for the use of his fon prince Henry; which being published (though cenfured by the fynod of St. Andrews) was well accepted in England,

'Tis divided into three parts. "The first teacheth your "duty towards God as a chriftian; the next your duty "in your office as a king; and the third informeth you "how to behave yourself in indifferent things, fays he "to the prince (a). It was wrote for an exercise of his (a) Works "own ingenie and inftruction of him, who, he hoped, "was appointed of God to fit on his throne after him."

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"Seven copies only were permitted to be printed, "the printer being firft fworn to fecrefie; but, concc trary to his intention and expectation, the book was ❝vented, and fet forth to public view." (b) This (b) Id. p. was in the year 1599. This book contains fome tole- 142. rable things, but intermixed with ftrange paffages: those relating to the clergy, whom he opprobriously terms puritans, I have had occafion before to mention (c): what follows, I think, is not lefs remarkable. (c) See note Suffer not your princes and your parents to be disho- (M) "noured by any: the infaming and making odious of "the parent, is the readieft way to bring the fon into " contempt.I never yet found a conftant biding "by me in all my ftreights, by any that were of perfit my parents days, but only by fuch as constant"ly bode by them; I mean, specially by them that "ferved the queen my mother." (d) So that princes, (d) Works, p. 158. even after their death, are not to have much truth fpoken concerning them, if they have children to reign after them; and all their tyrannies, oppreffions, and vices are to be buried in oblivion, or concealed at least from the eyes of the vulgar. What monftrous doctrine is this! how does it take off all awe and reftraint from princes, and give them hope of reputation after death, how ill foever they may behave! How much more fenfible and judicious were the fentiments of the virtuous and amiable "Queen Mary, who when reflections were once made before her, of the sharp

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England, and raised an admiration in all men's hearts, fays Spotfwood, of his piety and wisdom. Certain 'tis, adds the fame writer, that all the difcourfes that came forth at that time for maintaining his right to the

nefs of fome hiftorians, who had left heavy imputa❝tions on the memory of fome princes; answered, that "if those princes were truly fuch, as the hiftorians re"prefented them, they had well deferved that treat"ment; and others who tread their fteps might look "for the fame; for truth would be told at last, and

that with the more acrimony of ftyle, for being fo "long reftrained it was a gentle fuffering (added the) "to be exposed to the world in their true colours, "much below what others had fuffered at their hands. "She thought also that all fovereigns ought to read such "hiftories as Procopius; for how much foever he may "have aggravated matters, and how unbecomingly "foever he may have writ, yet by fuch books they "might fee what would be probably faid of themselves, "when all terrors and restraints fhould fall off with (e) Burnet's" their lives." (e) These reflections are solid and just, effay on the and could proceed only from a mind confcious of its queen Mary, Own innocency and integrity; whereas the advice of P. 113. James has the appearance of a fenfe of guilt, and dread 12mo.Lond. of fhame. But the praise of his mother's fervants, and 1696.

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the acknowledgment of their fingular fidelity to him is moft amazing: for who were they but moft bigotted papifts, and enemies to the reformation? who but they who juftified her and defended her, even in the moft iniquitous and fhameful actions? who were they but men enemies to the conftitution of Scotland, and foes to law and liberty? 'Tis no wonder therefore, that the fynod of St. Andrews took fire at a book containing thefe and like paffages, and afked "what cenfure should "be inflicted upon him that had given fuch inftructions "to the prince, and if he could be thought well affected

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"affected to religion, that delivered fuch precepts "of government?" (f) These things be- (ƒ) Spotfing confidered, I fancy the judicious reader will not wood,p.456. think the judgment of the learned Gataker of this book much amifs; which being contained in a piece very difficult to be got, I will tranfcribe at large, and with it conclude the note. "King James, a prince of more "policy than puiffance, while he was yet king of Scot"land, penned, or owned (g) at least, a book entituled (g) Dr. Balcanqual (who Δωρον Βασιλικον, which whofo fall advifedly read, "though of no very sharp eye-fight or deep reach, yet fynod of may eafily defcry a defign carried all along in it to Dort, and "ingratiate himself with the popish fide, by commend- dean of Roing the fidelity of his mother's fervants, as to her, fo to chefter) is "himself, with the prelatical party, by giving them faid to have "hope of continuing that government that he fhould helped king James to "find here established; with the common people, by al- write his lowing them their may-games, and the like sports; Bafilicon "only he had bitterly expreffed himfelf in high terms against the poor puritans, whom he leaft feared, and through "deemed generally difaffected by thofe other three par- Scotland, p. "ties. Howbeit, when the time drew near of queen "Elizabeth's departure, that his quiet coming in might "not meet with any disturbance from that party, he " prefixed a preface to his book then reprinted, where"in on his honour he protesteth, that by the name of "puritans he meant not all preachers in general, or "others, that mifliked the ceremonies as badges of po

pery, and the epifcopacie as fmelling of a papal fu"premacie, but did equally love the learned and grave "on either fide; intended only fuch brainfick and "heady preachers, that leaned too much to their own "dreams, contemned all authority, counted all pro

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(b) Thomas fane that would not fwear to all their fantafies." (b) B. D. his The reader will be pleased to compare this with what vindication James fays, note (M) of his having written a long apoof his anno. logetick preface to the fecond edition of this book, only in odium puritanorum, and then judge what stress is to be laid on his word.

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impoftorMr. (u) James was not fo much taken up with these William matters, as to neglect making intereft with the great Lillie,p. 75 men at the English court.] "He was careful, fays "Burnet, to fecure to himself the body of the English "nation. Cecil, afterwards earl of Salisbury, fecreta66 ry to queen Elizabeth, entered into a particular con"fidence with him; and this was managed by his am"baffador Bruce, who carried the matter with fuch "addrefs and fecrecy, that all the great men of Eng"land, without knowing of one another's doing it, "and without the queen's fufpecting any thing con"cerning it, figned in writing an engagement to affert "and stand by the king of Scots right of fucceffion." (a) Burnet, (a) A pleasant story or two from Sir Henry Wotton, whofe teftimony in this affair is indifputable, will convince us of the probability of what Burnet has here afferted, and confirm the truth of the text.

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"There were in court [queen Elizabeth's] two "names of power, and almost of faction, the Effexian "and the Cecilian, with their adherents, both well "enough enjoying the prefent, and yet both looking to "the future, and therefore both holding correfponden"cy with fome of the principal in Scotland, and had "received advertisements and inftructions, either from "them, or immediately from the king. But left they "might detect one another, this was myfteriously car"ried by feveral inftruments and conducts, and on the "Effexian fide, in truth with infinite hazard; for Sir "Robert Cecil, who (as fecretary of state) did difpofe

fucceeding Elizabeth, in which he was fuccessful, as the event fhewed; though how

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"the public addreffes, had prompter and fafer convey66 ance; whereupon I cannot but relate a memorable "paffage on either party, as the ftory following fhall "declare. The earl of Effex had accommodated maf"ter Anthony Bacon in a partition of his house, and had "affigned him a noble entertainment. This was a

"gentleman of impotent feet, but a nimble head, and "through his hand ran all the intelligences with Scot"land, who being of a provident nature (contrary to "his brother the lord viscount St. Albans) and well 66 knowing the advantage of a dangerous fecret, would many times cunningly let fall fome words, as if he "could much amend his fortunes under the Cecilians, "(to whom he was near of alliance, and in blood alfo) "and who had made (as he was not unwilling fhould "be believed) fome great proffers to win him away; "which once or twice he preffed fo far, and with such "tokens and figns of apparent difcontent to my lord "Henry Howard, afterwards earl of Northampton, "(who was of the party, and ftood himself in much "umbrage with the queen) that he flies prefently to my "lord of Effex (with whom he was commonly primæ "admiffionis, by his bed-fide in the morning) and tells "him, that unless that gentleman were prefently fa"tisfied with some round fum, all would be vented. "This took the earl at that time ill provided (as indeed "oftentimes his coffers were low) whereupon he was "fain fuddenly to give him Effex houfe, which the

good old lady Walfingham did afterwards difengage "out of her own ftore with 2500 pounds: and be"fore he had diftilled 1500 pounds at another time "by the fame fkill. So as we may rate this one "fecret, as it was finely carried, at 4000 pounds in "prefent money, befides at the leaft a 1000 pounds of "annual penfion to a private and bed-rid gentleman: "what would he have gotten if he could have gone "about his own bufinefs? There was another accident