Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Procedures
- Introduction
- Part I Roots 1548–1562
- Part II Youth 1562–1571
- Part III Emancipation 1571–1574
- Part IV Exploration 1574–1576
- Part V Alienation 1576–1579
- Part VI Intrigue 1579–1580
- Part VII Sedition 1580–1581
- Part VIII Release 1581–1585
- Part IX Reiteration 1586–1591
- 58 Maintenance for his Nobility
- 59 No Enemy can Envy this Match
- 60 Another Grissel for her Patience
- 61 Rid of my Lord Oxford
- 62 City House, Country House
- 63 I Have not Had my Health
- 64 Weary of an Unsettled Life
- Part X Renewal 1592–1595
- Part XI Re-engagement 1595–1599
- Part XII Decline 1600–1604
- Part XIII Aftermath 1604–1613
- Notes
- Appendix: Oxford's Letters and Libel Documents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Liverpool English texts and Studies
62 - City House, Country House
from Part IX - Reiteration 1586–1591
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Editorial Procedures
- Introduction
- Part I Roots 1548–1562
- Part II Youth 1562–1571
- Part III Emancipation 1571–1574
- Part IV Exploration 1574–1576
- Part V Alienation 1576–1579
- Part VI Intrigue 1579–1580
- Part VII Sedition 1580–1581
- Part VIII Release 1581–1585
- Part IX Reiteration 1586–1591
- 58 Maintenance for his Nobility
- 59 No Enemy can Envy this Match
- 60 Another Grissel for her Patience
- 61 Rid of my Lord Oxford
- 62 City House, Country House
- 63 I Have not Had my Health
- 64 Weary of an Unsettled Life
- Part X Renewal 1592–1595
- Part XI Re-engagement 1595–1599
- Part XII Decline 1600–1604
- Part XIII Aftermath 1604–1613
- Notes
- Appendix: Oxford's Letters and Libel Documents
- Bibliography
- Index
- Liverpool English texts and Studies
Summary
On 20 December 1588, the danger from the Armada past, Sir Thomas Cornwallis replied to a letter from Burghley on the infinitely more mundane subject of his son William's purchase of Fisher's Folly:
I have lyved to[o] longe to se[e] nothyng but new trubles & greaves [=griefs] to dysquiet my oulde yeres, beyng latlye made tunderstande yow ar dyspleasyd with my Sonne for the bargen made with my Lord of Oxforde, wherein yf he do not satysfye yowr Lordship when he may aweyght [=await] vpon yow, he hathe deceyvyd me, but most hymselfe. but for my parte I meane not to enter the defence of my Sonnes action, as wone [=one] not pryvye what hathe passyd in the mater: And therfor hope yowr Lordship wyll not Impute hys rasheness & wante of regarde, to me, who in all my lyfe dyd never adventure vpon a mater of lesse weyght then thys, wythout muche longer tyme to loke in to yt. I dyd dysswade boathe my Sonne & dawghter [=daughter-in-law] for dealyng with the purchase: but when ther will & fancye preveyled agenst my advyce, I kept my purse frome the loone or gyfte of eny penny towardes yt. besides thys to shew my indysposytion to the bargeyn, I protest that I never sawe nor herde eny parte of thassurance which hathe passyd betwene Therle & my Sonne, thowghe summe of the same were offeryd me to vew. Thys ys the playne & symple truthe of my knowlege, assent, or advyse in the mater: If yt be otherwyse, let me feele as muche of yowr dyspleasure, as I have done ease & comfort of yowr favor. And good my Lord have yowr wontyd opinion & concept [=conceit, estimation] of me, & thynk me not so dotyng & folyshe in my age, that for thatteynyng of Fyssheres Follye, I woulde once but put in adventure to loose the goode wyll & favor which I have ever fownde towardes me sithe owr fyrst acquayntance, but especyally in the change of tyme when I most neadyd yt.
I humblye beseache Ihesu delyuer yowr Lordship of the greate peynes which I here [=hear] yowr [sic] ar[e] vexid with at this tyme, & sende yow longe & happye lyfe
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- Monstrous AdversaryThe Life of Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, pp. 319 - 321Publisher: Liverpool University PressPrint publication year: 2003