. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . inks, but that the nicefl Strjckjof our Author come far jhort of Tour High-n^iS s blooming Virtue, but as near as Per-, A 2 fe^ion The Epiftle Dedicatory. fe^lion can be copiecf, this Work, has a Rightin Tour Royal Highnefs, it fijemng not fovmch what Ton fhozilJ be^ as (if we mayjudge the enfufng Day by the Glorious Morn)whatTou will be^ the beft of Princes, But here I beg leave to retire^ havingalreaJy waded cut of my Depth, Tour High-nefs5 Praifes being a Topic^ fo profound^that in attempting them, I Jhould onlytrouble the Stream w
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . inks, but that the nicefl Strjckjof our Author come far jhort of Tour High-n^iS s blooming Virtue, but as near as Per-, A 2 fe^ion The Epiftle Dedicatory. fe^lion can be copiecf, this Work, has a Rightin Tour Royal Highnefs, it fijemng not fovmch what Ton fhozilJ be^ as (if we mayjudge the enfufng Day by the Glorious Morn)whatTou will be^ the beft of Princes, But here I beg leave to retire^ havingalreaJy waded cut of my Depth, Tour High-nefs5 Praifes being a Topic^ fo profound^that in attempting them, I Jhould onlytrouble the Stream without hopes of everjplumbing the Bottom. The main Motivesto this Dedication, were thofe two inherentFaffions of Mankind, efpe daily Writers, In-tereft ^W Ambition; the firflin Regard tothis Work,-, which has need of no lefs a Name,than that ojToiir Royal Highneii toproteHit 5 the lafi in refpeU: to my felf, having-none greater than to fubfcribe my felf^ Your HighnefsV mofl Faithful find mofl Obedient Humble Servant, The Author to the Reader, r-^ v^ N the toilfome Leifure of my continual Travelsover Germany, and feveral other Countries, Icomposd chefe Hundred Emblems; wherein youhave an Idea of a Royal Chriftian Politician,penning them down at vacant Intervals. Thefe I hadmeditated on in my Journeys upon the Road, as oft aschat continual Intercourfe I had by Letters with hisCatholick Majefty and his Minifters, and other publickConcerns incumbent on me , gave me Time and Lei-fure. By Degrees the Work fwelld, and though Iwas well alTured, it came far fhort of Perfection, aSnot being compild with that continual Application ofThought^ nor with that Accuracy and Labour correct-*ed, as was requifice to have renderd it agreeable in al!its Parts ^ and ^i abfolutely perfed Piece ,* and that it A 5 would The Juthor to the Reader. would be thought Pride in me, to prefumc to prefcribePrecepts to Princes (i): However^ the Importunity ofruy Friends (who have eve? great Influence ov
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