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I Know your Freeman Phania, to be so discreet, and haue noted him so vigilant, in obseruing what is done in the Common-wealth, th••t if her selfe could possiblie informe you of her owne state, I cannot thinke shee could giue you the••in, better satisfacti∣on then he can giue you. wherefo••e he
can sufficiently enforme you of all things. And it is a good excuse for my breuitie: besides, for some othe•• respects, it is also more secure. But for my loue to you, though the said Phani∣a can say enough, yet I thinke it not altogether impertinent, that my selfe likewise, assure you thereof. Be there∣fore most secure, that you are very deare vnto me, both for the estimable parts of your wit, nobilitie, and cour∣tesie; as further, because you write, and because I haue heard it from others, that all the good offices I haue imploy∣ed in your behalfe, are acceptable to you. And seeing Fortune, by loosing the knot of our neere familiaritie, hath d••priu'd vs for so long a time, of fami∣liar conuersation; I will labour to re∣store that which I did loose, by now fauouring and assisting you, as farre as I am any waies able•• wherein I shall e∣steeme my selfe happie, if I may per∣ceiue, that this my affectionate desire, bee as acceptable to your kindred, as I know it is to your selfe. I neuer knew your Free-man Cilix before he brough•• me your letters, which were full of loue and courtesie. And he also ha••h done me heerein a wonderfull kinden••sse, by relating dailie to me, with singular con∣tentment•• the great loue that you bea•••• me, and which in all your discourses, you demonstrate vnto me. ••hat need I
say more? In two daies hee is growne domesticall with me, but for all that, it cannot be that I should not be very de∣sirous of Phania's returne, whom when you send backe to Rome, which I sup∣pose will be shortly: I pray: enioy••e him to vse me in any thing wherein I am able to do you seruice. I friendly re∣commend vnto you Lucius Valerius, a Doctor of the Laws, and I recommend him, tho••gh hee were not in effect a Doctor: For I will bee more warie in writing to you of him, then hee vseth to be in adui••ing others. I wish him marueilous well, hee is one of the most inward, and trustie friends that I haue. Hee acknowledgeth himselfe greatly bound vnto you, but yet he writes that I shall doe him a wonderfu••l fauour, by recommending him vnto you; where∣in I beseech you, that you will not fru∣strate his expectation. Farewell.