these
             are
             Collateralls
             of
             no
             danger
             ;
             but
             that
             
               Parry
            
             having
             an
             intent
             to
             kill
             the
             Queen
             ,
             made
             the
             way
             of
             his
             accesse
             ,
             by
             betraying
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             impeaching
             of
             the
             Priests
             of
             his
             own
             correspondency
             ,
             and
             thereby
             had
             accesse
             and
             conference
             with
             the
             Queen
             ;
             and
             also
             oftentimes
             familiar
             ,
             and
             private
             conference
             with
             
               Walsingham
               ,
            
             will
             not
             be
             the
             quere
             of
             the
             Mystery
             ,
             for
             the
             Secretary
             might
             have
             had
             end
             of
             discovery
             on
             a
             further
             maturity
             of
             the
             Treason
             ,
             but
             that
             after
             the
             Queen
             knew
             
               Parryes
            
             intent
             ,
             why
             she
             should
             then
             admit
             him
             to
             private
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             
               Walsingham
            
             to
             suffer
             it
             ,
             considering
             the
             condition
             of
             all
             assaylngs
             ,
             and
             to
             permit
             him
             to
             go
             ,
             where
             ,
             and
             whether
             he
             listed
             ,
             and
             onely
             on
             the
             security
             of
             a
             dark
             sentinell
             set
             over
             him
             ,
             was
             a
             peece
             of
             reach
             and
             hazard
             ,
             beyond
             my
             apprehension
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             again
             professe
             ,
             that
             having
             read
             many
             of
             his
             Letters
             (
             for
             they
             are
             commonly
             sent
             to
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicester
               ,
            
             and
             
               Burleigh
            
             out
             of
             
               France
               ,
            
             containing
             many
             fine
             passages
             ,
             and
             secrets
             ,
             yet
             if
             I
             might
             have
             been
             beholding
             to
             his
             Cyphers
             (
             whereof
             they
             are
             full
             )
             they
             would
             have
             told
             pretty
             tales
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             but
             I
             must
             now
             close
             up
             ,
             and
             rank
             him
             amongst
             the
             
               Togati
               ,
            
             yet
             chief
             of
             those
             that
             layed
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             and
             
               Dutch
            
             Warres
             ,
             which
             was
             another
             peece
             of
             his
             finenesse
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             with
             one
             observation
             more
             ;
             that
             he
             was
             one
             of
             the
             great
             allayes
             of
             the
             Austerian
             embracements
             ,
             for
             both
             himself
             and
             
               Stafford
            
             that
             preceded
             him
             ,
             might
             well
             have
             been
             compared
             to
             the
             fiend
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             that
             sowed
             his
             tares
             in
             the
             night
             ,
             so
             did
             they
             their
             feeds
             of
             division
             in
             the
             dark
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             a
             likely
             report
             that
             they
             father
             on
             him
             ,
             at
             his
             return
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             said
             unto
             him
             with
             some
             sensibility
             of
             the
             
               S●anish
            
             designes
             ,
             on
             
               France
               ,
            
             Madam
             I
             beseech
             you
             be
             content
             not
             to
             fear
             ,
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             hath
             a
             great
             appetite
             ,
             and
             an
             excellent
             digestion
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             fitted
             him
             with
             a
             Bone
             for
             this
             twenty
             yeers
             ,
             that
             your
             Majesty
             shall
             have
             no
             cause
             to
             doubt
             him
             ,
             provided
             that
             if
             the
             fire
             chance
             to
             slack
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             kindled
             ,
             you
             will
             be
             ruled
             be
             me
             ,
             and
             now
             ,
             and
             then
             cast
             in
             some
             
               English
            
             fewell
             ,
             which
             will
             revive
             the
             flame
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Willoughby
             .
          
           
             MY
             Lord
             
               Willoughby
               ,
            
             was
             one
             of
             the
             Queens
             first
             sword
             men
             ,
             he
             was
             of
             the
             ancient
             extract
             of
             the
             
               Bart●●s
               ,
            
             but
             more
             ennobled
             by
             his
             Mother
             ,
             who
             was
             Dutches
             of
             
               Suffolk
               .
            
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             great
             Master
             of
             the
             Art
             Military
             ,
             and
             was
             sent
             Generall
             into
             
               France
               ,
            
             and
             commanded
             the
             second
             of
             five
             Armies
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             sent
             thither
             in
             ayd
             of
             the
             
               French
               :
            
             I
             have
             heard
             it
             spoken
             that
             had
             he
             not
             slighted
             the
             Court
             ,
             but
             applyed
             himself
             to
             the
             Queen
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             enjoyed
             a
             plentifull
             portion
             of
             her
             grace
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             his
             saying
             (
             and
             it
             did
             him
             no
             good
             )
             that
             he
             was
             none
             of
             the
             
               R●plitia
               ,
            
             intimating
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             creep
             on
             the
             ground
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Court
             was
             not
             his
             Element
             ,
             for
             indeed
             as
             he
             was
             a
             great
             Souldier
             ,
             so
             was
             he
             of
             a
             sutable
             magnanimity
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             brook
             the
             obsequiousnesse
             ,
             and
             a●●iduity
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             then
             was
             somewhat
             descending
             from
             youth
             ,
             happily
             he
             had
             ,
             an
             
               animam
               re●crendi
            
             and
             to
             make
             a
             safe
             retreat
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Nicholas
             Bacon
             .
          
           
             I
             Come
             to
             another
             of
             the
             
               Togati
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Nicholas
               Bacon
               ,
            
             an
             arch
             peice
             of
             Wit
             and
             Wisedome
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             a
             man
             of
             Law
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             knowledge
             therein
             ,
             whereby
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             other
             parts
             of
             learning
             and
             dexterity
             ,
             he
             was
             promoted
             to
             be
             Keeper
             of
             the
             great
             Seal
             ,
             and
             being
             of
             Kin
             to
             the
             Treasurer
             
               Burleigh
               ,
            
             had
             also
             the
             help
             of
             his
             hand
             to
             bring
             him
             into
             the
             Queens
             favour
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             abundantly
             factious
             ,
             which
             took
             much
             with
             the
             Queen
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             suited
             with
             the
             season
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             well
             able
             to
             judge
             of
             his
             times
             ;
             he
             had
             a
             very
             quaint
             saying
             ,
             and
             he
             used
             it
             often
             to
             good
             purpose
             ,
             that
             he
             loved
             the
             jest
             well
             ,
             but
             not
             the
             losse
             of
             his
             friend
             :
             he
             would
             say
             ,
             and
             that
             though
             he
             knew
             it
             ,
             
               Vansquisque
               si●●
               fortune
               ●ober
               ,
            
             was
             a
             true
             and
             good
             principle
             ,
             yet
             the
             most
             in
             number
             were
             those
             that
             marred
             themselves
             ,
             but
             I
             will
             never
             forgive
             that
             man
             ,
             that
             looseth
             himself
             ,
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             his
             jest
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             Father
             to
             that
             refined
             wit
             ,
             which
             since
             hath
             acted
             a
             disasterous
             part
             ,
             on
             the
             publike
             stage
             ,
             and
             of
             late
             ,
             sate
             in
             his
             Fathers
             room
             ,
             as
             Lord
             Chancellor
             ;
             those
             that
             lived
             in
             his
             age
             ,
             and
             from
             whence
             I
             have
             taken
             this
             little
             modell
             of
             him
             ,
             gives
             him
             a
             lively
             Character
             ,
             and
             they
             decipher
             him
             ,
             for
             another
             
               Solo●
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Synon
            
             
             of
             those
             times
             ,
             such
             a
             one
             as
             
               Aedipus
            
             was
             in
             dissolving
             of
             riddles
             ;
             doubtlesse
             ,
             he
             was
             as
             able
             an
             instrument
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             his
             commendation
             ,
             that
             his-head
             was
             the
             Mawle
             (
             for
             it
             was
             a
             great
             one
             ,
             )
             and
             therein
             he
             kept
             the
             Wedge
             ,
             that
             entred
             the
             knotty
             peeces
             ,
             that
             came
             to
             the
             Table
             :
             and
             now
             I
             must
             again
             fall
             back
             ,
             to
             smooth
             ,
             and
             plain
             away
             to
             the
             rest
             that
             is
             behinde
             ,
             but
             not
             from
             the
             purpose
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             about
             these
             times
             ,
             two
             Rivals
             in
             the
             Queens
             favour
             ,
             old
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Knowles
               ,
            
             Controuller
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Norris
               ,
            
             whom
             she
             called
             up
             at
             a
             Parliament
             to
             sit
             with
             the
             Peers
             in
             the
             higher
             House
             ,
             as
             Lord
             
               Norris
            
             of
             
               R●cott
               ,
            
             who
             had
             married
             the
             Daughter
             and
             Heir
             of
             the
             old
             Lord
             
               Williams
            
             of
             
               Tain
               ,
            
             a
             Noble
             person
             ,
             and
             to
             whom
             in
             the
             Queens
             adversity
             ,
             she
             had
             been
             committed
             to
             safe
             custody
             ,
             and
             from
             him
             had
             received
             ,
             more
             then
             ordinary
             observances
             .
             Now
             such
             was
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             the
             Queens
             nature
             ,
             that
             she
             neither
             forgot
             the
             good
             turns
             received
             from
             the
             Lord
             
               Williams
               ,
            
             neither
             was
             she
             unmindefull
             of
             this
             Lord
             
               Norris
               ,
            
             whose
             Father
             ,
             in
             her
             Fathers
             time
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             businesse
             of
             her
             mother
             dyed
             in
             a
             noble
             cause
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             jnstification
             of
             her
             innocency
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Norris
             .
          
           
             MY
             Lord
             
               Norris
            
             had
             by
             this
             Lady
             an
             ample
             issue
             ,
             which
             the
             Queen
             highly
             respected
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             six
             sonnes
             ,
             and
             all
             Martiall
             brave
             men
             ,
             the
             first
             was
             
               William
            
             his
             eldest
             ,
             and
             Father
             to
             the
             late
             Earl
             of
             
               Bark-shire
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               ,
            
             Vulgarly
             called
             ,
             Generall
             
               Norris
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Edward
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Henry
               ,
            
             and
             
               Maximilian
               ,
            
             men
             of
             an
             haughty
             courage
             ,
             and
             of
             great
             experience
             in
             the
             conduct
             of
             Millitary
             affairs
             ,
             and
             to
             speak
             in
             the
             Character
             of
             their
             merit
             ,
             they
             were
             such
             persons
             of
             such
             renown
             ,
             and
             worth
             ,
             as
             future
             times
             must
             out
             of
             duty
             ,
             owe
             them
             the
             debt
             of
             an
             honourable
             memory
             .
          
        
         
           
             Knowles
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Francis
               Knowles
               ,
            
             was
             somewhat
             of
             the
             Queens
             affinity
             ,
             and
             had
             likewise
             no
             incompetent
             issue
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             also
             
               William
            
             his
             Eldest
             ,
             and
             since
             Earl
             of
             
               Banbury
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               ,
            
             Sir
             
               Robert
               ,
            
             and
             Sir
             
               Francis
               ,
            
             if
             I
             be
             not
             a
             little
             mistaken
             in
             their
             names
             ,
             and
             Marshalling
             ;
             and
             there
             was
             also
             the
             Lady
             
               Lettice
               ,
            
             a
             Sister
             of
             these
             ,
             who
             was
             first
             Countesse
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             and
             after
             of
             
               Leicester
               ,
            
             and
             these
             were
             also
             brave
             
             men
             in
             their
             times
             ,
             and
             places
             ;
             but
             they
             were
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             Carpet
             ,
             not
             led
             by
             the
             genious
             of
             the
             Camp
             .
          
           
             Between
             these
             two
             Families
             ,
             there
             was
             (
             as
             it
             falleth
             out
             amongst
             great
             Ones
             ,
             and
             Competitors
             for
             favour
             )
             no
             great
             correspondency
             ,
             and
             there
             were
             some
             Seeds
             ,
             either
             of
             emulation
             ,
             or
             distrust
             ,
             cast
             between
             them
             ,
             which
             had
             they
             not
             been
             disjoyned
             in
             the
             residence
             of
             of
             their
             persons
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             was
             the
             Fortune
             of
             their
             employments
             )
             the
             one
             side
             attending
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             other
             the
             Pavillion
             ,
          
           
             Surely
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             broken
             out
             into
             some
             kinde
             of
             hostility
             ▪
             or
             at
             least
             they
             would
             have
             wrastled
             one
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             like
             Trees
             ,
             incircled
             with
             joy
             ,
             for
             there
             was
             a
             time
             when
             (
             both
             these
             Fraternities
             being
             met
             at
             Court
             :
             )
             there
             passed
             a
             challenge
             between
             them
             at
             certain
             exercises
             (
             the
             Queen
             and
             the
             old
             men
             being
             Spectators
             )
             which
             ended
             in
             a
             flat
             quarrell
             amongst
             them
             all
             )
             and
             I
             am
             perswaded
             (
             though
             I
             ought
             not
             to
             judge
             )
             that
             there
             were
             some
             reliques
             of
             this
             fewd
             ,
             that
             were
             long
             after
             the
             causes
             of
             the
             one
             Families
             (
             almost
             utter
             )
             extirpation
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             others
             improsperity
             :
             for
             it
             was
             a
             known
             truth
             ,
             that
             so
             long
             as
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicester
            
             lived
             ,
             who
             was
             the
             main
             Pillar
             of
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             as
             having
             married
             the
             Sister
             ,
             none
             of
             the
             other
             side
             took
             any
             deep
             rooting
             in
             the
             Court
             :
             though
             otherwise
             they
             made
             their
             wayes
             to
             honour
             by
             their
             swords
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             of
             more
             note
             (
             considering
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicesters
            
             use
             of
             men
             of
             Armes
             ,
             being
             shortly
             after
             sent
             Governour
             to
             the
             revolted
             States
             ,
             and
             no
             Souldier
             himself
             )
             is
             that
             ,
             he
             made
             no
             more
             accompt
             of
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Norris
               ,
            
             a
             Souldier
             then
             deservedly
             famoused
             ,
             and
             trained
             from
             a
             Page
             ,
             under
             the
             discipline
             of
             the
             great
             Captain
             of
             Christendome
             ,
             the
             ●dmirall
             Castillion
             ,
             and
             of
             command
             in
             the
             
               French
               ,
            
             and
             
               Dutch
            
             War●es
             ,
             almost
             twenty
             yeers
             .
             It
             is
             of
             further
             observation
             ,
             that
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             (
             after
             
               Leicesters
            
             decease
             )
             though
             initated
             to
             Armes
             ,
             and
             honoured
             by
             the
             Generall
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Portug●ll
            
             expedition
             :
             whether
             out
             of
             instigation
             (
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             thought
             )
             or
             out
             of
             ambition
             and
             jealousie
             ,
             to
             be
             ecclipsed
             ,
             and
             over
             shadowed
             by
             the
             fame
             and
             splendor
             of
             this
             great
             Commander
             ,
             loved
             him
             not
             in
             sincerity
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             certain
             it
             is
             ,
             he
             not
             onely
             crusht
             ,
             and
             (
             upon
             all
             occasions
             )
             queld
             the
             growth
             of
             this
             brave
             man
             ,
             and
             his
             famous
             Brethren
             ,
             but
             therewith
             drew
             on
             his
             own
             fatall
             end
             ,
             by
             undertaking
             the
             
               Irish
            
             Action
             ;
             in
             a
             time
             when
             he
             left
             the
             Court
             ,
             empty
             of
             friends
             ,
             and
             full
             fraught
             with
             his
             profest
             enemies
             :
             but
             I
             forbear
             to
             extend
             my self
             in
             any
             further
             relation
             upon
             this
             Subject
             ,
             as
             having
             left
             some
             notes
             of
             truth
             ,
             in
             these
             two
             noble
             Families
             ,
             which
             I
             would
             present
             ,
             and
             therewith
             toucht
             somewhat
             ,
             which
             I
             would
             not
             ,
             if
             the
             equity
             of
             the
             Narration
             would
             have
             admitted
             an
             inte●mission
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Sir
             Iohn
             Perrot
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Iohn
               Perrot
            
             was
             a
             goodly
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             was
             of
             a
             very
             ancient
             descent
             ,
             as
             an
             heir
             to
             many
             abstracts
             of
             gentry
             ,
             especially
             from
             
               Guy
               de
               Bryan
            
             of
             
               Lawhern
               ,
            
             so
             was
             he
             of
             a
             vast
             estate
             ,
             and
             came
             not
             to
             the
             Court
             for
             want
             ,
             and
             to
             these
             adjuncts
             ,
             he
             had
             the
             endowments
             of
             courage
             ,
             and
             height
             of
             spirit
             ,
             had
             it
             lighted
             on
             the
             allay
             of
             temper
             ,
             and
             discretion
             the
             defect
             ,
             whereof
             ,
             with
             a
             native
             freedome
             ,
             and
             boldnesse
             of
             speech
             ,
             drew
             him
             on
             to
             a
             clouded
             setting
             ,
             and
             laid
             him
             open
             to
             the
             spleen
             and
             advantage
             of
             his
             enemies
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             Sir
             
               Christopher
               Hatton
            
             was
             profest
             .
             He
             was
             yet
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             brave
             Courtier
             ,
             but
             rough
             ,
             and
             participating
             more
             of
             active
             then
             sedentary
             motions
             ,
             as
             being
             in
             his
             constellation
             destinated
             for
             Armes
             .
             There
             is
             a
             quere
             of
             some
             denotations
             ,
             how
             he
             came
             to
             receive
             his
             foyl
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             the
             Catastrophe
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             strengthned
             with
             honourable
             allyances
             and
             the
             privy
             friendships
             of
             the
             Court
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicester
            
             and
             
               Burleigh
               ,
            
             (
             both
             his
             contemporaries
             and
             familiars
             .
             But
             that
             there
             might
             be
             (
             as
             the
             Adage
             hath
             it
             )
             falsity
             in
             friendship
             ,
             and
             we
             may
             rest
             satisfied
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             dispute
             against
             fate
             .
          
           
             They
             quote
             him
             ,
             for
             a
             person
             that
             loved
             too
             stand
             to
             much
             alone
             ,
             and
             on
             his
             own
             legs
             ,
             of
             too
             often
             recesses
             ,
             and
             discontinuance
             from
             the
             Queens
             presence
             ,
             a
             fault
             which
             is
             incompetible
             with
             the
             wayes
             of
             Court
             and
             favour
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             sent
             Lord
             Deputy
             into
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             (
             as
             it
             was
             thought
             )
             for
             a
             kinde
             of
             haughtinesse
             of
             spirit
             ,
             and
             repugnancy
             in
             Councels
             :
             or
             as
             others
             have
             thought
             ,
             the
             fittest
             person
             ,
             then
             to
             bridle
             the
             insolency
             of
             the
             
               Irish
               ,
            
             and
             probable
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             both
             these
             (
             considering
             the
             sway
             )
             that
             he
             would
             have
             at
             the
             board
             ,
             and
             head
             in
             the
             Queens
             )
             concurred
             ,
             and
             did
             a
             little
             conspire
             his
             remove
             ,
             and
             his
             ruine
             .
             But
             into
             
               Ireland
            
             he
             went
             ,
             where
             he
             did
             the
             Queen
             very
             great
             and
             many
             services
             ,
             if
             the
             surplusage
             of
             the
             measure
             did
             not
             abate
             the
             value
             of
             the
             merit
             ,
             as
             after
             times
             found
             that
             to
             be
             no
             Paradox
             ,
             for
             to
             save
             the
             Queens
             purse
             (
             which
             both
             her self
             )
             and
             my
             Lord
             Treasurer
             
               Burleigh
            
             ever
             took
             for
             good
             services
             )
             he
             imposed
             on
             the
             
               Irish
            
             the
             charge
             of
             bearing
             their
             own
             armes
             ,
             which
             both
             gave
             them
             the
             possession
             ,
             and
             taught
             them
             the
             use
             of
             weapons
             ,
             which
             proved
             in
             the
             end
             a
             most
             fatall
             work
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             profusion
             of
             bloud
             and
             treasure
             .
          
           
           
             But
             at
             his
             return
             ,
             and
             on
             some
             accompt
             sent
             home
             before
             ,
             touching
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             the
             assiduous
             testimonies
             of
             her
             grace
             towards
             him
             ,
             till
             by
             his
             retreat
             to
             his
             Castle
             at
             
               Ca●y
               ,
            
             where
             he
             was
             then
             building
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             desire
             to
             be
             in
             command
             at
             home
             (
             as
             he
             had
             been
             abroad
             )
             together
             with
             the
             hatred
             and
             practise
             of
             
               Hatton
               ,
            
             then
             in
             high
             favour
             ,
             whom
             not
             long
             before
             ,
             he
             had
             too
             bitterly
             tanted
             for
             his
             dancing
             ,
             he
             was
             accused
             of
             high
             Treason
             ,
             and
             for
             high
             words
             ,
             and
             a
             forged
             letter
             condemned
             ,
             though
             the
             Queen
             ,
             on
             the
             news
             of
             his
             condemnation
             ,
             swore
             by
             her
             wonted
             oath
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             all
             knaves
             ;
             and
             they
             deliver
             with
             assurance
             ,
             that
             on
             his
             return
             to
             the
             Tower
             ,
             after
             his
             Tryall
             ,
             he
             said
             in
             oaths
             ,
             and
             in
             fury
             ,
             to
             the
             Lieuteuant
             Sir
             
               Owen
               Hop●on
               ,
            
             what
             will
             the
             Queen
             suffer
             her
             Brother
             to
             be
             offered
             up
             ,
             as
             a
             Sacrifice
             to
             the
             envy
             of
             my
             frisking
             adversaries
             ;
             which
             being
             made
             known
             to
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             the
             warrant
             for
             his
             execution
             tendered
             ,
             and
             somewhat
             enforced
             ,
             she
             refused
             to
             signe
             it
             ,
             and
             swore
             he
             should
             not
             dye
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             an
             honest
             ,
             and
             a
             faithfull
             man
             :
             and
             surely
             ,
             though
             not
             altogether
             to
             set
             up
             our
             rest
             ,
             and
             faith
             upon
             tradition
             ,
             and
             upon
             old
             reports
             ,
             as
             that
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Perrot
            
             his
             Father
             was
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             the
             privy
             Chamber
             ,
             to
             
               Henry
            
             the
             eigth
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Court
             married
             to
             a
             Lady
             of
             great
             honour
             ,
             of
             the
             Kings
             familiarity
             ,
             which
             are
             presumptions
             of
             some
             implication
             :
             But
             if
             we
             go
             a
             little
             further
             ,
             and
             compare
             his
             Picture
             ,
             his
             qualities
             ,
             gesture
             ,
             and
             voyce
             ,
             with
             that
             of
             the
             Kings
             ,
             which
             memory
             retains
             ,
             yet
             amongst
             us
             ,
             they
             will
             plead
             strongly
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             a
             subreptious
             childe
             of
             the
             bloud
             Royall
             .
          
           
             Certain
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             lived
             not
             long
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             that
             after
             his
             decease
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Perrot
            
             his
             sonne
             (
             then
             of
             no
             mean
             esteem
             with
             the
             Queen
             )
             having
             before
             married
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             Sister
             ,
             since
             Countesse
             of
             
               Northumberland
               ,
            
             had
             restitution
             of
             all
             his
             Lands
             ,
             though
             after
             his
             decease
             also
             (
             which
             immediately
             followed
             )
             the
             Crown
             resumed
             his
             estate
             ,
             and
             took
             advantage
             of
             the
             former
             attainder
             .
             And
             to
             say
             the
             truth
             ,
             the
             Priests
             forged
             letter
             ,
             was
             at
             his
             arraignment
             ,
             thought
             but
             as
             a
             fiction
             of
             envy
             ,
             and
             was
             soone
             after
             exploded
             by
             the
             Priests
             own
             confession
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             most
             exasperated
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             gave
             advantage
             to
             his
             enemies
             ,
             was
             (
             as
             Sir
             
               Walter
               Rawleigh
            
             takes
             into
             his
             observation
             )
             words
             of
             disdain
             ,
             for
             the
             Queen
             by
             sharp
             and
             reprehensive
             Letters
             ,
             had
             nettled
             him
             ,
             and
             shortly
             after
             sending
             others
             of
             approbation
             ,
             commending
             his
             service
             ,
             and
             intimating
             an
             invasion
             from
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             which
             he
             no
             sooner
             perused
             ,
             but
             he
             said
             publiquely
             in
             the
             great
             Chamber
             at
             
               Dublin
               :
            
             Lo
             now
             she
             is
             ready
             to
             pisse
             her self
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             
               Spaniard
               ;
            
             I
             am
             again
             one
             of
             her
             white
             Boys
             .
          
           
           
             Words
             which
             are
             subject
             to
             a
             various
             construction
             ,
             and
             tended
             to
             some
             disreputation
             of
             his
             Soveraign
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             may
             serve
             for
             instruction
             to
             persons
             in
             place
             of
             honour
             ,
             and
             command
             to
             beware
             of
             the
             violences
             of
             nature
             ,
             but
             especially
             of
             the
             exorbitances
             of
             the
             tongue
             :
             and
             so
             I
             conclude
             him
             with
             this
             double
             observation
             ,
             the
             one
             of
             the
             innocency
             of
             his
             intentions
             (
             exempt
             and
             clear
             from
             the
             guilt
             of
             Treason
             )
             and
             disloyalty
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             the
             greatnesse
             of
             his
             heart
             ,
             for
             at
             his
             arraignment
             he
             was
             so
             little
             dejected
             ,
             by
             what
             might
             be
             alleaged
             and
             proved
             against
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             rather
             grew
             troubled
             with
             choller
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             kinde
             of
             exaspiration
             despised
             his
             Iury
             ,
             though
             of
             the
             order
             of
             Knighthood
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             speciall
             Gentry
             ,
             claiming
             the
             priviledge
             of
             tryall
             ,
             by
             the
             Peers
             ,
             and
             Barronage
             of
             the
             Realm
             ,
             so
             prevalent
             was
             that
             of
             his
             native
             genious
             ,
             and
             the
             haughtinesse
             of
             his
             spirit
             ,
             which
             accompanied
             him
             to
             his
             last
             ,
             and
             till
             (
             any
             diminution
             of
             courage
             )
             it
             brake
             in
             peeces
             ,
             the
             cords
             of
             his
             magnanimity
             ,
             for
             he
             dyed
             suddenly
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             was
             thought
             the
             Queen
             did
             intend
             his
             inlargement
             ,
             with
             the
             restitution
             of
             his
             possessions
             ,
             which
             were
             then
             very
             great
             ,
             and
             comparable
             to
             most
             of
             the
             Nobility
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hattor
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Chrystopher
               Hatton
            
             came
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             as
             his
             opposite
             ,
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Perrot
            
             was
             wont
             to
             say
             ,
             by
             the
             Galliard
             ,
             for
             he
             came
             thither
             as
             a
             private
             Gentleman
             of
             the
             Innes
             of
             Court
             in
             a
             Mask
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             activity
             ,
             and
             person
             ,
             which
             was
             tall
             ,
             and
             proportionable
             ,
             taken
             into
             her
             favour
             ,
             he
             was
             first
             made
             vice
             Chamberlain
             ,
             and
             shortly
             afterward
             advanced
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Lord
             Chancellor
             ;
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             besides
             the
             graces
             of
             his
             person
             ,
             and
             dancing
             ,
             had
             also
             the
             adjectaments
             of
             a
             strong
             and
             subtill
             capacity
             ,
             one
             that
             could
             soon
             learn
             the
             discipline
             and
             garb
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             times
             and
             Court
             ,
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             large
             proportion
             of
             gifts
             ,
             and
             endowments
             ,
             but
             too
             much
             of
             the
             season
             of
             envy
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             a
             meer
             vegetable
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             sprung
             up
             at
             night
             ,
             and
             sunk
             again
             at
             his
             noon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Effingham
             .
          
           
             MY
             Lord
             of
             
               Effingham
               ,
            
             though
             a
             Courtier
             betimes
             ,
             yet
             I
             finde
             not
             ,
             that
             the
             Sunshine
             of
             her
             favour
             ,
             broke
             out
             upon
             him
             ,
             untill
             
             she
             took
             him
             into
             the
             Ship
             ,
             and
             made
             him
             high
             Admirall
             of
             
               England
               ,
            
             for
             his
             extract
             ,
             it
             may
             suffice
             that
             he
             was
             the
             sonne
             of
             a
             
               Howard
               ,
            
             and
             of
             a
             Duke
             of
             
               Norfolk
               .
            
          
           
             And
             for
             his
             person
             ,
             as
             goodly
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             as
             the
             times
             had
             any
             ,
             if
             nature
             had
             not
             been
             more
             intentive
             to
             compleat
             his
             person
             ,
             then
             Fortune
             to
             make
             him
             rich
             ,
             for
             the
             times
             considered
             which
             were
             then
             active
             ,
             and
             a
             long
             time
             after
             lucrative
             ,
             he
             dyed
             not
             wealthy
             ,
             yet
             the
             honester
             man
             ,
             though
             it
             seems
             the
             Queens
             purpose
             was
             to
             tender
             the
             occasion
             of
             his
             advancement
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             him
             capable
             of
             more
             honour
             ,
             which
             at
             his
             return
             from
             
               Cadize
            
             accounts
             ,
             she
             conferred
             it
             upon
             him
             ,
             creating
             him
             Earl
             of
             
               Nottingham
               ,
            
             to
             the
             great
             discontent
             of
             his
             Colleague
             ,
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             who
             then
             grew
             accessive
             in
             the
             Appetite
             of
             her
             favour
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             was
             so
             exorbitant
             in
             the
             limitation
             of
             the
             Soveraigne
             aspect
             ,
             that
             it
             much
             alienated
             the
             Queens
             grace
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             drew
             others
             together
             with
             the
             Admirall
             ,
             to
             a
             combination
             ,
             and
             to
             conspire
             his
             ruine
             :
             and
             though
             I
             have
             heard
             it
             from
             that
             party
             (
             I
             mean
             of
             the
             Admiralls
             faction
             )
             that
             it
             lay
             not
             in
             his
             proper
             power
             to
             hurt
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             yet
             he
             had
             more
             followers
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             were
             well
             skilled
             in
             setting
             of
             the
             gin
             ,
             but
             I
             leave
             this
             ,
             to
             these
             of
             an
             other
             age
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             out
             of
             doubt
             ,
             that
             the
             Admirall
             was
             a
             good
             honest
             ,
             and
             a
             brave
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             faithfull
             servant
             to
             his
             Mistris
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             one
             as
             the
             Queen
             out
             of
             her
             own
             Princely
             judgement
             ,
             knew
             to
             be
             a
             fit
             instrument
             for
             that
             service
             ,
             for
             she
             was
             no
             ill
             proficient
             in
             the
             reading
             of
             men
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Books
             ,
             and
             his
             sundry
             expeditions
             ,
             as
             that
             afore
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             88.
             doth
             both
             expresse
             his
             worth
             ,
             and
             manifest
             the
             Queens
             trust
             ,
             and
             the
             opinion
             she
             had
             of
             his
             fidelity
             ,
             and
             conduct
             .
          
           
             Moreover
             ,
             the
             
               Howards
            
             were
             of
             the
             Queens
             alliance
             ,
             and
             consanguinity
             by
             her
             mother
             ,
             which
             swayed
             her
             affection
             ;
             and
             bent
             it
             toward
             this
             great
             house
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             a
             part
             of
             her
             naturall
             propension
             ,
             to
             grace
             and
             support
             ancient
             nobility
             ,
             where
             it
             did
             not
             intrench
             ,
             neither
             invade
             her
             interest
             ,
             for
             on
             such
             trespasses
             she
             was
             quick
             and
             tender
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             spare
             any
             whatsoever
             ,
             as
             we
             may
             observe
             in
             the
             case
             of
             the
             Duke
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Hereford
               ,
            
             whom
             she
             much
             favoured
             ,
             and
             countenanced
             ,
             till
             they
             attempted
             the
             forbidden
             fruit
             ,
             the
             fault
             of
             the
             last
             ,
             being
             in
             the
             severest
             interpretation
             ,
             but
             a
             trespasse
             of
             incroachment
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             first
             it
             was
             taken
             for
             a
             ryot
             against
             the
             Crown
             ,
             and
             her
             own
             Soveraign
             power
             ,
             and
             as
             I
             have
             ever
             thought
             ,
             the
             cause
             of
             her
             aversion
             against
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             the
             Dukes
             great
             Father
             in
             Law
             
               Fitz
               Allen
               ,
            
             Earl
             of
             
               Arundell
               ,
            
             a
             person
             of
             the
             first
             rank
             in
             her
             affections
             before
             these
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             jealousies
             made
             a
             
             separation
             between
             them
             ,
             this
             noble
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             
               Thomas
               Howard
               ,
            
             since
             Earl
             of
             
               Suffolk
               ,
            
             standing
             alone
             in
             her
             grace
             ,
             the
             rest
             in
             umbrage
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Iohn
             Packington
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Iohn
               Packington
            
             was
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             no
             mean
             family
             ,
             and
             of
             form
             and
             feature
             ,
             no
             way
             dispiseable
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             a
             brave
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             fine
             Courtier
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             time
             which
             he
             stayed
             there
             ,
             (
             which
             was
             not
             lasting
             )
             very
             high
             in
             her
             grace
             ,
             but
             he
             came
             in
             ,
             and
             went
             out
             ,
             and
             thorough
             disassiduity
             drew
             the
             Curtain
             between
             himself
             and
             the
             light
             of
             her
             grace
             ,
             and
             then
             death
             overwhelmed
             the
             remnant
             ,
             and
             utterly
             deprived
             him
             of
             recovery
             ,
             and
             they
             say
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             had
             he
             brought
             lesse
             to
             the
             Court
             then
             he
             did
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             carried
             away
             more
             then
             he
             brought
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             a
             time
             on
             it
             ,
             but
             an
             ill
             husband
             of
             opportunity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Hunsdon
             .
          
           
             MY
             Lord
             of
             
               Hunsdon
            
             was
             of
             the
             Queens
             neerest
             Kindred
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             decease
             of
             
               Sussex
               ,
            
             both
             he
             ,
             and
             his
             sonne
             took
             the
             place
             of
             Lord
             Chamberlain
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             fast
             man
             to
             his
             Prince
             ,
             and
             firm
             in
             his
             friends
             and
             servants
             ,
             and
             though
             he
             might
             speak
             big
             ,
             and
             therein
             would
             be
             born
             out
             ,
             yet
             was
             he
             not
             the
             more
             dreadfull
             ,
             but
             lesse
             harmfull
             ,
             and
             farre
             from
             the
             practise
             of
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicesters
            
             instructions
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             down
             right
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             heard
             those
             that
             both
             knew
             him
             well
             ,
             and
             had
             interest
             in
             him
             ,
             say
             merrily
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             Latine
             ,
             and
             his
             dissimulation
             were
             both
             alike
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             custome
             of
             swearing
             ,
             and
             obscenity
             in
             speaking
             ,
             made
             him
             seem
             a
             worse
             Christian
             then
             he
             was
             ,
             and
             a
             better
             Knight
             of
             the
             Carpet
             ,
             then
             he
             should
             be
             ,
             as
             he
             lived
             in
             a
             ruffling
             time
             ,
             so
             he
             loved
             sword
             and
             buckler
             men
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             our
             Fathers
             were
             wont
             to
             call
             men
             of
             their
             hands
             ,
             of
             which
             sort
             ,
             he
             had
             many
             brave
             Gentleman
             that
             followed
             him
             ,
             yet
             not
             taken
             for
             a
             popular
             and
             dangerous
             person
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             one
             that
             stood
             amongst
             the
             
               Togati
               ,
            
             of
             an
             honest
             stout
             heart
             ,
             and
             such
             a
             one
             (
             as
             upon
             occasion
             )
             would
             have
             fought
             for
             his
             Prince
             ;
             and
             his
             Country
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             Queens
             person
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Camp
             at
             
               Tilbury
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             Rawleigh
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Walter
               Rawleigh
            
             was
             on
             that
             (
             it
             seems
             )
             fortune
             had
             pickt
             out
             of
             purpose
             ,
             of
             whom
             to
             make
             an
             example
             ,
             o●
             to
             use
             as
             her
             Tennis-Ball
             ,
             thereby
             to
             shew
             what
             she
             could
             do
             ,
             for
             she
             tost
             him
             up
             of
             nothing
             ,
             and
             to
             and
             fro
             to
             greatnesse
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             down
             to
             little
             more
             ,
             then
             to
             that
             wherein
             she
             found
             him
             (
             a
             bare
             Gentleman
             )
             not
             that
             he
             was
             lesse
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             well
             descended
             ,
             and
             of
             good
             allyance
             ,
             but
             poore
             in
             his
             beginnings
             ;
             and
             for
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Oxfords
            
             jest
             of
             him
             (
             the
             Iack
             ,
             and
             an
             upstart
             )
             we
             all
             know
             ,
             it
             savours
             more
             of
             emulation
             ,
             and
             his
             humor
             ,
             then
             of
             truth
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             a
             certain
             note
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             in
             her
             choice
             ,
             never
             took
             into
             her
             favour
             a
             meer
             new
             man
             ,
             or
             a
             Mechanick
             ,
             as
             
               Commes
            
             observes
             of
             
               Lewis
            
             the
             eleventh
             of
             〈◊〉
             ,
             who
             did
             serve
             himself
             with
             persons
             of
             unknown
             Parents
             ,
             such
             as
             was
             
               Oliv●r
            
             the
             Barber
             ,
             whom
             he
             created
             Earl
             of
             
               D●●●yes
               ,
            
             and
             made
             him
             
               ●x
               secretis
               consilus
               ,
            
             and
             alone
             in
             his
             favour
             ,
             familiarity
             :
             his
             approaches
             to
             the
             Vniversity
             ,
             and
             Innes
             of
             Court
             were
             the
             grounds
             of
             his
             improvement
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             rather
             excursions
             ,
             then
             sieges
             ,
             or
             settings
             down
             ,
             for
             he
             stayed
             not
             long
             in
             a
             place
             ,
             and
             being
             the
             youngest
             brother
             ,
             and
             the
             house
             diminished
             in
             Patrimony
             ,
             he
             foresaw
             his
             own
             destiny
             that
             he
             was
             first
             to
             roule
             (
             through
             want
             and
             disabil●ty
             ,
             to
             subsist
             otherwayes
             )
             before
             he
             could
             come
             to
             a
             repose
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             stone
             doth
             by
             long
             lying
             ,
             gather
             mosse
             :
             he
             first
             exposed
             himself
             to
             the
             Land
             service
             of
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             (
             a
             
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             which
             then
             did
             not
             yeild
             him
             food
             and
             rayment
             ,
             (
             for
             it
             was
             ever
             very
             poore
             )
             nor
             had
             he
             patience
             to
             stay
             there
             ,
             (
             though
             shortly
             after
             he
             came
             thither
             again
             )
             under
             the
             command
             of
             my
             Lord
             
               Grey
               ▪
            
             but
             with
             his
             own
             Colours
             flying
             in
             the
             field
             ,
             having
             in
             the
             interim
             cast
             a
             new
             chance
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             Low-Countries
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             voyage
             to
             Sea
             ;
             and
             if
             ever
             man
             drew
             vertue
             out
             of
             necessity
             ,
             it
             was
             he
             ,
             therewith
             was
             he
             the
             great
             example
             of
             industry
             ,
             and
             though
             he
             might
             then
             have
             taken
             that
             of
             the
             Merchant
             to
             himself
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               mar●
               ▪
               p●r
               terras
               ,
               curr●t
               me●c●tor
               ad
               Indos
               ,
            
             He
             might
             also
             have
             said
             ,
             and
             truely
             with
             the
             Phylosopher
             ,
             
               Omnia
               mea
               mecum
               porto
               :
            
             For
             it
             was
             a
             long
             time
             before
             he
             could
             brag
             of
             more
             then
             he
             carried
             at
             his
             back
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             got
             on
             the
             winning
             side
             ,
             it
             was
             his
             commendation
             ,
             that
             he
             took
             pains
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             underwent
             many
             various
             adventures
             for
             his
             after
             perfection
             ,
             and
             before
             he
             came
             into
             the
             publike
             note
             of
             the
             world
             :
             and
             it
             may
             appear
             how
             he
             came
             up
             
               (
               per
               ardua
               )
               Per
               varios
               casus
               per
               t●●
               〈◊〉
               re●unt
               ▪
            
             not
             pulled
             up
             by
             chance
             ,
             or
             by
             any
             gentle
             admittance
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             I
             will
             
             briefly
             describe
             his
             native
             parts
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             his
             own
             acquiring
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             hopes
             of
             his
             rising
             .
          
           
             He
             had
             in
             the
             outward
             man
             ,
             a
             good
             presence
             ,
             in
             a
             handsome
             and
             well
             compacted
             person
             ,
             a
             strong
             naturall
             wit
             ,
             and
             a
             better
             judgement
             ,
             with
             a
             bold
             ,
             and
             plausable
             tongue
             ,
             whereby
             he
             could
             set
             out
             his
             parts
             to
             the
             best
             advantage
             ,
             and
             to
             these
             he
             had
             the
             a●juncts
             of
             some
             generall
             learning
             ,
             which
             by
             diligence
             he
             enforced
             to
             a
             great
             augmentation
             ,
             and
             perfection
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             an
             indefatigable
             Reader
             ,
             whether
             by
             Sea
             or
             Land
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             the
             least
             observers
             both
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             the
             times
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             that
             among
             the
             second
             causes
             ,
             of
             his
             grouth
             ,
             that
             variance
             between
             him
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             
               Grey
               ,
            
             in
             his
             descent
             into
             
               ●●lan●
               ,
            
             was
             a
             principall
             ,
             for
             it
             drew
             them
             both
             over
             to
             the
             Councell
             Table
             ,
             there
             to
             plead
             their
             cause
             ,
             where
             (
             what
             advantage
             he
             had
             in
             the
             cause
             I
             know
             not
             )
             but
             he
             had
             much
             the
             better
             ,
             in
             the
             telling
             of
             his
             tale
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             and
             the
             Lords
             ,
             took
             no
             slight
             mark
             of
             the
             man
             ,
             and
             his
             parts
             ,
             for
             from
             thence
             he
             came
             to
             be
             known
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             a
             cesse
             to
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             are
             not
             to
             doubt
             how
             such
             a
             man
             would
             comply
             ,
             and
             learn
             the
             way
             of
             progression
             ,
             and
             whether
             or
             no
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicester
            
             had
             then
             cast
             in
             a
             good
             for
             him
             ,
             to
             the
             Queen
             which
             would
             have
             done
             no
             harme
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             determine
             :
             but
             true
             it
             is
             ,
             he
             had
             gotten
             the
             Queens
             ear
             at
             a
             trice
             ,
             and
             she
             began
             to
             be
             taken
             with
             his
             elocution
             ,
             and
             loved
             to
             hear
             his
             reasons
             ,
             to
             her
             demands
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             is
             she
             took
             him
             for
             a
             kinde
             of
             Oracle
             ,
             which
             nettled
             them
             all
             ,
             yea
             those
             that
             he
             relyed
             on
             ,
             began
             to
             take
             this
             his
             suddain
             favour
             for
             an
             Allarum
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             sensible
             of
             their
             own
             supplantation
             ,
             and
             to
             project
             his
             ,
             which
             made
             him
             shortly
             after
             sing
             ,
             
               Fortune
               my
               soe
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             So
             that
             finding
             his
             favour
             declining
             ,
             and
             falling
             into
             a
             recesse
             ,
             he
             undertook
             a
             new
             perigrination
             to
             leave
             that
             
               Ter●a
               i●firma
            
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             for
             that
             of
             the
             Warres
             ,
             and
             by
             declining
             himself
             ,
             and
             by
             absence
             to
             expell
             his
             ,
             and
             the
             passion
             of
             his
             enemies
             ,
             which
             in
             Court
             ,
             was
             a
             strange
             device
             of
             recovery
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             knew
             ,
             there
             was
             some
             ill
             office
             done
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             durst
             not
             attempt
             to
             minde
             any
             other
             wayes
             ,
             then
             by
             going
             aside
             ,
             thereby
             to
             teach
             envy
             a
             new
             way
             of
             forgetfulnesse
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             much
             as
             to
             think
             of
             him
             ,
             howsoever
             he
             had
             it
             alwayes
             in
             minde
             never
             to
             forget
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             device
             took
             so
             well
             ,
             that
             at
             his
             return
             he
             came
             in
             (
             as
             Rammes
             do
             ,
             by
             going
             backward
             )
             with
             the
             greater
             strength
             ,
             and
             so
             continued
             to
             her
             last
             ,
             great
             in
             her
             grace
             ,
             and
             Captain
             of
             the
             Guard
             ,
             where
             I
             must
             leave
             him
             ,
             but
             with
             this
             observation
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             gained
             much
             at
             the
             Court
             ,
             yet
             he
             took
             it
             not
             out
             of
             the
             Exchequer
             ,
             or
             meerly
             out
             of
             the
             Queens
             purse
             ,
             but
             by
             his
             wit
             ,
             and
             the
             help
             of
             the
             Prerogative
             ,
             for
             the
             Queen
             
             was
             never
             profuse
             in
             the
             delivering
             out
             of
             her
             treasure
             ,
             but
             payed
             many
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             her
             servants
             part
             in
             money
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             with
             grace
             ,
             which
             as
             the
             case
             stood
             ,
             was
             taken
             for
             good
             payment
             ,
             leaving
             the
             arreare
             of
             recompence
             due
             to
             their
             merit
             ,
             to
             her
             great
             Successor
             ,
             who
             payed
             them
             all
             with
             advantage
             .
          
        
         
           
             Grevill
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Faulk
               Grevill
               ,
            
             since
             Lord
             
               Brook
               ,
            
             had
             no
             mean
             place
             in
             her
             favour
             ,
             neither
             did
             he
             hold
             it
             for
             any
             short
             tearm
             ,
             for
             if
             I
             be
             not
             deceived
             ,
             he
             had
             the
             longest
             lease
             ,
             and
             the
             smoothest
             time
             without
             rub
             of
             any
             of
             her
             Favorits
             ;
             he
             came
             to
             the
             Court
             in
             his
             youth
             and
             prime
             ,
             or
             that
             is
             the
             time
             or
             never
             ,
             he
             vvas
             a
             brave
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             honourably
             descended
             from
             
               Willoughby
            
             Lord
             
               Brook
               ,
            
             and
             Admirall
             to
             
               Henry
            
             the
             7.
             neither
             illiterate
             ,
             for
             he
             vvas
             ,
             as
             he
             vvould
             often
             professe
             a
             friend
             to
             Sir
             
               Philip
               Syd●ey
               ,
            
             and
             there
             are
             of
             his
             now
             extant
             some
             fragments
             of
             his
             poem
             ,
             and
             of
             those
             times
             ,
             which
             do
             interest
             him
             in
             the
             Muses
             ,
             and
             which
             shews
             ,
             the
             Queens
             election
             had
             ever
             a
             noble
             conduct
             ,
             and
             it
             motions
             more
             of
             vertue
             and
             judgement
             ,
             then
             of
             fancy
             .
             I
             finde
             that
             he
             neither
             sought
             for
             ,
             or
             obtained
             any
             great
             place
             or
             preferment
             in
             Court
             ,
             during
             all
             the
             time
             of
             his
             attendance
             ,
             neither
             did
             he
             need
             it
             ,
             for
             he
             came
             thither
             backt
             with
             a
             plentifull
             Fortune
             ,
             which
             as
             himself
             was
             wont
             to
             say
             ,
             was
             the
             better
             held
             together
             by
             a
             single
             life
             ,
             wherein
             he
             lived
             and
             dyed
             a
             constant
             Courtier
             of
             the
             Ladies
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             MY
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             (
             as
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Wotton
            
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             great
             parts
             ,
             and
             partly
             of
             his
             times
             ,
             and
             retinue
             observes
             )
             had
             his
             introduction
             by
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Leicester
               ,
            
             who
             had
             married
             his
             mother
             ,
             a
             tye
             of
             affinity
             ,
             which
             besides
             a
             more
             urgent
             obligation
             might
             have
             invited
             his
             care
             to
             advance
             him
             ,
             his
             fortune
             being
             then
             (
             and
             through
             his
             Fathers
             infelicity
             )
             grown
             low
             ;
             but
             that
             the
             sonne
             of
             a
             Lord
             
               Ferrers
            
             of
             
               Charley
               ,
            
             Viscount
             
               Hartford
               ,
            
             and
             Earl
             of
             
               Essex
            
             (
             who
             was
             of
             the
             ancient
             Nobility
             )
             and
             formerly
             in
             the
             Queens
             good
             grace
             ,
             could
             not
             have
             a
             room
             in
             her
             favour
             ,
             without
             the
             assistance
             of
             
               Leicester
               ,
            
             was
             beyond
             the
             rule
             of
             her
             nature
             ,
             which
             as
             I
             have
             elsewhere
             taken
             into
             
             observation
             ,
             was
             ever
             inclineable
             to
             favour
             the
             nobility
             :
             sure
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             no
             sooner
             appeared
             in
             Court
             ,
             but
             he
             took
             with
             the
             Queen
             and
             Courtiers
             ,
             and
             I
             beleeve
             they
             all
             could
             not
             choose
             ,
             but
             look
             thorough
             the
             Sacrifice
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             on
             his
             living
             sonne
             ,
             whose
             Image
             by
             the
             remembrance
             of
             former
             passages
             ,
             was
             a
             fresh
             ,
             (
             like
             the
             bleeding
             of
             men
             murdered
             )
             represented
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             offered
             up
             as
             a
             Subject
             of
             compassion
             to
             all
             the
             Kingdome
             .
             There
             was
             in
             this
             young
             Lord
             together
             with
             a
             most
             goodly
             person
             ,
             a
             kinde
             of
             urbanity
             ,
             or
             innate
             curtesie
             ,
             which
             both
             wonne
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             too
             much
             took
             upon
             the
             people
             ,
             to
             gaze
             upon
             the
             new
             adopted
             sonne
             of
             her
             favour
             :
             and
             as
             I
             go
             along
             ,
             it
             were
             not
             amisse
             to
             take
             into
             observation
             too
             notable
             quotations
             :
             the
             first
             was
             a
             violent
             indulgency
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             (
             which
             incident
             to
             old
             age
             ,
             where
             it
             encounters
             with
             a
             pleasing
             and
             sutable
             object
             )
             towards
             this
             Lord
             ,
             all
             which
             argued
             a
             none
             perpetuity
             ,
             the
             second
             was
             a
             fault
             in
             the
             object
             of
             her
             grace
             ;
             my
             Lord
             himself
             ,
             who
             drew
             in
             too
             fast
             ,
             like
             a
             childe
             sucking
             on
             an
             over
             uberous
             Nurse
             ,
             and
             had
             there
             been
             a
             more
             decent
             decorum
             observed
             in
             both
             ,
             or
             either
             of
             those
             ,
             without
             doubt
             ,
             the
             unity
             of
             their
             affections
             ,
             had
             been
             more
             permanent
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             in
             and
             out
             as
             they
             were
             ,
             like
             an
             instrument
             ill
             tuned
             ,
             and
             lapsing
             to
             discord
             .
          
           
             The
             greater
             errour
             of
             the
             two
             (
             though
             unwillingly
             )
             I
             am
             constrained
             to
             impose
             on
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             or
             rather
             on
             his
             youth
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             the
             least
             of
             his
             blame
             ,
             on
             those
             that
             stood
             Sentinels
             about
             him
             ,
             who
             might
             have
             advised
             him
             better
             ,
             but
             that
             like
             men
             intoxicated
             with
             hopes
             ,
             they
             likewise
             had
             suckt
             in
             with
             the
             most
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             Lords
             receipt
             ,
             and
             so
             like
             
               Caesars
            
             would
             have
             all
             or
             none
             ,
             a
             rule
             quite
             contrary
             to
             nature
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             indulgent
             parents
             ,
             who
             though
             they
             may
             expresse
             more
             affection
             to
             one
             in
             the
             abundance
             of
             bequests
             :
             yet
             cannot
             forget
             some
             Legacies
             ,
             just
             distributives
             ,
             and
             dividents
             to
             others
             ,
             of
             their
             begetting
             ;
             and
             how
             hatefull
             partiallity
             proves
             ,
             every
             dayes
             experience
             tells
             us
             ,
             out
             of
             which
             common
             consideration
             might
             have
             framed
             to
             their
             hands
             a
             maxime
             of
             more
             discretion
             for
             the
             conduct
             and
             management
             of
             their
             now
             graced
             Lord
             and
             Master
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             omit
             that
             of
             infusion
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             right
             to
             truth
             ,
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Ess●x
            
             (
             even
             of
             those
             that
             truly
             loved
             and
             honoured
             him
             ,
             was
             noted
             for
             too
             bold
             an
             ingrosser
             ,
             both
             of
             fame
             and
             favour
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             (
             without
             offence
             to
             the
             living
             ,
             or
             treading
             on
             the
             sacred
             urne
             of
             the
             dead
             )
             I
             shall
             present
             a
             truth
             ,
             and
             a
             passage
             yet
             in
             memory
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             Mou●●●●y
             (
             who
             was
             another
             childe
             of
             her
             favour
             )
             being
             newly
             come
             to
             Court
             ,
             and
             then
             but
             Sir
             
               Charles
               ●luns
            
             (
             for
             my
             Lord
             
             
               William
            
             his
             Elder
             Brother
             ,
             was
             then
             living
             )
             had
             the
             good
             fortune
             one
             day
             to
             runne
             very
             well
             a
             Tilt
             ,
             and
             the
             Queen
             therewith
             was
             so
             well
             pleased
             ,
             that
             she
             sent
             him
             in
             token
             of
             her
             favour
             ,
             a
             Queen
             at
             
               Chesse
            
             of
             gold
             richly
             ennameled
             ,
             which
             his
             servants
             had
             the
             next
             day
             fastned
             on
             his
             Arme
             ,
             with
             a
             Crymson
             ribband
             ,
             which
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             as
             he
             passed
             through
             the
             Privy
             Chamber
             ,
             espying
             ,
             with
             his
             cloak
             cast
             under
             his
             Arme
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             commend
             it
             to
             the
             view
             ,
             enquired
             what
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             for
             what
             cause
             there
             fixed
             ,
             Sir
             
               Foulk
               Grevill
            
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             the
             Queens
             favour
             ,
             which
             the
             day
             before
             ,
             and
             after
             the
             Tilting
             she
             had
             sent
             him
             ,
             whereat
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             in
             a
             kinde
             of
             emulation
             ,
             and
             as
             though
             he
             would
             have
             limited
             her
             favour
             ,
             said
             now
             I
             perceive
             ,
             every
             fool
             must
             have
             a
             favour
             ,
             This
             bitter
             and
             publikely
             affront
             ,
             came
             to
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Blu●ts
            
             eare
             ,
             who
             sent
             him
             a
             challenge
             ,
             which
             was
             accepted
             by
             my
             Lord
             ,
             and
             they
             met
             neer
             
               Marrybone
               Park
               ,
            
             where
             my
             Lord
             was
             hurt
             in
             the
             thigh
             ,
             and
             disarmed
             ;
             the
             Queen
             missing
             the
             men
             ,
             was
             very
             curious
             to
             learn
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             when
             at
             last
             ,
             it
             was
             whispered
             out
             ,
             she
             swore
             by
             Gods
             death
             ,
             it
             was
             fit
             that
             some
             one
             or
             other
             should
             take
             him
             down
             ,
             and
             teach
             him
             better
             manners
             ,
             otherwise
             there
             would
             be
             no
             rule
             with
             him
             :
             and
             here
             I
             note
             the
             innition
             of
             my
             Lords
             friendship
             ,
             with
             
               Mount●oy
               ,
            
             which
             the
             Queen
             her self
             did
             then
             conjure
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             fame
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             go
             farre
             ,
             for
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             having
             borne
             a
             grudge
             to
             Generall
             
               Norris
               ,
            
             who
             had
             (
             unwittingly
             )
             offered
             to
             undertake
             the
             action
             of
             
               Britain
            
             with
             fewer
             men
             ,
             then
             my
             Lord
             had
             before
             demanded
             ,
             on
             his
             return
             with
             victory
             ,
             and
             a
             glorious
             report
             of
             his
             valour
             ,
             he
             was
             then
             thought
             the
             onely
             man
             for
             the
             
               Irish
            
             Warre
             ,
             wherein
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             so
             wrought
             ,
             by
             despising
             the
             number
             ,
             and
             quality
             of
             Rebels
             ,
             that
             
               Norris
            
             was
             sent
             over
             with
             a
             scanted
             force
             ,
             joyned
             with
             the
             reliques
             of
             the
             veterane
             Troops
             of
             
               Britain
               ,
            
             of
             set
             purpose
             (
             as
             it
             fell
             out
             )
             ●o
             ruine
             
               Norris
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Lord
             
               Bu●rows
               ,
            
             by
             my
             Lords
             procurement
             sent
             ▪
             ●his
             heels
             ,
             and
             to
             command
             in
             chief
             ,
             and
             to
             confine
             
               Norris
            
             onely
             to
             his
             Government
             at
             
               Munser
               ,
            
             which
             brake
             the
             great
             heart
             of
             the
             Generall
             ,
             to
             see
             himself
             undervalued
             ,
             and
             undermined
             by
             my
             Lord
             and
             
               Burrows
               ,
            
             which
             was
             as
             the
             Proverb
             speaks
             it
             ,
             
               Imberbes
               docere
               senes
               .
            
          
           
             My
             Lord
             
               Burrows
               ,
            
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             persecution
             dyed
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Queen
             was
             fully
             bent
             to
             have
             sent
             over
             
               Mountioy
               ,
            
             which
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             utterly
             disliked
             ,
             and
             opposed
             vvith
             many
             reasons
             ,
             and
             by
             arguments
             of
             contempt
             against
             
               Mountioy
               ,
            
             his
             then
             professed
             friend
             and
             familiar
             ,
             so
             predominant
             vvere
             his
             vvords
             ,
             to
             reap
             the
             honour
             of
             closing
             up
             that
             Warre
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             .
          
           
             Novv
             the
             vvay
             being
             opened
             and
             plained
             by
             his
             ovvn
             Workmanship
             ,
             
             and
             so
             handled
             that
             none
             durst
             appear
             to
             stand
             for
             the
             place
             ,
             at
             last
             ,
             vvith
             much
             ado
             ,
             he
             obtained
             his
             ovvn
             ends
             ,
             and
             vvithall
             his
             fatall
             destruction
             ,
             leaving
             the
             Queen
             and
             the
             Court
             (
             vvhere
             he
             stood
             firm
             ,
             and
             impregnable
             in
             her
             grace
             )
             to
             men
             that
             long
             had
             sought
             ,
             and
             vvatcht
             their
             times
             to
             give
             him
             the
             trip
             ,
             and
             could
             never
             finde
             any
             opportunity
             ,
             but
             this
             of
             his
             absence
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             ovvn
             creation
             ,
             and
             these
             are
             the
             true
             observations
             of
             his
             Appetite
             ,
             and
             inclinations
             ,
             vvhich
             vvere
             not
             of
             any
             true
             proportion
             ,
             but
             carried
             and
             transported
             vvith
             an
             over
             desire
             ,
             and
             thi●stines
             after
             fame
             ,
             and
             that
             deceitfull
             fame
             of
             popularity
             ,
             and
             to
             help
             on
             his
             Catastrophe
             :
             I
             observe
             likevvise
             tvvo
             sorts
             of
             people
             ,
             that
             had
             a
             hand
             in
             his
             fall
             ,
             the
             first
             vvas
             the
             Souldiery
             ,
             vvhich
             all
             flockt
             unto
             him
             ,
             as
             foretelling
             a
             mortality
             ,
             and
             are
             commonly
             of
             blunt
             ,
             and
             too
             rough
             Counsells
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             dissonant
             from
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             State
             ;
             the
             other
             sort
             vvere
             of
             his
             family
             ,
             his
             servants
             ,
             and
             his
             ovvn
             creatures
             ,
             such
             as
             vvere
             bound
             by
             the
             rules
             of
             safety
             ,
             and
             obligations
             of
             fidelity
             to
             have
             looked
             better
             to
             the
             steering
             of
             that
             Boat
             ,
             wherein
             they
             themselves
             were
             carried
             ,
             and
             not
             have
             suffered
             it
             to
             float
             and
             runne
             on
             ground
             ,
             with
             those
             empty
             Sailes
             of
             Fame
             and
             Tumor
             of
             popular
             applause
             ,
             me thinks
             one
             honest
             man
             or
             other
             ,
             that
             had
             but
             the
             office
             of
             brushing
             his
             cloaths
             ,
             might
             have
             whispered
             in
             his
             ear
             ,
             my
             Lord
             look
             to
             it
             ,
             this
             multitude
             that
             followes
             you
             ,
             will
             either
             devoure
             you
             ,
             or
             undo
             you
             ;
             strive
             not
             to
             rule
             ,
             and
             over
             rule
             all
             ,
             for
             it
             will
             cost
             hot
             water
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             procure
             envy
             ,
             and
             if
             needs
             your
             genius
             must
             have
             it
             so
             ,
             let
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             Queens
             presence
             ,
             be
             your
             station
             :
             but
             as
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             they
             had
             suckt
             too
             much
             of
             their
             Lords
             milk
             ,
             and
             insteed
             of
             withdrawing
             ,
             they
             blew
             the
             Coals
             of
             his
             ambition
             ,
             and
             infused
             into
             him
             too
             much
             of
             the
             Spirit
             of
             glory
             :
             yea
             ,
             and
             mixed
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             his
             nature
             with
             a
             touch
             of
             revenge
             ,
             which
             is
             ever
             accompanied
             with
             a
             destiny
             of
             the
             same
             fate
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             number
             there
             were
             some
             of
             insufferable
             natures
             about
             him
             ,
             that
             towar
             is
             his
             last
             ,
             gave
             desperate
             advice
             ,
             such
             as
             his
             integrity
             abhorred
             ,
             and
             his
             fidelity
             forbad
             ,
             amongst
             whom
             Sir
             
               Henry
               ●ott●n
            
             notes
             (
             without
             injury
             )
             his
             Secretary
             
               Cuffe
               ,
            
             a
             vileman
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             perverse
             nature
             ,
             I
             could
             also
             name
             others
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             was
             in
             the
             right
             course
             of
             recovery
             ,
             and
             settling
             to
             moderation
             ,
             would
             not
             suffer
             a
             recesse
             in
             him
             ,
             but
             stirred
             up
             the
             dregs
             of
             those
             rude
             humors
             ,
             which
             by
             time
             ,
             and
             his
             affliction
             ,
             out
             of
             his
             own
             judgement
             he
             sought
             to
             repose
             ,
             or
             to
             give
             them
             all
             a
             vomit
             :
             and
             thus
             I
             conclude
             this
             noble
             Lord
             ,
             as
             a
             mixture
             between
             prosperity
             ,
             and
             adversity
             ,
             once
             the
             childe
             of
             his
             great
             Mistris
             favour
             ,
             but
             the
             sonne
             of
             
               Bellona
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Buckhurst
             .
          
           
           
             MY
             Lord
             of
             
               Buckhurst
               ,
            
             was
             of
             the
             noble
             House
             of
             the
             
               Sackvills
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             Queens
             consanguinity
             ,
             his
             Father
             was
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Sackvill
               ,
            
             or
             as
             the
             people
             then
             called
             him
             ,
             Fill-sack
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             his
             great
             wealth
             ,
             and
             the
             vast
             Patrimony
             which
             he
             left
             to
             this
             his
             sonne
             ,
             whereof
             he
             spent
             in
             his
             youth
             the
             best
             part
             ,
             untill
             the
             Queen
             by
             her
             frequent
             admonitions
             diverted
             the
             torrent
             of
             his
             profusion
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             very
             fine
             Gentleman
             of
             person
             ,
             and
             indowments
             both
             of
             art
             and
             nature
             ,
             both
             without
             measure
             magnificient
             ,
             till
             on
             the
             turn
             of
             his
             humour
             ,
             and
             the
             allay
             that
             his
             yeers
             ,
             and
             good
             Councells
             had
             wrought
             upon
             those
             immoderate
             courses
             of
             his
             youth
             ,
             and
             that
             height
             of
             spirit
             ,
             inherent
             to
             his
             House
             :
             and
             then
             did
             the
             Queen
             as
             a
             most
             juditious
             ,
             and
             indulgent
             Prince
             ,
             when
             she
             saw
             the
             man
             ,
             grow
             stayed
             ,
             and
             settled
             ,
             give
             him
             her
             assistance
             ,
             and
             advanced
             him
             to
             the
             Treasureship
             ,
             where
             he
             made
             amends
             to
             his
             house
             ,
             for
             his
             mispent
             time
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             increasment
             of
             estate
             and
             honour
             ,
             which
             the
             Queen
             conferred
             on
             him
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             opportunity
             to
             remake
             himself
             ,
             and
             thereby
             to
             shew
             that
             this
             was
             a
             childe
             ,
             that
             should
             have
             a
             share
             in
             her
             grace
             ,
             and
             a
             taste
             of
             her
             bounty
             .
             They
             much
             commend
             his
             elocution
             ,
             but
             more
             the
             excellency
             of
             his
             pen
             ,
             for
             he
             was
             a
             Scholler
             ,
             and
             a
             person
             of
             a
             quick
             dispatch
             (
             faculties
             ,
             that
             yet
             runne
             in
             the
             bloud
             )
             and
             they
             say
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             his
             Secretaries
             did
             little
             for
             him
             ,
             by
             the
             way
             of
             inditement
             ,
             wherein
             they
             could
             seldome
             please
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             so
             facet
             and
             choice
             in
             his
             phrase
             ,
             and
             style
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             dispatches
             ,
             and
             the
             content
             he
             gave
             to
             Suitors
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             decorum
             seldome
             since
             put
             in
             practise
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             of
             his
             attendants
             that
             took
             into
             rowl
             ,
             the
             names
             of
             all
             Suitors
             ,
             with
             the
             date
             of
             their
             first
             adresses
             ,
             and
             these
             in
             their
             order
             had
             hearing
             ,
             so
             that
             a
             fresh
             man
             ,
             could
             not
             leap
             over
             his
             head
             ,
             that
             was
             of
             a
             more
             ancient
             edition
             ,
             except
             in
             the
             urgent
             affaires
             of
             State
             .
             I
             finde
             not
             that
             he
             was
             any
             wayes
             insnared
             in
             the
             factions
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             which
             were
             all
             his
             times
             strong
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             mans
             note
             the
             
               Howards
            
             and
             the
             
               ●●cills
            
             of
             the
             one
             part
             ,
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
               &c
            
             on
             the
             other
             part
             ,
             for
             he
             held
             the
             Staff
             of
             the
             Treasury
             fast
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             which
             once
             in
             the
             yeer
             made
             then
             all
             beholding
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             truth
             is
             (
             as
             he
             was
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             stout
             )
             he
             had
             no
             reason
             to
             be
             a
             partaker
             :
             for
             he
             stood
             sure
             in
             bloud
             ,
             and
             in
             grace
             ,
             and
             was
             wholly
             intentive
             to
             the
             Queens
             service
             ,
             and
             such
             were
             his
             abilities
             ,
             that
             she
             received
             assiduous
             proofes
             of
             his
             sufficiency
             ,
             and
             it
             hath
             been
             thought
             ,
             that
             she
             might
             have
             more
             cunning
             instruments
             ,
             but
             none
             of
             a
             more
             strong
             judgement
             and
             confidence
             
             in
             his
             wayes
             ,
             which
             are
             symptomes
             of
             magnanimity
             and
             fidelity
             ,
             whereunto
             methinks
             this
             Motto
             hath
             some
             kinde
             of
             reference
             ,
             
               aut
               nunq
               iam
               tentes
               aut
               perfice
               .
            
             As
             though
             he
             would
             have
             charactered
             in
             a
             word
             the
             Genius
             of
             his
             House
             ,
             or
             exprest
             somewhat
             of
             an
             higher
             inclination
             ,
             then
             lay
             within
             his
             compasse
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             a
             Courtier
             ,
             is
             apparent
             ,
             for
             he
             stood
             alwayes
             in
             her
             eye
             and
             favour
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Mountjoy
             .
          
           
             MY
             Lord
             
               Mountioy
            
             was
             of
             the
             ancient
             Nobility
             ,
             but
             utterly
             deceived
             in
             the
             support
             thereof
             ,
             Patrimony
             ,
             through
             his
             Grandfathers
             excesse
             in
             the
             action
             of
             
               Bullen
               ,
            
             his
             Fathers
             vanity
             in
             the
             search
             of
             the
             Philosophers
             stone
             ,
             and
             his
             Brothers
             untimely
             prodigalities
             ,
             all
             which
             seemed
             by
             a
             joynt
             conspiracy
             to
             ruine
             the
             house
             ,
             and
             altogether
             to
             annihilate
             it
             :
             as
             he
             came
             from
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             he
             took
             tho
             Inner-Temple
             in
             his
             way
             to
             Court
             ,
             whither
             no
             sooner
             came
             ,
             but
             (
             without
             asking
             )
             he
             had
             a
             pretty
             strange
             kinde
             of
             admission
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             heard
             from
             a
             discreet
             man
             ,
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             of
             the
             secrets
             of
             those
             times
             ,
             he
             was
             then
             much
             about
             twenty
             yeers
             of
             age
             ,
             of
             a
             Brown-hair
             ,
             a
             sweet
             face
             ,
             a
             most
             neat
             Composure
             ,
             and
             tall
             in
             his
             person
             ,
             the
             Queen
             was
             then
             at
             
               White-hall
               ,
            
             and
             at
             dinner
             ,
             whither
             he
             came
             to
             see
             the
             fashion
             of
             the
             Court
             the
             Queen
             had
             soon
             found
             him
             out
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             kinde
             of
             an
             affected
             frown
             ,
             asked
             the
             Lady
             Car●er
             what
             he
             was
             ,
             she
             answered
             she
             knew
             him
             not
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             an
             inquiry
             was
             made
             from
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             who
             he
             might
             be
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             ,
             it
             was
             told
             the
             Queen
             ,
             he
             was
             Brother
             to
             the
             Lord
             
               William
               Mountioy
               ,
            
             this
             inquisition
             with
             the
             eye
             of
             Majesty
             fixed
             upon
             him
             ,
             (
             as
             she
             was
             wont
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             to
             dant
             men
             she
             knew
             not
             )
             stirred
             the
             bloud
             of
             this
             young
             Gentleman
             ,
             insomuch
             as
             his
             colour
             came
             and
             went
             ,
             which
             the
             Queen
             observing
             ,
             called
             him
             unto
             her
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             her
             hand
             to
             kisse
             ,
             incouraging
             him
             with
             gratious
             words
             ,
             and
             new
             looks
             ,
             and
             so
             diverting
             her
             speech
             to
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Ladies
             ,
             She
             said
             ,
             that
             she
             no
             sooner
             observed
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             she
             knew
             there
             was
             in
             him
             some
             noble
             Bloud
             ,
             with
             some
             other
             expressions
             of
             pitty
             towards
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             then
             again
             demanding
             his
             name
             ,
             She
             said
             ,
             fail
             you
             not
             to
             come
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             be
             think
             my self
             how
             to
             do
             you
             good
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             his
             inlet
             ,
             and
             the
             beginnings
             of
             his
             grace
             ,
             where
             it
             fals
             into
             confideration
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             wanted
             not
             wit
             and
             courage
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             very
             fine
             atractions
             ,
             and
             being
             a
             good
             peece
             of
             a
             Scholler
             ,
             yet
             were
             they
             accompanied
             with
             the
             retractives
             of
             bashfulness
             ,
             and
             a
             naturall
             modesty
             (
             which
             as
             the
             toan
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             &
             the
             ebbe
             of
             his
             fortune
             then
             stood
             ,
             
             might
             have
             hindred
             his
             progression
             ,
             had
             they
             not
             been
             reinforced
             ▪
             by
             the
             infusion
             of
             Soveraign
             favour
             ,
             and
             the
             Queens
             gratious
             invitation
             .
             And
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             how
             low
             he
             was
             ,
             and
             how
             much
             that
             heretique
             necessity
             ,
             will
             work
             in
             the
             dejection
             of
             good
             spirits
             ,
             I
             can
             deliver
             it
             with
             assurance
             ,
             that
             his
             exhibition
             was
             very
             scant
             untill
             his
             Brother
             dyed
             ,
             which
             was
             shortly
             after
             his
             admission
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             then
             was
             it
             no
             more
             then
             a
             thousand
             Marks
             
               ●er
               annum
               ,
            
             wherewith
             he
             lived
             plentifully
             in
             a
             fine
             way
             and
             garb
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             great
             sustentation
             ,
             during
             all
             her
             times
             ,
             and
             as
             there
             was
             in
             his
             nature
             a
             kinde
             of
             backwardnesse
             ,
             which
             did
             not
             befriend
             him
             ,
             nor
             suite
             with
             the
             motion
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             so
             there
             was
             in
             him
             an
             inc●ination
             to
             Armes
             ,
             with
             a
             humour
             of
             travelling
             ,
             and
             gadding
             abroad
             ,
             which
             had
             not
             some
             wise
             men
             about
             him
             laboured
             to
             remove
             ,
             and
             the
             Queen
             her self
             laid
             in
             her
             commands
             ,
             he
             would
             (
             out
             of
             his
             naturall
             propension
             )
             have
             marred
             his
             own
             market
             ,
             for
             as
             he
             was
             grown
             by
             reading
             (
             whereunto
             he
             was
             much
             adicted
             )
             to
             the
             theory
             of
             a
             Souldier
             ,
             so
             was
             he
             strongly
             invicted
             by
             his
             genius
             ,
             to
             the
             acquaintance
             of
             the
             practique
             of
             the
             Warre
             ,
             which
             were
             the
             causes
             of
             his
             excursions
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             a
             Company
             in
             the
             Low-Countries
             ,
             from
             whence
             he
             came
             over
             with
             a
             Noble
             acceptance
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             but
             somewhat
             restlesse
             ,
             in
             honourable
             thoughts
             he
             exposed
             himself
             again
             ,
             and
             again
             ,
             and
             would
             presse
             the
             Queen
             with
             the
             pretences
             of
             visiting
             his
             Company
             so
             often
             ,
             that
             at
             length
             he
             had
             a
             flat
             deniall
             ,
             and
             yet
             he
             stole
             over
             with
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Norris
               ,
            
             into
             the
             action
             of
             
               Britain
               ,
            
             (
             which
             was
             then
             a
             hot
             and
             active
             Warre
             )
             whom
             he
             would
             alwayes
             call
             his
             Father
             ,
             honouring
             him
             above
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             ever
             bewayling
             his
             end
             ,
             so
             contrary
             he
             was
             in
             his
             esteem
             ,
             and
             valuation
             of
             this
             great
             Commander
             to
             that
             of
             his
             friend
             ,
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
               ,
            
             till
             at
             last
             the
             Queen
             began
             to
             take
             his
             decessions
             for
             contempts
             ,
             and
             confined
             his
             residence
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             her
             own
             presence
             ,
             and
             upon
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Essex
            
             fall
             (
             so
             confident
             she
             was
             in
             her
             own
             Princely
             judgement
             ,
             and
             opinion
             she
             had
             conceived
             of
             his
             worth
             and
             conduct
             )
             that
             she
             vvould
             have
             this
             noble
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             none
             other
             ,
             to
             finish
             ,
             and
             bring
             the
             
               Irish
            
             Warre
             to
             a
             propitious
             end
             :
             for
             it
             vvas
             a
             propheticall
             speech
             of
             her
             ovvn
             ,
             that
             it
             vvould
             be
             his
             fortune
             ,
             and
             his
             honour
             to
             cut
             the
             thred
             of
             that
             fatall
             rebellion
             ,
             and
             to
             bring
             her
             in
             peace
             to
             the
             grave
             ,
             vvhere
             she
             vvas
             not
             deceived
             ,
             for
             he
             atchieved
             it
             ,
             but
             vvith
             much
             pains
             ,
             and
             carefulnesse
             ,
             and
             not
             vvithout
             the
             fears
             ,
             and
             many
             jealousies
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             times
             ,
             vvherevvith
             the
             Queens
             age
             ,
             and
             the
             malignity
             of
             her
             setting
             times
             vvere
             repleat
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             come
             to
             his
             dear
             friend
             in
             Court
             ,
             Master
             Secretary
             
               Cecill
               ,
            
             vvhom
             in
             his
             long
             absence
             from
             Court
             ,
             he
             adored
             as
             his
             Saint
             ,
             and
             Courted
             for
             his
             onely
             Mecenas
             ,
             
             both
             before
             and
             after
             his
             departure
             from
             Court
             ,
             and
             during
             all
             the
             times
             of
             his
             command
             in
             
               Ireland
               ,
            
             vvell
             knovving
             that
             it
             lay
             in
             his
             povver
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             vvord
             of
             his
             mouth
             to
             make
             or
             marre
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cecill
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Robert
               Cecill
               ,
            
             since
             Earl
             of
             
               Salisbury
               ,
            
             vvas
             the
             sonne
             of
             the
             Lord
             
               Burleigh
            
             and
             in
             the
             inheritor
             of
             his
             vvisedome
             ,
             and
             by
             degrees
             ,
             Successor
             of
             his
             places
             and
             favours
             ,
             though
             not
             of
             his
             Lands
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Cecill
            
             his
             elder
             brother
             ,
             since
             created
             Earl
             of
             
               Exete●
               ,
            
             he
             vvas
             first
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             then
             Master
             of
             the
             Wards
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             last
             of
             her
             raign
             came
             to
             be
             Lord
             Treasurer
             ,
             all
             vvhich
             vvere
             the
             steps
             of
             his
             Fathers
             greatnesse
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             honour
             he
             left
             to
             his
             House
             .
             For
             his
             person
             he
             vvas
             not
             much
             beholding
             to
             nature
             ,
             though
             somevvhat
             for
             his
             face
             ,
             vvhich
             vvas
             the
             best
             part
             of
             his
             outside
             ,
             but
             for
             his
             inside
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             and
             vvithout
             soloecisme
             ,
             that
             he
             vvas
             his
             Fathers
             ovvn
             sonne
             ,
             and
             a
             pregnant
             proficient
             in
             all
             discipline
             of
             State
             :
             He
             vvas
             a
             Courtier
             from
             his
             Cradle
             ,
             (
             vvhich
             might
             have
             made
             him
             betimes
             )
             yet
             at
             the
             age
             of
             tvventy
             and
             upvvards
             (
             he
             vvas
             much
             short
             of
             his
             after
             proof
             ,
             but
             exposed
             ,
             and
             by
             change
             of
             climate
             he
             soon
             made
             shovv
             ,
             vvhat
             he
             vvas
             ,
             and
             vvould
             be
             ,
             he
             lived
             in
             those
             times
             vvherein
             the
             Queen
             had
             most
             need
             ,
             and
             use
             of
             men
             of
             vvaight
             ,
             and
             amongst
             able
             ones
             ,
             this
             vvas
             a
             chief
             ,
             as
             having
             his
             sufficiency
             from
             his
             instructions
             that
             begat
             him
             ,
             the
             tutorship
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             and
             Court
             ,
             which
             were
             then
             the
             Academies
             of
             Art
             and
             cunning
             ,
             for
             such
             was
             the
             Queens
             condition
             from
             the
             tenth
             or
             twelfth
             of
             her
             raigne
             ,
             that
             she
             had
             the
             happinesse
             to
             stand
             up
             (
             whereof
             there
             is
             a
             former
             intimation
             )
             though
             invironed
             with
             more
             enemies
             ,
             and
             assaulted
             with
             more
             dangerous
             practises
             ,
             then
             any
             Prince
             of
             her
             times
             ,
             and
             of
             many
             ages
             before
             ,
             neither
             must
             we
             in
             this
             her
             preservation
             attribute
             to
             much
             to
             humane
             pollices
             ,
             for
             that
             God
             in
             his
             omnipotent
             providence
             ,
             had
             not
             onely
             ordained
             those
             secundary
             means
             as
             instruments
             of
             the
             work
             ,
             but
             by
             an
             evident
             manifestation
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             worke
             which
             she
             acted
             ,
             was
             a
             well
             pleasing
             service
             of
             his
             owne
             ,
             out
             of
             a
             peculiar
             care
             had
             decreed
             the
             protection
             of
             the
             work-Mistris
             ,
             and
             thereunto
             added
             his
             abundant
             blessing
             upon
             all
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             she
             undertook
             ,
             which
             is
             an
             observation
             of
             satisfaction
             to
             my self
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             in
             the
             right
             ,
             though
             to
             others
             now
             breathing
             under
             the
             same
             form
             ,
             and
             frame
             of
             her
             Government
             ,
             it
             may
             not
             seem
             an
             animadversion
             of
             any
             worth
             ,
             but
             I
             leave
             them
             to
             the
             perill
             of
             their
             own
             folly
             .
             And
             so
             again
             to
             this
             great
             Master
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             
             the
             staffe
             of
             the
             Queens
             declinning
             age
             ,
             who
             though
             his
             little
             crooked
             person
             could
             not
             promise
             any
             great
             supportation
             ,
             yet
             it
             carryed
             thereon
             a
             head
             ,
             and
             a
             headpeece
             of
             a
             vast
             content
             ,
             and
             therein
             it
             seems
             nature
             was
             so
             diligent
             to
             compleat
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             part
             about
             him
             ,
             as
             that
             to
             the
             perfection
             of
             his
             memory
             ,
             and
             intellectualls
             ,
             she
             took
             care
             also
             of
             his
             sences
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             him
             in
             
               〈◊〉
               oculos
               ,
            
             or
             to
             pleasure
             him
             the
             more
             borrowed
             of
             
               Argns
            
             so
             to
             give
             unto
             him
             a
             prospective
             sight
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             sensitive
             vertues
             ,
             his
             predecessor
             
               Walsingham
            
             had
             left
             him
             a
             receipt
             ,
             to
             smell
             out
             what
             was
             done
             in
             the
             conclave
             ,
             and
             his
             good
             old
             Father
             ,
             was
             so
             well
             seen
             in
             the
             Mathematickes
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             could
             tell
             you
             throughout
             all
             
               Spain
               ,
            
             every
             part
             ,
             every
             Ship
             ,
             with
             their
             burthens
             ,
             whither
             bound
             with
             preparation
             ,
             what
             impediments
             for
             diversion
             ,
             of
             enterprises
             ,
             Councells
             ,
             and
             resolutions
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             may
             see
             (
             as
             in
             a
             little
             Map
             )
             how
             docible
             this
             little
             man
             was
             ;
             I
             will
             present
             a
             taste
             of
             his
             abilities
             .
             My
             Lord
             of
             
               Devonshir●
            
             (
             upon
             the
             certainty
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             would
             invade
             
               Ireland
            
             with
             a
             strong
             Army
             )
             had
             written
             very
             earnestly
             to
             the
             Queen
             and
             the
             Councell
             ,
             for
             such
             supplies
             to
             be
             timely
             sent
             over
             ,
             that
             might
             enable
             him
             to
             march
             up
             to
             the
             
               Spaniard
               ,
            
             if
             he
             did
             land
             ,
             and
             follow
             on
             his
             prosecution
             against
             the
             Rebels
             .
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Cecill
               ,
            
             (
             besides
             the
             generall
             dispatch
             of
             the
             Councell
             ,
             as
             he
             often
             did
             )
             Wrote
             this
             in
             private
             ,
             for
             these
             two
             began
             then
             to
             love
             dearly
             .
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
            
             Out
             of
             the
             abundance
             of
             my
             affection
             ,
             and
             the
             care
             I
             have
             of
             your
             well
             doing
             ,
             I
             must
             in
             private
             put
             you
             out
             of
             doubt
             ,
             (
             for
             I
             fear
             ,
             I
             know
             you
             cannot
             be
             otherwise
             sensible
             then
             in
             the
             way
             of
             honour
             )
             that
             the
             
               Spaniard
            
             will
             not
             come
             unto
             you
             this
             yeer
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             it
             from
             my
             own
             ,
             what
             preparations
             are
             in
             all
             his
             parts
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             can
             do
             ,
             for
             be
             confident
             ,
             he
             beareth
             up
             a
             reputation
             by
             seeming
             to
             embrace
             more
             then
             he
             can
             gripe
             ,
             but
             the
             next
             yeer
             be
             assured
             he
             will
             cast
             over
             unto
             you
             ,
             some
             forelorne
             hopes
             ,
             which
             how
             they
             may
             be
             reinforced
             beyond
             his
             present
             ability
             ,
             and
             his
             first
             intention
             ,
             I
             cannot
             ,
             as
             yet
             make
             any
             certain
             judgement
             ;
             but
             I
             beleeve
             out
             of
             my
             intelligence
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             expect
             their
             landing
             in
             
               Munster
               ,
            
             and
             the
             more
             to
             distract
             you
             ,
             in
             severall
             places
             ,
             as
             at
             
               Kings-Sail
               ,
               Beer-haven
               ,
               Baltimore
               ,
            
             
             where
             you
             may
             be
             sure
             (
             coming
             from
             Se●
             )
             they
             will
             first
             fortifie
             ,
             and
             learn
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Rebels
             ,
             before
             they
             dare
             take
             the
             field
             ,
             howsoever
             (
             as
             I
             know
             you
             will
             not
             )
             lessen
             your
             care
             ,
             neither
             your
             defences
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             lyes
             within
             my
             power
             to
             do
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             publike
             service
             ,
             rest
             thereof
             assured
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             this
             I
             would
             ad
             much
             more
             ,
             but
             it
             may
             (
             as
             it
             is
             )
             suffice
             to
             present
             much
             ,
             as
             his
             abilities
             in
             the
             pen
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             his
             crafts
             Master
             in
             forraign
             intelligence
             ,
             and
             for
             domestique
             affairs
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             one
             of
             those
             that
             sate
             at
             the
             stern
             to
             the
             last
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             so
             was
             he
             none
             of
             the
             least
             in
             skill
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             true
             use
             of
             the
             Compasse
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             shall
             onely
             vindicate
             the
             scandall
             of
             his
             death
             ,
             and
             conclude
             him
             ,
             for
             he
             departed
             at
             Saint
             
               Margarets
            
             neer
             
               Marl●borough
               ,
            
             in
             his
             return
             from
             the
             Bath
             ,
             as
             my
             Lord
             Viscount
             
               Cranborne
               ,
            
             my
             Lord
             
               Clifford
            
             his
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             Sonne
             in
             Law
             ,
             my self
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             can
             witnesse
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             day
             before
             he
             sounded
             in
             the
             way
             ,
             vvas
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Litter
             ,
             and
             laid
             into
             his
             Coach
             ,
             vvas
             a
             truth
             ,
             out
             of
             vvhich
             that
             falsehood
             ,
             concerning
             the
             manner
             of
             his
             death
             ,
             had
             its
             derivation
             ,
             though
             nothing
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             his
             vvorth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vere
             .
          
           
             SIR
             
               Francis
               Vere
            
             was
             of
             the
             ancient
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             noble
             extract
             of
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Oxford
               ,
            
             and
             it
             may
             be
             a
             question
             ,
             whether
             the
             nobility
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             or
             the
             honour
             of
             his
             atchievements
             ,
             might
             most
             commend
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             we
             have
             an
             authentique
             rule
             to
             decide
             the
             doubt
             ,
             
               Nam
               genus
               &
               proavos
               ,
               &
               quae
               non
               ●ecimus
               ipsi
               Vix●a
               nostra
               voco
               .
            
             For
             though
             he
             vvere
             an
             honourable
             slip
             of
             that
             ancient
             Tree
             of
             nobility
             (
             which
             was
             no
             disadvantage
             to
             his
             vertue
             )
             yet
             he
             brought
             more
             glory
             to
             the
             name
             of
             
               Vere
            
             then
             he
             took
             of
             Bloud
             ,
             from
             the
             Family
             .
             He
             vvas
             amongst
             the
             Queens
             svvord-men
             ,
             inferiour
             to
             none
             ,
             but
             superiour
             to
             many
             ,
             of
             vvhom
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             to
             speak
             much
             of
             him
             ,
             vvere
             the
             vvay
             to
             leave
             out
             something
             that
             might
             adde
             to
             his
             praise
             ,
             and
             to
             forget
             more
             that
             could
             adde
             to
             his
             honour
             .
             I
             finde
             not
             ,
             that
             he
             came
             much
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             for
             he
             lived
             almost
             perpetually
             in
             the
             Camp
             ,
             but
             vvhen
             he
             did
             ,
             no
             man
             had
             more
             of
             the
             Queens
             favour
             ,
             and
             none
             lesse
             envyed
             ,
             for
             he
             seldome
             troubled
             it
             vvith
             the
             jealousie
             and
             allarums
             of
             supplantation
             ,
             his
             vvay
             vvas
             another
             sort
             of
             undermining
             ,
             they
             report
             that
             the
             Queen
             (
             as
             she
             loved
             Martiall
             men
             )
             
             would
             Court
             this
             Gentleman
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             appeared
             in
             her
             presence
             ,
             and
             surely
             he
             was
             a
             Souldier
             of
             great
             worth
             ,
             and
             commanded
             thirty
             yeers
             in
             the
             service
             of
             the
             States
             ,
             and
             twenty
             yeers
             ,
             over
             the
             
               English
            
             in
             chief
             ,
             as
             the
             Queens
             Generall
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             had
             seen
             the
             battail
             of
             
               Newport
            
             might
             there
             best
             have
             taken
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             noble
             Brother
             ,
             my
             Lord
             of
             
               Tilbury
            
             to
             the
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Worces●er
             .
          
           
             MY
             Lord
             of
             
               Worcester
            
             I
             have
             here
             put
             last
             ,
             but
             not
             least
             in
             the
             Queens
             favour
             ,
             he
             was
             of
             the
             ancient
             and
             noble
             Bloud
             of
             the
             
               〈◊〉
               ,
            
             and
             of
             her
             Grandfathers
             line
             ,
             by
             the
             Mother
             ,
             which
             the
             Queen
             could
             never
             forget
             ,
             especially
             where
             there
             was
             a
             concunency
             of
             old
             Bloud
             with
             fidelity
             ,
             a
             mixture
             which
             ever
             sorted
             with
             the
             Queens
             nature
             ,
             and
             though
             there
             might
             appear
             something
             in
             this
             House
             ,
             which
             might
             avert
             her
             grace
             ,
             (
             though
             not
             to
             speak
             of
             my
             Lord
             himself
             ,
             but
             with
             due
             reverence
             and
             honour
             )
             I
             mean
             contrariety
             or
             suspition
             in
             religion
             ,
             yet
             the
             Queen
             ever
             respected
             this
             House
             ,
             and
             principally
             this
             noble
             Lord
             ,
             whom
             she
             first
             made
             Master
             of
             the
             Horse
             ,
             and
             then
             admitted
             of
             her
             Councell
             of
             State
             ;
             in
             his
             youth
             (
             part
             whereof
             he
             spent
             before
             he
             came
             to
             reside
             at
             Court
             )
             he
             was
             a
             very
             fine
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             the
             best
             Horseman
             and
             Tilter
             of
             the
             times
             ,
             which
             were
             then
             the
             manlike
             and
             noble
             recreations
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             took
             up
             the
             applause
             of
             men
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             praise
             and
             commendation
             of
             Ladies
             ,
             and
             when
             yeers
             had
             abated
             these
             exercises
             of
             honour
             ,
             he
             grew
             then
             to
             be
             a
             faithfull
             and
             profound
             Councellor
             ,
             and
             as
             I
             have
             placed
             him
             last
             ,
             so
             was
             he
             the
             last
             liver
             of
             all
             the
             Servants
             of
             her
             favour
             ,
             and
             had
             the
             honour
             to
             see
             his
             renowned
             Mistris
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             them
             laid
             in
             the
             places
             of
             their
             rest
             ,
             and
             for
             himself
             ,
             after
             a
             life
             of
             a
             very
             noble
             and
             remarkable
             reputation
             ,
             he
             dyed
             rich
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             peaceable
             old
             age
             ,
             a
             fate
             ,
             (
             that
             I
             make
             the
             last
             ,
             and
             none
             of
             the
             slightest
             observations
             )
             which
             befell
             not
             many
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             for
             they
             expired
             like
             unto
             lights
             blown
             out
             ,
             with
             the
             snuff
             stinking
             ,
             not
             commendably
             extinguished
             ,
             and
             with
             offence
             to
             the
             standers
             by
             .
             And
             thus
             have
             I
             delivered
             up
             this
             my
             poore
             assay
             ,
             a
             little
             draught
             of
             this
             great
             Princesse
             ,
             and
             her
             times
             ,
             with
             the
             Servants
             of
             her
             State
             ,
             and
             favour
             ,
             I
             cannot
             say
             ,
             I
             have
             finished
             it
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             how
             defective
             and
             imperfect
             it
             is
             ,
             as
             limbed
             onely
             in
             the
             originall
             nature
             ,
             not
             without
             the
             active
             blemishes
             ,
             and
             so
             left
             it
             as
             a
             task
             fitter
             for
             remote
             times
             ,
             and
             the
             sallyes
             of
             some
             bolder
             Pensill
             to
             correct
             that
             which
             is
             amisse
             ,
             and
             draw
             the
             rest
             up
             to
             life
             ,
             as
             for
             me
             to
             have
             endeavoured
             
             it
             ,
             I
             took
             it
             to
             consideration
             how
             easily
             I
             might
             have
             dasht
             in
             too
             much
             of
             the
             strain
             of
             pollution
             ,
             and
             thereby
             have
             defaced
             that
             little
             which
             is
             done
             ,
             for
             I
             professe
             I
             have
             taken
             care
             so
             to
             master
             my
             Pen
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             not
             (
             
               ex
               animo
               ,
            
             or
             of
             set
             purpose
             )
             discolour
             truth
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             the
             parts
             thereof
             ,
             otherwise
             then
             in
             concealment
             .
             Happily
             there
             are
             some
             which
             will
             not
             approve
             of
             this
             modesty
             ,
             but
             will
             censure
             me
             for
             pusillanimity
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             cunning
             Artists
             attempt
             to
             draw
             their
             line
             further
             out
             at
             large
             ,
             and
             upon
             this
             of
             mine
             ,
             which
             may
             (
             with
             somewhat
             more
             ease
             )
             be
             effected
             for
             that
             the
             frame
             is
             ready
             made
             to
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             then
             happily
             I
             could
             draw
             one
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             theirs
             ,
             but
             that
             modesty
             in
             me
             forbids
             the
             defacements
             of
             men
             departed
             ,
             whose
             posterity
             yet
             remaining
             ,
             injoyes
             the
             merit
             of
             their
             vertues
             ,
             and
             do
             still
             live
             in
             their
             honour
             :
             and
             I
             had
             rather
             incurre
             the
             censure
             of
             abruption
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             conscious
             ,
             and
             taken
             in
             the
             manner
             of
             sinning
             by
             eruption
             ,
             and
             of
             trampling
             on
             the
             graves
             of
             persons
             at
             rest
             ,
             which
             living
             ,
             we
             durst
             not
             look
             in
             the
             face
             ,
             nor
             make
             our
             addresses
             to
             them
             ,
             otherwise
             then
             with
             due
             regards
             to
             their
             honours
             ,
             and
             renown
             to
             their
             Vertues
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .