. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . Ttion of the Strings, whichare the Subjsds j aTtd^fo. fliould and pjayd uponby d ffi^renc way5, hand ; one Kingdom islike a Harp, whichnpfconly requires the foftnefs of theFingers ends, biit alfp^the, hardnefs of the Nails. too. Ano-ther is more like ;rgan, .which requires both Hands toexprefs rhe Harraioriy of the Pipes. The third is fo de-licate, like a Guitarre, that it wont bear the Fingers, buEmuft be touchd Witti a fin: QUill, to make it exert its Har-mony. A Pfinc^,q|iight therefore to be well v
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . Ttion of the Strings, whichare the Subjsds j aTtd^fo. fliould and pjayd uponby d ffi^renc way5, hand ; one Kingdom islike a Harp, whichnpfconly requires the foftnefs of theFingers ends, biit alfp^the, hardnefs of the Nails. too. Ano-ther is more like ;rgan, .which requires both Hands toexprefs rhe Harraioriy of the Pipes. The third is fo de-licate, like a Guitarre, that it wont bear the Fingers, buEmuft be touchd Witti a fin: QUill, to make it exert its Har-mony. A Pfinc^,q|iight therefore to be well versd In theKnowledge of the(^^inliruments,and their Strings, to keepem always in 1Etir^ and to take Care not to ftrain toohard upon the if^^ of Severity or Avarice (as St. Chry-foftomobk:\W in^dd hinrfelf) (2) for even the beft Stringwhen too much ftfairi^f, if it does not break, at leai^ fpoilsthe Sweetnefs of the Conforr. ^2) IJeque Kervum intendit, nec[ue retnittit ultra riodtim^ wi hixrrhi-iiiA conftnJHm Udat. Chryfoil. n i MM lOO Vol. If. EMBLEM TH E ingenuous and induftriousBee cautioufly con-ceals the Art by which it makes its Combs. Theyare all bufie,and none can find out their Oeconomyand method of Government. And if any one more curiousthan ordinary (liall endeavour to infpedt it, by means of aGlafs Hive, they foon plaifler it over with Wax, that theymay have no Spyes, nor Witnelfes of their Domeftick Tranl^aflions. O prudent Commonwealth, Miftrefs of the World!Thou hadft long fince extended thy Empire over all Ani-mals, had Nature furniflid thee with Strength equal to thyPrudence. Let all others come to thee to learn the impor-tance of Silence and Secrecy, in the management of Affairs;and the Danger of difcovering the Artifice and Maximsof Government, Negotiations and Treaties, Counfels andRefolutions, the Ails and inward Infirmities of Stares; if Drufm Vol. II. A Prince JbouU he careful how he, &c. loi Drufm the Tribune had duly confiderd this Prudence of ^Bee
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