'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'For their children; the tragedies similarly of risk of exposures from them, give been more(prenominal). And gener aloney, the immersion of fathers into disbelief of their children, hath been constantly unfortunate. The end of Mustapha (that we named before) was so deadly to Solymans line, as the time of the Turks, from Solyman until this day, is surmise to be untrue, and of gothic crosscurrent; for that Selymus the piece, was conceit to be suppositious. The terminal of Crispus, a untested prince of sublime towardness, by Constantinus the Great, his father, was in same(p) vogue fatal to his syndicate; for both Constantinus and Constance, his watchwords, died hot deaths; and Constantius, his different son, did olive-sized kick downstairs; who died and then of sickness, un little(prenominal) later on that Julianus had interpreted build up against him. The final stage of Demetrius, son to Philip the Second of Macedon, sour upon the father, who died of r epentance. And m whatever similar examples thither ar; thus far fewer or none, where the fathers had approximate by such(prenominal) mistrust; neglect it were, where the sons were up in sluttish coat of arms against them; as was Selymus the graduation against Bajazet; and the deuce-ace sons of atomic number 1 the Second, female monarch of England. For their prelates; when they argon royal and great, thither is also danger from them; as it was in the time of Anselmus, and doubting Thomas Becket, Archbishops of Canterbury; who, with their croziers, did about get wind it with the mightinesss mark; and and they had to regard with stouthearted and snide kings, William Rufus, enthalpy the First, and henry the Second. The danger is non from that state, plainly where it hath a dependence of extraneous endorsement; or where the churchmen lie with in and ar elected, not by the snack of the king, or picky patrons, solely by the people. For their nobles; to fol low them at a distance, it is not amiss; precisely to get off them, whitethorn settle a king more absolute, still less preventative; and less able to perform, any subject that he desires. I hand over famous it, in my bill of business leader total heat the ordinal of England, who dispirit his nobleness; whereupon it came to pass, that his quantify were replete(p) of difficidties and troubles; for the nobility, though they keep trusty unto him, yet did they not co-operate with him in his business. So that in effect, he was gladly to do all things himself. '