. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . yinder the Pretence of the Frailty and: Imbecility of that>ex, (ifIt maynt leather foe calld the Envy and Ambition)f Men) \does, contrary to the many glorious Examples)f the Valour andGondud of the Female Sex, urge manynconveniencies, which may feem to exclude them fromhe Admihiftration, yet is there-none fo weighty as to)alance the Advantage of preventing an ;íay, there are itrong Reafons why they ought to bead-nitted, it preventing Pretenfions andCivil Wars about:he Succeffion : And delicies, matching the Heirefs t
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . yinder the Pretence of the Frailty and: Imbecility of that>ex, (ifIt maynt leather foe calld the Envy and Ambition)f Men) \does, contrary to the many glorious Examples)f the Valour andGondud of the Female Sex, urge manynconveniencies, which may feem to exclude them fromhe Admihiftration, yet is there-none fo weighty as to)alance the Advantage of preventing an ;íay, there are itrong Reafons why they ought to bead-nitted, it preventing Pretenfions andCivil Wars about:he Succeffion : And delicies, matching the Heirefs tobme Great Prince, there acceeds a confiderable Addi-ion to the Crown \ as it happend to the Kingdom oflaftile and the Houfe oiAnftria. If the above-mentiondnconveniencies are ever of weight, tis in fmall Princi-palities •, where the Heirefs marrying with other Princes,:he Family may become extind, and one State be con-Sounded with the other. ($) Minoridifcrjminefumiprincipemquimqwsri. Tac. EMBLEM jyo Ináuflry the Support^ ana Vol EMBLEM L*kXL. WHAT does not Labour overcome ? It fubdiIron, foftens Brafs, draws out Gold into trfineit Wire, and cuts the hardeft Diamonds^A foft Rope does, by continual Motion, wear the MarbleEdge of the Well. By this Confideration, St. Ifidorc,when he applyd himfelf to Study, overcame the Dulnefsof his Genius. What Fort was ever fo ilrong, as thatAfliduitycould not conquer it? The continued Forceof that Engine, which the Ancients calFd a Ram, wouldmake a Breach in the thickeft and ítróngeít Walls. And;we fee now a-days, that Caftles, though defended byArtillery Walls, Ramparts and Ditches, are at laftforced to yiek} to the Spade and Mattock. No Difficultyretards or checks a Conftant Spirit. The Temple ofGlory is not fituated in a delightful Valley, nor in a delicióos ÍTol. Tí. Idlenefs the Bane, of the State. tyi lelicious Plain, but upon a rugged Mountains Top, noto be arrivd at, but by rough, uncouth Paths, over-runvith Thorns a
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