John Trapp on Proverbs 16:14

Verſ. 14. The wrath of a King is as meſſengers of death] In the plural number, the better to ſet forth the danger of a Kings diſpleaſure.Omne trabis ſecum Caeſris ira malum. Ovid. Thou ſhalt ſurely die Abimelech, 1 Sam. 22.16. Adonijah ſhall bee put to death this day, &c. 1 Kings 2.24. Hang Haman on the tree that is fifty cubits high, &c. Hunc Pugionem tibi mittit Senatus, &c. Queen Elizabeth was ſo reſerved, that all about her ſtood in a reverent awe of her very preſence and aſpect, but much more of her leaſt frown or check; wherewith ſome of them who thought they might beſt preſume of her favour, have been ſo ſuddenly daunted and planet-ſtricken, that they could not lay down the grief thereof, but in their grave.Spe[illegible: 2 letters]. One of theſe was Sir Chriſtopher Hatton Lord Chancellour, who died of a flux of Urine and grief of mind. Camden. Eliſ. 406. Neither could the Queen, having once caſt him down with a word, raiſe him up again, though ſhee viſited and comforted him.

But a wiſe man will pacifie it] Either by ſome prudent ſpeech, or politick device, as Abigail did David, and David Saul, as Benhadads ſervants did Ahab, and as our King Edward the firſt his ſervant did him. For this King venturing his life,Act. & Mon. by ſpurring his horſe into a deep river, onely to bee revenged on his ſervant that had incenſed him by a ſawcy anſwer; was ſoon pacified when once hee ſaw him on his bended knees, expoſing his neck to the blow of the drawn ſword, wherewith the King purſued him.