LXV.
IF thou hast the place of a Magistrate, deserve it by thy Iustice, and dignifie it qwith thy mercy: Take heed of early gifts. An open hand makes a blinde eye: Be not more apt to punish vice, then to encourage vertue. Be not too severe, lest thou be hated, nor too remisse, lest thou be sleighted: So execute Iustice, that thou mayst be loved; so execute mercy, that thou mayst be feared.