3. Divitiis Provincialium (mel. provincialium) ac
privatorum studens, fisci commoda non admodum affectans;
ducensque melius publicas opes a privatis haberi, quam intra
unum claustrum reservari. Id ibid. He carried this maxim so
far, that, whenever he gave an entertainment, he was obliged
to borrow a service of plate.