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A00188
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The court of the most illustrious and most magnificent Iames, the first King of Great-Britaine, France, and Ireland: &c. VVith diuers rules, most pure precepts, and selected definitions liuely delineated.
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A. D. B., fl. 1619.
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1619
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STC 1022; ESTC S100552
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wise_a king_n reprove_v and_o reprehend_v sutilitie_n or_o foolish_a babble_n pro._n 20._o non_fw-la admisceto_fw-la te_fw-la cum_fw-la illo_fw-la qui_fw-la arcana_fw-la detegit_fw-la keep_v not_o company_n with_o he_o which_o reveal_v secret_n that_o therefore_o which_o thou_o will_v not_o have_v another_o to_o blab_v do_v not_o thou_o thyself_o blaze_v abroad_o now_o after_o all_o this_o these_o subsequent_a consideration_n will_v knowledge_n to_o do_v nothing_o without_o the_o prince_n knowledge_n also_o deserve_v thy_o frequent_a meditation_n to_o wit_n that_o thou_o attempt_v not_o any_o thing_n though_o thou_o assure_o know_v it_o never_o so_o profitable_a without_o the_o privity_n and_o consent_n of_o thy_o prince_n especial_o if_o he_o be_v not_o far_o remote_a and_o absent_a from_o thou_o for_o what_o may_v he_o thence_o collect_v and_o conclude_v but_o that_o thou_o do_v contemn_v his_o princely_a prerogative_n neglect_v he_o not_o therefore_o by_o any_o mean_n neither_o determine_v any_o thing_n though_o in_o the_o small_a matter_n or_o most_o easy_a and_o commodious_a manner_n thy_o prince_n not_o be_v therewith_o first_o acquaint_v likewise_o if_o the_o courtier_n have_v commission_n to_o execute_v ambassador_n rule_n for_o a_o ambassador_n the_o place_n and_o employment_n of_o a_o ambassador_n let_v he_o not_o either_o by_o his_o own_o authority_n or_o by_o occasion_n of_o more_o commodious_a manage_n of_o his_o embassage_n alter_v or_o change_v any_o part_n of_o his_o charge_n therein_o contain_v but_o let_v commission_n to_o tie_v himself_o to_o the_o rule_n of_o his_o commission_n he_o refer_v all_o his_o proceed_n to_o the_o rule_n and_o form_n of_o his_o commission_n or_o else_o upon_o some_o new_a and_o inopinate_a accident_n let_v he_o speedy_o advise_v and_o consult_v with_o his_o prince_n for_o although_o it_o be_v determine_v and_o conclude_v by_o the_o civil_a law_n that_o sometime_o a_o ambassador_n may_v exceed_v the_o bound_n and_o 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