"Cecil is infinitely desirous that King James, as he favours him, should write the letter of satisfaction concerning 40 by the very next dispatch; for it should seem to me, by secret intimation from Cecil this afternoon, that the party is a little tickle, and like <i>rasa tabula</i>, that is, ready both to receive and to retain the first impression that is settled, and therefore to put his Majesty in mind of the old maxim of our law, <i>Quod nullius est</i>, <i>occupanti conceditur, </i>and <i>in re dubia melior est conditio possidentis."</i>
The secret correspondence of Sir Robert Cecil with James VI. King of Scotland. Now first published.
Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of. <u>The secret correspondence of Sir Robert Cecil with James VI. King of Scotland. Now first published</u>.. Edinburgh, 1766. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.<BR>http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/ECCO