deed,--governors living, as in a theatre, in the midst of the world. If he
does ill, even those who follow him in that, will not the less disesteem
him.

That although it is necessary for him to know the life of everyone, yet he
must not be over-inquisitive about it, nor rout up offences which are not
brought before him officially. "Since if all offences were looked into,
few men, or none, would be without punishment." Besides, for secret faults
men may correct themselves: if those faults are made known, and especially
if they are punished in excess, shame is lost, and men give way to their
bad impulses.

That he is to encourage those who work, and to discourage the idle, as the
universal Father does.

That, as regards liberality, he should so conduct himself, that men should
not dare to ask him for things which they would know he must deny: this
would be a great restraint upon them, and a great proof of good reputation
in a governor.

That, in fine, all that had been said consisted in this, that he was to
govern as he would be, governed: and that "it behoved him to be intent in
business, to show courage in difficulties, and management in all things,
brevity in executing useful determinations, yet not as if carried away by
passion, but always upon good counsel; considering much what a charge was
upon him, for this thought would be useful to him at all times: and above
all things he was to take heed (in order that the same thing might not
happen to him which had happened to the admiral) that when any occasion
for dealing briefly with an offence occurred, he should have swift
recourse to punishment, for in such cases the remedy ought to be like a