50. Sir J. Stanhope, to Mr. Hicks; to know whether the Lord Treasurer would agree that his friend Mr. Johnson, of the Temple, should be a Baron of the Exchequer.
51. Mr. Hicks's copy of his letter to Sir J. Stanhope; to speak for him to the Queen, who he doubts was disgusted at his silence, when she honoured him with a visit at Ruckholt; in that he was so confounded with her majestic appearance, that he forgot all he had premeditated.
54. Mr. Hicks's copy of a letter, with parts of sentences purposely omitted, so as to render the whole unintelligible, except to the corresponder. With the passages omitted on a separate slip of paper.
55. A letter from Mr. John Stubbe, then in some part of France, to Mr. Hicks; on unimportant matters, with particular remembrances to his friends Riche, Drury, Catlin, &c. (In bad French.)
56. Mr. Francis Thomson, a persecuted Recusant, to Mr. Hicks, (here called Gabriel instead of Michael); for his protection against one Topclyff an informer; for which he promises Mr. Michael a gelding which cost him, to his own brother, twelve pounds; that he was troubled with the megrim and sci...
57. A florid letter to Lord Burghley, from Thomas Thornton, a Westminster Scholar; gratefully acknowledging kindnesses. (Latin, with some Greek verses.)
58. Mr. Tirwitt, Subdean of the Queen's Chapel, to Lord Burghley; that, according to the Queen's commands, he will invent some musical chimes, such as were never devised since Christ's ascension; with another paper of particulars.