a letter to the king touch the solicitor place it may please your excellent  majesty how honest ready I have be most gracious sovereign to do your majesty  humble service to the best of my power and in manner beyond my power as I now  stand I be not so unfortunate but your majesty know for both in the Commission  of union the labour whereof for man of my profession rest most upon my hand  and this last parliament in the bill of the subsidy both body and preamble in  the bill of attainder both Tresham and the rest in the matter of purveiance in  the ecclesiastical petition in the grievance and the like as I be ever careful  and not without good success sometime to put forward that which be good  sometime to keep back that which be good sometime to keep back that which be  worse so your majesty be please kind to accept of my service and to say to I  such conflict be the war of peace and such victory the victory of peace and  therefore such servant that obtain they be by king that reign in peace no less  to be esteem the conqueror in the war in all which nevertheless I can  challenge to my self our sufliciency but that I be diligent and reasonable  happy to execute those direction which I receive either immediate from your  royal mouth or from my lord of Salisbury at that time it please your majesty  also to assure I that upon the remove of the then attorney I shall not be  forget but be bring into ordinary place and this be after confirm nod I by  many of my lord and towards the end of the last term the mannet also in  particular poken of that be that mr solicitor shall be make your majesty  sergeant and I solicitor for so it be think best to sort with both our gift  and faculty for the good of our service and of this resolution both Courtand  counry take knowledge neither be this my invention or project of I own but  move from my lord I think first from my lord chancellor whereupon rest your  majesty well know I never open my mouth for the great place although I be sure  I have two circumstance that mr attorney that now be can not all adge the one  nine year service of the crown the other be cozen Germain to the lord of  Salisbury for of my father service I will not speak but for the less place I  conceive c but after this mr attorney Habbard be place I hear no more oh my  preferment but it seem to be at a stop to my great disgrace and discontentment  for gracious sovereign if still when the matter be stir another shall put in  before I your majesty have needs to work a miracle or else I shall be a be man  to do you service and therefore my most humble suit unto your majesty be that  this which seem to I intend may speedy be perform and I hope my former service  shall be but as beginning to better when I be better strengthen for sure I be  no man heart be suller I say not but many may have great heart but I say not  full of love and duty towards your majesty and your child as I hope time will  manifest against envy and detraction if any be to conclude I humble cave  pardon for my boldness