4590. If, however, [the king] is not of such a character, but the reverse, and still is loved because he is king, the love is filthy and base. It is so, on account of the vices which he loves. And if he should be loved, notwithstanding that he possesses such qualities, merely because he is a king, no matter what his character may be, it is a love which is general; and, with the upright in heart, it [the love] is changed according to the virtues and their [relative] worth.