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"many ways invited to jealoufy, than when he faw her miniftry, that were most "inward with her, wholly bent to accommodate the prefent actions of ftate for his "future fafety, when GoD fhould fee his time?" But his inclination to that king was a fecret to count DE BEAUMONT fent embaffador from the French to the English court, in January 1601-2, about the fame time that another French embaffador was difpatch'd to Scotland, both of them under the colour of obftructing the defigns of Spain, but in effect to obferve the ftrength and affection of the two nations. The former brought from HENRY IV. a letter of infinite kindness to fecretary CECIL; to whom he one day open'd himfelf upon the miferies of England, when the queen fhould die, and the lofs, which the fecretary would fuftain by fuch an event, and the fituation, to which he would be reduced upon the fucceflion of king JAMES, which, in his opinion, would be worse than that of any other, being likely to fuffer for the offences of his father, on account of the execution of that king's mother, and the other courfes fuppos'd to have been purfued by him fince his father's death. The fecretary knowing, that the embaffador did but found him in order to make fome other project, answer'd, "That this was the reward of unfpotted duty, when minifters regarded only the fervice of "their fovereigns, without respect of their own particular. And that for himself, he fhould never grieve to endure trouble for fo juft a caufe, the fame being to a "man, who valued his credit more than his fecurity, a kind of martyrdom. How"ever he fuppos'd, that things paft would not be called to mind; but, if it fhould "prove otherwife, and he fhould fee his cafe defperate, he would flie to another city, "and take the benefit of the French king's royal offer." The embaffador upon this anfwer made a proper retreat, faying, that in cafe the king of Scots fhould carry himself towards the king of France with the refpect, which was due, he was not purpos'd to impeach his intereft. To which the fecretary replying, that it was a wife refolution, which his master had taken; the embaffador ceas'd to tempt him any farther in the bufinefs. The king of Scots was advertised of this by a letter from the fecretary, who affur'd his majefty of his true and honeft fervice, when occafion requir'd; tho' he would not, as fome others had done, needlessly hazard his fortune and reputation before the time. The king in his anfwer thank'd him for his plain and honeft offer, and "affure yourself, faid he, that it would do "me no pleasure, that you fhould hazard either your fortune or reputation, fince "the lofs of either of thefe would make you the lefs vailable to me. No, I love "not to feed upon fuch fantastical humours, altho' I cannot let bufy bodies to live upon their own imaginations. But for my part I hold it the office of a king, as fittting upon the throne of GoD, to imitate the primum mobile, and by his fteady and ever conftant courfe to govern all the other changeable and uncertain "motions of the inferior plants. And I proteft in God's prefence, that for your "conftant and honeft behaviour in your fovereign's fervice, I loved your virtues long before I could be certain, that you would deferve at my hand the love of "your perfon. Wherefore go on, and ferve her truly, that reigneth, as you have "done; for he, that is falfe to the prefent, will never be true to the future."

Upon that king's acceffion to the throne of England, fecretary CECIL was im

mediately intrusted with the chief management of public affairs, but foon found the difference of executing that important poft under that king from what it had been under the deceas'd queen. For when he was congratulated, about August 1603, upon his not being oblig'd to fpeak to his majefty on his knees, as he had ufed to do to the queen, he anfwer'd, "I wish to GOD, that I spoke still on my knees "". Nor indeed could any honeft and able minifter but meet with great chagrin in the fervice of fuch a prince as JAMES I. whofe character and conduct would receive new difgrace, if the letters of count DE BEAUMONT, the French embaffador at his court, from the beginning of his reign till October 1605, were publish'd, as thofe of monf. DE LA BODERIE, his fucceffor, have lately been". From thefe letters of count DE BEAUMONT it appears, that the king foon became very odious to the English nation. For in his journey from Scotland to England he profefs'd openly a great contempt for the female fex, not only fuffering the ladies to prefent themselves to him on their knees, but even publicly condemning any paffion for them, and reflecting at his own table fill'd with company upon HENRY IV. of France, for his indulgence of that paffion. This difcourfe highly exafperated the women in general, and open'd their mouths against his majefty. He fhew'd great impatience at the concourfe of people, who flock'd to fee him, when he was hunting, curfing all, who came in his way, and threatning to leave England, if they would not let him enjoy his diverfions in quiet". And when he visited his fleet at Chatham, in July 1604, he took fo little notice of it, that not only the feamen, but likewise persons of all ranks, were much offended, and faid, that he lov'd ftags more than fhips, and the found of hunting-horns more than that of cannon. This contempt of him was increas'd by his averfion to public business, his mean and weak behaviour in private life, and the neceffities, into which he plung'd himself and his government by a confufed and imprudent prodigality, rather than a true and well-directed generofity, fo that he was not able to maintain his houfhold, but oblig'd to borrow money of all the rich men in his kingdom, and refus'd by many of them. In fhort, it is evident from these letters, and many other moft authentic memorials, which have not yet been produced to the public light, that the reign of this king was a very unsuitable fequel to that of his illuftrious predeceffor; and that the real facts of it are an unanfwerable confutation of that grofs flattery, which was offer'd him with so much profufion during his life.

MS. letter of count DE BEAUMONT to monf. DE VILLEROY, 2 August 1603. Lettres DE BEAUMONT, Vol. IV. fol. 42. MSS. in the poffeffion of the honourable PHILIP YORKE, Efq: tranfcribed from the originals in the library of the French king at Paris.

At Paris 1750, in five volumes in 8*9.

• Letter of count DE BEAUMONT to monf. DE

VILLEROY, Auguft 12, 1603. Vol. III. fol. 117.
Letter of the 12th of September 1603. Vol.
IV. fol. 75.

Letter of July 18, 1604. Vol. VI. fol. 277. f Letter to HENRY IV. 22 October, 1604.. Vol. VII. fol. 223. See likewife the letter to monf. DE VILLEROY, June 7, 1604. Vol. VL fol. 138.

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LABASTER (mr.) chaplain to the earl of
Effex in the expedition to Cadiz,
ii. 17
ALAN (cardinal) efteem'd at Rome,
i. 81.
ALASCO (ALBERT) a polish count, comes to Eng-
land, i. 30. Character of him, ibid. and 31.
ALBERT (cardinal) at Luxembourg, i. 394. State
of his army, 398. Provides eight regiments
extraordinary, ii. 202. His bills of exchange
protested, 215. Letters of his to the king of
Spain intercepted, 231. Ill fupplied with money,
232. Receives a great fum of money from
Spain,
331
ALEYN (GODFREY) recommended by mr. BACON
to the earl of Effex to attend ANTONIO PEREZ
to France, i. 270. His letters to mr. BACON,
ibid. and 283, 298, 316. To his father, 317.
Sends to mr. BowES three letters of ANTONIO
PEREZ to the earl of Effex, ibid. His letter to
mr. THOMAS HAROLD, ibid. His treachery
detected, 344, 346. His letter to his father,
345 Returns to England, and committed to
the Clink prifon, 347. His confefsion, ibid. and
366. His letter to the earl of Effex, 348. To
mr. BACON, 349. Releas'd upon conditions, ibid.
ALLEN (fir FRANCIS): his account of the con-
ferences between the lord treasurer, and lady
BACON, and himself, concerning mr. BACON,
i. 55. In garrifon at the Brill complains of the
weak flate of the cautionary towns, 78. Sol-
licits a goverment in Ireland by means of the
earl of Effex,
130
ANCEL (monf.) affifts in making the league be-
tween England and France, ii, 1. Goes to
Holland, 3. At Nuremberg, fent envoy by
HENRY IV. to the German princes, 247
ANGUS (earl of) detected in a correfpondence
with Spain, i. 109. Efcapes from Edinburg
castle,

110

ANNE (queen of Scotland) grows troublesome to
the king her husband and his minifters, i. 227.
Her character, 242. Endeavours to take her
fon into her own cuftody, ibid. and 243. Sick
and discontented, 258. Refufes the communion
on the day of her coronation, ii. 504. Beads
and other prefents of devotion fent her by the
pope, 503.

ANTONIO, prior of Crato, claims the crown of
Portugal, i. 3. At Tours, 18. Account of
his expedition to Portugal, 53. Detained at
Dieppe, 151. Suppos'd to have difcover'd the
plot of Lopez, ibid. Dies,
282
ARABELLA STUART, i. 411. Some account of
her, ibid. note 2. Defign'd to be carried off to
Spain, ii. 307. Writes a letter to the earl of
Hertford, in which he was faid to offer to
merry his grandfon, 5c6, note *.

ASHBY (WILLIAM) Efq; embaffador from queen
ELIZABETH in Scotland, i. 369. Returns
from thence,

370
ASHLEY (fir ANTHONY) fent to England with an
account of the taking of Cadiz, ii. 45. Made
confiderable advantages to himself there, 49.
Knighted there, ibid. Commended by the lord
admiral, 54. Expected at court, 79. Arrives
there, 85, 95. Makes a relation of the action
at Cadiz before the council, 95. Unfaithful
to the earl of Effex, ibid. His meffage to his
father-in-law upon being brought into trouble,
144. Offers any fervice against fir GILLY
MERICKE or the earl of Effex,

171

ASHTON (ABDY) chaplain to the earl of Effex, his,
attendance defir'd by his lordship, ii, 468, 474.
Attends his lordship, 475, & feqq..

ASTON (ROGER) fonie account of him, i. 187..
His letters to mr. HUDSON, 228, 236, 248.
Sent to haften the queen of Scots to Stirling,
ibid. His letter to mr. BACON, 302. To mr.
HUDSON, 329, 344, 355, 391.
To mr.
DAVID FOULIS, ii. 25. To mr. HUDSON,
156, 183, 231, 235, 249. Arrives at London
from Scotland, 279. The reafons of his journey,
280, 285. Comes to the lord WILLOUGHBY
from the king of Scots,

382

BACLUGH

BACLUGH (fir WALTER SCOT, laird of) account
of him, i. 187. note. Apprehenfive of being
ruin'd by chancellor MAITLAND's fickness, ibid.
Diflik'd by the king of Scots, 242. Order'd to
appear at Edinburgh, ibid. and 256. Chief of
the faction against the earl of Mar, 283. De-
fires to be reconciled to Cesford, 455: Meets
the king, ibid. His attempts at Carlisle and the
confequences of it, ii. 24, 25, 26, 27, 31,
43, 44, 67. Challeng'd by the laird of Cef-
ford, 66, 67. Reconcil'd, 67. Refus'd his
liberty, till the pleasure of queen ELIZABETH
fhould be known,
158
BACON (lady ANNE) her character, i. 11. BEZA
dedicates his meditations to her, 16. Her re-
fentment against mr. BACON for not returning
home, 54. 56. Uneafy at his intimacy with
mr. STANDEN, 67, 107, 116. Much concern'd
at the intimacy of ANTONIO PEREZ with her
two fons, i. 143. Her feverity of temper and
chagrin, 173, 174. Her difcourfe with fir Ro-
BERT CECIL about her two fons, 195. Warns
her fon ANTHONY to beware of the lord HENRY
HOWARD, 227. Her character of the countess
of Warwick, 270, 271. Diflikes his removing
to Effex-house, 278. Writes a splenetic letter
to her fon ANTHONY, ii. 24. Another on fir
ROBERT CECIL's being made fecretary of state,
61. Answer to that letter, 65. Her letter to mr.
BACON, 102. Her letter of advice to the earl
of Effex, 218. Her reply to his answer, 220
BACON (ANTHONY): account of him, i. 11. &
feqq. Correfponds with fir FRANCIS WALSING
HAM, 13, 45, 46. Efteem'd by THEODORE
BEZA, 16. Goes to Montpellier, 23. At Mar-
feilles, 28. Recovers from a long and fevere
fickness, ibid. At Bourdeaux, 40. Tranfmits
two letters of the duke DE MONTMORENCI to
the queen and the earl of Leicefter, ibid. In-
difpofed at Bourdeaux, 44. Vifits the king of
Navarre in Bearn, 49. His fervices to the
proteftants expofe him to the refentment of the
papifs at Bourdeaux, ibid and 50. Goes to
Montauban, ibid. Writes fometimes to arch-
bishop WITGIFT, ibid. The archbishop's an-
fwer, ibid. Urg'd to return home, 43, 45, 51,
52. Incurs the refentment of madame Du
PLESSIS. 54. Affifted by the bishop of Cahors,
ibid. Removes to Bourdeaux, 61. Becomes
acquainted with mr. ANTHONY STANDEN, 66,
which gives offence to his mother, 67. He re-
turns to England, 70. Receives from his coufin,
fir EDWARD HOBY, an account of the queen's
concern for his ill ftate of health, 71. His
mother's refentment against him begins to fub-

fide, ibid. He lodges with his brother FRANCIS
at Gray's inn, 72. Prevented by his ill health
from waiting on the queen, ibid. and 79. His
fortune obftructed by the jealousy of the lord
treasurer and fir ROBERT CECIL, ibid. At-
tach'd to the earl of Effex, ibid. Procures the
queen's letters to CHRISTIERN IV, king of Den-
mark, in favour of two merchants, 76. Goes to
Gorhambury, where he refides several months,
79. Returns to Gray's inn, 92. Writes to mr.
STANDEN, ibid. Chofen member of parliament
for Wallingford, 93. Diflikes the rigour of a
bill in the house of commons against recufancy,
94. Prefs'd in his circumftances, 95. Generous
to his brother FRANCIS, ibid. Employed by
the earl of Effex in a very extenfive correfpon-
dence, 99. Sends a prefent of the value of 20
marks to BEZA, in his mother's and his own
name, i. 106. Writes to the lord treasurer,
that mr. STANDEN might have access to the
queen, ibid. Juftifies to his mother his intimacy
with mr. STANDEN, 113. Remits dr. MORISON
thirty pounds to encourage him to continue his
intelligence, 116. His continual occafions to
fend to, or hear from the earl, 121. Sends a
letter to the lord keeper PUCKERING in favour
of his brother FRANCIS, 123. Seiz'd in his
journey to court by a fit of the ftone, 124.
Spoken very favourably of by the queen, ibid.
Excused to her majefty by the earl of Effex for
not waiting on her, ibid. Goes to Gorham-
bury, 130. His intimacy with ANTONIO PE-
B, 143. Removes to Redburne, ibid. Writes
to the lord treasurer in favour of mr. STANDEN,
145. His return to London defir'd by the earl
I of Effex, 160. His concern for not having
been able to wait on the queen, ibid. Highly
efteem'd by the earl of Effex, ibid. and by the
king of Scotland, 163, 168. Removes from
Redburne to London, and takes an houfe in
Bishop's gate-ftreet, 173. His letter to his
mother, expoftulating with her on account of
her feverity of temper to him and his brother
FRANCIS, 174: His kindness to THOMAS
WRIGHT, a jefuit, upon his coming from Spain
to England, 252. Offer'd apartments in Effex-
houfe, 278. The queen expreffes fome surprise
at his not having been to wait upon her fince his
return from abroad, 307, 309. His letter to
fir WILLIAM RUSSEL, lord deputy of Ireland,
308. His letter to fir WILLIAM KEITH, 311.
Removes to Effex-houfe, 315. His letter to
dr. HAWKYNS, ibid. 342. To mr. YATES,
401. To dr. HAWKYNS, 441. To mr. REY-
NOLDES, ibid. Sends fome papers to the king
of Scotland by mr. HUDSON, 442. His letter
to mr. REYNOLDES, 443. To the countess of
Northumberland, 455. To fir ANTHONY

SHERLEY,

SHERLEY, 456. To monf. DE LA FONTAINE,
459. Letter to him from HENRY IV. 461.
His letter to dr. HAWKYNS, 462. To his
brother FRANCIS, 464. To dr. HAWKYNS,
467. To his mother, 468. Kind fpeeches of
him by the queen, 468, 469. His letter to
the duke DE BOUILLON, 469. To mr. BODLEY,
470. To dr. HAWKYNS, 472. His letter to
fir ANTHONY SHERLEY, 473. To the earl of
Effex, ibid. 474, 475, 476. To lady RICH,
477. To dr. HAWKYNS, 481. To the earl of
Eflex, 485. To his brother FRANCIS, ibid.
486, 489. Vifited by monf. DE SANCY, ii. 4.
Writes to him and the duke DE BOUILLON, ibid.
His letters to dr. HAWKYNS, 7, 13. His ad-
vertisements from dr. HAWKYNS read to the
queen, 14, 23, 34. His letter to dr. Haw-
KYNS, 23. His answer to a fplenetic letter to
his mother, 24. His letter to dr. HAWKYNS,
31, 34. To mr. SMITH, 38, 39. To his
mother, 41.
To mr. SMITH, 42. To dr.
HAWKYNS, 60. To his mother, 65. To dr.
HAWKYNS, 68. To his mother, inclofing fir
ROBERT CECIL's letter to the lord HENRY
HOWARD, 70. Defirous of procuring the in-
largement of THOMAS WRIGHT, the jefuit, ibid.
His letter to the dean of Westminster, ibid. To
fir CHARLES DAVERS, 72. To lord WIL-
LOUGHBY of Erefby, 74. To the lord keeper,
76, 79. To mr. REYNOLDES, 79. To dr.
HAWKYNS, 85. To lady RICH, 89. To his
mother, go. To the lord keeper, ibid. To
dr. HAWKYNS, 91. To mr. FRANCIS DAVISON,
ibid. Confers with dr. FLETCHER, 100, 101.
His letter to the earl of Effex, 100, 101. Το
his mother, 102. To dr. HAWKYNS, 103. To
his brother FRANCIS, 105. To mr. REY-
NOLDES, ibid. 107, 108. To dr. HAWKYNS,
112. To mr. REYNOLDES, 114. To dr.
HAWKYNS, 118. To his mother, 119. Το
dr. HAWKYNS, 121. Vifited by the duke De
BOUILLON, 122. His letter to that duke, ibid.
To his mother, ibid. Complains of him by the
lord treasurer, 129, 132, 133. His letters to
the lady dowager RUSSEL, 130, 131. His nar-
rative of his conversation with her, 132, &feqq.
His letter to the earl of Effex, 132. To dr.
HAWKYNS, 137. To monf. DE SANCY, 143.
Sufpects the fincerity of mr. WOTTON, 144.
His letter to dr. HAWKYNS, 145. To the earl
of Effex, 149. To mr. REYNOLDES, 150. Re-
commends the cafe of the orphans of bishop
FLETCHER to the earl of Effex, ibid. To mr.
BRUCE, 151. To the earl of Effex, 152. To
the lord keeper, ibid. To the lord WILLOUGH
BY of Erefby, ibid. To dr. HAWKYNS, 153.
To his mother, ibid. To a Scots lord, 158.
To the earl of Effex, 162. To the lord WLL-

LOUGHBY, of Erefby, 163, 168. To his
mother, 168. To dr. HAWKYNS, 169. To the
earl of Effex, 171. To mr. REYNOLDES, 172.
To the earl of Effex, ibid. Letter to him from
HENRY IV. 173. To the lord WILLOUGHBY,
of Erefby, ibid. To dr. HAWKYNS, 177. To
the earl of Effex, 189. To his mother, ibid.
To dr. HAWKYNS, 181, 183. To monf. DES
REAUX, the French embaflador, 184. To the
earl of Effex, 188. To mr. ROLSTON, 192.
To dr. HAWKYNS, 194. To lord WILLOUGH-
BY of Erefby, 197. To mr. REYNOLDES, ibid..
To the earl of Effex, 198. To monf. DES
REAUX, 200. To the earl of Effex, 203. To
dr. HAWKYNS, 204.
His letters and adver-
tisements laid in wait for by fecretary CECIL,
ibid. To fir CHARLES DAVERS, 207, 208. To
mr. FRANCIS DAVISON, 208. To the earl of
Effex, containing a letter of his mother to his
lordship, 219. To mr. REYNOLDES, 223. To
his mother, ibid. To the earl of Effex, ibid.
and 224. To dr. HAWKYNS, 227. To the
earl, ibid. Difcourfe with fir GEORGE CAREW,
228. Letter to the earl, ibid. To dr. HAW-
KYNS, 233. To the earl, ibid. Apprehends
fecretary CECIL intercepting letters from Scot-
land, ibid. His letter to dr. HAWKYNS, 234.
To fir THOMAS CHALONER, ibid. To his
mother, 241. Profeffions of kindness to him
from fecretary CECIL, ibid. To the earl of
Effex, ibid. To dr. HAWKYNS, 255, 267,
273. To the earl of Effex, 275, 281, 284.
To don EMANUEL, of Portugal, ibid. To fir
THOMAS CHALONER, ibid. To the earl, 290,
296, 305, 325. Stil'd by ANTONIO PEREZ,
Amicorum querimoniarum receptaculum, 326. His
letter to dr. HAWKYNS, 327. To the earl of
Effex, 330. To fir THOMAS CHALONER, 331.
To dr. HAWKYNS, ibid. To the earl, 332.
To fecretary CECIL, 337, 338. To the earl of
Effex, 338. Offer of fervice to him from the
fecretary, ibid. His letter to the carl, 340.
To dr. HAWKYNS, 343. To the earl, ibid.
and 348, 353. To fecretary CECIL, 353. To
mr. TROTT, 356. To the lord EURE, 357.
Faithful to the earl of Effex, 358, 359. His
letter to dr. HAWKYNS, 364. Few letters to
the earl extant among his papers after 1597,
371. Juftified from a ftory related of him by fir
HENRY WOTTON, ibid. Order'd by the queen
to quit Effex-houfe, 443. The earl of Effex's..
Apology, addrefs'd to him, printed, 444. Di-
ftrefs'd in his circumftances, 498. His death,.

499.

BACON (FRANCIS) his character, i. 11. Some-
times a courtier, 31. Wears his utter barrister's
gown, 39. Complain'd of by his mother as too
negligent of religion. 72. Attach'd to the earl

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