. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . homtheir Artifices and Counfels, and know what is theirPrinces Interefl, what not) they traduce them as Di-flrullful, Paffionate, Perverfe and Obflinate, and there-fore endeavour to remove them from the Management ofAffairs, and to introduce others lefs Knowing, or totreat immediately with the Prince himfelf, tendringhim fpecious Propofitions, which oblige him to Refolvesmore prejudicial. He mufl not give the leafl groundsto any one, to think that he cant change the courfe of Affairs, 7 I^ol. ir. of the Interviews of Princes. lOp Affa
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . homtheir Artifices and Counfels, and know what is theirPrinces Interefl, what not) they traduce them as Di-flrullful, Paffionate, Perverfe and Obflinate, and there-fore endeavour to remove them from the Management ofAffairs, and to introduce others lefs Knowing, or totreat immediately with the Prince himfelf, tendringhim fpecious Propofitions, which oblige him to Refolvesmore prejudicial. He mufl not give the leafl groundsto any one, to think that he cant change the courfe of Affairs, 7 I^ol. ir. of the Interviews of Princes. lOp Affairs, or difplace Miniflers ^ for if fuch Thoughts takeplace, the Prince will be ill ferved : For fuch Confidencecaufes Difdaia and Difobedience in the Accufer, and theFear of it difcourages the Minifter. The Errors of thefeare lefs dangerous than thofe to admit the Accufationsagainfl: them, efpecially if they are Foreigners: Andwere they true, yet tis more Prudence to deferr the Re-medy, till he from whom they came cant afcribe it tohimfelf. EMBLEM LXXVIL. TH E farther thofe two Luminaries of Day andNight are diftant from each other, the greatertheir Influence and Light is Below: But whenthey are ix[ Gonjundion, their being Brethren, does not P pre- no Of the Interviews of Princes. Vol. IL prevent the one from obfcuring the others Rays •, andfuch Eclipfe creates Shadows and Inconveniencies to theEarth. Princes, by the benefit of their Minifters andLetters, maintain and uphold mutual Correfpondencewith each other : But if they fliould Conferr Perfonallywith one another, their Interview would create Ihadowsof Sufpicion and Jealoufie, which would put all theirStates in Confufion, for that they never find in one ano-ther what they promisd to therafelves, and that neithermeafures himfelf by his own Rule, but pretends alwaysto much more than his Due. An Interview of twoPrinces, is almofl like a Duel, in which they fight withCeremonies, each endeavouring to conquer f other. TheFamil
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