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CONTENTS
OF THE
SIXTH VOLUME.
LETTERS, SPEECHES, CHARGES,
ADVICES, &c.
OF
LORD CHANCELLOR BACON,
First published by Dr. BIRCH, in one Volume Octavo, in 1763.
THE dedication to Mr. Yorke,
The Preface,
To Mr. Robert Cecil,
To the earl of Essex,
To Sir John Puckering, lord keeper,
To alderman John Spencer,
To Mr. Bacon from the earl of Essex,
To Mr. Bacon from lord treasurer Burghley,
To Mr. Bacon from Sir Robert Cecil,
To the Queen,
To Robert Kemp, of Gray's-Inn, esq.
To Sir Robert Cecil,
Sir Robert Cecil's answer,
Earl of Essex to Mr. Bacon,
The same to the same,
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Foulke Grevill, esq. to Mr. Bacon,
To Mr. Bacon's brother Antony,
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presence,
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ibid.
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To Sir Robert Cecil, sent with the preceding to Mr. An-
tony Bacon,
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The speeches drawn up by Mr. Bacon for the earl of
Essex in a device exhibited by his lordship before queen
Elizabeth, on the anniversary of her accession to the
throne, November 17, 1595,
The squire's speech,
The hermit's speech in the
The soldier's speech,
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The statesman's speech,
The reply of the squire,
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To Sir Thomas Egerton, lord keeper of the great seal,
32
To the earl of Essex, on his lordship's going on the expe-
dition against Cadiz,
38
The earl of Essex to Mr. Bacon,
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To Sir Robert Cecil, secretary of state,
The substance of a letter Mr. Bacon wished the earl of Essex should write to her majesty,
To Mr. Secretary Cecil,
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A true remembrance of the abuse Mr. Bacon received of
Mr. Attorney General publicly in the exchequer the
first day of term,
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To Robert, lord Cecil,
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To the same,
To Sir John Davis, his majesty's attorney general in Ire-
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land,
To Isaac Casaubon,
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The beginning of a letter immediately after my lord trea-
surer's decease,
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To the King, immediately after the lord treasurer's
death,
To the King,
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In Henricum principem Wallia elogium Francisci Ba-
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coni,
A translation of the eulogy on Henry prince of Wales,
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The charge against Mr. Whitelocke,
Robert earl of Somerset to Sir Thomas Overbury,
Reasons why it should be exceeding much for his majesty's
service to remove the lord Coke from being attorney
general to be chief justice of England,
To John Murray of the bed-chamber to the king,
To Mr. Murray,
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To Sir George Villiers,
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Supplement of two passages in Mr. Bacon's speech in the
king's bench against Owen,
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To lord Norris,
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To Sir George Villiers about the examination of Sir
Robert Cotton,
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Mr. Tobie Matthew to Sir Francis Bacon,
To the judges,
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Questions legal for the judges, in the case of the earl and
countess of Somerset,
Questions of convenience, whereupon his majesty may con-
fer with his council,
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A particular remembrance for his majesty,
The heads of the charge against Robert earl of Somer-
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set,
The charge of the attorney general, Sir Francis Bacon,
against Frances, countess of Somerset, intended to have
been spoken at her arraignment, on May 24, 1616, in
case she had pleaded not guilty,
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Richard Martin to Sir Francis Bacon,
The lord viscount Villiers to Sir Francis Bacon,
Remembrances of his majesty's declaration, touching the
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lord Coke,
To Sir Francis Bacon, from lord viscount Villiers, 129
Sir Edmund Bacon to Sir Francis Bacon,
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Remembrances for the King before his going into Scot-
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Sir Edward Coke to the King,
Additional instructions to Sir John Digby,
Account of council business,
To the lord keeper,
To the reverend University of Oxford,
College, Cambridge,
The lord keeper to his niece, about her marriage,
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To the earl of Buckingham,
To the lord viscount Fenton,
Lord keeper Bacon to Mr. Maxey, fellow of Trinity-
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To the lord keeper, written from Scotland, 1618,
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The King to the lord keeper, in answer to his lordship's
letter from Gorhambury, 1617.
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To the lord keeper Bacon,
Sir Henry Yelverton, attorney general, to the lord
keeper,
169
Advice to the King, for reviving the commission of
suits,
The earl of Buckingham to the lord keeper, Sir
Francis Bacon,
171
Sir Francis Englefyld to the lord keeper,
To Sir James Fullerton,
To the lord chancellor,
To Sir Henry Yelverton, attorney general,
To the marquis of Buckingham,
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