. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . at his Zeal andPrudence had eftablifhd. Neither fhould this Care be taken for Soldiers only,but alfo in Ereding FortrelTes, and Garrifoning them •,forafmuch as that Charge may prevent many Weaknefs of a Place invites an Enemy, whereasfcarcc any one Attacks a State he thinks able to Defendit felf If all that is lavifhly fquanderd away in Gaming,Shows, and Building, were expended upon this. Princeswould live abundantly more Secure, and the wholeWorld enjoy more Peace and Tranquility. The Em-perors, Dioclefian and Maximilian^
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . at his Zeal andPrudence had eftablifhd. Neither fhould this Care be taken for Soldiers only,but alfo in Ereding FortrelTes, and Garrifoning them •,forafmuch as that Charge may prevent many Weaknefs of a Place invites an Enemy, whereasfcarcc any one Attacks a State he thinks able to Defendit felf If all that is lavifhly fquanderd away in Gaming,Shows, and Building, were expended upon this. Princeswould live abundantly more Secure, and the wholeWorld enjoy more Peace and Tranquility. The Em-perors, Dioclefian and Maximilian^ took it as a fignalpiece of Service of a certain Governor of a Province,who laid out a Summ of Money defignd for the Strudureof an Amphitheater, upon the Repair of a Citldel (28). (28) ha enim (^ tuteU chitatisinJiruSa murorum frxfidio providebitur^& inflnurandi agonit volfptas, confirmAtis hUy qua ad fecuritatit cautionemfpeSam^ in fecuti tempork circuitus circmiom repmfentabit. L. UoicaC. de Expen. Publ. EMB LEM Vol, IT. ^S3 EMBLEM TT^ H E very Ground whereon FortrefTes are builtI is their greateft Enemy. It is upon the Surfaceof that with the Shovel and Pick-Axe (Wea-pons of this Age) Trenches and Approaches are madeto begin a Storm. Tis within the Bowels of thefame, that Mines are fecretly iprung under the Foun-dations of the Walls and Bulwarks, which taking Fire,blow them all up. That Caflle only is Impregnable,which, lituated in the midft of Waters, is on all fidesfurrounded with the Fury of Foaming Billows ^ which,although they beat agaiiil it, yet do at the fame timealfo defend it, by not admitting of a Naval Siege ^ andall the Danger would be in a Calm, if it ftiould continue long. 2,54 On the Exercife of Arms Vol. long. Thus Governments, while engaged in War, are jgenerally fafe (i) : Then are they induftriouQy Vigilant,providently forewarnd ^ Glory animates •, Exercife re-doubles their Courage ^ Emulation prompts to great En-terprizes •, a
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