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           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
             ,
          
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           pav
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           the
           corruption
           of
           the
           best
           things
           makes
           them
           worst
           ,
           so
           this
           noble
           knowledge
           has
           been
           abused
           to
           loose
           and
           ambitious
           ends
           ,
           
           by
           some
           men
           who
           seem
           to
           have
           suck'd
           the
           venome
           out
           of
           all
           politicks
           ,
           misapplying
           what
           was
           good
           ,
           and
           creating
           new
           according
           to
           the
           urgency
           of
           
           their
           own
           occasions
           ,
           like
           the
           Lawes
           that
           were
           made
           in
           
             Causinus
          
           his
           
             Babel
             ,
          
           to
           beru'd
           by
           manners
           ,
           
           and
           not
           manners
           by
           Lawes
           .
           They
           vex
           true
           Policy
           by
           misinterpreting
           ,
           and
           false
           glossing
           ;
           framing
           in
           their
           hearts
           
             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
           ,
           
           whose
           upper
           waters
           were
           sweet
           and
           gratefull
           ,
           but
           towards
           the
           bottome
           brackish
           .
           Let
           me
           be
           a
           superficiall
           ,
           let
           others
           be
           fundamentall
           Christians
           :
           I
           like
           the
           humour
           of
           the
           
             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
             ,
             
             as
             an
             impartiall
             Diary
             as
             the
             
               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
             ;
             
             Hee
             ●eels
             sometimes
             those
             bosome
             quarrells
             that
             verberate
             and
             wound
             his
             Soule
             ,
             —
             for
             
               
                 
                   {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
           ,
           
           he
           must
           doe
           it
           gradually
           ,
           and
           by
           peece-meale
           ;
           for
           
           that
           which
           at
           one
           view
           would
           bee
           a
           Mormo
           to
           fright
           them
           ,
           give
           it
           them
           in
           small
           parts
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           digest
           it
           well
           enough
           .
        
         
           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
           ,
           
           He
           observes
           that
           they
           receive
           probabilities
           wisely
           propounded
           ,
           more
           greedily
           then
           naked
           truths
           :
           and
           therefore
           he
           is
           very
           studious
           to
           glase
           and
           polish
           his
           
             Impostures
             ,
          
           
           that
           so
           they
           may
           to
           a
           loose
           eye
           dissemble
           truth
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           
             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
           ,
           
           vindicated
           himself
           from
           obloquy
           (
           wich
           shall
           scarce
           be
           ,
           if
           small
           faults
           be
           rightly
           improved
           )
           then
           
             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
             ,
          
           
           who
           complaines
           that
           there
           are
           not
           some
           glorious
           rewards
           appointed
           for
           Tyrannicides
           :
           and
           by
           the
           best
           of
           Orators
           ,
           
           —
           
             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
          
           :
           
           that
           they
           are
           the
           most
           sutable
           guardians
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           who
           are
           least
           desirous
           to
           usurp
           it
           :
           and
           without
           doubt
           considering
           the
           designes
           of
           the
           Nobility
           and
           the
           people
           ,
           we
           must
           confesse
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           are
           very
           ambitious
           of
           rule
           ,
           the
           last
           desire
           onely
           not
           to
           be
           opprest
           .
        
         
         
           
             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
             ,
             
             and
             delivers
             him
             a
             Conquerour
             .
          
           
             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
             ,
             
             yet
             the
             bloody
             consequences
             of
             an
             intestine
             Sword
             ,
             are
             more
             epidemicall
             ,
             and
             more
             permanent
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             charging
             the
             faults
             of
             a
             Governour
             upon
             the
             Government
             its self
             ,
             
             I
             see
             nothing
             in
             it
             but
             delusion
             ,
             nor
             can
             there
             be
             a
             more
             grosse
             abuse
             ,
             then
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             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
             ;
             
             and
             
               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
           ,
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Jesuite
           reckons
           
           it
           in
           the
           number
           of
           his
           merits
           ,
           
           if
           he
           may
           by
           any
           sinister
           wayes
           ruffle
           and
           disorder
           Heretical
           kingdomes
           (
           so
           he
           cals
           them
           )
           encourage
           weak
           and
           unstable
           mindes
           to
           slight
           Magistracy
           '
           ,
           irritate
           divisions
           ,
           tumults
           ,
           rebellions
           ,
           absolve
           from
           oaths
           ,
           and
           al
           sacred
           ties
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           find
           any
           tragicall
           Scene
           ,
           or
           bloody
           Theatre
           ,
           into
           which
           the
           
             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
           ,
           
           and
           sometimes
           the
           ruine
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ;
           you
           would
           thinke
           they
           had
           their
           Text
           from
           a
           Gazet
           ,
           because
           you
           heare
           so
           much
           of
           a
           Curranto
           in
           
           the
           Application●
           :
           That
           these
           may
           be
           fit
           implements
           for
           the
           Polititian
           ,
           there
           are
           th●se
           requisite
           qualifications
           .
        
         
           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}
          
           ,
           
           gilding
           and
           varnishing
           rotten
           doctrines
           ,
           and
           this
           must
           be
           done
           .
        
         
           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
           ,
           
           at
           Parlour
           Sermons
           ,
           
           and
           meeting
           houses
           ,
           where
           he
           is
           listened
           to
           as
           an
           Oracle
           ,
           and
           here
           commonly
           he
           is
           more
           Euthsiuast
           then
           Scripturist
           ,
           and
           his
           Auditors
           beleive
           his
           dreams
           to
           be
           as
           Canonical
           as
           the
           
           Revelation
           ;
           like
           those
           
             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
           ;
           
           if
           you
           ask
           after
           his
           
             Topicks
             ;
          
           
           
             Ex
             officina
             carnificum
             argumenta
             
             petit
          
           :
           if
           after
           his
           
             weapons
             ,
             Armat
             se
             ad
             latrocinium
             per
             Christi
             nomen
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           woun●●
           hee
           makes
           is
           Faction
           ;
           those
           consciences
           which
           will
           not
           surrender
           to
           his
           parly
           ,
           his
           Master
           takes
           by
           storme
           :
           And
           thus
           hee
           abuses
           Christ
           ,
           by
           pretending
           his
           Favour
           to
           unwarrantable
           Actions
           ;
           hee
           abuses
           his
           Prince
           ,
           by
           alienating
           the
           affection
           and
           allegiance
           of
           his
           subjects
           ;
           he
           abuses
           the
           Church
           ,
           by
           shattring
           it
           into
           rents
           and
           schisms
           ;
           wounding
           it
           with
           a
           feather
           from
           its
           own
           wing
           ,
           snatching
           a
           Coale
           from
           
           the
           Altar
           ,
           
           to
           fire
           both
           Church
           and
           State
           ;
           and
           lastly
           he
           abuses
           himselfe
           ,
           for
           when
           the
           Polititian
           hath
           made
           his
           best
           use
           of
           his
           seditious
           spirit
           ,
           hee
           leaves
           him
           to
           his
           owne
           wilde
           distempers
           ,
           having
           directed
           his
           owne
           thoughts
           to
           another
           Goale
           .
        
         
         
           
             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
             .
             
             All
             newes
             in
             Religion
             ,
             whether
             in
             Doctrine
             or
             Discipline
             ,
             is
             〈◊〉
             
             common
             skreene
             of
             private
             design
             ;
             Let
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             tell
             it
             ,
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             Which
             is
             noted
             by
             the
             great
             
               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
               ;
            
             
             The
             Cause
             they
             serve
             ,
             is
             the
             doctrine
             and
             the
             use
             ,
             the
             egg
             ,
             the
             apple
             ,
             the
             head
             and
             foot
             of
             all
             their
             discourses
             ;
             if
             you
             like
             to
             confer
             notes
             ,
             you
             may
             finde
             a
             peice
             of
             their
             Sermon
             in
             
               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}
          
           ,
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ;
           as
           the
           souldiers
           in
           
             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●
               〈◊〉
            
          
        
         
           
           There
           may
           be
           so●●
           use
           made
           of
           that
           in
           
             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
           .
           
           To
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
         
           
             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
             ,
             
             as
             to
             the
             good
             ;
             because
             if
             vertue
             should
             once
             impropriate
             riches
             ,
             that
             faire
             Goddesse
             would
             be
             more
             wooed
             for
             her
             Dowry
             ▪
             than
             for
             her
             native
             beauty
             :
             So
             if
             Religion
             were
             
             attended
             with
             those
             outward
             Allurements
             that
             most
             take
             the
             senses
             ;
             we
             should
             be
             apt
             to
             follow
             Christ
             for
             the
             loaves
             ,
             and
             over-look
             the
             spirituall
             charmes
             ,
             and
             more
             noble
             ends
             of
             Christianity
             .
          
           
             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
           ,
           
           is
           resolved
           by
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             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
           ,
           
           unshaken
           with
           the
           vicissitudes
           he
           had
           run
           through
           ,
           being
           ask'd
           by
           one
           ,
           by
           what
           meanes
           he
           preserv'd
           his
           fortune
           ,
           he
           replies
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           made
           ,
           
             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
               ,
            
             
             that
             though
             wee
             sweare
             to
             a
             thing
             not
             materially
             unlawfull
             ,
             yet
             if
             it
             impedes
             a
             greater
             morall
             good
             ,
             it
             becomes
             void
             .
          
        
         
         
           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●
             ,
          
           
           where
           one
           objecting
           the
           vices
           of
           Princes
           ,
           receives
           this
           answer
           ,
           
           
             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
             ,
          
           
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           that
           children
           are
           
           to
           be
           cousn'd
           with
           rattls
           ,
           and
           men
           with
           oathes
           .
        
         
           '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
             :
             
             It
             appears
             in
             his
             severity
             to
             
               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
               ,
            
             
             derives
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             It
             hedges
             in
             and
             shuts
             up
             a
             man
             ,
             and
             tyes
             his
             hands
             behind
             him
             ;
             I
             know
             not
             how
             some
             Conquerours
             may
             cutt
             this
             knot
             with
             the
             Sword
             ;
             or
             how
             some
             
               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
             ,
          
           
           the
           Oracles
           of
           the
           Gown
           are
           too
           tender
           for
           Sword-men
           ;
           and
           it
           may
           bee
           he
           had
           wit
           in
           his
           anger
           ,
           who
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           martiall
           Law
           was
           as
           great
           a
           Solecisme
           ,
           as
           Martiall
           peace
           .
        
         
           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
           .
        
         
           
           'T
           is
           a
           broad
           Liberty
           that
           
             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
             .
          
           
           When
           Life
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           safety
           come
           in
           question
           ,
           there
           ought
           no
           confideration
           to
           be
           had
           of
           just
           or
           unjust
           ,
           pittifull
           or
           cruell
           ,
           honourable
           
           or
           dishonourable
           :
           Now
           when
           the
           people
           have
           according
           to
           his
           desire
           got
           over
           the
           great
           obstacle
           ,
           and
           digested
           the
           plot
           for
           pious
           ;
           it
           is
           easie
           to
           set
           all
           future
           proceedings
           upon
           the
           score
           of
           Liberty
           ,
           Safety
           ,
           Religion
           :
           And
           if
           he
           be
           constrained
           to
           use
           means
           grosly
           unlawfull
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           to
           make
           them
           seem
           holy
           in
           the
           application
           ,
           and
           all
           's
           well
           ;
           For
           it
           is
           the
           humour
           and
           genius
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           once
           rush'd
           into
           a
           party
           implicitly
           ,
           to
           prosecute
           it
           as
           desperately
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           under
           demonstrative
           
           convictions
           of
           its
           Justice
           .
        
         
           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
             .
          
           
             
             Those
             Civilians
             that
             are
             most
             charitable
             to
             Necessity
             ,
             make
             it
             no
             plea
             at
             all
             except
             it
             be
             absolute
             and
             insuperable
             ;
             as
             by
             the
             Platonick
             Laws
             onely
             those
             persons
             are
             allowed
             to
             drink
             at
             their
             Neighbours
             Well
             ,
             that
             
             had
             in
             vaine
             sought
             a
             Spring
             ,
             by
             digging
             fifty
             cubits
             deep
             in
             their
             owne
             ground
             .
             We
             allow
             the
             disburdening
             of
             a
             Shipp
             in
             imminent
             perill
             of
             wrack
             ;
             But
             this
             will
             not
             excuse
             those
             ,
             who
             upon
             a
             fond
             or
             feigned
             prevision
             of
             a
             State-tempest
             ,
             shall
             immediately
             cast
             Lawe
             and
             conscience
             over-board
             ;
             Discard
             ,
             and
             quit
             Hudder
             and
             steerage
             ,
             and
             so
             assist
             the
             danger
             ,
             they
             pretend
             to
             fear
             .
          
           
             
               Pausanias
            
             tells
             of
             a
             Chappell
             in
             
               Acrocorinth
               ,
            
             
             dedicated
             to
             Necessity
             and
             violence
             ;
             those
             TwinGoddesses
             may
             be
             fit
             objects
             
             for
             the
             worship
             of
             Heathens
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             pitty
             they
             should
             be
             so
             much
             adored
             by
             Christians
             .
          
           
             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
           ,
           
           is
           known
           and
           commended
           by
           
             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
           ,
           
           as
           
             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
           ;
           
           for
           
             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
             ;
             
             even
             where
             what
             is
             introduc'd
             by
             that
             mutation
             ,
             is
             such
             as
             would
             have
             been
             very
             profitable
             upon
             a
             primary
             foundation
             :
             and
             it
             is
             none
             of
             the
             least
             dangers
             of
             change
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             perils
             and
             inconveniencies
             which
             it
             brings
             ,
             cannot
             be
             foreseene
             ;
             and
             therefore
             such
             as
             make
             title
             to
             wisdome
             ,
             will
             not
             undergo
             great
             dangers
             ,
             but
             for
             great
             necessities
             .
          
           
           
             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
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {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
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {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
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Evangelioptho
             .
             ri
             .
          
           
             Populi
             .
             
               {non-Roman}
               {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
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {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
               .