sa OfthezmnitieofworldlyFingdomes. 4. Seci.$. Neitherin truth are their feares caufeleffe,or greater then The dangers their dangers; fortheir might andglory expofes them to the srbich dent to rhfc1 enuie of all that are ambitious, who though they hauenot that arein¡u_ their greatneffeofflate,yet are they no Ieffe hautie inheart; ptreameaurhe- and therforeare euer ready to vndermine and fupplant them rare. by their treacherous plots and confpiracies, when as they Res pprimiaregni conceiue the leafl hope ofaduancing themfeluesby their ru- e t pati.S erdi- me. Andas they are much endangered through enuie, fo no in Here.furen, leihe by the hatredoftheir inferiours; for if they fhould find wigarenon no other fault in them to prouoke their malice ; euen their unit effe qui in- goodnes is a fu(iïcient argument tomake them hated ofthe uifastimersi- mieiifta wicked, and their v right adminifirin ofiufce is enough coeditor po¡nit to make them abhorred of the lewde and licencious ; in Tens,odium which regard princes mull make account either by doing of algae regnant. their dutie tobe hatedofmen,orby neglee-ting it to beeha- Sencc.in The- ted ofGod; to fit Hill anddoe nothing worth the doing, or balde, by worthieaFtiousfit for their rcatneffe toin- i rcgitant Y n g , dgeant fubdith dangerthemfelues to the treacherous pra&ifes of the mali- infeeftos. cious.Befides thefe dangers ; veto which enuie andmalice Odium qui ni- expofes them at home, they are more endangered then o- thers in refpe ofopen enemies and forraine forces: for regnarenr¡tit. f it is not to upplant rivate men that armies are leuied but Senec.in Pp p , OEdipo. the king is the markeat which they leuell; whole life to a.Kiiigaz ;t. them is more then the deflrurtion of ten thoufand fubie&s, becaufe it is no leffe mortal' to the common-wealth when the head is cut off, then ifthe whole body were mangled in peeces.Neither are theymore endangered by enemiesthen by falle friends, Ceding experience teacheth that many who haue efcapedCafe from all the attempts and forces oftheir profeßëdfoes,hauebeenecatched in the priuie fnares,and fecret treachcties,which thofe whom they accounted their dearefl friendshaue laid andplotted againfl them. For it is impolible for thefegreat potentates to fatisfie the deliresof all thatdepend vpon them, andbypreferring Come before o- x.King.r9.37. thers, they procure the fecret hatred oftherefi, whom pride and lelfelone maketh beleeue that they afwell deferued to beaduanced;and this maketh them ioyne with theirene- mieswhen as they promife to fatisfie their hopes, and to re- paire
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