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A42746	Miscellaneous letters and essays on several subjects philosophical, moral, historical, critical, amorous, &c., in prose and verse : directed to John Dryden, Esq., the Honourable Geo. Granvill, Esq., Walter Moile, Esq., Mr. Dennis, Mr. Congreve, and other eminent men of th' age / by several gentlemen and ladies.	Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.; Moyle, Walter, 1672-1721.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1694 (1694)	Wing G732; ESTC R14504	119,130	250

sure of Success in his Resolution of settling the Reformed Religion of which he was a zealous Asserter securing the Professors thereof from the Popish Bishops Fury and Rage he perswades the King to ally himself to some Protestant Prince and accordingly a Match was made with the Lady Ann Sister to the Prince of Cleve by whose Protection the Protestants were very much Emboldn'd to a more public P●…osession of their Religion Thus did he fortunately carry on the Reformation to the larger growth whereof he gave an extraordinary assistance by obtaining from the King a Grant for publishing the Bible in the English Tongue whereby many were help'd to discern the Fallacies and Heresies of the R●…omish Faith who before had taken up with what Trash the Priests had put upon ' em Who now are importunate for a Convocation which the King summon'd to adjust Matters of Religion in this Assembly Cromwell takes place of all the Clergy by the Title of Vicar General and disputes strennously for the Protestant Faith But his Zeal on this Account procur'd him not a few considerable ●…nemies of whom Bishop Gardiner the most subtle and inveterate of all others was still labouring to bring about his ruin which at length with a great deal of Joy he thought he saw a fit time for the accomplishment of and herein indeed he was not mistaken The King by an inconstancy natural to him was grown weary of his Queen and his Love was now plac'd upon the Lady Katherine Howard this Gardiner observing took the Liberty to tell the King that 't was absolutely necessary for the Quiet of the Kingdom and Security of the Succession to have an English Queen and at same time with abundance of Cunning he in●…igates the King against Cromwell as the sole Cause of his unhappy Marriage with Q. Ann and this so wrought upon his Majesty who was ever violent in his Love and Hatred that imagining Cromwell was the only Obstacle to the Repudiation of his Wife and his Match with Katherine he so hearkn'd to the Accusations of his Enemies as to give Consent that he should be Arrested 〈◊〉 And accordingly by the Duke of Norfolk he was Arrested in the Council Chamber and committed to the Tower where he lay not long before h●… was attainted of High Treason Some of the Articles against him were That he had dispersed many Erroneous Books contrary to the Faith of the Sacrament that he had Licens'd many Preachers suspected of Heresie that he said he would not turn to the Pope's Obedience tho' the King turn'd but if the King did turn he would fight in person against him and drawing out hi●… Dagger wish'd that might pierce him to the Heart if he shou'd not do it that hearing some Lords were plotting against him he threaten'd he 'd raise great Stirs in England Tho' accus'd both of High Treason and Heresie his Enemies durst not b●…ing him to a Tryal but against all Law and Justice he was condemn'd while confin'd to the Tower during his Imprisonment he requested one of the Commissioners sent to treat with him to carry from him a Letter to the King which he refusing with passion and saying he 'd carry no Letter from a Traytor Cromwell ask'd him only to deliver a Message from him and upon his Consent You shall recommend me to the King says Cromwell and let him understand that by that time he hath so well try'd you and thoroughly prov'd you as I have done he shall find you as false a Man as ever came about him In all his adversity he was patient to a Miracle and when on the 28th of July he was brought to the Scaffold and beheaded on Tower-Hill he behav'd himself with all the Gallantry and Constancy of a Resolv'd Christian. He utter'd fervent Prayers and made a short Speech wherein he said he dy'd in the Catholic Faith meaning thereby no more as from his whole Life and even at his Death wherein he us'd no Popish Ceremony it must be concluded than that he dy'd in the true Christian Catholic Faith Thus fell this Great Man and with him for a long time did the Reformation seem to lie dead his Death who was the chief Instrument in it putting such a stop to that imperfect work that not Cran●… himself in that King's Reign cou'd ever afterwards gain any Ground for it Nay rather did it decline for several Preachers of the Reformed R●…ligion were burnt in a short time after by all which it appears how great a Loss the Church sustain'd in being depriv'd of so able and powerful a Member who more than any oppos'd himself with Great Zeal against the Impudences and Contrivances of the Pope's Subtle and Malicious Agents I shall not tire your patience if I recite a passage or two of this Brave Man's extraordinary Generosity It is but too common for those who from a low degree are rais'd to a high Estate to look with the greatest Contempt upon such who have most oblig'd them but our Cromwell in the full Enjoyment of all his Dignities bore himself with a Moderation peculiar to himself Witness his taking notice of a poor Woman who kept a Victualling-House and had formerly trusted him to the value of 4●… s. whom espying as he was riding thro' Cheapside he order'd to be call'd to him and after having acknowledg'd the Debt he sent her to his House discharged that and gave her an Annual Pension of Four Pound and a Livery during Life But what follows is much more remarkable As he was riding with some Nobles to the King's Palace he saw one footing it in the Streets whom he thought he knew immediately ord'ring his whole Train to await him he lights off his Horse upon Enquiry finding him the Man he took him for he embraces the Mean Stranger and to the Wonderment of all about him invites him to Dinner his hast at that time prevented a longer stay and therefore he left the amazed Stranger who Enquiring his Name of my Lord's Attendants began to be troubled with the reflections which this unexpected Accident gave him Cromwell who had stay'd some time with the King at his return home finds him attending in the Court Yard where again Embracing him he takes him to his Table and after some time finding the Lords who accompanied him no less surpriz'd at his Condescention than was the Stranger he makes 'em this Relation You wonder to see me thus Obliging but you will be more amaz'd when I tell you I am more Indebted to this Very Man than to the whole World beside for after the defeat of Gatillion I came to Florence so needy that being forced to beg an Alms this Worthy Merchant Mr. Francis Frescobald seeing I knew not what in my Face that pleas'd him upon Enquiry of what Country I was pitying me in my Necessity he took me home and gave me a Suit of Apparrel a Horse and 16 Ducats of Gold to bear my Expences to England and now turning

c. To J. H. Esq In Answer to the Question Who was the Greatest English-Man SIR I Am extreamly sensible under how many disadvantages I undertake the Resolution of your demand who was the greatest Englishman And but that I have this Satisfaction left me that where the Meanness of my Thought is Inconsistent with the Eminency of his Virtues and my ill management of the whole looks like a lessening the Grandeur of his Actions you will discover at once Goodness enough to pardon me and to entertain an agreeable Opinion of my Heroe but for this I say I had not dar'd thus to expose my own Weakness and his Worthiness SIR I have pitch'd upon Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex and Viceregent of England for this Man of Ten Thousand A Man who by his Merit alone rais'd himself from the meanest Condition to the highest Honour A Man in nothing unhappy so much as to have liv'd in the Reign of Henry the VIII of whom it was truly said That he never spar'd Woman in his Lust or his best Favourite in the Wrath. In whose chiefest Esteem our Cromwell did yet a long time remain Admir'd by his Friends dreaded by his Enemies carest by all and in one Word invested with a more Extensive Power than any Subject of England was ever before or since possess'd of He was born at Putney in Surrey where his Father liv'd an honest Blacksmith In all the little Passages of his Youth he discover'd an Active Tow'ring Disposition fond of Travelling and covetous of Employments much greater than his Descent or Education could pretend to tho' Nature the better to qualifie him for the Grandeur to which he was design'd had endow'd him with an apprehensive Wit a discerning Judgment a prodigious Memory a Florid Elocution and a resolute Soul not to be discomposed by the greatest Dangers By what helps he crost the Seas I know not but there I find him in the Year 1510. perfect in many Languages and after a while associating himself to some Persons deputed by the Town of Boston to procure them two Pardons for which they had been long Solliciting in vain at Rome Cromwell observing that the Delays caus'd by the Pope's Ministers proceeded only from their Griping Disposition resolv'd by a Witty Stratagem to effect that which by Reason and Importunity he could not having one day prepar'd some delicious Jellies after the English manner as the Pope was returning from Hunting he approach'd him with these and a Song wherewith the Old Father Julius being extreamly delighted upon Enquiry after their Business and Country he immediately stamp'd their Pa●…dons and order'd 'em a Dispatch having first learnt the Manners of preparing a Dish so agreeable to his Holiness's Palate And this little Contrivance is the more remarkable for that the Court of Rome which goes beyond all others in Intriguing were hereby fairly Outwitted He served afterwards in the Duke of 〈◊〉 's Army at the Siege of Rome and was in the French Camp at the Defeat of Gatillion as yet he had no true Sense of Religion tho' after his Journey to Rome in which he got the N●…w Testament by Heart he began to be be ter acquainted with the Principles of Christianity Upon his Return into England finding Cardinal Wolsey the only Man in Favour he enter'd into his Service and advanced himself therein considerably by acquitting himself faithfully of all things wherewith he was intrusted here he discover'd such forwardness in the suppressing of several Monasteries given by the King to the Cardinal his Master for building Christ's Colledge Oxon as that thereby he procur'd himself such abundance of ill Will from the Superstitious as that after the Cardinals Fall he was represented to the King as the worst of Men and the King the more easily credited reports against him because with much Zeal and as much Ingenuity he pleaded the Cardinals Cause in the House of Commons of which he was then a Member and this his Fidelity to his declining Master is the more worthy Praise for that 't is rare indeed to see any one stand by a Falling Favourite When Cromwell felt the Dissolution of Wolsey's Family he endeavour'd to get into the King's Service which Sir Christopher Hales Master of the Rolls and my Lord. Russell happily brought about tho' the King as has been said was prepossest exceedingly to his disadvantage My Lord with a Goodness inseparable from his Family earnestly sollicited his Promotion not only out of Gratitude Cromwell having sav'd his Life at B●…nonia but also because he sound him most forward to promote a Reformation in Religion to which his Lordship stood well affected and it was ●…ne Great Argument made use of to move the King to favour him that he was the most fit of ●…ll others to 〈◊〉 the Int●…igues of the Popish Clergy The King after having admitted him to his Presence ask'd him some Questions and heard his Complaints against the most Eminent ●…ticklers for the Popes Supremacys and as a mark of his special Favour he gave him the Ring from his Finger and sent him to the Convocation which he having the King's Signet boldly entred and seating himself among the Bishops●… to their great Amazement and Confusion tax●… them with such Crimes as had brought them in t●… such a Premunire as that thereby says he yo●… have forfeited all your Goods Chattels Lands●… and whatever other Benefits you are possess'd of●… By this means he enrich'd the King's Coffer wit●… 118840 l. which the Clergy had rais'd by Subsidy●… that by Act of Parliament they might be quitted from the Premunire into which Cromwell demonstrated they had run themselves By such ways he Ingratiated himself very much with the King who now conferr'd the Honour o●… Knighthood upon him made him Master of th●… King's Jewel House and soon after admitted him into the Privy Councel 1524 he was made Master of the Rolls and in the year 1527 he was install'd Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter●… and afterwards Created Earl of Essex and Lor●… Great Chamberlain of England and as the highest Mark of the King's Affection and Esteem fo●… him he was constituted Vicegeront in the King●… Absence Thus being rais'd to the very Pinacle o●… Honour like a Politic and Faithful Statesman h●… was continually studying the Security of the Government and the most proper methods for settling Peace and Tranquility throughout the whol●… Kingdom and in order hereunto he resolved upon Correcting the Vices of the Age encourageing Vertue establishing Good Orders and reforming Corruptions And for that was manifest there would not be wanting great Endeavours to subvert the Government while Monasteries and such like Religious Houses those Sources of vicious plotting Wretches whose Interest it was to adhere to the Pope were not destroy'd he induc'd the King to suppress 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 then the small Monasteries and afterwards the Abbys till all the Religious Fraternities of that sort in England were dissolv'd And that he might be

him about to Mr. Frescobald And what Dear Friend says he has brought you hither The generous Merchant after he had recover'd himself out of the amaze this happy Providence cast him into told him That he was become so Poor by his vast Losses that of all the Wealth he formerly enjoy'd but 15000 Ducats were left him and they were Owing him here and hard to be Got too Cromwell after he he had obtain'd a List of his Debtors sent a Servant of his own in his Name to Demand those Sums for the Merchant After Dinner taking his Friend apart he gave him first 16 Ducats for those he had receiv'd then 10 for his Apparrel and 10 more for his Horse and at last he Gave him Four Bags each quantity 400 Ducats for Interest after all he passionately requested his stay in England offering to lend him 〈◊〉 Ducats for 4 Years to Trade withal but Frescobald having by Cromwell's Authority obtain'd all his Money preferring before all his Native Country after a thousand Acknowledgements made him return'd for Florence with a due Sense of this so Extraordinary and Generous Entertainment But I am afraid Sir I grow too much upon your 〈◊〉 and therefore will shut up with the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cra●…er gave him in a Letter to the K●… on his 〈◊〉 I have fou●… says he that my Lord Cromwell has always lov●… you above all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Serv'd you with such Fi●…lity and S●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…e no King of England 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a be●… 〈◊〉 and it is my 〈◊〉 t●… your Majesty may find a Counsellor who both can and will 〈◊〉 his Trust as my Lord Cromwell 〈◊〉 d●…ne But alas nothing could move that Inexorab●… 〈◊〉 who 〈◊〉 than ●…orego his unlawful Lust to the Lady H●…ward whom he dar'd not Marry while Cromwell liv'd Sacrificed this his Darling 〈◊〉 And tho' it adds Greatly to my Lord 〈◊〉 Fame that after his Death he was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 bewall'd by the King who frequently cry'd out for his Cromwell Yet was not this a due Reparation to England for the ●…odd of such an Extraordinary Man whose Virtues were so Singular his Services so Signal both to the Nation in General and to the Reformation in particular whose Zeal to God was so True whose Temp●…rance so Constant in all Conditions who in one word was possess'd of a Courage so 〈◊〉 and a Fidelity so rare that I make no doubt you will with me Conclude a Man Endow'd with all these and many more Excellent 〈◊〉 well deserves the Title of the Greatest Englishman which therefore I affix to Thomas Cromwell the Great Earl of Essex and so conclude SIR Yours c. J. J. Cloe to Urania against Womens being Learn'd I Have my dear Urania so ill defended the the Cause you always 〈◊〉 that Lysander has convinc'd me that Lea●…ning is not for 〈◊〉 Sex but before I make an entire delivery of my Judgment to his Arguments I thought sit to send them as well as I can remember them to Urania to see what influence they 'll have on her and how she 'll defend the Point against an Opponent she has often so well handl'd without one Lysander will have it That Learning in common Prudence ought by the Men to be deny'd us since it wou'd not only make us proud and imperious and aspire to the command over Men which as we might by such Auxiliary force easily obtain the Charms of the Body alone giving us too great an Ascendant over Men so we shou'd not want the desire of obtaining it having got the means Secondly That since as he will have it we were design'd by God for Obedience not Rule to be instructed by our Husbands and to study only Houshold Affairs it wou'd be Impious to raise us from the Office Nature had allotted us to a Nobler Station Thirdly That Learned Women are seldom Chast Learning disposing 'em to Inconstancy and Infidelity to their Husbands in longing for foreign Embraces and that betwixt a Womans Desire and Act there is nothing but Opportunity This in short is the Substance of what he urg'd tho' with more advantageous Circumstances of a ●…ine turn of words and several Examples to confirm his Assertions which whether true or false I cannot determine But one thing I must not forget that he much urg'd a Book call'd Advice to a Daughter the Authority of which was too much Establish'd for me to Condemn 〈◊〉 leave the whole to the Judicious and Ingenio●… Urania whom I and ev'ry one must own the be●… Advocate for our Sex But tho' I 'll never dispute that Prize with you yet I shall always that of which of us is the best Friend and you must confess that I am without reserve your Sincere and Faithful Cloe. An Answer to the foregoing Letter in Defence of Womens being Learn'd URANIA to CLOE I Receiv'd yours my Charming Cloe the beginning of the last Week but the Niceness of the Subject wou'd not permit me to send you an immediate Answer being too much at that time taken up with other Affairs but having now got an Hour to my self I shall cursorily consider the weight of Lysander's Objections Lysander I must confess is a Man of a great d●… of Wit and delivers his Arguments on any Subject with that address that they appear much stronger from his Mouth than in Writing yet I must assure you nothing I have yet seen of his carries so little weight as what you have sent me which shews how bad a Cause he had undertaken since it cou'd only furnish him with such weak Supports as he has produc'd And I 'm confident your Love for Lysander brib'd your Judgment to his side which you have too much of to submit to such feeble Reasonings Learning he tells you will add fresh Pride to our Sex and kindle an Ambition in us of Commanding over that of Man which we shou'd certainly persue assisted with so powerful an Auxiliary since with these Charms Nature has bestow'd on our Bodies we go so far already and discover a desire of an absolute Mastery This is so Cobweb and Vulgar a Sophism that I 'm amaz'd to hear it from the Mouth of Lysander Is he Ignorant of the Nature of Learning or is he not very sensible that it teaches one to know ones self the consequence of which must certainly in any Woman of sense produce Humility not Pride It furnishes us with Masculine nay Divine Thoughts that are equally serviceable to our selves and Husbands It makes us contemn the designing Flatteries of Men when they deifie that Beauty which vanishes in a moment and which Fools preserve with so much Care for a Bair and Snare to both their own and their Admirers Ruin Learning teaches Wisdom which can never render us so opposite t●…●…he Establish'd Oeconomy of the World as to make us once think so wildly as to attempt the inverting so prevalent and inveterate a Custom as the Soveraignty of the Men. Besides Nature has form'd us too weak to effect