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 [sic] of Ireland (1642)
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 · London · leaf 5
TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE His Very good Lord the Eaile of Dtvon- fhire, Lord Lievtcnant of Inland. … it ; though I love a gcod narne^ but yet as an handir.aid and atten- dant of honefty and vertuc. For I am of his opinion that faid plea- fantly> That it wot afhanu to him that ^as afuter to the. Mifti-e^ey to m^ki l9ve to the waiting ^oman ; and therefore to woo or C ourt common fame otherwife than…
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601
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