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at your commandment. It is conceived in court, that 

 Mr. Secretary Herbert shall have conferred upon him the 

 place of secretary there, whose good will, by that which we 

 do already find, Mr. Edward Jones hath reason to hope 

 well of for a deputation. There rest two points, the one 

 her majesty s good allowance, and the other yours. The 

 former whereof I hope he shall have good means to procure, 

 and the second is that which I am to sue to your lordship 

 for. Wherein to move you, besides the fitness of the man 

 hardly to be matched in any other particular, I will un 

 dertake for his thankfulness in as good a manner as any 

 other can be whatsoever; and all the poor credit myself have 

 with you, which I have not been unmindful to cherish, I 

 desire may appear in this suit rather than in any motion 

 for myself. And so with my humble signification of duty, 

 I commend your lordship to God s goodness. 



At your Lordship s honourable commandment, 



FR. BACON. 



A Letter to Mr. Matthew.* 

 Mr. Matthew, 



I hope it may stand with your business to come hither 

 down to me on Monday or Tuesday next. My Lord Digby 

 I understand is in town, my Lord of Doncaster not hastily 

 expected, the king far off. I pray you, if your business be 

 not very important, let me see you one of those days. I do 

 hear from you by Mr. Meautys that I am still much bound 

 to my Lord Digby. I take it, I directed Mr. Meautys to tell 

 you, that having somewhat better signs of my lord mar 

 quis s good disposition towards me, than when I wrote to my 

 Lord Digby last, I would raise my request to his lordship, 

 that, whereas I desired his lordship to move a temporary 

 leave to come to London next Lent for my health, and Easter 

 term for my business, he would now (if he so think it con 

 venient) deal for a release of the confinement indefinite, 

 for the same reasons of an infirm health ; and the settling 

 the poor planks of my wrecks will continue still. If my 

 Lord Digby make haste to court, I pray do this before you 

 come down to me ; if not, you may defer it till we have 

 spoken. God keep and prosper you. 



15th February, 1621. Your most, &C. 



Addit. MS. Mus. Brit. 5503. fol. 103. 



