"Cecil is infinitely desirous that King James, as he favours him, should write the letter of satisfaction concerning 40 by the very next dispatch; for it should seem to me, by secret intimation from Cecil this afternoon, that the party is a little tickle, and like rasa tabula, that is, ready both to receive and to retain the first impression that is settled, and therefore to put his Majesty in mind of the old maxim of our law, Quod nullius est, occupanti conceditur, and in re dubia melior est conditio possidentis."
— Howard, Howard, Earl of Northampton (1540-1614)
Work Title
Place of Publication
Edinburgh
Publisher
Printed for A. Millar
Date
1766
Metaphor
"Cecil is infinitely desirous that King James, as he favours him, should write the letter of satisfaction concerning 40 by the very next dispatch; for it should seem to me, by secret intimation from Cecil this afternoon, that the party is a little tickle, and like rasa tabula, that is, ready both to receive and to retain the first impression that is settled, and therefore to put his Majesty in mind of the old maxim of our law, Quod nullius est, occupanti conceditur, and in re dubia melior est conditio possidentis."
Metaphor in Context
Cecil is infinitely desirous that King James, as he favours him, should write the letter of satisfaction concerning 40 by the very next dispatch; for it should seem to me, by secret intimation from Cecil this afternoon, that the party is a little tickle, and like rasa tabula, that is, ready both to receive and to retain the first impression that is settled, and therefore to put his Majesty in mind of the old maxim of our law, Quod nullius est, occupanti conceditur, and in re dubia melior est conditio possidentis. [...]
(pp. 110-1)
(pp. 110-1)
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Citation
Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of. The secret correspondence of Sir Robert Cecil with James VI. King of Scotland. Now first published.. Edinburgh, 1766. Based on information from English Short Title Catalogue. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale Group.
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Date of Entry
10/13/2006
