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sa OfthezmnitieofworldlyFingdomes. 4. Seci.$. Neither in truth are their feares caufeleffe, or greater then The dangers their dangers; for their might and glory expofes them to the srbich dent to rh fc1 enuie of all that are ambitious, who though they haue not that arein ¡u_ their greatneffe offlate,yet are they no Ieffe hautie in heart; ptreameaurhe- and therfore are euer ready to vndermine and fupplant them rare. by their treacherous plots and confpiracies, when as they Res pprimiaregni conceiue the leafl hope ofaduancing themfelues by their ru- e t pati.S erdi- me. And as they are much endangered through enuie, fo no in Here.furen, leihe by the hatred oftheir inferiours; for if they fhould find wig arenon no other fault in them to prouoke their malice ; euen their unit effe qui in- goodnes is a fu(iïcient argument to make 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 to be hated ofmen,or by neglee-ting it to bee ha- Sencc.in The- ted ofGod; to fit Hill and doe nothing worth the doing, or balde, by worthieaFtiousfit for their rcatneffe toin- i rcgit ant Y n g , dgeant fubdith danger themfelues to the treacherous pra&ifes of the mali- infeeftos. cious.Befides thefe dangers ; veto which enuie and malice Odium qui ni- expofes them at home, they are more endangered then o- thers in refpe of open 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 if the whole body were mangled in peeces. Neither are they more endangered by enemiesthen by falle friends, Ceding experience teacheth that many who haue efcaped Cafe from all the attempts and forces of their profeßëdfoes,hauebeenecatched in the priuie fnares,and fecret treachcties,which thofe whom they accounted their dearefl friends haue laid and plotted againfl them. For it is impolible for thefe great potentates to fatisfie the delires of all that depend vpon them, and bypreferring Come before o- x.King.r9.37. thers, they procure the fecret hatred ofthe refi, whom pride and lelfelone maketh beleeue that they afwell deferued to beaduanced;and this maketh them ioyne with theirene- mies when as they promife to fatisfie their hopes, and to re- paire