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to oblige the hearts of the people to him by the adminis 

 tration of justice.&quot; (a) 



From these political expedients he turned to his more Judicial 



, , , , exertions 



interesting judicial duties. How strenuously he exerted 



himself in the discharge of them may be seen in his 

 honest exultation to Buckingham, and may be easily con 

 ceived by those who know how indefatigable genius is in 



paid out to others, and the duke neither had nor disposed of a penny 

 thereof to his own use, as is suggested against him. And afterwards, when 

 the Lord M. left that place, and his money was not repaid unto him, he 

 urged the duke upon his promise; whereupon the duke being jealous of 

 his honour, and to keep his word, not having money to repay him, he assured 

 lands of his own to the Lord M. for his security. But when the duke 

 was in Spain, the Lord M. obtained a promise from his late majesty of 

 some lands in fee farm, to such a value as he accepted of the same in satis 

 faction of the said money, which were afterward passed unto him ; and at 

 the duke s return the Lord M. delivered back unto him the security of the 

 duke s lands, which had been given unto him as aforesaid.&quot; 



Rushworth, i. 387. See Cobbett. 



(a) See his letter to the Earl of Buckingham, of November 19, 1617, 

 vol. xii. p. 252. &quot; My very good Lord, The liking which his majesty hath 

 of our proceeding, concerning his household, telleth me that his majesty 

 cannot but dislike the declining and tergiversation of the inferior officers, 

 which by this time he understandeth. There be but four kinds of retrench 

 ments : 1. The union of tables. 2. The putting down of tables. 3. The 

 abatement of dishes to tables. 4. The cutting off new diets and allowance 

 lately raised : and yet perhaps such as are more necessary than some of 

 the old. In my opinion the first is the best and most feasible. The Lord 

 Chamberlain s table is the principal table of state. The Lord Steward s 

 table I think is much frequented by Scottish gentlemen. Your lordship s 

 table hath a great attendance ; and the groom of the stole s table is much 

 resorted to by the bedchamber. These would not be touched ; but for the 

 rest (his majesty s case considered) I think they may well be united into 

 one. These things are out of my element, but my care runneth where the 

 King s state most laboureth : Sir Lionel Cranfield is yet sick, for which I 

 am very sorry ; for methinks his majesty upon these tossings over of his 

 business from one to others hath an apt occasion to go on with subcom 

 mittees. God ever preserve and prosper you. Your Lordship s true friend 

 and devoted servant.&quot; 



