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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00188	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.	A. D. B., fl. 1619.	1619 (1619)	STC 1022; ESTC S100552	103,059	184

wise King reproue and reprehend sutilitie or foolish babling Pro. 20. Non admisceto te cum illo qui arcana detegit Keepe not company with him which reuealeth secrets That therefore which thou wouldst not haue another to blab doe not thou thy selfe blaze abroad Now after all this these subsequent considerations will To doe nothing without the Princes knowledge also deserue thy frequent meditation to wit that thou attempt not any thing though thou assuredly know it neuer so profitable without the priuitie and consent of thy Prince especially if he be not farre remote and absent from thee for what may he thence collect and conclude but that thou didst contemne his Princely prerogatiue neglect him not therefore by any meanes neither determine any thing though in the smallest matters or most easie and commodious manner thy Prince not being therewith first acquainted Likewise if the Courtier haue commission to execute Rules for an Embassadour the place and employments of an Embassadour let him not either by his owne authoritie or by occasion of more commodious managing of his Embassage alter or change any part of his charge therein contained but let To tie himselfe to the rule of his Commission him referre all his proceedings to the rule and forme of his Commission or else vpon some new and inopinate accident let him speedily aduise and consult with his Prince For although it be determined and concluded by the Ciuill Lawes that sometimes an Embassadour may exceed the bounds and limits of his Commission if more amply and orderly the Embassage may be executed than was therein commanded Yet notwithstanding kind Courtier that is not to be vnderstood of publicke but of priuate affayres That of Valerius may giue thee satisfaction herein Romanos Legationem quibus acceperant verbis peregisse That the Romanes deliuered their Embassage in the selfe same words wherein they had receiued it And that also of that most famous Father diuine Bernard is in this case worthy remembrance and deepe meditation Non attendit sayth he verus obediens quale sit quod praecipitur hoc solo contentus quod praecipitur The truly obsequious and obedient Embassadour considers not what kind of Commission or Command he hath receiued being onely satisfied with what he is commanded Heare this kind Courtier and performe the same and acknowledge thy Prince lawfully vsing his imperious prerogatiue thy supreme Superiour to whom thou oughtest to be most morigerous and dutifull Againe whither thou be sent as an Embassadour Oratour Interpretour or Ledger in time of Warre or of Peace either for the present or for long continuance for parle or performance of any affayres whatsoeuer Not to vndertake matters aboue his power thou must now most diligently enter into consultation with thy selfe and examine thy power and facultie what in such a case is thy habilitie or debilitie soundly and substantially to effect and accomplish the same For there is not a greater token of foolishnesse or foole hardinesse than for a man to take vpon him the execution of such a Function or Office as he is not able safely to vndergoe Beware therefore I say and that seasonably that thou do not at any time affect or desire those things which either thou knowest or at least shouldst know will be by thine impotencie infirmity and debility most obnoxious most pernicious vnto thy selfe or others be heedfull herein I What is required in an Embassadour aduise thee and with a iudicious heart poyse and consider in mind the possibilitie and efficacie as well of thy bodie as of thy wit and diseretion What thou art able to compasse by thy wisedome learning and eloquence as also how expert and circumspect thou art to contriue any thing Neither is it impertinent that I added the habilities of the Bodie for it is vndoubtedly without all controuersie that in an Embassadour is required a faire and comely constitution of Bodie that is such an externall beautie and pleasant personablenesse as may be most amiable and louely in the eyes of his beholders For no wise man surely will gaine-say but that euen in the maiesty or gracefulnesse of the body is a certaine genuine and imbred honour and reuerence represented Dost thou desire examples They are pregnant For we read that Alexander the Great was most coyly and disdainefully beheld by the Queene of the Amazones for no other reason than that shee found not in that so potent and mightie Monarch such beautie comelinesse of bodie as she expected in him whose not able fame of admired deedes of prowesse had beene from farre bruted and divulged vnto her Very memorable also is that of the Stoick Cato who derided iested vpon those Embassadors of Roome one of whome had a very foule and vnseemely scarre vpon his head caused by a blow with a stone the other being lame The Senate of Roome sayth hee haue sent an Embassador which hath neither head nor feete Heere also least wee proue a most thanklesse and ingratefull A Briefe memoriall of that most memorable Queene Elizabeth Posterity let me step one foote out of the way adde one more as a personal patterne and liuely example hereof How great and gratious heroicke imperiall and specious maiesty was in that most magnificent and royall Elizabeth so long as she liued Queene of this famous and flourishing Iland our neighbors The Low countrymen Germans French Itallians Spaniards and Polonians knew thee well o thou neuer sufficiently praised Princesse yea I say the Grecian and Barbarian Embassadors held it an especial cause of exceeding great reuerence only to see thy beauty no lesse then an admirable wonder to heare Thee speake But of thee thrice noble Princesse in whose body and soule was seated and setled diuine Grace and Maiesty what can I say without thee saue only this that so long as any state and condition of mortall men shall remaine thy name and fame shall remaine and freshly flourish neither shall any age or posterity smoother vp in silence or cast into the pit of obliuion the worthy praise of thy Maiesty Grauity and magnanimity which was most illustriously garnished and as it were varnished with vnspeakable and vnheard gratious courtesie and affability Farewell then thou celestiall and imperiall Princesse the most excellent and eminent Phoenix fautrix and fauourer of learning and all vertuous Arts and Sciences Thou art now blessedly ascended from this momentany and temporary Court into a heauenly Palace into that place wher thou now enioyest eternall ioy without annoy or bitternesse and euerlasting quietnesse without all care or disturbance Thou o Angelicall Sanited soule yere thou wast old wast carefull to liue well that when thou wast old thou mightst dy wel Wee also in the interim whiles here wee as it were creepe vp and downe on the obscene Scene of this wretched world doe all of vs bend our course thither doe all hast and runne to that goale But what doe I whither