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and dignity, and soe to incense the Duke to some ambitious 

 prosecutions that he himselfe might haue opportunitie to escape, 

 w h he shortly brought to passe, by the high permission of God 

 to the King's destruction, the Duke's confusion, and his owne 

 liberty, w th - addition of high promotion, and soe as is before 

 recited upon confidence of the Duke's fidelity the Bishop 

 proceeded. 



My worthy lo r , since the time of my imprisonment, being 

 in y r grace's custody, I haue found soe many fauours that I 

 may rather call it a pleasant freedome than unsavery Dures, and 

 amoungst other the passing my time in study, ffor thereby I 

 have made use of seueral cautions and positions, and amoungst 

 the rest one spetiall caution, that noe man is borne to his own 

 liberty, or absolute disposing of himselfe, because he oweth to 

 his natiue co'ntry where first the breath of his nostrils sucked 

 in the sweet of the aire, nay challengeth as great a share 

 of his duty as any other, which causeth me to consider the 

 deplorable estate of the kingdome wherein I Hue, comparing 

 the times past w th the times present, and recounting what a 

 gouvernour wee now haue, and what a king we might haue, soe 

 that as the case now stands, all must come to utter confusion a'd 

 desolation, yet ar not my hopes quite abortiue nor the fier of my 

 expectation cleane extinguished when I behould y r worthy selfe, 

 and understand that y r hart is as it we are a magazine and store- 

 house of wisdom, iustice, and impartiality to which, when I ad 

 the heate and ardent loue of y rs towards y r country, and of hers 

 towards you, I am not a little reviued, but come forwarde w th a 

 more cheerful allacrity to Catalouge y r great learning, pregnant 

 witt, graceful! eloquence, and personall comelines, thinkeing this 

 realme most fortunate, yea twise more then fortunate that hath 

 such a prince in store worthy of a crowne, and most meete to 

 gouerne the same, as one in whome I say is resident the true 

 p'tracture of honour and vertue. On the other side when I 

 reme'ber the good qualities of the late protectour, now called 

 king ; soe violated and dilacerated by tyranny, soe chainged and 

 obumbrated by usurpation, soe ouercloweded and shadowed by 



