realm, as soon as possibly we can, both the queen our wife and our two elder children, which be able to abide the travel, we must recommend to your consideration the sending hither of such jewels and other furniture which did appertain to the late queen as you shall think to be meet for her estate, and also coaches, horses, litters, and whatsoever else you shall think meet. And in the doing thereof, these shall be warrant to you to command those that have the keeping of any such jewels or stuffs for the delivery thereof to you or to such persons as you shall appoint to receive and convey them to us. And forasmuch as for many services necessarily to be attended both about the queen's funeral, our reception into the cities and towns of this our realm and our coronation, the use of a lord chamberlain is very needful, and that the Lord Hunsdon, who now hath that place, is not able by reason of his indisposition to execute the services belonging to his charge, we have thought good to appoint our right trusty and right well beloved the Lord Thomas Howard of Walden to exercise that place for the said Lord Hunsdon, and for that purpose we have directed our letters specially to him.

Given under our signet at our town of Berwick, the 6th of April, 1603, the first year of our reign of England.

To our right trusty and well-beloved cousins and councillors, the lords and others of our Privy Council at London.

James I. to Prince Henry.1 1603.

My son, I am glad that by your letter I may perceive that ye make some progress in learning, although I suspect ye have rather written than dyted 2 it; for I confess I long to receive a letter from you that may [be] wholly yours, as well matter as form, as well formed by your mind as drawn by your fingers; for ye may remember that in my book to you,3 I warn you to beware with the kind of wit that ye may stye out at the end of your fingers; not that I commend not a fair handwriting, sed hoc facito, illud non omittito, and the other is multo magis præcipuum. But nothing will be impossible for you, if ye will only remember two rules, the one, aude semper in · all virtuous actions, trust a little more to your own strength, and away with childish bashfulness, audaces fortuna juvat, timidosque repellit; the other is my old, oft-repeated rule unto you, What ever ye are about, hoc age. I am also glad of the discovery of your little counterfeit wench. I pray God ye may be my heir in such discoveries. Ye have oft heard me say that most miracles now a days prove but illusions, and ye may see by this how wary judges should be in trusting accusations without an 'exact trial, and likewise how easily people are induced to trust to wonders. Let her be kept fast till my coming; and thus God bless you, my son,

Your loving father,

JAMES R.

1 MS. Harl., 6986, Art. 40.

2 Indited.

3 This refers to the Basilicon Doron, which was published in 1603.

James I. to the Lord Keeper and the other ministers, upon the neglect of the nobility to meet him, the jewels of the Queen1, &c.

James R.

15 April, 1603.

Right trusty and right well beloved cousins and councillors, we greet you well. Your letter of the thirteenth we received this afternoon about four of the clock, being newly arrived here at the house of Mr. William Engleby in our way to York, where we purpose to be to-morrow at night, the 16th of this month. For answer to the contents of your letter we would have you remember that you may perceive by our former letters that we never urged your personal repair to us farther or sooner than our affairs there would permit you. But when we had increased the number of you,2 (whereof since yourselves for some causes have suspended the execution) we did think that some of the youngest of you might have come toward us. But that being now altered, we desire that you do not remove from the charge you have in hand, where we know you sustain double pain, out of the travail in our affairs, and the other for want of our presence, which we hope shall not be now long from you, for that we purpose not to stay any where above [a] day until we come to Theobalds, where we hope to be the 28th or the 29th of this month at the farthest.

Touching the jewels to be sent for our wife, our mean

1 MSS. in Mus. Ashmol. Oxon.

2 James had increased the number of the council by twelve. See Lingard, vol. ix., p. 5.

ing is not to have any of the principal jewels of the state to be sent so soon nor so far off, but only such as, by the opinion of the ladies attendant about the late queen our sister, you shall find to be meet for the ordinary apparelling and ornament of her; the rest may come after, when she shall be nearer hand. But we have thought good to put you in mind that it shall be convenient besides jewels you send some of the ladies of all degrees who were about the queen as soon as the funeral be past, or some others, whom you shall think meetest and most willing and able to abide travel, to meet her as far as they can at her entry into the realm, or soon after, for that we hold needful for her honour, and 'they do speedily enter into their journey, for that we would have her here at the soonest.

And as for horses, litters, coaches, saddles, and other things of that nature, whereof we have heretofore written for her use, and sent to you our cousin of Worcester, we have thought good to let you know that the proportion mentioned in your particular letter to us shall suffice in our opinion for her. And so you take order for the sending of them away with the ladies that are to come, or before, as you shall think meetest.

Given under our signet at Topcliff, the 15th day of April, in the first year of our reign of England.

To our right trusty and right well beloved cousins and councillors, our Keeper of our great seal of England, our High Treasurer of England, our Admiral of England, the Master of our Horse, and our principal Secretary for the time being.

James I. to his son, Prince Henry, upon his leaving Scotland to take possession of the crown of England,'

1603.

My son, that I see you not before my parting, impute it to this great occasion, wherein time is so precious; but that shall by God's grace be recompensed by your coming to me shortly, and continual residence with me ever after. Let not this news make you proud, or insolent, for a king's son and heir was ye before, and no more are ye yet. The augmentation that is hereby like to fall unto you, is but in cares and heavy burthens. Be, therefore, merry, but not insolent; keep a greatness, but sine fastu; be resolute, but not wilful; keep your kindness, but in honourable sort ;3 choose none to be your playfellows but them that are well born; and above all things, never give good countenance to any but according as ye shall be informed that they are in estimation with me. Look upon all Englishmen that shall come to visit you as your loving subjects, not with that ceremony as towards strangers, and yet with such heartiness as at this time they deserve. This gentleman whom this bearer accompanies is worthy, and of good rank, and now my familiar servitor; use him, therefore, in a more homely, loving sort nor other. I send you herewith my book lately printed ;5 study and profit in it as ye would de

1 MS. Harl., 6986, Art. 39. 3 Company.

5 Entitled "Bachin dov, or his Henry the Prince," 8vo. Lond. 1603.

2 Without hauteur.

4 Than.

Majesty's instructions to his son