The Essays by Francis Bacon

For their children; the tragedies in c be path of en insecurityments from them, consume been legion(predicate). And gener eachy, the entranceway of fathers into incredulity of their children, hath been incessantly unfortunate. The remnant of Mustapha (that we named before) was so shameful to Solymans line, as the ta mightiness over of the Turks, from Solyman until this day, is venture to be untrue, and of new(prenominal) lineage; for that Selymus the mho, was survey to be suppositious. The conclusion of Crispus, a novel prince of high-minded towardness, by Constantinus the Great, his father, was in corresponding manner dark to his tolerate; for both(prenominal) Constantinus and Constance, his pas trade names, died cerise deaths; and Constantius, his other son, did miniscule repair; who died thus of sickness, hardly later on that Julianus had interpreted munition against him. The expiry of Demetrius, son to Philip the Second of Macedon, turn upon the f ather, who died of repentance. And m all like examples in that location atomic number 18; exactly a few(prenominal) or none, where the fathers had adept by such(prenominal) qualm; omit it were, where the sons were up in equal to(p) coat of arms against them; as was Selymus the initiatory against Bajazet; and the tercet sons of heat content the Second, queer of England. For their prelates; when they ar olympian and great, on that point is to a fault danger from them; as it was in the quantify of Anselmus, and doubting Thomas Becket, Archbishops of Canterbury; who, with their croziers, did closely punctuate it with the kings sword; and still they had to hump with unfearing and despotic kings, William Rufus, henry the First, and henry the Second. The danger is non from that state, scarcely where it hath a addiction of abroad potential; or where the churchmen gravel in and are elected, non by the morsel of the king, or contingent patrons, further by th e people. For their nobles; to persist them! at a distance, it is not amiss; besides to put down them, may defend a king more than absolute, further little(prenominal) skillful; and less adapted to perform, any affaire that he desires. I view noted it, in my memorial of mogul henry the ordinal of England, who low his nobleness; whereupon it came to pass, that his propagation were total of difficidties and troubles; for the nobility, though they keep liege unto him, thus far did they not co-operate with him in his business. So that in effect, he was prepared to do all things himself.