ADVICE TO SIR GEORGE VILLIERS. 449 



9. I shall by no means think it fit, that he reward 

 any of his servants with the benefit of forfeitures, 

 either by fines in the court of Star-chamber, or high 

 commission courts, or other courts of justice, or that 

 they should be farmed out, or bestowed upon any, so 

 much as by promise, before judgment given ; it would 

 neither be profitable nor honourable. 



10. Besides matters of serious consideration, in 

 the courts of princes, there must be times for pastimes 

 and disports : when there is a queen and ladies of 

 honour attending her, there must sometimes be 

 masques, and revels, and interludes ; and when 

 there is no queen, or princess, as now ; yet at festi 

 vals, and for entertainment of strangers, or upon 

 such occasions, they may be fit also : yet care would 

 be taken, that in such cases they be set off more 

 with wit and activity than with costly and wasteful 

 expences. 



11. But for the king and prince, and the lords 

 and chivalry of the court, I rather commend, in their 

 turns and seasons, the riding of the great horse, the 

 tilts, the barriers, tennis, and hunting, which are more 

 for the health and strength of those who exercise 

 them, than in an effeminate way to please themselves 

 and others. 



And now the prince groweth up fast to be a man, 

 and is of a sweet and excellent disposition ; it would 

 be an irreparable stain and dishonour upon you, hav 

 ing that access unto him, if you should mislead him, 

 or suffer him to be misled by any loose or flattering 

 parasites : the whole kingdom hath a deep interest 

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