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myne owne servants, if they be fitt 
and able for the places. And this 
wil be a meanes to make men dili- 
gent, and industrious to attayne to 
p fection, when they shall see that 
in my, Seryice and fayour, no par- 
tiall respects shall depresse or over- 
weigh desart or vertue. 
That the officers and equerries of 
my stable, doe looke carefully that 
the groomes be not suffered to putt 
any under boyes or hirelings to 
serye and dresse my horses, which 
will make a great disorder in my 
equerry, cause my horses to be ill- 
looked unto, and shortened of their 
allowance to releive such beggarly 
creatures as they entertayne, to sup- 
ply their pleasures elsewheare, and 
negle¢t their charge. 
That hereafter this be observed in 
election of my guard as places doe 
fall, that such men be recommend- 
ed unto me for that service, as are 
well known to be of honest conver- 
sation, and -withall able and aétive 
men qualified with some fection, 
as wrestling, tossing the pike, shoot- 
ing in a musket, or skill in his 
weapons, and such-like activity, 
more than to be able onely to wayte 
with a holberd in my great cham- 
ber, for I hold it fitting for. the 
court for a manly yong prince to 
have such a seleét guard of able bo- 
dyes, as may match any other men 
for their number, in all manly ex- 
ercises whatsoever, wherein [ re- 
spect not so much the greatness of 
their stature as these other habilities 
aforenamed, so that withall they be 
well shapt and comely psonages, 
and amongst them to have some that 
have been either lieutenants, anci- 
ents, or sargeants in the warres, I 
specially allowe of, 
And that these places of my 
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guard be not traffickt or sould, but 
freely disposed of for meritt and suf- 
ficiency, for otherwise it must needs 
be a hinderance to my service to have 
them impoverished by purchasing 
their places in a mercinary manner, 
unworthie of a princes court. that 
would be truly and worthily served. 
That when my revenues and re- 
ceipts are truly resolved of and 
knowne to what yearly value they 
will certainely amount (for, in this 
poynt, wee must stand upon cer- 
tayneties) that then my counsell and 
chiefe officers do proportion and or- 
der the allowances and expences for 
all offices, tables, servants wages, 
equerry, and other necessary charges 
whatsoever, proportionably, accord- 
ing to the meanes of the yearly 
rent, and yet, not to extend it to 
the uttermost value thereof, but to 
hold it so within the compass of my 
revenues, as that there may remayne 
a sufficient proportion in honorable 
and plentifull manner to supplie my 
extraordinary expences, ever keep- 
ing such store, as that my coffers 
may never be utterly bare. 
And, for the first yeare, I will, 
that my counsell and chiefe officers 
doe meete and sitt together month- 
lie, for the establishing and preserv- 
ing of the good orders of my court, 
until they be perfeéily settled, and 
then afterwards to continue those 
meetings as cause shall require, 
That there be certayne register 
bookes made of all my silver and 
plate, whereof my counsell to have 
one, the chiefe officers of my house- 
hold another, and the third to re- 
mayne in his hands that hath the 
chiefe charge thereof, and that, every 
quarter, my councell and chiefe of- 
ficers doe purposely meete together 
to call an account, whereby the 
same, 
