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THat great Souldier and good Christian, in whom Religion was not a softness, (as Ma∣chiavil discoursed) but a resolution. Hanni∣bal was sworn an Enemy to Rome at nine years of Age, and my Lord bred one to France at fourteen. Scipio's first service was the rescue of his Father in Italy, and my Lord Grey's was the safety of his Fa∣ther in Germany. He had Fabius his slow way, and
long reach, with Herennius his fine polices, and neat Ambuscadoes; having his two Companions always by him, his Map and his Guide: the first whereof discovered to him his more obvious advantages, and the second his more close dangers. His great Conduct won h••m much esteem with those that heard of him, and his greater presence more with those that ••aw him. O••servable his Civility to Strangers, eminent his Bounty to his Followers; obliging his Carriage in the Countries he marched through, and expe••t his Skill in Wars, whose end he said was Victory, and the end of Victory No∣bleness, made up of pity and munificence. It lost him his estate to redeem himself in France, and his life to bear up hi•• R••putation in Berwick. H••ving lived to all the great purposes of life but Self-inte∣rest: he died 1563, that fatal year; no less to the publick sor••ow of England which he secured, than the common joy of Scotland, which he awed. Then it was said, That the same day died the greatest Scho∣lar, and the greatest Souldier of the Nobility; the right honourable Henry Mannors E••rl of Rutland in his Gown, and the honourable Lord Grey in his Armour; both, as the Q••een said of them, Wor∣thies that had deserved well of the Commonwealth by their Wisdome, Councel, Integrity and Cou∣rage.
Two things my Lord always avoided: the first, To give many Reasons for one thing; the heaping of Arguments arguing a neediness in every of the Arguments by its sel••; as if one did not trust any ••f them, bu•• fled from one to a••o••her, helping him∣self still wi••h the last. The second, To bre••k a n••∣go••iation to too many distinct particul••rs, or to
couch it in too compact generals: by the first whereof we give the parties we d••al with an oppor∣tunity to look down to the bottom of our busi∣ness; and by the second, to look round to the com∣pass of it. Happy are those Souls that command themselves so far, that they are equally free to full and half discoveries of themselves, always ready and pliable to the present occasion. Not much regard∣ed was this gallant spirit when alive, but much m••ssed when dead; we understand what we want, better than what we enjoy; and the beauty of wor∣thy things is not in the face, but the back-side, en∣dearing more by their departure than their address.