. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . the prophets, and the rulers, andthe Feers hafh he covered, ffai but Vol. IT. AT0 Refilling of the Divine Witt. z$t but I fear this Body of the Switzers is already at its fullgrowth, and that it will begin to decay, when thofeSpirits and Forces are fpent which fupported its Reputa-tion and Grandeur. Empires, tis certain, have theirPeriods : That which has endured longeft, is neareitits Ruine. EMBLEM LXXXVIIL. WHat ftrange Force has the Loadftone, to pro-duce fuch Wonderful Effefts ? What fo Amo-rous Correfpondence with the Pola
. The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems . the prophets, and the rulers, andthe Feers hafh he covered, ffai but Vol. IT. AT0 Refilling of the Divine Witt. z$t but I fear this Body of the Switzers is already at its fullgrowth, and that it will begin to decay, when thofeSpirits and Forces are fpent which fupported its Reputa-tion and Grandeur. Empires, tis certain, have theirPeriods : That which has endured longeft, is neareitits Ruine. EMBLEM LXXXVIIL. WHat ftrange Force has the Loadftone, to pro-duce fuch Wonderful Effefts ? What fo Amo-rous Correfpondence with the Polar Star, thatalthough becaufe of its Weight it cannot always gaze onits Beauty, yet the Needles it touches ihould ? What Refem- a8¿ Mo Refilling of the Divine Witt. Vol. II. RefemMance can there be betwixt thefe two ? Whatfo great Virtue, that is not loft at fo wide and remoteDiítences ? And why does it encline to that Star orpoiit of Heaven, rather than to any other ? Were notthe Experience common, Ignorance would be apt to im-pute it to Magick, as it does all other ExtraordinaryEffeds of Nature, when it cannoc penetrate the Ob-fcurity of its Operations. Nor is the Loadftone lefs admirable in that otherVirtue of Attracting and Lifting up Iron, againil itsInnate Gravity } nay, even this, carried by a kind ofNatural Tendency to obey that Superior Power, clofeswith it, and does voluntarily, what, one would think,could not but be violent. How much were it to bewilhd th
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