ueen and the prince. Now in this discontentment you gave him
the Book, and he gave it his brother.

RALEIGH--I never gave it him, he took it off my table. For I
well remember a little before that time I received a Challenge
from sir Amias Preston,[17] and for that I did intend to answer
it, I resolved to leave my estate settled, therefore I laid out
all my loose papers, amongst which was this Book.

LORD HOWARD--Where had you this Book?

RALEIGH--In the old Lord Treasurer's Study, after his death.

LORD CECIL--Did you ever shew or make known this Book to me?

RALEIGH--No, my lord.

LORD CECIL--Was it one of the books which was left to me or my
brother?

RALEIGH--I took it out of the study in my Lord Treasurer's house
in the Strand.

LORD CECIL--After my father's decease, sir Walter Raleigh
desired to search for some Cosmographical descriptions of the
Indies, which he thought were in his Study, and were not to be
had in print; which I granted, and would have trusted sir Walter
Raleigh as soon as any man: though since for some infirmities,
the bands of my affection to him have been broken; and yet
reserving my duty to the king my master, which I can by no means
dispense with, by God, I love him, and have a great conflict
within myself: but I must needs say, sir Walter used me a little
unkindly to take the Book away without my knowledge:
nevertheless, I need make no apology in behalf of my father,
considering how useful and necessary it is for privy-counsellors
and those in his place to intercept and keep such kind of
writings; for whosoever should then search his study may in all
likelihood find all the notorious Libels that were writ against
the late queen; and whosoever should rummage my Study, or at
least my Cabinet, may find several against the king, our
Sovereign Lord, since his accession to the throne.

RALEIGH--The Book was in Manuscript, and the late Lord Treasurer
had wrote in the beginning of it with his own Hand, these words,
'This is the Book of Robert Snagg.' And I do own, as my lord
Cecil has said, that I believe they may also find in my house
almost all the Libels that have been writ against the late
queen.

ATTORNEY--You were no privy-counsellor, and I hope never shall
be.

LORD CECIL--He was not a sworn counsellor of state, but h