348 Ofthevanitieofworldlyl ¿ingdomet, mediately touched and affested, either with the delights it calleth,or with thegriefes and miferies which it indureth; yet loth it communicate in both, by fympathie and fellow_ feeling: and therefore he Both notlay vponhis fubieéls hea. uie burthens, becaufe he alfo is pinched with that waight which oppreffeth them;he euuiethnot,bur greatly reioiceth in their profperity, becaufe he communicates with them in their contentment and iffor the good ofthewhole bodyof the common-wealth, he find it neceffary to receiue, rather then take oftheir goods, that they may inioy the refi with peace and comfort,he only croppeth thern,or ratherpruneth Bøni pasris e'? them, that theymaygrow thebetter, and doth not flocke tenderepecus, them vpby the roots : and as the Heathen Prince faith, he nondeglubere. dothlike a good fhepheard, only fleece them in feafonable Tiberius spud time, and notpull offskin and all; knowing that the chiefe ÿuetonium. treafure ofaPrince is the richesofhisfubiesls,and their cof- fers hisbell exchequer.Finally,good princesremember that theyare Gods deputies, and therefore their care is that they may be like him, not hauing theirgreatnes to exceed their goodnes, but as their power inableth them to do what they will, fo their goodnes limiteth them to the doing of that which isprofitable for their fubiests : the which their care is fomuch morevigilant,becaufe theyknow that there will be an end oftheir Lieutenantfhip, whenas they fhall be called to anaccount oftheirgouernment,and receiueeither the re- ward oftheir iuflice, or the punifhment oftheir corruptions, and ill-deferuing. ,.Sec`1.5. Finally, as the goodPrince iscontinually troubled with Thecare whirl, careabout himfelfe, that hemay performe his dude: fohe aKing taleth in taketh no leffe care, that there duties performed may pro.. req,caofhis. cure the goodandwelfare ofhis fubieocls:asfor example,that (uftieLis. by his wifdome and prouidence, theymay haue both necer- fades and fiifticientplentie, that by his dilcreet gouernment theymay be kept in good order, that byhis adminiftration ofiuflice, eucry one may pofi'effe his owne right, and be pre- ferued from wrongs and iniuries : andfinally,that by his cir- cumfpestion andpower, his fubiestsmaybe protested from forren forces, and inioy feeute peace. For being the father of his
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