A lamentable ditty composed upon the death of Robert Lord Devereux, late Earle of Essex : who was beheaded in the Tower of London on Ash Wednesday in the morning 1600 : To the tune of Welladay.

The apology of Sr. Francis Bacon, Kt. : In certain imputations concerning the late Earl of Essex written to the Right Honourable his very good Lord the Earl of Devonshire, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

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