. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . idjPower, does but find it Exerciíé, and render it morépowerful by the Addition of its own Spoils. This Mathod Cerealis took to compofe the Minds of thofe <1Treves, leaft they ihould take up Arms againft the jR*mans, faying, A Fabrick, as that ivas, which had bedtthe ProduB of Eight hundred years Succefs and Induftry\could not be pttlFd down , but its Ruin muft of mctjjiAbury the Authors of it (5). Many things would not Suc-ceed fo ill, did not our Fear and Imagination ad: witítoo much Precipitation. Appreheniion and Jealoufy oiTyr
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . idjPower, does but find it Exerciíé, and render it morépowerful by the Addition of its own Spoils. This Mathod Cerealis took to compofe the Minds of thofe <1Treves, leaft they ihould take up Arms againft the jR*mans, faying, A Fabrick, as that ivas, which had bedtthe ProduB of Eight hundred years Succefs and Induftry\could not be pttlFd down , but its Ruin muft of mctjjiAbury the Authors of it (5). Many things would not Suc-ceed fo ill, did not our Fear and Imagination ad: witítoo much Precipitation. Appreheniion and Jealoufy oiTyranny, when once difcovered, make it begin to bereally, though it were not before. Whence in fuch likeCafes, tis a piece of no left Courage to know how todhTemble, than to be too raih in remedying. The forrmer is the genuine Effect of Prudence, this generallythe Refult of Fear. £5) Oííogentorttm annorum fortuna, difciplinaque, compages h*c coaluit;qu* convelli fine excittio conveñentium non poteft. Tac. 4. Hift. ÉJ& oí. I. fffi EMBLEM XXXV. a. rHE clofer the Breath is prefled in a Trumpet,with the greater Harmonv and Variety it goes outf it; thus tis with Virtue^vhich is never more clear andarmontous than when fuppreiTed by Malice (i). Thefame of Vaiour is apr to die, if the Wind of Adver-ty dont revive it ¿ that awakens the Mind, and makeslook about for means to amend it. Happineís, likete Rofe^ grows out of Thorns and Miíeries. Alpbmjole Fifth, King of Arragcn, was vanquiíh d and takeni a Sea-fight with the Gevoeze; and that, which in allróbability was like to retard his Expedition againft theJngdom of Naples, was the very thing that furthered ■*i) Multo-urn improbitate deprefa Veritas émcr&t, <fy mocentia d;-n(* interclafa refpirat, Cicero, z$6 Let a Prince learn to dravo Felicity Vot it with greater Happineis and Power; for by makira League with Tbifip, Duke of Milan, who retainhim Prifoner, he obtaind both his Liberty, and Forafor the Conqueft of that K
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