260 SPEECH BEFORE THE SUMMER CIRCUITS. 



that the King hath given me as keeper of his seal, for 

 the governing of the chancery without tumour or 

 excess. 



Again, &quot; e re nata,&quot; you at this present ought to 

 make the people know and consider the Kings blessed 

 care and providence in governing this realm in his 

 absence ; so that sitting at the helm of another king 

 dom, not without great affairs and business ; yet he 

 governs all things here by his letters and directions, 

 as punctually and perfectly as if he were present. 



I assure you, my lords of the council and I do 

 much admire the extension and latitude of his care 

 in. all things. 



In the high commission he did conceive a sinew 

 of government was a little shrunk ; he recommended 

 the care of it. 



He hath called for the accounts of the last circuit 

 from the judges to be transmitted unto him in 

 Scotland. 



Touching the infestation of pirates, he hath 

 been careful, and is, and hath put things in a way. 



All things that concern the reformation or the 

 plantation of Ireland, he hath given in them punctual 

 and resolute directions. All this in absence. 



I give but a few instances of a public nature ; 

 the secrets of council I may not enter into, though 

 his dispatches into France, Spain, and the Low- 

 Countries, now in his absence, are also notorious as 

 to the outward sending. So that I must conclude 

 that his Majesty wants but more kingdoms, for I see 

 he could suffice to all. 



