. The craftsman. hey could nothave faird of Saccefs, had They pufhd it at firft, andcome immediately to Aftion; but inftead of That,They fufFer*d themfelves, by monllrous ill Condud,if not Treachery, and the ilrongeft Sort of Infatua-tion, to be amusd with fham Treaties, one after ano-ther, till the Kings Party brought a powerful Armyout of Navarre i which coming upon them by Sur-prize, the Troops of the Commons difpersd withoutftriking a Blow, and left their Leaders a Sacrifice toihe Refentment of an exafperated Monarch. Thus fell the Power of the Cafilian Cortes , andW^ it the Liberties of a
. The craftsman. hey could nothave faird of Saccefs, had They pufhd it at firft, andcome immediately to Aftion; but inftead of That,They fufFer*d themfelves, by monllrous ill Condud,if not Treachery, and the ilrongeft Sort of Infatua-tion, to be amusd with fham Treaties, one after ano-ther, till the Kings Party brought a powerful Armyout of Navarre i which coming upon them by Sur-prize, the Troops of the Commons difpersd withoutftriking a Blow, and left their Leaders a Sacrifice toihe Refentment of an exafperated Monarch. Thus fell the Power of the Cafilian Cortes , andW^ it the Liberties of all Spain^ I ihall N^ ip3. The C R A F T s M an. I ihall now conclude (in the Words of my Author)with obferving, that this happy Conjlitution of Goverrt-ment is, at prefent, no where to be met with, wherethe Crown /j hereditary, but ^;?/y//? England ; an:imay it for ever continw. in it, to be an impregnableBulwark againft Anarchy and Tyranny, the two greatPlagues of Mankind I D- Nip3. Saturday, March \i\^ ly^p-S^*. ro CALEB DANVERS, Efo} SIR, Have often thought that it is impofliblefor any one t© acquire and maintain th«Ciiarader of a great and good Minlferof State, without being a Man <ji Wifdom and Virtue, a Defpifer of Cunni?ig\a Difdainer of Faljhood, one, who adsby fteady Rules of Prudenct and Juftice, not by little*tricks. Shifts and Deceit, which ferve but for a IVIo^ment, and then leave the Diibeffed deeper plunged uihis Difficulties. Befides This, he ought-to be on^-,who has a general Knowledge oipolitical Affairs*,not only of his ozvn Country, in which he prefides jbut of others too, with which he may be ihould be acquainted with the natural Strength^and have fome rational Eftimate of the Quantity ofWealth, that is in each ; know what are their publichRevenues; the feveral Branches of which they arecomposd; asalfo thQ.\r neceffary, annual Expence. He-ought to know accurately the (evtra] Branches of theirTrade, on which of them the Ballance is y^r, and
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