1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;



Ver. 1. Differeth nothing from a servant] In allusion whereunto there is written upon the prince’s arms, Ich dien, that is, I serve. Henry the Second, king of England, crowned his eldest son Henry while he was yet alive; which made his ambition quite turn off his obedience. Ambition ever rides without reins. That king, at his son’s coronation, renounced the name of king for that day, and as a servant, served at the table; for which he was thus requited, My father, said he, is not dishonoured by attending on me, for I am both a king and a queen’s son, and so is not he. After this he bore arms against his father, and died in open rebellion.