My very good lord I have pervsed
thes letters, which accordinge to yowre Lordships desyre I have returned. I do
perceyve how bothe my Lord and Ladie doo perseuer, whiche dothe greatly content
me, for Brigets sake, whome alwayes I have wished a good husband suche as yowre
Lordship and my selfe may take comfort by. And as for the articles which I
perceyve have bene moved betwiene yowre Lordship and them, (referringe all to
yowre Lordships wisdome and good lekinge) I will frely sett downe myn opinione,
accordinge to yowre lordships desyre.
My Lord of Pembroke ys a man syklye and therfore yt ys to be gathered he desyrethe in hys lyfte tyme to se his sune bestowed to his lekinge. to compas which my thinkes his offers very honorable, hys desyres very resonable. Agayne beinge a thinge agreable to yowre lordships fatherly care and loue to my dowghter. A thinge which for the honor, friendship, and lekinge I have to the mache [^very agreable to me^] so that all partes desyre but the same thynge. I know no reasone to delay yt, but accordinge to there desyres, to accomplishe yt with convenient speede. and I do not dowt, but yowre lordship and my self shall receyve great comfort therby. for the ionge gentelman, as I vnderstand hathe bene well browght vp, fayre conditioned, and hathe many good partes in hym. Thus to satisfise yowre Lordship I have as shortly as I can set downe my opinion to my Lords desyres, notwythestandinge I refer thers, and myne owne which ys all on[e] with theres, to yowre lordships
wisdome. I am sorye that I have not an able bodie, which
myght have serued to attend on her Magestye in the place where she ys, beinge
espetially there, whyther without any other occasione, then to see yowre
Lordship I wowld alwayes willingelye goo. September viijth 1597
Yowre Lordships most assured
(signed) Edward Oxenford
Addressed (O): To the ryght
honorable my very good lorde the lord Thresorer of England. [no seal]
Endorsed: 1597
Also at Virtual Grub Street:
- A 1572 Oxford Letter and the Player’s Speech in Hamlet. August 11, 2020. “The player’s speech has been a source of consternation among Shakespeare scholars for above 200 years. Why was Aeneas’ tale chosen as the subject?”
- Edward de Vere, Shakespeare and Tycho Brahe. June 9, 2020. “When Brahe was encouraged by his friends and associates to publish a book on the November 1572 supernova for which he is now famous, his answer belonged to his times.”
- Shakespeare’s Funeral Meats. May 13, 2020. “Famous as this has been since its discovery, it has been willfully misread more often than not. No mainstream scholar had any use for a reference to Hamlet years before it was supposed to have been written.”
- The Medieval Chimney: Not What You Might Think. May 19, 2019. “The famous Royal antiquary, John Leland, source of a great deal of detailed information about the towns and countryside of England during the reign of Henry VIII, stood awestruck before a full-length vertical chimney as if he were standing before the Hagia Sophia.”
- Check out the English Renaissance Article Index for many more articles and reviews about this fascinating time and about the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
- Check out the English Renaissance Letter Index for many letters from this fascinating time, some related to the Shakespeare Authorship Question.
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