Ofthe vomit*ofworldlykin domes. 353 paire their ruined ellates.Now thefe dangers are more dan- gerous and more deepely, and that iuflly apprehended of Kings, thenoffubieëls, not only for that they haue more to lofe then the ordinarie fort, but alto becaufe they extend to the no leffe hurtofthecommon - wealth, thenofthemfelues, which good Princes loue better then their owne hues : for whenthe Prince is hurt the whole countrie bleedeth at his wounds; and when this great fhepheard isfmittcn, then the filly fheepe arefcattered and indangered to the rapineofthe rauenous wolle. Fourthly, Princes are no littlevexedwith the ingratitude 4.sec.9. oftheirpeople; for when they hauetakenall their care, and oftee vngrni_ indured all thatlabour,andhazarded themfelues toall thofe tide ofthe pee. dangers, whilefl they indeauour to gouerne their fubieóls ptetorcardc with iuflice,,and to preferue them in peace andplenty; all tbeirgouerxors. theirpaines is rewarded with vngratitude,their gooddeeds with cuill words, their doubtfull ac`lions with finifler cen- Regiumef male lures andmalicious interpretations; the commonpeople be- aedire, cambe- ingnaturally aptto condemne thatin fuperiours, which be- ti efBias. Alex- ing aboue their reach, they are not able to vnderfland, and ander. spud tomiflike theprefent gouernment, be itneuer fovnblamea- Plutarch. in bie. Neither is it pc any man to pleafeall that ruleth Apothegm; P Y P Sigwismate many, or to do that which is acceptable vntoGod, and tomeritdÿspe- gaine theapplaufe ofthevulgar people; feeing they are di- neudabit; fbexè uided into as many phantafies astheyhaue heads, the which odioà cixibtu arenot only diuers, but exprefly contrary to one another; Gppus apud P this man louing what that manhateth, and one admiring Scob.erm.43. whatanother defpifeth, and defiring which anotherloath- eth andabhorreth : fo that it is aspoflible to reconcile truth and falfhood, and light with darknes, as to accord this dif- fentingmultitude, or tovnite their opinions and affe&ions tothe approuingand defiringof the fame thing. Now vpon thefeoftenmiflikes ofthepaffages ofgouernment, follow- ethalfo a miflike ofthe gouernour, anda wearinesof being vnderhis rule, ioyned with a defire of the fucceffours ad- uancement;whom when they haue,they feruewith the fame fauce,being as readie to traduce his gouernment, maligne A a his
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