Sentence:  The referring of all to a man's self, is more tolerable in a sovereign prince; because themselves are not only themselves, but their good and evil is at the peril of the public fortune. But it is a desperate evil, in a servant to a prince, or a citizen in a republic. For whatsoever affairs pass such a man's hands, he <WSD>crooketh</WSD> them to his own ends; which must needs be often eccentric to the ends of his master, or state. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist.