138 The Life of William, Duke of Newcastle 



but their glory and splendour proceeded rather from the 

 ceremony which they received from their subjects. To which 

 my Lord answered, that subjects were so far from giving 

 splendour to their princes, that all the honours and titles, in 

 which consists the chief splendour of a subject, were principally 

 derived from them ; for, said he, were there no princes, there 

 would be none to confer honours and titles upon them. 



LXXVI 



My Lord entertaining one time some gentlemen with a 

 merry discourse, told them, that he would not keep them 

 company except they had done and suffered as much for their 

 King and country as he had. They answered, that they had 

 not a power answerable to my Lord's. My Lord replied, they 

 should do their endeavour according to their abilities. No, 

 said they, if we did, we should be like yourself, lose all, and 

 get but little for our pains. 



LXXVII 



I being much grieved that my Lord, for his loyalty and 

 honest service, had so many enemies, used sometimes to 

 speak somewhat sharply of them ; but he gently reproving 

 me, said, I should do like experienced seamen, and as they 

 either turn their sails with the wind, or take them down, so 

 should I either comply with time, or abate my passion. 



LXXVIII 



A soldier's wife, whose husband had been slain in my Lord's 

 army, came one time to beg some relief of my Lord ; who told 

 her, that he was not able to relieve all that had been loyal to 

 his Majesty ; for, said he, my losses are so many, that if I 

 should give away the remainder of my estate, my wife and 

 children would have nothing to live on. She answered, that 

 his Majesty's enemies were preferred to great honours, and 

 had much wealth. Then it is a sign (replied my Lord) that 

 your husband and I were honest men. 



