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Then my next peti'con was, that her Maty might know from my Lorde the occasion that forced him and his freindes to joyne themsel- ves together in this loathsom extreamne and last refuge of armes, not- withstandinge if my Lorde and they had ben mistaken by any false in- formacon, that then all matters might easily have ben pacifyed.
In the meane time, that her Maty would be pleased for the present pacifyinge of the fury of men inraged, as also the security of her owne person and preservation of that blood the weh was like to be spilte, to
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graunte a gratiouse assurance that my Lord and the rest might bee free from ecceptance of that dayes attempte, and that shee would bee plea- sed to graunte her gratiouse promise to heare wth her owne eares both what hee was able to say in his owne justificacon and excuse of his freindes, to whose mercifull feete both hee and they desyred in all hum- ility to throwe downe themselves, so as they might not bee persecuted by any injurious suggestions of theyr privat enemyes for what they · had don that day, to prevente whose indirect dealinges they had don as they did.
All this theyr LorPps assured mee to acquaynt her Maty wthall, by the wch time wee were arived to the Courte; then they required mee to follow them, wch I did into the privy chamber, and theyr Lorpps go. inge to the Queene I sollicited what they had undertaken so effectually, 'as I perceaved by those that came up and downe, that ther was som reason to hope of the good successe therof, the rather for that I under- stand my Lorde Admirall and Mr. Secretary ware sent for to resolve on some course to be taken therin, but at this instante Mr. Secretary re- ceaved advertisemente that my Lorde was fledd unto his howse, wher- uppon it was apparent that then the Earle was at her Matyes mercy wthout any conditions, and I was instantly com'itted to pryson, where ever since I have remayned. Thus y" have seene that my delivery of the Lids was upon advise and direction of my Lorde himselfe, out of the understanding and hope of good thereby to have befallen him, and it was that time when ther was no hope for him to make any other bene- fit of them, himselfe havinge reason to despaire the recovery of his howse, and indeede no reason to attempte the goinge thither, knowing if hee were driven out of the city his howse coulde afforde no meanes of defence, and therfor it is falsely sayde that. I did it either dishonestly or treacherously, as to all men of honor or wisdom by this it may appeare.
CAP. IV.
It is manifest in all reason that if I had not d'd the Ldds yet they could not have ben profitable to the Earle.
But, admit the Lords had not ben delivered, what hope was ther in reason for him to have received any benefit by them? for ther was none of ym but was much respected and beloved by him, besides two of them were neere allyed unto him in blood, and might have ben su- spected for theyr to muche love unto him, especially they havynge ben so frequent and ordinary wth him in all his former trobles, as also at the
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instant before this fell out; the other 2, as it was generally beleeved, were esteemed to bee partially inclyned in affection and love towardes hin, in regarde of the opposition of his enemyes; and therfor as well in nature as honor hee could not admit or condiscent that they should have indured wronge for his sake; also consideringe that they came thither in peaceable manner, as messingers or mediators to intreate his desistinge from any violente course to bee intended; but, admit it had com unto that, they must have offred theyr petition unto her Maty for theyr owne saftyes, for the obtayninge of her grace and merey to my Lord and the reste for what had past. Doth any ma' thinke that her Mty would not or did not more respect her own honor, saftey, and the publicke peace of her kingdom (all the weh seemed at that time to bee in question), then theyr Lorpps? Allthough hee would have ben trobled and perplexed no doubt for them, notwthstandinge it had not ben fit, nor safe, to have spent much time in parlying about theyr freedoms, not knowinge what practises or partes were a foote, especially seeinge diverse of her nobility ingaged, and others both of great estate and many freindes, and what roote it had taken, or into what head it was growne, could not suddenly be knowne, and therfor to prevente the greater mischeeffe the lesser was to bee chosen.
Wheras it may bee objected, the Prince in her honor would never have suffred the Lordes to perish ; termes of honor in case of extremity Princes ar least ceremoniouse to observe, espetially when they remem- ber, in all humayne actions ther is nothinge wch wth lesse perill they may not temporize and except then rebellion, in the oppression wherof ther is no greater vertue then expedicon, for that by how muche it is suffred by so much it riseth into degrees of worse, as a soare that is lingered growes in the ende a cure doubtfull; and therfor knowinge that wise providence is truely more honole then fonde ceremonyes can pos- sibly bee profitable, in as muche as the on giveth security wth contente, the other threatning daunger wth shame, they should not have give any impedimente to her expedition, consideringe farther, that it is better to p'vente a mischiffe in time then to repent in idle complemente to late.
Besides, what knew her Maty, upon a sudden and consideringe the probabilityes aforesayde, but that they might have ben linked in coun . cell and confederacy wth the rest, or at least have willingly stayed there to bee a meanes, if the worse had not hapned, to have by theyr soli- citacon drawne, her Maty to the pardoninge of his offence for the redee- minge of theyr lives ; and why shoulde shee not bee doubtfull or sus .. pitiouse of this, hearinge how many did applaude if not joyne them-
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selves in the enterprise? Last of all, if these arguments be not suffi- ciente in the concaytes of any not acquaynted with the polesyes and resolucons of princes, let inquiry be made of the Lordes themselves, who had reason to know as much as others and to hope for the beste, and I assure my selfe that they will answer that they verely do beleeve that they must have dyed wth the reste, before the prince would have yealded to more then was afterwardes assented unto. And, out of this theyr assurance, they have thought themselves both in honor and na- ture bounde to requite mee wth any thinge that either was or is in theyr powres, to the savinge of my life. But, if since they have founde that so difficult a matter, wth keepinge my blood from beinge taynted, how unable had they ben to have pacifyed the princes indignacon agaynst my Lorde and the rest ? and it is playne that nether the respect of theyr authorityes, nor the greatness of theyr favors, can continew unto mee either my places, or procure from her Maty any kinde of meanes, so much as to defray the charge of my imprisonmente, much lesse to mayn- tayne my estate or reputacon, so small is my gettinge by the on, and so great is my misery by the other; wherby it is manifest I did nothinge as a false affected freinde, but do heereby approve my meeninge to my Lorde of Essex was not evell in my delivery of the Lords, nor was it don wthout discretion or understandinge, as well as leave and direction, as also hope of som good thierby to have ensued to his LorPP; nor if they had remayned could they have ben profitable unto him, as by this that hath ben sayde may playnely appeare, therfor if it did not yealde that successe that was desyred ther was no faulte in my endeavors.
CAP. V.
The cause of my confession, and tlie somme therof no more then my Lord himselfe might have acknowledged wthout the int- payringe of his cause.
Now, as concerninge my confession, the wch is the next thinge to bee spoken of, ether why it was so much or any thinge at all ? I shall de- syre you to consider these 3 thinges ; first, if I had refused to have sayd any thinge, it might have ben beleeved that I had ben meerely obstinate; secondly, in seeminge to make a free and playne confession, it was the better to bee credetted that I dealt sincerely and truely ; lastely, makinge relacon of thinges that might seeme of moment to mee, beinge in themselves wayed and considered by theyr judgmentes that were to have them in handlinge, I knew they would appear of to valewe or importe, as by the examinac'on of the particulars may ap-
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peare, as also the sequell and tryall, for hee was not condemned upon any thinge in my confession but for that of Drury-house, wherof I was not the first author (as by this it doth or may most playnly appeare,) but was only to acknowledge that the wch was then alreddy by other men confessed, and if I had denyed it might have ben a just occasion for my freindes to have left, mee, whose favors I healde, in hope that I of all others would deale playnely and truely in delivery of my know- ledge ; and therefore to make it appear I was nether obstinate, nor acc- quaynted wth any former matter, I seemed so freely to acknowledge those public actions of his the weh in all reason I knew could not bee concealed, but that of Drury howse I was unwillinge to call into my memory, till I sawe so good tokens that it was discovered by others, as I founde it; if I had denyed it, ther had ben no way wth mee but deathe, wherfor, beinge demanded concerninge that matter, I answered what had ben formerly discovered, never acknowledginge other then that it was a private enterprise intended only against certayne particular persons, and no other ende did I know it, had I pronounced to the eter- nall God, for that weh others have confest of themselves and theyr pur- poses, to bee otherwise then it did beare shewe of, and that themselves had publickly protested, I am no ways guilty of, for all mens oathes and protestacons to mee was of theyr love and allegeance to her Maty, and that while I did not knowe but that it had ben lawful for mee to joyne my selfe wth them, som of the wch number I so dearly loved as ther was nothinge save the daunger of my soule that I would have re- fused to have don or adventured for theyr sakes, as in the sequell heer- of it hath appeared. And the reason why I accknowledge I had means to have taken or killed Sr Walter Rawlegh, was the better to make it appeare that ther was nether malitiouse or boucherouse course intended to him or any, and also to give him cause to acknowledge himselfe in that respecte behouldinge unto mee, whereby to take from him occa'ion to exercise his powre, wch I knewe to be great at that instante, to my ruine, for I did beleeve hee could not in reason bee so voyde of humane respect as not to requite on courtesy wth an other, as also it was no matter of treason against her Maty, but rather manifestac'on of the con- trary, approvinge this intente to bee particular agaynst Sr Walt' Rawly and others.
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CAP. VI.
The cause of my com'inge to avow my confession, the choyse beinge not in mee, and my Lord his speeches unto mee rather out of his misconceito then any just cause given him of me.
If it bee demaunded why I did com furthe and avowe any thinge agaynst him, I must answer, the choyce was no more in mee then in my Lord to have refused to have com to his arraynemente, nor so much neither, for hee could but dye, the wch he was assured of, and I might have som hope of life if I seemed not wilfull or obstinate. But hee de- nyinge somthinge that I had confessed, and I beinge at hande so neere as the Gate Howse to the Hall of Westminster, it was thought fit I should bee sent for, to approve it, although the matter itselfe wch hee did denye was nothinge; for when I came, hee demaunded whether, yea or noe, I advised him from the attempte of ye Courte ? wherunto when I answered I did, I desyred to have it testifyed by my Lorde of Southampton, then also at the barre. But in truthe what was either iny perswasion or dissuasion to prove that hee did urge any suche thinge? Or, put the case it was a question propounded by him to his friendes, as so it was, where every on was to speake his opinion, and I differinge from others, might thinke it no enterprise for my Lorde to undertake, and theruppon might ether dislike or dissuade it, and after- wardes, beinge in question for the same, might deliver in favor of my selfe what my advise was then. This, I say, was nothing to my Lorde of any such momente, in regarde of ether what was don by him or con- fessed by others, that hee needed to have desyred mee to have ben brought before him.
Agayne, let it bee imagined, that, in private conference betweene my Lorde and mee, I did speake som wordes that might shew a possibility for him to accomplish his desyre if hee would attempte the Courte, upon wch privat conference, callinge it to minde, might thinke I could not confesse I had disswaded him from it, and therfor might conceave it to bee a matter imagined agaynst him rather then truly delivered by mee. As also my confession being the first and only evidence as then was read unto him, although the laste receaved. But why should I be more excepted agaynst for my cominge thither, beinge brought out of cloase prison, then those that were both neerer unto him in blood and of Hole authority, that came to justify agaynst him more then I did ? wych as it was not in theyr choyse as then to do otherwise, much less was it in mine, and therefor me thinkes it is an unreasonable thinge
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for any to expect an answer of mee, for my duinge as I did in that be- halfe, much lesse do I deserve to bee condemned by it. By this y" see, I could nether do lesse then was done, nor willingly did what I did, that might give cause of dislike or p'judice unto my Lo., wherfor I doubt not but, the p'misses considered, I cannot receave just blame for cominge in place, beinge brought thither by publick authority ; and while I was there I did not aggravate any thinge agaynst him, but ether answered in my owne excuse, or to the question hee propounded, shewinge to the worlde, wch I could not conceale, both my greefe and shame to bee so unfortunately miserable, that must bee brought in publick to condemne my selfe and accuse my freinde.
Wheras it may bee objected -Q. What sayd my Lord unto him at the Barre ? To the wch I answer, it were a harde taxe layde upon mee to require of mee a reason of every misconcayte or error my Lo. com'it- ted; but, bycause this concernethe my selfe, I am the willinger to ace- knowledge that hee had in som sorte just cause for his sayinge and do- inge as hee did. First, for that ther had, as then, no other evydence ben read unto him, nor, happely, did hee thinke that any man else had confessed ought, wherfor resolvinge wth himselfe to denye the whole, hee was of opinion that the next way was to disgrace the credit of the re- porter, and to lay upon him an imputacon hee coulde, therby to dis- prove the likelyhood of the truthe therof. Secondly, for that hee might bee of opinion, or at leaste it mighte so seeme unto him, that I had com thither voluntarily, and that I had my life given mee to justify any thinge agaynst him, out of wch misconceate hee might enter into a rage and mallice towardes mee, and therfor out of the bitternes of his spirit hee might speake as hee did, althoughe, of the twoe, I had most enuse to bee offended wth him, that had for his sake both undon my selfe and mine, and in his quarrell lost all that I had, and my life, at that time, for oft I knewe, as farfoorthe in question as bis.
CAP. VII.
The Councell and resoluc'on of my Lo. of Essex the Sattarday night before hee went into the citty, and the reasons that per- swaded his freindes to give theyr assentes therto.
Her Maty receaved dayly advertisemente of the concourse of people and greate resorte of Lordes and others to Essex howse, contrary (as it seemed) to her Highnes admonitions to him at the time hee was made keeper unto himselve, and doubting wthall what the issue therof might
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bee, the rather in regarde of the eminente causes of suspicion that were made apparente, considerenge the discontented natures and dispositions of diverse of those that were most frequent and ordinarily noted to be neerest him, both in councell and affection; and therfor to prevente any inconvenience that might be such a toleration insue, it was determined by her Maty that hee should bee sent for before the Lordes of the Councell, whome shee required to admonish him of the manner of his livinge, and to com'aunde him to drawe him selfe to a more retyred fashion, or otherwise shee should bee forced to take another course wth him.
Upon this resolucon Secretary Harberte was sent to Essex Howse to require the Earle to com before the Lordes of her Matyes Councell, then at Salisbury courte, who havinge delivered his message, receaved for answer from the Earle, that he desired to be excused for that time, in as much as hee was not well at ease, but the truthe was indeede that hee presentlye apprehended a doubte leaste somthinge had ben dis- covered of what hee had formerly practised, and this suspition was the rather confirmed in him by reason that so hee had ben informed of som of his freindes, who advertised him of as muche, to the ende to hasten him forwarde to the execution of what hee had deepely ingaged both himselfe and them, and therfor imagininge himselfe and his freindes better able to answer what they had don by armes then by lawe, he re- solved ether to approve his purpose good or to dye in the defence therof.
But, upon this sudden mutacon and chaunge of resolucon, all his former councells and purposes were altered, for nowe hee had made him- selfe a defendante that before was resolved to bee an assaylante ; such is ye successe of those whose desyre is greater then theyr courage, or whose wordes ar not seconded in so desperate a case wth deedes. His freindes upon this beinge assembled, hee accquainted them what had past, and to make his conceaved opinion the more undoubted, hee de- clared the manner howe hee was assigned to com unto the Lordes, the wch was privat and by water, makinge no doubte if hee had so gon hee should have presently ben sent to the Tower; and, the better to con- firme this in the concayte of the rest, hee declared farther, that hee was advertised that ther were warrantes signed for the apprehendinge of di- verse others, wheruppon every man beginninge to distrust the worste, and to thinke how to p'vent as much as lay in theyr powers, it was p'sently disputable, whether it were best to attempte the courte or to move the city or to go else where, but the opinion that all was dis: covered gave reason that the courte was provided sufficiently for defence,
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espetially ther beinge in our powers no meanes wherwthall to make p'sent attempte upon it; upon the wch consideracon and reasons that designe was given over ; then it was demaunded what reason my Lo. had to be assured the citizens would take armes in his behalfe, wher- upon after many likelyhoods given, ther was no doubte of that to be made, then ther was no man but p'sently gave way to that opinion of attemptinge the puttinge them in armes, by whose helpe it had ben in his power to have don any thinge. The while this was in dispute ther came on to the dore, to whome my Lord himselfe wente, and as hee re- ported, hee was a messenger that came unto him from som of his freindes in the citty, who had sente to let his LorPP know that ther had ben a brute of som harde measure intended agaynst him, and therfor de- syred his LorPP to acquaynt them wth the truthe therof, and wthall to send to them his pleasure what they shoulde doe, for that they were reddy and most desyrous to hazard themselves in any thinge to defend bim agaynst the mallice of his private enemyes. To this hee returned them many thankes, and wthall sent them worde what had past, promis- inge that they shoulde heare more from him that night or the next morninge, willinge wthall that they should stand upon theyr guarde, for so would hee, and if they heard hee was assaulted they to com unto his reskewe; if they were, then hee and his freindes would com unto them. This direct message was the thinge that made all doubt of the citizens' forwardnes to joyne wth my Lorde to bee out of question; wheruppon it was resolved, the next morninge to put in execution the resolution of goinge into the citty, such an extremity by his delayes from time to time had hee runne himselfe into, as now his laste hopes were absolutely to depende upon the giddy multitude, from the wch daunger nether coulde the importunity of his freindes perswade him, nor his owne knowledge of the doubtfull estate wherin hee stoode make him any thinge the for- warder to the executinge of that hee had begunne. For still, when it came to the issue of actinge, so many difficultyes did appeare as were sufficient to deferre it from day to day, or rather, as I suppose, it being wthhelde by a certayne fatall timerousnes, hee did let passe alwayes the opportunity, in so much as so it hapneth for the most parte, when the execution of great enterprises bee deferred, his purpose began to bee suspected. For her Maty sendinge for him to com before her Lordes was the occasion to approve that a guilty conscience is a thousand wit- nesses, for it was his refusall to go unto them that discovered the cer. taynty of his purpose to attempte somthinge, allthough they could not conjecture what it was he intended, till the very instante of his goinge
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into the citty, as since it did manifestly appeare ; so far was that from knowledge the wch had 4 monethes before ben disputed on, and so neere was hee to the toppe of his desyre, if folly and fortune had not hindred it. But by what I have since hearde I am of opinion that som of his owne freindes, observinge his couldnes, did cause this fayned message to bee sente unto him, therby to sharpen his disposition, as also to take all occa'on of doubte from others whome hee fonnde very unwillinge to ha- zarde any thinge upon the people's unstable humors ; and in bothe these his purposes hee was nothinge deceared, had that ben all to have ben thought upon. Notwtastandinge ther was not so much credit given unto the people, but that the conclusion and last determinacon was, that the next morninge. both my Lo. and the rest of the noble men and gentlemen should go on horsback into the Citty, and then if they had founde them backwarde on whome hee depended, so as hee might have reason to despaire in theyr aydes, they and hee together, beinge to the number of 200 horse, to have presently departed towardes any other parte or partes of the kingdom hee had pleased. But if yu desire to know of mee how it came to passe that hee neglected this councell and went afterwardes on foote, I can say no more to satisfy you, but that such a passion is sudden feare as it maketh a man to runne. not whether . councell directeth him, but whether theyr fortunes will leade them, not suffering them to consider of the perill, but makes them often times to refuse the safest meanes, and to neglect the thinges wch should do theyr security ; yet when I demaunded of him how chance hee would go be- fore his horses came, hee answered, that hee would not stay for them; but I suspected hee forgat to give directions for them over nighte, as hee undertooke to doe. This I hope will bee sufficient to satisfy those of wisdom and understandinge that the councell and advise hee re- ceaved from his freindes wrought not his ruine and downefall, but rather his not followinge it; neither yet do I see how it can bee in reason so confidently beleeved that hee was betrayed by those hee reposed a trust in, except in this message promisinge ayde when ther was no suche thinge intended; wherfor I, as I expect salvation, am no wayes guilty, but did verely beleeve it to bee an undoubted truthe, or otherwise I could never have ben drawne to consente to have depended upon them, although it may bee I should not have refused to runne the fortune of the rest as I did, but more unhappy than any other, that am condemned to be false in my affection and treacherously to have betrayed my friendes; but the unlikelyhood therof by this that I have sayde, I doubt not but doth playnely appeare to all indifferent mindes or sounde judge- mentes.
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I have declared unto you the truthe, and delivered y" the reasons as neere as I can, of all that passed, wherby I assure my selfe y" will rest fully satisfyed of my honest meaninge and true love to my Lorde, how- soever it is otherwise understoode; and I do not a little mervayle what it should bee that hath ben the occasion so subdenly to settle and estab- Jishe this so false and so loathsom a conjecture of mee. I thinke- they that have knowne mee can witnesse (howsoever I must confesse I have offended the Almighty God, and do deserve for my sinnes agaynste his divine Maty greater punishments then hetherunto I have endured,) yet I have not delighted my selfe in any loathsom or dishonest humor, nor so lived in the place where I have had com'aunde that I can bee justly accused to have spente my time ever as a gluttonouse drunkerde, a riot- ouse person, or that I could ever subject my nature to accept of bribes, or consente to extortions or unlawfull actions, nor did I ever seeme to be negligent or careles of the truste reposed in mee. If any of these thinges (I say) could have ben objected or justely approved agaynst mee, havinge so many and so great enemyes as it is knowne I have al. wayes had, ther is no doubte but I should have hearde of it longe agoe. As for my faythfull and unfayned love unto my Lorde of Essex, what better demonstracons or assurances can be given by any, or who is hee that in effecte did more to approve and assure the same then I have don, it being wth every circumstance wisely considered and truely knowne ? For what is ther more to bee looked for of a freinde then to loose all the worlde doth esteeme deereste for his love sake ? And so much have I not refused to make apparente. In a word, I protest no mau doth live that did more honestly and faythfully love him then I did, nor none did adventure or advise more to have saved his life then myselfe, if it had taken effecte, nether was it don ether in respecte of re- warde or benefit I ever had by him, for estate it is well knowne, it was never in his power to make mee; those places and authorityes I had were merely given mee by her Maty, much against his likinge, for at that time hee was an earnest suitor for Sr Cary Raynoldes to have had the forte of Plymouthe, and his graces of honor were bestowed on mee, as bothe before and since hee had don on diverse others nether better deservinge nor worthyer descended then myselfe ; and yet, bycause yu shall knowe I did not love him out of a childish affection, or a base dispo- sition to serve my owne turne by his fortunes, I will in a worde give yu a faythfull and true accounte for doinge as I did in that behalfe. First, I noted him to bee in the opinion of her Maty of greatest esteeme, and best worthy of any subjecte. At that time houldinge myselfe bounde to reverence her affections and applaude her choyce, I was willinge to
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make shewe therof by the approbacon of the use of my service to bee at his disposition and commande ; and yet I must confesse I did not this absolutely before I founde in him a willingenes and desyre to imbrace it, not yet nether untill both by my freindes and my selfe I had made observation of his worthe and vertue, the wch inwardly I perswaded my- selfe had ben rooted in him, that outwardly made him so bewtifull, and so adorned in the opinion and the eyes of the worlde as hee was, for, I pray you, who was ther that seemed more industrious and carefull to norish vertue in all men then hee? Whether hee was divine or soul- dier, a wise commonwealthes man, or a good lawyer, to all these he in- deavoured to be an excellent benefector, and a faythfull protector. And who was ther that seemed more willingely to expose himselfe to all hazardes and travayle for his princes or contryes service then hee ? Who ever more willingly spente his own estate, and all that by any means hee coulde get, for the publiek good of his contry ? The dayly ex- perience I had therof, and the undoubted opinion of his good meaninge therin, was the cause that bounde mee so inseperably to him. But if y" say that in this hee aymed at an other ende then the love of vertue only; if so hee did hee hathe carryed his rewarde wth him ; for my parte, in all my knowledge of him and private conference with him, I can nether affirme nor lay any any suche thinge to his charge. Thus yu see I nether childishly nor basely exposed of my love to my Lorde at the first, and I have helde for an invincible maxime, that ther is no polesy to true honesty, nor love but where true vertue is, and therfor it is very unlike I should go so much agaynst my owne principall as to consent to betray my freinde, especially for those partys who had never given mee a cause of love to do any such thinge for them, nor by rea- son of theyr place could I expecte the like assurance as from himselfe I had, for wee finde by com'on experience, as well as the old proverbe, that like will to like, and every man will keepe company wth such as he is himselfe ; hee was of the same profession that I was, and of a free and noble spirit. But I must say no more, for hee is gon. and I am heere; I loved him alive, and cannot- hate him being dead ; hee had som imperfections-so have all men ; he had many vertues-so have fewe; and for those his vertues I loved him ; and when time, web is the tryall of all truthes, hath runne his course, it shall appeare that I am wronged in the opinion of this idle age In the meane time, I p'sume this that I have sayde is sufficiente to satisfy the wise and discreete ; for the rest, whatever I can do is but labor lost, and therfor I purpose not . to troble you nor myselfe at this time any farther.
HOPPZ
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