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These blessings he now enjoyed. Eminent foreigners 

 crossed the seas on purpose to see and discourse with 

 him, (a) 



Gondomar, who was in Spain, wrote to express his regard Gondomar 

 and respect, with lamentations that his public duties pre 

 vented his immediate attendance upon him in England, (b) 



When the Marquis d Effiat accompanied the Princess D Effiat. 

 Henrietta-Maria, wife to Charles the First, to England, 

 he visited Lord Bacon; who, being then sick in bed, 

 received him with the curtains drawn. &quot; You resemble 



que les passions douces et savoit resister aux violentes. * Quand on me 

 fait offense/ disoit-il, je tache d elever mon ame si haut, que 1 offense ne 

 parvienne pas jusqu a elle. L ambition ne 1 agita pas plus que la vengeance. 

 II disoit, comme Ovide, Vivre cache, c est vivre heureux/ Newton etoit 

 doux, tranquille, modeste, simple, affable, toujours de niveau avec tout le 

 monde, il ne se de&quot;mentit point pendant le cours de sa longue et brillante 

 carriere. II auroit mieux aime elre inconnu, que de voir le calme de sa 

 vie trouble par ces orages litteraires, que 1 esprit et la science attirent a 

 ceux qui cherchent trop la gloire. Je me reprocherois/ disoit-il, mon 

 imprudence, de perdre une chose aussi reelle que le repos, pour courir 

 apres un ombre. &quot; 



(a) Rawley. 



(6) See his correspondence with Gondomar, vol. xii. pp. 407-8, 441, 

 443. The following is a translation from a Spanish letter of Gondomar: 



&quot; Most illustrious Sir, Having received so many kindnesses and good 

 wishes from your illustrious lordship in your prosperity, I deem it one 

 of my greatest misfortunes my not being able to serve you as duty and 

 gratitude require of me now you are in adversity. Still greater is my mis 

 fortune, since my presence here is now useless ; for much as I have desired 

 to express all I feel, and to salute you personally, I am constrained to 

 refrain therefrom, lest I should give you offence, and this I assure you has 

 occasioned me much grief, not being able to do all I would wish. Never 

 theless I will do all that I can, and if your lordship judges the intercession 

 of the King my master with his majesty the King of Great Britain can be 

 of any service to your affairs, I will represent the same to him, fully assured 

 that his Catholic majesty will interpose with much pleasure. I shall 

 always be devotedly at the service of your lordship, and praying God to 

 preserve you many happy years. The COUNT DE GONDOMAR. 



&quot; June 14, 1621.&quot; 



