. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . they j^indle it, asit was done in the time of Galba (%%). Let him compofe i^i) Quxndo aufuros expofcere remedja, novum^ (^ nutaniem adlmcPrincipem^ prccibus vd armi* adirent, Tac. Annal. 1. i. * TalTo.(53^ Multi({ue ^ratumanfit reputante Tiberio publicum fibi odiurn^ exire-mim atatera^ magifc^ue fama qiam vi fiu,re res fuas^ Tac. Anna!. 1. ;54) Conftlis &ajiu res exterims moliri^ arniaprocul habere, Tac. (<,i) Hifpinix prxevAt Cluvius I^ufm virfamnduty <tt ^mU artibus,belli inexperttUy Tac. Hift. Bb ^
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . they j^indle it, asit was done in the time of Galba (%%). Let him compofe i^i) Quxndo aufuros expofcere remedja, novum^ (^ nutaniem adlmcPrincipem^ prccibus vd armi* adirent, Tac. Annal. 1. i. * TalTo.(53^ Multi({ue ^ratumanfit reputante Tiberio publicum fibi odiurn^ exire-mim atatera^ magifc^ue fama qiam vi fiu,re res fuas^ Tac. Anna!. 1. ;54) Conftlis &ajiu res exterims moliri^ arniaprocul habere, Tac. (<,i) Hifpinix prxevAt Cluvius I^ufm virfamnduty <tt ^mU artibus,belli inexperttUy Tac. Hift. Bb ^ the 3 74 ^^ Z^o^ Example of a Princej Vol. 11. the Minds of his Subjects, and reconcile their Differences ^proted them from Injuries, moderate their Taxes, andremove all Novelties odious to the People. Let him makechoice of prudent Minifters, Friends to Peace and thePublick Quiet ^ for by this means his Subjeds Mindsbeing formed to Eafe, and gentle Ufage, will promifethemfelves the fame from the Succeflbr, and fo not at-tempt any Innovation. EMBLEM CL. MAny great Men have laboured, by Speculation andExperience, to form the Idea of a Perfeft hath required whole Ages to faftiion this Royal Porcelain^this Noble VefTel of Earth, no lefs brittle than others, and Vol. II. a Rule for his Succeffbr to go hy. 375- and more fubjed to Cafualties than any ^ particularlywhen the Potter is of the School oiMatchiavel^vihtnct allcome out diflorted, and of fhort continuance, as that waswhich he laid down as a Model of the reft. The Defign of thefe Emblems has been to fet off thatPurple, whofe Scarlet Dye foon turns to Alhes % they be-gan at the Cradle, and end at the Tomb. They are theParenthefis of Mans Life, which the leaft claufe of Timeincludes \ nor is it eafie to determine which Hour isthe molt happy, that wherein the Eyes are open to theDay of Life, or that in which they are clofed to the Nightof Death (i), fmce the one is the beginning, the otherthe end of our Labours ^ and ho
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