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over-bnsy, my Lord told them, that he would rather choose 

 such persons for his Majesty's service as were over-active, 

 than such that would be fuller of questions than actions. 

 The same he would do for his own particular affairs. 



LXXIII 



Some condemning my Lord for having Roman Catholics 

 and Scots in his army ; he answered them, that he did not 

 examine their opinions in religion, but looked more upon their 

 honesty and duty ; for certainly there were honest men and 

 loyal subjects amongst Roman Catholics, as well as Protestants; 

 and amongst Scots as well as English. Nevertheless, my 

 Lord, as he was for the King, so he was also for the orthodox 

 Church of England, as sufficiently appears by the care he took 

 in ordering the Church government, mentioned in the history. 

 To which purpose, when my Lord was walking one time with 

 some of his officers in the church at Durham, and wondered 

 at the greatness and strength of the pillars that supported 

 that structure, my brother, Sir Charles Lucas, who was then 

 with him, told my Lord, that he must confess those pillars - 

 were very great, and of a vast strength ; but, said he, your 

 Lordship is a far greater pillar of the Church than all these. 

 Which certainly was also a real truth, and would have more 

 evidently appeared, had Fortune favoured my Lord more 

 than she did. 



LXXIV 



My Lord being in banishment, I told him, that he was 

 happy in his misfortunes, for he was not subject to any state 

 or prince. To which he jestingly answered, that as he was 

 subject to no prince, so he was a prince of no subjects. 



LXXV 



In some discourse which I had with my Lord concerning 

 princes and their subjects, I declared that I had observed 

 great princes were not like the sun, which sends forth out of 

 itself rays of light, and beams of heat, effects that did both 

 glorify the sun, and nourish and comfort sublunary creatures ; 



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