Antigonus apud1Elian. var.hiß.lib.z. §.Sell.7. That princes are muchtrou. bledwith the violence of their vnrulit afellions. 35® Ofthe v4stitieofworlds krmgdowes. good :and what is hee better that l nkethvnder the burthen ofgold thenhewho is oppreffed with. the waightofearth; what eafebath he more that toileth in the golden mines, thenhewho labourethin the daypit,orduarrey offlones, They are aduanced indeed with the glorious titles of mo- narches; kings and foueraigties; but what are they in truth but the great feruantsofthe common- wealth,-who labour and take paines for the general! good? What are theybut flewards ofthisgreatfamilie,who whilef+they haue the rule anddifpofng of all, haue alto the care and burthen ofall laid vpon them? and whatis rheirreigne,but asone o£them fpakeby experience, a glorious feruitude? Wee know that the pilote as bee bath the greateft rule in the fhip, fo hee hath the greateft part in thepaines andlabour; for his mind is exercifed while(+ others are at ref+, and watcheth at the fleme whilst+ the paffengers fecurcly fleepe. The captaine likewife as bee hath mollhonour,fo bee carieth thegreateft burthen; for whilell the common fouldierstake care, and prciuide onelyfor themfelues, he alto extends hiscare,proui- dence, and labourfor the good &preferuationofthewhole companie. Now ifthe rule ofa fhip, or ofa finals troupe bee fo burthenfome and laborious, what fhall wee thinkeofthe gouernment ofa whole countrie and common- wealth? Thirdly,thefegreat potentates are much more turmoyled with the violence oftheir affedlions then private men, their greatnesadding ftrengthto their pallions, and making them furious and vnrefiflabie, or themfelues more impatient if theybe refilled, their anger ismore eafilie infamed,becaufe their greatneffe maketh them itnpatienrof bearing the !aft iniurie, although it expofeth them alto to morethen anyo- ther. Beingincenfed,they lame inwardly with a defire,and burfl outwardly into thea&ofmore furiousreuenge, mea- furing the punifhment which they take of the partie offen- ding ratheraccordingto their owne greatneffe, then to the fault which is committed; andhauing hereinpower in their hands to doe what they will,they often doe more thenthey fhould.Thcir hopes are greaterboth in refpe& ofthe obie& and things hoped for,and in refpe6l ofthe affetSStionit felfe, their immmmEMENIIMIIMMI
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