destruction of Demetrius, son to Philip the Second[1] of Macedon, turned upon the father, who died of repentance. And many like examples there are; but few or none where the fathers had good by such distrust; except it were where the sons were up in open arms against them; as was Selymus the First[2] against Bajazet; and the three sons of Henry the Second,[3] King of England.
For their prelates; when they are proud and great, there is also danger from them; as it was in the times of Anselmus[4] and Thomas Becket,[5] Archbishops of Canterbury; who with their crosiers did almost try it with the king's sword; and yet they had to deal with stout and haughty kings; William Rufus,[6] Henry the First,[7] and Henry the Second. The danger is not from that state, but where it hath a dependence of foreign authority; or where the churchmen come in and are elected, not by the collation[8] of the king, or particular patrons, but by the people.
- ↑ Philip II., 382–336 B.C., King of Macedon and father of Alexander the Great. Livy says that Philip "mandata dedisse dicitur de filio occidendo." T. Livii Patavini Historiarum Ab Urbe Condita Liber XL. 24.
- ↑ Selymus I., 1465–1520, son of Bajazet II., Sultan of the Ottoman Turks from 1481 until he was dethroned and succeeded by his son Selim in 1512.
- ↑ Henry II., 1133–1189, first Plantagenet King of England, 1154–1189.
- ↑ St. Anselm, 1033–1109, Archbishop of Canterbury, and founder of scholastic theology.
- ↑ Thomas, known as Thomas à Becket, 1118(?)–1170, Archbishop of Canterbury.
- ↑ William Rufus, 1056–1100, second son of William the Conqueror, King of England, 1087–1100.
- ↑ Henry I., 1068–1135, Beauclerc, that is, 'fine scholar,' third son of William the Conqueror, King of England, 1100–1135.
- ↑ Collation. The bestowal of a benefice or other preferment upon a clergyman.
