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ing, that her goodness was N without limit, where 

 there was a true concurrence : which I knew in her 

 nature to be true. My lord, on the other side, had 

 a settled opinion, that the queen could be brought to 

 nothing but by a kind of necessity and authority ; 

 and I well remember, when by violent courses at any 

 time he had got his will, he would ask me, &quot; Now, Sir, 

 &quot; whose principles be true ?&quot; And I would again 

 say to him ; &quot; My lord, these courses be like to 

 &quot; hot waters, they will help at a pang ; but if you 

 &quot; use them you shall spoil the stomach, and you 

 &quot; shall be fain still to make them stronger, and 

 &quot; stronger, and yet in the end they will lessen their 

 &quot; operation ;&quot; with much other variety, wherewith I 

 used to touch that string. Another point was, that 

 I always vehemently dissuaded him from seeking 

 greatness by a military dependence, or by a popular 

 dependence, as that which would breed in the queen 

 jealousy, in himself presumption, and in the state 

 perturbation : and I did usually compare them to 

 Icarus s two wings, which were joined on with wax, 

 and would make him venture to soar too high, and 

 then fail him at the height. And I would farther 

 say unto him ; &quot; My lord, stand upon two feet, and 

 &quot; fly not upon two wings : the two feet are the two 

 &quot;kinds of justice, commutative, and distributive: 

 &quot; use your greatness for advancing of merit and vir- 

 &quot; tue, and relieving wrongs and burthens ; you shall 

 &quot; need no other art or finesse :&quot; but he would tell 

 me, that opinion came not from my mind, but from 

 my robe. But it is very true, that I, that never 



