Francis Bacon
Published: 2016-10-29
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Excerpt from Sir Francis Bacon, His Apologie, in Certaine Imputations Concerning the Late Earle of Essex: Written to the Right Honourable His Very Good Lord, the Earle of Devon-Shire, Lord Livetenant of Ireland Upon good bookes, or u; nature) I loved my Coun' to my fortune, and I held at that rumeur to doe good to the State d m {elfe to bim, in a manner which I think happeneth rarely amon men for I did not onely labour care L 4'q and 'indultriou y 1 hat he fet me about, whether it were matter of advice or o h wife, but neglee'dng the Qgeenes fer: vice, mine owne fortune nd in a fort my vocation, I did nothing but advifc and ruminate tb my felfe to the belt or'my underltan emoriais, of any thing that might con or, fortune, or fervice. And when not to is courfe, my brother Malter mart/jon} n he Seas, being a Gentleman whole abi litic the world taketh knwledge of for matters of State, pecial I did likeufe knit his fervice to be at my Lords dill on the 0 hr fide,1 malt and will ever acknowledge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."