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england_n	honourable_a	lord_n	privy_a	3,111	5	10.0848	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15041	A remembraunce, of the woorthie and well imployed life, of the right honorable Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight, Lorde keper of the greate Seale of Englande, and one of the Queenes Maiesties most honorable Priuie Counsell, who deceased, the 20 daye of Februarie 1578 VVith an exhortation necessarie for euery estate. The woorke of George VVhetstones Gentleman.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?	1579 (1579)	STC 25343; ESTC S111692	7,428	24

A REMEMBRAVNCE OF THE woorthie and well imployed life of the right honorable Sir Nicholas Bacon Knight Lorde keper of the greate Seale of Englande and one of the Queenes Maiesties most honorable Priuie Counsell who deceased the 20 daye of Februarie 1578. VVith an exhortation necessarie for euery estate The woorke of George VVhetstones Gentleman Formae Nulla fides ¶ Imprinted at London for Myles Iennyngs dwellyng at the signe of the Bible in Paules Church-yarde TO THE RIGHT VVORshipfull Maister Gilbert Gerrard the Queenes Maiesties Attorney generall George Whetstons gent. wisheth concontinuaunce of healthe with increase of happinesse SIr the renowne of the right honourable the late Lord kepers vertues and the regard of my vnablenesse to report them staied my indeuor for a time to worke a remembrance of his worthy and wel imploied life and hindred my desire to commit my notes to your learned censure But waiyng that wise men winne moralitie out of trifles as Bees draine honie forth of weedes and worthie mindes allowe of euery mannes good will as the chiefest garlande of curtesie I haue performed my attempte and aduentured on your acceptance beseching your worshipp in iudgement to imprint what I haue left of his vertues vnreported and to pardon my owne inuentiō not worthy your vewe for sure I am to faile in the one whether I exceade or no in the other Appelles easily and liuely counterfetted Alexander but learned Plutarke hardly discouereth his conditiōs Heracleotes perfectly painted Hellen but Ouid erred in penning her wantōnesse So difficulte a woorke it is to discourse the liues bothe of the good and bad as according to Senicaes opinion it is ncessarie that the vertuous reporte the one and the vitious publishe the other For that in these causes it is more needefull to haue experience to iudge then wit to deuise Phormio learnedly deuinyng of warre of Haniball was deamed vnwise for that beyng a Philosopher he vndertooke the charge of a souldier The like maie be my check that presume to pen the life of a graue Counseller that of yeres am grene of iudgement incertaine neuertheles I am the rather to bee pardoned for that greater clarkes haue in this pointerred besides my good will the woorke instructes and no waie hurtes whiche if it passe with your fauour I hold my self fully satisfied and my paines well īmployed the 4. daye of Marche Your worships to commaunde George Whetstons A REMEMBRAVNCE of the worthie and well imployed life of the right honourable sir Nicholas Bacon Knight Lorde keeper of the greate Seale of Englande and of the Queenes Maiesties moste honourable priuie Counsell SOlon the sage enacted this decree That onely men that liu'd and died well In written bookes regestered should bee His reason was the leaude whiche liu'd in hell Ought not in fame among the good to dwell Yet least their liues might so vnblamed passe In publike vewe he wrote their faultes in brasse And truthe to saie good deedes and bad brede fame If once in books about the worlde thei packe And wicked men to get them selues a name But little waie to woorke their countries wracke As he that did Dianaes Temple sacke Therefore that suche maie lose their after hope Baffoule their names and bane them with a rope Yet least my woordes be construed from the sence Of wicked men the ruine and the faule Briefly to write I holde for no offence But rather fit the climyng head to caule From suche attemps as after maie hym gaule But to the crime a couller for to vse An other tyme is cause of like abuse Of like abuse maie worse if worse maie bee The naughtie man would little reake of lawe If he a cloke could for his leudenesse see Thus what was ment to keepe ill men in awe In wronges geues them a light thei neuer sawe And therefore good this mischief to forelet That naughtie deedes starke naked should be set Raine oft doeth good yet through a hurtfull cause The Sunne by kinde doeth nourishe with delight Euen so to shewe their scourge that breaketh lawes Doeth well but how the free from bandes to fright VVhen their sweete liues at large for to recight VVhiche liu'de belou'de and blameles scapeth deede Maks men doe well on zeale not through dreede But some will saie that carpe beyonde their wit The Sonne sometymes a hurtfull heate doeth sende And nemo sine crimine viuit I graunt fewe liue but maie some faultes amende The fairest Rose hath prickels to offende The fruitfull Bee that doeth sweete honnie bryng The houswiues hande somtymes doeth sharply styng But what of this the gaine excedes the greefe Besides the vse makes all thynges ill or good Some men fauour where flattrie lackes releefe Some doe reuenge and neuer sheades their blood some vse bothe as though their wittes wer wood But followe those though sometymes thei doe sinne VVhose vpright liues bothe loue and fauor winne Euen one of those sir Nicholas Bacon was Lorde keeper late keye of the common weale VVhose death his ioye makes many sithe alas Her Maiestie who knewe his faithfull zeale Her Counsell when in greate affaires thei deale His frendes of course their plaintes with teares doe plant But wrōged men maie most be waile his want His breatheles corse but not begorde with blood Nor headles as a Traitor I present But numbryng hym among the perfecte good I bryng hym forthe to paie the yearth his rent VVho there ingrau'd to drawe men from lament His vertuous deedes whiche liue in spight of death My willyng muse shall alwaies keepe in breath To blase his birthe botelesse or needelesse were Maioribus virtute prelux●i Abideth touche with honour euery where VVhose nature is in acte not name to glory And yet this right none can his house deny But by decent a gentleman he was And by desarte to honour he did pas First Cambridge did with learnyng store head At Graies Inne then the Lawe he did applie And as Sea men with ioye and comforte fead If in the Sunne no watrie signe thei spie A boun courage my mates faire weather crie So thei in youth that did his sirmenesse see Deuinde in yeres greate would his fortune bee His wit was quicke yet raisde with self conceight By rashnes he to rise did not assaie Fishe sone are caught that bight at euery baight Like lucke haue thei that clime without a staie VVhiche made hym wright Mediocria firma The Snaile is slowe yet safely scales the Towre VVhen fliyng birdes are scarred euery howre He tooke his course in wisedome like the Snaile He sought no meanes but merite to aspire VVho slowly creepes but yet doeth neuer quaile And euen as heate be wraieth hidden fire So vertue giues in fine the good their hire Though Enuie sekes their benefite to thwarte Or thei them selues imprison their desarte Sufficient prose this good Lorde keeper showes VVhose wisedome hym with suche a credite clad As euery daie in greate account he growes VVho