111. Because Christ came, it was enough for the Patriarchs to believe only. Since his coming, we must not only believe, but understand.

112. In disputeing with a Papist, one must maintaine the grounds of Divinity, and seeke to destroy the building upon it; but against Puritans, one must destroy the grounds and maintaine the building; that is to say, the major position is false in the Puritans, and the mynor in the Papists.

113. If God gave not the kingdome of Israel to Saul and his posterity, what tooke he from him upon his offence, for he enjoyed it all his life?

114. The Chancellor Metelyn of Scotland, was suspected by the King to be in conspiracy against him; the King one day called him unto him, telling him how just grounds he had to suspect him, and bad him be more dutyfull hereafter. His answer was, that to his knowledge those attempts intended to be made were nothing but fitt and necessary to be done. The King replyed, if those words you have spoken were uttered by a foole, they were to be laughen at, but being spoken by him, thought a wise man, were worthy of hanging. The Chancellor submitted himselfe hereupon, and dyed within a very few dayes after.

115. There are three kinds of wisdome usual in Kings, a sanctified wisdome, a pollitick wisdome, (which often straines itselfe to a less evill to avoid a

greater) and a wisdome of falshood. The first is both lawfull and necessary, the second is lawfull but not necessary, the third is neither.

116. Colonel Gray coming to him out of Germany in a garb of a soldier, buckl'd up in a buff jerkin, a great belt and a huge sword, and a case of pistolls; the King said, that this towne was so well fortifyed, that if it were well victualled, it seem'd impregnable.

117. My ends are still constant, howsoever my wayes to them may seem to differ according to occasion.

118. There are many things which my selfe would not doe, and yet, in my judgement, think lawfull to be done; but where there is a broadway besides, what need I tread nere the borders of vice.

119. I will not reward any man in matter of justice, for that is not mine, but God's and the people's.

120. The art of governing is a deep mistery, and noe man can judge who is fitt to be a King, till he see him one.

121. The people do never esteem truly of the present state, for some thing in it they must mislike whilst it is at present; and yet such and such men either to be good or bad, their censure is almost infalliable.

122. I desire to live no longer than I am ac

counted an honest and reasonable man, of honest and reasonable men; nor longer to be a King, than I use my power to maintain reason, and not to overthrow it.

123. I will never offer to bring a new custome upon the people without the peoples consent, but only like a good phisitian tell them what is a-miss; and after, if they will not concur to amend it, yet I have discharged my part.

124. At Oking, being shewed a gentleman's house, a great part whereof was burn't by the Queens servants when she was entertain'd there, for which the Queen never gave him satisfaction; one said, that if it had been done by a common person, he had been bound to sattisfaction by law. The King said, whatsoever a private man ought to doe, by law, a King is bound to doe by conscience.

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NOTES.

Page 7, line 5; D. T.]

PROBABLY the same person who wrote Essaies Politicke and Morall, Lond. 1608, 12mo. His name is unknown.

Page 8, line 31; C. B.] Christopher Brooke, the author of Eglogues; dedicated to his much loved Friend Mr. Will. Brown, of the Inner Temple, Lond. 1614, 8vo, &c.

Page 10, line 23; A cleane contrary way]. This expression seems to have been proverbial.

"Come heare, lady muses, and help mee to sing, Come love mee where as I lay;

Of a duke that deserves to be made a king,

The cleane contrary way,

O the cleane contrary way."

Sloane MS. No. 826.

""Tis you must perfect this great work,

And all malignants slay,

You must bring back the king again

The cleane contrary way.'

A. Brome's Songs and Poems,

1664, p. 162.

Many other instances might be quoted.

Page 10, line 30; Weston]. One of the persons executed for the murder of Overbury. See Life.

Page 11, line 14; W. S.] According to a MS. note of T. Park's, these initials stand for William Shipton.

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Page 13, line 12; W. B. Int. temp.] William Browne, the celebrated author of Britannia's Pastorals. He was a student of the Temple at the same time with Overbury.

Page 13, line 25; B. G. Medii Temp.] Probably Bernard Griffin, the author of a collection of sonnets, entitled Fidessa, more Chaste then Kinde, Lond. 1596. The latter has an address, "To the Gentlemen of the Innes of Court," which strengthens the supposition.

Page 14, line 23; Cap. Tho. Gainsford]. The name of this writer occurs to some verses in Add. MS. 15, 227, in the British Museum. See also Collier's Poetical Decameron.

Page 16, line 8; Io. Fo.] Undoubtedly John Ford, the celebrated dramatist. He became a member of the Middle Temple November 16, 1602, and was in all likelihood well acquainted with Overbury, who was of the same Society.

Page 16, line 23; R. CA.] In a copy of Overbury's Characters, formerly belonging to Octavius Gilchrist, that Gentleman has filled up these initials, R[ichard Ca[rew], the author of The Survey of Cornwall.

Page 18, line 15; E. G.] Query, Edmund Gayton? Page 20, line 31; I. F.] John Fletcher, the celebrated Dramatist? Le Neve, speaking of the Elegies prefixed to Overbury's Wife, says,

Amongst which, two, from the initials, and the general satire on the sex, appear to be by Fletcher."—-Cursory Remarks on the English Poets, p. 28.

Page 24, line 25; W. STRA.] According to Park's MS. note, William Stradling.

Page 25, line 1; OF THE CHOYCE OF A WIFE]. This little poem is always quoted as Overbury's; but Mr. Collier considers it "an unclaimed poem." See the Bridgewater Catalogue, p. 223.

Page 33, line 12; A WIFE]. This poem is printed in Capell's interesting volume entitled Prolusions; or Select Pieces of Antient Poetry, 1760, 8vo. A col