[The sad condition of young Gentlemen that wait on his Person.] Thus he often deals with those, whose Children are his Attendants.  I mentioned before, that young Men of the best Families in the Land, are sought out to wait upon the King in his Court.  These after they have served here some small time, and have as it were but seen the Court, and known his Customs and Manners, he requiteth them by cutting off their Heads, and putting them into their Bellies:  other faults none do know.  Heretofore, as it is reported, he was not so Cruel, but now none escapes, that serves in his Palace.  Then he recruits his Slain out of the Countries, by giving Orders to his Dissava’s or Governors to send him others to Court.  Whither they go like an Ox to the Slaughter, but with far more heavy hearts.  For both they and their Parents full well know what end the King’s honorable Service will bring them to.  Howbeit there is no remedy.  Being thus by Order sent unto the Court, their own Parents must provide for and maintain them, until the King is pleased to call them to his Use which it may be will not be in some years.  Sometimes it happens, that the Boys thus brought, before the King makes use of them about his Person, are grown too big, and so escape.  But those that are employed in the Palace, enjoy this favour, That all such Taxes, Customs, or other Duties belonging to the King, which their Fathers were wont to pay, are released, until such time as they are discharged from the King’s Employment; which is always either by Execution, or by being given to somebody for perpetual Bondmen.  During the time of the King’s favour, he is never admitted to go home to Visit his Parents and Friends.  The Malekind may come to see him, but no Women are admitted, be it his Mother that bare him.  And after he is killed, tho’ for what no man knows, he is accounted a Rebel and Traitor against the King:  and then his Father’s House, Land and Estate is seized on for the King.  Which after some time by giving of Fees and Gifts to the great ones, they do redeem again:  And sometimes the whole Family and Generation perish, as I said before.  So that after a Lad is taken into the King’s Palace, his Kindred are afraid to acknowledge Alliance to him.  But these matters may more properly be related, when we come to speak of his Tyranny.

[His Pleasure Houses.] Sometimes for his Pleasure, he will ride or be carried to his Banquetting-House, which is about a Musquet-shot from his Palace.  It stands on a little Hill; where with abundance of pains and many Months labour, they have made a little Plain, in length not much above an Arrows flight, in breadth less.  Where at the head of a small Valley, he hath made a Bank cross to stop the Water running down.  It is now become a fine Pond, and exceeding full of Fish.  At this Place the King hath several Houses built according to his own appointment very handsom, born up with carved Pillars and Painted, and round about Rails and Banisters turned, one Painted