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neither I, nor my lord treasurers can deserve any great 

 thanks in this business of yours considering the king hath 

 spoken to Sir Joseph Roper, and he hath promised ; and 

 besides, the thing itself is so reasonable, as it ought to be 

 as soon done as said, I am now gotten into the country to 

 my house, where I have some little liberty, to think of that 

 I would think of, and not of that which other men hourly 

 break their head withal, as it was at London. Upon this 

 you may conclude, that most of my thoughts are to his ma 

 jesty, and then you cannot be far off. God ever keep you, 

 and prosper you : I rest always, 



Your true and most dutiful Servant. 

 The 5th of August, one of the happiest days. 



Sir Francis Bacon to Sir George Villiers, upon the 

 sending his patent for Viscount Villiers to be 

 signed. 



Sir, 



I have sent you now your patent, creation of Lord 

 Bletchly of Bletchly, and of Viscount Villiers. Bletchly is 

 your own, and I liked the sound of the name better than 

 Whaddon ; but the name will be hid, for you will be called 

 Viscount Villiers. I have put them in a patent, after the 

 manner of the patent for earls, where baronies are joined ; 

 but the chief reason was, because I would avoid double 

 prefaces, which had not been fit ; nevertheless the ceremony 

 of robing, and otherwise, must be double. 



And now because I am in the country, I will send you 

 some of my country fruits, which with me are good medita 

 tions ; which, when I am in the city, are choked with 

 business. 



After that the king shall have watered your new dig 

 nities, with the bounty of the lands which he intends you, 

 and that some other things concerning your means, which 



