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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41096	The adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses translated from the French.; Aventures de Télémaque. English	Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.; Littlebury, Isaac.; Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1699 (1699)	Wing F674; ESTC R17825	268,228	862

Common-wealth said Mentor They are the Children of the People whose Hope and Strength they are and 't is too late to Correct 'em when they are corrupted 't is too little to exclude 'em from Employments when they have made themselves unworthy of 'em 't is therefore much better to prevent the Mischief than to be forc'd to punish it The King aded he who is the Father of all his People is yet more particularly the Father of all the Youth who are the Flower of the Nation 'T is the Blossom that prepares the Fruit let not the King disdain to watch over 'em and set Officers to mind the Education of these Children Let him see that the Laws of Minos be put in Force which command That Children be brought up in a contempt of Pain and Death That Honour be plac'd in a neglect of Pleasure and Riches That Injustice Lying and Effeminacy be accounted Infamous That from their tender Infancy they be taught to sing the Praises of the Hero 's belov'd of the Gods who have bravely merited of their Country and who have signaliz'd their Courage in Battels Let the Charms of Musick affect their Souls to soften and purifie their Manners Let 'em learn to be Affectionate to their Friends fathful to their Allies respectful to the Nobility and just even to their Enemies Let 'em be taught to fear Death and Torments less than the least thing of their Conscience If Children are betimes inspir'd with these great Principles and if they are sweetly insinuated into 'em they will doubtless be inflam'd with the Love of Honour and Virtue Mentor added That it was absolutely necessary to institute Schools to accustom the Youth to hard Exercises of the Body that they may not learn to grow tender and lazy which debauches the best Constitution He farther advis'd That there should be Plays and Shews frequently to animate the People but above all that they should exercise their Bodies to make 'em active supple and vigorous adding a Reward to excite Emulation But what he most desir'd and tended chiefly to the encouraging of good Manners was that the People should marry betimes and their Parents without any Prospect of Interest should leave 'em to chuse their Wives suitable to 'em both in Body and Mind with whom they might live continually happy The End of the Third Volume THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS The Son of ULYSSES PART IV. LONDON Printed for A. and J. Churchill at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row MDCC THE ADVENTURES OF TELEMACHUS The Son of ULYSSES PART IV. BUT while they were thus laying down the most probable Means to keep their Youth Chaste Innocent Laborious Tractable and Ambitious of Renown Philocles who chiefly delighted in War said to Mentor In vain do you employ Youth in all those Exercises if you suffer them to languish in continual Peace where they shall neither have Experience in War nor occasion to shew their Valour by this you will insensibly weaken the Nation and soften their Courage Pleasures will corrupt their Manners and other warlike Nations will find it no hard matter to vanquish them and by endeavouring to shun the Evils of War they will fall into a miserable Servitude Mentor reply'd The Evils of War never fail to drain a Nation and put it in danger of Ruin even while it is most victorious With how great advantage soever they begin it they are never sure to end it without being exposed to the most tragical Chances of Fortune Suppose you engage with never so great a superiority of Force the smallest Mistake a panick Fear a Nothing snatches away the Victory that was already in your Hands and puts it into those of your Enemies And tho' you should hold Victory chain'd in your Camp you destroy your Self in destroying your Enemies You dis-people your Country leave your Ground uncultivated interrupt Commerce nay which is far worse you weaken your Laws and suffer Manners to be corrupted The Youth do not any more apply themselves to Learning pressing Wants make you give Way to a pernicious Licentiousness among your Troops Justice good Order every-thing suffers in this Confusion A King who spills the Blood of so mony Men and is the Cause of so many Miseries to acquire a little Glory or to extend the Limits of his Kingdom is unworthy of the Glory he hunts after and deserves to lose that which he possesses by endeavouring to Usurp what belongs to another But after this manner you must exercise the Courage of a Nation in time of Peace You have already seen the Exercises of the Body that we have Established the Prize that excites Emulation the Maxims of Honour and Virtue with which we season the Minds of Children almost from their Cradle by Songs full of the great Actions of Heroes add to those Aids that of a sober and laborious Life But this is not all As soon as any of your Allies shall be in War you must send thither the flower of your Youth chiefly those in whom you shall observe a War-like Genius and who are the most likely to profit by Experience By this means you shall preserve a high Esteem amongst your Allies your Friendship shall be Courted and they shall be afraid to lose it And without having a War at Home and at your own Charge you shall always be provided with a Martial and intrepid Youth And altho' you your selves enjoy Peace cease not to treat respectfully those that are Masters of the Art of War for the true way to avoid it and preserve a lasting Peace is to Cultivate Arms to Honour Men excellent in that Profession and to entertain those that are train'd up to it in Foreign Parts and who know the Force Discipline and manner of War in Neighbouring Countries You shall be equally uncapable of making War to gratify your Ambition and of being afraid of it through Effeminacy And being in a readiness to undertake it when Necessity obliges you can easily find means to prevent it When your Allies make War upon one another 't will be your part to become Mediator And thus you will acquire a Glory far more solid and sure than that of the Conquerors You shall gain the Love and Esteem of Strangers they will all of them stand in need of you you will strengthen your Authority over your Subjects You shall become the Confident of their Secrets the Umpire of Treatises and Master of their Affections Your Fame shall fly through the most distant Countries and your Name shall be like a most delicious Perfume that diffuses it self far and wide In such a happy State let a Neighbouring People unjustly attack you they shall always find you ready to receive them And what strengthens you still more they shall find you beloved by all and succour'd by your Neighbours who will chearfully Arm themselves for you being fully perswaded that the publick Security depends on the Preservation of you This is a Rampart more secure than the strongest Walls and most regular

reserve to your selves the Honour of being Judges and Mediators I know you would like these Proposals if you could be sure of the Performance on Idomeneus's part as to this I will give you full Satisfaction For the security of both Parties there will be those Hostages I mention'd before till all the narrow Passes be deposited into your Hands Now when the safety of all Hesperia and even that of Salenta and Idomeneus shall lie at your Mercy will you not then be contented Of whom can you be afraid unless it be of your own selves You dare not trust Idomeneus and yet Idomeneus is so free from any design of deceiving you that he is willing to trust you Yes he will commit to your Charge both the Repose Lives and Liberty of all his People and himself If it be true that you only desire an honourable and lasting Peace how can you now reject her when she courts you to embrace her Once more do not think that 't is Fear that forces Idomeneus to offer you these Proposals no 't is Wisdom and Justice which engage him to take these Measures without reguarding whether you impute to his Weakness what is the effect of his Virtue In his first attempts he is to blame and he glories in acknowledging his Faults by obviateing your Demands 'T is Weakness 't is ridiculous Vanity 't is absolute Ignorance of a Man 's own Interest to hope to conceal his Faults by endeavouring to maintain 'em by a fierce Haughtiness He who owns his Faults to his Enemy and who offers to repair 'em shews by that that he is become uncapable of committing 'em and an Enemy cannot be too fearful of so wise and so firm a Conduct at least if he does not make Peace Besure you take good heed that in his turn he does do you no Injury If you slight Peace and Justice which now offer themselves to you Peace and Justice will take their Revenge Idomeneus who ought to have fear'd that he shou'd have found the Gods provok'd against him will now find 'em on his side against you Telemachus and my self will Fight for the true Cause and I call all the Gods both Celestial and Infernal to witness the Justice of those Proposals that I have now made to you At these words Mentor rais'd his Arm on high to shew to that great multitude of People the Olive-Branch the Signal of Peace which he had in his Hand The Commanders who nearly beheld him were dazl'd with the divine Light that sparkl'd in his Eyes he appear'd with such an Authority and so awful a Majesty as is never seen in the greatest and most illustrious among Mortals The Charm of his soft yet powerful Words stole away their Hearts They were like those enchanting Words which in the deep silence of the Night do in a moment stop the Motion of the Moon and Stars calm the raging Seas hush the Winds and the Waves and stay the Course of the most rapid Streams Mentor seem'd in the middle of these furious People like Bacchus when he was surrounded by Tygres which forgeting their fierceness by the power of his sweet Words came and lick'd his Feet and own'd their Subjection by their fawning All this while there remain'd a profound silence thro' all the Army The Commanders stood gazing on one another and durst not oppose this single Man nor imagin who he was All the Troops stood motionless with their Eyes fix'd on him and durst not make the least noise lest he should have something more to say which that might hinder tho' they could not imagin that any thing could be added to what he had said His Discourse seem'd short and they wish'd he had spoken longer All he had said remain'd as it were Engraven in their Hearts his Speech made him be lov'd his Speech made him believ'd every one was greedily attentive both with their Ears and Eyes to catch the least Syllable that came out of his Mouth After a pretty long silence a kind of a soft noise began to spread it self by little and little on every side not like the confus'd noise of People that begin their Anger with harsh Whispers but on the contrary it was a kind and gentle Murmur Every one's Face appear'd with a pleasant Serenity and a delightful Softness The Manducians so highly enrag'd let their Weapons fall out of their Hands The rugged Phalantus and the Lacedemonians were amaz'd to find their Hearts so softned and the rest began to look for that haypy Peace which lately was in view Philoctetes whom his own Misfortunes had made more sensible than the rest could not restrain his Wars Nestor not being able to speak for the transport into which this Discourse had thrown him tenderly embrac'd Mentor being wholly incapable of uttering one Syllable and all the People at once as if it had been a Signal cry'd out Oh wonderous wise old Man You alone have disarm'd us Peace Peace 't is Peace we wish for Presently after this Nestor would have harrangu'd 'em but the Troops were impatient and fear'd that he would only start some difficulty Once again they cry'd out Peace Peace And they were no way to be silenc'd but by obliging all the Officers of the Army to cry out with them for Peace Nestor perceiving that he had not then the liberty to make a regular Discourse was contented only to say You see Mentor what the word of a good Man can do When Wisdom and Virtue speak they still all the Passions our just Resentments turn into Friendship and desires of a lasting Peace We accept the Peace you offer us at which all the Commanders held up their Hands in sign of Agreement Mentor hasted to the City-Gate to cause it to be open'd and to speak to Idomeneus to come out of the City without any Precaution Mean while Nestor embrac'd Telemachus with these words Thou aimable Son of the wisest of all the Greeks can you be wiser and happier than He Have you learn'd nothing of his Fate The Memory of your Father whom you so much resemble has help'd to extinguish our Rage Phalantus tho' hard and severe tho' he has never seen Ulysses can't but be concern'd for his and his Son's Misfortunes Here Telemachus was press'd to recount his Adventures till Mentor return'd with Idomeneus and all the Cretan Youths which attended him At the sight of Idomeneus the Allies felt their Animosity rekindled but Mentor's words stifl'd this Fire just ready to break out Why do we delay said he the Confirmation of this sacred Alliance of which the Gods will be both Witnesses and Guarantees May they avenge it if any impious Wretch dare to violate it and may all the horrible Plagues of War not involving the Faithful and Innocent fall on the perjur'd and execrable Head of that ambitious Man who shall break the holy Sanctions of this Alliance May he be hated of Gods and Men May he never reap the Fruit of his Perfidy