168 LETTERS FROM THE RESUSCITATIO. 



To my Lord of Essex. 



It may please your Lordship, .&amp;lt; 



That your lordship is in &quot; statu quo prius,&quot; no man 

 taketh greater gladness than I do; the rather, because I 

 assure myself that of your eclipses, as this hath been the 

 longest, it shall be the least ; as the comical poet saith, 

 &quot; neque illam tu satis noveras, neque te ilia, hoc ubi fit, ibi 

 non vivitur.&quot; For if I may be so bold as to say what I 

 think, I believe your lordship looked to have found her 

 majesty in all points as you have done; neither her majesty, 

 per case, looked to have found your lordship as she hath 

 done. And therefore T hope upon this experience may 

 grow more perfect knowledge, and upon knowledge more 

 true consent; which I for my part do infinitely wish, as 

 accounting these accidents to be like the fish, remora, 

 which, though it be not great, yet hath it a hidden property 

 to hinder the sailing of the ship. And therefore, as bearing 

 unto your lordship, after her majesty, of all public persons 

 the second duty, I could not but signify unto you my affec 

 tionate gratulation. And so I commend your good lordship 

 to the best preservation of the Divine Majesty. 

 From Gray s-Inn. 



To my Lord Treasurer Burghley. 

 [Inserted in this Vol. p. 5.] 



To the Lord Treasurer Burghley. 

 [Inserted in this Vol. p. 7.] 



To Sir Robert Cecil. 

 It may please your good Honour, 

 I am apt enough to condemn &quot; mendacia famae,&quot; yet it 

 is with this distinction, as fame walks among inferiors, and 



