On his mounting the scaffold to be beheaded: 'I pray you, Master Lieutenant, see me safely up, and for my coming down, let me shift for myself.' To the executioner: 'Pick up thy spirits, Man, and be not afraid to do thyne office; my neck is very short; take heed, therefore thou strike not awry, for saving of thyne honesty.'
By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.
Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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