learned Antiquaries, they were obliged to dissolve themselves, and
break their Society, lest (such was the Wisdom of those Times) they
should be prosecuted as a Cabal against the Government : Ne quicquam
mali contra Rempublicam illos moliri Rex, Conciliariive
suspicarentur (K).

Mr. Carew published his Survey of Cornwall, in the Year 1602 (L) and
did dedicate it to his Friend Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Warden of the
Stannaries, Lieutenant-General of Cornwall, &c.

"This mine ill-husbanded Survey", says he to that great
Man, " long since begun, a great while discontinued,
lately reviewed, and now hastily finished, appealeth
to your Lordship's Direction, whether it should pass;
to your Corection if it do pass; and to your Protection
when it is passed. Neither unduly : for the same
intreateth of the Province and Persons, over whose Bodies
and Estates, you carry a large, both Martial and Civil
Command, by your Authority ; but in whose Hearts and
Loves you possess a far greater Interest, by your Kindness.
Your Ears and Mouth have ever been open to hear and
deliver our Grievances, and your Feet and Hands ready to go,
and work their Redress; and that, not only always as a
Magistrate of yourself, but also very often, as a Suiter
and Solicitor to others, of the highest Place. Wherefore,
I, as one of the common beholden, present this Token of
my private Gratitude. It is Duty and not Presumption,
that hath drawn me to the Offering; and it must be
Favour, and not Desert, that shall move your Lordship to
the acceptance. And so I take humble leave, resting no