[873] Skelton’s Poems. Ed. Dyce, i. 386.
[874] See Vol. I. Ch. VII.
“He rules his commonalty
With all benignity,
His noble baronage
He putteth them in courage
To exploit deeds of arms....
Wherever he rides or goes
His subjects he doth support,
Maintain them with comfort
Of his most princely port.”
Skelton, ii. 81-2.
[876] Vol. I. p. 26, n. 5.
[877] “And then they (princes) daub over their oppression with a submissive, flattering carriage, that they may so far insinuate into the affections of the vulgar, as they may not tumult nor rebel, but patiently crouch to burdens and exactions.” (Erasmus, Praise of Folly, tr.), 151.
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