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dictions of all his other courts, the high commission, 

 the star-chamber, the chancery, the provincial coun 

 cils, the admiralty, the duchy, the court of requests, 

 the commission of inquiries, the new boroughs of 

 Ireland ; in all which he had raised troubles and 

 new questions ; and lastly, in that, which might 

 concern the safety of his royal person, by his expo 

 sition of the laws in cases of high treason. 



That, besides the actions themselves, his majesty 

 in his princely wisdom hath made two special obser 

 vations of him ; the one, that he having in his nature 

 not one part of those things, which are popular in 

 men, being neither civil, nor affable, nor magnificent, 

 he hath made himself popular by design only, in 

 pulling down government. The other, that whereas 

 his majesty might have expected a change in him, 

 when he made him his own, by taking him to be of 

 his council, it made no change at all, but to the 

 worse, he holding on all his former channel, and 

 running separate courses from the rest of his council ; 

 and rather busying himself in casting fears before 

 his council, concerning what they could not do, than 

 joining his advice what they should do. 



That his majesty, desirous yet to make a farther 

 trial of him, had given him the summer s vacation to 

 reform his &quot; Reports,&quot; wherein there be many dan 

 gerous conceits of his own uttered for law, to the 

 prejudice of his crown, parliament, and subjects; 

 and to see, whether by this he would in any part 

 redeem his fault. But that his majesty hath failed 

 of the redemption he desired, but hath met with 



