LETTERS FROM BIRCH. 313 



65. a.: &quot; By the statute of Henry IV. cap. 14. if any sub 

 ject kill another subject in a foreign kingdom, the wife of 

 him that is slain may have an appeal in England before 

 the constable and marshal : which is a case in ter minis 

 terminantibus. And when the wife, if the party slain have 

 any, shall have an appeal there, if he hath no wife, his next 

 heir shall have it.&quot; 



If any fact be committed out of the kingdom, upon the 

 high sea, the Lord Admiral shall determine it. If in a 

 foreign kingdom, the cognizance belongeth to the constable 

 where the jurisdiction pertains to him. 



And these authorities being seen by Bromley, Chancel 

 lor, and the two chief justices, they clearly resolved the 

 case, as before I have certified your majesty. 



I humbly desire I may be so happy as to kiss your ma 

 jesty s hands, and to my exceeding comfort to see your 

 sacred person ; and I shall ever rest 



Your Majesty s faithful and loyal Subject, 



February 25, 1616-7. EDW. CoKE. 



Indorsed To the King s most excellent Majesty. 



To the King * 



May it please your most excellent Majesty, 

 My continual meditations upon your majesty s service 

 and greatness have, amongst other things, produced this 

 paper inclosed,f which I most humbly pray your majesty to 

 excuse, being that which in my judgment I think to be 

 good both de vero, and adpopulum. Of other things I have 

 written to my Lord of Buckingham. God for ever preserve 

 and prosper your majesty. 



Your Majesty s humble Servant 

 March 23, 1616. most devoted and most bounden, 



FR. BACON. 



Indorsed My Lord Keeper to his Majesty, with some 

 additional Instructions for Sir John Digby. 



* His majesty had begun his journey towards Scotland, on the 14th of March, 

 1616-7. 



f Additional instructions to Sir John -Digby. J 



Besides your instructions directory to the substance of tflf main errand, we 

 would have you in the whole carriage and passages of the negotiation, as well 

 with the king himself, as the Duke of Lerma, and council there, intermix dis 

 course upon fit occasions, that may express ourselves to the effect following : 



That you doubt not, but that both kings, for that which concerns religion, 

 will proceed sincerely, both being intire and perfect in their own belief and 

 way. But that there are so many noble and excellent effects, which are equally 

 acceptable to both religions, and for the good and happiness of the Christian world, 



\ Ambassador to the court of Spain. 



