.  ^  My  bids,  lam  very  sensible  of  the  great
fihaiv^thft  ri^t  honanvaUe  the  earl  of  Essex
hath lieen  at  in  this  proseoution  before  your
lordships^  though  net  greater  than  therein
bath  been  enpended:  but  I  canai^t  apjply
nayself  to  his  lordship,  either  for  what  remaina,
«r  lo  bia  lordship  ar  bis  honourable  fiunilv  or
dsewhera  fisr  any  salisfiiotion  for  what  I  have
done  and  (through'  oppressian  as  severely  aa
luynaUy)  sttffered  under  the  male  admmis-
trntioB  of  the  late  tsmsa,  till  the  henour  of  the
truly  ri^bt  heaanraUe  but  unfottmiate  earl  of
Basex  is  rescued  from  that  ui^nst,  fiilse  and
infamous  imputation,  under  which,  (in  many
man's  opinions)  it  hath  se  many  years  been
Innied;  and  without  some  assistance,  I  must
Heasenably  expect  ^  be  cast  into  gael  for  some
ef  theae  very  debts  #hich  my  long  misfortunes
luwe  oontraoted  ;  in  whieh  miserable  i^ace  I
loa^  possibly  perisb  for  want  of  breadT.  But
vbicb  is  much  worse  than  death,  thus  I  was
Mice  lo  suffer  under  the  most  odious  character
(from  toomany)  of  u  infamous  imposture  and
common  suborner.  For  the  avoiding  tb^rerore
the  wont  cftbeae  two  evils,  1  have  published
to  the  world  my  own  just  Vindkation ;  and  I
am  SQA  your  larddupa  can  never  blame  me  for
endeavouring  to  avoid  ao  hard  and  undeserved
nfots.  And  should  all  this  psove  my  misfiir-
tone,  (I  am  well  aatisfied)  it  la  without  in  this
Tfespeot  ray  fault ;  and  therefore  having  done
tiotning  herein,  but  whatlean  answer  to  God,
and  a  good  oonscienea  (and  I  ehaUenge  all,
•ven  the  greatest  of  my  adversaries  to  prove
the  contrary)  I  shall  (1  nop®)  never  repent  of
having  done  my  du^,  but  shall  patiently  wait
i»  nddifwanne  fiwithatwiMih  wiU  ynft  n


period  to  all  the  Qrannona  eppresratsf  siA
as  groan  under  the  w^ht  tberaof;  bet  (vidmt
true  repentance,  whidi  God  in  meicy  giiin
to  all,  even  the  matest  of  my  cneoiii)  will
prove  but  the  Manning  of  a  mors  hsUia^
sorrow  to  the  chief  author  hereof ;  fitrnwhsm.
