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would rather chuse such persons for His Majesties 

 service as were over-active, then such that would be 

 fuller of questions then actions. The same he would 

 do for his own particular affairs. 



LXXIII 



Some condemning My Lord for having Roman 

 Catholicks and Scots in his army; he answered them, 

 that he did not examine their opinions in rehgion, 

 but looked more upon their honesty and duty; for 

 certainly there were honest men and loyal subjects 

 amongst Roman Cathohcks, as well as Protestants; 

 and amongst Scots as well as EngHsh. Nevertheless, 

 My Lord, as he was for the King, so he was also for the 

 Orthodox Church of England, as sufficiently appears 

 by the care he took in ordering the Church-govern- 

 ment, mentioned in the history. To which purpose, 

 when My Lord was walking one time with some of 

 his officers in the church at Durham, and wondered 

 at the greatness and strength of the pillars that 

 supported that structure; my brother. Sir Charles 

 Lucas, who was then with him, told My Lord, that 

 he must confess, those pillars were very great, and of 

 a vast strength; but said he, your Lordship is a far 

 greater pillar of the Church then all these: which 

 certainly was also a real truth, and would have more 

 evidently appeared, had Fortune favoured My Lord 

 more then she did. 



LXXIV 



My Lord being in banishment, I told him, that he 

 was happy in his misfortunes, for he was not subject 

 to any state or prince. To which he jestingly answered, 

 that as he was subject to no prince, so he was a prince 

 of no subjects. 



