The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His Occasional Works; Namely Letters, Speeches, Tracts, State Papers, Memorials, Devices and All Authentic Writings Not Already Printed Among His Philosophical, Literary, or Volume 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...of fair words, as she might well be. But Bacon, judging from her demeanour, lived in continual expectation that she would relent. " Having received from his Lordship a courteous and loving acceptation of my goodwill and endeavours, I did apply it in all my accesses to the Queen, which were very many at that time, and purposely sought and wrought upon other variable pretences, but only and chiefly for that purpose. And on the other side I did not forbear to give my Lord from time to time faithful advertisement of what I found and what I wished. And I drew for him by his appointment some letters to her Majesty; which though I knew well his Lordship's gift and style to be far better than mine own, yet because he required it, alleging that by his long restraint he was grown almost a stranger to the Queen's present conceits, I was ready to perform it: and sure I am that for the space of six weeks or two months it prospered so well, as I expected continually his restoring to his attendance. And I was never better we.'leome to the Queen nor more made of than when I spake fullest and boldest for him."1 i Kawley's ' Resuscitatio, ' p. 10. So in ' Resuacitalio: ' qv. mine. Of the letters drawn up by Bacon in Essex's name two have been preserved, which may possibly belong to this period; and though they contain certain expressions which appear more applicable to some of his earlier eclipses, yet in the absence of all means of fixing the date, they may as well be inserted here; being no doubt, if not the very letters referred to in the above passage, at least letters of the same kind and written for the same purpose. The similarity of the circumstances in the several cases, and the uniformity of the tenor of Bacon's advice, make it at once more...