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his lordship s opinion, according to my commission. He 

 said, I should have it ; and repeated that, twice or thrice, 

 as thinking he had gone too far, in that kind of negative (to 

 deliver any opinion apart) before ; and said he would tell it me 

 within a short time, though he were not at that instant 

 ready. I have tossed this business, in omnes partes, 

 whereof I will give your majesty knowledge, when time 

 serveth. God preserve your majesty. 



Your majesty s most humble, and devoted 

 subject, and servant. 



A Letter to the King, about a Certificate of my 

 Lord Cooke. February 14, 1614. 

 [Inserted in this Vol. p. 62.] 



A Letter to the King, touching matter of his Revenue 



and Profit. April 25, 1615. 



[Inserted in this Vol. p. 30.] 



A Letter to the King, reporting the Day of Hearing 

 of I. S. his Cause, in the Star-Chamber. 29 

 April, 1615. 



It may please your excellent Majesty, 

 I. S. s day is past, and well past. I hold it to be 

 Janus bifrons ; it hath a good aspect to that which is 

 past, and to the future ; and doth both satisfy and pre 

 pare. All did well: My Lord Chief Justice, delivered 

 the law for the benevolence, strongly; I would he had 

 done it timely. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer spake 

 finely, somewhat after the manner of the late lord privy 

 seal ; not all out so sharply, but as elegantly. Sir Thomas 

 Lake (who is also new in that court) did very well, fami 

 liarly and counsellor-like. My Lord of Pembroke (who is 

 likewise a stranger there) did extraordinary well, and 

 became himself well, and had an evident applause. I meant 



