A letter sent to the right honourable the Lord Chamberlaine, from John Lord Finch, late Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England, from the Hage. Finch of Fordwich, John Finch, Baron, 1584-1660. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84704 of text R210065 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.4[3]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A84704 Wing F1551B Thomason 669.f.4[3] ESTC R210065 99868896 99868896 160625 2240958751

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84704) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 160625) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 245:669f4[3]) A letter sent to the right honourable the Lord Chamberlaine, from John Lord Finch, late Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England, from the Hage. Finch of Fordwich, John Finch, Baron, 1584-1660. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [London? : 1641] Imprint from Wing. Dated: Hage, Ianuary, 3. 1640 [i.e. 1641]. Identified as STC 10875 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1475-1640". Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Great Britain. -- Parliament -- Early works to 1800. Great Britain -- History -- Charles I, 1625-1649 -- Early works to 1800. A84704 R210065 (Thomason 669.f.4[3]). civilwar no A letter sent to the right honourable the Lord Chamberlaine, from John Lord Finch, late Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England, from the Finch of Fordwich, John Finch, Baron 1641 1 461 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 Assigned for keying and markup 2007-11 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
A LETTER Sent to the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine , FROM JOHN Lord FINCH , late Lord Keeper of the Great Seale of England , from the Hage . My most Noble Lord :

THe interest your Lordship hath ever had in the best of my Fortunes and affections , gives me the priviledge of troubling your Lordship with these few Lines , from one that hath now nothing left to serve you , but with his Prayers , these your Lordship shall never faile of , with an heart as full of true affection to your Lordship as ever any was . My Lord , it is not the losse of my Place , and with it of my Fortunes , nor the being exiled from my deare Countrey and friends , though any of them were cause enough of sorrow , that afflicts me , but that which I must suffer under , is the displeasure of the house of Parliament conceived against mee . I know what a true heart I have ever borne towards them , and yor Lordships can witnesse in part , what way I have gone in , but silence and patience best becomes me , with which I must leave my selfe and actions , to the favourable construction of my noble friends , in which number your Lordship hath a prime place . I am now at the ( Hage ) where I arrived on Thursday the last day of the moneth , and where I purpose to live , agreeable to the poorenesse of my fortune : For any tumbling in the world , I have utterly cast off the thought of it , and my ayme shall onely be , to number my dayes , that I may apply my heart unto wisedome , which will wipe all teares from my eyes and heart , and lead me by the hand to true happinesse , which can never be taken from me . I pray God blesse this Parliament , with a happy both progresse and conclusion , and if my Ruine may conduce the least to it , I shall not repine at it . I truly pray for your Lordship , and all the noble family , that God would give you an encrease of all worldly blessings , and in the fulnesse of dayes , receive you to his glory . If I were capable of seeming any body , I would tell your Lordship ; that no man should be readier to make knowne his affection , and true gratitude to your Lordship , Then

Your Lordships most humble and most affectionate poore kinsman and servant , JOHN FINCH . Hage , Ianuary , 3. 1640.