I must confesse yo' kindnesse verie much but yet in truth, Sir, I deserve none such. for when I wed-as yet I meane to tarry— A woman of one language i'le but marry, and with that little portion of her store, expect such plenty, I would wish no more.

5. Epi. 9.

Westminster is a mill that grinds all causes,
but grinde his cause for mee there, he yt list:
For by demures and errours, stayes and clauses,
the tole is oft made greater then the grist.

6. Epi. 10.

He that doth aske St. James they [?] say, shall speed :

O yt Kinge James would answere to my need.

V. GULLINGE SONNETS.

NOTE.

These Gullinge Sonnets' were first printed in my reproduction of the Dr. Farmer MS. for the Chetham Society (2 vols. 4to., 1873) in Part I. pp. 76-81. There seems no question that these Sonnets belong to Sir John Davies. Besides the "J. D." and " Mr. Dauyes" of the MS., his most marked turns of thought and epithet are readily discernible in them. See critical remarks on them and their probable motif in Memorial-Introduction.

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The Sir Anthony Cooke to whom these Sonnets are dedicated descended from the Sir Anthony who was Preceptor to King Edward VI., and for Letters from whom whoso cares may consult the "Reformation" pondence of the Parker Society. His daughter Mildred was second wife of Lord Burleigh, and his daughter Anne was mother of the Bacon. His son and heir, Richard Cooke, died in 1579, and was succeeded by his son Anthony (this Sir Anthony), who was knighted in 1596 by the Earl of Essex at the sacking of Cadiz. He was buried at Romford, Essex, on the 28th December, 1604. G.