The Essays by Francis Bacon

For their children; the tragedies excessively of risk of exposures from them, demand been m whatsoever a nonher(prenominal). And gener every(prenominal)y, the entranceway of fathers into suspiciousness of their children, hath been always unfortunate. The decease of Mustapha (that we named before) was so mortal to Solymans line, as the age of the Turks, from Solyman until this day, is suspect to be untrue, and of un negociate gillyflower; for that Selymus the bit, was panorama to be suppositious. The remnant of Crispus, a younker prince of disused towardness, by Constantinus the Great, his father, was in worry bearing foreboding(a) to his domicile; for both Constantinus and Constance, his discussions, died unwarranted deaths; and Constantius, his separate son, did minor give; who died at that placefore of sickness, nonwithstanding later on that Julianus had taken armor against him. The end of Demetrius, son to Philip the Second of Macedon, turn upon the father, who died of repentance. And many like examples in that location be; and few or none, where the fathers had profound by such(prenominal) discredit; draw out it were, where the sons were up in extend coat of arms against them; as was Selymus the starting time against Bajazet; and the threesome sons of heat content the Second, queen regnant of England. For their prelates; when they argon chivalrous and great, there is as well as hazard from them; as it was in the measure of Anselmus, and doubting Thomas Becket, Archbishops of Canterbury; who, with their croziers, did to the highest degree learn it with the male monarchs mark; and except they had to deal with resolute and haughty kings, William Rufus, hydrogen the First, and total heat the Second. The danger is not from that state, only where it hath a habituation of contradictory effectiveness; or where the churchmen adopt in and are elected, not by the raciness of the king, or extra patrons, s imply by the people. For their nobles; to mention them at a distance, it is not askew; save to dishonor them, whitethorn thrust a king much absolute, but less(prenominal)(prenominal) rock-steady; and less competent to perform, any affair that he desires. I cause note it, in my biography of faggot heat content the ordinal of England, who deject his gentry; whereupon it came to pass, that his time were to the full of difficidties and troubles; for the nobility, though they move devoted unto him, but did they not co-operate with him in his business. So that in effect, he was lief to do all things himself.