. The craftsman. ving the Princey will a£l againftHim, with the fame Zeal, when, the Prijice givesthem to underftand that his Minijier hath deceivedHim and abufed his Confidence. And We fee, from this Inftance, that even Tiberius(that Moniler of Tyranny) was at length obliged togive up his wicked Famuriteiwhoy from oppreffing hisPeople, enterd into a Defign againft his czi>n Life. What therefore may we not expeft from a Prince,who (in Do6tor CroxaPs excellent Words) is fo goodas to fee and purfne his czvn Felicity through no otherMedium hu^t the^ Satisfa£iion of his Subjects ; and fowife as


. The craftsman. ving the Princey will a£l againftHim, with the fame Zeal, when, the Prijice givesthem to underftand that his Minijier hath deceivedHim and abufed his Confidence. And We fee, from this Inftance, that even Tiberius(that Moniler of Tyranny) was at length obliged togive up his wicked Famuriteiwhoy from oppreffing hisPeople, enterd into a Defign againft his czi>n Life. What therefore may we not expeft from a Prince,who (in Do6tor CroxaPs excellent Words) is fo goodas to fee and purfne his czvn Felicity through no otherMedium hu^t the^ Satisfa£iion of his Subjects ; and fowife as to know that there is infinitely mm Gloryin governing a free People, than in tyramiizing overa Nation of Slaves ? Who is refolved to let the Senfe ofthe whole Community have a greater hifuence overall his Negotiationsy than the Importunities of the dear-eft Favourite, or the Suggejiirns of theMO^T accom- FLI:5*D PrIVY-CoUNCELLOR, SaTURDAYj N^ 190. TPje Cr A F T S^ M A N. S7 N°ij)o. Saturday, FelmaryX\^\ji^ To CALEB DANVERS, EJqh-, Mr. D Anvers, Gave you a fort of Promife, in my lateLetter, to fend you my Thoughts howrar the Succeffton of Don Carlos to theItalian Dominions tends to preferve theBallance of Pozver in Europei a Point,which hath been afTerted only on oneSide, and never yet examined by the other. I am, in fome Meafure, quickened to this Enquiryby the Pubhcation of a Pamphlet, intitled the Treaty(?/Seville, ^c. impartially confJerdi in which theAuthor proceeds upon the fame ^ and main-tains that this Difpofition was wife and neceffary, inorder to preferve the Ballance of Powei, and theIntereft of Gr^<^^ 5r//^/;/,^ without offering one Ar-gument to prove either. I fhall therefore immediately proceed to a Difcuf-iion of this Pointy without making any Remarks onhis State of the Meafures that have been taken for thefour laji Years, which have been already fet in a fullLiglit j and as I defign to give this Affair of the Sue-cejion a particular Examinat


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