He knew only how to govern, and had never learned to obey.

Even to royal proclamations, even to Acts of Parliament, he was accustomed to yield obedience only when they were in perfect accordance with his own inclinations.

It was not to be expected that he would pay to any delegated authority a respect which he was in the habit of refusing to the supreme authority.

He thought himself entitled to judge of the propriety of every order which he received.

Of his brother chiefs, some were his enemies and some his rivals.