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Of the vomit* ofworldlykin domes. 353 paire their ruined ellates. Now thefe dangers are more dan- gerous and more deepely, and that iuflly apprehended of Kings, then of fubieëls, not only for that they haue more to lofe then the ordinarie fort, but alto becaufe they extend to the no leffe hurt ofthe common - wealth, then of themfelues, 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 is fmittcn, then the filly fheepe arefcattered and indangered to the rapine ofthe rauenous wolle. Fourthly, Princes are no little vexed with the ingratitude 4.sec.9. oftheir people; for when they hauetaken all their care, and of tee vngrni_ indured all thatlabour,and hazarded themfelues to all thofe tide of the pee. dangers, whilefl they indeauour to gouerne their fubieóls ptetorcardc with iuflice,,and to preferue them in peace and plenty; all tbeirgouerxors. theirpaines is rewarded with vngratitude,their good deeds with cuill words, their doubtfull ac`lions with finifler cen- Regiumef male lures and malicious interpretations; the common people be- aedire, cam be- ing naturally apt to condemne that in fuperiours, which be- ti ef Bias. Alex - ing aboue their reach, they are not able to vnderfland, and ander. spud to miflike theprefent gouernment, be itneuer fo vnblamea- 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 vnto God, and to merit dÿspe- gaine the applaufe ofthe vulgar people; feeing they are di- neudabit; f bexè uided into as many phantafies as they haue heads, the which odioà cixibtu are not only diuers, but exprefly contrary to one another; Gppus apud P this man louing what that man hateth, and one admiring Scob.erm.43. what another defpifeth, and defiring which another loath- eth andabhorreth : fo that it is as poflible to reconcile truth and falfhood, and light with darknes, as to accord this dif- fentingmultitude, or to vnite their opinions and affe&ions to the approuing and defiring of the fame thing. Now vpon thefeoften miflikes ofthe paffages ofgouernment, follow- eth alfo a miflike of the gouernour, anda wearinesof being vnder his rule, ioyned with a defire of the fucceffours ad- uancement;whom when they haue,they ferue with the fame fauce, being as readie to traduce his gouernment, maligne A a his