Add MS 4128

ESSEX (DEVEREUX) PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 44). Included are:-

(1) Sir Robert Cecil, Secretary of State, to Sir George Carew, President of Munster, on the arraignment, etc. of Lord Essex; 11 Mar. 1600/1. Copy. ff. 5-8b.

(2) 'Meditation' of Lord Essex beg. 'Since that time the Sun hath gone about the world' (cf. Royal MS. 17 B. L, from which Birch copied it). ff. 9-10.

(3) 'Verses made by Mr. Fra. Bacon' beg. 'The man of Life upright, whose guiltless heart is free', in imitation of Horace, Odes III. 3. f. 14. Printed in the Works of Francis Bacon, by J. Spedding, vii, p. 269.

(4) Henry Cuffe, Secretary to Lord Essex, to Sir R. Cecil, 'declaring the Effect of the Instructions framed by the Earl of Essex, and delivered to the Ambassador of the King of Scots touching the title to the Crown of England'; March 1601. ff. 17-20. Copied by Birch from Harley MS.

444, f. 18. For another copy see Stowe MS. 145, f. 12.

(5) The 'Declaration' of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, followed by the 'Examination' of Henry Cuffe and Sir John Davis, witnesses at the trial of Lord Essex; Feb.-Mar. 1601. ff. 23-28.

(6) The Earl of Essex's vindication of the war in Spain in an Apology to Mr. Anthony Bacon; 1598. Copy. Imperfect at the beginning. ff. 29-42b. Followed, in the same hand, by copies of the letters of advice from Thomas Egerton, Lord Keeper, to Essex, 15 Oct. 1598, and of Essex's reply, 18 Oct. ff. 43-44b. The Lord Keeper's letter is imperfect at the beginning. The Apology was first printed in 1600, republished in 1603, and again in 1729. The letters are printed in Cabala, 1691, i, pp. 216, 217. For other copies see Stowe MS. 275, ff. 1-12, 15, 15b.

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Collections rel. to, made by T. Birch: 17th-18th centt.: Copies and printed.

Thomas Birch, d 1766 DD, FRS: Transcripts and abstracts of MSS., etc., made for and by: 18th cent.: Partly autogr.

includes:

• f. 5 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letter to Sir G. Carew: 1601.: Copies.
• f. 5 George Carew, 1st Baron Carew; Earl of Totness (1626): Letter to, from Sir R. Cecil: 1601.: Copy.
• f. 14 Poetry ENGLISH: F. Bacon: imitations of Horace: 16th-17th cent.
• f. 14 Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans: Verses in imitation of Horace: n.d.
• f. 17 Henry Cuffe, Secretary to the Earl of Essex: Letter to Sir R. Cecil: 1601.: Copy.
• f. 17 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cranborne; 1st Earl of Salisbury: Letter to, from H. Cuffe: 1601.: Copy.
• ff. 23-28 Sir Ferdinando Gorges, military and naval commander: Declaration at the trial of Lord Essex: 1601.
• f. 24b Henry Cuffe, Secretary to the Earl of Essex: Examination at the trial of Lord Essex: 1601.
• f. 26 Sir John Davies, Attorney-General for Ireland; d.1626: Examination at the trial of Lord Essex: 1601.
• ff. 29-42b Anthony Bacon, diplomatist: Apology of Lord Essex addressed to: 1598.: Two copies.
• ff. 29-42b (imperf.) Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Apology for the war with Spain: 1598.: Three copies.
• ff. 43-44b Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; 1st Viscount Brackley: Correspondence with Lord Essex: 1598.: Copies.
• ff. 43-44b Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex: Correspondence with Lord Keeper Egerton: 1598.: Copies.