ABSTRACT
MY Lords, For as much as the Most High God hath guide me with a Spirit of Truth, and that I have had no by-ends, but I have been sincere for the good of Kings and Kingdom; therefore I desire Your Lordships neither to de despise me nor reject me. Let me be like Babaam’s Ass, to turn away a Curse, for although Balaam was a Wise Man and a Prophet, yet he would have Cursed Israel, that they might have been destroyed, to promote himself, and was ignorant of the Angel that stood to destroy him, had not the Ass seen and turned aside; so God made the Ass an Instrument, to save his Master and prevent a Curse: Let me I pray you be like this Ass, for to turn away Wrath and Destruction: for he has invested Your Lordships with Power, to take care of the Grandure of his Kingdom. And King David was wise when he came into Government, he taught Israel to bemoan the Death of Saul and Jonathan, and the reason why? because he Clothed them with Scarlet and Gold, and other delicate things; so I see it is for the Kings Honour, as well as his Profit, for the Ladies to go in Rich Garments, for God made all the Treasure of the Earth to adorn the Saints, and to incourage them to serve him, and while they do so, they are Blessings.
