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merciful_a and_o as_o plutarch_n say_v rule_v all_o thing_n without_o compulsion_n mollifieng_v the_o necessity_n of_o obey_v by_o admonition_n and_o persuasion_n of_o reason_n nothing_o be_v more_o convenient_a for_o a_o sovereign_n than_o gentleness_n for_o a_o prince_n than_o clemency_n for_o a_o king_n than_o mercy_n and_o yet_o severity_n and_o rigour_n of_o justice_n be_v no_o less_o necessary_a ornament_n for_o the_o discharge_n of_o his_o duty_n nature_n and_o the_o good_a of_o his_o subject_n therefore_o in_o that_o which_o concern_v divine_a and_o natural_a right_n &_o the_o punishment_n establish_v for_o the_o transgression_n thereof_o he_o must_v always_o use_v justice_n and_o beware_v least_o his_o facility_n in_o grant_v favour_n &_o dispensation_n make_v he_o a_o promoter_n of_o evil_a which_o as_o seneca_n say_v if_o he_o leave_v unpunished_a be_v transfer_v unto_o his_o posterity_n but_o