Robert Sidney, that he was content to suffer the ladies and gentlewomen to come forth. Whereupon Essex, returning the Lord Lieutenant thanks for the compassion and care he had of the ladies, desired only to have an hour's respite to make way for their going out, and an hour after to barricado the place again. Which because it could make no alteration to the hindrance of the service, the Lord Lieutenant thought good to grant. But Essex, having had some talk within of a sally, and despairing of the success, and thinking better to yield himself, sent word that upon some conditions he would yield.
But the Lord Lieutenant utterly refusing to hear of capitulations, Essex desired to speak with my Lord, who thereupon went up close to the house; and the late Earls of Essex and Southampton, with divers other lords and gentlemen their partakers, presented themselves upon the leads and Essex said, he would not capitulate, but entreat; and made three petitions. The first, That they might be civilly used: whereof the Lord Lieutenant assured them. The second, That they might have an honourable trial: whereof the Lord Lieutenant answered they needed not to doubt. The third, That he might have Ashton a preacher with him in prison for the comfort of his soul; which the Lord Lieutenant said he would move to her Majesty, not doubting of the matter of his request, though he could not absolutely promise him that person.1 Whereupon they all, with the ceremony amongst martial men accustomed, came down and submitted themselves and yielded up their swords, which was about ten of the clock at night; there having been slain in holding of the house, by musket shot, Owen Salisbury, and some few more on the part of my Lord, and some few likewise slain and hurt on the Queen's part: and presently, as well the Lords as the rest of their confederates of quality were severally taken into the charge of divers particular lords and gentlemen, and by them conveyed to the Tower and other prisons.
So as this action, so dangerous in respect of the person of the
1 "Whereas the Earl of Essex desired to have a chaplain of his own sent unto him to give him sacrificial comfort, wherein the Lord Admiral hath moved her Majesty; but his own chaplain being evil at ease, Dr. Don, the Dean of Norwich, is sent unto him to attend there, for whose diet and lodging the Lieutenant of the Tower is to take order."-Letter to Lord Thomas Howard, Constable of the Tower of London. Feb. 16. Council Reg. Eliz. No. 17, fol. 83. I quote from a copy.
leader, the manner of the combination, and the intent of the plot, brake forth and ended within the compass of twelve hours, and with the loss of little blood, and in such sort as the next day all courts of justice were open, and did sit in their accustomed manner; giving good subjects and all reasonable men just cause to think, not the less of the offenders' treason, but the more of her Majesty's princely magnanimity and prudent foresight in so great a peril; and chiefly of God's goodness, that hath blessed her Majesty in this, as in many things else, with so rare and divine felicity.
ACCOUNTS, Bacon's accounts with his
creditor, Trott, 89
Adhere, 'mean men must adhere,"
78
"Advice to Queen Elizabeth," written
by Bacon, 19
Africanus, Essex compares himself to,
113
Alchemist, philosophy of the, 56
Allen, Sir Francis, Essex's kindness to,
27
Apology, Bacon's, inaccurate, 94; 112-
115, 149-151, 159-160, 173, 174,
181, 183. For the full text of the
Apology, see the Appendix
Apology, Essex's, 95
Architecture of Fortune, the, 77
Aristotle, Bacon on, 14, 56, 58
Armada, the, 4
Artillery, a thing not far out of the
way," 57
Ashley, Sir A., attempts to corrupt
Cecil, 4
Ashton, Essex's chaplain, 232-233
Astronomers," the new car-men," 57
Atlas, Burghley "the Atlas of this
commonwealth," 21
Attorney-General, place of, sought by
Bacon, 39; obtained by Coke, 42
BACON, Lady Anne (Bacon's mother),
to her sons, 16, 47; warns Anthony
against Cecil, 66
Bacon, Anthony (Bacon's elder brother),
his charges against Cecil, 2, 67; his
early life, 20; returns from the Con-
tinent, 20; alienates lands for his
brother, 47; resists attempts to de-
tach him from Essex, 66; supports
his brother's suit for the Mastership
of the Rolls, 70; his negociations
with Scotland, 72; Francis dedicates
the Essays to him, 78; he re-dedi-
cates them to Essex, 79; undertakes
his brother's pecuniary responsibili-
ties, 81, 82; in danger of alienating
Gorhambury, 88; expostulates with
Essex, 91, 92; his death, 88; his
violence apologized for by Francis to
Burghley, 102; letters written in his
name to Essex by Francis, 187; a
pension for his services bestowed on
Francis, 252
Bacon, Francis, writes the Greater Birth
of Time, 13; his account of himself,
14; in the days of his greatness, 16;
his shyness, 16; his attempts to cure
his shyness, 18; his independence at
first, 16, 17; obtains a reversionary
office, 20; he appeals to Burghley,
21; applies himself to Essex, 35;
sues for office, 37-51; excluded from
Court for a speech in Parliament, 38;
accuses Cecil and Puckering of thwart-
ing him, 51; presented with a gift
of land by Essex, 55; his alleged
motive for desiring office, 22, 61;
tries for the Mastership of the Rolls,
70; his dissimulation, 71; he ad-
vises Essex to dissemble, 73; dedi-
cates the Essays to Anthony, 78;
shifts his pecuniary reponsibilities on
Anthony, 81, 82; encumbered with
debts, 83; tries to obtain his rever-
sionary office, 83; aims at a wealthy
marriage, 84; endeavours to bribe
Egerton, 85-87; advises Essex to pre-
tend to be willing to assume the com-
mand in Ireland, 97; his letter to
Essex after the Earl's quarrel with
the Queen, 102; his gradual with-
drawal from Essex, 103, 104; his si-
lence complained of by Essex, 104;
his proposed alteration of Camden's
history, 135; recommends to Cecil
toleration of Roman Catholicism in
Ireland, 143; intercedes for Essex,
148-163; is accused of prolonging
Essex's disgrace, 156, 157; his New
Year's Letter to the Queen, 163;
writes letters in the name of Anthony
Bacon and of Essex, 165, 166, 187-
190; his account of the proceeding
at York House, 167, 168; his own
part in that proceeding, 170; had
warned Essex against debt, 177;
offers Essex his services, 181; his
inaccuracy, 181; intercedes for Essex
after his outbreak, 212; charges
Essex with hypocrisy, 224-229; his
account of his part in drawing up the
Declaration of the Treasons of Essex,
237; what is the explanation of his
self-respect, 250; rewarded by the
Government for his prosecution of
Essex, 251; receives a pension from
King James for Anthony's services,
252 his devotion to Cecil during
the life of the latter, 253; his de-
scription of Cecil after the death of
the latter, 254. See also Apology,
Bacon, Sir Nicholas, Lord Keeper and
father of Francis Bacon, 19
Bacon, Robert (cousin of Francis), his
pecuniary dealings with Anthony
and Francis Bacon, 81
Bagnall, Sir Henry, death and defeat
of, 100
Bashfulness, Bacon's, 17
Bias, the precept of, 251
Bingham, Sir Richard, death of, 104
Barlow's, Dr., Sermon on Essex, 232,
235, 236.
Birch, his Memoirs of the Reign of
Queen Elizabeth, 1; quoted passim
Blackwater, surrender of, 100
Blount (Blunt) Charles; see Montjoy
Blount (Blunt), Sir Christopher, re-
commended by Essex for the com-
mand in Ireland, 98; appointed
Marshal by Essex, 119; detached to
suppress disorders in Ophaly, 126;
his account of Essex's [proposal and
motive for returning to England,
127, 128; his speech before execu-
tion, 208; said to have dissuaded
Essex from flight, 210
Bodley, Sir Thomas, desires to be re-
called, 4; favoured by Essex in a
factious spirit, 8, 24; Bacon's letter
to, 18
Booth, condemned to the pillory, 5
Bothwell, Ralegh's name for Essex,
Buckhurst, Lord, Essex writes to, in
behalf of Bacon, 70
Buckingham, the Duke of, his charge
against Bacon, 157
Burghley, Lady, Bacon's letter to, 16
Burghley, Lord, Essex's guardian, 13;
ill and out of favour, 66; his com-
plaint to Essex, 68; his death, 99 ;
Bacon's appeal to, 21; bestows a
reversionary office on Bacon, 20;
tries to recall Essex to Court, 96; acts
as a "middle counsellor," 99
CABINET. The Royal Cabinet of Phi-
losophy, 59
Cadiz, Essex's expedition to, 65
Cain, Bacon illustrates Essex's trea-
son by reference to Cain
Calendar, the calendar of Julius Cæsar
more memorable than his conquests,
58
Cambridge, Bacon at, 15
Camden, on Essex's appointment to the
Irish command, 107, 108; his judg-
ment of Essex, 230; Bacon's pro-
posed substitution for a passage in
Camden's History, 135
Carew, Sir George, Cecil's friend, 245;
courts the favour of Essex, 90; re-
commended by Essex for the Irish
command, 98; advised by Cecil to
throw up his command on the plea
of illness, 9
Casket letters, the, 2
Catholics, Roman; see Toleration
Cato, a Cato at home barking at
Africanus, 111
Cecil, Sir Robert, speech about the suc-
cession, 6; his account of the quar-
rel between him and Essex, 24; sus-
pected by Bacon of hostility, 51;
how nicknamed by Perez, 65; sworn
Secretary, 65; contends with Essex,
66; reconciled to Essex, 94; ap-
pointed Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, 96; refuses to go as an
ambassador without an duvnoría from
Essex, 97; Bacon's professions of
affection to, 104; informs Sir Tho-
mas Edmondes that Essex will be sent
to Ireland, 106, 110; approves of
Essex's march to Munster, 124;
alarmed by report of Spanish inva-
sion, 135; informs Neville of Essex's
parley with Tyrone, 138; anticipates
Essex's release, 142; his speech on
the proposed "toleration,'
142;
withdraws the charge of toleration
brought against Essex, 143, 171; un-
popular during Essex's disgrace, 156;
remonstrates with Bacon on the ru-
mours about his conduct, 158;
blames Essex's march into Munster,
170; declines a reconciliation with
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