clxXXli LIFE OF BACON. 



In the beginning of the year 1613 Sir Thomas Overbury 

 was poisoned in the Tower by one Weston, of which crime 

 he was convicted, received sentence of death, and was exe- 



9. Not to being hurried from term to term. 10. Attendance of sheriffs. 

 11. Suing to be a judge. 12. Advancing puisne judges. 13. Serjeants 

 at law. 14. King s counsel. 15. Provincial attorneys: of the court of 

 Wards. 16. Of the duchy of Lancaster. 17. Welsh Judge. 18. Limi 

 tation of jurisdiction. 19. Ministers of justice. 20, 21. Sheriffs, their 

 election. 22. Lord lieutenants. 23. Justices of the peace. 24. Their 

 nomination. 25. The moderation of justice. 26. Lenity and severity. 

 27. Court of Parliament. 28. Its institution. 29. Its duties. 30. Le 

 gislature. 31. Its judicial power. 32. The House of Commons. 33. The 

 use of parliaments. 34. Ecclesiastical law. 



in. Councillors of State and Great Officers of the Kingdom. 

 1. Different sorts. 2. Privy council. 3, 4. Their election. 5. Their 

 number. 6. Their duties. 7. Impropriety of hasty expression of opinion. 

 8. Impropriety of hasty decision. 9. The King s presence. 10. Secretary. 

 11. Not to interfere in private causes. 12. Clerks of council. 13. Great 

 officers. 14. From all professions. 



iv. Negociations, Embassies, &c, 



1. Queen Elizabeth did vary, according to the nature of the employment, 

 the quality of the persons she employed. 2. An embassy of gratulation or 

 ceremony, some noble person, eminent in place and able in purse. 3. An 

 embassy of weight, concerning affairs of state, choice of some person of 

 known judgment, wisdom, and experience; and not of a young man not 

 weighed in state matters, nor of a mere formal man. 4. Young noblemen 

 or gentlemen, as assistants. 5. Grave men, skilful in the civil laws and 

 languages, conversant in courts. 6. Negociation about merchants affairs, 

 doctors of the civil law. 7. Lieger ambassadors or agents, vigilant, indus 

 trious, and discreet men, and had the language of the place. 8. Their 

 care to give timely intelligence of occurrences. 9. Their charge. 10. Their 

 general instructions in writing, and private instructions. 11. There were 

 sent forth young men of good hopes, to be trained up : this course I shall 

 recommend unto you, to breed up a nursery of public plants. 



v. Peace and War. I in my own disposition and profession am wholly 



for peace. 



1 . I shall not need to persuade you to the advancing of it, nor the King 

 your master. 2. God is the God of peace. 3. Justice is the best pro 

 tector of it, and providence for war is the best prevention. 4. Wars- 





