3 TO Ofthe vanitieofPrinces fauours. froth dangers, butrather expofes them vnto them, nor deli- uereth themfrom anygreat euils, as from the wrath ofGod, fickneflès and difeafes, death and condemnation.And there.. Pfalm.x463. fore the Pfalmifl willeth vs, not to truff inPrinces, norin the Jeanne efman,becaufethere is no helpe in them: and yet their fauoursweremore robe valuedandefleemed, if asethey did norgreatlyhelpevs, fo they did not much hurtvs :But the truth is, they lay vs open tomany perils, and fubie8vsto many euils. Forto faynothingofthofe dangersof finne, to which they hazard vs,bymakingvs to forgetGodand our felues,with all goodduties which we owe to both : theyex_ pole vs alto to many worldly perils, as to the hatredofall thofe whoenuic ouraduancement, and difdaine that we ra- ther then theyfhould be partakers offuch extraordinarie fa- uours; andtoall theircunning andmalicious plots,whereby they feeke tovndermine vs, and to workeour ruine :yea no fmal dangersdo werun into,in refpe&ofthere greatpoten- tates, whodo affeélvs; becaufe their lone is vnconflant,and feldome do theyvary andchange towards their great fauou- rites,but it is with theirvtter ruine.In refpeól whereof, fami- liarity with thein,isas ifoneplayed with a tame Lion,w'hofe greateflloue is ioynedwith imminent danger; feeing ifhe be buta little angred, hebath alwaiespower topull them in pieces, which though he do not cuery day put inexecution, yet ishe daily fearca;and though they often fcape his paves, yet commonly at lall they are payed home once for all. Lall- ly, as the fauour ofgreat potentates expofes their fauouritcs intomany dangers, fodoth italto commonly plunge them into innumerable euils, andfirll and efpecially by drawing them on tobare flatterie topleafe their humours, and retaine their favours; being readie alwaies to fpeake, not what is moll profitable, but what is moll plaufible, not what they know is the truth, butwhat theythinkewill beheft accep- 3ifit clientelam red .To which ore one faith that thole who come into falici+bominis p ur p poteo:if4jperae_ fauour with great perfonages, mull make account to betray writ :_ 4Pvcri thetruth,or to lofe all friendfhip.Secondly,as theymull for. tas at amicizia go the truth, foalto their libertie, and become true vafrals gtdendacli. and flaues,readie.to further all their defignes,and that often- times
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