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enemy_n	caesar_n	great_a	pompey_n	979	5	11.1061	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52161	An historical relation of the conspiracy of John Lewis, Count de Fieschi, against the city and republic of Genoua, in the year 1547 written in Italian by Augustin Mascardi, Gentleman of the Bed-chamber to Pope Urban the Eighth ; done into English by the Honourable Hugh Hare, Esq.; Congiura del conte Gio. Luigi de Fiéschi. English	Mascardi, Agostino, 1591-1640.; Hare, Hugh, 1668-1707.	1693 (1693)	Wing M904; ESTC R19812	70,962	242

they incroach on their Neighbours But shou'd you by this Rule involve under the same Odium the Gallant Undertakings of Princes all the Empires and Principalities of the World wou'd be founded on Villainy for they all at first began and have since increas'd by Oppression the weaker being still crush'd by the power of the stronger By Nature all Men are on a Level 't is Boldness and Courage only that in favour of some particular Men destroys this equality Hence those who by subtlety or force cou'd possess them●elves of the Supreme Power have as●um'd the Magnificent Stile of Emperors Kings and Princes Perhaps some few like Calvagno may because they distrust the success blame your Resolution For hazardous Attempts are never prais'd till they are compleatly executed Then the happy Event makes the Undertaking appear not only Lawful but Honourable and what before was censur'd as Rashness shall then receive the Encomium of Valour and Conduct Thus while Julius Caesar the Dictator was at the head of his Army striving for the Roman Empire not only Pompey but the greatest part of the Senate stuck obstinately to the defence of their Privileges and declar'd themselves his Enemies but when the Battle of Pharsalia had decided the Controversie by the Total Rout of Pompey's Forces and he had taken upon him the Government of the Republick those Hatreds and Prejudices were quite extinguish'd and how sincerely the Romans loved him their Remarkable Zeal in Prosecuting and Punishing his Murtherers will sufficiently inform you Let the Genoueses then for a while call you Tyrant and Usurper and trouble not your self at these Reproaches which will only be the impertinent expressions of their Malice and the last groans of their expiring Liberty By degrees they will accustom themselves to acknowledge and respect you as their Lawful Prince You see Sir how firmly I relie on your good Fortune since I call this Principality yours even before I see any preparations made for the acquiring of it But the present posture of affairs is such that Genoua must be yours if you are not wanting to your self For though there are as Calcagno thinks some obstacles in your way yet how easily may they be surmounted by your Forces which are so much superior to them And suppose there were such Hazards and Difficulties in this Enterprise as have been represented 't is no more than has been the Fate of all Ancient and Modern Hero's as History will inform you Great Undertakings are always accompanied with great Dangers as you see the highest Hills border on the steepest Precipices And what Man of a daring Spirit and aspiring Thoughts wou'd ever for the uncertain fear of some eminent Misfortunes yield himself a willing Prey to Calamities that must unavoidably fall upon him 'T is indeed the best Counsel can be given to private Men to rest satisfied with a competent Fortune but in affairs of State these trimming Counsels are pernicious especially where the execution of the grand design opens the Scene For then 't is so far out of our power either to retrieve past Errors or politickly to regulate each step of future proceedings that we must either gain the utmost point we aim at or meet our Ruin in the prosecution of it But let us not suppose so sad an Event of our Undertaking 'T is a necessary piece of Sagacity to have a prospect of distant Misfortunes not that we shou'd torment our selves with the daily expectation of them but that prudent Considerations may pull out their sting and make them more tolerable 't is fit indeed that we shou'd proceed cautiously but then we must take care that an excess of Caution do not abate our Courage or slacken our Resolution Something after all must be left to the disposal of Providence and the direction of your good Genius which having chosen you to be the Deliver of Genoua and the Restorer of the Ancient Renown of Italy will certainly find a way to extricate you out of all your Difficulties Therefore why shou'd you refuse to accept the Monopoly of these Favours which Fortune liberally offers you To what end shou'd you call in the French to share with you both your Fame and your Conquest They have lost their own Reputation as well as their Territories on this side of the Alpes and their Spirits are no less sunk than their Credit since King Francis's Imprisonment so that they are hardly able to secure their own Frontiers from the Emperor's Forces whose Triumphs have already reach'd to the bordering parts of Germany Besides this I beg you wou'd look back on their inveterate Hatred to the Italian Nation and let their Usage of Andrew Doria be a warning to you who after he had serv'd that Crown with so much Honour and Success met with such unworthy Treatment by the influence of the Nobility for they cou'd not allow even him so high a place in the King's Favour till his Gold had purchas'd their Intercession in order to it that he was fore'd to accept the Emperor's Protection and to serve under him 'T is true the French King has many Accomplishments truly Royal but yet he suffers as almost all great Princes do the Inconveniences of being impos'd upon by his Ministers of State of whose worth and integrity he has so excessive an esteem deeply impress'd on his Mind that there is no Prince more liable to be ensnar'd by the Artifices of his Courtiers nor any less sensible of his Infirmity and of the ill Consequences of it You must either therefore be a Slave to these Ambitious and Covetous Men or else you may assuredly expect to lose as Doria has already done both the King's Favour and the uncertain Rewards of your past Services But what Recompence can the French make you suitable to the Hazards and Fatigues you will undergo for them Perhaps they will entrust you with the Government of Genoua encumbred with the vile dependences I told you of But this wou'd be to abase your self to the inferior quality of a mercenary Officer in that Country wherein Nature has already given you so large a share of Power and seems to promise you the absolute Command And if the Emperor or the City should make a vigorous opposition to your designs with what Succours can the French assist you whose Territories are at so vast a distance and who are themselves strangely disorder'd by intestine Jealousies and Animosities 'T is undoubtedly certain that you must rely on the Loyalty of your own Subjects and the sincerity of your Friends and Allies and why shou'd you not make use of these Forces so properly your own to set on your own head a Crown so fit for you and which you so justly deserve Then when your Power over Genoua is throughly settled and you have in your possession the Keys of the Maritime Gate into Italy the greatest Kings in Christendom will be Ambitious to be your Friends and Confederates Then the Envy of your Competitors being