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A06083 Solon his follie, or a politique discourse, touching the reformation of common-weales conquered, declined or corrupted. By Richard Beacon ... Becon, Richard. 1594 (1594) STC 1653; ESTC S101151 82,861 127

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the_o oppression_n of_o the_o enemy_n or_o rebel_n for_o the_o natural_a subject_n of_o rome_n revolt_v unto_o hannibal_n when_o as_o they_o find_v themselves_o not_o defend_v from_o his_o oppression_n epi_n we_o must_v with_o fabius_n provident_o from_o time_n to_o time_n send_v aid_v sufficient_a to_o such_o as_o be_v our_o subject_n and_o friend_n whereby_o we_o shall_v still_o hold_v and_o keep_v they_o in_o obedience_n and_o subjection_n sol_fw-mi if_o this_o course_n have_v general_o be_v hold_v by_o some_o governor_n of_o salamina_n the_o rebellion_n have_v neither_o be_v great_a neither_o yet_o of_o long_a continuance_n therefore_o wise_o it_o be_v say_v qui_fw-la non_fw-la defendit_fw-la nec_fw-la obsistit_fw-la si_fw-la potest_fw-la iniuriae_fw-la tam_fw-la est_fw-la in_o vitio_fw-la quàm_fw-la si_fw-la parent_n aut_fw-la patriam_fw-la aut_fw-la socios_fw-la deserat_fw-la and_o after_o this_o manner_n speak_v a_o christian_n doctor_n say_v fortitudo_fw-la quae_fw-la per_fw-la 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as_o have_v well_o deserve_v give_v the_o first_o occasion_n of_o their_o expel_v out_o of_o italy_n for_o so_o much_o do_v their_o chronicle_n and_o history_n witness_v where_o it_o be_v say_v that_o the_o nobility_n be_v not_o embrace_v with_o that_o humanity_n they_o look_v for_o and_o much_o less_o have_v recompense_n equal_a to_o their_o merit_n yea_o they_o find_v many_o difficulty_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o chamber_n and_o audience_n of_o the_o king_n there_o be_v no_o distinction_n of_o person_n the_o merit_n and_o service_n of_o man_n be_v not_o consider_v but_o at_o adventure_n the_o mind_n of_o such_o as_o be_v natural_o estrange_v from_o the_o house_n of_o arragon_n be_v not_o confirm_v many_o delay_n and_o difficulty_n be_v suborn_v touch_v the_o restitution_n of_o the_o land_n and_o good_n of_o those_o that_o be_v of_o the_o faction_n of_o anjou_n and_o of_o the_o other_o baron_n that_o have_v be_v banish_v by_o the_o old_a ferdinando_n and_o last_o favoure_v and_o 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violence_n of_o the_o soldier_n draw_v with_o it_o a_o suspicion_n of_o perpetual_a servitude_n which_o cause_v the_o italian_n to_o abandon_v the_o power_n of_o the_o french_a for_o that_o they_o commit_v many_o disorder_n and_o offer_v violence_n unto_o the_o people_n so_o as_o that_o love_n that_o desire_n that_o affection_n wherewith_o they_o honour_v they_o before_o have_v now_o take_v contrary_a quality_n and_o not_o only_o turn_v into_o hatred_n conspiracy_n and_o accursing_n against_o they_o but_o also_o in_o the_o place_n of_o the_o malice_n they_o bear_v to_o the_o arragon_n there_o be_v new_a insinuation_n of_o compassion_n to_o ferdinando_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o all_o the_o kingdom_n with_o no_o less_o desire_n expect_v a_o opportunity_n to_o repeal_v the_o arragon_n than_o a_o few_o month_n before_o they_o have_v desire_v their_o destruction_n sol_fw-mi the_o same_o history_n do_v witness_v the_o like_a in_o sundry_a other_o place_n say_v that_o garrison_n govern_v with_o a_o desire_n to_o spoil_v and_o pray_v be_v the_o authoure_n of_o great_a discontentment_n yet_o some_o there_o be_v carry_v with_o a_o contrary_a opinion_n which_o give_v liberty_n unto_o the_o soldier_n to_o oppress_v and_o spoil_v the_o people_n follow_v the_o counsel_n of_o severus_n imperator_n which_o sometime_o he_o give_v unto_o his_o child_n say_v inter_fw-la vos_fw-la consentite_fw-la milites_fw-la vitate_fw-la reliquos_fw-la omnes_fw-la spernite_fw-la epi_n this_o counsel_n of_o severus_n imperator_n no_o prince_n may_v safe_o put_v in_o practice_n but_o such_o as_o have_v a_o collect_v power_n and_o force_v into_o the_o strength_n of_o one_o entire_a army_n which_o shall_v far_o exceed_v the_o force_n and_o strength_n of_o the_o people_n as_o the_o sulthan_n the_o turk_n and_o such_o like_a kingdom_n which_o have_v of_o footman_n twelve_o thousand_o in_o number_n and_o sixteen_o of_o horseman_n for_o the_o guard_n of_o his_o person_n these_o kingdom_n and_o such_o like_a shall_v more_o wise_o favour_n and_o enrich_v rather_o the_o soldier_n than_o the_o people_n but_o such_o
or_o no_o discontentment_n and_o maintain_v with_o far_o less_o charge_n they_o be_v find_v also_o more_o faithful_a and_o stout_a defendour_n of_o the_o confine_n of_o the_o country_n than_o garrison_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v say_v by_o a_o man_n of_o great_a understanding_n si_fw-mi reges_fw-la nostri_fw-la capto_fw-la ludovico_n 12._o rege_fw-la insubriae_fw-la colonias_fw-la eo_fw-la misissent_fw-la ut_fw-la quondam_a celtarum_fw-la reges_fw-la fecisse_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la insubria_n a_o francorum_n ditione_n ac_fw-la potestate_fw-la non_fw-la tam_fw-la facile_fw-la defecisset_fw-la nec_fw-la vero_fw-la hispani_fw-la praesidijs_fw-la militaribus_fw-la nulla_fw-la colonia_n deducta_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la eius_fw-la regionis_fw-la imperium_fw-la tuebuntur_fw-la sed_fw-la ab_fw-la imperio_fw-la subditi_fw-la arrepta_fw-la occasione_n desciscant_fw-la oportet_fw-la non_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la belgae_n quos_fw-la iam_fw-la pridem_fw-la colonijs_fw-la hispanorum_fw-la ad_fw-la 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