1. Literary work: Formularies and Elegancies,'' Essays,' etc.

2. Letters of Advice from the Earl of Essex to the Earl of Rutland.

Traces of them among Bacon's papers

4. TO THE EARL OF RUTLAND ON HIS TRAVELS.

5. LETTER OF ADVICE FROM THE EARL OF ESSEX TO SIR

FOULKE GREVILLE ON HIS STUDIES

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2

21

LETTER TO MR. MAYNARD AND MR. HICKS, 12th of March,

1595

28

2. Projected attack on the Spanish fleet and coasts. Qualifications
of the Earl of Essex for command

3. Death of Lord Keeper Puckering. Egerton made Lord Keeper.

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

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30

30

LETTER TO ANTHONY BACON, 15th of May, 1596

32

Letters from the Earl of Essex recommending Bacon for Master

of the Rolls

34

540

45

Essex commander of the forces by
Position of Essex

5. Expedition against Spain.

land. Capture of Cadiz.

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

Occupations. Maxims of the Law,'Essays,' Colours of Good

and Evil,'' Meditationes Sacræ'

LETTER TO MR. THOMAS HESKET, 22nd of December, 1596 46

1. Essex at Court.

CHAPTER III.

A.D. 1597. ÆTAT. 37.

Some

Quarrels and reconciliations. Made Master of
the Ordnance. Mastership of the Rolls still vacant.
arrangement proposed to make a place for Bacon

LETTER TO LORD BURGHLEY

LETTER TO SIR JOHN STANHOPE

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

LETTER, TO LORD BURGHLEY

2. Death of Sir William Hatton. Bacon's project of marriage with
his widow. Another expedition against Spain. Essex com-
mander-in-chief both by land and sea

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

3. Inquiry concerning the fees exacted by Mr. Mill, Clerk of the

Star Chamber

THE HUMBLE MOTION AND ALLEGATIONS OF FR. BACON

CONCERNING CERTAIN FEES RESTRAINED BY THE RIGHT

HONOURABLE THE LORD KEEPER, etc.

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER EGERTON

4. Mr. Mill threatened with other charges. Bacon's interest in the

matter

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER EGERTON, 12th of November, 1597
5. Further proceedings against Mr. Mill

LETTER TO THE LORD KEEPER, 22nd of January, 1597.

LETTER TO THE QUEEN

6. The Island Voyage. Plan and conduct of the expedition; causes
of failure. Why Essex took the fleet to St. Michael's when
his business was to intercept the passage to Terceira; and why
the capture of Fayal by Ralegh was not mentioned in the
official report of the voyage. The English coast in danger.
The Spanish fleet in the Channel dispersed and disabled by a
Return of the English fleet. Essex's grievances

CHAPTER IV.

A.D. 1597-8. ÆTAT. 37.

1. A new Parliament. Decorous and dignified proceeding of the
Government. Postponement of motion for Supply till all the
principal Commonwealth measures had been introduced.

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Relief

of the poor. Maintenance of husbandry

SPEECH AGAINST ENCLOSURES

77

82

2. Grant of three subsidies payable in three years, passed without a
dissentient voice.

SPEECH UPON THE MOTION OF SUBSIDY

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96

98

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. 105

2*. Jealousies and discontents of the Earl of Essex. The Lord Ad-
miral created Earl of Nottingham. Question of precedence.
Essex made Earl Marshal

3. Sir Robert Cecil's negotiation in France. Irish affairs. Truce

with the Earl of Tyrone

A LETTER OF ADVICE TO THE EARL OF ESSEX TO TAKE UPON

HIM THE CARE OF IRISH CAUSES WHEN MR. SECRETARY

CECIL WAS IN FRANCE

4. Terms offered to Tyrone. His exceptions. Bacon's advice asked
for by Essex

A LETTER OF ADVICE TO THE EARL OF ESSEX, UPON THE

FIRST TREATY WITH TYRONE, 1598, BEFORE THE EARL WAS

NOMINATED FOR THE CHARGE OF IRELAND

5. Tyrone pardoned. Measures of precaution neglected. Progress
of negotiation in France

LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL AT HIS BEING IN FRANCE

LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL, 24th of September, 1598

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER EGERTON

2. More Tower employment. Conspiracy of Edward Squire

A LETTER WRITTEN OUT OF ENGLAND TO AN ENGLISH GENTLE-

MAN REMAINING IN PADUA, CONTAINING A TRUE REPORT

OF A STRANGE CONSPIRACY, etc.

Credibility of the story

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3. Treatise entitled An Historical Account of the Alienation Office,'

ascribed to Bacon upon insufficient evidence. Reasons for

supposing that it was written by William Lambarde

120

CHAPTER VI.

A.D. 1599. ÆTAT. 39.

1. Irish affairs. Breach of the Treaty by Tyrone. Siege of Black-
Defeat of Sir Henry Bagnall and spread of the rebel-

water.

lion. Essex becomes more submissive and is admitted again to

see the Queen

2. Death of Sir Richard Bingham. Necessity of a great effort to re-

conquer Ireland. Lord Montjoy nominated for the charge.

Nomination cancelled by the influence of Essex, who under-

takes the task himself

3. Bacon, being applied to for advice, endeavours unsuccessfully to

dissuade him from going

4. Largeness of the authority stipulated for by Essex. Bacon's un-

easiness

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123

126

LETTER OF ADVICE TO MY LORD OF ESSEX IMMEDIATELY

BEFORE HIS GOING INTO IRELAND

129

5. Misgivings with regard to Essex's purposes. Tone of his letters

to the Council. Demands and complaints. Behaviour before

he arrived at the scene of action.

6. Proceedings upon his arrival. Disposition of the rebel forces.

March through Munster, and return to Dublin with the army

half wasted away

7. Professes an intention to march against Tyrone in Ulster, but

wants a reinforcement of two thousand men. Disaster of Sir

Conyers Clifford

139

8. March into Ulster. State of the army. Advice of the captains.

Meeting with Tyrone; parley and truce

139

9. General result of the campaign. Difficulty of believing that

Essex's first object was to put an end to the rebellion. Con-

jecture as to his real design.

10. The Queen demands explanations, and in the meantime com-

mands him to stay and wait for instructions

11. Essex's difficulty. Being unable to explain the grounds of his

proceeding except in person, he proposes to return to Eng-

land at the head of his army; but by advice of Blount and

Southampton consents to take with him only a select band of

captains. His sudden appearance at Nonsuch and reception

by the Queen.

145

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12. Bacon, hearing that Essex has been commanded to keep his

Bacon's account of their interview, and of the advice he gave him.
His ignorance of Essex's real position

CHAPTER VII.

A.D. 1599-1600. ETAT. 39-40.

1. Spirit of Essex's followers. Danger of a violent rescue avoided

by the course which the Queen took with him. Committed to

the custody of the Lord Keeper. His professions. His real

object in coming over. His reluctance to disclose the condi-

Consequence of the disclosure

tions demanded by Tyrone.
when it came

2. The Queen's reasons for being dissatisfied with the Earl's story.

Strange news from Ireland. Popular dissatisfaction, and mea-

sures taken to quiet it. Bacon's warning and advice. Decla-

ration by the Councillors in the Star Chamber

3. Popular misapprehension of the part which Bacon had taken in

the matter. Violence threatened. His absence from the Star

Chamber when the declaration was made

LETTER TO THE QUEEN

LETTER TO LORD HENRY HOWARD

LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL

4. Essex still at York House. How employed

5. LETTERS TO THE QUEEN ON SENDING NEW-YEAR'S GIFTS

6. Suit to the Queen for a grant of land

LETTER TO THE QUEEN, 12th of March, 1599

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7. Essex's position. His secret negotiations with the King of

Scots. Part taken by Lord Montjoy. Object of the intrigue 166

8. Essex recommended by his friends to attempt an escape into

France but refuses to lead the life of a fugitive

169

9. Montjoy appointed to the command in Ireland. Renewed pro-

position to the King of Scots for the arrangement of some joint

action between the army in Scotland, the army in Ireland, and

the Earl's partisans in England, to compel a declaration as to

the succession. The King of Scots not prepared. Essex

urges Montjoy to proceed with the design, who declines.

Essex allowed to return to his own house under charge of a

keeper

170

10. The Queen, having no suspicion of these things, resolves to bring
the case of Essex to a formal hearing. Judicial proceeding at