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&quot; continued as it hath been. And therefore, because 

 &quot; one must begin, I thought to provoke your re- 

 &quot; membrance of me by a letter : and thinking to 

 &quot; fill it with somewhat besides salutations, it came to 

 &quot; my mind, that this last summer vacation, by occa- 

 &quot; sion of a factious book that endeavoured to verify 

 &quot; Misera Fcemina, the addition of the pope s bull, 

 &quot; upon Queen Elizabeth, I did write a few lines in 

 &quot; her memorial, which I thought you would be 

 &quot; pleased to read, both for the argument, and be- 

 &quot; cause you were wont to bear affection to my pen. 

 &quot; Verum, ut aliud ex alio, if it came handsomely to 

 &quot; pass, I would be glad the president De Thou, who 

 &quot; hath written an history, as you know, of that fame 

 &quot; and diligence, saw it ; chiefly because I know not 

 &quot; whether it may not serve him for some use in his 

 &quot; story ; wherein I would be glad he did write to 

 &quot; the truth, and to the memory of that lady, as I 

 &quot; perceive by that he hath already written he is well 

 &quot; inclined to do, I would be glad also, it were 

 &quot; some occasion, such as absence may permit, of 

 &quot; some acquaintance or mutual notice between us. 

 &quot; For though he hath many ways the precedence, 

 &quot; chiefly in worth, yet this is common to us both, 

 &quot; that we serve our sovereigns in places of law emi- 

 &quot; nent : and not ourselves only, but that our fa- 

 &quot; thers did so before us. And lastly, that both of 

 &quot; us love learning and liberal sciences, which was 

 &quot; ever a bond of friendship in the greatest distance 

 &quot; of places. But of this I make no farther request, 

 &quot;than your own occasions and respects, to me 



