a letter to the king touch Peachams Cause January it may please your excellent  majesty this day in the afternoon be read your majesty letter of direction  touch Peacham which because it concern proper the duty of my place I think it  fit for I to give your majesty both a speedy and a private account thereof  that your majesty know thing clear how they pass may have the true fruit of  your own wisdom and clear see judgement in govern the business first for the  regularity which your majesty as a master in business of estate do prudent  prescribe in examine and take examination I subscribe to it only I will say  for my self that I be not at this time the principal examiner for the course  your majesty direct and command for the feel of the judge of the king bench  their several opinion by distribute our self and enjoin secrecy we do first  find a encounter in the opinion of my lord cokee who seem to affirm that such  particular and as he call it auricular take of opinion be not accord to the  custom of this realm and seem to divine that his brother will never do it but  when I reply that it be our duty to pursue your majesty direction and it be  not amiss for his lordship to leave his brother to their own answer it be so  conclude and his lordship do desire that I may confer with himself and mr  sergeant Montague be nam to speak with justice crook mr sergeant crew with  justice Houghton and mr solicitor with justice dodderidge this do I take my  fellow aside and advice that they shall present speak with the judge before I  can speak with my lord cokee for doubt of infusion and that they shall not in  any case make any doubt to the judge as if they mistrust they will not deliver  any opinion apart but speak resolute to they and only make their come to be to  know what time they will appoint to be attend with the paper this sort not  amiss for mr solicitor come to I this evening and relate to I that he have  find judge dodderidge very ready to give opinion in secret and fall upon the  same reason which upon your majesty first letter I have use to my lord cokee  at the Council table which be that every judge be bind express by his oath to  give your majesty counsel when he be call and whether he shall do it joint or  several that rest in your majesty good pleasure as you will require it and  though the ordinary course be to assemble they yet there may intervene case  wherein the other course be more convenient the like answer make justice crook  justice Houghton who be a soft man seem desirous first to confer allege that  the other judge have all serve the crown before they be judge but that he have  not be much acquaint with business of this nature we purpose therefore  orthwith they shall be make acquaint with the paper and if that can be do as  sudden as this be I shall make small doubt of their opinion and howsoever I  hope force of law and precedent will bind they to the truth neither be I whole  out of hope that my lord cokee himself when I have in some dark manner put he  in doubt that he shall be leave alone will not continue singular for Owen I  know not the reason why there shall have be no mention make thereof in the  last advertisement for I must say for my self that I have lose no moment of  time in it as my lord of Canterbury can bear I witness for have receive from  my lord a additional of great importance which be that Owen of his own accord  after examination shall compare the case of your majesty if you be  excommunicate to the case of a prisoner condemn at the bar which additional be  subscribe by one witness but yet I perceive it be speak aloud and in the hear  of other I present send down a Copy thereof which be now come up attest with  the hand of more lest there shall have be any scruple of one by one testis so  as for this case I may say all to make ready and we expect but a direction  from your majesty for the acquaint the judge several or the judge of the king  bench as your majesty shall think good I forget not nor forslow not your  majesty commandment touch recusant of which when it be ripe I will give your  majesty a true account and what be possible to be do and where the impediment  be mr secretary bring good will but he be not verse much in these thing and  sometime urge the conclusion without the premise and by haste hinder it be my  lord treasurer and the exchequer must help it if it be help I have hear more  way than one of a oft of l per annum for farm the penalty of recusant not  include any offence capital or of praemunire wherein I will presume to say  that my poor endeavour since I be by your great and sole grace your attorney  have be no small spur to make they feel your law and seek this redemption  wherein I must also say my lord cokee have do his part and I do assure your  majesty I know it somewhat inward and groundedly that by the course we have  take they conform daily and in great number and I will to God it be as well a  conversion as a conformity but if it shall die by dispensation or  dissimulation then I fear that whereas your majesty have now so many ill  subject poor and detect you shall then have they rich and dissemble and  therefore I hold this offer very considerable of so great a increase of  revenue if it can pass the fiery trial of religion and honour which I wish all  project may pass thus in as much as I have make to your majesty somewhat a  naked and particular account of business I hope your majesty will use it  accord God preserve your majesty your majesty most humble and devote subject  and servant