. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . ii4 A Prince flould value his Reputation, &c Raíhneís and Temerity. That which feems Honour-able and Glorious to them, is Vanity or Folly, fome-times Pride or Envy, and oftentimes Ambition andmere Tyranny. They propofe great matters, eggd onby the Flatteries of their Minifters, who fet beforethem many things under the appearance of Glory,concealing in the mean time the unjuft and inconveni-ent Means by which they are to be attained; by whichbeing feduced, they oftentimes find themfelves deludedand ruined. That Glory is fafe whi
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . ii4 A Prince flould value his Reputation, &c Raíhneís and Temerity. That which feems Honour-able and Glorious to them, is Vanity or Folly, fome-times Pride or Envy, and oftentimes Ambition andmere Tyranny. They propofe great matters, eggd onby the Flatteries of their Minifters, who fet beforethem many things under the appearance of Glory,concealing in the mean time the unjuft and inconveni-ent Means by which they are to be attained; by whichbeing feduced, they oftentimes find themfelves deludedand ruined. That Glory is fafe which fprings from a generou*Spirit, and keeps within the Bounds of Reafon and Pof-fibility. Since therefore Honour and Infamy are th€ftrongeft Excitements to good Acüons, and that bothare by Hiftory delivered down to Pofterity; twouldbe convenient by Rewards propofed to excite Hiftori-ans to write, and to countenance Typography, thetrue Treafury of Glory, where the Rewards of greaA&ions are depofited to future Ages»- £M voí.n u$ EMBLEM 5 yíS ah old faying, Purple is to be judged by Purple»1-*• by which the Ancients íigniñed, that things werethen beft diftinguiihed, when one was compared withthe other, efpecially if they were fuch as could noteafily be diftinguiihd by themfelves. Thus Merchantsdo, who compare Colour to Colour, that they mayihew each other, and that a furer Judgment may begiven of both. In the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus ythere was a Cloak (a Prefent of fome King from Perfia)pf fuch an excellent Grain, that the Robes of the RowanLadies, nay, even of the Emperor Aunlian himfelf,Compared with it, lookd as faint as Aihes. If yourRoyal Highnefs, when raifed to the Crown, would ex*mine, and know the true worth of the Royal Purple,éxpofe it not to thefalfe Light of Flatterers and fawning f 2 Knaves y >f 516 Let a Prince compare his own Atlions Vol. Knaves, for that will never fliew you its true ColourNor rely too much upon felf-love,for that is
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