John Trapp on Amos 7:13

Verſe 13. But propheſie not any more at Bethel] Take heed of that: leſt, by diffuſing too much light amongſt us, thou marre our markets, and hinder the ſale of our falſe wares. This was the naked truth of the buſineſſe: though ſomething elſe was pretended, and the kings intereſt pleaded.

for it is the kings chappell, and the kings court] Touch theſe mountaines and they will ſmoake, Truth is a good miſtreſſe, but ſuch of her ſervants as follow her too cloſe at heeles, may hap to have their teeth ſtruck out. Ahab hateth Michaiah: and Herod, Iohn Baptiſt, and the Pope Savanarola, for their plaine dealing, laying them faſt enough for it. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. Great ones love it [non-Latin text not transcribed] they muſt heare pleaſing things: or, if told of their faults, it muſt be done with ſilken words, as She ſaid. They are uſually beſet with their Aiones and Negones as One hath it,Bucloc. that will ſay as they ſay: & mirifica eſt ſympathia inter magnates & paraſitos, and there is a wonderfull ſympathy betwixt kings and court-paraſites, as was betwixt Ahab and the falſe prophets. Few Veſpaſian[illegible: 1 letter] are to be found (of whom as it was ſaid, that he was the only One who was made the better man by being made Emperour, ſo) Quintilian commendeth him for this, that he was patientiſſimus veri moſt patient of truth, though never ſo ſharp. Jeroboam was none ſuch: or at leaſt Amaziah the Prieſt of Bethel would make the Prophet ſo beleeve, when he tells him it is the kings court, an ill ayre for truth to breath in. Nihil veritate gravius, nihil aſſentatione ſuavius.