THE PRAISE OF HENRY PRINCE OF WALES. 493 



which he spent in it. His conduct in respect of 

 morals did him the utmost honour; for he was 

 thought exact in the knowledge and practice of 

 every duty. His obedience to the king his father 

 was wonderfully strict and exemplary : towards 

 the queen he behaved with the highest reverence : 

 to his brother he was indulgent ; and had an in- 

 tire affection for his sister, whom he resembled in 

 person as much as that of a young man could the 

 beauty of a virgin. The instructors of his younger 

 years (which rarely happens) continued high in 

 his favour. In conversation he both expected 

 a proper decorum, and practised it. In the daily 

 business of life, and the allotment of hours for the 

 several offices of it, he was more constant and re 

 gular than is usual at his age. His affections and 

 passions were not strong, but rather equal than 

 warm. With regard to that of love, there was a 

 wonderful silence, considering his age, so that he 

 passed that dangerous time of his youth, in the 

 highest fortune, and in a vigorous state of health, 

 without any remarkable imputation of gallantry. 

 In his court no person was observed to have any 

 ascendant over him, or strong interest with him : 

 and even the studies, with which he was most 

 delighted, had rather proper times assigned them, 

 than were indulged to excess, and were rather re 

 peated in their turns, than that any one kind of 

 them had the preference of, and controlled the 

 rest : whether this arose from the moderation of his 



