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example upon I. S. to stand for all. For Peacham, I ex 

 pect some account from my fellows this day. If it should 

 fall out otherwise, then I hope it may not be left so. Your 

 majesty, in your last letter, very wisely, put in a disjunctive 

 that the judges should deliver an opinion privately, either to 

 my Lord Chancellor or to ourselves, distributed : his sick 

 ness, made the latter way to be taken : but the other may be 

 reserved, with some accommodating, when we see the suc 

 cess of the former. 



I am appointed, this day, to attend my Lord Treasurer 

 for a proposition of raising profit and revenue, by infran- 

 chising copy-holders. I am right glad to see the patrimonial 

 part of your revenue well look d into, as well as the fiscal. 

 And I hope it will so be, in other parts as well as this. 

 God preserve your majesty. 



Your majesty s most humble and devoted, 

 subjected and servant. 



A Letter to the King of account of Owen s Cause, 

 etc. 11 February, 1614. 



It may please your excellent Majesty, 

 Myself, with the rest of your counsel learned, conferred 

 with my LordCooke and the rest of the judges of the King s 

 Bench only, being met at my lord s chamber, concerning the 

 business of Owen. For although it be true that your ma 

 jesty in your letter did mention, that the same course 

 might be held in the taking of opinions apart, in this which 

 was prescribed and used in Peacham s cause; yet both my 

 lords of the council and we, amongst ourselves, holding it, 

 in a case so clear, not needful ; but rather that it would im 

 port a diffidence in us, and deprive us of the means to de 

 bate it with the judges (if cause were) more strongly (which 

 is somewhat) we thought best rather to use this form. 



The judges desired us to leave the examinations and 

 papers with them, for some little time, to consider (which is 



