LIFE OF BACON. 



PART II. 

 from rtje SDeatl) of Cltjaberf) to tfie 2Deatlj of Bacon. 



CHAPTER I. 



FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES TILL THE PUBLICATION 



OF THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS, 



1603 to 1610. 



UPON the death of the Queen, Bacon had every thing to 1603. 

 expect from the disposition of her successor, who was a ^ 43&amp;lt; 

 lover of letters, was desirous to be considered the patron of 

 learning and learned men, was well acquainted with the 

 attainments of Bacon, and his reputation both at home and 

 abroad, and was greatly prepossessed in his favour by his 

 brother Anthony, who was much esteemed by the King, (a) 

 But neither the consciousness of his own powers or of the 

 King s discernment rendered Bacon inert or passive. He 

 used all his influence, both in England and in Scotland, to 

 insure the protection of James, (b) He wrote to the Earl 



(a) See Rymer, vol. xvi. p. 596, and note TTT at the end. 



(6) He wrote to Mr. Foules, see vol. xii. page 114; to Sir Thomas 

 Challoner, see vol. xii. page 113; to his friend, Tobie Mathew, see vol. 

 xii. page 230; to Dr. Morrison, a Scottish physician, see vol. xiii. page 

 61 ; to Lord Kinlose, see vol. xii. page 101. 



VOL. XV. 



