CCCX1V LIFE OF BACON. 



Egerton s complaint was, that &quot; to procure my lord s 

 favour, he had been persuaded by Sir George Hastings 

 and Sir Richard Young, to make some present to the 

 Chancellor; and that he accordingly delivered to Sir 

 George and to Sir Richard 400, which was delivered by 

 them to the Chancellor as a gratuity, for that my lord, 

 when Attorney General, had befriended him; and that, 

 before this advice, Egerton had himself, either before or 

 after the Chancellor was entrusted with the great seal, 

 presented to his lordship a piece of plate worth fifty 

 guineas; but that, notwithstanding these presents, the 

 Lord Chancellor, assisted by Lord Chief Justice Hobart, 

 had decided against him. (a) 



If Bacon, instead of treating the charge with contempt, (b) 



() To the first article of the charge, viz. in the cause between Sir Row 

 land Egerton and Edward Egerton, the Lord Chancellor received five 

 hundred pounds on the part of Sir Rowland Egerton, before he decreed 

 the cause : I do confess and declare, that upon a reference from his majesty 

 of all suits and controversies between Sir Rowland Egerton and Mr. Edward 

 Egerton, both parties submitted themselves to my award, by recognizance 

 reciprocal in ten thousand marks a-piece. Thereupon, after divers hear 

 ings, I made my award, with advice and consent of my Lord Hobart. The 

 award was perfected and published to the parties, which was in February ; 

 then, some days after, the five hundred pounds mentioned in the charge 

 was delivered unto me. Afterwards Mr. Edward Egerton fled off from the 

 award ; then, in Midsummer term following, a suit was begun in Chancery 

 by Sir Rowland, to have the award confirmed ; and upon that suit was the 

 decree made, which is mentioned in the article. 



(&) Extrait d un lettre de Monsieur le Chevalier Digby a M. de Fermat. 

 Et comme vous y parley de notre Chancelier Bacon, cela me fit souvenir 

 d un autre beau mot qu il dit en ma presence une fois a feu Monsieur le 

 Due de Buckingham. C etoit au commencement de ses malheurs, quand 

 I assemblee des etats, que nous appelons le parlement, entreprit de la miner, 

 ce qu elle fit en suite ce jour la il eu eut la premiere alarme: j e&quot;tois avec 

 le du ayant disne avec lui ; le chancelier survint et 1 entretint de 1 accusa- 

 tion qu un de ceux de la chambre basse avoit presentee centre lui, et il 

 supplia le due 1 employer son credit aupres du roi pour le maintenir 

 toujours dans son esprit : le due repondit qu il e&quot;toit si bien avec le roi 



