110 LETTERS FROM THE RESUSCITATIO. 



A Letter to Queen Elizabeth, upon the sending of a 

 New-year s Gift. 



Most excellent sovereign Mistress, 

 The only New-year s Gift which I can give your 

 majesty, is that which God hath given to me : which is, 

 a mind, in all humbleness, to wait upon your command 

 ments and business: wherein I would to God, that I were 

 hooded, that I saw less; or that I could perform more: 

 for now I am like a hawk, that bates, when I see occasion 

 of service, but cannot fly because I am tied to another s 

 fist. But meanwhile, I continue my presumption of making 

 to your majesty, my poor oblation of a garment, as un 

 worthy the wearing as his service that sends it : but the 

 approach to your excellent person may give worth to both : 

 which is all the happiness I aspire unto. 



A Letter of Advice to the Earl of Essex, to take upon 

 him the Care of Irish Causes, when Mr. Secre 

 tary Cecil was in France. 



[Inserted in this Vol. p. 15.] 



A Letter of Advice to the Earl of Essex, upon the 

 first Treaty with Tyrone, 1598, before the Earl 

 was nominated for the Charge of Ireland. 

 [Inserted in this Vol. p. 17.] 



A Letter of Advice to my Lord of Essex, immediately 



before his going into Ireland. 



[Inserted in this Vol. p. 20.] 



A Letter to the Earl of Essex, in offer of his Service, 



when he was first enlarged to Essex-House. 



[Inserted in this Vol. p. 24.] 



