MODERN
POLICIES
,
Taken
from
Machiavel
,
Borgia
,
and
other
choice
Authors
,
by
an
eye-witnesse
.
Hom.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Salust
.
Fragm.
Libidinem
dominandi
,
causam
belli
habent
,
&
maximam
gloriam
in
maximo
imperio
putant
.
Plautus
in
Captivis
.
Nam
doli
,
non
doli
sunt
,
ni
si
Astu
colas
,
Sed
malum
maximum
,
si
id
palam
pervenit
.
Trinummus
.
Ambitio
jam
more
sancta'st
,
Libera'st
a
Legibus
,
Petere
honorem
pro
flagitio
,
more
sit
:
Mores
,
Leges
perduxerunt
jam
in
potestatem
suam
.
The
fourth
Edition
.
LONDON
,
Printed
for
Tho
:
Dring
,
at
the
signe
of
the
George
in
Fleet-street
neer
Cliffords
Inne
.
1653.
To
my
very
good
Lord
My
Lord
R.
B.
E.
My
Lord
,
I
Was
never
so
proud
,
as
to
think
I
could
write
any
thing
that
might
abide
the
test
of
your
judicious
eye
;
what
I
now
send
,
appeales
to
your
Candor
,
intreating
you
to
lay
aside
the
person
of
a
Iudge
,
for
that
of
a
Friend
.
It
is
at
best
but
a
Pamphlet
,
whether
you
consider
its
bulke
,
or
worth
.
The
result
of
a
few
pensive
houres
spent
in
recollecting
what
the
memory
had
registred
from
publike
observance
,
or
private
reading
,
in
a
Theme
so
sadly
copious
as
this
is
.
If
it
be
not
impertinent
to
tell
you
what
hinted
to
this
trifle
,
it
was
this
;
Having
had
opportunity
to
looke
abroad
into
the
world
,
I
tooke
some
notice
of
the
Contrastos
of
the
Italian
Princes
;
I
remark'd
the
Spaniards
griping
Portugal
;
his
grounds
for
the
challenge
of
that
Kingdome
,
&
his
way
of
managing
those
grounds
;
I
lookt
upon
his
method
of
propagating
Christianity
in
the
West
:
(
where
one
saies
the
Indian
is
bound
to
be
religious
and
poore
upon
pain
of
death
.
)
Moreover
,
I
observed
with
what
Artifice
the
Pope
moderated
in
the
European
quarrels
,
and
with
what
devices
he
twisted
the
Gops●ll
,
and
the
Advantage
of
the
Chaire
toge●hir
;
and
in
all
the
struglings
and
disputes
,
that
have
of
late
years
befalne
this
corner
of
the
:
World
,
I
found
●hat
although
the
p●letence
was
,
fiue
and
spirituall
,
yet
the
ultimate
end
,
and
●●●●sedpe
,
was
gold
,
and
greatnesse
,
and
secular
glory
.
But
(
my
Lord
)
to
come
nearer
,
when
I
saw
Kingdomes
tottering
,
one
Nation
beeding
against
another
,
yea
,
one
piece
of
a
Nation
justling
the
other
,
and
split
into
so
many
parties
,
and
petty
enmities
:
and
each
of
these
quoting
Bible
to
palliate
his
mad
,
and
exorbitant
opinions
;
I
sigh'd
,
and
it
grieved
mee
to
see
popular
easinesse
,
and
well-meaning
abus'd
by
Ambitious
self-seeking
men
;
for
there
is
a
Generation
that
is
born
to
bee
the
plague
,
and
disquiet
,
and
scourge
of
the
Age
it
lives
in
;
that
gladly
sacrifice
the
publike
peace
to
private
interest
;
and
when
they
see
all
fired
,
with
joy
warme
their
hands
at
those
unhappy
flames
,
which
themselves
kindle
,
tuning
their
merry
Harps
;
when
others
are
weeping
over
a
kingdomes
funerall
.
But
above
all
,
it
pierced
my
heart
to
see
the
Clergy
in
such
an
high
degree
accessory
to
the
civill
distempers
,
and
contentions
that
have
every where
shak'd
the
Foundations
of
Church
and
State
;
so
that
(
as
a
Catholike
noted
)
there
hath
been
no
floud
of
misery
,
but
did
spring
from
,
or
at
least
was
much
swel'd
by
their
Holy-water
.
I
searched
Evangelicall
Records
,
and
there
was
nothing
but
milde
and
soft
Doctrines
,
I
inquired
into
the
breathings
of
the
Spirit
,
and
they
were
pacificatory
;
I
wondered
from
what
Precedents
and
Scripture
incouragements
these
men
deduc'd
their
practises
;
and
at
last
was
forced
to
conclude
,
that
they
were
only
pretended
Chaplaines
to
the
Prince
of
Peace
;
Those
Torches
that
should
have
been
for
saving
Light
,
were
degenerated
into
firebrands
;
Those
Trumpets
that
should
have
sounded
retreats
to
popular
furies
,
knew
no
other
musicke
but
Martiall
All-armes
.
I
have
endeavoured
in
the
sequell
to
represent
to
you
the
Arts
of
Ambition
by
giving
you
the
picture
of
a
person
over
covetous
of
glory
,
the
peice
is
course
,
but
yet
like
;
drawne
onely
in
water
colours
,
which
some
of
greater
Leisure
and
Abilities
may
possibly
hereafter
lay
in
oyle
.
You
know
that
the
desires
of
man
are
vast
as
his
thoughts
,
boundless
as
the
Ocean
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
A
bored
tub
is
not
more
insatiate
.
T
is
pity
that
greatnesse
should
at
any
time
be
out
of
the
Rode
of
goodnesse
;
and
I
would
sometimes
,
if
I
durst
,
with
Socrates
,
curse
him
that
first
separated
profitable
and
honest
▪
●
It
does
to
me
a
little
relish
of
Paradox
,
that
where
ever
I
come
,
Machiavell
is
verbally
curs'd
and
damn'd
,
and
yet
practically
imbraced
and
asserted
;
for
there
is
no
Kingdome
but
hath
a
Race
of
men
that
are
ingenious
at
the
perill
of
the
publike
;
so
that
as
one
said
of
Galba
in
respect
of
his
crooked
body
:
Ingenium
Galbae
malè
habitat
;
so
may
I
say
of
these
in
regard
of
their
crooked
use
;
That
wit
could
not
have
chosen
a
worse
mansion
,
then
where
it
is
viriated
,
and
made
a
Pander
to
wickednesse
.
If
you
aske
mee
what
I
mean
to
trouble
the
world
,
that
is
already
under
such
a
glut
of
Books
?
You
may
easily
perceive
that
I
consulted
not
at
all
with
advantaging
my
name
,
or
wooing
publike
esteeme
by
what
I
now
write
;
I
knew
there
was
much
of
naked
truth
in
it
,
and
though
it
might
possibly
be
of
some
caution
to
prevent
the
insinuation
of
pious
frauds
,
and
Religious
fallacies
into
my
native
Country
:
If
any
plaine-hearted
,
honest
man
shall
cast
away
an
houre
in
perusing
it
,
he
may
perhaps
finde
something
in
it
resembling
his
owne
thoughts
,
and
not
altogether
strange
to
his
owne
experience
.
It
is
not
the
least
of
our
misfortunes
,
that
sins
and
vices
are
cost
times
endear'd
to
us
by
false
Titles
and
Complements
:
being
couzened
with
a
specious
name
,
though
much
incoherent
to
the
thing
we
ascribe
it
:
or
el●e
,
omi●●ing
the
vice
which
is
the
maine
,
it
intimates
onely
the
●e●i●e
which
is
the
By
●
As
for
example
,
we
call
an
ambitious
man
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
a
person
of
notable
aime
and
high
enterprize
whereas
in
truth
,
signifies
,
an
indirect
affectour
of
Grandeur
:
And
I
finde
that
by
incautelous
intertainment
of
these
Phrases
,
our
judgments
are
often
brib'd
to
misapprehensions
,
&
we
seduced
to
bad
actions
.
I
have
endeavoured
in
the
ensuing
discourse
to
wipe
off
the
paint
and
fucu●
:
that
so
things
may
appeare
in
their
true
complex●o●
,
unadulterated
with
the
slights
and
subtilties
of
Deluders
.
My
Lord
,
That
your
Lordship
may
be
one
of
those
which
the
darke
Poet
calls
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
that
the
youth
of
your
Honours
may
be
renewed
to
you
,
that
your
happines
may
be
acquainted
with
no
other
season
but
a
spring
,
is
the
earnest
vote
Of
your
bounden
SERVANT
.
THe
name
of
Prince
,
which
I
often
use
,
must
be
understood
,
as
convertible
with
any
person
,
or
persons
,
whom
God
hath
intrusted
with
a
just
supremacy
;
all
the
dialects
of
Government
being
concerned
in
the
Abuse
;
I
have
made
the
cheife
,
and
most
familar
,
to
represent
the
rest
.
I
am
not
ignorant
that
the
Quotations
may
justly
seeme
more
numerous
than
method
,
and
the
Rule
of
Art
will
conveniently
allow
;
I
have
this
to
say
,
to
vindicate
me
from
affecttednesse
;
that
I
have
been
little
studious
of
Elegance
,
and
curiosity
in
the
composure
;
esteeming
nakednesse
to
be
the
best
dress
of
truth
:
and
if
I
mistake
not
,
those
attendants
I
have
here
procured
for
her
,
may
afford
some
material
,
though
litle
ornamentall
advantage
.
A
Praemonition
.
It
is
farre
from
the
designe
of
this
Treatise
,
to
derogate
from
the
honour
of
the
calling
,
or
worth
of
the
person
of
any
sober
Statesman
;
'T
is
a
knowledge
that
no
man
observes
with
more
due
respects
then
my selfe
;
Because
,
I
know
it
is
no
meane
degree
essentiall
to
the
peace
,
and
flourishing
condition
of
a
Kingdome
or
Common-wealth
.
'T
is
a
jewell
to
be
lock'd
up
in
some
few
rare
Cabinets
,
and
not
to
be
made
cheape
,
and
expos'd
to
irreverence
,
by
being
bared
,
and
prostituted
to
every
vulgar
eye
.
The
Pseudo-Policy
here
mention'd
is
contradistinct
to
that
science
,
which
is
ever
built
upon
piety
and
prudence
;
for
upon
these
solid
Bases
,
your
wise
Architect
delights
to
raises
he
glorious
superstructure
of
government
in
a
Prince
,
and
subjection
in
a
people
:
so
knitting
the
Interest
of
both
with
reciprocall
mixture
,
that
the
welfare
of
the
one
may
be
involv'd
in
the
good
of
the
other
:
the
Majesty
may
be
preserv'd
in
its
just
splendor
,
and
ye●
the
Liberty
of
the
Subject
remaine
inviolate
:
Hee
is
the
Atlas
of
the
falling
State
,
cures
it
when
sicke
,
sets
it
when
dis-joynted
,
meets
it
in
its
severall
pressures
with
sutable
reliefs
.
Such
was
Philip
de
Commines
,
of
whom
one
said
,
it
was
a
measuring
cast
,
whether
Lewis
were
the
wiser
King
,
or
Philip
the
wiser
Counsellour
:
such
was
Burleigh
to
our
late
Queen
Elizabeth
,
whose
advise
had
very
eminent
influence
into
the
prosperitie
of
her
Reign
,
which
was
such
,
as
I
beleive
few
ages
can
parallel
,
and
future
times
will
read
her
happy
Annals
,
as
written
like
Xenophon's
Cyrus
,
Non
ad
historiae
fidem
,
sed
ad
exemplum
justi
imperij
;
So
that
if
we
love
Peace
,
or
Plenty
,
or
Liberty
,
we
are
bound
in
way
of
acknowledgment
to
owne
that
in
Plutarch
,
But
as
the
corruption
of
the
best
things
makes
them
worst
,
so
this
noble
knowledge
has
been
abused
to
loose
and
ambitious
ends
,
Causinus
his
Babel
,
to
beru'd
by
manners
,
Diana's
of
hypocrisy
and
subtilty
,
and
worshiping
them
in
their
actions
.
The
Rules
following
there
are
few
so
silly
as
to
beleive
,
though
too
many
so
wicked
as
to
practise
;
and
not
only
so
,
but
by
a
bold
imposture
to
perswade
that
such
actions
as
are
deduc'd
from
these
principles
,
are
justifiable
,
and
if
fortunate
,
commendable
.
That
all
may
see
these
Rocks
,
and
shun
them
,
and
detest
knavery
though
never
so
specious
,
and
nauseate
sinne
,
though
robed
in
successes
and
triumphs
,
is
my
daily
prayer
.
First
Principle
.
The
Polititian
must
have
the
shadow
of
Religion
,
but
the
substance
hurts
.
THere
is
no
superstition
in
Politicks
more
odious
,
then
to
stand
too
much
uponniceties
and
scruples
:
and
therefore
Machiavel
cut
the
haire
,
when
he
advis'd
,
not
absolutely
to
disavow
conscience
,
but
to
manage
it
with
such
a
prudent
neglect
,
as
is
scarce
discernable
from
a
tendernesse
:
not
permitting
it
to
be
techy
and
relucting
,
nor
yet
prostituting
it
,
unlesse
upon
solemne
and
insuperable
occasion
:
Hee
notes
it
from
Papirius
in
Livy
,
who
slighted
the
Pullarii
handsomly
,
and
was
rewarded
;
whereas
Appius
Pulcher
did
it
grosly
,
and
was
punished
.
But
because
the
Polititian
is
best
able
to
tell
his
own
documents
,
you
may
please
to
conceive
you
found
these
broken
discourses
in
his
study
:
to
each
of
which
I
shall
adde
an
Antidote
.
Externall
holinesse
invites
awfull
regards
;
There
is
no
mask
that
becomes
Rebellion
and
Innovation
so
well
as
Religion
;
Nothing
that
so
much
conceals
deformity
,
&
pretends
beauty
.
'T
is
an
excellent
thing
so
to
dissimulate
piety
,
that
when
we
act
strongly
against
it
,
in
that
very
article
of
wickednes
the
people
Saint
us
:
Herod
would
faine
worship
,
when
he
means
to
worry
.
—
Ipso
sceleris
Molimine
Tereus
Creditur
esse
pius
:
This
is
that
which
leades
the
World
in
a
string
,
that
hallowes
the
most
hellish
enterprises
:
for
the
common
people
(
which
are
the
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
)
never
see
behind
the
curtain
,
a
handsome
glosse
is
with
them
as
good
as
the
Text
:
I
believe
the
great
Naturalist
was
in
the
right
,
when
h●
call'd
a●
Deity
a
jolly
inven●ion
,
Irridendum
,
agere
curam
rerum
humanarum
quicquid
est
summum
,
sed
credi
ex
usu
vitae
est
,
Let
me
enjoy
the
temporall
advantages
of
Religion
,
and
let
others
take
the
eternall
;
Let
me
use
it
for
a
cloak
or
a
Crutch
,
and
let
others
expect
from
it
a
Crowne
.
The
River
in
Athenaeus
is
my
emblem
,
Samseans
in
Epiphanius
,
that
were
neither
Iewer
,
nor
Gentils
,
nor
Christians
,
but
preserving
a
commodious
Correspondence
with
all
▪
whatsoever
I
act
in
reference
to
Heaven
is
meerely
theatricall
;
and
done
in
subordination
to
some
other
interest
.
Lycurgus
could
never
have
ingratiated
his
Lawes
so
effectually
,
if
he
had
not
pretended
a
Dialogue
wth
his
Goddesse
.
'T
is
to
me
indifferent
,
whether
the
Religion
I
personate
be
true
or
false
,
so
it
be
but
popular
:
and
if
the
people
I
meane
to
juggle
with
err
fundamentally
,
I
can
by
no
means
court
them
more
,
then
by
imbracing
their
delusion
;
It
buckles
them
very
close
to
me
in
morall
observance
,
to
assist
them
in
their
spiritual
soundnes
,
and
mix
with
their
distemper
;
and
therefore
I
commonly
lead
the
Van
in
the
Faction
,
and
call
it
Iure
Divino
,
though
I
never
found
it
but
in
Hells
blacke
Canons
.
How
comfortably
the
Pope
and
Cardinall
confer'd
notes
,
—
Quantum
nobis
lucri
peperit
illa
fabula
de
Christo
!
O
the
rich
income
and
glorious
result
of
hypocrisie
!
This
,
this
must
be
diligently
studyed
and
practis'd
.
—
Da
justum
sanctumque
videri
,
Noctem
peccatis
,
&
fraudibus
objice
nubem
.
Privacy
for
a
sinne
,
and
cleanly
conveyance
for
a
cheat
,
make
it
to
common
eyes
seeme
as
white
as
innocency
it self
:
the
strictness
of
that
Thiefe
was
very
notable
,
who
alwayes
before
hee
went
about
the
Worke
of
his
Calling
(
for
so
he
call'd
stealing
)
went
to
prayers
that
God
would
blesse
and
prosper
him
:
So
I
say
grace
to
the
Design
,
be
it
never
so
wicked
,
and
give
thankes
for
the
successe
,
bee
it
never
so
bloody
.
But
further
in
subserviency
to
a
loose
interest
,
there
must
bee
no
such
puling
thing
as
conscience
;
Hell
,
and
Heaven
,
and
Scripture
,
and
what
else
the
Christian
esteems
most
sacred
,
must
all
truckle
under
the
plot
,
but
not
be
observ'd
when
they
come
to
oppose
it
:
Had
Alexander
boggled
at
invading
other
mens
Kingdomes
,
hee
had
never
wept
for
the
scarcity
of
Worlds
.
There
is
noe
greater
obstacle
to
generous
Actions
,
then
a
coy
and
squemish
conscience
;
T
is
pretty
that
some
tel
us
that
it
strikes
Surdo
verbere
,
and
then
how
can
it
bee
heard
in
the
noise
and
bustle
of
a
clamorous
World
?
Had
your
mighty
Conquerours
,
and
your
valiant
Captaines
,
and
your
thriving
Popes
,
listned
to
this
inward
Charmer
,
their
names
had
never
swell'd
,
and
look'd
bigg
in
the
Rolls
of
Fame
.
Colasterion
.
BUt
let
all
sober
Christians
know
,
that
this
shell
of
Religion
,
though
it
may
be
of
external
conducement
,
yet
there
is
nothing
that
Gods
pure
and
undeluded
eye
looks
on
with
more
abhorrency
:
We
may
possibly
deceive
men
,
but
t
is
in
vaine
to
put
Ironies
upon
God
.
A
counterfeit
Religion
shall
find
a
reall
Hel
,
and
t
is
pitty
that
such
a
Sacred
thing
should
be
violenced
,
&
made
to
obstetricate
to
rebellious
irregular
designes
.
As
for
such
who
have
conspir'd
with
the
wrath
of
God
in
the
stupefaction
of
their
consciences
,
though
they
may
for
a
time
struggle
with
those
inward
checks
,
yet
there
will
bee
a
day
(
if
not
in
this
life
)
when
that
witness
,
that
Judge
,
that
Jury
will
not
bee
bribed
.
God
hath
fixed
it
in
the
soul
as
an
eternall
Register
,
Censor
of
the
affections
,
and
Paedagogue
of
the
passions
.
It
does
not
only
illustrate
divine
justice
in
an
Autocat●crisy
,
but
was
meant
by
God
for
a
bridle
and
restriction
:
And
he
that
hath
by
an
inveterate
wickedness
conquer'd
the
opposition
which
God
seated
in
his
heart
to
sin
,
may
possibly
consult
well
with
his
present
advantage
and
greatnesse
,
but
not
at
all
with
his
future
comfort
;
for
besides
the
losse
of
that
intimate
pleasure
which
writes
upon
innocency
;
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
Principle
II.
Thè
Politician
must
by
all
means
make
the
most
insinuating
applications
to
the
people
that
hee
can
;
and
lock
up
his
owne
designe
,
in
pretence
for
Religion
,
Liberty
,
Restitution
of
Laws
,
Reformation
of
Gabels
,
&c.
THE
prosperity
of
Innovation
depends
in
a
high
measure
upon
the
right
knack
of
kindling
and
fomenting
jealousies
and
dislikes
in
the
people
;
and
then
weilding
those
grudges
to
the
favour
&
advantage
of
private
ends
;
for
the
people
are
to
the
Polititian
like
tools
to
the
Mechanick
,
he
can
performe
nothing
without
them
,
they
are
his
wings
,
his
wheels
,
his
Implements
,
the
properties
that
he
acts
with
.
That
this
may
be
done
effectually
,
there
must
be
an
excellency
in
these
following
slights
.
First
,
To
assign
such
a
cause
of
grievances
,
and
such
a
course
for
redress
,
as
may
open
a
way
to
the
alteration
he
ayms
at
:
as
if
he
means
to
alter
the
Government
'
,
or
to
ingross
the
Supremacy
,
he
must
artificially
convince
of
a
necessity
to
arme
,
1.
Defensively
,
and
if
that
succeeds
,
2.
Offensiv●ly
;
This
hee
may
do
by
false
Alarmes
of
danger
,
inventing
horrid
News
,
and
plying
the
people
with
such
fictitious
perils
,
as
may
make
them
beleive
,
Religion
and
Liberty
,
and
All
is
at
stake
,
and
that
they
are
the
Geese
that
must
save
the
Capitoll
.
Secondly
,
when
hee
sees
opportunity
to
reveale
his
own
designe
,
Thirdly
,
Hee
must
compose
his
very
garbe
and
gesture
:
't
is
a
great
matter
to
tell
a
lye
with
a
grace
;
as
,
if
Religion
be
the
Mode
,
he
must
in
his
tales
knock
his
breast
,
attest
God
,
and
invoke
imprecations
upon
himselfe
,
if
hee
does
not
doe
that
,
which
hee
never
intends
.
Fourthly
,
Hee
gives
them
good
words
,
and
bad
Actions
,
like
those
the
Historian
brands
with
a
Crudelitatem
damnatis
,
crudelitatem
initis
,
ravishes
them
with
apprehensions
of
Liberty
,
under
the
highest
strain
of
oppression
:
for
it
is
most
certaine
if
,
you
please
them
with
the
name
,
they
will
imbrace
it
for
name
and
thing
.
Something
like
this
had
beene
imposed
upon
Rome
,
when
the
Orator
writ
to
his
Friend
Atticus
,
Nominu
rerum
perdidimus
,
&
licentia
.
militaris
libertas
vocatur
,
that
they
were
cheated
in
names
,
for
military
Licence
was
miscal'd
Liberty
;
This
is
wel
describ'd
by
Plautus
in
Truculentu
.
In
melle
sunt
lingu●
sitae
vestrae
,
atque
orationes
,
Lacteque
:
corda
felle
sunt
sita
,
atque
acerbo
aceto
.
Elinguis
dicta
dulcia
datis
,
at
corde
amare
facitis
.
Fifthly
,
Impostures
,
Pindar
,
—
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
—
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
:
Or
that
of
Menander
:
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
Sixthly
,
when
hee
hath
by
the
assistance
of
the
people
got
the
sword
into
his
owne
hands
,
he
awes
them
with
it
,
and
frights
them
into
future
complyance
.
Hee
tha●
courted
them
before
with
all
the
adulator●
termes
,
that
ambition
could
invent
,
or
they
receive
;
as
if
he
had
bee●
vow'd
their
Martyr
,
and
ready
to
sacrifice
his
dearest
enjoyments
upon
the
Altar
of
publick
liberty
and
freedome
;
as
if
his
veines
knew
no
other
blood
,
but
such
as
he
would
be
proud
to
spend
in
their
service
,
having
now
served
himselfe
of
them
,
he
forgets
the
bosome
that
warm'd
him
,
they
hear
from
him
now
in
a
Palinode
,
he
curles
up
his
smooth
complements
into
short
Laconicks
,
and
exchanges
his
Court-ship
for
command
.
Colasterion
.
FIrst
,
We
may
be
assured
that
there
is
no
greater
Index
of
ambition
,
then
an
affectation
of
popularity
:
which
appeares
in
meek
addresses
to
the
people
,
wooing
and
familiar
condescentions
,
bemoaning
thei●
sufferings
,
commending
a
more
vigorous
sense
o●
them
;
that
of
the
Comit●
is
no
bad
rule
,
Non
temerarium
est
ubi
dives
ble●
de
appellat
pauperem
,
Aitera
manu
fert
Lapicadem
,
pa●●
ostentat
altera
:
Nemini
crede
,
qui
longe
blandu'st
〈◊〉
ves
pauperi
.
Or
that
which
Livy
notes
of
a
Crandee
,
Credebant
haud
gratuitam
in
tanta
superbid
comitatem
fore
,
the
extreame
kindnesse
or
fawning
of
great
persons
,
is
alwaies
suspicious
,
because
often
fraudulent
:
remember
the
Sileni
,
that
use
to
kill
with
huggs
,
and
embraces
.
Secondly
,
Know
it
's
very
usuall
for
men
to
personate
goodnesse
,
till
they
have
accomplished
their
ends
;
't
is
observed
of
Appius
,
when
he
had
his
wish
,
Finem
fecit
gerendae
alienae
personae
;
t
is
an
old
note
,
Maxima
pars
morem
hunc
homines
habent
,
quod
fibi
votunt
,
Dumid
imperiant
▪
honi
sunt
,
se●●
ubi
iam
penes
sese
habent
,
Ex
bonis
pessimi
,
&
fraudulentiss●●
sunt
.
Athon●●s
tells
a
pretty
story
,
of
one
Atheni●●
born
obscurely
,
who
〈◊〉
long
as
hee
was
priva●●
and
poor
,
excelled
in
〈◊〉
soft
and
tractable
disposition
,
but
when
by
jug●ling
he
had
obtained
th●Athenian
Governmen●
there
was
none
more
●dious
for
a
cruel
,
cove●ous
,
&
barbarick
tyra●ny
:
as
it
is
reported
〈◊〉
Caligula
,
there
was
nev●●
a
better
Servant
,
and
a
worse
Master
.
Thirdly
,
We
know
that
a
good
aime
,
much
●ess
a
good
pretence
cannot
justifie
a
bad
action
,
and
therefore
we
ought
to
be
as
Solicitous
about
the
lawfulnesse
of
the
meanes
,
as
about
the
goodnesse
of
the
end
.
It
●s
a
Maxim
in
Morality
,
that
bonum
oritur
ex
inte●●●s
,
and
in
Christianity
,
●hat
wee
must
not
doe
●vil
that
good
may
come
●f
it
;
&
we
may
possibly
●escue
our selves
from
●uture
cousenage
,
if
we
●xamine
the
lawfulnesse
●f
every
circumstance
leading
to
the
end
propounded
,
before
we
are
tickled
and
transported
with
the
beauty
of
the
pretence
.
Principle
.
III.
If
the
Supremacy
be
invaded
,
the
Lapses
of
the
former
Magistrate
must
be
inculcated
with
the
greatest
advantage
,
and
what
is
wanting
in
reality
,
must
be
supplyed
in
Calumny
.
IT
cannot
easily
be
imagined
of
what
singular
importance
the
aspersing
and
blotting
of
a
Prince
is
,
to
boyl
up
popular
discontent
to
that
height
which
is
requisite
for
a
rebellion
;
and
here
it
must
diligently
be
enquired
if
there
have
not
beeene
indeed
such
lapses
,
as
have
gal'd
the
people
;
and
though
they
be
old
sores
and
skin'd
,
yet
they
must
be
searcht
and
refreshed
,
and
exasperated
with
all
the
urging
circumstances
,
that
come
within
the
invention
of
scandal
;
It
must
be
remembred
,
if
any
persons
of
publick
note
have
suffer'd
under
the
Sword
of
Justice
,
whose
crimes
can
by
Art
or
eloquence
be
extenuated
,
whose
hard
measure
must
be
mentioned
with
teares
,
that
so
old
Traytors
may
be
propounded
for
new
Martyrs
.
This
hath
been
the
ordinary
Method
of
Ambition
,
as
you
may
find
it
noted
by
a
great
Scholar
in
these
words
,
Fuit
haec
omnibus
saeculis
,
&
adhuc
est
ad
occupandum
tyrannidem
expeditissima
via
,
dum
summo
se
amore
;
ac
pietate
in
patriam
esse
simulant
,
principum
vitia
,
&
populi
miseriam
,
apud
suos
primum
,
deinde
palam
queribunda
voce
lamentantur
,
non
quo
plebem
,
cuius
solius
commodis
inservire
●ideri
volunt
,
ab
illo
servitutis
jugo
asserant
in
libertatem
;
sed
quo
populari
aura
subnixi
,
aditum
●ibi
&
januā
ad
eam
ipsā
dignitatem
,
nequiora
aliquando
ausuri
patefaciant
.
And
therefore
if
the
Prince
be
severe
,
he
gives
him
Nero's
brand
,
a
man
kneaded
up
of
dirt
and
blood
:
if
he
be
of
parts
and
contrivance
,
he
calls
it
pernicious
ingenuity
:
If
he
be
mild
and
favourable
to
tender
consciences
,
he
declaims
against
his
toleration
:
If
he
urge
uniformity
,
and
decency
in
Divine
service
,
he
railes
at
his
Superstition
.
And
because
there
is
no
such
aequilibrious
vertue
,
but
has
some
flexure
to
one
of
the
extreams
he
is
very
carefull
to
publish
the
extream
alone
,
and
to
silence
the
vertue
.
But
if
the
Prince
hath
by
carriage
of
extraordinary
innocence
,
Machiavels
advice
must
be
follow'd
,
to
calumniate
stoutly
,
till
the
people
have
entertained
something
to
his
prejudice
:
'T
is
a
Figure
in
Politicks
to
make
every
infirmity
a
fault
,
and
every
faull
a
crime
:
and
if
the
people
be
disposed
to
alteration
,
these
must
be
first
urged
against
a
Monarch
to
depose
him
,
or
if
need
be
to
murther
him
;
which
is
commendable
,
if
you
can
dresse
him
up
like
a
Tyrant
,
as
you
may
find
it
justified
by
an
honest
Scot
,
Graecos
Deorum
honores
tribuisse
iis
,
qui
Tyrannos
necaverunt
:
and
by
the
Tragedian
,
Victima
baud
ulla
amplion
potest
.
Magisve
optma
mactari
Iovi
,
Quam
Rex
iniquus
.
And
secondly
,
these
personall
faults
must
be
artificially
devolved
upon
Monarchy
it self
.
There
remaines
to
disperse
the
commendations
of
that
Government
which
is
intended
for
a
Successor
:
if
Arstocracy
,
the
long-liv'd
prosperity
of
Sparta
and
Venice
,
is
a
very
plausible
evidence
of
its
goodnes
:
If
Democracy
,
the
happines
of
the
Romanes
under
their
Tribunes
is
very
memorable
;
to
which
may
be
added
this
out
of
Machlavel
:
Colasterion
.
I
Presume
that
person
is
very
rare
,
that
can
boast
of
such
an
absolute
Saint-ship
whilst
he
is
amongst
mortals
,
but
that
there
will
now
and
then
some
actions
fall
from
him
,
which
confesse
humanity
,
and
require
Candor
:
some
leaves
in
the
volume
of
the
fairest
life
,
that
are
Legenda
cuno
venia
:
If
this
be
a
common
frailty
,
why
do
we
six
such
rigid
censures
upon
the
miscarriages
of
Princes
or
why
do
we
deny
them
the
same
mildness
which
we
use
,
when
wee
commiserate
the
infirmities
of
other
Men
?
'T
is
yet
much
more
disingenious
to
revive
and
pore
upon
a
few
bad
actions
,
which
it
may
be
have
been
long
ago
expiated
with
many
good
:
Take
this
from
no
mean
Statist
.
—
Iniqua
in
omni
re
accusanda
,
praetermissis
bonis
,
malarum
enumeratio
,
vitiorumque
selectio
;
namne
ullus
quidem
isto
modo
magistratus
vituperabilis
no●erit
.
As
greatnesse
gives
a
glosse
to
the
vertues
of
a
Prince
,
so
it
mitigates
his
vices
;
for
if
we
look
upon
him
as
circled
with
honour
,
and
all
outward
enjoyment
;
we
see
withal
that
variety
of
temptations
he
hath
to
struggle
with
above
others
,
having
no
other
Guard
,
no
other
weapon
then
his
meer
vertue
;
sometimes
we
are
defended
from
a
sin
by
our
very
impotency
,
it
may
be
above
our
sphere
,
or
out
of
our
reach
;
we
do
not
,
because
we
cannot
;
how
often
are
our
wils
offenders
,
when
our
hands
are
innocent
?
wee
are
checked
from
without
,
he
commonly
from
within
,
having
nothing
to
dispute
with
his
immoderate
desires
but
himselfe
.
This
is
that
which
inhances
the
goodnes
of
a
Prince
,
as
that
excellent
Poet
leads
his
Temperate
Knight
through
al
the
delicacies
and
charms
of
pleasure
,
But
suppose
a
Magistrate
really
tyrannical
;
it
is
no
contemptible
question
,
Whether
the
evils
of
the
redresse
may
not
be
equivalent
to
the
mischiefe
.
I
remember
Livie's
,
Nec
morbum
ferre
possumus
,
nec
remedum
:
and
Plutarchs
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
:
and
Tacitus
,
Ferendae
Regum
ingenia
,
neque
usui
esse
crebras
mutationes
:
vitia
erunt
,
donec
homines
,
sed
neque
haec
continua
,
&
meliorum
interventu
pensantur
;
and
Seneca
,
Infaeliciter
aegrotat
,
cui
plus
periculi
a
medico
quam
à
morbo
.
Poise
the
miseries
of
a
civil
War
with
the
grievances
of
an
unjust
Magistrate
,
and
the
Polititian
must
take
many
granes
of
allowance
from
fallacy
to
make
the
scales
even
.
For
though
the
fury
of
incensed
tyranny
may
fal
heavy
upon
many
particulars
,
As
to
the
charging
the
faults
of
a
Governour
upon
the
Government
its self
,
For
King-killing
,
because
I
know
it
a
techy
subject
,
I
shall
wholly
omit
all
discouse
of
it
;
only
I
finde
it
damn'd
by
an
able
English
Divine
Jesuiticall
;
Tacitus
commends
to
subjects
rather
scutum
then
gladium
,
the
shield
of
patience
and
toleration
,
rather
then
the
Sword
.
Principle
IV.
The
Polititian
must
nourish
some
mercenary
Iesuits
,
or
other
Divines
,
to
cry
up
his
aymes
in
their
Churches
,
that
so
the
poyson
may
insinuate
more
generally
into
all
the
parts
.
HE
that
peruses
History
,
will
finde
that
there
hath
beene
no
Innovation
so
grosse
,
no
Rebellion
so
hideous
,
but
hath
had
some
Ecclesiasticall
Fomentors
:
for
such
as
want
worth
enough
of
their
owne
to
reach
preferment
in
a
regular
way
,
are
most
apt
to
envy
the
just
honours
of
better
men
;
and
despairing
to
obtain
their
end
by
learning
and
piety
,
they
aspire
to
it
by
the
crooked
meanes
of
faction
and
schisme
;
nor
are
these
despicable
instruments
to
the
Polititian
;
for
the
sharpest
sword
in
his
Army
cannot
vye
services
with
a
subtle
quill
:
You
may
see
his
businesse
in
the
Comick
,
The
Jesuite
reckons
it
in
the
number
of
his
merits
,
Iesuite
hath
not
intruded
,
and
been
as
busie
as
Davus
in
the
Comedy
,
contributing
in
a
very
high
measure
to
every
fanatick
insolence
,
Justifying
the
old
Lemma
of
Loiola's
Picture
,
Cavete
vobis
Principes
:
These
are
the
firebrands
of
Europe
,
the
forge
and
Bellows
of
sedition
,
Infernall
Emissaries
,
the
Pests
of
the
Age
,
men
that
live
as
if
huge
sinnes
would
merit
Heaven
by
an
Antiperistasis
.
2.
Nor
is
any
Nation
without
some
turbulent
spirits
of
its
own
,
the
dishonour
of
the
Gown
and
Pulpit
,
the
shame
,
1.
There
must
be
a
principall
gift
of
wresting
the
Scripture
,
vexing
&
urging
the
holy
Text
,
constraining
it
to
patronize
the
design
;
the
great
Apostle
expresses
this
in
three
very
emphaticall
termes
;
1.
Cogging
the
Dye
,
making
the
Word
speake
what
they
list
;
2.
Crafty
applications
,
and
expositions
of
it
;
3.
All
the
Methods
and
Arts
of
consenage
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
1.
In
publick
,
vomiting
out
flames
and
Sulphur
from
that
Sacred
Pegma
,
where
he
should
deliver
none
but
milde
and
soft
,
that
is
,
Evangelicall
Embassages
.
2.
In
private
,
Melancthon
speakes
of
,
Quicquid
somniant
,
volunt
esse
spiritum
sanctum
,
or
those
that
the
Father
chides
,
when
he
tels
them
that
every
whimsey
is
not
Prophesie
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
3.
Hee
ought
to
be
of
some
abilities
in
disputing
,
and
what
he
wants
in
Logick
,
he
must
supply
in
Garrulity
:
for
whatsoever
hee
affirmes
,
the
interest
he
hath
in
his
seduc'd
hearers
improves
into
a
Syllogisme
;
Topicks
;
Ex
officina
carnificum
argumenta
petit
:
if
after
his
weapons
,
Armat
se
ad
latrocinium
per
Christi
nomen
,
Colasterion
.
ALthough
we
have
caution
enough
against
these
in
sad
and
frequent
experiences
,
these
latter
Ages
groaning
under
the
effects
of
an
exorbitant
Clergy
;
yet
such
is
the
easinesse
and
credulity
of
the
Vulgar
,
such
the
subtlety
and
dissembled
sanctity
of
the
Impostor
,
that
hee
meets
with
as
great
a
pronenesse
in
the
people
to
be
couse●d
,
as
he
brings
willingnesse
to
delude
;
for
it
is
a
true
Observation
,
that
these
Clancular
Sermocinators
beare
as
great
sway
in
popular
mindes
,
and
make
as
deep
impression
upon
their
consciences
,
as
the
Loyolists
doe
,
when
they
impose
upon
their
blinde
Laity
.
I
dare
onely
subjoyne
these
few
advises
.
First
,
I
should
suspect
●
Clericall
Statu●
,
I
meane
such
a
one
as
in
the
dispensation
of
Sacred
Oracles
,
tampers
with
secular
affaires
,
unlesse
it
be
in
case
of
high
concernment
to
his
Auditors
soules
.
Secondly
,
I
should
beleive
him
a
Jugler
,
that
sprinkles
his
Sermons
with
murmurs
against
the
lawfull
Magistrate
,
Ecclesiasticall
,
or
Civill
,
unlesse
he
hath
some
better
ground
for
his
dislike
,
then
a
th
warting
his
humour
,
in
things
Controversiall
and
Adiaphorous
.
Thirdly
,
I
should
more
then
doubt
his
knavery
,
that
should
suborn
Scripture
,
to
attest
,
or
incite
to
Illegall
Actions
,
as
a
kin
to
that
,
which
Salvian
calls
Religiosum
scelus
.
4ly
.
Causabon
in
his
Epistle
before
his
Baronian
exercitations
,
thus
;
Cupiditas
novandi
haec
secum
mala
semper
trahit
,
Christ●
inconsutilem
tunicam
lacerat
,
sectas
novas
parit
,
&
statim
multiplicat
,
Ecclesiam
&
populum
concutit
&c.
T
is
sad
to
see
Vra●ti●
divine
Vrania
inroll'd
i●
blood
,
the
Stars
and
Luminaries
of
the
Church
,
to
shed
such
blacke
and
malignant
influences
;
in
lieu
of
pious
documents
,
to
heare
none
but
furious
incentives
;
Ite
a●acres
,
tantaeque
precor
confidite
Causae
;
Barclay
to
this
effect
,
Se
Evangelij
libertatem
praedicare
,
●ill●m
Christianis
animis
vim
inferre
,
suam
cuique
conscientiam
liberam
relinquere
,
verbo
ducere
,
non
vi
quemquam
adigere
;
ea●
esse
Evangelij
doctrinam
,
u●
omnes
conscientiae
fruantu●
libertate
:
sibique
ut
id
liceat
,
votis
omnibus
postulare
.
Principle
.
V.
If
successe
waites
upon
his
Enterprises
,
he
urges
it
to
authenticate
his
Cause
.
THere
is
no
Argument
more
popular
then
succes
,
because
the
bulke
of
men
is
not
able
to
distinguish
the
permission
of
God
,
from
his
approbation
:
And
although
it
be
in
its
selfe
fallacious
and
feeble
,
yet
the
misery
of
the
conquer'd
denies
them
the
opportunity
to
dispute
it
;
for
the
opposition
of
the
Sword
will
never
be
confuted
by
the
bare
fist
of
Logick
.
Nor
doth
the
Victor
commonly
permit
any
ventilation
of
his
dictates
;
for
when
the
body
is
a
slave
,
why
should
the
reason
be
free
?
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
Plutarch
wondred
any
would
be
so
importunate
to
preach
Laws
,
and
Morall
reasons
to
men
with
Swords
by
their
sides
;
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
:
And
if
Armes
knew
not
how
to
descend
to
rationall
inquiries
,
but
were
enough
justified
by
an
odd
kinde
of
necessity
of
their
owne
creating
;
like
those
in
Livy
,
In
armis
jus
ferre
,
&
omnia
fortium
virorum
esse
.
I
have
often
considered
with
my selfe
,
what
should
move
Tyrants
to
Print
Justifications
of
themselves
,
and
assertions
of
their
proceedings
,
which
I
suppose
never
made
an
understanding
man
a
Convert
,
nor
met
with
a
cordiall
reception
in
any
;
unlesse
the
abuse
of
a
few
,
poore
,
shallow
Beleivers
,
be
thought
a
tryumph
worth
their
paines
.
I
have
sometimes
thought
they
do
by
these
papers
please
themselves
in
their
abilities
to
delude
,
and
so
gratifie
their
tyranny
over
the
noblest
part
of
man
,
by
denying
the
Liberty
of
the
thought
,
and
subduing
the
powers
of
the
Soule
to
an
implicit
coherence
with
their
owne
magisteriall
opinions
.
But
our
Polititian
,
by
quoting
the
successe
of
his
undertakings
,
besides
the
plausibleness
▪
and
insinuating
nature
of
the
Proposition
its self
,
hath
the
advantage
of
power
to
make
us
beleive
him
.
Nor
▪
is
this
bait
contemptible
,
many
of
parts
and
prudence
,
yea
and
of
Religion
,
have
been
stagger'd
by
it
;
some
question
whether
Diagoras
deserv'd
the
brand
of
Atheisme
,
considering
the
wilde
conceits
they
then
had
of
their
Gods
;
or
differ'd
from
the
common
Creed
,
crying
out
,
O
how
the
Gods
favour
sacriledge
!
when
he
had
a
merry
gale
,
after
a
sacrilegious
atempt
.
The
best
of
the
Roman
Historians
calls
the
Victory
,
the
just
Arbitresse
of
the
Cause
,
eventus
belli
velut
aequus
Iudex
,
unde
jus
stat
,
ei
victoriam
dabit
:
So
hard
it
is
to
perswade
meer
reason
,
that
vertue
may
b●
unfortunate
,
and
vi●
happy
.
He
was
no
small
Po●●
that
argued
himselfe
o●●
of
his
Gods
,
by
seei●●
wickednesse
honoured
,
〈◊〉
worth
slighted
:
whi●●
he
expresses
thus
;
Memtor
to
Li●●us
tu
mulo
iacti●
at
Cato
parv●
,
Pompeiusnullo
,
guis
putet
esse
De●
In
English
.
Licinus
does
in
Marble
sleep
,
A
common
Urne
does
Cato
keep
Pompeys
ashes
may
catch
cold
,
That
there
are
Gods
,
let
Dou●
〈◊〉
Se●●ca
,
Honesta
quaedam
scelera
successus
facit
,
prosperous
mischiefes
are
Cardinall
vertues
in
the
Worlds
Ethicks
;
&
therefore
the
Tragedian
repeates
it
,
Prosperum
ac
faelix
scelus
,
virtus
vocatur
.
The
unwarrantablenesse
is
hid
and
concealed
in
the
glory
of
the
successe
:
wee
often
praise
the
Macedonian
Conquest
,
but
seldome
mention
their
boundlesse
and
unjust
ambition
.
On
the
contrary
,
if
an
undertaking
really
good
miscarry
,
we
censure
it
:
so
that
according
to
the
vogue
of
the
World
,
't
is
the
event
that
gives
the
colour
to
the
action
,
and
denominates
it
good
o●
bad
.
Colasterion
.
THere
is
some
of
this
Leaven
in
the
judgments
of
most
,
notwitstanding
those
brighter
discoveries
,
in
the
Noone
of
Christianity
we
live
under
.
A
Bible
throughly
observ'd
,
would
expound
to
us
much
of
the
riddle
,
and
dark
passages
of
providence
:
we
are
so
short-sighted
,
that
we
cannot
see
beyond
time
,
we
va●ue
things
,
and
men
,
by
their
temporall
prosperities
,
and
transient
glories
;
whereas
if
we
put
Eternity
into
the
othe●
seale
,
it
would
much
out-poise
that
worldly
Lusstre
,
that
so
much
abuses
our
eye
,
and
cousens
our
understandings
.
I
finde
not
in
holy
writ
that
God
hath
in
separably
annex'd
goodness
and
greatness
,
justice
and
victory
:
Hee
hath
secur'd
his
servants
of
the
felicities
of
a
better
life
,
but
not
of
this
.
Ch●ists
Kingdome
was
not
,
our
happinesse
is
not
of
this
World
.
Nor
doth
my
Bible
shew
me
any
warrant
for
appeal
to
heaven
for
th●●
decision
of
this
,
or
that
●ntricacy
,
by
bestowing
successe
upon
this
party
,
or
that
cause
,
according
to
its
righteousnesse
,
and
due
merit
.
There
is
a
vast
difference
betwixt
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
and
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
even
in
Scripture
construction
.
The
great
Turke
may
justly
exult
,
and
prune
himselfe
in
discourses
of
this
nature
,
if
they
bee
once
admitted
,
&
own'd
by
Christians
:
And
I
shall
forbeare
any
longer
to
think
Mahomet
an
Impostor
,
and
must
receive
the
Alcoran
for
Gospel
;
●f
I
shall
bee
convinc'd
that
temporall
happiness
and
triumph
,
are
a
true
Index
of
divine
Favour
▪
Our
Religion
hath
something
more
to
invite
our
closure
with
it
;
it
proposes
a
conveniency
on
Earth
,
but
the
Crowne●
and
Garlands
are
reserv'd
for
Heaven
.
The
Mony-God
in
Aristophanes
pretends
a
command
from
Iupiter
to
distribute
as
great
a
Largesse
to
the
wicked
,
The
Heathen
could
say
,
Foelix
praedo
mundo
exemplum
inutile
,
Happy
Pyracy
is
a
thing
of
unhappy
presidency
;
Fortunate
sinnes
may
prove
dangerous
temptations
;
But
to
say
that
God
doth
signally
at
test
the
actions
of
such
a
person
,
or
the
justice
of
such
a
cause
,
by
permitting
it
to
prosper
,
and
taper
up
in
the
world
,
is
such
a
deceit
,
as
deserves
our
serious
abhorrency
—
I
leave
it
with
Ovids
wish
,
—
Careat
successibus
opto
,
Quisquis
ab
eventu
facta
not
anda
putant
.
Principle
VI
.
The
Polititian
must
change
with
the
times
.
THAT
Alterations
&
Revolutions
in
Kingdomes
are
the
rods
with
which
God
scourges
miscarrying
Princes
,
Argenton
:
to
which
may
be
added
out
of
Aristotle
in
the
fift
of
his
Politicks
—
Per
fraudem
&
dolum
regna
evertuntur
,
That
the
ruines
of
a
Kingdom
are
often
derived
from
fraud
and
subtleties
:
I
shall
omit
inquiry
into
other
Causes
,
as
forrein
to
my
present
purpose
.
The
Polititian
knows
best
how
to
improve
these
popular
Gusts
,
because
hee
caused
them
▪
such
a
storme
is
his
seed
time
.
'T
is
the
boast
of
a
Dutch
man
,
that
he
can
saile
with
all
winds
;
the
aspiring
man
observes
the
quarter
whence
the
fairest
gales
of
preferment
blow
,
and
spreads
the
sailes
of
his
Ambition
to
entertaine
them
;
nor
can
the
compasse
breath
more
varieties
,
then
his
dextrous
soul
has
changes
and
garbs
,
and
suitable
compliances
.
What
the
Orator
cals
his
top
and
perfection
,
to
make
happy
application
to
the
severall
humours
and
genius
of
all
sorts
of
men
,
qualifying
his
addresse
with
what
he
knowes
will
most
charm
the
person
he
treats
;
that
the
Polititian
does
not
only
with
his
lip
,
but
life
you
may
finde
all
those
Figures
and
Tropes
digested
into
his
actions
,
and
made
practicall
,
that
are
in
the
other
only
vocall
.
He
remembers
that
of
an
English
Marquesse
●awlet
of
Winchester
)
who
having
succesfully
served
four
Princes
,
and
still
in
the
same
room
of
favour
,
ex
salice
,
non
ex
quercu
,
of
the
pliant
willow
,
not
stubborn
Oak
,
alwaies
of
the
prevailing
Religion
,
and
a
zealous
professor
.
This
easmesse
and
bending
is
of
absolute
necessity
;
for
,
if
the
same
temper
,
which
insinuated
in
violent
times
,
were
retained
in
a
composed
and
setled
government
,
it
would
be
altogether
distastfull
;
and
so
on
the
contrary
.
Therefore
if
Religion
be
fashionable
,
you
can
scarce
distinguish
him
from
a
Saint
:
He
does
not
only
reverence
the
holy
Ministers
,
but
if
need
be
,
he
can
preach
himselfe
:
If
cunctation
prevailes
,
he
acts
Fabius
:
If
the
buckler
must
be
chang'd
for
a
sword
,
he
personates
Marcellus
:
If
mildenesse
be
usefull
,
Soderini
of
Venice
was
not
more
a
lamb
then
he
:
If
severities
are
requisite
,
Nero's
butcheries
are
sanctities
,
compared
with
his
:
As
Alcibiades
in
Plutarch
,
shifted
disposition
as
he
alter'd
place
(
being
voluptuous
and
jovial
in
Ionia
,
frugal
&
retir'd
in
Lacedaemon
)
so
he
proportions
himselfe
to
time
,
place
,
person
,
Religion
,
with
such
aplausiblenesse
,
as
if
he
had
been
born
only
to
serve
that
opinion
,
which
hee
harbour'd
but
as
a
guest
whilst
it
continued
in
sway
:
having
a
room
in
his
heart
,
if
occasion
be
,
to
lodge
the
contrary
,
and
to
cry
it
up
with
as
much
ardour
;
as
hee
once
us'd
to
extoll
the
former
.
And
thus
like
a
subtle
Proteus
,
he
assumes
that
shape
that
is
most
in
grace
,
and
of
most
profitable
conducement
to
his
ends
,
In
eo
stant
confilia
,
quod
sibi
conducere
putat
.
He
abounds
in
that
which
Varo
cals
,
ver●atile
ingenium
,
a
voluble
wit
,
like
the
changling
derided
by
Plautus
,
as
more
turning
then
a
Potters
wheele
.
He
hath
this
advantage
of
the
Camelion
,
that
he
can
assume
white
ness
;
for
I
finde
him
often
wearing
the
vest
of
innocency
,
to
conceale
the
uglinesse
and
blacknesse
of
his
attempts
.
Finally
,
he
is
the
Heliotrope
to
the
Sun
of
Honour
,
and
hath
long
since
abjur'd
his
God
,
Religion
,
Conscience
,
and
all
that
shall
interpose
,
and
skreen
him
from
those
beams
,
that
may
ripen
his
wishes
and
aymes
into
enjoyments
.
Colasterion
.
BUt
the
true
Statesman
is
inviolably
constant
to
his
Principles
of
vertue
,
and
religious
prudence
;
his
ends
are
noble
,
and
the
means
he
uses
,
innocent
:
he
hath
a
singl
eye
on
the
publick
good
;
and
if
the
ship
of
the
State
miscarry
,
he
had
rather
perish
in
the
wrack
,
than
preserve
himselfe
upon
the
plank
of
an
in-glorious
subterfuge
.
His
worth
hath
led
him
to
the
Helme
,
the
Rudder
he
uses
,
is
an
honest
and
vigorous
wisdome
the
Star
he
looks
to
for
direction
is
in
Heaven
;
and
the
port
he
aymes
at
,
is
the
joynt
welfare
of
Prince
and
people
.
This
constancy
is
that
solid
Rock
upon
which
the
wise
Venetian
hath
built
its
long-liv'd
Republick
:
So
that
it
is
not
improbable
the
Maiden-Queene
borrowed
her
Motto
of
Semper
eadem
,
from
this
Maiden
Common
wealth
.
'T
is
true
,
something
is
to
be
conceded
to
the
place
,
and
time
,
and
person
;
&
I
grant
that
there
are
many
innocent
compliances
;
Virgils
Obliquare
sinus
is
observable
,
there
may
be
a
bending
without
a
crookednesse
:
We
may
circumire
,
and
yet
not
aberrare
;
Paul
became
a
Jew
,
that
hee
might
gaine
the
Jewes
,
but
he
did
not
become
a
sinner
,
that
he
might
gain
sinners
;
He
was
made
all
things
to
all
men
,
but
he
was
not
made
sin
to
any
:
that
is
,
his
condescensions
were
such
,
as
did
we●
consist
with
his
Christian
integrity
.
Greatnesse
,
and
Honours
,
and
Riches
,
and
Scepters
,
those
glorious
temptations
,
that
so
much
inamour
the
doting
world
,
are
too
poor
shrines
for
such
a
sacrifice
as
conscience
,
which
the
Polititian
hath
so
much
abus'd
by
an
inveterate
neglect
,
that
it
is
become
menstruous
,
and
Ephemerall
.
Principle
VII
.
If
the
Polititian
find
reason
to
impose
oathes
,
Let
them
be
of
such
ambiguity
as
may
furnish
with
a
sense
obliging
to
the
design
,
and
yet
so
soft
as
the
people
may
not
feel
the
snare
.
IT
appeares
by
sad
experience
,
that
in
propounding
of
oaths
,
requiring
promises
,
and
other
solemn
Tyes
;
there
have
been
multitudes
induced
to
bind
themselves
upon
some
secret
Loose
,
and
men
tall
reservation
;
w●ch
they
have
framed
to
themselves
as
a
salvo
in
case
of
breach
:
so
apt
we
are
in
affaires
of
greatest
importance
,
to
advise
more
with
corrupt
▪
wit
than
sound
conscience
.
In
the
Catalogue
of
self-delusions
,
you
may
possibly
finde
these
;
-
1.
We
are
ready
to
interpret
the
words
too
kindly
,
especially
if
they
be
ambiguous
;
and
't
is
hard
to
find
terms
so
positive
,
but
that
they
may
be
eluded
indeed
,
or
seem
to
us
to
be
so
,
if
we
be
disposed
.
-
2.
Some
are
invited
to
illicite
promises
qu●
illicit
,
because
they
know
them
to
be
invalid
.
-
3.
Some
are
frighted
into
these
bonds
by
threats
,
and
losses
,
and
temporal
concernments
,
and
then
they
please
themselves
that
they
sweare
by
Duress
,
and
so
are
disingaged
.
-
4.
Some
are
oathproofe
;
I
mean
there
are
such
sear-soul'd
men
,
as
will
swear
Pro
and
Con.
-
5.
Some
have
learn'd
from
the
Civilians
,
Some
take
Liberty
to
sweare
,
because
they
judge
the
person
to
whom
they
sweare
incapable
of
an
oath
:
as
Cic●ro
defends
the
breach
of
oath
to
a
Theife
,
from
perjury
,
and
Brutus
to
a
Tyrant
:
as
it
is
in
Appian
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
The
first
sort
of
thes●
fals
most
properly
under
the
notice
,
and
practise
of
our
Polititian
;
though
he
may
also
use
the
last
,
but
at
different
times
.
It
is
not
difficult
for
him
to
cast
his
desire
into
such
soft
glib
expression
as
will
down
with
most
▪
Yea
,
with
many
that
would
absolutely
disavow
the
same
thing
in
rough
Language
.
If
he
be
unskil'd
in
this
black
art
,
I
commend
him
to
the
Paedagogy
of
the
Delphick
Devill
.
Now
it
is
most
certaine
,
there
is
no
other
tye
of
such
security
,
and
establishment
,
to
a
person
that
hath
ravished
greatness
,
and
acquired
it
by
violence
.
Usurpation
hath
only
these
two
pillars
,
it
s
owne
Armes
,
and
Militia
,
and
publick
oath
and
acknowledgement
;
and
it
is
scarce
worth
Quaerie
,
whether
,
when
the
Grosse
of
a
Nation
is
thus
bound
,
the
Oath
be
not
as
valid
,
and
the
conscience
as
much
concerned
,
as
if
it
had
beene
sworn
to
a
lawful
Prince
.
It
is
reasonable
that
a●
usurping
power
cannot
upon
any
prudent
perswasion
have
the
same
confidence
in
the
love
of
the
people
that
a
Just
hath
:
Nor
is
the
following
government
inticing
,
as
Tacitu●
notes
,
Nec
qu●squam
imperium
malis
artibus
quaesitum
benè
administravit
.
The
same
with
Guazz●
,
Perchè
non
erano
Prencip●
per
natura
,
ma
per
violenza
,
&
erano
più
temuti
che
amati
:
And
therefore
if
the
Polititian
can
by
the
blessed
meanes
forementioned
gaine
a
superiority
,
there
is
no
trusting
to
those
ingenuous
Guards
,
his
own
goodnesse
,
and
the
love
of
others
:
His
best
defence
is
awe
,
and
feare
,
and
Scaffold
,
and
Gibbet
,
and
the
like
.
For
he
that
hath
noe
voluntary
roome
in
the
hearts
of
his
people
,
must
use
all
meanes
to
gaine
a
coercive
.
For
his
own
promises
he
puts
them
into
the
same
bottomlesse
bag
,
which
the
Poets
say
Iupiter
made
for
lovers
asseverations
:
His
word
is
as
good
as
his
oath
,
for
they
are
both
trifles
,
as
it
is
in
Plautus
.
—
Pactum
non
pactum
est
,
un
pactum
pactum
est
,
cum
illis
Lubet
.
'T
was
he
that
first
invented
that
useful
distinction
of
a
Lip-oath
,
and
a
heart-Oath
;
you
may
find
him
in
Euripides
.
Iurata
lingua
est
,
mente
iuravi
nihil
He
makes
good
use
of
that
in
Plutarch
,
'T
is
an
huge
advantage
that
man
hath
in
a
credulous
world
,
that
can
easily
say
and
sweare
to
any
thing
;
and
yet
withall
so
palliate
his
falsifications
and
perjuries
,
as
to
hide
them
from
the
conusance
of
most
.
The
Polititian
mast
be
furnished
with
handsome
refuges
,
that
may
seemingly
heal
miscarriages
this
way
.
Hee
need
not
spend
much
time
in
inquiry
after
such
helps
;
these
declining
ages
wil
abundantly
furnish
his
invention
.
Colasterion
.
AN
Oath
is
in
its
self
a
religious
affirmation
,
a
promise
with
Gods
seale
;
And
therefore
it
concernes
Christians
to
be
cautelous
before
swearing
,
to
sweare
Liquidly
,
and
to
observe
conscionably
.
'T
is
pity
such
slender
Evasions
should
satisfie
us
,
as
have
bin
scorn'd
by
heathens
.
We
are
bound
(
sayes
one
of
them
)
to
the
sense
of
the
imposer
,
or
else
we
do
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
we
are
bound
to
the
performance
of
what
wee
have
thus
sworn
,
or
else
we
do
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
:
T
is
much
,
that
a
morall
conscience
should
more
check
them
,
than
a
clearer
light
can
awe
us
:
As
if
they
more
honour'd
the
Genius
of
a
Caesar
,
than
we
revere
the
presence
of
a
God
:
or
else
wee
should
never
ingage
in
new
protestations
,
that
do
interfere
,
yea
,
and
somtimes
positively
quarrell
with
old
.
They
had
their
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
their
perjury
revenging
Gods
;
to
whose
vindictive
powers
they
referr'd
their
offenders
:
they
punished
such
as
swore
falsely
by
their
Prince
with
fustigation
;
But
such
as
abus'd
their
Gods
,
were
left
to
the
dispose
of
their
injur'd
Deities
,
as
if
they
were
at
a
loss
how
to
finde
a
punishment
equall
to
the
sinne
.
Hear
how
soberly
Plato
mentions
it
(
out
of
the
noble
Commentator
upon
Philostratus
)
En
toutes
manieres
sà
este
un
fort
belle
ordinance
&
institutition
,
de
n'
user
point
du
nom
des
Dieux
Legerement
,
de
peur
de
Les
contaminer
;
ca●
la
Majeste
des
Dieux
ne
se
doit
imployer
,
qu'
en
un
saincte
&
venerabile
puretè
.
See
what
reall
honour
they
gave
to
their
counterfeit
Gods
:
Let
us
have
a
care
that
we
ascribe
not
counterfeit
honour
to
the
true
God
.
Our
God
hates
every
false
Oath
:
Zedekiah
,
for
breaking
Covenant
with
the
Babylonian
Monarch
,
though
a
Tyrant
of
the
first
magnitude
.
Were
all
Subjects
duly
solicitous
about
the
weight
of
this
bound
,
we
should
be
lesse
prone
to
take
,
and
more
studious
●●
observe
it
;
I
remember
the
Scholiast
upon
Aristoyha●es
,
Sampsons
may
shake
off
these
cords
;
or
what
gaps
the
Licentious
may
make
in
this
hedge
;
But
such
as
value
God
,
or
heaven
,
or
Prince
,
or
Peace
,
can
discover
it
no
way
better
than
in
a
sincere
use
of
so
divine
an
Ordinance
.
There
can
be
no
certain
rule
given
,
when
to
beleeve
,
and
when
not
,
what
such
as
are
,
or
would
be
great
,
please
to
inculcate
to
us
:
I
finde
more
wracks
upon
the
rock
of
credulity
:
and
●tis
no
heresie
to
affirme
,
that
many
have
beene
saved
by
their
infidelity
;
I
commend
that
of
Epichar●●●●
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Principle
VIII
.
Necessity
of
St●te
,
is
a
very
competent
Apology
for
the
worst
of
Actions
.
IT
has
been
observ'd
,
that
in
all
Innovations
and
Rebellions
(
which
ordinarily
have
their
rif●●
from
pretences
of
Religion
,
or
Reformation
,
or
both
)
the
breach
and
neglect
of
Laws
hath
been
authorised
by
that
great
Patroness
of
Illegal
Actions
—
Necessity
.
Now
the
Polititian
is
never
without
such
an
Advocate
as
this
;
For
he
cares
not
to
distinguish
whether
the
necessity
be
of
his
own
creating
,
or
no
,
as
for
the
most
part
it
is
▪
being
indeed
an
Appendix
to
the
wrong
he
undertakes
:
and
signifies
no
more
,
then
that
he
is
compelled
to
cover
wrong
with
wrong
,
as
if
the
commission
of
a
second
●in
were
enough
to
justifie
the
first
.
He
changes
that
old
charitable
advise
—
Benefact
a
benefactis
al●js
per●egito
nè
perpluant
;
into
vitia
vitijs
alijs
pertegito
nè
perpluant
:
that
so
heapi●g
one
crime
upon
another
,
the
later
may
defend
the
former
from
the
stroke
of
Justice
.
Hee
adores
that
Maxime
in
Livy
,
Iustum
●●t
bellum
quibus
necessarium
,
&
pia
arma
quibus
in
armis
spes
est
:
It
were
very
incongruous
to
desire
that
man
to
leave
his
crutch
,
that
cannot
walk
without
;
't
is
no
lesse
unnaturall
to
invite
him
to
quit
his
sword
,
whose
life
and
fortune
leans
intirely
upon
it
.
If
he
can
insinuate
the
scope
of
the
Warr
to
be
Legall
,
a
little
dawbing
will
serve
to
Legalize
the
circumstances
:
that
of
the
Civilians
must
be
remember
—
Licere
in
bello
quae
ad
finem
sunt
necessaria
,
If
the
people
be
once
possest
that
his
aime
and
intention
is
faire
,
they
wil
never
expect
that
the
Media
for
attainment
of
his
end
should
be
retrench'd
by
the
strict
Boundaries
of
Law
:
Hee
manages
that
Rule
very
practically
,
Rem
alienam
,
ex
quâ
certum
mihi
peri●ulum
eminet
,
citra
culpae
alienae
considerationem
invadere
possum
;
Now
he
can
very
plausibly
make
this
periculum
,
certum
,
or
incertum
,
as
shall
best
sute
with
his
affairs
.
Grotius
concedes
,
Quare
si
vitam
aliter
fervare
non
possum
,
licet
mihi
vi
qualicunque
arcere
eum
qui
eam
impetit
,
licet
peccato
vacet
;
&
hoc
ex
jure
quod
mihi
pro
me
natura
concedit
.
Finally
,
He
must
make
a
vertue
of
Necessity
,
because
there
is
no
other
vertue
will
so
easily
be
induc'd
to
serve
his
proceedings
as
this
;
she
may
well
smile
upon
Licentiousnesse
,
who
hath
her selfe
no
Law
.
Colasterion
.
LEt
that
great
Rule
be
received
,
that
no
man
can
be
necessitated
to
sinne
:
Our
Divines
generally
damne
an
officious
Lye
;
and
the
equity
bindes
from
any
officious
sinne
.
It
would
soon
cut
the
nerves
of
the
eighth
Commandement
,
If
Necessities
and
Urgencies
,
though
reall
,
were
pronounced
a
sufficient
excuse
for
stealing
.
But
that
which
our
Polititian
calls
Necessity
,
is
no
more
than
necessity
of
convenience
,
nor
so
much
,
except
we
interpret
that
convenience
,
which
may
favour
his
own
ends
,
and
so
is
convenient
for
his
design
.
He
uses
Necessity
,
as
the
old
Philosophers
did
an
occult
quality
,
though
to
a
different
purpose
;
that
was
their
refuge
for
ignorance
,
this
is
his
sanctuary
for
sin
.
Pausanias
tells
of
a
Chappell
in
Acrocorinth
,
If
I
mistake
not
,
the
fundamentall
deceit
lyes
in
a
greedy
entertaining
those
first
pretences
,
and
seemingly
candid
Propositions
are
made
to
us
,
before
they
have
passed
those
scrutinies
,
and
severe
inquiries
,
they
deserve
;
or
been
examined
by
the
test
of
Gods
word
,
and
Nationall
Lawes
:
All
the
rest
are
but
ugly
consequences
of
that
absurdity
we
first
granted
,
according
to
the
ancient
Philosophick
Maxime
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
Principle
IX
.
The
Polititian
must
wave
all
Relations
,
both
Sacred
and
Civill
,
and
swim
to
his
design
,
though
in
a
Sea
of
bloud
.
SUch
as
study
to
be
great
by
any
means
,
must
by
all
means
forget
to
be
good
;
and
they
that
will
usurp
Dominion
over
others
,
must
first
become
slaves
to
the
worst
of
Tyrants
,
a
lust
after
greatnesse
.
Crescit
interea
Roma
Albae
ruinis
,
begins
one
of
the
Decads
,
that
the
wals
of
Rome
were
cemented
with
bloud
,
Machiavel
;
Although
the
superstructure
was
brave
,
yet
if
we
search
the
foundation
,
we
shall
finde
it
laid
in
the
rod
ruines
of
her
wasted
neighbours
;
That
the
first
Founder
became
a
fratricide
upon
reason
of
State
,
to
guard
his
new
Conquest
,
by
freedom
from
a
Competitor
;
is
not
onely
vindicated
from
cruelty
,
but
asserted
to
be
a
piece
of
meritorious
policy
.
Nor
did
this
happen
to
the
City
in
its
structure
alone
,
but
after
in
its
reparation
;
when
the
Sons
of
Brutus
were
sacrific'd
to
the
design
of
their
Father
:
So
that
Rome
was
not
only
nurs'd
with
bloud
,
but
after
grouth
and
ripenesse
,
she
sustained
her selfe
;
Iived
and
thrived
upon
Magna
&
sanguinolenta
latrocinia
;
so
that
our
Polititian
can
scarce
want
examples
in
the
applauded
actions
of
this
City
,
to
patronize
the
most
crimson
and
skarlet
sin
,
that
ambition
can
prompt
.
He
admires
the
generosity
of
Neroe's
Mother
,
who
is
reported
to
have
said
of
her
sonne
,
A
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
Let
my
Son
be
my
murderer
,
so
he
may
be
a
Monarch
;
According
to
the
advice
of
an
high-spirited
fury
,
Pro
Regno
velim
patriam
,
penates
,
conjugem
flammis
dare
,
Imperia
pretio
quolibet
constant
bene
;
An
Empire
cannot
be
purchased
too
dear
,
though
it
cost
the
blood
of
Millions
.
He
is
much
taken
with
the
Gallantry
of
the
Mammalukes
,
who
abused
the
easinesse
of
the
Egyptian
Sultan
,
and
wore
the
Supremacy
three
hundred
years
,
upon
the
length
and
keennesse
of
an
usurping
Sword
.
And
rather
than
want
a
bongrace
,
he
commends
the
Ottoman
wisdom
;
for
the
great
Turk
rivets
himself
to
the
Imperiall
Chair
,
with
the
bones
of
his
murdered
Brethren
.
Aspiring
desires
are
not
only
insatiate
,
but
admit
of
any
sin
;
that
will
promote
their
ends
:
See
Bass●anus
murthering
his
Brother
Geta
in
his
Mothers
armes
;
Andronicus
strangling
his
Cousin
Alexius
,
lest
he
should
have
a
part
in
the
Empire
that
had
right
to
all
:
See
Caesar
slighting
the
Oathes
by
which
he
had
obliged
his
obedience
to
the
Roman
Senate
.
Finally
,
Ambition
knows
no
confinement
,
nothing
so
sacred
but
it
violates
.
The
Gods
must
bow
and
yeeld
to
it
,
Tertullian
,
Id
negotium
sine
Deorum
injuriâ
non
est
,
eadem
strages
manium
&
Templorum
,
tot
sacrilegia
Romanorum
,
quot
trophaea
;
tot
de
Diis
quot
de
Gentibus
Triumphi
.
Colasterion
.
THe
Italian
Polititian
seems
to
intimate
a
scruple
,
when
he
saies
,
—
Si
jus
violandum
est
,
regnandi
causâ
violandum
est
,
His
(
If
)
dictates
an
uncertainty
;
and
if
we
appeale
to
the
bar
of
Nature
,
or
Divinity
(
though
possibly
the
entire
assertion
may
have
something
of
truth
)
yet
we
shall
find
that
wicked
(
●f
)
absolutely
banished
.
'T
is
true
,
we
may
more
justly
pity
him
,
that
swallows
a
bait
fair
and
glistring
,
than
a
person
that
tempts
temptations
to
deceive
him
;
or
catches
at
Flies
,
and
trifling
allurements
because
in
the
first
case
a
greater
reluctancy
is
requisite
,
and
the
dart
may
possibly
be
so
sharp
,
as
to
pierce
through
the
Armour
of
a
sober
Resolution
;
But
all
this
will
little
succour
●im
,
who
knows
it
to
be
a
bait
,
and
hath
before-hand
designed
its
beauty
,
and
fairenesse
,
to
apologize
for
the
foulnesse
of
the
sin
:
for
here
the
greatnesse
of
the
Temptation
will
not
at
all
extenuate
●●e
grossenesse
of
the
●rime
:
No
more
than
he
mitigates
his
Robbery
,
who
shall
plead
,
that
hee
stole
nothing
but
Gold
and
Jewels
.
The
World
is
much
mistaken
in
the
value
of
a
Scepter
or
Crown
;
we
gaze
upon
its
brightnesse
,
and
forget
its
brittleness
,
we
looke
upon
its
glory
,
and
forget
its
frailty
;
we
respect
its
colour
,
and
take
no
notice
of
its
weight
.
But
if
all
those
gay
things
which
wee
fondly
fancy
to
our selves
were
really
to
be
found
in
Greatnesse
,
yet
still
he
payes
too
deare
,
that
pawn●●
his
Heaven
for
it●
he
that
thus
buys
a
shor●
blisse
,
gives
not
twenty
,
or
an
hundred
years
purchase
,
but
(
if
mercy
prevent
not
)
Eternity
.
It
will
be
little
advantage
here
,
to
introduce
the
example
of
a
Roman
,
or
Turk
,
or
Christian
,
if
unlawfull
;
such
presidents
may
perchance
baffle
the
Vulgar
(
in
whose
Creede
you
may
insert
what
you
please
)
but
wil
be
very
cold
answers
,
when
we
appeare
before
a
severe
Tribunall
:
It
concernes
us
rather
to
observe
how
ambition
claimes
kindred
with
every
other
vice
,
stoops
,
and
takes
up
every
sinne
lies
in
its
way
;
and
,
if
upon
enquiry
we
finde
it
to
bee
indeed
such
a
complicated
mischiefe
,
it
will
become
us
studiously
to
shun
it
our selves
,
and
seriously
to
detest
it
in
others
.
Principle
X.
A
generall
Innovation
contributes
much
to
the
growth
and
security
of
Vsurpation
.
WEE
may
receive
this
as
a
Tradition
,
handed
to
us
from
the
great
Patriarchs
of
Policy
,
attested
by
the
practice
of
the
subtilest
times
;
I
presume
it
may
be
grounded
upon
these
,
or
the
like
Perswasions
.
1.
Because
such
an
Innovation
raises
the
dust
,
and
begets
a
cloud
for
the
main
design
;
for
when
the
waters
are
troubled
,
t
is
hard
to
see
the
bait
.
2.
Because
the
Parenthesis
betwixt
an
old
and
new
government
,
flatters
the
hopes
of
all
parties
,
soothing
those
desirs
that
are
for
a
relapse
into
the
old
,
and
yet
incouraging
those
that
wish
for
the
establishment
of
a
new
.
3.
Because
when
all
things
are
reduced
into
a
Chaos
and
rude
heape
,
when
all
the
lines
and
Lineaments
of
the
former
Government
are
blotted
out
,
that
which
is
new
written
will
be
more
legible
,
and
the
old
sooner
forgotten
:
for
suppose
a
Kingdom
made
a
Lump
,
without
shape
and
void
,
and
it
is
like
materia
prima
,
prone
to
imbrace
any
form
;
when
an
Instrument
is
distun'd
,
you
may
set
it
to
what
key
you
please
;
and
he
that
cannot
sometimes
lo●s●n
the
strings
,
will
never
make
good
Musick
upon
Synesius
his
Harp.
4.
Because
by
n●w
moulding
of
Jurisdictions
,
and
offices
of
State
,
there
may
be
a
fair
opportunity
offered
,
of
gratifying
those
that
have
serv'd
us
;
and
for
others
its
very
familiar
to
see
some
stubborn
and
rigid
opiniators
,
who
have
continued
long
unshaken
either
by
threat
or
argument
,
at
length
to
surrender
their
Principles
,
and
bow
the
knee
before
the
Dagon
of
Honou●
and
Riches
;
such
is
the
flexanimous
power
of
golden
Eloquence
,
as
it
is
in
the
Adage
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Besides
,
we
can
find
no
better
way
to
breed
an
absolute
dependance
,
and
make
others
adhere
to
our
fortunes
,
then
by
winding
the
concernments
of
other
men
upon
the
same
bottom
with
our
Interest
;
we
may
observe
this
from
the
practice
of
great
Favourites
,
who
alwayes
delight
in
these
Props
,
and
are
carefull
to
set
their
whole
Tribes
in
the
sunshine
of
favour
.
5.
Because
such
a
general
Deordination
gives
a
taste
and
Rellish
to
the
succeeding
Government
,
though
in
its
selfe
not
so
delectable
;
Aristotle
notes
,
that
Democracy
is
better
than
Anarchy
.
There
are
many
other
advantages
to
be
made
by
a
due
improvement
of
these
turbid
intervals
;
as
the
occasion
of
subdividing
,
and
parcelling
out
your
great
end
;
for
by
this
meanes
they
which
refused
to
close
with
it
in
grosse
,
will
receive
it
in
retaile
:
and
having
entertained
some
portions
of
it
,
the
grudge
they
bore
to
the
whole
will
be
by
degrees
quieted
and
appeas'd
.
Besides
,
when
all
things
are
ruffled
and
confused
,
it
is
then
the
Devils
Holy-day
,
and
therefore
our
work-day
:
The
noise
is
so
loud
,
that
it
drowns
the
voice
of
the
Lawe
;
and
there
may
be
some
truth
in
his
waggery
,
who
sayd
,
That
such
as
mean
to
commit
a
Rape
upon
the
Body
politick
,
must
put
out
the
Lawes
;
as
others
upon
a
like
occasion
use
to
put
out
the
Lights
.
Finally
,
If
wee
ever
hope
to
sin
with
Impunity
,
to
usurp
prosperously
or
to
govern
Arbitrarily
;
wee
must
take
out
that
Lesson
in
Plantus
:
Idem
facere
,
quod
plurimi
alij
,
quibus
Res
timida
aut
Turbida
est
;
Pergunt
turbare
usque
,
ut
ne
quid
possit
conquiscere
.
Colasterion
.
T
Is
most
certain
,
that
sinister
ends
are
promoted
by
Innovations
;
but
it
lyes
in
our
bosomes
to
promote
or
quench
the
Innovations
themselves
,
which
we
can
no
way
better
do
,
than
by
a
strict
adherence
to
the
Laws
;
for
as
long
as
we
maintain
them
,
they
will
maintain
us
:
If
we
observe
these
,
it
will
rescue
us
from
the
hands
of
State-Novellists
;
for
we
are
not
fit
for
their
turns
,
till
we
are
cross-byassed
with
faction
.
As
a
caution
against
changes
in
Government
,
give
me
leave
to
repeate
,
what
was
long
since
told
us
by
an
ingenious
Lord
,
—
That
all
great
mutations
are
dangerous
;
But
further
,
let
me
appeale
to
generall
experience
,
yea
,
let
me
ask
thee
(
Reader
)
if
thou
hast
never
before
heard
,
or
read
of
a
Nation
,
that
was
once
the
gaze
and
envy
of
its
Neighbours
;
and
yet
being
insensible
of
its
happiness
,
or
possest
with
fond
hopes
of
bettering
its
condition
,
has
closed
with
pretended
friends
,
and
reall
enemies
,
and
gladly
contributed
to
its
owne
ruine
.
So
apt
men
are
to
catch
at
the
shadow
,
though
they
hazard
the
substance
:
we
may
guesse
at
the
Morall
of
the
Frogs
in
the
Fable
,
who
could
finde
no
satisfaction
in
a
still
Prince
,
and
were
after
forced
to
abide
the
severities
of
a
Tyrant
they
prayed
for
.
But
if
there
be
such
distempers
in
a
State
,
as
shall
necessarily
require
amendment
;
Let
it
be
done
with
the
Pruning-hook
of
the
Law
,
and
not
with
the
Sword
of
violence
:
For
I
never
read
,
that
Illegall
,
or
Tumultuous
,
or
Rebellious
,
were
fit
Epithets
for
Reformation
.
And
't
is
fit
Christians
should
forbear
the
use
of
such
surly
Physick
,
till
they
have
levied
a
Fine
in
the
Court
of
Heaven
,
and
cut
off
the
Intail
of
the
seventh
Beatitude
.
This
may
suffice
to
reveale
in
some
measure
,
Arcanum
Ambitionis
,
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
I
could
add
much
more
,
but
that
I
judge
it
a
fitter
task
for
our
Nephews
,
when
Pens
shall
be
infranchised
.
And
now
(
Reader
)
let
us
mix
our
prayers
,
that
God
would
for
ever
banish
this
cursed
Policy
out
of
Europe
,
and
the
whole
Christian
World
;
and
damne
it
downe
to
Hell
,
from
whence
originally
it
came
,
and
let
such
as
delight
to
abuse
others
,
thinke
of
that
self-cousenage
,
with
which
in
the
interim
they
abuse
themselves
;
God
permitting
the
Devill
to
revenge
the
Imposture
.
And
whilst
we
are
busie
with
politick
stratagems
,
and
tortious
Armes
to
invade
the
rights
of
others
;
Let
us
all
consider
that
this
is
not
the
violence
which
takes
Heaven
.
Let
it
be
a
piece
of
our
daily
Oraisons
,
that
God
would
guard
our
Pulpits
from
such
Boutefeus
,
as
like
A●tna
and
Vesuvius
,
belched
out
nothing
but
flames
,
and
fiery
discourses
;
using
the
Scripture
as
preposterously
and
impertinently
,
as
some
Pontificians
,
who
transported
with
the
vehemence
of
Hildebrandian
zeal
,
think
the
temporall
Monarchy
of
Popes
sufficiently
Scripturall
,
from
the
saying
of
Christ
to
Peter
—
Pasce
oves
.
Farr
be
it
from
us
to
intitle
the
Spirit
of
God
to
exorbitant
doctrines
,
it
is
easie
to
distinguish
the
Vulture
from
the
Dove
.
The
miscarriages
of
the
Clergy
have
a
deeper
stain
from
the
sacredness
of
their
function
,
as
probably
he
that
invenomed
the
Eucharist
has
the
more
to
answer
for
his
Triple
Crown
.
It
is
manifest
,
that
wee
are
fallen
into
the
dregs
of
Time
;
we
live
in
the
rust
of
the
Iron
Age
,
and
must
accordingly
expect
to
feel
,
V'tima
se●escentis
mundi
deliria
,
the
dotages
of
a
decrepit
World
:
What
is
become
of
truth
,
sincerity
,
charity
,
humility
,
those
Antiqui
mores
,
whither
are
they
gone
?
Did
they
attend
Astraea
into
Heaven
?
And
have
left
such
degenerous
successors
,
as
cruelty
,
pride
,
fraud
,
envy
,
oppression
,
&c.
Such
qualities
as
abundantly
justifie
the
worst
of
Heathens
,
and
dishonour
the
name
of
Christians
:
I
thinke
it
may
safely
be
affirmed
,
That
if
a
new
Europae
speculum
were
sincerely
written
,
it
might
be
contracted
into
this
short
Summary
;
Novi
ego
h●c
seculum
quibus
moribus
sit
;
Malus
bonum
,
malum
esse
vult
,
ut
sit
sui
similis
;
turbant
,
miscent
,
mores
mali
;
Rapax
,
Avarus
,
Invidus
,
sacrum
prophanum
,
publicum
privatum
habebit
;
Hiulca
Gens
,
&c.
THat
eternall
Majesty
,
which
raised
so
brave
a
Fabrick
,
out
of
such
indisposed
materials
;
that
weilds
the
world
with
his
finger
,
ever
since
it
was
made
;
that
controules
the
wave
,
and
checks
the
tumult
of
the
people
:
that
sits
above
,
and
laughs
at
the
malignant
counsels
,
and
devices
of
wicked
men
:
Let
his
mercy
be
implored
for
the
speedy
succour
of
his
distressed
Church
;
That
the
Rod
of
Aaron
may
blossome
;
That
the
Tabernacle
of
David
may
be
raised
;
That
the
subtle
may
be
caught
in
their
own
snares
;
And
that
the
Result
of
all
afflictions
,
may
be
the
greatning
his
glory
,
and
exalting
of
his
Scepter
.
FINIS
.
Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
Notes for div A61533e-560
Cato
Maior
.
Ophyogenes
,
&
Pfylli
.
Furialibus
commentariis
illustraut
.
Notes for div A61533e-790
Plin.
l.
2.6.7
.
43
Fons
in
Mileto
,
cuius
proflue●s
aqua
dulcissima
,
guae
vero
in
imo
falsa
.
Origen
.
Vinum
i●
pectore
.
Notes for div A61533e-1360
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{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Ingeniosi
muse
pulatores
.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
Notes for div A61533e-2120
Barclay
contra
Monarch
▪
30.
Candida
vita
.
Buchanan
.
Pro
Mil●ne
.
Hercules
furens
.
●pon
Livi
p.
22.
Spencer
.
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{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
,
Arist.
Pol.
7.
Isocrates
.
Io.
Goodwin
,
in
his
Anticavalerism
.
Notes for div A61533e-2780
Aristoph.
Concutiunt
populos
,
vexant
regna
,
solicitant
bella
,
diruunt
Ecclesias
.
Classica
canere
.
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{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
Evangelioptho
.
ri
.
Populi
.
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{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
●l●
.
St.
H●erom
Strada
.
Ecclesiae
nomine
armamini
&
contra
Ecclesiam
dimicatis
.
Aug.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
Apud
.
Dion
.
Cass.
Papirius
.
Con.
Monarc
.
p.
32.
Notes for div A61533e-3480
In
Pompeio
.
Hipp.
Her.
Eur.
Old.
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
.
Notes for div A61533e-4080
Comin
.
170
Nantons
Regalia
.
Rota
figulari
versatilior
.
Notes for div A61533e-4540
Grot.
de
iur
.
belli
,
245.
De
civil
converse
.
l.
2.
p.
132.
Aulular
.
Apoph
.
Causabon
exercitat
.
202.
p.
848.
Notes for div A61533e-5310
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{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
{non-Roman}
●eva
ne●essitas
Victor
.
de
Iure
Belli
,
nu
.
18.39
.
De
iure
Belli
,
l.
424.
Mach.
on
Livy
,
627
●ess
.
l.
11
,
12.
●ub
.
12.
〈◊〉
70.
Caelius
Rhodig.
1025.
Notes for div A61533e-5770
Upon
Livy
l.
2.
c.
3●Thebe
maritum
,
T●moleon
fratrem
,
Cassius
filium
hoe
jure
interfecore
.
In
Apologer
.
Notes for div A61533e-6160
3
Po●
,
Faulkla●
Trinummus
.