Note 57 — Chapter VIII

P. 62. Lord Bacon observes, that the council in his time did not meddle with meum and tuum as formerly; and that such causes ought not to be entertained. Vol. i. 720; vol. ii. 208. "The king," he says, "should be sometimes present, yet not too often." James was too often present, and took one well-known criminal proceeding, that against Sir Thomas Lake and his family, entirely into his own hands.