458 The Living"Temple. Part II. Prince, was ever a thing to which he could lay no legal Claim, but was al- ways a thing of free and arbitrary Favour. But fuppofe, in this cafe of Delinquency, the Law, and his Sen- tence did forbid it for ever; and fup- pole we that vile infolent Peafant, be.. fore under Obligation to his Prince, for his daily Livelihood and Subfift- ence, now under Condemnation, for moft opprobrious Affronts, and mali- cious Attempts againft him ; he re- lentsnot, fcorns Mercy, defies Juftice ; his compaffionate Prince ruffles, not- withfianding, into his Embraces, takes him into his Cabinet, (huts himfelf up with him in fecret. But all this while, tho' by whathe does he debafes him- fell, beyond all expeCation or decency. Theprincipal thing is ítill wanting, he cannot alter has Difpofition. Ifhe could give him a truly right mind, it were better thanall the Riches of theIndies, This greaten Inflance ofCondefcenfion, he cannot reach, if he never fo gladly would. 'Tis not in his Power, even when he joyns Bofoms, tomingleSpi- rits with him ! And fo muff leave him as uncapable of his molt valuable End, as he found him. In
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