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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05583	Sixe bookes of politickes or ciuil doctrine, written in Latine by Iustus Lipsius: which doe especially concerne principalitie. ; Done into English by William Iones Gentleman..; Politicorum sive civilis doctrinæ libri sex. English	Lipsius, Justus, 1547-1606.; Jones, William, Sir, 1566-1640.	1594 (1594)	STC 15701; ESTC S108579	210,644	222

reproch and punishment The first properly belongeth therevnto and in times past it was only vsed The iudgement of the Censor sayth Cicero dooth for the most part bring no other euill vvith it to the partie condemned but shame * For his power was established to giue cause of feare not losse of life But as now adayes the manners of men are so would I seuerely adde the second remedie But what if some did become so impudent as to learne to forget shame * Not onely taking delight in the inticements of pleasure but euen in the infamie thereof Surely I would chastise them and trace them out certaine markes vpon their brasen forehead where no blood were left The first remedie is but too common and is but as it were a sound in words without any effect at all Thus you see what may generallie bee sayd concerning the office of a Censor O Prince borne for the good of mankind establish or rather re-establish it Thou seest that all things are throwne downe and by the force of war beaten downe and troden vnder foot In the name of God raise them vp againe Cause Faith to returne backe correct voluptuousnesse and bind together by seuere lawes those things vvhich being decaied are scattered here and there I denie not but that this enterprise at the beginning vvill be verie vneasie because it is a new thing because it is contrarie to the opinion of the common people For the multitude loue their pleasures and consequently liue dissolutely Neuerthelesse take in hand the good of the estate and passe thorow all dangers What doest thou stand in feare of Thou oughtest rather to labour for the safetie of all men then for their pleasure With wise men it will be accounted Clemencie to vvithdraw them from their follie and false pleasure * Not if thou doest vvinke at that which is euill dissemble their faults and with their present pleasure giue consent to their future mischiefe And notwithstanding thou maist easily mitigat whatsoeuer seemeth sharpe by this triple obseruation First if thou submit thy selfe to bee censured that is if thou frame thy life by the same rule thou wouldst fashion other men by O how gentle and effectuall should this censuring be We are directed hereby we are conuerted hereby And thou thy selfe by thy behauiour and life conformed to those of former time shalt be the cheefe author of a restrained kind of manner of liuing For surely the life of the Prince is a correctresse of the behauiour of men yea a perpetuall correctresse Secondly if thou do not reforme all things at once but by little and little reduce them to the ancient order * For there is none amongst vs all that can be so soone reformed nor change so suddenly his disposition or alter his nature There requireth time herein and there are certaine vices which the Prince may best abolish by a little sufferance * Shame will worke the best alteration in some in others necessitie and euen a loathing of it in others For the mind of many men wandereth thorow mischiefe but doth make no abode there Thirdly and last of all if thou doest distribute rewards to the good who will beleeue that thou art rigorous but in regard of the loue thou bearest to vertue when they shall see thee so louing to those that possesse it Solon said long since that a cōmon wealth was maintained by reward punishment True it is for the reward of good men and punishment of the wicked maketh men either good or bad Thou shalt alwaies see that where honour and profit is hoped for men take pains and put themselues in danger * What so is in honour is augmented and increaseth that which is in contempt declineth and dimisheth and this is a most manifest signe of a kingdome well established Vse it then and take heed that thou being a Prince it may not be sayd of thee that they vvhich haue done well haue had no other recompence then the contentment of their own conscience I haue ended my discourse concerning hatred wherevnto I ad this that this plague is so farre growne in kingdomes that I know not if any art or policie may thorowly root it out For libertie is desired as vvell of good men and badde as of valiant men and cowards Wherefore wee hate them by nature that seeke to take it from vs. Now euery Prince dooth abridge vs thereof therefore albeit that thou doe that thing that no man may in reason hate thee yet there will alwaies be some that will maligne thee but make thou no account thereof He that feareth hate ouermuch knoweth not how to beare rule I meane this light and popular hate for there is I know not what kind of malice and repining in all people against those that gouerne And it was most truly spokē by a great king that it was a thing accustomed to Princes to beare hard speeches vvhen they do good Thou shalt therefore comfort thy selfe with this speech of Augustus ●t is sufficient if we be assured that none can do vs hurt and likewise with the opinion of the best and soundest iudgements because that the graue verses and perpetuall honour of Chronicles vvill one day make thee famous and not these breefe and popular praises * Posteritie will giue to euery one his due honour CHAP. XII The definition of contempt the blame thereof what things ingender it That a wise Prince ought to auoid it THere followeth contempt which wee did make the second vice to ouerthrow a kingdome which as it serueth for our purpose Is a vile and abiect opinion of the king and his estate imprinted as well in the subiects as in strangers A most hurtfull thing in kingdomes whose soule and life is the authoritie and good estimation which is had of him who gouerneth For what other force is there that effecteth this then that the soule of one alone yea and sometimes of an old and impotent man doth commaund so many millions of men All that we see is gouerned and ruled by that alone as it were by a certaine godhead * And like as the feet the hands the eyes do seruice to the soule by the cōmandement hereof either we are in rest or we labour So this infinit multitude is gouerned as it were by the soule of authoritie But who can gouerne without it The force of commaunding is in the consent of them that obey That consent springeth of estimation by the which youth which is to enterprise great matters doth feare one particular person Take estimation away and take away the estate and all this webb of commaundement will runne but into many thrids and small peeces