As I force myself to say this in excuse of my motion, lest it should appear unto your Lordship altogether Undiscreet and unadvised, so my hope to obtain it resteth only upon your Lordship's good affection towards me and grace with her Majesty, who methinks needeth never to call for the experience of the thing, where she hath so great and so good of the person which recommendeth it.
"The Mystery of Francis Bacon"
William T. Smedley