ADVICE TO SIR GEORGE VILLIERS. 447 



[And yet in these, the choice had need be of honest 

 and faithful servants, as well as of comely outsides, 

 who can bow the knee, and kiss the hand, and per 

 form other services, of small importance compared 

 with this of public employment. King David, Psal. 

 ci. 6) 7, propounded a rule to himself for the choice 

 of his courtiers. He was a wise and a good king ; 

 and a wise and a good king shall do well to follow 

 such a good example ; and if he find any to be 

 faulty, which perhaps cannot suddenly be discovered, 

 let him take on him this resolution as king David 

 did, &quot; There shall no deceitful person dwell in my 

 house.&quot; But for such as shall bear office in the 

 king s house, and manage the expences thereof, 

 it is much more requisite to make a good choice 

 of such servants, both for his thrift and for his 

 honour.] 



4 . For the other ministerial officers in court, as, 

 for distinction sake, they may be termed, there must 

 also be an eye unto them and upon them. They 

 have usually risen in the household by degrees, and it 

 is a noble way, to encourage faithful service : but the 

 king must not bind himself to a necessity herein, for 

 then it will be held &quot; ex debito :&quot; neither must he 

 alter it, without an apparent cause for it : but to dis 

 place any who are in, upon displeasure, which for the 

 most part happeneth upon the information of some 

 great man, is by all means to be avoided, unless there 

 be a manifest cause for it. 



5. In these things you may sometimes interpose, 

 to do just and good offices ; but for the general, I 



