9. Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Chancellor, and Cardinal, d. 1500.

10. Bishop of Winchester, Privy Councillor and Keeper of the Privy Seal, d. 1528.

11. i.e. the story of Jupiter and Metis given above.

12. Prerogatives.

13. Remedied.

14. He shall not find faith upon the earth (alluding to Luke 18.8).

15. It is a prince’s greatest virtue to know his own men (Martial, Epigrams, VIII.15).

16. Bacon may mean ‘reverent’ by this.

17. Subservient.