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Ireland . It is evident 1 that he accepted this, his-laftpreferment, with great reluctance.
In his * letter to.the Queen,, he fays:
“ From a mind delighting in forrow, from fpirits“ wafted with paflion,. from .a-heart torn in pieces“ with care,, grief, and travel, from a man that“ hateth himfelf, and all- things elfe that keep him“ alive; what fervice can your Majefty expefi,“ fince any fervice paft deferves no more than ba-“ nifhment and profc.ription to the curfedeft of all“ iftands.”
His enemies- evidently flattered him into the ac-ceptance of this hateful commiflion. They told himthat no man but himfelf could-fubdue the Irifh rebels.Theyv meant to ruin him, andhefell into the fnare.On his return from Ireland without leave, theQueen received . him with a mixture of tendernefsand feverity; but he was foon after- committed tothe cuftody of the Lord-Keeper, where he remainedfix months.
On regaining his liberty,, he was guilty of everyextravagance to which fools and knaves, or his own ■paflions, cowld inftigate him. , He confined theLord-Keeper, the> Lord-Chief-Juftice, and tvro,others, fent to him by the Qpeen to know -his griev-ances, and then- marched into the city with Li\
friends,