. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . nveniencies,as the way to ftraiten a crooked Stick is to bend it thecontrary way; in thefe Cafes fmali Errours are not to bevalud, nor their Caufes, nor Means, provided they be notwholly oppofite to Honour and Juftice, and when the Ad-vantage to be reapd from ?em is confiderable: For ib theyare allowable, and ought rather to becaird Difpofitions toSuccefs than Errours. Others are fo interwoven in greatAttempts, that like Rofes there is no approaching themwithout pricking ones hand. And this in thofe Counfelswhich concern the general G
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . nveniencies,as the way to ftraiten a crooked Stick is to bend it thecontrary way; in thefe Cafes fmali Errours are not to bevalud, nor their Caufes, nor Means, provided they be notwholly oppofite to Honour and Juftice, and when the Ad-vantage to be reapd from ?em is confiderable: For ib theyare allowable, and ought rather to becaird Difpofitions toSuccefs than Errours. Others are fo interwoven in greatAttempts, that like Rofes there is no approaching themwithout pricking ones hand. And this in thofe Counfelswhich concern the general Good of aNation-which are al-ways prejudicial to fome private Perfons. The Bodies ofStates arecomposd of different and oppoiitePart5,as to theirQualities and Humours, and a Remedy which is applyd tothe whole Body, is ufually difagreeable to fome Part: APrince therefore has need of great Prudence, to weigh andcompare Advantages- ^with Damages, and of a great Cou-rage to execute without hazarding the lofs of thofe for fearof thefe. i I2I EMBLEM RENOVATION perpetuates the moil fadingthings in Nature ; each individual Eternizes itfelfcin another, and by that means preferves itsSpecies. Tis for this the Husbandman carefully prefervesyoung Plants to fubititute in the room of thofe frees•which die. He does not leave this to Chance, becaufe per-haps they will either not fpring at all, or not fuch as hedefires, or elfe not in proper places, nor will they of them-felves grow firaic and handfome, without his Care in fet-ting them while they are young ; for when once grown upno Force can firaiten them. The fame Care ought to betaken in the Education of Youth, efpecially in thofeCoun-treys, where the Conftitution of the Climate is apt toproduce great and noble Spirits, which are like fertileFields foon over run with Wood and Brambles, unlefs their ill Let a Prince be mindful of Peopling bit Country, their Fertility be corrected by the Art and Induftry of theHusbandma
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