Here he is not just ignorant, he is also contemptible.
Everything which retarded the attainment of that end was contemptible in his eyes.
The detection of a plot, in which Norfolk was implicated, for the invasion of England by Spain on behalf of Mary, who was then to take him as the fourth and most contemptible of her husbands, made necessary the reduction of her household and the stricter confinement of her person.
Many nobles, whose lands had been wasted during the war, flocked to the little capitals to make their way by contemptible court services.
They became contemptible in (His sight) so they disobeyed Him.
