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Francis. Lord | Bacon, 
as the Arts and Policy of 4 Great Statefman, then, who la- 
boured by all induftrious , and fecret. VM eans, to Juppre(s, 
and keep him down ; left, if he had rile, be might have obfcur-. 
ed bis Glory: 
~ Butthongh; be ftood long at a fan, in ‘tie Dages of his. Mi- 
— | ftrefs Queen Elizabeth ; Yet, after the change, and Coming 
in of bis New Mafter,. King James, be made a great. pro- 
qgre[s; by whom be was ‘much comforted, in Places of Truft, 
Honour, and Revenue, Ihave (een, a Letter of bis Lord- 
fhips, toKing James, wherein he makes Acknowledgement . 
That*he was that Mafter t to him, that had raifed and ad- 
vanced him nine times , Thrice in Dignity , and Six 
times in Office, His Offices ( as I conceive ) were Countel 
learned extraordinary , tobis Majefty, ashe bad been, to 
Queen Elizabeth , Kings Solliciter General ; His Maje. 
-{fties Atturney General ; Counfellor of Eftate » being yet 
but Atcurney ; ; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England; 
| Lafily,Lord Chancellor: which two laf “Places sthough they 
be the fame, in Authority and Power, yetthey differ in Pa- 
tent,Height, and Favour of the Prince. Since whofe time , 
_ | none of bis Succeffors, untilthis prefent Honourable Lord. 
didever bear the Title of Lord Chancellor. His Digni. 
ties Were firft Knight, then Baron of Verulam, Laffly, 
Vifcount Saint Alban : Befides other good Gifts and Boun- 
ties of the Hand, which bis Majesty gave him, Both out of 
\the Broad- Spal aad out of. the Aleniation - Offices To the v4 
lue, ia both of eighteen hundred pounds pet-annum ; which 
‘| with bis Mannour of Gorhambury ; and. other Lands and 
| Poffelfi 1ons, weartherewnto adjoyning, amounting toa third 
more, beresained to bis Dying Day... 
x) iy Towards his Rifing yearssnot. before, be entered i invoia sar. 
\nied Eftate , and took to Wife, Alice, one.of the. Daughters, 
|man. of London, swith whem. he received, a fufficiently am. 
none - Whi though shey. be. tbe means, to. perpetuate, our 
+4 Names) after our Deaths s. yet he bad other Iflues to perpe- 
| ~saonid Name; The Iflues of bis Brain. in which he was e- 
ver 
and Co-heits of Benedi& Barnham, Efquire, ang. Alder. 
ef Pes and libe Portion, in - - Marriage. Children be. Bad | 
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