. The works of Francis Bacon . words andfpeeches that were ufed, not becaufe they are worthy the repetition, I mean thofeof mine own ; but to tiie end your lordlhip may lively and plainly difcern betweenthe face of truth, and a fniooth tale ; and the rather alfo, becaufe in things thatpaired a good v/hile fince, the very words and phrafcs did fometimes bring to my rcmeni- SIR FRANCIS BACONS APOLOGY. remembrance the matters: wherein I report me to your honourable judgment,whether you do not fee the traces of an honeft man : and had I been as well believ-ed either by the queen or by my lord, as
. The works of Francis Bacon . words andfpeeches that were ufed, not becaufe they are worthy the repetition, I mean thofeof mine own ; but to tiie end your lordlhip may lively and plainly difcern betweenthe face of truth, and a fniooth tale ; and the rather alfo, becaufe in things thatpaired a good v/hile fince, the very words and phrafcs did fometimes bring to my rcmeni- SIR FRANCIS BACONS APOLOGY. remembrance the matters: wherein I report me to your honourable judgment,whether you do not fee the traces of an honeft man : and had I been as well believ-ed either by the queen or by my lord, as I was well heard by them both, both mylord had been fortunate, and fo had myfelf in his fortune. To conclude therefore, I humbly pray your lordfhip to pardon me for trou-bling you with this long narration ; and that you will vouchfafe to hold me in yourgood opinion, till you know I have deferved, or find that I fhall deferve the con-trary ; and fo ever I continue 137 At ^Qur Lord/hips honourable commandments very humbly^ F. Vol. II. T 158 SPEECH in PARLIAMENT, 39 of Elizabeth, Upon the Motion of Subsidy. AN D pleafe you, Mr. Speaker, I muft confider the time which is fpent •, butyet fo, as I muft confider alfo the matter, which is great. This greatcaufe was, at the firft, fo materially and weightily propounded ; and after, in fuchfort perfuaded and enforced-, and by him that laft fpake, fo much time taken, andyet to good purpofe v as I fliall fpeak at a great difadvantage : but becaufe it hathbeen always ufed, and the mixture of this houfe doth fo require it, that in caufesof this nature there be fome fpeech and opinion, as well from perfons of gene-rality, as by perfons of authority, I will fay fomewhat, and not much: whereinit (hall not be fit for me to enter into, or to infift upon fecrets, either of hermajeftys coifers, or of her council; but my fpeech muft be of a more vulgarnature. I will not enter, Mr. Speaker, into a laudative fpeech of the high and fin-gular bene
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