28 LETTERS FROM THE CABALA. 



grounds of government, as the facility and felicity of prac 

 tice and negociation ; and to be as well seen in the periods 

 and tides of estates, as in your own circle and way : than 

 the which I suppose nothing can be a better addition arid 

 accumulation of honour unto you. 



This, I hope, T may in privateness write, either as a 

 kinsman, that may be bold, or as a scholar, that hath liberty 

 of discourse, without committing of any absurdity. If not, 

 I pray your honour to believe, [ ever loved her majesty 

 and the state, and now love yourself; and there is never 

 any vehement love without some absurdity, as the Spaniard 

 well saith, &quot; desuario con la calentura.&quot; So desiring your 

 honour s pardon, I ever continue, etc. 



FR. BACON. 



Sir Francis Bacon to the Lord Treasurer, touching 

 his speech in Parliament. 



It may please your good Lordship, 



I was sorry to find by your lordship s speech yesterday, 

 that my last speech in parliament, delivered in discharge of 

 my conscience, my duty to God, her majesty, and my 

 country, was offensive: if it were misreported, I would be 

 glad to attend your lordship, to disavow any thing I said 

 not; if it were misconstrued, I would be glad to expound 

 my words, to exclude any sense I meant not; if my heart 

 be mis-judged by imputation of popularity, or opposition, I 

 have great wrong, and the greater, because the manner of 

 my speech did most evidently shew that 1 spake most sim 

 ply, and only to satisfy my conscience, and not with any 

 advantage or policy to sway the case, and my terms carried 

 all signification of duty and zeal towards her majesty and 

 her service. It is very true, that from the beginning, what 

 soever was a double subsidy I did wish might for prece 

 dent s sake appear to be extraordinary, and for discontent s 



