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A01013	The picture of a perfit common wealth describing aswell the offices of princes and inferiour magistrates ouer their subiects, as also the duties of subiects towards their gouernours. Gathered forth of many authors, aswel humane, as diuine, by Thomas Floyd master in the Artes.	Floyd, Thomas, M.A., of Jesus College, Oxford.	1600 (1600)	STC 11119; ESTC S122030	71,774	330

note the exploits of the Grecians and the worthy feates of the Troians This mā exceeded so much herein that happy was that souldier that could be a souldier to Cesar O liberal hart O passing policy O happy estate and glorious stay of such a Common wealth wherein like liberality of Princes towards their subiects is found such loialty and fidelity of subiects is shewed and performed Seing liberality is a vertue that deserueth so great praise what man is he that carieth neuer so base and abiect a mind that hauing any possessions or wealth and would not be moued with some remorse of cōscience to bestow a smal portion thereof vpon the poore distressed and needy if not as being addicted to liberality yet as being mooued with pity he would gladly imparte some of the encrease therof for his sake that bestoweth the stocke and yeeldeth the encrease 1 Liberality hath a zealous hart opē hands inuincible faith in earth and a perpetual dwelling in heauen 2 The liberall man recōcileth displeasure the vnliberall engendreth hate 3 A liberall man beginning to decay shal in his feeblenesse and want finde his friends and foes 4 He that is liberal concealeth nothing from them whom he doth affectionate by which meanes true loue encreaseth amity is made more firme and stable Of Clemency Cap. 33. CLemēcy is a vertue which belongeth to the inuincible part of the soule wherby we are slowly addicted to any kind of vices which all decay in processe of time only this mercy or clemency encreaseth Haughtinesse seing this vertue to be honored desireth oftentimes to be couered with the cloke therof fearing lest appearing in her own shape she should be litle regarded The property of this matchles virgine is to sustaine those crimes which are layed vpon her not tolerating her selfe to be hastily carried to reuenge nor easily spurred to wrath but enforcing him in whō she resteth to be of a setled staied resolution and to carry a milde and gracious mind for hee that purchaseth otherwise wanting clemency is saied to cary dust against the winde Wherefore let all Gouernours which do know for a certainty they haue their power from aboue pōder in their minds in what case they themselues be daily if God did not abounde in mercy who would speedily assoone as they had grieuously offended smite them with his rod of correction although as the Scripture saieth the purest man liuing passeth not one howre which deserueth not some punishment but God being infinit in mercy vpon hope of amendemēt pardoneth As therefore imitating his example and following his steps let all mē most willingly embrace clemency which is of such excellency that the hart of man cannot conceiue nor his tongue vtter either the infinit goodnes thereof or how admirably it linketh humane society Wherfore as Demonax was wont to say mē ought not to want clemency nor to waxe angry in correcting faultes vsing the example of Physitions which are not moued to fret at their sicke patiēts but mildly to cure the disease meaning hereby that the only remedy and surest way to winne the good will of the subiects is alwaies for the ruler to be courteous and gentle which causeth loue in the subiects and procureth the good of the Cōmon wealth Of such clemency was Pompey the great who when Tigranes king of Armenia by him conquered kneeled before him yeelding vp his Crowne and Scepter at his feete and himself to his mercy as a captiue tooke him vp in his armes embraced him put on his crowne on his head and restored him to his kingdome againe Was there euer Monarch more feared of his enemies thē Alexander the great inuincible in al enterprises he attēpted in so much that he could not onely force all humane powers but also time place themselues yet who hath left greater proofe of meeknesse then he for as he was on his voiages vndertakē for the conquest of the Indians he Taxilles might not war one against the other If thou saith this king vnto him art lesse then I receiue benefits if greater I will take them of thee Alexander greatly cōmending withal admiring the grauity and courteous speach of this Indian answered thus At the least we must cōbat for this namely whether of vs twaine shal be most beneficial vnto his cōpanion So loath was this noble Monarch to yeeld to the other the superiority in clemency What can more stir vp humane harts to great affections what more maintaineth loue what ioyneth the harts of subiectes vnto their soueraigne Nothing so much as clemency Adrian a noble Romane conceyued great hatred against a famous gentlemā of Rome but assoone as this noble Adrian was made Emperour by chaunce meeting his enemy in the street that very day that hee was created Emperour said with a loud voice in the presence of all the people Euasistime Thou hast wōne the conquest meaning that he being made a Prince might in no sort reuēge the wrongs that he conceiued before O vnspeakable humanity and passing clemēcy in a Prince Iulius Cesar was also of such courteous behauior that hauing conquered Pompey all his enemies hee wrote to his friends in Rome that the greatest and most estimable fruit which he of his victory conceiued cōsisted in sauing daily the life of men being his owne countrey men who had borne armes against him For especiall proofe of this meeknesse and gentlenesse that speach may serue which he vttered when he vnderstoode that Cato returning vnto the towne of Vtica after the losse of the battel had violated his owne life O Cato saith this Monarch beyng then very pensiue I enuy thee for this thy death seing thou hast enuied me the glory of sauing thy life I neuer yet denied clemency said that good Emperour Marcus Aurelius to him that demaunded it of mee much lesse haue I euil entreated or offered dishonor to any that reposed any confidēce in me affirming that there could be no victory which should enioy the name of a true and perfect victory excepting that which harboureth clemency alleadging To ouercome was humane but to pardon was diuine Wherfore saith this Prince of whō we made mention that wee ought to esteeme the magnificence of the immortall Gods not so much for the chastisement as for the mercy which they vse 1 Clemency is the character of an vnspotted soule which neuer lightly suffereth innocency to be troden vnder feet 2 Pride is vaine cruelty is hated but clemēcy alone for her meekenes is canonized 3 Clemency ouermuch vsed is no clemēcy to be too submissiue and humane ingenerall is to proue humane to none because that generality can neuer at any time proue particular 4 Clemency in maiesty is the rightest path to binde affection in duty Of Peace Cap. 34. PEace is a vertue that purchaseth the security and quietnes of kingdomes suppressing al tumults vprores and factions planting quietnesse and tranquillity of life But as Cicero saieth Peace is the end

companie of vitious persons yeelding ill example because the offence that is committed in his companie is accompted euill 4 The dutie of a king is to listen consider the complaint of his people without respect of person Magistrates ought to see iustice administred Cap. 8. THe greatest parte of the office dutie of kings in auncient time was to see the administratiō of Iustice Homer the poet may be a sufficient witnesse when he faieth of Agamemnon that the Scepter law was committed to him by GOD to doe right to euery man answerable to the which Virgil describing the Queene of Carthage saith she sate in iudgement in the middest of the people as if there nothing beseemed such a person but such an action and therefore the poets not without a cause fame Iupiter alwaies to haue Themis that is Iustice at his elbow signifying not that whatsoeuer Kinges or Princes did was iustice and lawfull be it neuer so vile in his owne nature as that wantō flatterer Anaxarchus said to Alexander but that equitie and iustice should alwaies accompanie them and neuer depart frō their sides hereupō it was that Adacus Minos and Rhadamanthus the first king of Grecia were so renowned of olde antiquitie because of their true and vpright execution of Iustice and therfore were not honored with greater title than with the name of Iudges It is said of K. Alexander that although he was alwaies busied in the affaires of the wars in giuing battels yet he would sitte personally in iudgement to heare criminal causes matters of importance pleaded whilest the accused laid open his accusation with one hand he would stop one eare to the end the other might be kept pure without preiudice for the defence answer of the accused The Roman Emperors also were very careful diligent in this behalf as first Iulius Cesar who is recorded to haue taken great paines in giuing audiēce to the parties in dealing iustice between thē In like maner Augustus Cesar is cōmēded for his care in this behalfe for he would ordinarily sitte in iudgement vpon causes and cōtrouersies of his subiects and that with such delight pleasure that oftentimes night was fayne to interrupt him before he would giue it ouer yea although he found himself not well at ease yet would he not omit to apply himselfe to the diuision of iudgement or els calling the parties before him to his bedside Iorā king of Israel sonne of Achab though a man that walked not vprightly before GOD but gaue himselfe to worke abominatiō in his sight yet he despised not the poore A famished womā of Samaria when she demaunded iustice at his hands although it was in the time of warre whē lawes vse to be silent and in the besieging famishment of the citie neyther did he request the Sunamite for the recouerie of her house and lands but caused them to be restored vnto her So that then it is manifest that those which in old time raigned ouer the people of God albeit they had in euery citie Iudges yea and in Ierusalem also as it appeareth in the 19. chapter or the 2. booke of Chronicles yet they ceased not to giue eare to suites and complaints that were made vnto them and to decide cōtrouersies that came to their knowledge for this cause it is that Wisedome saieth That by her kings raigne Princes decree iustice whervnto also belongeth that which is saide in an other place that a King setting in the throne of iudgemēt chaseth away all euill with his eyes VVhat is a tyrant Cap. 9. A Tyrant is a superiour Gouernour that ruleth as he listeth who onely raigneth to pleasure a few not to the publike profit who is accoūted a rigorous ill disposed king that persisteth in extreames perseuering in moodlesse modesty accustoming to chastice many for the fault of one which is amōgst euils the greatest euil amongst tyrants the greatest tyranny that they of thēselues will not liue within the precincts vnder the rights of law iustice nor yet consent that malefactors should receiue punishmēt he esteemeth it better to haue his own palace costly furnished the common weale poore than his palace poore the common weale rich A tyrāt is a king chosen by popular ambitious election on the behalf of the cōmunalties to patronize their cause against the chiefest citizens preuenting iniuries whose property is not to respect the publique vtilitie but onely his priuate cōmoditie whose glory consisteth in riches delight in pleasure and pompe Such a one was Dionisius the tyrāt chosē of the Syracusiās The like king was Atreus brother to Thyestes sonne to king Pelops who tyrānously slew without compassion three sons of his brother Thyestes whose bloud hee caused his brother and their owne Father to drinke vnawares and hauing hidden their bodies in a caue cut off their members and made their Father to eate thereof So likewise Astyages played the tyrant enforcing Harpagus to eate his owne sonne dressed and serued at his table before Harpagus of which as being ignorant he fed but not long after as a reward for this detestable tyranny Harpagus caused his owne nephewe young Cyrus to wage warre against him of whome hee was ouercome exiled out of his kingdome Like as a battered or a crazed ship by letting in of water not only drowneth her selfe but all that are in her so a king or a vitious tyrant by vsing detestable enormities destroyeth not himselfe alone but all others beside that are vnder his gouernment and though vniust offences escape for a time without penaltie yet neuer without reuēge wherfore as many haue beene remembred through equitie iustice aduanced to great honor euen so iniurious inuasions oppressions cursed and reprobated speeches sūdry enacted cruelties haue bene the vtter wrack ruine and endles decay of famous men and honorable peeres therfore the miserable wretchednes almost of all sauage tyrants may wel yeeld a sufficient testimony for not only they were bereued of their liues and depriued of dignities but such as were alied vnto them by blood consanguinitie or adherents by confederacy in so much that the greatest died the like death the rest being spoiled of their goods and possessiōs hardly escaped death by banishment neuerthelesse they could not happely escape and auoid the spot of slaunder and shamefull obloquie and that I may here without offence speake of Phalaris the lewdest and vnsatiablest bloudsucker that euer nature yeelded against whome rebelled the whole multitude of the citie Agrigētinum that I may lightly passe ouer diuerse others with silence whose maners were infected with the like barbarous cruelty as beyng nulled with vice and weaned from vertue assuredly al the blood race of Phistratus by this onely way lost their gouernment principalitie What should I speak of the Tarquines were not they traced in the same vice and trayned in the same ininiquitie and