424 LETTERS FROM BIRCH. 



whereof the lords gave forty thousand pounds, and the rest 

 was to be gotten by privy seal upon loan. Doubtless, my 

 lord, this interprets that of the manuscript story. 



On the back of this letter are the following notes by the 

 Lord Viscount St. Alban. 



&quot; The case of the judgment in parliament, upon a writ 

 of error put by Just. Hu. 



&quot; The case of no judgment entered in the Court of Aug 

 mentations, or Survey of first Fruits, which are dissolved, 

 where there may be an entry after, out of a paper book. 



&quot; Mem. All the acts of my proceeding were after the 

 royal assent to the subsidy.&quot; 



To the Marquis of Buckingham. 

 My very good Lord, 



Though I have returned answer to your lordship s last 

 letter by the same way by which I received it, yet I humbly 

 pray your lordship to give me leave to add these few lines. 



My lord, as God above is witness that I ever have loved 

 and honoured your lordship, as much, I think, as any son 

 of Adam can love or honour any subject, and continue in 

 as hearty and strong wishes of felicity to be heaped and 

 fixed upon you as ever ; so, as low as I am, I had rather 

 sojourn in a college in Cambridge, than recover a good 

 fortune by any other but yourself. Marry, to recover 

 yourself to me, if I have you not, or to ease your lordship 

 in any thing, wherein your lordship would not so fully 

 appear, or to be made participant of your favours in your 

 own way, I would use any man that were your lordship s 

 friend : and therefore, good my lord, in that let me not be 

 mistaken. Secondly, if in any of my former letters I have 

 given your lordship any distaste by the style of them, or 

 any particular passages, I humbly pray your lordship s 

 benign construction and pardon. For, I confess, it is my 

 fault, though it be some happiness to me withal, that I do 

 most times forget my adversity. But I shall never forget 

 to be 



Your Lordship s most obliged Friend 



and faithful Servant, 



March 5, 1621. FR. ST. ALBAN. 



To the Lord Viscount St. Alban. 

 May it please your Lordship, 

 Remembering that the letter your lordship put yesterday 



into my hand was locked up under two or three seals, it 

 ran in my head, that it might 



be business of importance, 



