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mark_n at_o which_o he_o level_v for_o it_o will_v be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o strike_v one_o if_o at_o the_o same_o time_n he_o do_v not_o seem_v to_o aim_v at_o another_o there_o be_v not_o less_o danger_n to_o state_n in_o the_o feign_a zeal_n with_o which_o some_o will_v seem_v to_o respect_v the_o public_a and_o regard_v only_o their_o own_o particular_a interest_n they_o pretend_v to_o reform_v the_o government_n to_o weaken_v its_o authority_n they_o propose_v mean_n and_o suggest_v counsel_n after_o the_o effect_n to_o discover_v error_n already_o past_o remedy_n they_o affect_v liberty_n to_o gain_v the_o applause_n of_o the_o people_n against_o the_o magistracy_n and_o confound_v the_o state_n by_o reduce_v it_o afterward_o to_o slavery_n annal._n slavery_n ut_fw-la imperium_fw-la evertant_fw-la libertatem_fw-la praeferunt_fw-la si_fw-la impetraverint_fw-la ipsam_fw-la aggredientur_fw-la tac._n 16._o annal._n these_o artifices_fw-la be_v use_v by_o all_o tyrant_n of_o republic_n hist._n republic_n caeterum_fw-la libertas_fw-la &_o speciosa_fw-la nomina_fw-la praetexuntur_fw-la nec_fw-la quisquam_fw-la alienum_fw-la servitium_fw-la &_o dominationem_fw-la sibi_fw-la concupivit_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la eadem_fw-la ista_fw-la vocabula_fw-la usurparet_fw-la tac._n 4._o hist._n what_o feint_n do_v tiberius_n make_v of_o restore_a liberty_n to_o that_o of_o rome_n when_o his_o whole_a design_n be_v to_o oppress_v it_o annal._n it_o speciosa_fw-la verbis_fw-la re_fw-la inania_fw-la auâ—_n subdola_fw-la quantaque_fw-la majore_fw-la libertatis_fw-la imagine_v â—egebantur_fw-la tanto_fw-la eruptura_fw-la ad_fw-la infensius_fw-la servitium_fw-la tac._n 1_o annal._n the_o same_o method_n the_o prince_n of_o o_o use_v to_o make_v the_o netherlands_o revolt_n which_o his_o family_n have_v make_v use_n of_o since_o to_o lord_n it_o over_o the_o unite_a province_n time_n will_v show_v they_o to_o their_o cost_n the_o difference_n between_o a_o natural_a prince_n and_o a_o tyrant_n then_o they_o will_v repent_v of_o have_v prefer_v rebellion_n with_o their_o ruin_n to_o obedience_n with_o security_n as_o cerialis_n advise_v those_o of_o treves_n hist_o treves_n ne_fw-fr contâ—â—aciam_fw-la cum_fw-la pernicie_fw-la quam_fw-la obsequium_fw-la cum_fw-la securitate_fw-la mâ—litis_fw-la tac._n 4._o hist_o the_o people_n blind_o fly_v to_o the_o call_v of_o liberty_n and_o do_v know_v it_o till_o they_o have_v lose_v it_o and_o find_v themselves_o entangle_v in_o the_o net_n of_o slavery_n they_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v move_v by_o the_o fear_n of_o these_o false_a crocodile_n and_o rash_o intrust_v they_o with_o their_o life_n and_o fortune_n how_o peaceable_a will_v the_o world_n be_v if_o subject_n know_v that_o whether_o the_o government_n be_v of_o all_o of_o many_o or_o of_o one_o it_o will_v have_v its_o inconvenience_n with_o some_o kind_n of_o tyranny_n for_o though_o speculation_n may_v invent_v a_o perfect_a form_n of_o government_n as_o it_o must_v be_v of_o man_n not_o of_o angel_n it_o may_v be_v commend_v but_o not_o practise_v annal._n practise_v dilecta_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la &_o constituta_fw-la reipub._n forma_fw-la laudari_fw-la facilius_fw-la quam_fw-la evenire_fw-la vel_fw-la si_fw-la evenit_fw-la haud_fw-la diuturna_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la tac._n 4._o annal._n so_o that_o liberty_n consist_v not_o in_o this_o or_o that_o form_n of_o government_n but_o in_o the_o preservation_n of_o that_o which_o a_o long_a use_n and_o experience_n have_v constitute_v and_o approve_v in_o which_o justice_n be_v defend_v and_o public_a peace_n preserve_v suppose_v that_o some_o sort_n of_o government_n must_v be_v obey_v for_o liberty_n never_o suffer_v more_o than_o in_o such_o change_n we_o think_v to_o find_v a_o better_a and_o we_o fall_v into_o a_o worse_a as_o it_o happen_v to_o those_o who_o survive_v tiberius_n and_o caius_n hist._n caius_n an_fw-mi neronem_fw-la extremum_fw-la dominorum_fw-la putatis_fw-la idem_fw-la crediderunt_fw-la qui_fw-la tiberio_fw-la qui_fw-la caio_n superstites_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la cum_fw-la interim_n instabilior_fw-la &_o saevior_fw-la exortus_fw-la est_fw-la tac._n 4._o hist._n and_o when_o we_o better_v ourselves_o it_o do_v not_o countervail_v the_o damage_n we_o sustain_v in_o the_o change_n of_o one_o form_n to_o another_o so_o that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o bear_v with_o the_o present_a though_o unjust_a annal._n unjust_a ferenda_fw-la regum_fw-la ingenia_fw-la neque_fw-la usui_fw-la crebrae_n mutationes_fw-la tac._n 12._o annal._n and_o hope_v that_o if_o the_o prince_n be_v bad_a god_n will_v be_v please_v to_o send_v another_o good_a one_o hist._n one_o vlteriora_fw-la mirari_fw-la praesentiâ—_n sequi_fw-la bonos_fw-es imperatores_fw-la voto_fw-la expetere_fw-la qualescunque_fw-la tolerare_fw-la tac._n 4._o hist._n it_o be_v he_o bestow_v kingdom_n and_o it_o will_v be_v accuse_v his_o divine_a decree_n not_o to_o obey_v those_o who_o he_o have_v constitute_v nabuchadnezzar_n be_v a_o wicked_a prince_n yet_o god_n threaten_v a_o severe_a punishment_n to_o those_o who_o do_v not_o obey_v he_o 6._o he_o jer._n 27._o 6._o as_o we_o be_v content_v with_o the_o season_n and_o bear_v patient_o the_o inconvenience_n of_o nature_n so_o also_o we_o shall_v the_o defect_n of_o our_o prince_n hist._n prince_n quomodo_fw-la sterilitatem_fw-la aut_fw-la nimios_fw-la imbres_fw-la &_o â—aetera_fw-la naturae_fw-la mala_fw-la ita_fw-la luxuriam_fw-la vel_fw-la avaritiam_fw-la dominantium_fw-la tolerare_fw-la tac._n 4._o hist._n while_o there_o be_v man_n there_o will_v be_v vice_n ibid._n vice_n viâ—ia_fw-la erunt_fw-la donec_fw-la homines_fw-la ibid._n where_o be_v there_o to_o be_v find_v a_o prince_n without_o they_o these_o evil_n be_v not_o continual_a if_o one_o prince_n be_v bad_a another_o good_a one_o succeed_v and_o so_o one_o make_v amends_o for_o the_o other_o ibid._n other_o sed_fw-la neque_fw-la haec_fw-la continua_fw-la &_o meliorum_fw-la interventu_fw-la pensantur_fw-la ibid._n emblem_n lxxix_o no_o bird_n so_o much_o resemble_v man_n in_o the_o articulation_n of_o the_o voice_n as_o the_o parrot_n marâ—_n parrot_n si_fw-mi i_o non_fw-la videâ—s_fw-la esse_fw-la negabis_fw-la avem_fw-la marâ—_n it_o be_v vivacity_n be_v