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O••servations on the Life of Sir Amias Poulet.
SIr Ami••s Poulet, born at Hinton St. George in Summerse••shire, Son to Sir Hugh, and Grand∣child to S••r * 1.1 Amias Powlet, was Chancel∣lour of the Garter, Governour of the Isles of Ier∣sey and Gernsey, and Privy-Councellour to Queen Elizabeth. He was so faithful and trusty, that the Queen committed the keeping of Mary Queen of Scots to his custody, which he discharged with great fidelity.
As Caesar would have his Wife, so he his spirit, above the very suspicion of unworthiness; equally consulting his Fame and his Conscience. When he performed his last Embassie, with no less satisfaction to the King of France, than honour to the Queen of England, (at once with a good humour and a great state) he would not accept a Chain (and all Gifts are Chains) from that King by any means, until he was a League from Paris: then he took it, because he would oblige that Prince: and not till then, because he would not be obliged by any but his Soveraign, saying, I will wear no chains but my Mistresses. It is the interest of Princes, that their Servants For∣tune should be above the temptation; it is their happiness, that their Spirits are above the respects of a private concern.