a General of an Army should not have Courage that is void of Iudgment so neither ought he to have too much Flegm or too much Speculation because it is to be feared that the foresight of many Inconveniencies which may happen but which do not may hinder him from attempting Things which would succeed in the Hands of others who are less Speculative and more Daring Politcical Test. par 2. sect 4. c. 9. Arminius a This young Man saith Paterculus was of a robust Constitution had a quick Apprehension and a delicate and penetrating Wit beyond what is to be imagined of a Barbarian Considering that nothing is more easie than to destroy those who fear nothing and that overmuch Confidence is the most ordinary cause of great Misfortunes he communicates his Design at first to very few People but afterwards to many more And this Resolution was so immediately followed with the Execution of it that Varus having neglected the first Advice of Segestes had not time to receive a second from him ch 118. Charles Duke of Burgundy committed the same Error that Varus did and perished like him by refusing to give Audience to a Country Gentleman named Cifron who came to discover to him the Treason of the Count de Campobasso and by not crediting the Intelligence which Lewis the Eleventh sent him by the Lord de Contay his Ambassador in France that this Count was selling his Life Whereby you see saith Commines that God infatuated him on this occasion Memoirs l. 4. â— ult l. 3. c. 6 â— For Segestes though he was drawn into the War by the general Consent of his Country-men yet he liv'd in perpetual Discord with Arminius and the bad Understanding betwixt them was increas'd by a particular Offence for Arminius had taken away by force his Daughter Thusnelda betroth'd already to another Thus the Father-in-Law and Son were equally hateful to each other and those mutual Ties which commonly beget Friendship were now the Provocations to the most bitter Enmity 5 As Princes seldom marry but by Interest not for Love Alliance is so far from being a Band of Friendship betwixt them that it opens a Gap to new Pretensions which grow into Quarrels and afterwards into Wars The last Duke of Burgundy hated Edward King of England and the whole House of York against which he assisted the House of Lancaster whence came his Grandmother by the Mother's side and yet at last he married Margaret Sister to Edward only to strengthen himself against King Lewis the Eleventh But as this Alliance was not made but by State-Interest and that both of them might gain their Ends the Duke notwithstanding hated Edward on whom he made biting Iests and Edward offer'd Lewis to joyn with him and to bear part of the Charges if he would continue the War against the Duke Commines l. 1. c. 5. l. 3. c. 4. l. 4. c. 8 11. of his Memoirs XLIX Germanicus on this Account commanded out Cecina with Four Legions Five thousand Auxiliary Soldiers and some Companies of Germans rais'd in haste from some Places on this side the Rhine He himself conducted a like Number of Legions but double the Number of Allies and having built a Fortress on the old Foundations which his Father had laid and which were yet standing he march'd with great speed against the Catti leaving behind him Lucius Apronius with Order to take care that if the Rivers should overflow by any sudden fall of Rains yet the Ways might be kept in repair and continue passable For in setting forward he found the Waters so very low and the Ways so dry a Thing uncommon in that Climate that he found no difficulty in his March but he feared in his return it might be otherwise He came so suddenly upon the Catti that the old Men the Women and the Children were either kill'd at first or taken Prisoners and the young Men forc'd to swim the River of Adrana b Now the Eder who attempting afterwards to obstruct the Romans in the building of a Bridge over it were repuls'd by their Arrows and their Engines These Hopes failing and their Propositions for Peace being also rejected some of them came over and submitted to Germanicus the rest forsaking their Cantons retir'd into the Fastnesses of their Woods Germanicus having burn'd Martium c Now Marpurg the Capital City of Hesse their Capital Town ravag'd all the Low-lands and took his March backwards to the Rhine the Enemy not daring to attack his Rear as their Custom is when they â—eign to fly rather through Stratagem than Fear The Cherusci d The People of Brunswick and of Thuring were desirous to have succour'd their Friends thâ— Catti but they were apprehensive of Cecina who caâ—ry'd far and near the Terrour of his Arms. On the contrary the Marsi having presum'd to charge him were vigorously repuls'd and entirely routed L. Some time afterwards there came Deputies from Segestes to desire his Assistance against his Country-men who had besieg'd him for Arminius had there the stronger Party because he had advis'd the War 1 As there is nothing subject to greater Iealousie nor more difficult to preserve amongst powerâ—ul Neighbours than Liberty they who advise War appear to have a greater Affection for their Country than those who advise Peace and consequently have more Credit amongst their Fellow-Citizens It was by this Method that Maurice Prince of Orange who looked on the Treaty of 1609. as the Ruine of his Authority in Holland where he aimed at the Sovereignty found means to destroy Iohn Barnevelt who had been the principal Promoter of this Treaty by perswading the People by Pamphlets that this great Man was corrupted by the Spanish Gold and held Intelligence with this King for the reduction of the United Provinces to his Obedience it being the common Practice of Barbarians only to love and esteem those Persons who are Fierce and Daring and more especially in unquiet Times Segestes had added to the Deputies his Son Segimond though the Mind of the young Man was wholly averse to that Employment 2 When a Subject is conscious that he is guilty of Tâ—eason he ought not to trust to the Prince's Clemency if he hath not good Security of it If my Mother was my Iudge said Alcibiades I would not trust her with much greater Reason they who have the Prince for Iudge and Party ought to take good Security before they surrender themselves into his Hands The Cardinal Alphonso Petrucci was no sooner come to Rome but Leo the Tenth caused him to be arrested and afterwards strangled in Prison altho he came thither under the Security of the Pope's safe Conduct whereof the Spaâ—ish Ambassador was Guarantee The Landgrave of Hesse was cheated by the Confidence he reposed in Charles the Fifth with whom he had two Electors and several other Princes of the Empire for Intercessors for the Year in which all Germany revolted being created Priest of
have govern'd with applause For instance If the King of Spain should send into Catalonia and Sâ—ciâ—y which are two fierce Nations and whose Obedience is as it were Arbitrary Viceroys who would take the same Courses that the Viceroys of Naples and the Governors of Milan do he would immediately lose these Provinces where there is nothing but Bones for the Spanish Ministers to gnaw upon LXI But Germanicus who did not yet know that his Iourney had given Offence went up the River Nile having Embark'd at Canopus a Town built by the Spartaâ—â— in Memory of a Captain of a Ship of that Name who was buried there when Mâ—nelaus in his return to Greece was driven back by contrary Winds to the Coasts of Lybia The Mouth of the River that is next to Canopus is consecrated to Hercules who as the Inhabitants affirm was a Native of their Countrey and the first of all who bore that Name with which the rest were honoured after him because they follow'd him in the same Paths of Valour He afterwards viewed the great Ruines of Thebes where there were yet remaining some Inscriptions engraven on Obelisks in Aegyptian Letters which describ'd its ancient Grandeur One of the Eldest Priests who was order'd to interpret it reported That it formerly contain'd seven hundred thousand Men of an age able to bear Arms and that with an Army of that Number King Rhameses conquer'd Libya Aethiopia the Medes and Persians Bactriania and Scythia and all the Countrey which is inhabited by the Syrians Armenians and their Neighbours the Cappadocians extending from the Bithynian Sea on one side to the Lycian on the other There was also read an account of the Tributes imposed on the Nations what weight of Gold and Silver what Numbers of Horses and Arms for War How much Ivory and Perfumes for Oblations to the Temples and what quantities of Corn and other Necessaries of Life each Nation paid which equall'd in Magnificence and Value the Tributes that are now imposed either by the Parthian or the Roman Empire LXII But Germanicus was led on with a Desire of seeing other Miracles whereof the Principal were the Statue of Memnon cut in Stone which gave a Sound like that of a Humane Voice when the Rays of the Sun stâ—uck upon it Pyramids as high as Mountains rais'd in moving and almost unpassable Sands 1 It is common for great Princes to raise Magnificent Edifices in Desart and dry Places and which by their situation seem to be Uninhabitable to make their Power appear the greater and to shew that every thing yields to their Fortune Philip II. had this Prospect when he chose the pitiful Village of the Escurial to build there the Famous Monastery which bears this Name and which the Spaniards call the Eighth Wonder of the World although an old Alcada aged â—ourscore years answer'd an Officer who ask'd him in the King's Name his Opinion of it That the King was going to make a Nest of Caterpillars who would devour the whole Country Cabrera c. 11. l 6. of his History by the Emulation and Wealth of their Kings Lakes cut in the Ground for the reception of the Waters of the Nile when it overflows and in other places Caverns so deep that their bottoms cannot be sounded From hence he went to Elephantine and Syene heretofore the Boundaries of the Roman Empire which now extends to the Red Sea LXIII Whilst Germanicus pass'd the Summer in Progresses Drusus acquired no small Glory amongst the Germans by fomenting their Division 1 It is true sign of the Destruction of a Country when those divide and abandon one another who ought to be united Memoirs l. 2. c. 1. Dum singuli pugnant universi vincuntur saith Tacitus in Agricola The Landtgrave of Hesse who commanded the Army of the League of Smalcald against Charles V. had reason to say to the Conâ—ederate Cities through which he pass'd My Friends let every Fox keep his Tail to let them understand that the League could not subsist but by their common agreement Epitomy of the Life of C. V. There can't be better Counsel than what the Lord Contay gave the C. de Charolois who took it very ill that the Lords of the League of the Publick Good held a Council amongst themselves without calling him to it Bear it patiently said Contay for if you displease them they will make their Peace with King Lewis more advantageously than you as you are the Strongest so you ought to be the Wisest Beware therefore of dividing them and use your ulmost industry to maintain a good Correspondence betwixt them and your self Memoirs of Commines l. 1. c. 12. and persuaded them that now Maroboduus d With what Prudence and Conduct saith Paterculus Tiberius by the Ministry of his son Drusus forced Marcâ—odâ—us to quit the Kingdom which he had Invaded and wherein he hid himself as Serpents do in the Bowels of the Earth Hist. 2. Cap. 129. Lewis XI took almost the same Method against the Duke of Burgundy not only by Separating from him all his Allies Edward King of England Gelasius Duke of Milan who had before left the Alliance of the King for that of the Duke of Burgundy Renatus King of Sicily who design'd to have made him his Heir and to put Provence into his hands the Dutchess of Savoy the King's Sister who saith Commines was so much in the Duke's Interest that the Duke disposed of the House of Savoy as of his own but also by raising him up new Enemies as the Swiss who beat him in two Battels and the Cittes of Basil Strasbourg Nuremburg and Francsort who enter'd into an Alliance with the Swiâ—s and to injure him was thought enough to get their own Pardoâ— His Memoirs Lib. 5. Cap. 1. 2. was already weakned they ought to follow their blow till he was entirely ruin'd 2 This Example sheweth that there is scarce any such thing as good Faith among Princes and that the Leagues and Confederacies which they enter into are rather sâ—ares which they lay for one another than Ties of Friendship Commonly the Weakest joyns himself with the Strongest only to make himself more considerable to his Neighbours and his Enemies and this was the Motive of Maroboduus who by his Alliance with the Romans hoped to become more formidable to the Cheruâ—ci and to his Rival Arminius The Strongest on the contrary allies himself with the Weaker under colour to protect and defend him but in truth to lay the Yoke of Slavery upon him as soon as he can find an Opportunity to do it And this is what Tiberius did with respect to Maroboduus in sending Drusus into Germany to sign a League with him Thus it may be truly said That Lâ—â—gues make more noise than they do service That they have more of Appearance and Ostentation than of Reality and Strength and that in fine they rather hasten the Ruine of the Weaker or the less Politick than they do retard or
of some other Places was the cause that Charles of France his Brother lost the Duchy of Normandy to the great Displeasure of the Duke of Burgandy who had made him give him this great Apanage ch 15. of the same Book The said Lescun obtained afterwards the Government of Guâ—enne of one of the Castles of Bourdeaux the Government of Blaie of Bayonne of Dax and of St. Sever the Earldom of Comminges the Order of the King Eighty thousand Crowns in ready Money and Six thousand Livres in Pension to have Peace with the Duke of Britany because so powerful a Duke managed by such a Man was to be feared l. 3. c. 11. Garter Herald of England being come into France to declare War against Lewis if he did not surrender the Kingdom to the King of England immediately received a Reward from the King's hands for the Promise he made to endeavour an Accommodation between the two Kings l. 4. c. 15. The three Ambassadors from England who concluded this Agreement had great Presents in ready Money and Plate and each of them Two thousand Crowns Pension c. 8. of the same Book A Gascon Gentleman Lewis de Bretailles who was much troubled at the Peace made between France and England received a Thousand Crowns from King Lewis the Eleventh after he had had the Honour to dine with him to prevent him from telling the King of England his Master that the French laugh'd in their Sleeves for having driven the English out of France by a Treaty of Peace and by some Presents ch 10. of the same Book deserve it singly 3 There are few People who are Proof against the Charms of Interest During the War of Paris all the Generals of the Sling were meditating on their particular Accommodation and each had his secret Correspondence with the Court to make his Conditions the better The Counsellor Brousell grew tractable and 〈◊〉 after he had a secret Promise of the Government of the Basâ—ille for his eldest Son Memoirs of the Minority of Lewis the Fourtâ—â—nth The Sieur de Villeroy saith the Chancellor de Riverny was engaged as far as any in the League notwithstanding he quitted it by a particular Treaty which he made for himself and afterwards returned to serve the King in his former Office of Secretary of State In his Memoirs These Words having once shaken their Resolution 4 One Man of Parts is enough to reduce a whole Multitude to Obedience Every Thing puts Fear into People who are in Sedition when their first Heat is over and a wise Man comes to deal with them who excites in them the Desire of Impunity which according to Tacitus baâ—â—â—es all the Enterprizes which are formed against a Prince and cast a Distrust into them of each other the Love of their Prince re-enter'd into them by degrees the Legions separate and the new Soldiers divide from the Veterans They forsake the Gates and replace their Eagles by themselves which they had shuffl'd together in the beginning of the Mutiny XXIII At break of Day Drusus calls the General Assembly and though he had not the Gift of Speaking well yet his Discourse had in it a certain Air of Greatness inborn to those of Noble Blood 1 There is an Eloquence of the Looks of the Gesture of the Countenance which oftentimes prevails more than that of the greatest Orators Subjects don't so much regard what their Prince says to them as the manner after which he speaks it every thing that he saith is effectual if he knows how to speak with Majesty He ought to speak not as one who is about to Perswade but as one who hath a Right to Command and is able to make himself be Obeyed highly condemns the past Proceedings and extols the present He tells them he is not capable of Fear and that by consequence he is not to be mov'd with Threatnings 2 The Minister whom a Prince sends to suppress a Sedition or a Revolt of Soldiers ought to take care of nothing more than of doing any Thing or suffering any Word to slip from him that may be taken for a sign of Fear For if once they come to perceive that he hath Fear they shall impute it to the Knowledge which they will believe he hath of the Weakness of the Prince rather than to his own want of Courage or Resolution What Commines saith upon the occasion of the Town of Nanci surrendred to the Duke of Lorraine by a Lord of the House of Crouy named de Bievres who commanded in it for the Duke of Burgundy shews oâ— what Importance it is to be firm and resolved amongst Soldiers The English saith he tired because the Duke of Burgundy delayed so long to relieve them began to murmur and to despair of Succours and told the Lord de Bievres that they would Capitulatâ— without him if he did not Capitulate Although he was a good Officer yet he had so little Resolution as to use Intreaties and Remonstrances and if he had spoken mâ—re boldly I believe that it had been taken better from him for the next Day or two Days after the Place was surrendred the Duke of Burgundy came well accompanied as the Occasion required Memoirs l. 5. c. 5. In great Dangers a General ought to put on a better Countenance it is not always amiss to fear but it is always unbecoming not to know how to conceal it A Captain 's Countenance ought to be armed with Dissimulation as his Body with Steel otherwise he will 〈◊〉 betrayed sooner by his Eyes than by his Soldiers that if he finds in them due Repentance and Respect he will write to his Father in their behalf and inclinâ— him to receive their Petition and graciously to answer it Accordingly at their Request the fore-mention'd Blesus Lucius Apronius a Roman Knight of the Cohort of Drusus and Iustus Catonius Captain of the first Century b i.e. Captain of the first Century or Company of the Band or Manipule which as I have already said consisted of two Centuries or Companies and consequently had two Captains or Centurions And by centuriones primorum ordinum Tacitus means those whom we cast Eldest Captains are sent to Tiberius After this a Council of War was held where their Iudgments were divided Some were of Opinion that the Soldiers should be mildly Treated till the return of their Deputies otheâ—â—s thought it more adviseable to use Rigour there being no Moderation to be expected from a Multitude 3 Shame is a Passion that is not to be found in the Multitude but to compensate this they are mightily subject to Fear Thus Rigour hath the same Effect upon them that the Point of Honour hath upon particular Persons which makes it self formidale when it fears nothing and which may â—afely be despis'd when timorous That Terrour was to be imprinted in them while they were yet fill'd with Superstition and that they were to be made sensible they had
sometimes the Wisest Men make For if on the one side we consider that Augustus made himself to be lamented and esteem'd by an unparellel'd demonstration of Humanity yet without contributing any thing of his own his last Will will appear to be made with great Wisdom and Policy but if we examine more narrowly how he purchas'd the favour of the People we shall find that for a Prince of such Understanding he committed a great Fault because by the bait of an apparent intail he provoked the great Persons concerned in it to plot against his Posterity whom he had strengthen'd by many Adoptions For if these Noble Persons were Politick Men as 't is probable since Augustus mistrusted them 't is not likely that they would be contented with an hope which according to the ordinary course of Nature could not take effect in some hundreds of years Germanicus and Drusus with all their Children being to succeed before she Iâ— the thirty third of his Observations upon Tacitus His Legacies exceeded not the common Rules only he bequeath'd to the People four hundred Thousand great Sesterces to the most Inferior sort thirty five Thousand great Sesterces to each of the Praetorian Soldiers or Guards a Thousand small Sesterces and three hundred to every Legionary After this they spoke of the Honours which were to be render'd to the Dead and the Chief on which they insisted were that the Funeral State should pass through the Triumphal Gate which was first advis'd by Gallus Asinius That the Titles of the Laws which had been Instituted by him and the names of the Nations which he had vanquish'd should be carried before the Body which was propos'd by Lucius Arruntius But Messala Valerius adding that the Oath of Fidelity to Tiberius should be annually renew'd Tiberius interrupting him on the sudden ask'd if it were by his Order that he had thus spoken And Messala replying that it was of his own head adjoin'd farther that in all things which concern'd the Publick Good he would never take any Man's opinion but his own though in so doing he should make Caesar himself his Enemy This was the only remaining kind of Flattery The Senators with a General Cry demanded that the Imperial Corps should be carried to the Pile on their Shoulders only But Tiberius dispens'd with that Office rather out of Vanity and to do himself honour in the refusal than out of real Modesty After this he publish'd an Edict to the People warning them not to disturb these Funerals as they had done those of Iulius Caesar with their excess of Zeal and not obstinately to persist in their desire that the Body should be burn'd in the Market-place and not in the Field of Mars which was the place decreed for that Ceremony On the day of the Funeral Solemnity the Soldiers were order'd to be under Arms. Those who had either seen themselves or had heard from their Fathers of that day whereon Iulius Caesar the Dictator had been slain when the sharpness of their Slavery was yet 〈◊〉 upon them and their Liberty with an ill Omen just reâ—â—or'd much deriding the superfluous care now us'd by Tiberius on this occasion for even at that time as there were some who judg'd his Death an impious action so there were oâ—hers y Who call'd Caesar Tyrant to authorise this Murther as Lawful It a enim appellari Caesarem facto ejus expiedebat says Paterculus Book 1. Ch. 58. speaking of Brutus who extoll'd it as a glorious Iustice 3 The actions of great Men may be taken by two handles some commend others blame them They receive divers names according to the different inclinations of Persons who pass a Iudgment of ' em Cataline was blamed for what he would have done and Caesar was commended for what he did When there are Parties every one judges according to the Affection and Interest of that side he is of The Doctors of the League durst compare Câ—ement the Iacobin who assassinated Henry III. with Ehud who delivered the Children of Israel out of bondage by killing Eglon King of Moab The Spaniards put into their Martyrology Baltazar of Guerard who kill'd the Prince of Orange at Delf whereas the Hollanders and Protestants have made him a Devil incarnate In the 14 Book of the Second Part of the History of Anthony of Herrera there are two Chapters the 9. and the 10. which make 〈◊〉 Panegyrick upon this Guerard whose death he calls a Martyrdom I admire amongst others these words Considerando como avia de executar sâ— intento y estando firme con el exâ—mplo de nuestro Salvador Iesu-Christo y de sus Santos c. i. e. Guerard considering how he ought to proceed to the Execution of his design and continuing firm in his resolution after the Example of our Saviour Iesus Christ and his Saints went the 10th of Iuly to find the Rebel c. as if Iesus Christ and his Saints had given any example of murder The Inquisition of Spain let this pass as if they approved it Moreover this shews how much Men love their own Opinions and how rash they are to believe things holy or wicked in the sight of God as their passion moves them Upon this occasion I shall observe that the History of the Reformation of England by Dr. Burnet is â—ull of this partiality every where calling all those Rebels and Superstitious who would not acknowledge H. VIII to be head of the Church of England nor consent to the Laws which he made concerning Religion nor to those which were made in the Reign of his Son Edward VI. and on the other side giving the Glorious Title of Martyrs to the Protestants who suffered under the Reign of Q. Mary the Sister of Edward who restor'd the Catholick Religion in England But in the present case here was an old Emperor quietly gone out of the World who had been settled in a long course of Sovereignty of 44 years z Counting from the Death of Anthoâ—y the Triumvir and who had establish'd the Succession against the Common-Wealth by a large Provision of Heirs and those in power he it seems must have a Guard of Soldiers about his dead body to secure it from disturbance at his Funeral IV. This afforded no small occasion of discourse concerning Augustus himself The greater part of the Assistants vainly admiring that he should happen to die on the same day on which he first assum'd the Empire a The 21. of September compleat 20 years old except one day according to Paterculus Hist. 2. Chap. 65. that he died at Nola in the same House and Chamber wherein his Father Octavius b At the Death of Cardinal de Richelieu the Parisians observ'd almost the same that he was born and died in the same House that he received Baptism and Extreme Unction in the same Parish History of Cardinal de Richelieu Book 6. Chapter the Last Conestagio and Cabrera have likewise observ'd that
being then a Youth and of a private Fortune had corrupted the Veteran Troops with Bribes and Donatives had rais'd an Army and debauch'd the Legions of Decimus Brutus then Consul under colour of reconciliation with Pompey's party that after he had extorted from the Senate the Ornaments and Authority of a Praetor and seiz'd on the Troops which had been commanded by Hirtius and Pansa newly slain i In the War of Modena against Anthony Hirtius and Pansa were Consuls and Augustus commanded there in quality of Propraetor Anthony was forc'd to fly and leave Italy either by the Enemy or by the Treason of this young Caesar for Pansa was thought to have been brought to his end by an envenom'd Plaister apply'd to his wound and Hirtius was slain by the hands of his own Soldiers he caused himself to be created Consul in spight of the Senate and had turn'd those arms against the Common-Wealth which he had taken up against Anthony The Proscription of so many Citizens was charg'd on him and the division of the Lands k That is That these Lands belonging to the Community could not be given to private Persons much less to the Soldiers without wronging the Publick disapprov'd even by those to whom they fell The Death of Cassius and the two Bruti l Marcus and Decimus Brutus of whom the first kill'd himself as I have already said and the other was killed by the command of Anthony A punishment he justly deserved for his ingratitude towards Caesar whom he was so hardy as to Murther at the same time he received favours from him He envy'd says Paterculus the Fortune of him who had made his and after having taken away the Life of Caesar he thought it no injustice to keep the Estate he had received from him Hist. lib. 2. Chap. 64. 'T is fit to observe by the way that of all the Murtherers of Caesar who were sixty in number there was not one of them who did not die a Violent Death nor did any of them out-live him more than three years must indeed be own'd for a just Vengeance on the Murderers of his Father m Hoc opus haec pietas haec prima elementa fuerunt Caesaris ulcisci justa per arma patrem Ovid. l. 3. Fast. Cato the Censor meeting a Young Man who came for a Decree to disgrace one of his Father's greatest Enemies See there says he how a well-bred Child ought to offer sacrifice to the Memory of his Father though still it had been more glorious for him to have sacrific'd his private hatred to the Publick Interest But the younger Pompey had been unworthily betray'd under the shadow of a pretended Peace and Lepidus by a dissembled Friendship Anthony sooth'd and lull'd asleep by the Treaties of Tarentum and Brundusium and by his Marriage with the Sister of Augustus had paid with his Life the forfeit of that fraudulent Alliance After this a Peace was of necessity to ensue but it was a bloody Peace and infamous for the punishment of the Varro's the Egnatii n Rufus Egnatius who according to Paterculus was in every thing more like a Gladiator than a Senator having form'd a Cabal of Men like himself he resolved to kill Augustus but his design succeeded no better than Lucius Murena's and Fannius Caepio's He was punished with the Accomplices of his Treason by such a Death as his detestable Life deserved and the Iulii of Rome to which succeeded the Defeats of Lollius o Marcus Lollius according to Paterculus was more careful to enrich himself than to do his duty and Varus p Quintilius Varus a Peaceable Man but heavy and more fit to command an Army in time of Peace than to make War He was so imprudent says Florus Book 4. Chap 12. as to assemble the Germans in the midst of his Camp to do them justice as if he had been able to restrain the Violence of these barbarous People with a Serpent's Wand He imagined saith Paterculus that they were plain honest People who had little more than the Shape and voice of Men and whom he could civilize by mild Laws and tame by the Forms of Iustice those who could not be subdued by the force of Arms. Segestes gave him notice of the intended revolt of Arminius but he would not believe it thinking the Germans had as much good will for him as he had for them In the mean time his Army is Surpris'd and Massacred by people whom they butcher'd before like Sheep Poor Varus more couragious to die than fight stab'd himself in Germany Neither did they spare his private Life in their discourses They reproach'd him for having forcibly taken from her Husband a Woman then with Child and for having made a Scoff of Religion by demanding of the Priests if it were lawful for him to espouse her before she was deliver'd 7 Princes often make Religion yield to their Interests whereas their Interests ought to give place to Religion Dispensations for marriages within the Degrees forbidden are become so common that 't is not any longer a matter of scruple to marry two Sisters or two Brothers Philip II. who according to Historians had so nice a Conscience was very near Marrying Elizabeth the Queen of England and Isabel the Queen-Dowager of France both his Sisters-in-Law and the latter also the Daughter of the Empress Mary his Sister and matching his Son Don Carlos with his other Sister Ioan the Princess-Dowager of Portugal alledging for a President Moses and Aaron who were the Sons of Amram by his Father's Sister Henry the Cardinal King of Portugal as devout a Priest and Arch-Bishop as he was at the age of 67 years was very earnest to obtain a Dispensation to marry the Duke of Braganza's Daughter who was but 13 years old Upon which Cabrera tells an odd Story that Don Duarte de Castelblanco advised Henry to marry and advised the Iesuits who govern'd him absolutely to make him take a Wife that was already with Child there being no hopes by reason of his Age and Infirmities that he could otherwise have Children Lib. 12. Chap. 14. Paul Piasecki saith that the Poles abhor incestuous Marriages and the Dispensations that permit them and that the Famous Iohn Zamoyski Great Chancellor of Poland who to his Death opposed the Marriage of Sigismund III. with Constance of Austria Sister to his former Wife Ann remonstrating to Clement VIII that such a Marriage was repugnant to common honesty and that the Polish Nation would never suffer this Decency to be Violated by his breeding Mares Insomuch that Sigismund was not able to procure the Dispensation he demanded till after the Death both of the Pope and the Chancellor In his Latin Chronicle ad An. 1604. I tremble saith Commines speaking of the Marriage of Ferrand King of Naples with the Sister of his own Father King Alphonso to speak of such a Marriage of which Nature there have already been several in
imitation of the Titian Priests formerly instituted by Titus Tatius t These Priests or Knights were instituted in Romulus's Reign after thâ— Union of the Sabines with the Romans who received the Sabines as Fellow-Citizens and Companions whom the Day before they had Enemies as Tacitus saith Eodem die hostes dein cives habuerit Ann. 11. This Tatius was King of the Sabines and was admitted a Partner in the Sovereignty of Rome by Romulus who gave him the Capitol and the Quirinal-Hill for his Habitation But his Death which happen'd a little time after reunited the Regal Power in the Person of Romulus who thereby remained King of the Romans and of the Sabines to preserve the Religion of the Sabines Twenty one of the Principal Men among the Romans were drawn by Lot of which Number were Tiberius Drusus Claudius and Germanicus 1 The Orders of Knighthood are not esteemed otherwise than they are confined to a small Number of Knights This small Number ought also to consist of Persons illustrious for their Birth or for their Merit for otherwise the Great Men look on themselves to be disgraced in being associated with them and consequently the Prince deprives himself of an easie way of rewarding them Tacitus saith That the Generals of the Army perceiving that the Senate of Rome granted the Triumphal Ornaments for the least Exploits in War believed that it would be more Honourable for them to preserve the Peace than to renew the War which would equal to themselves all those to whom the Prince's Favour should procure a Triumph to be decreed Ann. 13. In Portugal it was pleasant to behold the Taylor and the Shoemaker of King Alphonso the Sixth to wear the Habit of Christ although in truth they were as worthy of it as most of those to whom the Count of Castelmelhor sold it Then it was that the Augustinian Games began to be disturb'd by the Contention of the Stage-Players and different Factions arose concerning the Preference of this or that Actor u Cabrera well observes that the Spectacles and the publick Games were the Cause that the People of Rome who were before contented to obey the Magistrates and the Laws thought fit to desire to have a Share in the Government For taking upon themselves licentiously to Applaud what gave them the greatest Pleasure as if they had been capable of Iudging prudently they began to perceive that the Players set a great Value on their Approbation and that their Favour gave them Reputation So that after they knew the Power which they had in the publick Feasts they came to slight the Nobles and the Magistrates and afterwards to create Tribunes Aediles and Quaestors At last they introduced the Plebeians into the Consulship and the Dictatorship and made them thereby equal to the Patricians L. 10. c. 22. of his History So that we have no Reason to wonder if Tiberius who was so well skilled in the Arts of Government had an Aversion to Spectacles and all popular Concourses Augustus himself had been much addicted to these Divertisements out of his Complaisance to Maecenas who was desperately in love with the Pantomine Bathyllus Besides that he was himself no Enemy to those Entertainments and knew it was becoming of a Gracious Prince to enter into the 2 As there are certain Days in the Year which the Fathers of Families spend in Rejoycings with their Children it is very reasonable that there should be also some on which the Prince should live as in a Family with his People Tacitus saith That Nero who was otherwise a very bad Prince made Feasts in the publick Places and shewed himself through the whole City as if all the City had been his Hoâ—se Ann. 15. Wise Princes saith Cabrera assist at the publick Plays to gain the Affection of their Subjects and these Plays or Spectacles are assigned to certain Days to mitigate the ordinary Discontents of the People by Diversions which deceive their Trouble Cap. 1. lib. 9. of his History Commines saith That Princes who divide their Time according to their Age sometimes in serious Matters and in Council at other times in Feasts and Pleasures are to be commended and the Subjects are happy who have such a Prince His Memoirs l. 6. c. 4. Pleasures of his People x Strada saith That Octavius Farnese Duke of Parma and Son-in-Law to Charles the Fiâ—th was a great Observer of this Maxim and thereby was as much beloved by the People as any Prince of his Time Laxamentis popularibus ipse se privato non absimilem immiscebat effecitque ut inter principes ea tempestate populorum studiis ac benevolentia claros meritò haberetur Lib. 9. dec 1. Burnet saith That Elizabeth Queen of England was a perfect Mistress of thâ— Art of insinuating herself into the Hearts of the People and although she was suspected of being too much a Comedian she succeeded notwithstanding in her Designs and made herself more beloved by her People by little Complaisances and Affectations to shew herself and to regard the People as she passed the Streets than many Princes have done by scattering Favours with both Hands History of the Reformatiâ—n p. 2. l. 3. Tiberius was of a Temper wholly different but he durst not yet subject a Multitude 3 A Prince upon his coming to the Throne ought to make no alteration in Things which he finds to have been of long Establishment the People parting with old Customs with great diffiâ—ulty If the Memory of his Predecessor is dear to the People he ought to conform himself to his manner of Government at least until his Authority be well established He must lead the People through long Turnings and do it so that they may go where he would have them without perceiving whither they are going Lewis the Eleventh had like to have lost all by desiring to undo all that his Father had done When he came to the Grown saith Commines he disappointed the best and most eminent Knights who had faithfully served his Father in the recovery and settling of the Kingdom But he oftentimes repented afterwards that he had treated them so by acknowledging his Error for thence sprang the War called The Publick Good which was like to have taken from him his Crown C. 3. of l. 1. and c. 11. of l. 6. of his Memoirs When he died he therefore advised his Son not to do as he had done Elizabeth Queen of England at her coming to the Crown acted directly contrary to Lewis the Eleventh for she employed most of the Ministers of her Sister Queen Mary by whom she had been ill Treated and although in her Heart she was already entirely a Protestant she was notwithstanding Crowned by a Bishop of the Church of Rome and ordered Karn who was Mary's Ambassador at Rome to make her Compliments to the Pope Burnet's History Part 2. l. 3. Mariana saith That Emanuel King of Portugal made some difficulty to recall the
the Altar of the Ubians he tore in pieces his Sacred Fillets e These were peculiar Ornaments of the Priests and went over to the Party of the Rebels Nevertheless confiding in the Clemency of the Romans he undertook the Commission enjoyn'd him by his Father and was well received 3 Sometimes Princes who value themselves upon Gratitude pardon the Children in consideration of Services donâ— by the Fathers or by the Ancestors Charles the Fifth pardon'd Don Pedro Laso who brought him the Message from the Rebels of Tolâ—do because he was the Son of a Gentleman whose Memory was dear to him Philip II. perceiving whilst he was consulting about an Affair with Mat. Vasquez his Secretary of State that a certain Gentleman of his Chamber observed them both with some Curiosity Go tell that Man said he That if I do not take off his Head he is beholden for it to his Uncle Sebastian de Santoio who gave him to me Cabrera's History l. 12. c. 3. and sent afterward under Guard to the Confines of the Gauls Germanicus lost not his Labour by this Return for after some Encounters he disingag'd Segestes from the Hands of his Enemies with many of his Relations and his Vassals There were also some Ladies of Quality and among the rest the Daughter of Segestes who shew'd by her Countenance that he shad more of her Husband's Courage than of her Father's Temper 4 It was much more glorious for Thusnelda to espouse the Interest of Arminius who was the Deliverer of Germany than that of Segestes who was a Traitor to it Traitors have this Misfortune That they are oftentimes hated and contemned by their own Children She walk'd with her Hands folded on her Bosom and seem'd to look downward on the Fruit of her Body with which she was now big without shedding one Tear or saying one single Word or doing one Action which had any thing of a Suppliant There were also carried the Spoils which the Enemies had taken at the Defeat of Varus and which had been shar'd by many of those who were now Prisoners At last appear'd Segestes of a Stature higher than any of the rest with an assur'd Countenance as having been always in the Roman Interest And accordingly he bespoke them in these Terms LI. This Day O Romans is not the first wherein I have begun to give you the Proofs of an inviolable Faith Since the time that the Divine Augustus made me Citizen of Rome I have had neither Friends nor Enemies but yours 1 He obliquely reproâ—ched the Infidelity of Arminius his Rival who having been formerly in the Service of the Romans had obtained as well as himself the Privileges of a Citizen and the Quality of a Roman Knight Assiduus militiae nostrae prioris comes civitatis Romanae jus equeâ—â—remque consecutus gradum sâ—gnitia ducis inoccasionem sceleris usus est Paterc Hist. 2. c. 118. neither have I steer'd this Course out of any Hatred to my Country for Traitors are odious even to them whose Cause they have espous'd f Philip of Macedon being asked whom he hated or loved most I love those very much saith he who will be Traitors to serve me but I as much hate those who have been so The Count de Campobache saith Commines made an Offer to the King Lewis XI by a Physician called Mr. Simon of Pavia that if he would perform some Things which he demanded viz. the Payment of 400 Lances 20000 Crowns in ready Money and a good County he engaged to deliver the Duke of Burgundy into his Hands or to kill him The King had this Man's Wickedness in great Abhorrence and acquainted the Duke of Burgundy with the whole Matter Memoirs l. 4. c. ult l. 5. c. 6. Upon the Count de Campobach's Arrival to the Duke of Lorrain to whom he had sacrificed his Master the Duke of Burgundy the Germans gave him to understand that he should retire and that they would have no Traitors amongst them L. 5. c. 8. I ought not to pass over in Silence the Praises which are due to Elizabeth of England for the handsom Answer which she made to to that Gravesâ—on who gave her an Account of a â—reacherous Act done to the Spaniards at Berg-op-zoom After â—aving gived him a Thousand Crowns for his Pains and his Voyage Return home said she and if I should ever 〈◊〉 in need of a Man who knows how to be a Traitor in perfection I wiâ—â— make use of you Colomma l. 1. of his History of the Wars of Flanders but only because I preferr'd Peace to War 2 Traitors never want Pretexts to colour over their Treason nor specious Reasons to defend it All their Remonstrances are full of those which Tacitus puts in the Mouth of Sâ—gestes There is scarcâ— any Cause so bad which a good Advocate can't colour over and was convinc'd that Peace was the common Interest of both Nations On this Account it was that I accus'd Arminius to Varus who then commanded the Roman Army Arminius I say the Ravisher of my Daughter and Infringer of the Alliance made with you 3 It is common with great Men to revenge their private Quarrel under the Name of the publick Quarrel Segâ—stes accused Arminius to Varus as a Man who hated the Romans and who rendred their Alliance suspected to the Germans The Accusation was true and the Defeat of Varus's Legions confirmed it but the Motive of this Accusation the Merit of which he so extols to Germanicus was not so much an Effect of his Love and his Concern for the Romans as an Effect of the Hatred which he bore to the Ravisher of his Daughter and of the Iealousie which he had to see Arminius more Powerful and more Esteemed than himself in his Country Thus we may apply to Segestes what Paterculus â—aith of the Consul Opimius That he sacrificed the Son of the Consul Fulvius Flaccus who besides his tender Age was innocent to the Hatred that he had born to his Father rather than to the publick Vengeance Visa ultio privato odio magis quam publicae vindictae data Hist. l. 2. c. 7. Tir'd with the Delays and Irresolution of your General 4 Irresolution is the greatest Fault that can be in a General or in any other Man who hath the Management of publick Affairs What Advantage can be taken of Opportunities where Execution is more necessary than Deliberation by a Minister who knows not what to resolve on who fears every thing and who is equally fruitful in Doubts and barren in Expedients Princes have but one good Remedy against Conspiracies which is to prevent the Conspirators and all Princes who have not done it have been overtaken by them In a word Whether in War or in Peace Irresolution is the Ruine of Affairs and oftentimes even worse than a bad Resolution because there is sometimes a Remedy for this whereas the other renders the least Evils incurable
for trying the Government of a Woman named Erato whom they soon laid aside 2 Gynecocracy is the Worst of all Governments For this Sex saith Tacitus is not only weak and voluptuous and consequently unfit for the Management of Affairs of State but besides is Cruel Untractable and desirous infinitely to extend its Power if its Ambition be not restâ—â—in'd The Prophet Isaiah Ch. 3. threatens the Iews with the Government of Children and with that of Women as with two equal Curses So that we are not to wonder if 〈◊〉 is so odious in those very 〈◊〉 where Women have right of Succession nor why divers Nations have for ever excluded them from the Throne and thus being in an unsettled and confus'd Condition 3 Anarchy is the most miserable Condition that a Kingdom oâ— a Common-Wealth can fall into and it is the only plague that can make the loss of a Female Government regreted For it is impossible for Civil 〈◊〉 to subâ—ist without a Master and without Laws And this is the râ—ason that Anarchy hath been always of short duration and rather without a Master than in Liberty they offer the Crown to exil'd Vonones 4 A State however it changes the Form of its Government sooner or later will return to that which it had in its Original The first Goverâ—ment to a Body-Politick is what the Natural Air is to a Humane body But as soon as Artabanus threatned him and it appeared that there was little reliance on the Armenians and as little expectation of assistance from the Romans who could not defend him unless they would engage in a War against the Parthians he retires to Creticus Silanus the Governor of Syria who although he had invited him set a Guard upon him as soon as he came leaving him however the Title and the State of a King 5 It is not the Royal Title or 〈◊〉 that make a King but the Authority The Majesty is in the Functions not in the Ornaments and it is 〈◊〉 this reason that the Title of 〈◊〉 dâ—d not belong to the Senate oâ— Rome although it had all the exterior Marks of it as the Rods the Purple Robe the Ivory-Chair c. but to the People in whom the Supreme Power resided Witness the Form of Words which was pronounced with a loud voice at the opening of all the Assemblies Velitis Iubeatis Quirites which is the Appellation they gave the People in their Assemblies Cabrera saith that Philip II. having marry'd Mary Queen of England and received from his Father the Renunciation of the Kingdom of Naples on the score of this Marriage took it very ill that his Father kept the Administration and the Revenues of it and the more because he was hereby King of Naples and of England only in Title and Name There were also some Englishmen who gave him no other Title but that of the Queens Husband Chap. 5 and 7. Lib. 1. of his History The Earls of Egmond and Horn having been arrested by the Duke of Alva without the privity of the Dutchess of 〈◊〉 Governess the Low-Countreys this Princess who saw that the Duke besides his large power had secret Orders which leâ—t her 〈◊〉 more than the Name of Governess desir'd leave of Philip II. to retire out of these Provinces saying that it was neither for his Service nor her Honour whom he was pleas'd to call his Sister to continue there with a Title without Authority Strada Lib. 6. of Hist. 1. Decad. How he endeavour'd to escape from this Pageant-Royalty we will relate in its proper place 6 A Prince who is dispossess'd of his Dominions doth not willingly continue in the hands of him who hath goâ— possession of them how well soever he is treated by him For this is to adorn with his presence the Conqueror's or the Usurper's Triumph Ferdinand the Catholick assigned Lands and Revenues to Boabdiles whose Kingdom of Granada he had Conquered or Usurped but this Prince soon passed into Africk For saith Mariana those who have seen themselves Kings have not constancy or paâ—ience enough to lead a Private Life Ch. 18. Book 25. of his History of Spain V. But these troubles in the East were no unwelcome News to Tiberius since they gave him a fair Pretence to draw off Germanicus from the Legions that had been accustom'd to his 1 How great soever the Fidelity of a Subject appears to be to whom an Army or a Province hath offered the Sovereignty it is prudence in a Prince under some specious pretence to remove him from this Army or Province for feaâ— lest the Infidelity of others and opportunity may at last inspire him with a desire to accept what may be again offer'd him The Mutineers of Germanicus's Legions had offer'd Germanicus their service being resolved to follow his Fortune if he would seize the Empire Ann. â— and consequently Tiberius had reason to be jealous of the Fidelity of Germanicus and of the Affection which these Legions had for him and Agâ—ippinae who was continually giving them largesse The Satisfaction which the Neapoliâ—ans had in the Goveâ—nment of Gonsalo Hernandez whom they styled by way of Eminence the Great Captain was the principal Cause of the Resolution that Ferdinand the Catholick took to make him return into Spain with hopes of being rewarded with the Office of Grand Master of the Order of St. Iamâ—s which was the highest Honour in the Kingdom command m Philip II. dealt with his Nephew Alexander Farnese almost after the same manner He sent him into France to the assistance of the League whilst his presence was absolutely necessary in the Low-Countreys where he had begun to re-establish the Royal Authority having obliged the Arch-Duke Matthias to return into Germany the Duke of Alonson into 〈◊〉 the Earl of Liecester into England and the Prince of Orange into Holland For his absence gave the Rebels new strength and was the Cause that they recovered a great part of what they had loâ—t So that Don Carlos Coloma had good reason to say that Philip II. acted herein against all the Rules of Policy Lib. 2 and 3. of his Wars of Flanders and to expose him at once to Hazards and Treachery in Provinces where he was a Stranger But the more he was hated by his Uncle and loved by the Soldiers the more he endeavoured to put an end to this War by a Decisive Battel in order to which he consider'd well with himself the Methods of Fighting and what had succeeded well or ill with him after three years War in this Country He found that the Germans were always beaten in pitch'd Battels and on even Ground that their advantages lay in Woods and Marshes in short Summers and early Winters That his Soldiers were more troubled at their long marches and the loss of their Arms than for the Wounds they had receiv'd That the Gauls were weary of furnishing Horses That his long train of Carriages was much exposed to
private Condition or when persecuted by their Predecessors The Friendship of particular Persons is never acquir'd but by time with greater reason then that of Princes should be acquir'd with long Services They have little value for those that come to them when they are in their Thrones because they are commonly such as make Court rather to their Forâ—une than Person and look upon their Reward as near when those that adhere to them in the time of their Rivals and Enemies as Quirinus did to Tiberius while C. Caesar was alive and next Heir to the Empire have full Right to a Prince's Favour who conâ—ideâ—s them as disinherited Friends So the Duke of Beaufort at his return from England was the Favourite of Queen Ann of Spain who not only spoke of him with all marks of Esteem and commanded her Creatures to have a Friendship for him but when the Physitians one day thought Lewis XIII dying chose him to be Governor of the Dauphine and Monsieur A Trust that shewed sufficiently to what Honours and Dignities he was destin'd if he had known how to manage his Fortune Memoires de la Chastre Henry IV. of France never leâ—t asking the Promotion of the Sieur Seraâ—in to be a Cardinal till he obtain'd it because this Prelate he was Auditor of the Roâ—a above 30 Years was always for him and his Crown in the most difficult and dangerous Times So says Cardinal d'Ossat Dans sa Letre 61. which Tiberius open'd to the Senate commending his Dutifulness and accus'd Lollius s Paterculâ—s says so of Lollius That he was a Man that more desir'd to grow rich than to live well and with all the Care he took to conceal his Vice Yet he was and also appear'd to be very vicious Cap. 97 du Livre 2. de son â—pitome And in the 102 Chap. â—â—e adds Augusâ—us chose Lollius to be C. Ceasâ—r's Governor Quem moderatorâ—m juvâ—nâ—ae filii sui Augustus esse voluerat as the Author of C. Caesar's 2 An ill Governor or Tutor is very dangerous for a Young Prince Testa recenâ— imbuta diu servabit odorâ—m Plato says That Kings should have four Masters or Governors for their Children to teach them the four Virtues necessary for those that Reign The first teaches them Prudence the Second Iustice the Third Temperance and to despise Pleasures the Last the Art of War and sets Examples before them of the Courage and Constancy of their Glorious Ancestors Dans son premier Alâ—ibiade Paul Emilius says that Giles Romain Arch-Bishop of Bourges exhorted King Philip the Fair in that to imitate the Kings of Persia Livre 8. de son Histoire de France Sedition and Lewdness But his Memory was not very agreeable to the Senate because he accused Lepida and was sordid and insolent in his Old Age. LI. The end of this Year C. Lutorius Priscus a Roman Knight who had compos'd an Excellent Elegy on Germanicus and received a Reward from the Emperor for it was accus'd for making it for Drusus when he was sick in hopes of a greater Gratuity if he had died 3 There is nothing more disagreeable to Princes than what puts them in mind of their Death In whatever Condition they are they would not be told they shall die When Lewis XI answer'd those that told him he was a Dead Man It may be I am not so bad as you think me He shew'd That those who took upon them this Commission did him a piece of Service he should not thank them for if he recover'd It seems the late King who was much a better Prince than Lewis XI was displeas'd with the Credulity of the Queen and would have her hold a Council as she had done the day before by his Order and made her go out of his Chamber as he was Departing So easily do Princes â—latter themselves with hopes oâ— long Life So M. de Chiverny acted very wisely when he refused to assist at a Consultation of Physitians upon Charles IX because belonging to the King of Poland his Brother and Lawâ—ul Successor he would have been look'd upon at that Meeting as one that deâ—ir'd the King's Death and the Accession of his Master to the Crown Dans ses Memoires If Lutonius did ill in making an Elegy upon Drusus's Death which he thought certain these are no lâ—ss Criminal that make Funeral Orations upon Princes in their perfect Health to be early enough with them when they die and to get the Reputation of great Orators persuading the World they have made a Discourse in five or six days which sometimes has cost them more years However these People shew their Vanity more than their Eloquence C. Lutorius was so vain as to read it in P. Petronius's House to several Noble Ladies And when the Informer cited them to give Testimony only Vitellia denied she heard it read but greater Credit was given to others that testified against him Haterius Agrippa Consul Elect delivers his Opinion that he should die M. Lepidus spoke to this Effect LII If we consider only how Lutorius Priscus hath debauched his Mind and his Auditors â—ars neither Prison nor Halter nor any servile Punishments were enough for him But though his Crimes are without measure yet the Moderation of a Prince their own and your Ancestors Examples will qualifie the Punishments Vanity differs from Wickedness and Words from ill Deeds There may such a Way be found to punish him that we may neither repent our Clemency nor Severity I have heard our Princes complain when any through Despair have prevented their Mercy 4 How cruel soever a Prince is he takes Pleasure in being praised for his Clemency It some times happens that the Commendations given him for Vertue he has not create a desire in him to merit that by his future Practices Lutorius's Life is yet safe and the preserving it will neither endanger the Common-Wealth nor can the taking it away be any Example As his Studies were full of Folly so were they senceless and soon over Neither have we reason to fear any thing great or serious in one that betrays himself to the Women Yet let him leave the City his Goods be seiz'd and he banish'd which I take to be as bad as if he was convict of Treason LIII Among all the Consuls only Rubellius Blandus 5 A Subject that has his Prince against him never finds many Iudges to protect his Innocence and if little guilty all ways are thought on to condemn him Dangerous says Anthony Perez is that Iâ—stice where there is an Inclination to condemn What will it be then if accompanied with absolute Power Displeasure and Flattery Aâ—orismes de ses Relations That puts me in mind of the Spanish Proverb alla van Leyos do quiâ—ren Reyos The Laws go aâ— the Kings please agreed with Lepidus the rest were of Agrippa's Opinion so Lutonius was carried back to Prison and soon suffer'd Tiberius writ to the Senate with his usual Ambiguities