NOTE G G G. 



Remembereth further, in Awbrcy his case, Sir George said lately to my lord, 

 he must say, this money was delivered to him by him : whereto my lord ; 

 &quot; George, if you do so, I must deny it, upon mine honour.&quot; That last night, 

 before this committee sat, my lord said to Sir George and Sir Richard Young, 

 they must answer this another day ; for he would deny it, upon his oath. 



That, in Egerton s business, he, by Merrifield s help, got money, put it into 

 gold ; told Merrifield, my Lord Chancellor was to have it, for help in his 

 cause ; and told him, he had done so. 



As Lord Bacon sat in the House of Lords on the 17th, and then sat there, 

 for the last time as Chancellor, I infer that there was some communication 

 between him and Buckingham between the 17th and the 19th, and that the 

 following letter was written during this interval : 



To the Marquis of Buckingam. (a) 



My very good Lord, Your lordship spoke of purgatory. I am now in it ; 

 but my mind is in a calm, for my fortune is not my felicity. I know I have 

 clean hands, and a clean heart ; and, I hope, a clean house for friends or ser 

 vants. But Job himself, or whosoever was the justest judge, by such hunting 

 for matters against him as hath been used against me, may for a time seem 

 foul, especially in a time when greatness is the mark, and accusation is the 

 game. And if this be to be a chancellor, I think, if the great seal lay upon 

 Hounslovv Heath, no body would take it up. But the King and your lordship 

 will, I hope, put an end to these my straits one way or other. And in troth 

 that which I fear most is, lest continual attendance and business, together with 

 these cares, and want of time to do my weak body right this spring by diet and 

 physic, will cast me down ; and that it will be thought feigning or fainting. 

 But I hope in God I shall hold out. God prosper you. 



The following anecdotes seem proper for this place : 



Extract d un Lettre de Monsieur le Chevalier Digby a M. de Fermat. 



Et comme vous y parley de notre Chancellier 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 6toit au commencement de ses malheurs, quand 1 assem- 

 ble&quot;e des etats, que nous appellons le parlement, entreprit de la miner, ce qu elle 

 fit en suite ce jour la il eu eut la premiere alarme : j etois avec le due ay ant 

 disn6 avec lui ; le chancelier survint et 1 entretint de 1 accusation qu un de 

 ceux de la chambre basse avoit presentee contre lui, et il supplia le due i em- 

 ployer son credit aupres du roi pour le maintenir toujours dans son esprit : le 

 due repondit qu il etoit si bien avec le roi leur maitre, qu il n toit pas besoin 

 de lui rendre de bons offices aupres de sa majeste, ce qu il disoit, non pas pour 

 le refuser, car il aimoit beaucoup, mais pour lui faire plus d honneur : le chan 

 celier lui repondit de tres-bonne grace, qu en il croyoit etre parfaitement bien 

 &quot; dans 1 esprit de son maitre, mais aussi qu il avoit toujour remarque que pour 

 si grand que soil un feu, et pour si fortement qu il brule de lui-meme, il ne 

 laissera pourtant pas de brdler mieux et d etre plus beau et plus clair si on le 

 souffle comme il faut.&quot; 



One told his lordship it was now time to look about him. lie replied, &quot; I 

 do not look about me, 1 look above me.&quot; 



[From the Tract.] 



Lunae, 19th Martii, 1620. A message was sent to the Lords by Sir Robert 

 Phillips to desire a conference with them about the Lord Chancellor and Bishop 

 of Landaff being petitioned against by Awbrey and Egerton. 



Mr. Secretary Calvert brings a message from the king, that this parliament 



(a) This letter seems to have been written soon after Lord St. Alban began 

 to be accused of abuses in his office of chancellor. 



