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place ; and things were to be taken in the institution, 

 not in the practice. 



His lordship s second reason was, that both by 

 philosophy and civil law, &quot; ordinatio belli et pacis est 

 &quot; absoluti imperii,&quot; a principal flower of the crown ; 

 which flowers ought to be so dear unto us, as we 

 ought, if need were, to water them with our blood : 

 for if those flowers should, by neglect, or upon 

 facility and good affection, wither and fall, the 

 garland would not be worth the wearing. 



His lordship s third reason was, that kings did so 

 love to imitate * primum mobile,&quot; as that they do 

 not like to move in borrowed motions : so that in 

 those things that they do most willingly intend, yet 

 they endure not to be prevented by request : whereof 

 he did allege a notable example in king Edward III. 

 who would not hearken to the petition of his com 

 mons, that besought him to make the black prince 

 prince of Wales : but yet, after that repulse of their 

 petition, out of his own mere motion he created 

 him. 



His lordship s fourth reason was, that it might be 

 some scandal to step between the king and his own 

 virtue ; and that it was the duty of subjects rather 

 to take honours from kings servants and give them 

 to kings, than to take honours from kings and give 

 them to their servants : which he did very elegantly 

 set forth in the example of Joab, who, lying at the 

 siege of Kabbah, and finding it could not hold out, 

 writ to David to come and take the honour of taking 

 the town. 



