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How one who has in due order arrived at a place of rule ought to demean himself in it.
iii.iv.iii.i
That the ruler should be pure in thought.iii.iv.iii.ii
That the ruler should be always chief in action.iii.iv.iii.iii
That the ruler should be discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech.iii.iv.iii.iv
That the ruler should be a near neighbour to every one in compassion, and exalted above all in contemplation.iii.iv.iii.v
That the ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers, but, through the zeal of righteousness, rigid against the vices of evildoers.iii.iv.iii.vi
That the ruler relax not his care for the things that are within in his occupation among the things that are without, nor neglect to provide for the things that are without in his solicitude for the things that are within.iii.iv.iii.vii
That the ruler should not set his heart on pleasing men, and yet should give heed to what ought to please them.iii.iv.iii.viii
That the ruler ought to be careful to understand how commonly vices pass themselves off as virtues.iii.iv.iii.ix
What the ruler's discrimination should be between correction and connivance, between fervour and gentleness.iii.iv.iii.x
How intent the ruler ought to be on meditations in the Sacred Law.iii.iv.iii.xi