Note 15 — Chapter XIX
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Compare Henry IV.'s advice to his son, not to make himself too familiar but rather to stand aloof from his companions.
"Had I so lavish of my presence been, So common-hackneyed in the eyes of men, So stale and cheap to vulgar company— Opinion, that did help me to the crown, Had still kept loyal to possession," etc.
As for Richard his predecessor—
"The skipping king, he ambled up and down With shallow jesters and rash bavin wits, Soon kindled, and soon burned; carded his state; Mingled his royalty with capering fools,' etc." "Henry IV.," Part I., act iii., scene 2.