10 LETTERS FROM STEPHENS. 



of matters of that kind. I have made the like request to 

 Sir Edward Villiers, by whom I write this present, to 

 whose good affection I think myself beholden, as I do also 

 esteem him much for his good parts, besides his nearness 

 to your lordship, which bindeth me above all. 

 Your Lordship s most faithful 



and devoted Friend and Servant, 

 April?, 1617. FR. BACON, C. S. 



To the Earl of Buckingham. 

 My singular good Lord, 



I pray your lordship to deliver to his majesty the in 

 closed. 



I send your lordship also the warrant to my Lord Trea 

 surer and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Queen s 

 House,* it is to come again to the King, when the bill is 

 drawn for the letters patents ; for this is only the warrant 

 to be signed by his majesty. 



I asked the Queen whether she would write to your 

 lordship about it ; her answer was very modest and discreet, 

 that because it proceeded wholly from his majesty s kind 

 ness and goodness, who had referred it, it was not so fit 

 for her to write to your lordship for the dispatch of it, but 

 she desired me to thank your lordship for your former care 

 of it, and to desire you to continue it : and withal she de- 

 sireth your lordship not to press his majesty in it, but to 

 take his best times. This answer (because I like it so well) 

 I write to you at large, for other matters I will write by the 

 next. God ever prosper you and preserve you. 

 Your Lordship s most faithful 



and devoted Friend and Servant, 

 London, April 19, 1617. FR. BACON, C. S. 



To the Lord Keeper. 

 My honoured Lord, 



I have acquainted his majesty with your letter, and the 

 papers that came inclosed, who is exceedingly well satisfied 

 with that account you have given him therein, especially 

 with the speech you made at the taking of your place in 

 the Chancery. Whereby his majesty perceiveth that you 

 have not only given proof how well you understand the 

 place of a Chancellor, but done him much right also, in 



* Somerset House. 



