. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . asit was done in the time of Galba ( 5 5 J. Let him compofe (52) Quondo aufuros expofcere remedia) tiifi novum, & nutantem adhucPrimipem, precibus vel armU adirenty Tac. Annal. 1. i. * ; Mult oque ¿ratio, man fit reputante Tiberio publicum fibi odium, extre-mom ¿etatem, magifque fama quom vi fiare res [uas9 Tac. Annal. 1. 6,($4) ConfiUs isr afiu res externos moling arma procul habere, Tac. ($ 5 ) HifponU prxerat Cluvius l(ufu* virfatmdut9 & pads ambus %belli inexpertly Tac. Hift. Bb 3 the J 74 The good Exam
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . asit was done in the time of Galba ( 5 5 J. Let him compofe (52) Quondo aufuros expofcere remedia) tiifi novum, & nutantem adhucPrimipem, precibus vel armU adirenty Tac. Annal. 1. i. * ; Mult oque ¿ratio, man fit reputante Tiberio publicum fibi odium, extre-mom ¿etatem, magifque fama quom vi fiare res [uas9 Tac. Annal. 1. 6,($4) ConfiUs isr afiu res externos moling arma procul habere, Tac. ($ 5 ) HifponU prxerat Cluvius l(ufu* virfatmdut9 & pads ambus %belli inexpertly Tac. Hift. Bb 3 the J 74 The good Example of a Trince^ Vol. IT, ]the Minds of his Subje&s, and reconcile their Differences \proteft them from Injuries, moderate their Taxes, andremove all Novelties opUous to the People. Let him makechoice of prudent Minifters, Friends to Peace and thePublick Quiet •, for by this means his Subjects Mindsbeing formed to Eafe, and gentle Ufage, will promifethemfelves the fame .from the Succeffbr., and fo not at-tempt any Innovation. EMBLEM Cfc ui. M^ny great Men have laboured, by Speculation andExperience, to form the Idea of a Perfect hath required whole Ages to faihion this Royal Porcelain^this Noble Veflel of Earth, no lefs brittle than others, ! and Vol. II. a Rule for his S ucee (for to go ly. 375- and more fubjett to Cafualties than any *, particularlywhen the Potter is of the School of Afatckiavel, whence allcome out diftorted, and of Ihort continuance, as that waswhich he laid down as a Model of the reft. The Deiign of thefe Emblems has been to fet off thatPurple, whofe Scarlet Dye foon turns to Aihes •, 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 eaile to determine which Hour isthe mofl: happy, that wherein the Eyes are open to theDay of Life, or that in which they are clofed to the Nightof Death (1), fince the one is the beginning, the otherthe end of our Labours \ and
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