Resuscitatio or, bringing into publick light several pieces of the works, civil, historical, philosophical, and theological, hitherto sleeping of the right honourable Francis Bacon : Baron of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. In two parts. The third edition, according to the best corrected copies, together with his Lordships life. / By William Rawley, doctor in divinity, his lordships first and last Chaplain. And lately his Majesties Chaplain in Ordinary.

Francis Bacon

Date:: Anno Domini 1671

Credit: Resuscitatio or, bringing into publick light several pieces of the works, civil, historical, philosophical, and theological, hitherto sleeping of the right honourable Francis Bacon : Baron of Verulam, Viscount Saint Alban. In two parts. The third edition, according to the best corrected copies, together with his Lordships life. / By William Rawley, doctor in divinity, his lordships first and last Chaplain. And lately his Majesties Chaplain in Ordinary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$Hts Lord- iTiips Speech at the taking h If place m Chancery. Fourthly 5 if the Grants be againlf the Kings f>oike of Bounty-i I am ex. prclly Commanded to ftay them until the King either Revife his Bod in General, or give Diredionin the particular. Fifthly j if as a CounfeBer of Ejlate, 1 do forefee inconvenience toenfue by the Grant in reafon of Eflate, in refpedf of the Kings Honour ot Dif- pcontent, or Murmur of the People, I will not truif mine own Judgement ;buc I will cither acquaint his Adajelijwith it, or the Counfel Eahle^ ov (ome ' fuch of my Lords as I fnall think fit. Laflly, for Mattered Pardons'') If it be of Trejfo'i, M fprifion Treafom Murther^ either cxpreired or involute, by a non ohjiante'^ Or of a Pyracy, or Premunire^ or of Fines^ or Fxernplarjpunijhment in Star-Chamher Or of feme other natures ; 1 (Fall by the grace of God jfay them until his Ma/eflj ( who is the Fountain of Grace )imy refoUt between God and him(under- ftandingthc Cafe,) how far Grace fhall abound, or fuperabound. And ifitbeof perfons attainted and Convided, of RonberyBurglar)^ &c. Then will I examin whether the Pardons paifed the hand of any jufffee of^ AfTife ^ Or otherCommiffmers before whom the Tr/^/was made» and if no» 11 think it my duty alfo to ftay them. j Thus your Lordjhips lee in this Matter of the Seal, agreeable to the I Commandement 1 have received, I mean to walk in the Light > So that I Men may knew where to finde me ; And this pub’ilLing thereof plainly , •T hope will five the King from a great deal of Abufe j And me from a great deal of Envy; When men fliall fee that no particular Turn, or end, leads me but a general For the third General Head of his Majedies precepts, concerning Speedy \ Justice J I am rcfolved that my Decree iTiall come fpccdily ( not inftant- I ]y ) after the Hearing and my figned Decree pronounced. For it hath been I a manner much ufedjof late in my Lords laff time ( of whom I learn mucti to i Imitate and with due reverence ro his memory let me fpeak it, Much to ! avoid ; That upon the Solemn and Full hearing of a nothing is pro- i nounced in Courts But BreviateS\ arc required to be made : Which I do not dillike in it fcJf in Caufes perplexed. For I confefsl have fomewhae of the Gun flatizie'i And I am of Opinion, that whofoever is not wiferupon ^^dxoice than upon thefuddain> The fame Man is no wifer at 50. years old Ithan he was at 30.And it was my Fathers ordinary Word'^ Tou mufi give \ me time. But yet I find that when'fuch were taken, the Caufe I was fomdtimes forgotten a Term or twoj And then fet down for ^new { h'l-aring or a Pehearingthtee or feurTermes after. Of which kind of In- i termijuon 1 fee no ufe ; and therefore I will promife regularly to pro- jnouncemy Decree within few Dayes after my hearings and to fignmy Df \cree at leaf! in the Vacation, after the pronouncing. For Ptefc^Jufiice is [the IwcereO:. And belides ought not to be delayed ; And it will I alfo avoid all means making or Labouring; For there ought to be noL^i- houring in Caufes^ but the Labouring of the Counfel at the Bar. I Again bccaufc fufiice is a Sacred Thing'-i and the end for which I am 'called to this pi ice, and therefore is my way to (And if it be fhortcr it is never a whit the worfe ) I (Fall by the grace of God( as far as Co^vyiirgivc msibrength) add the Afternoon' to the Forenoon , and fome Fourthnighf of the K'acation^ to the Term f For the the cxpcdicingand clca- I of the eaufes of Court: Only the Depth of the Three long Vacations, I I would referve in fome mcafurefrcc, for Bufinefs of Effate ; and for Studies *ot '^rtes and Sciences j to which in my Nature I am moff inclined. ' There$

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