State-worthies, or, The states-men and favourites of England since the reformation their prudence and policies, successes and miscarriages, advancements and falls, during the reigns of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, King James, King Charles I.

Observations on the Life of Do••••or Walter Haddon.

WAlter Haddon was born of a Knightly Family in Buckinghamshire, bred at Eaton, afterwards Fellow in Kings Colledge in Cambridge, where he proceeded Do∣ctor of Law, and was the Kings Professor in that Faculty, chosen Vice-Chancellour of the University 1550. soon after he was made President of Mag∣••alen••Colledge in Oxford, which place he waved in the reign of Q••een Mary, and sheltered himself in obscurity. Queen Elizabeth made him one of the Masters of her Requests, and employed ••••m in se∣veral Embassies beyond the Seas. Her Majesty be∣ing demanded whether she preferred him or Bucha∣nan for learning, wittily and warily returned,

Buchanum omnibus antep••no, Haddonum nemi∣ni postpono.

S. Memoriae.

Gualtero Haddono Equestri loco nato juris Consulte•• Oratori, Poetae celeberrimo, Graece Latin••{que} Eloquen∣•••••• su•• temporis facilè principi sapientia & sanctitate

vitae, in i•• erecto ut Reginae Elizabethae à supplicum libellis Magister esset, destinaretur{que} majoribus, nisi facto immaturius cessisset: Interim in omni gradu viro longe Eminentissimo, Conjugi sui optimo mere∣tissimo{que} Anna Suttona, uxor ejus secunda slens m••∣rens desiderii sui signum posuit. Obiit anno Salut. hum. 1572. AEtatis 56.

This his fair Monument is extant in the Wall, at the upper end of the Chancel of Christ-Church in London, where so many ancient Inscriptions have been barbarously defaced. He and Dr. Wotton set∣led Trade between us and the Netherlands, and re∣moved the mart to Embden: and both were famous for their reservedness in the case of succession, which they kept locked in their own breasts; so always re∣solved to do, (notwithstanding Leicesters Sollicita∣tions of them to a Declaration for the Queen of Scots now his mistress, and hereafter in the Queen of Englands designe to be his Wife) unless (as they alledged) their Mistress commanded their Opinion; who certainly never heard any more unwillingly than the controversie about the Title of succession: and both as famous for their disswasion against the making of the Netherlands a Free-state; urging that of Machiavel, That people accustomed to live under a Prince, if by any accident they become free, are like beasts let loose; and have much ado to maintain either their G••vernment or their Liberty.