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his protest against capital punish 

 ment, 151 ; his argument against 

 the legality of the foundation of the 

 Charter-house, 151 ; his publication 

 of a new edition of the essays, 152 ; 

 his prosecution of Lord Sanquhar 

 on behalf of the Crown, and his 

 great mildness, 153 ; his letter to 

 Sir J. Constable, dedicating the es 

 says to him, see note, 153; his ap 

 pointment to the office of attorney- 

 general, 154 ; his letter to Lord 

 Salisbury and to the King, respect 

 ing the appointment, see note (b\ 

 154; his general, legal, and politi 

 cal knowledge and fitness for the 

 office, 154 ; his political exertions, 

 155 ; his great lenity as public pro 

 secutor, see note (6), 155 ; his opi 

 nions upon severe punishments, 156; 

 his work for compiling and amend 

 ing the laws, 156 ; his advice to the 

 King upon his unconstitutional ex 

 pedient to raise supplies, see his let 

 ter, note (c), 157 ; his tract upon 

 duelling, see note (a), for the mis 

 chief, cause, and origin of, 159 ; his 

 powerful speech upon the absurdity 

 of the supposed confederacy to con 

 trol the House of Commons, see 

 outline in note, 162 ; his speech 

 against Mr. O. St. John, upon his 

 trial for the publication of a letter 

 reflecting upon the King s demand 

 of presents, see outline in note, 16 5 ; 

 his prosecution, as attorney-general, 

 of Mr. Peacham, Mr. Owen, and 

 Mr. Talbot, for high treason, 167, 

 168 ; his letters to the King respect 

 ing Peacham s case, 169, 170; his 

 private conference with Sir Edward 

 Coke upon thelawof Peacham scase, 

 and removal of his scruples upon his 

 objection, 171, 172 ; Judge Foster s 

 hasty censure upon his conduct in 

 Peacham s case, 173 ; his vigorous 

 advances, in the teeth of prejudice, 

 in the advancement of knowledge, 

 175 ; his real opinions as to Peacham s 

 case, 175 ; his witty conversation with 

 Queen Elizabeth concerning Essex s 

 apology, showing her acquaintance 

 with the torture, note (c), 175; his 

 reprobation of the custom of impor 

 tuning the judges, 176 ; his letter to 

 the King respecting Owen s case, 

 176; letter to the King respecting 

 his case, see note (a), 178 ; speech 



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against, for high treason, see note 

 (/&amp;gt;), 178 ; his speeches upon Owen 

 and Talbot s trials for high treason, 

 see notes (b) and (c), 178 ; Villiers s 

 friendship for, 180 ; his letter to 

 Villiers, wilh directions for the re 

 gulation of his conduct at court, 181 ; 

 his speech upon the prosecution of 

 Sir J. Hollis, Mr. Lumsden, and 

 Sir J. Wentworth, respecting the 

 Earl and Countess of Somerset s 

 case, 184 ; his temperate speech 

 upon the trial of the Earl and Coun 

 tess of Somerset for the murder of 

 Sir Thomas Overbury, 185; his 

 letter to Villiers respecting the dis 

 pute upon the jurisdiction of the 

 Court of Chancery, 186; his letter 

 to Villiers alluding to Chancellor 

 Brachley s opinion of his powers, 

 187 ; his letter to Villiers respecting 

 a motion to swear him Privy Coun 

 cillor, 187; his appointment as Privy 

 Councillor, 188 ; his prosecution of 

 Mr. Markham in the Star Chamber 

 for sending a challenge to Lord 

 Darcy, 189; his appointment as 

 Chancellor by the King with four 

 admonitions, 189 his letter to Vil 

 liers upon his appointment as Chan 

 cellor, 190 ; his motives in accept 

 ing office, 191 ; his fitness for the 

 office of Chancellor as a lawyer, a 

 judge, a statesman, and patron, 197|; 

 his essays upon the duties of a 

 judge, 198; his letter to an old 

 clergyman presenting him to a living, 

 199 ; his conscientious appointmei.t 

 of judges, 200 ; anecdotes respecting 

 his rejection of presents, note (b), 

 205 ; presents to, from the suitors 

 upon his being appointed Lord 

 Keeper, 209 ; appointed head of the 

 council about a week after his crea 

 tion as Lord Keeper, 211; his 

 constant communication with Buck 

 ingham during the King s progress, 

 213 ; his procession in state to 

 Westminster as Lord Keeper, and 

 address to the bar, 213, 214, 215, 



216 ; his contempt for the pomp of 

 office, see letter to Buckingham, 



217 ; his opposition to Bucking 

 ham s marriage, and quarrel in con 

 sequence, 219; his reconciliation 

 with Buckingham, 220; his attempt 

 to retrench the royal expences, see 

 letters to the King and Buckingham, 



