CCCCXXV1 LIFE OF BACON. 



by a warrant which stated that, &quot; calling to mind the 

 former good services of the Lord St. Albans, and how well 

 and profitably he hath spent his time since his trouble, 

 we are pleased to remove from him that blot of ignominy 

 which yet remaineth upon him, of incapacity and disable 

 ment; and to remit to him all penalties whatsoever inflicted 

 by that sentence. Having therefore formerly pardoned 

 his fine, and released his confinement, these are to will and 

 require you to prepare, for our signature, a bill containing 

 a pardon of the whole sentence.&quot; (a) 



house for judicature is established. There can be no farther use of my 

 misery ; perhaps some little may be of my service ; for, I hope, I shall be 

 found a man humbled as a Christian, though not dejected as a worldling. 

 I have great opinion of your lordship s power, and great hope, for many 

 reasons, of your favour, which if I may obtain, I can say no more, but 

 nobleness is ever requited in itself; and God, whose special favour in my 

 afflictions I have manifestly found to my comfort, will, I trust, be my pay 

 master of that, which cannot be requited by 



Your Lordship s affectionate humble servant, &c. 



Sir Francis Bacon to the King, about the Pardon of the Parliament s 

 Sentence. 



Most gracious and dread Sovereign, I desire not from your majesty 

 means, nor place, nor employment, but only, after so long a time of expia 

 tion, a complete and total remission of the sentence of the upper house, to 

 the end that blot of ignominy may be removed from me, and from my 

 memory with posterity, that I die not a condemned man, but may be to 

 your majesty, as I am to God, &quot; nova creatura.&quot; 



(a) To our trusty and well beloved Thomas Coventry, our Attorney 

 General. 



Trusty and well beloved, we greet you well : Whereas our right trusty 

 and right well beloved cousin, the Viscount of St. Alban, upon a sentence 

 given in the upper house of parliament full three years since, and more, 

 hath endured loss of his place, imprisonment, and confinement also for a 

 great time, which may suffice for the satisfaction of justice and example to 

 others : we being always graciously inclined to temper mercy with justice, 

 and calling to mind his former good services, and how well and profitably 

 he hath spent his time since his trouble, are pleased to remove from him 

 that blot of ignominy which yet jremaineth upon him, of incapacity and 



