louing aſpect, he followed on his tale. The worthineſs of the minde and vertue, is that that is to be eſteemed. That ſure is the knowne ſhielde and armes of the true Gentilman, and not the greatneſſe. The King in deede of right ought to imbrace men of ſuch vertues and qualities, rewarding euery one according to his merits, and not to ſhew partialitie to any, and to baniſhe out of his court all thoſe that ſeeke for ʃingularum comodum, never to repute them for his friendes, nor to accept them for ſervauntes. After theſe and a fewe other wordes hee ſpake, he tooke his leaue of his Lordes, and withdrewe him ſelfe into his withdrawing chamber (as all Princes of like eſtate are wont to doe) calling the Moyle to him, and ſecretely they communed. Who when he ſaw the King make of him, and that he layde his faourable hande vppon the croope of his malice he wagged his tayle, aduancing him ſelfe in his Aſſe like maner, and finely couched in Rethoricke his cloked flatterie: and when he ſawe his time, he ſpared not to ſpeake, and thus he ſayde.
Of the Turkic Cocke and what happened to him.
A Turkic Cock (one of the faireſt, of the braggeſt, and alſo the ſtatelieſt in all our
