THE FOURTH BOOK 



Containing Several Essays and Discourses 

 Gathered from the Mouth of My Noble Lord 

 AND Husband 



With some few Notes of mine own 



I have heard My Lord say, 



I 



That those wnich command the wealth of a kingdom, 

 command the hearts and hands of the people. 



II 



That he is a great monarch, who hath a soveraign 

 command over Church, laws and armes; and he a 

 wise monarch, that imploys his subjects for their 

 own profit (for their profit is his), encourages trades- 

 men, and assists and defends merchants. 



Ill 



That it is a part of prudence in a commonwealth or 

 kingdom to encourage drayners; for drowned lands 

 are onely fit to maintain and encrease some wild 

 ducks, whereas being drained, they are able to afford 

 nourishment and food to cattel, besides the producing 

 of several sorts of fruit and corn. 



IV 



That without a well-ordered force, a prince doth 

 but reign upon the courtesie of others. 



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