257FRANCIS Lord BACON.
as the Arts and Policy of a Great Stateſman, then;
who la-
boured by all induſtrious, and ſecret Means, to ſuppreſs,
and keep him down; leſt, if he had riſen, he might have obſcur-
ed his Glory.
boured by all induſtrious, and ſecret Means, to ſuppreſs,
and keep him down; leſt, if he had riſen, he might have obſcur-
ed his Glory.
But though;
he ſtood long at a ſtay, in the Dayes of his Mi-
ſtreſs Queen Elizabeth; ret, after the change, and Coming
in of his New Maſter, King James, he made a great pro-
greſs; by whom he was much comforted, in Places of Truſt,
Honour, and Revenue, I have ſeen, a Letter of his Lord-
ſhips, to King James, wherein he makes Acknowledgement;
That he was that Maſter to him, that had raiſed and ad-
vanced him nine times; Thrice in Dignity, and Six
times in Office, His Offices (as I conceive) were Counſel
learned extraordinary, to his Majeſty, as he bad been, to
Queen Elizabeth; Kings Solliciter General; His Maje-
ſties Atturney General; Counſellor of Eſtate, being yet
but Atturney; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England;
Laſtly, Lord Chancellor: which two laſt Places, though they
be the ſame, in Authority and Power; yet they differ in Pa-
tent, Height, and Favour of the Prince. Since whoſe time,
none of his Succeſſors, until this preſent Honourable Lord;
did ever bear the Title of Lord Chancellor. His Digni-
ties were firſt Knight, then Baron of Verulam; Laſtly,
Viſcount Saint Alban: Beſides other good Gifts and Boun-
ties of the Hand, which his Majesty gave him, Both out of
the Broad-Seal, and out of the Aleniation-Office, To the va-
lue, in both of eighteen hundred pounds per annum: which
with his Mannour of Gorhambury; and other Lands and
Poſſeſſions, near thereunto adjoyning, awounting to a third
part more, he retained to his Dying Day.
ſtreſs Queen Elizabeth; ret, after the change, and Coming
in of his New Maſter, King James, he made a great pro-
greſs; by whom he was much comforted, in Places of Truſt,
Honour, and Revenue, I have ſeen, a Letter of his Lord-
ſhips, to King James, wherein he makes Acknowledgement;
That he was that Maſter to him, that had raiſed and ad-
vanced him nine times; Thrice in Dignity, and Six
times in Office, His Offices (as I conceive) were Counſel
learned extraordinary, to his Majeſty, as he bad been, to
Queen Elizabeth; Kings Solliciter General; His Maje-
ſties Atturney General; Counſellor of Eſtate, being yet
but Atturney; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England;
Laſtly, Lord Chancellor: which two laſt Places, though they
be the ſame, in Authority and Power; yet they differ in Pa-
tent, Height, and Favour of the Prince. Since whoſe time,
none of his Succeſſors, until this preſent Honourable Lord;
did ever bear the Title of Lord Chancellor. His Digni-
ties were firſt Knight, then Baron of Verulam; Laſtly,
Viſcount Saint Alban: Beſides other good Gifts and Boun-
ties of the Hand, which his Majesty gave him, Both out of
the Broad-Seal, and out of the Aleniation-Office, To the va-
lue, in both of eighteen hundred pounds per annum: which
with his Mannour of Gorhambury; and other Lands and
Poſſeſſions, near thereunto adjoyning, awounting to a third
part more, he retained to his Dying Day.
Towards his Riſing years, not before, he entered into a mar-
ried Eſtate, and took to Wife, Alice, one of the Daughters,
and Co heirs of Benedict Barnham, Eſquire, and Alder-
man of London, with whom he received, a ſufficiently am-
ple, and liberal Portion, in Marriage. Children he had
none: which, though they be the means to perpetuate our
Names, after our Deaths; yet he had other Iſſues to perpe-
tuate his Name; The Iſſues of his Brain; in which be was
ried Eſtate, and took to Wife, Alice, one of the Daughters,
and Co heirs of Benedict Barnham, Eſquire, and Alder-
man of London, with whom he received, a ſufficiently am-
ple, and liberal Portion, in Marriage. Children he had
none: which, though they be the means to perpetuate our
Names, after our Deaths; yet he had other Iſſues to perpe-
tuate his Name; The Iſſues of his Brain; in which be was