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1857
V. 9
CONTENTS
OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
BOOK II.
CHAPTER I.
Page
1
2
4
A.D. 1595-6. ÆTAT. 35.
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
3. Reasons for suspecting Bacon's hand in them
4. TO THE EARL OF RUTLAND ON HIS TRAVELS.
LETTER I.
LETTER II.
LETTER III.
5. LETTER OF ADVICE FROM THE EARL OF ESSEX TO SIR
FOULKE GREVILLE ON HIS STUDIES
6
16
19
.
21
CHAPTER II.
A.D. 1596. ÆTAT. 36.
27
28
1. Borrowing on security.
LETTER TO MR. MAYNARD AND MR. Hicks, 12th of March,
1595
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
LETTER TO ANTHONY Bacon, 15th of May, 1596 .
LETTER TO THE SAME, 20th of May, 1596
The Rolls in Commission
LETTER TO ANTHONY BACON
Letters froin the Earl of Essex recommending Bacon for Master
of the Rolls
LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX
36
4. LETTER TO Mr. R. CECIL, ABROAD
38
5. Expedition against Spain. Essex commander of the forces by
land. Capture of Cadiz. Position of Essex
40
Occupations. Maxims of the Law,' ' Essays,'Colours of Good
and Evil,' • Meditationes Sacræ'
45
LETTER TO Mr. Thomas HESKET, 22nd of December, 1596. 46
47
49
50
51
53
55
56
1. Essex at Court. Quarrels and reconciliations. Made Master of
the Ordnance. Mastership of the Rolls still vacant. Some
arrangement proposed to make a place for Bacon
LETTER TO LORD BURGHLEY
LETTER TO SIR JOHN STANHOPE
ĻETTER, 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
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
storm. Return of the English fleet. Essex's grievances
57
60
64
65
66
67
68
CHAPTER IV.
89
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. Relief
of the poor. Maintenance of husbandry
77
SPEECH AGAINST ENCLOSURES
82
2. Grant of three subsidies payable in three years, passed without a
dissentient voice.
83
SPEECH UPON THE MOTION OF SUBSIDY
85
28. 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
91
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
94
4. Terms offered to Tyrone. His exceptions. Bacon's advice asked
for by Essex
96
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
98
5. Tyrone pardoned. Measures of precaution neglected. Progress
of negotiation in France
· 100
LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL AT HIS BEING IN FRANCE . 101
LETTER TO THE SAME
· 102
6. Essex and the Queen. The great quarrel
. 104
Altered relation between Essex and the Queen
. 105
1. Bacon arrested for debt .
106
LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL, 24th of September, 1598
· 106
. 107
2. More Tower employment. Conspiracy of Edward Squire . 108
A LETTER WRITTEN OUT OF ENGLAND TO AN ENGLISH GENTLE-
MAN REMAINING IN PADUA, CONTAINING A TRUE REPORT
OF A STRANGE CONSPIRACY, etc.
110
Credibility of the story
119
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
1. Irish affairs. Breach of the Treaty by Tyrone. Siege of Black-
water. Defeat of Sir Henry Bagnall and spread of the rebel-
lion. Essex becomes more submissive and is admitted again to
see the Queen
122
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
123
3. Bacon, being applied to for advice, endeavours unsuccessfully to
dissuade him from going
126
4. Largeness of the authority stipulated for by Essex. Bacon's un-
easiness
127
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 .
133
6. Proceedings upon his arrival. Disposition of the rebel forces.
March through Munster, and return to Dublin with the army
136
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
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
141
10. The Queen demands explanations, and in the meantime com-
mands him to stay and wait for instructions
145
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
146
half wasted away
12. Bacon, hearing that Essex has been commanded to keep his
chamber, repairs to Nonsuch
Bacon's account of their interview, and of the advice he gave him.
His ignorance of Essex's real position
149
150
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-
tions demanded by Tyrone. Consequence of the disclosure
when it came
152
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
156
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
. 159
. 160
LETTER TO LORD HENRY HOWARD
. 161
LETTER TO SIR ROBERT Cecil .
. 162
4. Essex still at York House. How employed
5. LETTERS TO THE QUEEN ON SENDING NEW-YEAR'S GIFTS 163
6. Suit to the Queen for a grant of land
164
LETTER TO THE QUEEN, 12th of March, 1599
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
, 165