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CHAP, or Elizabeth, was wisest, in respect of the different choice 

 X11L they made of their counsellors. And for that purpose he 

 Queens, se t t ne two sorts of Rehoboam s counsellors before those to 

 Elizabeth, whom he made his discourse. The grave and the ancient 

 senators, those Queen Elizabeth chose : but the rash younger 

 sort, those Queen Mary chose. &quot; These,&quot; as he described 

 them, &quot; advised that King not to spare, but to lay about 

 &quot; him, to chop off their heads, to tower them, hang them, 

 &quot; burn them, away with them : Dead men do no harm : 

 &quot; and to make his little finger heavier upon his people than 

 &quot; was his father s body. These were lusty lads, these were 

 &quot; such as would win all or lose all.&quot; Thus Aylmer, under 

 the colour of Rehoboam s rash counsellors, made a lively 

 representation of Queen Mary s. But her sister Queen 

 shewed her wisdom in making another choice. For she, 

 said he, picked out such counsellors to serve her as were 

 neither of common wit nor common experience. Of whom 

 some by travel in strange countries, some by learning, 

 some by practice and like authority in other rulers days, 

 some by affliction either one way or other, for their gifts 

 and graces, which they had received at God s hand, were 

 men meet to be called to such rooms. He added, (to 

 take off an objection,) that if she could, she would have 

 chose her Council wholly of the nobility, she being her 

 self the head of that order and patroness ; but if she espied 

 out meaner men of greater experience, further reach, and 

 more science than they were, there was no fear but the 

 nobles, both for their own safety and the Queen s, would 

 gladly lot to themselves such as might put them in mind 

 of things they remembered not. By which words, I make 

 no doubt, he had his eye upon Bacon and Cecil, whom, 

 though not noble by birth, the Queen had taken into her 

 Council. 

 His judg- His judgment of the Queen s marriage, (which solicitously 



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Queen s exercised all men s thoughts and cares at this time,) wne- 



marriage. fa QT Better to marry to some within her own kingdom, or 



some foreign Prince, he thus expressed ; &quot; That if all things 



&quot; answered, it was better joining at home than choosing 



