5. Grant of three subsidies, payable in four years, proposed. Bacon's

amendment

SPEECH ON MOTION FOR GRANT OF THREE SUBSIDIES PAY-

Original motion carried in Committee, and agreed to without
division in the whole House. Progress of taxation

6. Bill passed and presented to the Queen. Balance of loss and gain

to the Crown upon the whole proceeding

7. SPEECH ON THE SECOND READING OF A BILL FOR THE

BETTER EXPEDITION OF JUSTICE IN THE STAR CHAMBER

Fate of the Bill. Conduct of Coke as Speaker. The Queen's
message to the House delivered by him. Right of the Crown
to determine what subjects should be discussed in Parliament,
and what not

9. Competition between Bacon and Coke for the Attorney-General-

ship. Their pretensions compared

10. Consequences of Bacon's speech on the Subsidy Bill. Intima-

tion of the Queen's displeasure

LETTER TO THE LORD TREASURER BURGHLEY IN EXCUSE

OF HIS SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT AGAINST THE TRIPLE

SUBSIDY.

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11. Bacon forbidden to come into the Queen's presence. Proposes

to give up Court and Law, and betake himself to other pursuits 234

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

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Essex persuades him to postpone his resolution, and promises to

get him made Attorney-General. Bacon endeavours to engage

Burghley in the cause by the mediation of his sons

LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL, 16TH OF APRIL, 1593 . 237

Sir Robert Cecil's advice

12. Progress of Essex's mediation. Bacon takes occasion to state

1. Importance to Bacon of having the question settled, whichever way 242

2. Pecuniary difficulties. Proposed sale of land. Lady Bacon's con-

sent necessary. Conditions required by her

3. Correspondence relating to the sale of Barly, an estate of Anthony

Bacon's

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DRAFT OF A LETTER FROM ANTHONY BACON TO HIS BROTHER

SIR NICHOLAS, 28th of July, 1593

LETTER TO MR. TROTT, 22nd of August, 1593

LETTER TO ALDERMAN SPENCER, 26th of August, 1593.

LETTER TO THE SAME, 20th of November, 1593

4. Earl of Essex sworn a Privy-Councillor. Relation between him

and the Bacons

LETTER TO MR. PHILLIPS

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

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5. Progress of Essex's mediation in favour of Bacon. Disposition

of Burghley

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 3rd of July, 1593

LETTER TO MICHAEL HICKS, 26th of September, 1593 .

LETTER TO SIR THOMAS CONEYSBY, 27th of October, 1593

LETTER TO HIS AUNT COOKE, 29th of October, 1598

LETTER TO ROBERT KEMP, 4th of November, 1593

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX, 10th of November, 1593

LETTER TO ANTHONY STANDEN, 2nd of December, 1593

LETTER TO HIS MOTHER, 4th of December, 1593 .

LETTER TO SIR FRANCIS ALLEN, 20th of December, 1593

Still no resolution taken with regard to the Attorneyship

1. Bacon's first pleadings in the King's Bench and Exchequer. Pro-
gress of canvass for the Attorneyship. Conversation between
Essex and Sir Robert Cecil .

2. LETTER TO LADY BACON, 14th of February, 1593

3. Conspiracy of Dr. Lopez to poison the Queen

A TRUE REPORT OF THE DETESTABLE TREASON INTENDED BY

DR. RODERIGO LOPEZ

4. Coke to be Attorney-General. Bacon the likeliest candidate for

the Solicitorship, if the impression of his speech on the Subsidy

Bill were removed. Essex's account of his interview with the

Queen

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX, 30th of March

Coke's warrant for the Attorneyship, and Egerton's for the Mas-

tership of the Rolls, signed.

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 7th of April, 1594

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LETTER TO THE SAME, 8th of April, 1594

Delay owing to the illness of Burghley. Bacon recommended to
be about the Court in hope of obtaining access
LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 19th of April, 1594
Great case of Perpetuities. Bacon for the defendant

5. Essex in eclipse: canvass suspended

LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL, 1st of May, 1594.

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Essex unwell, and visited by the Queen. His account of the in-

6. Foulke Greville comes to Court and intercedes with the Queen for

Bacon. Bacon's patience wearing out.

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1. The Queen shows signs of relenting. Bacon begins to be em-

ployed in business of the Learned Counsel. Appointed to go

to the North on State service. Introduction of a French gen-

tleman to the authorities of Oxford

301

LETTER TO THE PROVOST OF A COLLEGE IN OXFORD, 3rd of

July, 1594.

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LETTER TO THE PROCTOR OF THE YEAR, 3rd of July, 1594

2. Bacon stopped on his way by illness at Huntingdon .

LETTER TO THE QUEEN, 20th of July, 1594 .

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Takes his M.A. degree at Cambridge and returns to London

3. FRAGMENTS OF A DISCOURSE TOUCHING INTELLIGENCE AND

THE SAFETY OF THE QUEEN'S PERSON

4. Conditions of the time and duties of a Crown Lawyer. State of

Elizabeth's Council-Table. Bacon continues to be employed in

examinations

5. Lady Bacon and her household at Gorhambury. Solicitorship
still vacant. Canvass renewed

LETTER TO LORD Keeper PuckERING, 24th of August, 1594. 313
LETTER TO THE SAME, 25th of August, 1594 .
LETTER TO ANTHONY BACON, 26th of August, 1594
6. Question as to appointment of Solicitor again adjourned
LETTER TO RICHARD YOUNG, 2nd of September, 1594

7. "Tower employment." Nature of an examination upon

gatories

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ARTICLES OF EXAMINATION OF RALF SHELDON, ESQ.

8. Bacon employed in business belonging to the Solicitor-General,

and in hope of the place

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Letter to Lord Keeper PuckerRING, 28th of September, 1594 320

Appointment still postponed.

LETTER TO ANTHONY BACON, 16th of October, 1594

9. Money matters. Debtor and creditor account between Anthony

and Francis. More money wanted

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LETTER TO ANTHONY BACON, 10th of December, 1594
LETTER TO THE SAME, 13th of December, 1594

10. Holiday occupations, grave and gay. Merry Christmas at Gray's

Inn. Gesta Grayorum.' The Prince of Purpoole in Council 325

SPEECHES OF THE SIX COUNCILLORS

11. Relation of this composition to Bacon's serious speculations

CHAPTER X.

A.D. 1594-95, JANUARY-NOVEMBER.

ÆTAT. 34.

1. Difficulty of arranging the letters taken from Rawley's Supple-

mentary Collection

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

Solicitor still unappointed. Lady Bacon's report of her conver-

sation with Sir Robert Cecil.

2. Bacon's resolution to give the matter up, and go abroad. Essex's

attempt to bring the question to a crisis. Bacon sent for to the

Court

LETTER TO ANTHONY BACON, 25th of January, 1594

LETTER TO SIR ROBERT CECIL, ENCLOSED IN THE LAST

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

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4. Appointment still in suspense and Bacon still a suitor. Rumours

LETTER TO Lord Burghley, 21st of March, 1595.

LETTER TO FOULKE GREVILLE

LETTER TO LORD Keeper PuckERING, 25th of May, 1595

5. Bacon is again reminded of his old offence in the matter of the

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Subsidy Bill in 1593, and again tenders the old excuse

LETTER TO LORD BURGHLEY, 7th of June, 1595

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 11th of June, 1595

Hope fades and expires.

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LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 28th of July, 1595

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 19th of August, 1595. 365

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 25th of September, 1595 367

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 11th of October, 1595. 368

LETTER TO LORD KEEPER PUCKERING, 14th of October, 1595. 369

6. Serjeant Fleming appointed Solicitor. Probable cause of the

Queen's long indecision and final resolution .

7. Munificence of Essex. Grant from the Crown to Bacon of the

lease of certain lands at Twickenham, in reversion .

LETTER TO THE EARL OF ESSEX

Apprehensions and warnings.

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8. Essex in full favour again. Celebration of the anniversary of the

Queen's accession. Essex's Device. Bacon's part in it. 374

SPEECHES OF THE PHILOSOPHER, THE CAPTAIN, THE COUN-
CILLOR, AND THE SQUIRE.

9. Mr. Dixon's account of Bacon's endeavours to make peace between
Essex and Ralegh. Evidence examined. Device of the Indian
Prince. Foundation of the fiction

10. Bacon's position .

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