Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth: From the Year 1581 Til Her Death. In which the Secret Intrigues of Her Court, and the Conduct of Her Favourite, Robert Earl of Essex, Both at Home and Abroad, are Particularly Illustrated. From the Original Papers of ... Anthony Bacon, Esquire, and Other Manuscripts Never Before Published, Volume 1A. Millar, 1754 - Great Britain |
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Page 272 - the Queen hath denied me yon place for you, and hath placed another. I know you are the least part in your own matter, but you fare ill because you have chosen me for your mean and dependence; you have spent your time and thoughts in my matters. I die if I do not somewhat towards your fortune: you shall not deny to accept a piece of land which I will bestow upon you.
Page 272 - Bacon, the queen hath denied me the place for you, and hath placed another ; I know you are the least part of your own matter, but you fare ill because you have chosen me for your mean and dependence ; you have spent your time and thoughts in my matters ; I die...
Page 198 - I told his lordship of this purpose of mine to travel, accompanying it with these very words, that upon her majesty's rejecting me with such circumstance, though my heart might be good, yet mine eyes would be sore, that I should take no pleasure to look upon my friends ; for that I was not an impudent man, that could face out a disgrace ; and that I hoped her majesty would not be offended, that, not able to endure the sun, I fled into the shade.
Page 273 - My Lord, I see I must be your homager, and hold land of your gift ; but do you know the manner of doing homage in law ? always it is with a saving of his faith to the King and his other Lords ; and therefore, my Lord (said I), I can be no more yours than I was, and it must be with the ancient savings : and if I grow to be a rich man, you will give me leave to give it back to some of your unrewarded followers.
Page 79 - If you have anything to do with Sir Walter Ralegh, or any love to make to Mrs. Throckmorton, at the Tower to-morrow you may speak with them ; if the countermand come not to-night, as some think will not be, and particularly he that hath charge to send them thither.
Page 123 - NEPHEW, I HAVE no leisure to write much ; but for answer, I have attempted to place you : but her Majesty hath required the lord keeper«* to give to her the names of divers lawyers to be preferred, wherewith he made me acquainted, and I did name you as a meet man, whom his lordship allowed in way of friendship, for your father's sake : but he made scruple to equal you with certain, whom he named, as Brogravett and Branthwayt, whom he specially commendeth.
Page 314 - English, that this knight would never forsake his mistress's love, whose Virtue made all his thoughts divine, whose Wisdom taught him all true policy, whose Beauty and Worth were at all times able to make him fit to command armies.
Page 9 - He had been furveyor of the court of augmentations in the reign of HENRY VIII. and knighted at the coronation of EDWARD VI.
Page 273 - My Lord, I see I must be your homager and hold land of your gift. But do you know the manner of doing homage in the law ? Always it is with a saving of his faith to the King and his other Lords. And therefore, my Lord...
Page 6 - And because one occasion offers itself before the rest, I will commend unto you one above the rest. The place is the Mastership of the Rolls, the man Mr. Francis Bacon, a kind and worthy friend to us both. If your labour in it prevail, I will owe it to you as a particular debt, though you may challenge it as a debt of the.