. The works of Francis Bacon . tentates, the king ofSpain and the bifhop of Rome, never fo ftraitly between tliemfelves combined:and on the other fide, how mightily God hath protefted her, both againft foreigninvafion and inward troubles, and fingularly againll the many fecret confpiraciesthat have been made againft her life; thereby declaring to the world that he willindeed preferve that inftrument which he hath magnified. But the corruptions ofthefc times are wonderful, when that wars, which are the higheft trials of rightbetween princes, that acknowledge no fuperior jurifdiftion, and ought
. The works of Francis Bacon . tentates, the king ofSpain and the bifhop of Rome, never fo ftraitly between tliemfelves combined:and on the other fide, how mightily God hath protefted her, both againft foreigninvafion and inward troubles, and fingularly againll the many fecret confpiraciesthat have been made againft her life; thereby declaring to the world that he willindeed preferve that inftrument which he hath magnified. But the corruptions ofthefc times are wonderful, when that wars, which are the higheft trials of rightbetween princes, that acknowledge no fuperior jurifdiftion, and ought to be profe-cuted with all honour, fiiall be ftained and intamed with fuch foul and inhumanpraftices. Wherein if fo great a king hath been named, the rule of the civil law,which is a rule of common reafon, muft be remembered ; Frujlra legis auxiliumimplorat, qui in legem ccmmittit. He that hath fought to violate the majetly royal,in the higheft degree, cannot claim the preeminence thereof to be exempted fromjuft imputation. 69. T H E [ 70 JTHE ^PROCEEDINGS O F T H E EARL of ESSEX. The points of form worthy to be obferved. THE fifth of June in Trinity term, upon Thurfday, being no Starchamberday, at the ordinary hour when the courts fit at Weftminfter, were aflembledtogether at the lord Keepers houfe in the great chamber, her majeftys privy-council, inlarged and afTifted for that time and caufe by the fpecial call and afib-ciating of certain feieft perfons, viz. four earls, two barons, and four judges ofthe law, making in the whole a council or court of eighteen perfons, who wereattended by four of her majeftys learned counfel for charging the earl •, and twoclerks of the council, the one to read, the other as a regifter •, and an auditory ofperfons, to the number, as I could guefs, of two hundred, almoft all men of qua-lity, but of every kind or profefiion ; nobility, court, law, country, city. Theupper end of the table left void for the earls appearance, who, after the com
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