©fthe vertitie ofworldly 3 51 their greatpowermaking them b.eleeue that theycancom- paffe whatfoeuer they ;deftre; and the more firong theirex- peélationwas,thegreasor is their impatienciewhen as it ap- pearesfruflrate; not fomuch oft times for miffing die thing, as for not hailing their will; orbecaufe itdoth appeare that their power islimited and notomnipotent. Theirgriefes are more innumber,and more piercing andtarpe in their ope-, ration then other mens ; bothbecaufe of the manifoldcat- fes thereof,which niuft needs happen often in the multitude Zen tamrerutn oftheir affaires; and allo becaufe the greatneffe oftheir fpi- narurapan rits dothmake them muchtoaggrauate them through their patienttum di% impatiencie, and gauleth their minds the more through olarmagna their much flrugling. But ofall other páflons theyare mat oripe thin. troubled and perplexedwith feare, it being a thing neceffa- csmbentia.mA- rie, that they whommany feare,fhouldalto themlelues feare ia.Chryfoft.ad many; and thatthey who intermeddle with manifold bufi- P°P Antioch. neffes ófgreat nature, and that oft times betweene aduerfeultosddrere parties, inuft needsincurre the. hatred ofmany,andtogether debet gsani with hatred perilland danger. Neither doth the multitude ofmulti timet}r._ enemies lo much amate them as becaufe they are leeret and vnknowne,northeir force fo much as their hidden treache- rie.Foras thebullet is more dangerous then the fword, be- caufekilling before it is difcouered,there istno ward for it : fo thefevnexpeEledblowesoftraitours, being giuen fecret- lyandat vnawares,aremuch more to be feared then the vio- lence otprofeffedenemies, becaufe they wound & giueno warning. Now thefe fecrec foes aremuch more common to princes then open enemies ;feeing their greatnes is no more apt to fiirvp enmitie againfl them, then to workea care in thofein whom it is bred to hide and concealeit, becaufe `hereefpeciallyprofeffedhatred taketh awayopportunitie of reuenge,and turneth themifchiefevponhis head that threat - neth it. In regardwhereofprinces, they know not whomto feare,are apt to feare all,and vpon Ïmall occafions ,frultèpeiur to haue euen thofewhom they haue chofen to guard them eft regibxs in iealoutie and fufpition. Wherein(as one faith) theyare in bass quintjii worfeeflatethen feruants,:feeingthese feare but one, and fngutos iiiin. -they ill.. ntuerfos timét.. Neither
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