The Parallel.
No other treatment than this, can all good Princes,* 1.1 and Governours expect from the rude Populace, qui ipsam dominationem spernunt, & majestatem blasphemant, who are alwayes ad∣dicted to despise Dominion, and blaspheme Majesty it self, as the Apostle tells us; They are never better pleased, then when they can, as Austin well expresseth it, in Principes petu∣lantem ingenii sui libidinem procacitur exercere:* 1.2 spend the lust of their petulant tongues upon their Princes. The same humour was not a∣misse remarkt, by the acute Historian in his time, Loquax sane & ingeniosus,* 1.3 in contumeliam Praefectorum, populus; inter quos qui vitaverit cul∣pam, non effugit infamiam: The people, saith he, are naturally talkative, and love to shew their little wits, in casting of contumelies a∣gainst their Governours, none of whom, can carry themselves so well, as to be clear from blame, though they are free from fault: and the Philosopher gives some reason for it,* 1.4 Male de illis loquuntur Nequam homines, quia bene lo∣qui nesciunt, faciunt non quod merentur illi, sed quod solent ipsi: wicked people, saith he, speak