Image: Francis Bacon's October 18, 1623 letter.

     Good Mr Secretary This gentleman was my late
     Servant, a very Honeste and sufficient man . . He thinkes
     of a place more aunswerable to the stature of his body then
     the abilities of his mind wch are I assure yow far beyond
     it. J pray furder his sute for my sake wch J shall esteem
     as a fauor doon to my selfe, who rest

Graies Jnne this
18. of 8bre 1623      Yor affectionate frend
         Fs stAlban

A letter from Francis Bacon, October 18, 1623.
(From the Folger Shakespeare Library)
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Good Mr Secretary This gentleman was my late Servant, a very Honeste and sufficient man . . He thinkes of a place more aunswerable to the stature of his body then the abilities of his mind wch are I assure yow far beyond it. J pray furder his sute for my sake wch J shall esteem as a fauor doon to my selfe, who rest
Graies Jnne this 18. of 8bre 1623	Yor affectionate frend Fs stAlban