A select collection of old plays . rge Fortune, the greatef Part ofwhich he focn fpent by his magnificent manner of living,but afterwards became a better OEconomift. He fervid inParliament both in the Reign of Queen Mary and Eliza-beth. In 1567 he vjas created Baron of Buckhurft; inI 571 he was fent Ambaffador to Charles IX. King ofFrance, and in Sy to the States of the United Provinces:In 88 he was made one of the Knights of the Garter, in91, Chancellor of the Univerfty of Oxford, and in 98Lord High Treafurer of England. He was continued inthaf Office by King James, and in 1603 advanced by hi
A select collection of old plays . rge Fortune, the greatef Part ofwhich he focn fpent by his magnificent manner of living,but afterwards became a better OEconomift. He fervid inParliament both in the Reign of Queen Mary and Eliza-beth. In 1567 he vjas created Baron of Buckhurft; inI 571 he was fent Ambaffador to Charles IX. King ofFrance, and in Sy to the States of the United Provinces:In 88 he was made one of the Knights of the Garter, in91, Chancellor of the Univerfty of Oxford, and in 98Lord High Treafurer of England. He was continued inthaf Office by King James, and in 1603 advanced by him tothe Dignity of Earl of Dorfet. He diedfuddenly at theCouncil Board in 1608, and feems by all Accounts of himto have been poffejfed of a truly noble and generous Spirit*He wrote the Induction to the Mirror for Magiftrates,the Stile and Manner cf which is very much like Spencer,abounding in the Defeription of Jhadovuy Beings. HeWrote alfo in that Work, the Story of the unfortunate Dukeof Buc&ngham in the Reign of Richard I 4 3
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