. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . OF A KINGS BEHAVI- OVR IN INDIFFERENT THINGS. The Third Booke. Tis atrcw old laying, That a King is as one leton a ftage, whole Imalleit actions and geltures,all the people gazingly doe behold: and there-fore altnough a King be neuer Co precile in thedilcharging of his Office, the people, who leethbut the outward part,wiil euer iudge of the fub-ilance, by the circumltances -y and according tothe outward appearance , if his behauiour beelight or
. The workes of the most high and mightie prince, Iames, by the grace of God, king of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. . OF A KINGS BEHAVI- OVR IN INDIFFERENT THINGS. The Third Booke. Tis atrcw old laying, That a King is as one leton a ftage, whole Imalleit actions and geltures,all the people gazingly doe behold: and there-fore altnough a King be neuer Co precile in thedilcharging of his Office, the people, who leethbut the outward part,wiil euer iudge of the fub-ilance, by the circumltances -y and according tothe outward appearance , if his behauiour beelight or diflblute, will conceiue prse-occupiedconceits of the Kings inward intention: which although with time, (thetrier of all trewth,) it will euaniih, by the euidence of the contrary effects,yet interim patitur iuUus; and prxiudged conceits will, in themeane time,breed contempt, the mother of rebellion and dilbrder. And befides that,it is certaine, that all the indifferent actions and behauiour of a man,hauea certaine holding and dependance, either vpon vertueor vice, accor-ding as they are vied or ruled : for there is not a middes betwixt them, no
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