duty, considering the time, judging the place, (and) deliberating, (who) speaks (is) head.
Here is the commentary:
“Knowing his duty: understanding how to comport himself before foreign princes;
Considering the time: judging the moods of those princes;
Judging the place: judging the proper place to address to them the business for which he has gone;
Deliberating: meditating within himself beforehand as to how he should deliver his message;
(Who) speaks (is) head: who delivers the same in that manner is the fittest among ambassadors.
"The manner of comporting himself before princes consists in weighing the political situation of their kingdom as well as that of his own king, weighing his own status as ambassador, and regulating thereon the formalities to be
