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A07267	The history of Levvis the eleuenth VVith the most memorable accidents which happened in Europe during the two and twenty yeares of his raigne. Enricht with many obseruations which serue as commentaries. Diuided into eleuen bookes. Written in French by P. Mathieu historiographer to the French King. And translated into English by Edvv: Grimeston Sergeant at Armes; Histoire de Louys XI. English	Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621.; Grimeston, Edward.; Commynes, Philippe de, ca. 1447-1511.	1614 (1614)	STC 17662; ESTC S114269	789,733	466

reported by Bodin in the 3 d book of his Common weale the first chapter and hee addes that the Parliament made other admonitions for that there was a diuision vpon the publication of his Letters which gaue occasion of the Decree of the Priuy Councell the 24 of September following by the which the diuision was declared void the Parliament forbidden to put into deliberation the Ordonances proceeding from the King concerning affaires of State the which was also done by letter patents in the yeare 1528. I will not that you deale with any other thing but to doe good and speedy Iustice for the Kings my Predecessors haue not set you in the place where you are but to that effect and not to make you my Tutors nor protectors of the Realme nor preseruers of my Citty of Paris And when I shall commaund you any thing if you finde any difficulty I shall bee content you acquaint me with it which done without any further reply I will bee obeyed But when the State is gouerned by a wise Prince whose reputation is grounded vpon great and eminent vertues they haue no other part in the Estate The Authority of the king is an Ocean but the Honour and the Obedience u The duety of a soueraine Magistrate is to obey the Prince to bend vnder his obedience to cōmand his subiects to defend the warlicke to resist the mighty and to do Iustice to all A Regall power is an Ocean into the which all others like vnto Riuers loose their name They bee as Starres which borrow their light from the Sunne and haue none in his presence It is sometimes necessary that they resist those commandements which haue beene rather extorted by importunity then obtained by reason from the Princes motion and the admonitions which they make in such occasions should bee alwayes considered But if the Prince haue other Reasons and other respects and that his thoughts go not the common way it is not for them to shew themselues difficult neither must they attend a third command and it were better to dissemble and support some things extraordinary to the Princes will then to incense him It is well knowne that the obstinacy and resistance of PAPINIAN to the will of CARACALLA made him more cruell and violent x Caracalla hauing put his brother Geta to death he commended Papinian to make his excuse vnto the Senat. Papinian answered suddenly That he would not do it and that it was not so easie to excuse as to commit a particide Caracalla incensed with this answere put him to death and continued his cruelties which a more discreet proceeding had restrained Spartiat Wise men thinke one thing but they do not vtter it They alwayes wayes goe one way but they goe not still the same pace If a storme hinders them from comming into the hauen it is wisedome to obey the Winde and not to bandy against the Tempest y The Office of a Wise man is comprehended by Cicero in these words Vt in nauigando tempestati obsequi arti● est sic omnibus nobis in administranda Repub. proposit●m esse debet Non idem semper dicere sed idem semper spectare As in sailing it is Art to obey the Tempest so should all wee doe in the gouernment of the Common-weale Not alwayes to speake the same thing but to look to the same end Lewis the eleuenth strained his absolute power vnto the height His Prouost went and tooke prisoners out of the Consergerie of the Pallace and caused them to bee drowned right against the Mercers Grange Towardes the end of his dayes hee found his Conscience much opprest with the contempt of Iustice hee would haue repaired it but he was come to the Sabaoth of the weeke when it was no longer lawfull to labour In Aprill 1482. hee sent vnto the Court of Parliament an Act of the Oath which hee tooke at his Coronation z The King in his Oath at his Coronation doth promise to defend his subiects from all violence wrong and that in all iudgements hee will commaund equity and mercy to the end that God who is mercifull may grant it to him and his subiects to exhort them to doe good Iustice and to free him from that bond It is that wherein the condition of Princes is to bee lamented They are laden with the very weight of their Consciences and with the excesse which hath beene committed throught all the Orders of the Realme for that they haue neglected the remedies What peace can a soule haue which labours to fight against his owne faults and other mens a It is a troublesome enterprise to correct his owne vices and to striue against other mens Neque enim multum prodest vitia sua projecisse si cum alienis rix ●ndum est Neither hath hee profited much that hath cast away his owne faults if hee must contend with other mens SENEC Hee that shall consider how easily hee did communicate with all sorts of persons and how willingly hee did heare them he will thinke that if hee had not a care of Iustice in generall hee had done it to all men in particular But hee erred as well in this as in any other thing But it is equally bad to giue eare to all the World and not to any man and hee made it knowne that in matters which are held perfect among men there is alwayes some thing to bee taken away or added and that is onely perfect where there is nothing wanting nor any thing that exceeds it b There is nothing perfect in the vertues of men Nothing can come from man that is in euery degree perfect Nunquam è mortali semine nascetur qui sit omnibus bonitatis numeris absolutus Hee shall neuer bee borne of mortall seede that shall bee absolute in all goodnesse DIONYS HALIC lib. 8. PHILIP DE COMMINES hath obserued in two places of his History that his eare was open to euery man In the first hee saith Neuer any man did lend so much eare to men nor did enquire of so many things as hee did nor that desired to knowe so many men In the second Hee medled with many meane things of his Realme which hee might well haue forborne but his humour was such and so hee liued And his memory was so great as hee remembred all things and knew all the world both in all Countries and about him It is the office of a King to heare the complaints of his subiects with mildenesse and gentlenesse which doth not blemish Maiesty God who hath constituted them Iudges ouer their Subiects will require reason of the Iustice which hath bene demanded and not done c Kings should giue an account of the administration of Iustice ouer their people Wisd. 6. Audite Reges terrae intelligite discite iudices finium terrae praebete aures vos qui continetis multitudines placetis vobis in turbis nationū quoniam data