"her faith she should not change, nor diffemble "her opinion with contrary doings. It was faid, "I constrained not her faith, but willed her, "not as a King to rule, but as a fubject to obey, " and that her example might breed inconveni ❝ence." 19. "The Emperor's Ambaffador came in "with a fhort meffage from his master, of war, "if I would not suffer his coufin, the Princess, 66 to use her Mafs. To this no anfwer was 20. "The Bishops of Canterbury, London, "and Rochefter, did confider to give licence to "fin, was fin. To fuffer and wink at it for a "time might be borne, fo all poffible haste might "be used." 26. "The French Ambaffadors faw the "baiting of the bulls and bears." 27. "The Ambaffadors, after they had "hunted, fat with me at fupper. 29. "The Ambaffadors had a fair fupper "made them by the Duke of Somerset, and "afterwards went to the Thames, where they faw both the bear hunted in the river, and the "the wild-fire caft out of the boats, and many pretty conceits." June 15. "The Duke of Somerset with five "others of the Council went to the Bishop of "Winchester, to whom he made this anfwer: "I having deliberately feen the Book of Com"mon Prayer, (although I would not have made it fo myself,) yet I find fuch things in it as "fatisfieth my confcience, and therefore I will "both execute it myself, and alfo fee others, my parishioners, to execute it." 20. "The Mayor of London caufed the "watches to be encreased every night, because "of the great frays; and alfo one Alderman to "fee good rule every night." 86 22. "There was a privy fearch made through all Suffex, for all vagabonds, gypfies, confpirators, prophefyers, all players, and fuch like." October 19. "Sir Thomas Palmer confeffed "that the Gendarms (Gens d' Armes) on the “ muster-day should be affaulted by two thou"fand footmen of Mr. Vane's, and my Lord's "(Lord Gray's) hundred horfe, befides his "friends that stood by, and the idle people "which which took his part. If he were overthrown «he would run through London, and cry Liberty, Liberty, to raise the apprentices, &c." KING EDWARD'S " Journal," printed in the The Bifhop has likewise added a Difcourfe about the Reformation of many Abuses, written by this incomparable Prince, in which he says, "As the gentlemen and ferving-men ought to "be provided for, so neither ought they to have "fo much as they have in France, where the 66 peasantry is of no value; neither yet meddle * in other occupations, for the arms and legs "doth neither yet draw the whole blood from "the liver, but leaveth it fufficient to work on; "neither doth meddle in any kind of engender"ing of blood; no, nor no one part of the body 66 doth ferve for two occupations: even fo nei"ther the gentleman ought to be a farmer, nor "the merchant an artificer, but to have his art particularly. Furthermore, as no member in a "well-proportioned body and whole body, is too big for the proportion of the body; fo muft there be in a well-proportioned Com"monwealth no perfon that fhall have more than "the proportion of the country will bear, for it "is hurtful immoderately to enrich any particular part. 66 part. I think this country can bear no merchant "to have more land than one hundred pounds; "no hufbandman or farmer worth above one "hundred or two hundred pounds; no artificer "above one hundred marks; no labourer much "more than he spendeth, I fpeak now gene rally, and in fuch cafes may fail in one parti"cular, but this is fure, this Commonwealth 6c may not bear one man to have more than two "farms, than one benefice, than two thousand "sheep, and one kind of art to live by." "For idle perfons, there were never, I think, more than be now. The wars men think is "the cause thereof. Such perfons can do nothing but rob and steal. But flack execution of the laws hath been the chiefeft fore of all; the laws have been manifeftly broken, the "offenders banished, and either by bribery or "foolish pity escape punishment." "These fores must be cured with medicines, "First, by good education; for Horace fayeth "wifely, Quo femel eft imbuta recens, fervabit odorem " With "With whatsoever thing the new veffel is im "bued, it will long keep its favour, faith Ho race; meaning, that for the most part men be "as they are brought up, and men keep "longest the favour of their first bringing up; "therefore, feeing that it be fo neceffary a thing, we will give our device thereupon. Youth "must be brought up, fome to husbandry, fome " in working, graving, gilding, joining, painting, making of cloaths, even from their tenderest age, to the intent they may not, when they come to man's eftate, loiter as they do now. ❝a-days in neglect, but think their travail sweet "and honeft. This fhall well ease and remedy "the deceitful workings of things, difobedience "of the lowest fort, cafting of feditious bills, " and will clearly take away the idleness of the people." 66 * By a law of Solon, the Legislator of Athens, a child who, by the careleffness or the over-tenderness of his parents, was brought up to no trade or profeffion, was not obliged to fupport his parents when they were old or in want; the Legislator wifely confidering habitual idlenefs not only in itfelf to be criminal, but to be the caufe of the greatest crimes that are committed, and that thofe perfons should be completely put out of the protection of the laws, who have been the occafion of that deteftable and dangerous vice in the rifing generation, |