He had thrust himself into no business that did not concern him.

He had not, as Buckingham accuses him of having done, "overtroubled" himself with the marriage.

He had done his simple duty as a friend, as a councillor, as a judge.

He had been honestly zealous for the Villiers's honour, and warned Buckingham of things that were beyond question.

He had curbed Coke's scandalous violence, perhaps with no great regret, but with manifest reason.