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I humbly desire I may be so happy, as to kiss 

 your majesty s hands, and to my exceeding comfort 

 to see your sacred person ; and I shall ever rest 

 Your Majesty s faithful and loyal subject, 



EDW. COKE. 

 February 25, 1616-7. 



To the Kings most excellent Majesty. 



THE KING TO THE LORD KEEPER, IN ANSWER TO HIS 

 LORDSHIP S LETTER FROM GORHAMBURY, OF JULY 25, 

 1617. 



JAMES R. 



RIGHT trusty and well beloved counsellor, we greet 

 you well. 



Although our approach doth now begin to be near 

 London, and that there doth not appear any great 

 necessity of .answering your last letter, since we are 

 so shortly to be at home ; yet we have thought 

 good to make some observations to you upon the 

 same, that you may not err, by mistaking our 

 meaning. 



The first observation we are to make is, that, 

 whereas you would invert the second sense, wherein 

 we took your &quot; magnum in parvo,&quot; in accounting it 

 to be made &quot; magnum&quot; by their streperous carriage, 

 that were for the match, we cannot but shew you 

 your mistaking therein. For every wrong must be 

 judged by the first violent and wrongous ground, 

 whereupon it proceeds. And was not the thefteous 



