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day but such as have a proper relation to his Ma 

 jesty s commandment ; it being my comfort that I 

 serve such a master, that I shall need to be but a 

 conduit only for the conveying of his goodness to his 

 people. And it is true, that I do affect and aspire 

 to make good that saying, that &quot; Optimus magis- 

 tratus prasstat optima? legi ;&quot; which is true in his 

 Majesty. And for myself, I doubt, I shall not attain 

 it. But yet I have a domestic example to follow. 

 My lords, I have no more to say, but now I will go 

 on to the business of the court. 



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