. The works of Francis Bacon . s fince that become another man. He thanked God that his courfe was fo prevented ; for if his projedl had takeneffedl, God knows, faid he, what harm it had wrought in the realm. He humbly thanked her majefly, that he fliould die in fo private a manner,lefl the acclamation of the people might have been a temptation unto him. Towhich he added, that all popularity and trufl: in man was vain : the experiencewhereof himfelf had felt. He acknowledged with thankfulnefs to God, that he was thus juflly fpued outof the realm. He publicly in his prayer and proteflation, as
. The works of Francis Bacon . s fince that become another man. He thanked God that his courfe was fo prevented ; for if his projedl had takeneffedl, God knows, faid he, what harm it had wrought in the realm. He humbly thanked her majefly, that he fliould die in fo private a manner,lefl the acclamation of the people might have been a temptation unto him. Towhich he added, that all popularity and trufl: in man was vain : the experiencewhereof himfelf had felt. He acknowledged with thankfulnefs to God, that he was thus juflly fpued outof the realm. He publicly in his prayer and proteflation, as alfo privately, aggravated thedeteftation of his offence •, and clpecially in the hearing of them that were pre-fent at the execution, he exaggerated it with four epithets, defiring God to for-give him his great, his bloody, his crying, and his infedtious fin : which wordinfectious he privately had explained to us, that it was a leprofy that had infedtedfar and near. Thqmas Montford, W;lliam Barlow, Abdy Ashton his R 2 THE [ 124 ]THE APOLOGY O F Sir FRANCIS BACON, In certain Imputations concerning the late EARL of ESSEX. To the Right Honourable his very good Lord The EARL of DEVONSHIRE, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. IT may pleafe your good lordfhip, I cannot be ignorant, and ought to be fen-fible of the wrong which I fuftain in common Jpeech, as if I had been falfeor unthankful to that noble, but unfortunate earl, the earl of Eflex : and for fatif-fying the vulgar fort, I do not fo much regard it; though I love a good name, butyet as an handmaid and attendant of honefty and virtue. For I am of his opi-nion that faid pleafantly, That it was a fhame to him that was a fuitor to the miftrefs, to make love to the waiting-woman; and therefore to woo or courtcommon fame, otherwife than it foUoweth on honeft courfes, I, for my part, findnot myfclf fit or difpofed. But, on the otlier fide, there is no worldly thing thatconcerneth myfelf, which I hold more dear than the good o
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