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THEPRINCE'S CABALA:

ORMysteries of State.

Written by King J am 3 the Firft, and

fome Noblemen in his Reign, and inQiieen Elizabeth':,

WITHI ^ c A L c , Diicourfe

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THECABALA:

RMy ST ERIE s of State,

S^t forth under the following Heads."

VIZ.J. The Table-Talk of

Xing James the Firft,colleded by the lear-ned Sir Thomas Over'

bury.II, Inftruiftions to an' Prince, repre-^ fenred in his Duty to

' God; hisDutyinhisOffice; and hisBeha-iriour in indifferent

Things, by K. Jamesthe Firil.

III. The Advice of theLord Verulam, Keeper

of the Great Seal ofEngland, to K. Jamesthe Firil, for chocf-

iag Privy Councillors

Judges,

rites. ,

and Favou-

IV. A Memorial pr-fented to Queen Eli-zabctb, by the LordBurleigh, Lord High

Treafurer of England^againft her Majeily's

being engrofs'd by anyparticular Favourite,

V. The Dangers inci-dent to the Place of aSecretary of State ;written by the Earlof SaHihury^

VI. The Advice of 7/0-crates to D^^mon'icws a

Kobleman.VH. His Difcourfe to a

Prince on Kingly Go-vernment, tranilatsd

from the Gree^^

L D N\Printed m tl^g Year; DCC XV.


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To his Royal Highnefs

GEORGEPrince of Wales, &c.May It pleafe your Highnef^,

[Hilfi all the Nati-

on exprefs their

geiieral Joy on the

of yourHighnefs^ give me

leave to exprefs mine in a more

-particular mann:^r ly this oAd-

dfefs^ in which I bring an Of-A firing


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The Dedicatory.

ferjnginfomeî^ûrey I hoê^

worthy your oAcceftauce. Torrd nGPhiugmore does

ifizngtiijh his Excellence than

in the Trotje^tQii. of hcttMs^

in which thofe Trinces havealways been the moft [^cuous who have leen moft emi-nent for their Terfonal ad-vantages of Virtue andKjiow*ledge.

The feveral fmall Trailswhich comfofe the folloiding

Volume^ feem to have afecu-liar claim to yoiir high Tatro-

nage^ as leing the Works ofthofe Statefmen who havemade the moft confiderahle Fi-gure in this Nation^ which youmay once llefs with your au-

fpiciouo Reign. The Names ofthe Lords Burleigh a?id SaliP

bury,


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The Epiftle Dedicatory.bury, and the Lar^ Verulam,are fufficie?it to recoimneiii

what they have writttu ; andthe Table-Talk of your RoyalTrogeuitor Kpi.g James theFirjt^ muft give your High?iefsa articular Inter eft in whatis faidy and hii "Vijcourje to hisSon "Prince Henry, ufon Sut-

jeBsfo iu-iôrta-nt as the Royâl Condtiti of aKjng, from Jowife and learned a Monarchymu[t \ worthy your RoyalRegard,

The Reputation oflfocvatQsis fujfcieut to give oAtithority

to his T)ifcourfe on KinglyGovernment, and his Adviceto Demonjcus, renders themworth the Terufal of your Roy-al Highnefsjfince thîr Merits

have made them Jjtak all theA 2 Lan^


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The Epiftle DedicatoryLanguages of the politer fartof the World.

oArid here were I to furfuethe Mode ofDedications^ andz;^ ow7i inclinations^ I flou^dexp-efs my Senfe ofthofe raanfRoyal Virtues which are fa-mifficious in your erf on andConduct'^ hut lam chec'k^d hythe Confcioufnefs of my ownJnalility^ vi>boUy incapable of

fo important a ToshTour Courage^ your Wifdom^

your Refolution are ampleThemes^ hit then they demanda Gaith, or an Addifon ; it isenough for me to admire in Si-lence

^ andcongratulate

myCou7itry that has fo great a^lejfmg in view, cis well as in

^offejfion : qA Kjng whofe

Wifdom is known to all Eu-rope,


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The Epiftle Dedicatory.rope, and a Prince who hishad a Royal Tafiegyrijt in thehefhof Fat her Sy as. the heft ofSons^ and as lo7ig as tJje Tr^^amhle to your High?iefs^s Ta-tent remains^ all other Traifewill be hut dauling.

If what I frejhit to yourHighnefs afford afiy Entertain^

ment to your leifure Honrs^as

1 flatter my f elf it will ^ I havemy chief oAin^^ and Rewardof my Zeal in taking this early

Opportunity of dedariftg^ myJelf thus fuViickly jour High-

nefs^ s

mcft Humble^

and moil Devoted

: Servanto

THE


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THE

PREFACE.

WEhere prefentthe judiciousReader with achoice CoUe-

Qion of ingenious Sentences,which fell from the Table ofthat learned Monarch, KingJ/^mes the Firft, and never

made publick before. TheSubftanceof them are bothTheological and Moral ; andbeing gathered, as they pro-

ceeded from the royal Mouth,by


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ne TREFoAC .by that moft wktjr KnightSir Toomas O^hierhiry^ a llttjiebefore he was poyfcnM in the^Tower of Lendom^ kh MA^be doubted but. they willefcape the

Cenfares, Frownsand- Derifions of the greateft-Criticks.J They are really ge-nuine; asaifothat other Part

wliich King James writ in'Scotland., fome time beforehis Acceffion to the En^ifhThrone, for'' inftructing his'

Son, Prince Heriry., how acrowned Head fhould behavehimfelf towards God ; in hiskingly OiBce ; and in indiffe-

rent Things. The Original?'being penn'dout of this King--dom, feveral obfolete Scot-) \Vords occurred therein,,which we have chang'd for

modern


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The TREFa.4CE.modem ones, and therebymade it, without fpoiling theSenfe, more agreeable tothe prefent way of writing.What royal Inftruclions arehere ofFerM to your Perufal,are faithfully tranfcribed fromthe Manufcript written bythe abovefaid King's ownHand

; andwliich is

nowkept in the Library of theUniverfityat GlafcoWy whereof late we procured , by the

Intereft of a Nobleman,this

ineftimable Piece, not inferi-

our to the Et hicks of the an-tient Greek and Lati?i Philo-

fophers. Moreover, to makethis ihiall Treatife more ac-ceptable, we have annexedan Advice to King James

the Firft, for clioofing Privy-Coun-


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neTRE-FG.4CE.Councillors, Judges, and Favourites ; whicli was written

by that great Maaoi Let^ters^the right honourable the LordVerulmUj Keeper of the GreatSeal of Eiiglarid^ but never

till now printed. The Stilethereof is very fmooth, yetgrave and noble ; infomuchthat what he has written oathis SubjeQ:, is delivevM withthat Facility and Perfpicuity,as if his Words were not tileeleft and voluntary, but theready and natural Emanati-ons of his Soul. The Adviceof Ijhcrates to T)emo?iicm isan excellent Piece which car-ries its own Praife along withit ; as do thofe excelienfTrafts written by the Lord'Burleigh and the Earl of ^i^-

lishury.


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rheTREFAC ,lishury. Thus having given

a auQ Encomium upon thefeTraft?, flowing from Authorswell known abroad for theiruniverfal Learning, we hope

they will be eileem'd, if butin refpect to the excellent

Literature they were endu'dwith when on this fide

Heaven*

ATa.


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l of the moil: ma.te-rial PaiTages in this Volume.

a:

ADvlce to a Frendi King ifArt of Fhyificians imp^rfeB lo

^jironoiny firft taught by God 30Apicius dainty in eating 69Anabaptifts Err - yj'Archery a, good Exercife 7^Acclamatims of the Saints how ob-

tain d p5Apocrypha nottirdited by God 48Afflittion how to be 7nafier'd 145Apparel of Kr,tgs to be/plendid i8$

JBellar-


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The Table.

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Bellarmine mahs 400 Queflions ifFaith ^

Barbarifm odious 28Bowles a good Exercife 74Beauty dejiroyd with

Tims1

26

Charles V. Bmperour 2CharaU:er

ofa

Frenchman 9Church of Rome fell from her P-rity 16

CharaSher of a Spaniard 9Cowardice is th^ Mother 0/ Cru-

elty 25CharaBer of a Puritan 12Colonel William StuartV Saying 1%Count de TiUieres Saying 25Caution for choofing Friends 1 46

Corruption is Diffolution 34Church to be believ'd in the Inter-pretation of Scripture 37

Chancellor Methwyn of Scotland Ju-fpe^ed of plotting 39

Colonel Gray's awkard Drefs 40Chrijiim


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The l ^'

Ghrijllan Rule f^Cyrus had a mean Appetits 69Courtiers firivs to cjiabliflj theviT

f elves i?i the Favour of Pri?ices 169Cities under Aiisfortu?iesto be easd

172D.

Dejllny decrees ill Aicn to xiie 1 5SDuke of Bouloigne takes up Arms

29Defdignieres changes his Religion 29Democratical Government ohfer^'ss

the People 154Death fearful to the wicked 154Decifions of Kings to be unalterable

177Difcourfe to be good and virtuous

E

Earl of Kn%\x% in Arms 25Earl i/ Orkney's News- 2'6E^nperour Rodulph fends an Embaf-fadour to England 3

Excefs of Aleat and Drink to beavoided 70

a Eflecfn


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The Table.Mfieem Oecency^ Modefiy^ Jujinefs^

and Teinperance 131

Equipage of a King to he Aiagnificent177

JEoolijfJjnsfs to applaud an impertinentLaughter 130

Fanaticks not to be cherifl)d 57Fencing a good Exercife 74Fortune to he flighted 88

Fear God .131,

Gondemar'j bragadoci^n Humor 8

Cain that is fordid to be avoid-ed 144

Gifts to be flighted 196

H.

Honour your Parents 131Her efie proceeds from mingling Phi-

lofophy with Religion. 2

Houfc at Okin burnt by Queen "^Xi"

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Tlie A L '.

Humility to be nouriP)*a 6)Happlnefs to go into Canaan 90

Hdppinefs for a King to have a goodJudge 9^

HerculesV Labours izjHefiod e^ecnidfor his Aloralky 191Homer admir'd 194

Jerafilem never had any notedPlague I r

Jefuit may die among Indians 1Jnceft odious 38jQ^mtsfoon change their Religion 5Jidiice to be us'd with Modera-

tijsn 6r-

Immortality to be reli:'dhy the Sunl^5-

K.

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The Table:King a Father of his Country iciKings ana Princes Jhoidd be befi

advis'd 169Kings have been barbarovfiy mur^

derd 170Kings fliould be lov'd of Aiankind in

general 175

L.

LordofBcc\^}i'sSayl7lg 7,6Louers of Learning acquire Know-

ledge1 3 2Larvsj which are not good^ to be-

abolljl/d 6Laws ofthj^fci^ujl Controverjies to be

contrived ibid.

M.

Aien hird more by flying than fight-

% 27AioTaical Writings 48Aiadnefs to clofe in with a rafrj L)l-

fvoiirfe 130/yfen of the Bottle to beJunnd 151?vleum and Tuum 57Money is Nsrvus belli 61Man


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The Table:' ?nade of Earth i

Aionarchy admires the Vrince 1 54

Medium to be obferv'd in all Things180

Aien of Parts to he z'alu'd 196

N.

Nohlema-a of Scotland denyd hisRequeji 3

Nulluiii mediuiii 12JVohi e ma/7 of Enz^hnd rehuk'd 23

O.

Obligation doiLhle in a Kin .- 4^5Oaths to he reiigiovfly obferv'd 1 29

P.

Perjury to he fijiin'd 146-Popijh Relgion like HomerV Iliades 6Philip II. /OV/gi/ Spain 8PrecibusccLacryrnis 24Plurality of Benefices denyd 3Puritans focn change their Religion

3 3

Prince cf Condsfues for the Tale


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TheTAELE;^ c/AlteiTe 35

Proteftant King is to learn to knowGod

45Pentateuch 47Foetus Exprejfton 51Parliaments ordain d for mahng

Laws 55Pliilaxenus his filthy Wiflj 69Poffeffion of Wifdo, m 1 43Poverty to be preferrd be fore. Riches

Paplfis Error jiPaille-maille a good Exerclfe

74Perfian Kings lock up themfelves jjPurfuit of Wlfdom and Phllofophy

Philofophers and Poets a King oughtto be acquainted with

174People ought to be the Sovereign'sCare in general ij^

Princes ought to be Lovers of Truth

179Peace ought ta be lov'd by Kings

180PJiocy lidos (ficef7uifor his Morality

Ouecu


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-^Queen angryQuotation out of Virgil 8o

R

Romans ofkUUng themfelves2)

RefpeB your Friends 131Reputation to be preferv'd before

Treafure 185Rights of the People mtijl not be neg-

leaed 17O

S.

Sycophants and hnpoftors pernicious

150^/> Henry Wooton fends a Letterfrom Venice 3 5

Saying i'ri the Ethicks or moral Phl-Lofophy 6z

Semper idem 117Saying of a Latin Poet 78Secretary of State when tryd and

cond^emn'd 120Sauces


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Sauces not admired by the Romans69

Slanderers and fcandalous InformerstO be punifl/d i%%

Statues of Kings to be Monuments oftheir Virtue 187

T.

Tongue mvfi not outrun thThcuts150

Trinity pre ferv'd pure 16Types the Image of the Alind- r6

Tennis a good Exercife 74Thought J of a wife Noble mai^ 84Truth a Goddefs 91ThefeusV Atchievements 127Towns in Frofpcrity to have their

Happinefs maintain d 172Trifles not to be contended about 18Tryals to make ofPerfons who?n Kings

chufe for their Converfition 182,Theogiiis efieem'd for his Alorality

Tragedy to be cfleem'd 194

V.

Vifits ought riot to be too frequent 144Virtue


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The Table.Virtue eafier than Vice

5Virtue more profitable than Riches

lieVicioufnefs of Nature hard to over-

come 103

W.

Wealth promotes Jdlenefs 1 26Wifdom is Aioderation 21:Wolfey's Ambition 104

Y.

XeJhdllbelihOods So

Z.

Zealou: Emulator of Virtue 128

THE


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THE

Table -TalkF

King James I. &'c.

Collected bySlrTnouks Overbury.

D made Mimpart of Eanh, thebafeil Element, toteach him Humili-ty. His Soul pro-ceeded from the

Bofom of himfelf to teach himGoodnefs, and that if he cail his

Eyes downwards, nothing is fovile ^


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2 The Tab! t ofvile ', but if he looks up to Heaven^he is of a matter more excellentthan the Angels : The former part%vas a Type of Adam^ the iecondof Chrift, which gives Life to thatwhich was Dead in its felf.

II. Words are not the differenceof Good Men and Bad, for everyMan fpenks hone illy ^^ thereforehow noble a thing is Virtue, whenthe worft Men dare not profefs anything but that : Very Wife-men,and very Fools do little harm : Itis the Mediocrity of Wifdom thattroubleth all the World. SomeMen never fpeak wife Words, andyet do wifely, fome on the otheriide do never a wife Deed, and yetipeak wifely.

III. Charles V. Emperor, is laidto be a wife Prince, becaufe hefeldom fpake in his Affairs Wordsbut of a double Conftruftion : ButI think fuch Speech becomes a Kingno more than Glide-Eyes doth hisface, when I think he looks on nie,

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King ) A s I. 3he fees me not. That 'tis the In-tention makes the Lye, not the

Words.

IV. Virtue is eafier than Vice,'for theefiential Difference betwixtVirtue and Vice, is Truth and

Falfhood, and *tis eafier and lefsPains to tell Truth than a Tye, andfor \'ices of the Senfes, Cuftoni isall in all, for to one that hath livedhoneftly, 'tis as much pain to com-

mit Sin, as for another to abftaiafrom it.

y> Knowledge is a great help toGoodnefs.

VI. There is noWifdom with-out Honefty, all elfe is but Art andCunning, which only makes goodthe PreTent, but looks not to the

furtheft end. Truth hath but oneWa/, and one Face.

VII. A Noble-man of Scotlandcoming to him, making a Petitionin the.behalf of a Poor Servant of


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4 Ty:) Table - l tc ofhis, in that Country, for a Pro-"tedion : My Lord, ( faid he) Icame not to the Crown of Scotlandby Conqueil, to give it what LawsI lift, but by Defcent, and if I donot preferve it accordingly, I fhallbe a Tyrant. I found no fuch Thing

as aProte6lion, and furely I willgrant none , I would to God therehad never been any in England alfo,and therefore I will do w^hat I can totake them away here, where they

have been too frequent, rather thanto grant them where they neverwere yet.

VIII. It may be I will love God

more than I (peak of, but I will beiure never to Love him lefs, neitherwill I add Sin to Sin by cloaking thefirft.

IX. I w^ill not believe that Manwhofe Honcfry relys only uponOaths, nor that Religion which-depends only upon Miracles.

X. Ton


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X. You cannot name any Exam-

^ple in any Heathen Author butbetter it in Scripture.

XL I love not one that will ne-ver be angry, for as he that is with-

out Sorrow is without Gladnefs, fo^he that is without Anger is withoutLove, Give me the Heart of a Man,and oat of that, all other his Ani-ons ihall be acceptable.

XII. The way to make Vices lefsthan they are, is to make Panifh-ments for them, greater than theydeferve, for fo the Laws grow to

Contempt, and to be neglected.

XIIT. Many Words make mediftruft the matter, for when I myfelf cannot do a Man Good, thengive I many Words to fatisfie, butwhen I can do good I ufe but few.

XIV. A Learned Papiil: and anIgnorant is of two Religions.

3 XV.


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-6 The Table -Talk of

XV. The Popiili Religion is likeHomer's li lades of the Siege ofTrcy^or nrgil's


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fluous, for Bellnrmlne makes Fourhundred Qiieilions of Faith, not

Ten of which touches our Salvatioato underftand.

XVIII. We are not departedfurther from the Church of Rome

than they are from their firil felves.

XTX. The end of the Law is topuniih Sin when it is committed,but to keep it from bein commit-

ted it cannot, as the Pope whothinks by allowing Fornication to-avoid Adultery.

XX. No indifferent Geftu re is fofeldom done w^ithout Sin, as Laugh-ing, for 'tis commonly raifed fromthings to be pitied, and thereforeMan only can Laugh, and he onlycan Sin.

XXL There are Hegrees of Menifi refpeiH: of one another , in re-fpet of God all are equal, all areto ufe like Reverence to him, all-

are alUte Beggars at God*s Door.4 XXIU.


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d The L - ofXXII. The Count of Gondemar^

the Day he took his leave of theKing at Greenwich to go home forSpain upon the occifion of theMatch, his laft Words were toleave an Impreilion of the Advan-

tages that vv^ould arife from thathappy Conjunftion to both King-doms in his Majefties Breaft, andtherefore, told what great ThingsSpain had done in Chriftendom

t\iQ time of Philip II. who in hislatter Days, being an infirm Prince,had at once to do with the greateit.Chriftian Princes, and how he ofhimfelf only, maintained Wars in

France^ Germany^ the Low-Coun-tries^ Hungary^ and againil theT^urh^ what a Navy he fent intoEngland^ and after into Ireland^ in-tending the total Conqueft of them

both, yet he lofl: nothing of hisown Territories in all his Life *,that England and Spain being joynedby this Match, might by the Uni-on of their Powers give Lavy^s to

whole Chriilendom befides. XXIIL


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King J A s tXXIII. The King made anfwer

\vith fober Countenance, My Lord,'tis true which you fay, but 'tis athing which I have ever obferved 'mevery Nation, each have their pro-per Inclinations , Obferve a French-man^ and be he never fo Wife inhis greateil: Affairs, within a fhorttime he will fetch a light Frisk andbe cafting Capriolles to fhew hi'mfelfa n2^^at French' man , and confider aSprniard^ Be he never fo Wife,Grave, andTemperate in his Trea-ties, before he leaves he will ihewfojiie odd Rodomontado or otiier ^audi take it Sir, (faid the King),you are of Galicia, The EmbaiTa-dor comes to him and caught himin his Arms, tranfported with ex-*cefs of laughing, and fware {perDios^ he will never forget thattrue and ingenious Reply, and irihall be the firft thing 'he will ac-quaint the King his Mailer with.

XXIV. I fhould think it a Signthat God loved me not, if I fliouli.kiiJ a Man bv chance.

5 XXY.


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XXV. To make Women learn-ed, and Foxes tame, hath the fimeOperation, which teacheth themto ileal more cunningly, but thQpoAlbility is not equal, for whereat doth one Good, it doth twentyHarm.

XXVI. I remember well thematter of a Book, feldom the Page,thQ firil is the memory the ra-tional, the latter

of the feniativeSoul.

XXVII. I wonder not fo muchthat Women Paint themfelves, asthat when they are painted, Men.^can Love them.

XXVilL.in Cloaths, I wouldhave the Fafiiion chooie the Man,

and not a Man the Faihion.

XXIX. The ArtofPhvfiClans isvery imperfect, for I doubt notbut for every Difeafe, there is in

Nature a reY'jral Simple ( if thtycouli


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? Iîfig James T. "êiculd find it out) that theirCompounds do rather fhew their

Ignorance than knowledge.

XXX. Hethat writes an Hiiloryand gives Credit to all outwardReports, the Author mav be Wife^

but the Work Ihali be Fooliih.

XXXT. Not only the Deliveryof the Jews till they come to theLand of Promife^ but even their

daily prefervation wâs miraculous,for tnere was never any notedPlague in Jernfale/n^ tho' it ftoodin a hot Climate, which ( had itbeen ) it v>ôuld have endangered

the whole Nation, it being to aPfemble thither thrice every Year ofKeceftity.

XXXIi. God accepts the Intentbefore the Deed, for if 1 do Jufticebecaufe I woul i be accounted a JuilKing, and not for God's Glory, notbecaufe I ftand anfwerable to C oif I do other wife, or if do punifli

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2 The s t V. - t /own Malice, thefe are an Abomi-nation.. If I give Alms only formy Reputations Sake, thefe arewicked Deeds, becaufe there is]Sfiilluj7i Medium^ whatfoever iswithout

Faithis

Sin.

XXXiV. I never knev^ that Pu-ritan that fpake well of any Man-behind his Back, or took Delight to

do good to any, being naturally co-vetous of hisPurfe, and liberal ofhis Tongue, fo that he is always anill Neighbour and a flilfe Friend.

XXXV. I will not call thofeWomen Whores that Paint, but1 boldly fay, 'tis the Badge of aWhore,

XXXVL There are two Thingsthat keep a Woman Chafte, Con-fcieukce and Honour, the one with-in, the other without.

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XXXVn. Men in arguing areoften carried by the force of Words-farther a funder than their QaeftioRwas at firft, like two Ships goingout of the fame Haven, their land-ing is many times whole Countriesdiftant.

XXXVIIT. All that ever wroteof Chrifl:, fa id he was an Hone ftMan, they had fo much naturalSight as to fee his Civil Goodnefs,be.t they wanted the fupernaturalpart to fee his Godhead.

XXXIX. Any Sin done in Jeil isa greater Offence tha.n when it isdone in Earneft.

XL. King Henry the Eighth wasan ill-natur'd Prince to execute {o

many whom he had fo highly .fa-vour'd.

XLi. I can never hate the Per-fon I have once placed my Aifeili-n upQn. I may hate fome Vices

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4 ^^ l - l /of his, which may leflTia my Fa-vour, but never bend my Heart a-g.unft

him, nor Undo him, unlefshe undoes himfelf.

XLII. God's Decrees are alwaysbefore his Knowledge , for elfe

would his Knowledge exceed hisPower, but^with Man it is other-wife*, he mufi: firft know^ and af-terwards decree : The Reafon is.That which Man knows is without

him, and that which he doth iswithin himfelf, and is part of hisown Nature.

XLin. God hath called many

from Herefies, to be Teachers inhis Church, but.neverany of a badLife but only to a particular Salva-tion, for that is more againil Na-ture.

XLlV. Who denys a Thing heeven now fpake, is like him thatlooks in my Face, and picks myPocket.

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XLV. Inmy Converfatlon t/iereis two Things which I ever tookcare of, and never in my Uih tranPgreiTed, To fcandal any Man's Va-lour or Honefty, nor a Woman'sChaftity, unlefs I knew that hy

common Fame..

^XLVI: I would ftrive to be like

th.^ Papifts in Things they do well,for unity's Sake,

XLVIL Parents may forbid theirChildren an unfit Marriage, butthey may not force their Confci-encestoFit.

XLVIIi. Tis eafier to reclaim aiMan from any Herefy, than to con-vert an Atheiil: to the Truth, for tobelieve is the firft degree commonto all Religions, and an Atheiil isto be brought fo far before he comesto the choofing,

XLiX. travelling Preacher anda travelling Woman never come toany Good. at allv L. It


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6 Tloe L - l ofL. It is a great Mercy of God,

that in all the Papifts Herefies, theTrinity hath been preferved pure.

LT. The Church of Rome fell atfirft from her Purity to Infirmities,

then to Corruptions,' then into Er-rors, then into Herefies, and laft-ly into Abomination, God ilill pUrniihing Sin with Sin.

Lll. Types are the images of theMind, which God allowed the Jews,to keep them from Images of theSenfe, and to fhew them that hisWorihip was in Spirit and Truth.

tin. I defire not to multiply my^Articles. of Faith beyond neceiiity,but rather to let them be fiw, andfirm.

LIV. There are two kinds ofTypes, fome of which are of theFoundation of Faith, others of An-aiogie of Faith : The firft are RulesofFaith j thelatter do butilluftrate

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LV. Whenever I make fuch aWar as the King of France doth,wherein there is fuch Tyranny ufedto his own Subjecls, as welt of theProteftants on the one fide, as ofhis own Soldiers drawn to fuchSlaughter on the other fide, furelyI will put my felf in a Monaileryall my Days after, and repent meof my Sins, that have brought mySubjecls to fuch Mifery.

LVI. A King ought to be a pre-l^rver of his People, aswell of their

Fortunes as Lives, and not a De-ftroyer of his Subjects , 'tis true,

when he commands they muft o-bey , yea, and if it be in an ill Qua-rel, he muft anfwer that to Godalone, and is not accountable toany, but Shame befal that King thatWars wrongfully,.

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Court,I fee either

Punifhmente?cecutel on the OfFenior, or Satlf-made to the wronged.

LVHT. All God's Miracles are

above Nature, but never againft it,for that were to deftroy his ownWork, which he cannot do, buthe may excel it : Therefore theMiracle of the Papiils Tranfubftan-

tiation being agalnil Nature isfalfe.

LTX. Tis one of God's Bleifingsthat we cannat foreknow the Hour

of our Death, for a time fixed,even beyond the poffibility of liv-ing, would trouble us more thanthis uncertainty doth.

LX. I'll never truft any of mySubjefts of Englatid or Scotland^that out of Difcontent will go toferve the King oiS^ain...

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LXT. Any Sin which is only anOffence againft my felf, I may beinduced to pardon, but thofe Sinsthat immediately touch t\iQ Honourof God, as Witchcraft, or fuchlike, I dare not take upon me toforgive them, but yet if I knewthere were any that had fallen thatway, and had fince repented, andturned from that Wickednefs, Ifhould rather choofe not to take

notice of it than to acquit them.

LXII. We cannot conceive Eter-nity but by Faith, we cannot knewwhat God is, and of that IgnoranceCometh all Sin , for fure if we knewhim wellj we fhould not offendhim.

LXIII. A Man who underftandswell may fpeak, not eloquently,but never darkly.

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LXV. I would moil unwillinglydo that which lay not in my Pow-er to mend.

LXVI. God hath diftributed hisfo equally, that there is no Coun-try which excells not all others infome things or other , fo as itborrow^s it lends, likewife in Men,

there is no one fo excelleth in onething, but has need of anothersWit in fome other, and from thofetwo proceed all TraiKck and Soci-ety.

LXVII. God never fails of hisWord, but where he threatens itto Man, as in punifliing Nlnive^but always performeth where he

promifeth Good, that or better, ashe prom i fed to Abraham and hisSeed Temporal, Earthly BleiTed-nefs, and inftead of that gives themeverlailin^ and heavenly Benedi-

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LXVIII. Moil Hr;eries hive pro-ceeded from minjliag Philofophywith Religion, from th.i/and Poli-cy have i\\ the Papiils" Errors riien,and Chrifr tells them that Flefh andBlood fhall not inherit the King-dom of Heaven.

LXIX. No Man ihall do Evilthat thinks before he undertakesV7hat the End will be, not what hisPaflion. wo aid have it to be.

LXX. I have been often deceiv-ed, yet will I never leave to truft,neither ihall the falfhood of fememake me think none honeft.

LXXi. Wifdom is Moderation,r.nd the goodnefs of Things is theMean *, a Man may be over Wife,and over Godly.

LXXII. The Wifdom of a Kingis chiefly {tQn in the Eleftion of his

Officers, as in Places which requirea peculiar Sufficiency, not to choofe

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LXXVL At his Maieilie? com-ing into England^ an Evgl'J.. Noble-man prefented himfelf u uo him,protefting what a faithful Scivanthe had been to Qiieen Ellâhcth^his dead ^.ilre^, ^vho n.fed to per-mit him ( having the Liberty as hecalled it, ot a Frcti Man in heirCourt) tofrequentall Companiesând when he could learn any thingwhich he thought fit to inform herMaiefty of, llie was pleafed to ac-cept his Intelligence, and fo wasdefirous to make the like offer tohis Maiefty to do the fame Service\{ his Pleafure wâs to imploy him ^The King replied

(my Lord ) I

never had ufe of any luch Service tobetrav my Subjefts, and thereforeyou may fave that Labour. That^^^hich is mine, is my own, thatwhich is

mySubjefts is theirs,

myPrerogative cannot alter.

LXXVIL We always choofe tdimitate the woril, which fhews our

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ons meet, either will cnange wit'nother, their worft Faftiions, "butnever mingle in the bed.

LXXVITI. At what time the Go-fpel did flourifh all Le.irning did

alfo abound, and upon the decaythereof, there always came a Vailof Darknefs upon the Face of theEarth , the reason is, Knowledgeis a part of Religion *, but Errorand Superftition is the fafer by Ig-norance.

LXXIX. I never noted the Re-lations of the Devils and Witchestalking together, but about foolifhthings,

LXXX. A Fither cannot injurehis Son, nor a King his Subjefts, Cothat they may ihake oif their natu-ral Obedience, or to be their ownRevengers : If any thing be amifsail they can do is, Precibus^ C^ La^crymii^ on vi & armis.

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LXXXI. Cowardife is tlie Mo^ther of Cruelty, 'twis only Fearmade Tyranny put (b many toDeath to fecure themfelves,

LXXXIi. The TTaihion amongftthe Rof7ians of killing thenifelves

TVas falfely called Fortitude, for'twas only to prevent the Power ofFortune, when indeed Virtue lieswithin quite out of her reach, norcan any Man be overthrown but ofhimfelf, and fo moil trtily werethey fabdued when they fled totieath for a Refuge againll Death.

LXXXill. Collonel William Stu^-art came to the King in great ear-iieft ( the King being aileep in hisBed ) and fuddenly awaited him,defiring him in all haile to providefor the Danger, for that the oldEarl of Jir7gm\\2,% up in Arms, an^with great Forces was upon the wayto furprize the Court, and him.The King without any diilurbanceat all laid himfelf again to ileep

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faying, If it be true lam forry forthe old Man, that he will thus un-

dohimfelf : I would fain he fliould

do well, but I fee it will not be ,This Rumour was prefently afterconfirmed by the Earl of Orkney^and yet notwithftanding he went

a hunting according tohis

formerpurpofe, and play'd at Tennis after jat length the Report proved falfe,and all was nothing.

LXXXIV. A wife King rulethnot by Rumour, but purfues hisovn way without Diftraftion.

LXXXV. Thofe Princes whofeek to fecure themfelves by Blood,ihall find, the more they kill, themore they ihall need to kill.

LXXXVI. He that is vain, andfoolifb, of himfelf, becomes morefo by the Addition of Learning.

LXXXVIT. Men of high under-Handing, as they do many things

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thofe of meaner Capacity, who inall their Anions will rather do no-thing foulty than any thing extra-ordinary, being of abetter Temperthan the former.

LXXXVill. A Lye of Error is ^Fault of Credulity, not of Fallhood-,but a prefumptuous Lye is thatwhich a Man makes, as God madelliQ World of nothing.

LXXXIX. Of all the Number ofMen flain in the Wars, not thetenth Man hath been kill'd fighting,but flying.

XC. The Perfons of all Men areto be alike equal to us, and ourHate, or Love, ibould go according

to their Virtues or Vices.

XCI. The Bond of Kindred fnouMonly command us in all civil Duties,but not our Judgments , andparti-Gular Injuries, ibould only make

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not the doer in general.

XCII. Tis better to enjoy Civi-lity with multitude of Pride (whichare Corruptioiis commonly follow-ing it, ) than Barbarifm withoutthefe, for though the Fruit of theformer he worfe, yet the thing itfelf is better.

XCIH. The French EmbaiTador,Count de Tillieref^ comming to theKing, upon the Rumour of CountAiansfeiid's entring into France yand the Duke of Bouloigne's joyninghis Forces to attempt the Aid of theProteftants againft the French King.

Tallieres faid, he wonder 'd muchwhy the Duie would enter intoluch a dangerous attempt by War ^as thofe Troubles would bring himunto, being Seventy five Years old,when wife Men would end theirDays in Peace and Safety, ratherthan to chooie the Hazard of Death,jxnd the Infawy of the Traitor.

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XCIV. The King replyed, thathe \ no reafon why the Duke ofBouLoigne might not as well takei\rms for the Maintenance of thetrue Religion at the Age of Seventyfive

Vas the new Conftable Defdlg-

Tjieres to change his Religion atEighty four, and to fight againfl hisConfcience for aConftablefhip.

XCV. All Extremities comeround to one end, the Simple Obe-dience of the ^ or the no Obe-dience of the Puritati -, the onebreeds Confufion , the other Igno-rance and Security.

XCVr. If I were of the Age ofold Defdignleres^ though I thenthought I were of the falfe Religion,I v^ould not change it : For I mightjuftly think that Age might weakenmy Judgment, and I might doubtmy felf^ if extreme Age wouldCouncel me again ft that Religionwhich I maintained in the ftrengthof my Judgment and Underftan-

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Opinion toa

Decrtpld.

XCVII. That which we caU Witconfiils muchinquicknefsand tricjc,and is full of lightnefs, that it

feldom goes without Judgment,and Solidity, but when they e'erjneet 'tis commonly in an honeilMan.

XCVIir. V/e feldom fee a Manexcellent in the Mathematicks, Lan-guages, or Heraldry *, or any ofthofe little Arts, but he is as defe-

^ive in greater matters.

XCIX. Men as often fall out up-on fmall things as upon great, be-caufe after the firft Con tradition,they maintain themfelves, and not

their Judgment.

C. Ailronomy was firft taughtby God, for no Man could have di-fcovered it j and the firft mull needs

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CI. At his firil coming into En-gland^ an Enibaii-idor was fent hi-ther from the then Emperor Ro-dulph, defiring the King to main-tain Three thoufand Men in hisWars againft the Turks, His Ma-jefty asked him, why he did not fo-licit Spairij and France^ being theirCountries lay nearer, and fo mightdo more Good, or receive mioreHurt, and therefore fitter for thatAiiiftance. The EmbaiTador faidp'twas true, but his Majeilies Exam-ple being a more remote Prince,would more eifeiftually work withthem than his own Reafons : TheKing replied, he loved not to angerPrinces \ and that Proportion de-manded, would do no more hurt toth^Turk^ thau Fleas to Mens Skins,but if other Princes would go found-\y to work to attempt the Subverji-on of the whole Turhft) Empire bvfome brave and thorough Enter-prife, he would with all his Heartbear them company , for great At-tempts may do Good, by a De-

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ielves.

CII. No xMan gAins by War, butbe that hath not wherewith to livein Peacvi.

Cili. The People ftjll defire Wartill th^y have it, and they defire itpreiuppofia^Good Succejs, but oneoverthrow, an ill Journey, or Tax-

es impofed to maintain it, they re-quire Peace as much*

CIV. In giving Pardons, I doalways fuppofe my felf the Of-fendor, and then judge how far theLike occaiion might have temptedme.

CV. There is in EiTential Things,a certain Truth, and immutability,in things Indifferent, neither Good,nor 111, but as the Church and Sta^tecreates it.

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. CVI. Being deiired by a Noble-'man to grant a Difpenfation to oneof his Majefties moft EminentChaplains to hold two Beneficeswithout Diftance -^ his Majefty de-ny ed, faying, I muft anfwer it toGod if the People.be not fed bytheir Paftor, and therefore I willnever grant Difpenfations in thatkind , but the Noble-man replyedand faid, his Majefty had done it toother Men y If I did, God forgiveine, he was a Knave that mifin-form'd me, and I a Fool for not bet-ter Inquiring,

CVIL . Preachers are like toWhores, that may be made to fay;any thing for their Advantage.

CVIiT. There are no People whoturn their Religion fo foon as Puri"t-ans and Jefuites , for Zeal trarL-fports them more than Knowledge,and having but a glimmering of thefame , when they come to be bet-

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CIX. All Corruption isDiiTolu-iion, and the laft Diflolution ofevery thing is into Earth, which,

ihews that from thence we began.

ex. When I hear Mufick firfi-,.( am fatisfied with the Sound , butafter I have heard it a while, I look

what the meaning of it is, what itfigniiies, and then 'tis but Air.

CXI. Many Men are wife in anarrow Compafs, which are not Coan a larger, 'tis dealing in many Af*fairs which trys a Man.

CXn. All Governments in theirGonftitutions, in their PraO:ices,

iend to Monarchy, and where-everthe beft fort of People bear Rule ^there is always fome one that re-iembles a King amongft them, yeatho' in their State of renke^ their^ke" is aS'it were a dead Name, yet

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GXIII. Good Laws muft be madeby a few Men and reafonable, andnot by a Multitude.

CXIV. That a Thief iliould bepunifhed is God's Law;, but afterwhat manner, is left to the Go-,vernment of every State.

CXV. Sir Henry Wooton fendinga Letter to his Majefty \\\]6^related how the Prince of Condefaed for the Title of Alte[[e fromthe Synod P^enice^ which was re-fufed ^ the King anfwered -^ that thePrince had good reafon to fae fortlfiQ lame, and that the Seigniory-had done 111 to deny it him, confi- .dering that the World knew how well he had deferved it , it being hisCuilom to raiie himfelf upon eve-ry Man's Back, and to make him-felf the higher by every Man's Tailhe could ^et upon. And for tha|;':

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CXVI. There is no Benefit in'long Speeches, for in fpeaking much'tis impoiTibleto'ihun little Errors,therefore fhort and pithy is the beftform for Bufmefs.

CXVII. Where foever Kings havemany People, they have manyFriends.

CXVIir. TheLordof^^fr/f?/^^ftid the Border-Men, were not varliant at firft, but after they pro-ved Good jVlen. The King replyed,'tis" true. Borderers fight to live,and not to die.

CXIX. A Man would havethought the Invention of Gunswould have ruined Mankind, butGod hath made it a Means to iaveMankind, for fince that time Meahave retired themfelves within

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CXX. He that-is vain and foolifhf himfelf, becomes more by theaddition of Learning.

CXXI. A knov^^ing Man is hot Irarguing for Truth's fake , an Igno-rant Man for Opinion's fake.

CXXII. The Church is to be be-lieved in the Interpretation of theScriptures, but notdirelly againilit, for vs'hen it differs from that,'tis no longer the Church.

CXXIII. If a Man have commit-ted a publick fcandalous Sin, heought not only to fatisfy his Con-fcience with repenting it, butwithal to repair the .Scandal by pro-feAing it.

CXXIV. The fame Sentencewith divers Relations may be bothHoly andDeviliih.

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CXXV. Inceft is Co odious, be-caufe there are a few forbidden thee,and all the World befides is opejifor thee.

^ CXXVI. .Outward Civility andfnward Herefy is harder to be con-verted to a better Religion thaaan Indian,

CXXVII. Before Chrijl came, \twas enough for the Patriarchs tobelieve only, fmce his coming wemuf): not only believe, but Under-iland.

CXXVIil. In difputing with aPapifij we muffc maintain thQGrounds of Chrlfij and feek to de-ftroy the Building's upon it , but^^^ Puritans^ you muft deilroythe Grounds and maintain theBuildings, that is to fay *, the Ma-jor Pofition is falfe in the Puritan^

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Kingdom o^Ifrael to hi in and his Po-ifterity, what took he from him uponhis Offence, for he enjoyed it all iistime ?

CXXX.The Chancellor Meth^

ipyn of Scotland^ was fufpefted bythe King to be in Confpiracy a-gainft him \ the King called himone Day unto him, telling him

howjuft

Groundshe had to fufpee:

him, and bad him be more dutifulhereafter. His Anfwer was. Thatto his Knowledge thofe Attemptsintended to be made were nothing

butfit

and neceifary to be done.The King replyed, If thefe Words .you have fpoken were uttered bya Fool, they were to be laughed at,but being fpoken by him, though a

Wife-man, were worthy of Hang-ing : The Chancellor fubmittedhimfelf hereupon, and died v>'ithiiia few Days after.

CXXXi. There are three kindsof Wifdoni ufua.1 in a King, (yU.')a Saa^l*


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to a lefs Evil to avoid a greater, anda Wifdom of Falfhood : The firft isboth kwful and neceifary, the fe-cond fs lawful, but not neceilar/,the third neither.

CXXXn. Collonel Gray comingto him out of Germany^ in the Garbof a Soldier, buckled up in a Buff-"Jerkin, a great Belt, a huge Sword,

and a cafe of Piitols : The Ring iliid.This Town was fo well fortifiedthat if it were viftuall'd it feemedimpregnable;

CXXXIII. My Ends, are ftillconflant, however my ways to-them may feem to differ, according,to occafion.

CXXXIV, There are many.Things which my felf would notido, and yet (in my Judgment) theyare lawful to be done, but whilftthere is a broad way befides, whatneed I tread near the Borders oLVice, CXXXV ,


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CXXXV. I will not re ward anyMan in matters of Juftice, forthat is not mine, but God's and thePeoples.

CXXXVI. The art of govern-^ing is a deep Myftery, and no Mancan judge who is fit to be a King tillhe fee him one.

CXXXVII. The People do ne-ver efteem truly of the prefentState, for foiiiething in it theymuft niiflike whilft it is prefent ^and yet;> fuch and fuch Men eitherto be good or bad, their Cenfure is

almoil infallible.

CXXXVIII. I defire to live irolonger than 1 am accounted an Ho-neft, Juft, and Reafonable Man,of Honeft, Juil, and ReafonableMen , nor longer to be a King,than I ufe my Power to maintainReafon, and not to overthrow^ it.

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bring a new Cuftom uc)on my Peo-ple, without the Peoples confent,but only, like a good Phyfician tellthem what is amifs ;, and after, ifthey will not concur to amend it,yet I have difcharged my part.

CXL. At Okra being fhewn aGentleman's Kouie, a great part ofwhich was burnt by the Queens

'sServants when fhe was entertained

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Faith^WDutyF A

PRINCE-Written by King James I.

being Inftruftions to his SonPrince Hekry.

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4^ ^King'sDutyMen. He is not to think that theHighnefs of his Dignity dimiaiihes

his Faults *, much lefs give him aLicenfe to Sin , neither muft hethijik that the Fault he commitsihallnotbe aggt'ava^ed according tothe heighth of his Dignity. By theright Knowledge and Fear of God,he ihall know all Things neceifaryfor the Diicharge of his Duty,both as a Chriftian and as a King,and the only way to bring him tothis Knowledge, is diligently to-read his Word, which is containedin the Holy Scriptures. Now thewhole Scripture chiefly containstwo Things, a Command, and aProhibition ^ to do fuch Things,and to cibftain from the contrary.Obey in both*, neither think itenough to abftain from Evil, anddo no Good. In two Duties heought to be very perfe^H:, that is tofay, in his Religion towards God,and Equity towards his Neigh-bour.

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toGoO^ 47pture^ and Religion is the wor-fhipping of God according to hisrevealed Will. The whole Scri-pture is indited by the Spirit ofGod, to initrue: the Church-mili-tant to the Endof the World*, andit is conipos'd of two Parts, theOld and

NewTeftament.

TheGround of the firit is the Law,which ihews our Sin, and containsJuftice*, the Ground of the otheris Chriil, w^ho pardoning Sin, con-tains

Grace. The Sum ofthe

Lawis the Decalogue, or Ten Com-mandments largely dilated in thePentateuch^ or five Books oiMofes^interpreted by the Prophets , and

by the Hiftories are the Examplesfhewed of Obedience or Difobedi-ence thereto, and what Premiumor Pcena was accordingly given hyGod. Grace is contained in the

evangelicial Hiftories of the Birth,Life, Death, Refurrecflion and Af-cenfion of Chrifi ', and a larger In-terpretation thereof is contain'd inthe Epiftles of the Apoftles. Would

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4S A King's Dutyed, and wicked puniihed? Readt}iQTv the hiftorical Part of the A/i?-

faical Writings, together with theHiftories of ôflma^ the "JudgesÊzjra^ Nehemiah^ Efiher^ and Job ^but more efpecially the Book ofthe Kings and Chronicles^ where-with you ought to be familiarly ac-qûainted, for there ihall you feeyour felf, as in a Mirrour in theCatalogue either of the good orevil Kings. Would you know theDolrine of our Saviour? Readthen the Evangelifts*, and to bemore particularly trained up in hisSchool, meditate on the Epiillesof his Apoftles: but if you wouldbe acquainted with the .Praîces ofChrijl\ Doftrine in the Perfons ofthe primitive Church, caft up theApoftles Afts. The Apocrypha iamany Places looks not like the In-

ditement ofthe Spirit

of God, butwhen you read canonical Scripture,read it wîth a fanîfied and chaitHeart*, admire reverently fuch ob-fcure Places as you do not under-

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to God. 49Hace and ftudy carefully to com-prehend what is difficult, endeavour

to be a good Textuary, for the Scri-pture is ever the beft Interpreterofitfelf. Faith is the Nouriilier andQLUckner of Religion;, but becaufeit grows not in our Garden, butis the free Gift of God^ itmuftb*nouriihed by Prayer, whi-ch is afriendly talking with God.

As for teaching you the Form ofyour Prayers, the Pialms of Davidis the fitteii School-mafter, ex-cepting our Saviour, whofe moilexcellent Prayers is the only Rulein that Cafe, neverthelefs the roy-al Pfalmiil's Direction is fitter

for you, than for the common.People, becaufe the Compoferthereof was a King , therefore beftknows a King's Wants^ and whatThings were moft prOper to be re-

quired by a King at God's Hand,Ufe often to pray where you arequieteil:, arkd in your Prayer toGod fpeak with all Reverence, forif aSuDjecl will not fpeak but reve-

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to Go ' 5Da/ as it was your laiV, accordingto this notable Expreflion of the

Poet,

Ofnnem crede diem tihi diluxifc [-premtim, Hor. 1. i. Epiil^

Learn the Vertne of true Forti-tude, which is never to be afraid atthe Hour of Death, come when helift \ and beware to offend yourConfcience, with the Ufe offwear-

tng and lying, if it was but in jeft^for Oaths are but an Ufe, and aSin cloathed with no Delight norGam, therefore the more inexcu-(able, even in the Sight of Men:and lying comes alio ofa vile Ufe,which baiaiihes Shame. For keepingyour Confcience found ' from theSicknefs of Superftition, yon muilneither Lay the Safety of your Con-fcience upon the Credit of yourown Conceits, nor other MensHumours, though ever fo greatDoftors of Divinity ^ yon muft on-ly ground it upon exprefs Scripture,

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*i^% 1/4 IN g' s Dfare Knowledge is either an igno-rant Phancy, or an arrogant Vani-

ty. Learn wifely to difcern betwixtPoints of Salvation and indifferentThings, betVvnxt Subftance and Ce--remonies, and betwixt the exprefsCommandment and Will of God inills Word, and the Invention orOrdinance of Man, fince all that isneceiTary for Saivation is contain'd

in the Scripture. In any Thingthat is exprefiy commanded or pro-hibited in the Book of God, youcannot be over precife, even in thebeft Thing;, counting every Sin,

not according to the light Eftima-tion, and common Ufe of it in theWorld, but as the Book of Godcounts it. As for all other Thingsnot contain'd in the Scripture, fparenot to ufe or alter them, as the Ne-ceflity of the Time fhall require.

When any of the Clergy in theChurch, fpeaks any thing to youthat is well warranted by theWord, reverence and obey them

.as the Heralds of the moft high

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to Goo. 5^t!iey urge you to embrace any oftheir Phancies in the Place of God'iWord, or would coulour their Par-ticulars with a pretended Zeal, ac-knowledge them for no other thaavain Men, exceeding the Boundsof their Calling ^ and according toyour Office, gravely and with Au-thority reduce them in order again.To conclude then, keep God morefparingly in your Mouth, but abun-dantly in your Heart, be precifein EfieV, but focial in Shew ^proclaim more by your Deeds thanby your Words the Love of \'ir-tue, and Hatred of Vice: and de-light more to be godly and vertu-ous in Deed, than to be thoughtand caird fo :, expefting more foryour Praife and Reward in Hea-^rn, than here. Apply to all youFoutward A^rons Chris's Com-mand J and pray and give all yourAlms in fecret, fo fhall you on theone part be inwardly garnifh'd withtrue Chriftian Humility

f,not out-

wardly ( with the proud Pharifee )glorying in your Godiinefs : but

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54 ^King's DutVfaying, 2.sCbrifi commands us all,when we have done all that we can,Jniitiles fervl fumus : and on thether part, you fhall efchew out-wardly before the World, the Su-Ipicion of filthy Hypocrifie, andieceitful Diiiimulation.

TheOvTY ofaKi^Q in his

Office.

AS yon are a good Chrifllan^ ^omuft you be a Good King,

difcharging your OfHce in thePoints of Juftice and Equity. Forihe part of making, and executingof Laws, con fide r the true DiiFe-rence betwixt a lawful King, andan ufarping Tyrant, and you ihallthe more eafily underftand yourDuty, for Con tr aria juxta fe po-

Jita magis elucefcunt, A good King( after a happy and famous Reign )dies 'in Peace, lamented by his Sub-

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]eCts^ and admired by his Neigh-bours *, and leaving a reverent Re-nown behind hijii on Earth, ob-tains a Crown of eternal Felicity ir^Heaven. A Tyrant's miferable andinfamous Life, in the end exafper-ates his own Siibje^ls to becomehis Enemies, and although thatRebellion be unlawful on their part,yet is the World fo weary of him^-that his Fall is not lamented by any^and but fmil'd at by his neighbour-'ing Princes. Remember, that asParliaments have been ordain'd formaking Laws, fo you muft notabufe their inftitution, in holdingthem for any Mens particulars^for as a Parliament is the honour-ableil and higheft Judgment in theLand, in being the King's head.Court, if it be well ufed, which isby making good Laws in if, fo i&it the unjuileil Judgment-Seat thatmay be, being abufed to Mens par-ticulars. Fear no Uproars in doingJuftice, iince you may aifure yourfelf, the moft part of your PeoplevYili ^ver naturally favour Juilice :

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5^ ^King's Dutyand wlien you have by the Severifyof Juftice once fettled your King-doms, and make them know thatyou can ftrike, then may you there-after all the Days of your Life mixJuftice with Mercy, puniftiing orfparing, as you ihall fi-nd the Crimeto have been wilfully or ufuallycommitted. But there are fomehorrible Crimes which you arebound in Confcience never to for-give, fuch as Witchcraft, wilfulMurder, inceft. Sodomy, Poyfon-ing, and falfe Coyning. As forOffences againft your own Perfonand Authority, fince the Fault con-cerns your felf, it is left to your

owmchoice to puniih or pardon,

as your Heart ferves you*, and ac-cording to the Circumftances ofthQ Time, and the Qiiality of theCommitter. Be diligent in fup-prefiing proud OppreiTors ;, em-brace the Quarrel of the Poor andDiftreffed, neither fpare you anypains in your own Perfon ro feetheir Wrongs redreifed. As the

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in deciding thefe Points of Meumand Tuum among his Subjefts, Co remember when you fit in Judgment,that the Throne you fit on is God*s,and fway neither to the right Hand,nor to the left, either loving theRich, or pitying the Poor, forJuilice fhould be blind and friend-lefs. Take heed of Puritans^ whare a common Nufance both toChurch and State \ they are aPeople whom no Deferts can oblige,neither Oaths nor Promifes bind ^breathing nothing but Sedition andCalumny,afpiringwithoutMeafure,railing without Reafon, and mak-ing their own Imaginations (with-out any Warrant of the Word ofGod ) the Square of their Confci-ence. For a Prefervative againiltheir Poyfon, entertain and ad-vance the godly, learned, andmodeft Men of the Miniftry, ofwhom ( God be prais'd ) therewants not a fufficient Number inthis Kingdom , and by their Pro-vifion to Billiopricks and Benefices,5^6 ftiall not only baniih their con-

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5^ !/f King'sDutyceited parity and their imaginaryGrounds, which can neither ilandwith the Order of the Church, northe Peace of the Commonwealthand well raled Monarchy..

Cherifh no Man more than aGood Pailor, and hate no Man.more than a Proud Fanatick, Seeall the Churches within your Do-minions planted with goodPaftors,.Schools maintain'd, Dolrine andDifcipline preferv'd in Purity, ac-cording to God's Word. Teachyour Nobility to keep your Laws,as itriftly as the meaneft Perfons ^and make your Money of fine Goldand Silver , caufmg your People ta.i)e paid, with Subftance, and not-abufed with Bulk ^ fo ihall you en-i^ich your Kingdom, and have agreat Treafure hid up in Store, ifyou ihould go to War, or fall intoany other Straits. It would be agreat Help to you, to be well ac-quainted with the Nature and Hu-mours of all your Subjefts , andconfider that you muft not only becareful to keep your Subje^$ from


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in his Ol^PiCE^ 59receiving of any Wrong amongthemfelves, but you muft be

careful to keep them from beingwrong'd by foreign Princes*, forfince the Sword is given you byGod, not only to revenge the In-juries committed among your Sub-jefts, but alfo to revenge and freethem from foreign Injuries, youmay therefore proclaim War,whichupon a juil Quarrel is always law--ful.

Ufe all Princes, .as your Brethren,honeilly and kindly *, keep yourPromife to them, although to yourHurt. Be courteous to crowned .Heads*, and as with all Men, foefpecially with them, be plain andJuil, keeping ever this Chriflian-Rule, To do as you would he done to ^efpecially in counting Rebellion a^gainft any other Prince, a Crimeagainft your felf *, fupply not there-fore, nor trufk other Princes Re-bels *, but pity and fuccour all law-ful Princes in their Troubles. Butif any of them will not abflain, ,

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6 [/^King'sDotyto wrong you or your Subje^ls^crave Redrefs at Leifure, heir allReafon, and if no Oiier that islawful or honourable can makethem abftain from unlawful Pro-ceedings, nor repair their wrongDoings, then for the lail Refugecommit the juftnefs of your Caufeto God, let that be your greateftStrength, and then omit not to ufeall lawful Means for backing theiame. But confult not with anyNecromancer nor falfe Prophet,

the Succefs of your Wars, re-membring King Saul's miferableEnd, but keep your Land clean ofall South-fayers or knaviih Aftrolo-gers, according to the Commandgiven in the Law of God, dilatedby Jeremiah, Neither commit yourQliarrel to be try'd by a Duel,which is unlawful, by committingthe QLiarrel as it were to a Lot,whereof there is no Warrant inScripture, fmce the abrogating theold Law ^ befides, it is mofl unlaw-ful in the Perfon of a King, who be-ing a publick Perfon, hath no Pow-

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er therefore to difpofe of hinifeif,in refpett, that to his Prefervation

or Fall, the Safety or Wrack of theCommon- weal is neceiTary failned,as the Body is to the Head.

Before you go to War, play thewife King's Part, dekribed by

y forefeeing how you mayBear it out with all neceiTary Provi-fion J efpecially remember, thatAloney is Nervus Belli, Choofeold experienced Captains , and

young able Soldiers, Be fevere inmartial Difcipline, as well for keep-ing of Order, which is as requifiteas Hardinefs in the Wars, and pu-nifhing of Sloth, which fome time

or other may put a whole Army inDanger , as likewife for repreifingof Mutinies, which in a Camp isvery dangerous. Be forefeeing inCouncils, conftant in your Refolu-

tions, and quick in your Executions.Be curious in devifmg Stratagems,which fometimes have great Eiielsagainft your Enemies, if Secrecybe joyn'd with Invention. Now asyou ought to be flow in makingWar,


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2 >4King'sDutyWar, fo muft you alfo be flow inmaking Peace : Before you agree,

fee that the Grounds of your Warsbe fatisfied in your Peace, and agood Surety given to you and yourPeople;, otherwife, an honourableand juft War is more tolerable thana dinionourable and difadvantagiousPeace.

But it is not enough to a goodKing, by the Scepter of good Lawswell executed to govern and pro-

teft his People , if he joyns nottherewith a virtuous Life in his ownPerfon, and in the Perfons of hisCourt , by good Example alluringhis SubjeAs to the Love of Vertue

and Hatred of Vice. For it is notenough that you have and retain (asPrifoners) within your felf neverfo many good Qualities and Virtues,except you employ them, and fet

them on work, for the good ofthem that are committed to yourCharge, obferving this faying inthe Et hicks or moral Philofopy, .Klrtutis en'im laus omnis in

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inhlsOvvict. 6^great Care in ruling yoar Sabjeclswell, fo ought you to have a dou-

ble Care ia ruling well your Court,fmce unto your own Servants youare both a politick and cecononiickGovernour. But take great heedto the choife of yoitr Servants whomyou prefer to the great Offices ofthe Crown and State, for in otherOffices you are only to take heed toyour own Weal , but thefe concernlikewife the Weal of your People^for which you muft be anfwerableto God. Choofe then for fuchOffices, Men of known Wifdom^Honeily and good Confcience,,free of all Falions and Partiality,

but efpecially free of that filthy^ice of Flattery the Peft of allPrinces, and Wrack of Repub-licks.

Ufe Juftice V but with fuch Mo-deration that it turns not into Ty-rany, otherwiie Summum jus iffumma injuria^ And as you ufeJuftice, fo you muft Clemency,Magnanimity, Liberality. Con-ftancy. Humility, and all other

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^4 [^King's Dutyprincely Virtues*, Nain in-fnedio

flat virtus. Study the Scripturediligently, as well for the Know*ledge of your, own Salvation, asthat you may be able to containyour Church ia their Calling, asCujios utrivfque tahuU, Next theScriptures, iludy well your Laws^learning wifely to difcern betwixtJuilice and Equity^ and for Pity,of the Poor rob not the Rich, be-caufe he may better fpare itj butgive the little Man the larger Coat-if it be his ^ for Juftice, by the-Law, gives every Man his ownyand Equity in Things arbitral gives,every one that which is meetej? for^him. Be a frequent Sitter in yourprivy Council, which Judicature isonly ordain'd for Matters of Stateand repreiiing of infolent Oppreffi-ons. Next the Laws you are to bewell verfed in authentick Hiilo-.ties, and in the Chronicles of allNations, but efpecially in your ownHiflories, ISfe fis peregrin us do?ni.

Embrace true Magnanimity, notia being viiidi^ive, which the cor-.

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rupted Judgments of the Worldthink to be true Magnanimity ,

but bythe contrary, in thinknig

your Offender not worthy yourWrath, fwaying over your ownPaifion, and triumphing in thecommanding your felfto forgive:

husbandingthe

Effects of yourCourage and Wrath to be rightlyemploy'd in repelling Injuries athome, by Revenge taken upon theOpreilors, and in revenging In-

juries abroad, by making juft Warsupon foreign Enemies *, for whereyou find a notable Injury, fparenot to give courfe to the Torrentsof vour Wrath.

Nourifh true Humility, in ba-niihing Pride from your Pcrfon ,but nevertheleis let not true Humi-lity flop your high" Indignatiorifrom appearing, when any great

Opreffors ihall prefume tocome in-to your Prefence ^ then frown asyou ought: and in cafe they ufea Colour of Law in oppreilingtheir poor Neighbours, as too

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66 ^King'sDutymend by Law, mend by the with-drawing of your Countenance

from them. Keep true Conftancy,not only in your Kindnefs towardshoneil Men \ but be alio inviiiianimi againft all Adverfities ;, notlike the Stoick affeft infenfible

Stupidity, wherewith many in ourDays aiming to win Honour, inimitating that antient Sel, bytheir inconftant Behaviour in theirown Lives, belie their Profefllon.But altliough you are not a Stock,not to feel Calamities, yet let notthe feeling of them fo over ruleand doze your Reafon, as mayhinder you from taking and ufing

the beft Refolution for Remedy,that can be found out. Ufe trueLiberality in rewarding the good,?.iid bellowing freely for your ownHonour , but with thatdifcretional.

Proportion, that every Man maybe fhew'd according tohis Meafure,wherein Refpeft muil be had tohis Rank, Deferts and Neceility :and provide how to have, but caftnot away withont Caufe. Do not


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in his Office. 67

%y your Liberality impair the or-dinary Rents of your Crown,

wherd by the royal State of youand your SuccefTors muft be main-taib'd, Nê exhaurias font em lihe-ralitatls : for otherwife your Li-berality would decline to prodiga-

lity in helping others to your own,and SucceiTors, Hurt. Above all,enrich not your felfwith Exalionsupon your Subjefts ^ but think theRiches of your People your beft

Treafure , and in cafe Neceflity ofWars, or extraordinary Affairscompel you to have Subfidies, do itrarely as you can, employing itonly to the Ufe for which it wâs

ordain'd. Exercifetrue Wifdom, indifcerning \M\k\y betwixt true andfalfe Reports*, and confider thatGod is the Author of all Verti-e^having imprinted in Mens Minds

by the very Light of Nature, theLove of Morality, as -wâs feen bythe vertious Lives of the old Ro-mans , and endeavour to fhine as farbefore your People in all Vertue

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6S ^ King's BehaviourRank, that the Ufe thereof in allyour Anions, may turn with time,

to anatural

Habitude in you*, andas by their hearing of your Laws^fo by their Sight of your Perfonboth their Eyes, and their Earsmay lead and allude them to the

Love of Vertue, and Hatred ofl^thome \'ice..

g4 King's Behaviourin indifferent Things.

TT is certain that all the indifFe"*-

rent Anions and Behaviour ofa Man, have a certain holding andDependance, either upon Vertueor Vice, according as they areufed or ruled, for there is no midft

betwixt them, no more than be-twixt their Rewards, Heaven andHell. The indiiferent Aftions ofa Man are either necelTary, asFood, Sleeping, Rayment, Speak-

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in i?j different Things. ^^Tieceilary, though convenient orlawful, as Paftimes or Exerciles,

and ufing Company for Recreation.-Let your Table be honourablyferv'd , but ferve your Appetitewith few Difhes, as young Cyrmdid, which is both wholfomeft

and freeft from the \^ice of Delica-cy, which is a Degree of Gluttony.Let all your Food be fimple, with-out Compofition or Sauces , whichare more like Medicines than Meat.

The ufing them was counted amongthe ancient Romans a filthy Vice ofDelicacy, becaufe they ferve onlyfor pleafing the Tafte, and not forfatisfying the Neceflity of Nature \abhorring Apicim their own Citi-zen, for his Vice of Delicacy, andmonftruous Gluttony. Like as boththe Grecians and Romans had in De-teftation the very Name PhiloX'

$^{ his filthy Wifh of a CranesNeck. Therefore was that Sen-tence ufed among thefe artificialfalfe Appetites, Optimvm condimen-tum fames. But beware of ufing

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70 ^King's BlEHAviouRally of Drunkenneis, becaufe it isone of thofe Vices that increafes

with Age. And becaufe Meat pro-vokes Sleep, be alfo moderate in it,for it goes much by Ufe. But al-beit ordinary times Ibould com-monly be kept in Meat and Sleep,

yet ufe your felf fometimes fo, thatany time in the twenty four Hoursmay be alike to you for any ofthem, that thereby your Diet maybe accommodated to your Affairs,

and not your Affairs to your Diet.Let them that have the Creditof ferving in your Chamber be tru-ity and fecret, for a King will haveneed to ufe Secrecy in many

Things: but yet behave your felffo in your greateil Secrets, as yoaneed not be afham'd, if they wereall proclaimed in publick. Takeno heed to any of your Dreams,

for all Prophecies, Vifions, andprophetick Dreams are accompli-ihed and ceafed in Chri^. Be aliomoderate in your Rayment, whichought to be proper, cleanly, come-

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in indifferent vTi s c s. 71

Cloaths in a carekfs, yet comelyand middle Form, inter togatos &'

paludatosy betwixt the Gravity ofthe one, and Lightnefs of the other ^thereby to fignifie, that by yourCalling you are mixt of both the .Profeftions :, Togatus^ as a Judge,

making and pronouncing the Law \Paludatus^ Dy the Power of theSword

f,as your Office is likewife

mixt, betwixt the Ecclefiailical andCivil Eftate :, for a King is not ^?7eye

laicus^ as both the Papifls and Afi-tibapifis would have, and to whichError alfo the Puritans very muchincline. The next thing that youmuft take heed to, is your Speaking

and Language,

whereunto muftbe joyn'd your Geflure, fmce hti-on is one of the chiefeft QLialitiesthat is required in on Orator:, foras the Tongue fpeaks to the Ears,

fo doth the Gefture fpeak to theEyes of the Auditor. In your Lan-guage be plain , honeil, natural

comely, clean, ihort, and fententlous-, and in yOur Gefture be

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72- A KiNG^s BehaviourFaihion of the Country in wiiichyou live.

Be not over fparing in yourCourtefies, for that will be imput-ed Incivility and Arrogance-, noryet over prodigal in joking or nod-ding, for that Form of bein^ po-

pular becomes better an afpiringAbfolofn^ than a lawful Kingframing ever your Geilure accord-ing to your prefent Aftions , look-ing gravely, and with a majeftick

Prefence, when you fit in Judg-ment, or give Audience to Embaf-fadours. Be plain and fenfible iiiyour Language, for befides that itis the Tongue's Office to be the

MeiTenger of the Mind, it may be-thought a Point of Imbecility ofSpirit in a King, to fpeak obfcure-

ly, much more untruly , as if heftood in awe of any in uttering his

Thoughts. Remember alfo to put-a Difference bewixt your Form ofLanguage in reafoning, and yourpronouncing of Sentences, or de-claring your Mind in Judgment,

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zV/ indijferent Things. 7.3your Office^ for in the formerO.fe you niLifl: reafon pleafantly

and with Patience, not like a King,but like a private Man and a Scho-lar^ or elfe your Impatience ofContradiclion will be interpretedto be* want of Reafon on your part

whereas in points of your Office,you Ihould ripely advife indeed,before you give your Sentence.Now as to your writing, which isnothing elfe but a Form ofaregi-fter'd Speech,'ufe a plain, ihort, butihitely Stile, both in your Procla-mations iMiffives, efpecially to fo-reign Princes: and if your Geniusincites you to write any Works,

either in Profe or Verfe, you maybe allow'd the Pra^lice of it;, buttake no tedious Works in hand, toretard you from your Calh'ng.Flatter not your felf in your La-

bours;, but before theybepublifh'd,let'em iiril be privately perus'd andcenfur'd by fome learned- Men,who are be ft Skill'd in the Subjecten which you write. If yon would

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74 -'4 King's Behaviourworthy of your royal felf, that be

mot full of Vanity, but of Virtue^cfchewing Obfcurity, and delight-ing ever to be plain and fenfible.

Next among all unnecefTaryThings that are lawful and expedi-ent, the Exercife of the Body ismoil commendable to be ufed bya King, for maintaining his Health.Certainly bodily Exercifes andGames are very requifite as v^'IIfor banifbing of Idienefs ( the Mo-ther of all Vice ) as for making hisBody able and durable for travel,which is very neceFary for a Kingtherefore you may ufe Fencing,Tennis, Bowles, Archery, andPall,e-maille : But the honourableftand moft commendable Games thata King can ufe, are on Horfeback,ibr it becomes a Prince above allMen to be a good Horfeinan : Andufe fuch Games on Horieback, asmay teach you to handle yourArms thereon ^ fuch as the Tilt,Ring, and low-riding for handlingyour Sword. As for hunting, the

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in indijferc'rit Things. 75thereof is with running Hounds^for it is a thieviih fort of hunting

to fhoot with Guns and Bows.Then hawking is not to be con-demn'd , but neverthelefs give meleave to fay, it is more uncertainthan the other, and Subjedl to Mif-chances. However, in ufing eitherof thefe Sports obferve fuch Mo-deration, that you flip not there-with the Hours appointed for yourAffairs, which you ought ever pre-cifely to keep^ remembring thatthefe Paflimes, are but ordain'dfor you, to enable you for yourOffice, to which you are call'd byyour high Birth.

As for fitting Paftimes in theHoufe, although they are not pro-fitable for the Exercife either ofMind or Body, yet they ought notutterly to be condemn'd , finceth.Qy may at certain Times fupplyyour Room, which being empty,would be liable to pernicious Idle-nefs. But in your playing at Cards,Dice, Chefs, Billiards, or any o-ther within-door Game, confider

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*7j ^King's Behaviouryou do it only for your Recreationand refolve to hazard the Lofs ofall that you play \ and next, forthat caufe play for no more thanyou value to give av\'ay : Likewifeplay always fair, and without fret-tings, for otherwife neither a madPaffion, nor Falfehood us'd for De-fire of Gain, can be call'd a Play.Now it is not only lawful, but ne-ceiTary, that you have Companyfit for every thing you take in hand,as well in your Games and Exer-cifes, as in your grave, earneil,and more ferious Affairs. Takeheed that your Company for Re-creation be chofen of honeft Per-ibns, not defam'd or vicious ^ andtake not delight to have commonlyin your Company Comedians andother Players , for the Tyrantsformerly delighted moft in them,glorying to be both Authors and.Ailors of Comedies and Tragedies-the mfe Ives.

Delight not aifo to be in your^own Perfon a Player upon Inftru-"luents j yet fpare not fometimes

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irr in different Thing s. 77!>y merry Company to be free fromImportLtaity. For augmenting yourMajefty, too eafie Accefs is not to

be had to your Perfon , nor muftyou be altogether retired, or locktup, like the Kings of Perfia: Ap-pointing alfo certain Hours for pub-lick Audience. But to conclude,

remember by your true and con-ftant depending on God, to lookfor a Biefting to all your ?,in your kingly Office , by the out-ward ufmg whereofi, to teilifie theinward Uprightnefs of your Heart*,and by your Behaviour in all indif-ferent Things, to fet forth the live-ly Image of your virtuous Difpofi-tion , and in refpecl: of the Great-nefs and Weight of your Burthen,to be patient in hearing, keepingyour Heart free from Preoccupati-on, ripe in concluding, and con-ftant in your Refolution : For bet-ter it is to abide in your Refolution,although there was fome Defeft init, than by daily changing, to eifei):nothing. The Pattern hereof fhouldbe taken from the Microcofm of

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78 '^King's Behaviouryour own Body, wherein you havetwo Eyes, ilgnifylng greartForefightand Providence with a narrowlooking into all Things ^ and alfotwo Ears, fignifying patient hear-ing and that of both the Parties whotalk before you , but you have butone Tongue, for pronouncing aplain, fenfible, and uniform Sen-tence J and but one Head, and oneHeart, for keeping a conftant, re-gular Refolution, according to yourApprehenfion : Having two Handsand two Feet, with many Fingers^and Toes for quick Execution ofany Matter, in employing all In-ilruments proper for effeding yourDeliberations.

But forget not always to digeftyour Paifion, before you determineupon any Thing, fmce the Poet tellsus, Ira furor hrevis eft % utteringonly your Anger according to theRule of the great Apoftle of 'theGentiles^ Irafcimini^ fedne peccetis:Taking pleafure not only to Re-ward, but to advance the Good,which is the chief Point

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tri ifidijfcrojt 1 G s 79-

Glory ( but make none over great^but according as the Power of theCountry miy bear) and punifhing

the Evil , but every Man accor-ding to his own Offence \ not pu-tt iihing rnr blaming the Father forthe Son, nor Brother for the Bro-ther, much lefs generally to hatea Avhole Race for the Fault of one^fo r Noxa cap ut fcquh u r. But aboveall, let the Meafure of your Loveto every one, be according to thi;Meafure of his Virtue ^ . allowing

your Favoui to hz no longer ty'd toany, than the continuance of hisvirtuous Difpofition fhall deferve^

not admitting the Excufe upon ajuft Revenge, to procure Ov r-fight to an Injury : For the firft In-jury is committed agiinft the Par-ty , but the Party's revenging there-of at his own Hand, is a Wrongcommitted againil you, in ufuroing

your Office, to whom only theSword belongs, for revenging allthe Injuries committed again ft anof your People. There is no doubtbut your natural Inclination hath a

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2 ^King's Behaviourhappy Sympathy with thefa Pre-cepts:, and being contented to-Tetothers excel in othfer Things, letit be your chief Glory on Earth toexcel in your royal Fun^ion, ac-cording to thQ worthy Counfel andCharge of Arichifes to his Pofteri-ty^ as. is recorded by the Prince ofLatl'n Poets in the following Lines.

Excudent alii fpirantia moltius ^Credo equidcm : vivos duent de

iuarmare vultm\

{_atHS

Orabiint caiifas mdim^ coelique me-Defcribent radio^^ C^ Jurgentiajide-

ra dicent

regere imperio populoSy Romane^memento :

tihi erunt artes , pacifque i/r^po-

nere more??j^

Tarcere fuhjeUis^ & debeliare fuper'bos, Virg. iEn. 1. 6.

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The A D I c or the

Lord Verulam,Once Lord Keeper of the Great

Sealof Engl AND.


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The Advice of the

Lord Verulam^Once Lord Keeper of the Great

Seal of Engl and.

King J A s LFor choofing hisPrivy Council f.s,

HEN a King choofesNoblemen and othersfor his Councilors,beiides being accom-pli Ihed with a greatdeal of Wit, Senfe,

Learning, and Knowledge of all6 " the-


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^4 Lord V R L A ^ Advice tothe moft fee ret Affairs of ForeignCourts, there ihould be a Combi-nation of all Virtues appearing inthem, and thofe Virtues too emi-nent to be eiteem'd by their Be-holders for lefs than the moft refi-ned Aftions of fo great Souls. Theyihould fcorn all mean Aftions *, andbeaiham'd of nothing but Sin.Their chief Honour and Dignity inthis World is to- live the moft obe-dient and laborious Servants of theirCreator, that when they die, theymay reign with him for ever , andin fo doing they will do nothingmisbecoming their high Birth, Ex-traflion, and Employn>ent. l^-ver choofe them for Councillorswhofe Pridein Apparel longs afternew Fafhions, for they will not bebackwards in embracing new Re-ligions ^ both proceeding from oneanci the fame dangerous Principle,an Unconftancy of Mind, and a De-fire of Novelty. A Wife Noble-man has much better Thoughts ofVirtue, than to hope his fine Cloathsmay gain him a Refpeit where that

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King James I. 85could not, nay oa the other fide,he knows that Goodnefs is enoughof it felf, to*advance the Rag abovethe Robe, and a Leather Cap abovethe Golden Diadem.

As for the Difcourfe of yourCouncillors, their Words fhouldbe proper and genuine, but not af-feled :, their Phrafe high and lofty,but not bombaftick , their Senten-ces clofe and full, but not obfcureand confufed. Their Difcourfeihould be neither flafhy nor fiat,neither boyifh nor effeminate , nei-ther Rude nor Pedantick , it fhou

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