. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . r Artifices and Counfels, and know what is theirPrinces Intereft, what not) they traduce them as Di-ftruftful, Paifionate, Perverfe and Obftinate, and there-fore endeavour to remove them from the Management oiAffairs, and to introduce others lefs Knowing, or totreat immediately with the Prince himfelf, tendringhim fpecious Propofitions, which oblige him to Refolves¡more prejudicial. He mult not give the leaft grounds!to any one, to think that he cant change the courfe of Affairs,!! Zol. IT. Of the Interviews of Princes. 209 ffáirs, or
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . r Artifices and Counfels, and know what is theirPrinces Intereft, what not) they traduce them as Di-ftruftful, Paifionate, Perverfe and Obftinate, and there-fore endeavour to remove them from the Management oiAffairs, and to introduce others lefs Knowing, or totreat immediately with the Prince himfelf, tendringhim fpecious Propofitions, which oblige him to Refolves¡more prejudicial. He mult not give the leaft grounds!to any one, to think that he cant change the courfe of Affairs,!! Zol. IT. Of the Interviews of Princes. 209 ffáirs, or difplace Minifters *, for if fuch Thoughts takejlace, the Prince will be ill ferved : For íuch Confidence[aufes Difdain and Difobedience in the Accufer, and theli-ear of it diicourages the Minuter. The Errors of thefeire lefs dangerous than thofe to admit the Accufationsigainft them, efpecially if they are Foreigners: Andtfere they true, yet tis more Prudence to deferr the Re-medy, till he from whom they came cant afcribe it tooimfelf. EMBLEM LXXVIÍ.. TH E farther thofe two Luminaries of Day andNight are diftant from each other, the greatertheir Influence and Light is Below: But whenthey are in Conjun&ioQ, their being Brethren, does not P pre- no Of the interviews of Primes. Vol. II prevent the one from obfcuring the others Rays ; am!fuch Eclipfe creates Shadows and Inconveniencies to th<|Earth. Princes, by the benefit of their Minifters anc,Letters, maintain and uphold mutual Correfpondenawith each other : But if they ihould Conferr Perfonalljwith one another, their Interview would create ihadow;of Sufpicion and Jealoufie, which would put all thek:States in Confufion, for that they never find in one am*ther what they promisd to themfelves, and that neithciimeafures himfelf by his own Rule, but pretends alwaysto much more than his Due. An Interview of twcPrinces, is almoft like a Duel, in which they fight wit!Ceremonies, each endeavouring to conquer tother. ThdFamilies
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