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A58845	The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems written in Spanish by Don Diego Saavedra Faxardo ... ; with a large preface, containing an account of the author, his works, and the usefulness thereof ; done into English from the original, by Sir Ja. Astry.; Idea de un príncipe político-cristiano. English	Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648.; Astry, James, Sir.	1700 (1700)	Wing S211; ESTC R21588	533,202	785

Roman Senate on his side whose Authority could never be wholly Darkned though it might be sometimes Eclipsed 4 Nunquam obscura nomina etsi aliquando obumbrentur Tac. 2. Hist. This also made many Countries submit to it and seek its Protection 5 Erat grande momentum in nomine Vrbis praetextu senatus Tac. 1. Hist. in the Differences that were between those Great Generals Caesar and Pompey each his principal Aim was to Conquer rather the Reputation than Arms of his Rival well knowing that Minds and Forces follow more the noise of Fame than that of the Drum King Philip the Second was eminently skilful in this Art of preserving Reputation having by it from his Cabinet so managed the Reigns of both Worlds that he always had them at Command Nay even when the Ruin of States is apparent 't is better 〈◊〉 suffer them than ones Credit to be destroy'd for without this 't is impossible to re-establish them For which Reason though the Republick of Venice saw it self lost in that violent Storm of the League of Cambray yet that most Prudent and Valiant Senate thought it better to shew their Constancy on that Occasion than to betray any Cowardice by using dishonourable Means Desire of Dominion makes Princes mean For want of this Consideration Otho with stretch'd out Hands seem'd to adore the People he embraced every one and shewed all the servileness imaginable to gain them to his Party and so procur'd the Empire by those means which declared him unworthy of it 6 Nec d●erat Otho protendens manus adorare vulgum jacere oscula omnia serviliter pro dominatione Tac. 1. Hist. Even in Indigence and Necessity it is not fit to use means violent and inglorious or seek the Assistance of Foreigners for both are dangerous and neither seek to relieve want nay Reputation is the better Remedy for it One Man is as rich in Opinion as another in the abundance of hid Treasures The Old Romans were undoubtedly perswaded so when in several occasions of Adversity the Provinces offering them Money and Corn they return'd Thanks but would not accept them Two Legions having been cast away at Sea to recruit the Loss Gaul Spain and Italy sent Money Horses and Arms Germanicus commended their Affection and accepted only of the Horses and Arms but not the Money 7 Caeterum ad supplenda exercitus damna certavere Gallia Hispania Italia quod cuique promp●um arma equos au●um ●fferentes quorum laud●to studio Germanicus armis modo equis ad bellum sumptis propria pecunia militem juvit Tac. 1. Ann. In two other Presents made the Roman Senate of Golden Cups of great Value in time of extraordinary Necessity the first time thanks were given the Ambassadors for their Care and Magnificence and the Cup of least value accepted 8 Legatis gratiae actae pro magnificentia cu●aque Patera quae minimi ponderis fuit accepta Liv. l. 22. The other Thanks were return'd but the Presents rejected 9 Gratiae actae ●●rum non acceptum Liv. 22. The Authority and Reputation of a Prince proceeds from several Causes some of which respect his Person others his State The former sort are either of Body or Mind Of the Body as if it be of a suitable Frame and a Disposition capable of maintaīning Majesty though the natural Defects of Body are often supplied by Virtues of Mind Charles Emanuel Duke of Savoy had no small Imperfections of Body yet his great and generous Soul his lively Wit his Complaisance and other Courtly Accomplishments made him admired by all A grave and austere Carriage make him pass for a Prince who without that would be but very contemptible yet this Air ought to be temper'd with Courtesy and good Humour that Authority may be supported without incurring Hatred or the Character of Arrogant a thing Tacitus commends in Germanicus 10 Visuque auditu juxta venerabilis cum magnitudinem gravi●atem summae fortunae re●ineret invidiam a●●ogantiam e●●ugeret Tac. 2. Ann. The Riches and Splendor of Apparel is another thing procures Admiration and Authority for the Vulgar are taken with these Outsides and Mankind admits the Eyes no less than the Understanding into its Counsel Whence Alphonso the Wise very well said That Cloaths contribute much to make M●n known for either Noble or Base and the Ancient Sages oblig'd their Princes to Cloths of Gold and Silk and beset with Iewels that they might be known at sight without inquiry When King Ahasuerus gave Audience he wore Royal Apparel and shone in Gold and precious Stones 11 Hest. 15. 9. It was on this account God commanded Moses to make Holy Garments for Aaron his Brother for Glory and for Beauty 12 Exod. 28. 2. And he accordingly made them of Purple embroidered with Gold and adorned with other things of great value 13 Ibid. which his Successors wore after him and at this day the Popes do though with greater Prudence and less Expence And indeed if his Holiness be an Arm of God upon the Earth if the Voice of his Censures be like that of the Almighty's Thunder 14 Job 40. 4. 't is but just whatever Impiety cavils that as God covers himself with Light 15 Psalm 103. 2. the Garment of Heaven so she should be deck●d with Earthly Pomp and carried upon Mens Shoulders 16 Job 40. 5. The same has place in Princes who are God's Vicegerents in Temporals 17 Psalm 81. 6. Large and sumptuous Palaces magnificently furnish'd 18 Eccl. 2. 4. a Noble and Eminent Family 19 Prov. 22. 29. Guards of Nations of approved Fidelity 20 Job 25. 2. the Splendor and Grandeur of a Court and other Publick Ostentations do also set out a Prince's Power to the best advantage and give an additional Majesty Illustrious Titles of States Conquered or Hereditary which are attributed to him are also Manifestations of his Eminency Thus Isaiah by divers Names and Titles declares the Majesty of the Supream Creator and Prince of all things 21 Isaiah 9. 6. By these therefore your Highness is to study to enhance the Lustre of your Royal Person provided however they be not ascrib'd out of Levity or Flattery but from an universal Applause founded upon Virtue and true Valour such as were those of your Highness's Ancestors Ferdinand the Holy Alphonso the Great Sancho the Brave Iames the Warlike Alphonso the Noble and many others The Excellency of Virtues and in general all natural Perfections requisite in a good Governor procure a Prince Esteem and Authority One alone that shall shine in him whether it respect Peace or War abundantly supplies the defect of all others as if he apply himself to Business though not with absolute sufficiency for to leave all to the Care of Ministers infinitely diminishes the Force of Majesty This was Sallust's Counsel to Livia 22 Neve Tiberius vim

3 2 Sam. 9. 3. follow that of some Tyrants as if all were not ruin'd by these pernicious practices and if any one has been preserv'd as we shall observe 't was by changing them for the better Most Kingdoms are augmented by Usurpation and afterwards maintain'd by Justice and legitimated by time Extreme violence is extreme danger Cyrus invaded Lydia and dispossess'd King Croesus But had he had any of our Politicians they would have advis'd him for his greater Security to have taken him off Yet Cyrus restor'd him one City by which he might support his Royal Dignity and 't is certain he had provok'd the Hatred and Arms of all Greece if he had shew'd himself cruel 4 Hec clementia non minus utilis victori quam victo fuit Tac. 2. hist. Tyranny is equally hatefull to God and Man nor are there wanting in such cases some mild means by which the mind may be diverted from shedding Blood from breaking the Line of Succession from diminishing or transferring the greatness of States and taking off those who may aspire to the Crown which had they been observed in Portugal that people had never revolted When the danger is so evident that it obliges to Defence and natural Preservation the Prince ought to strike at the Root that it may not sprout again keeping a watchfull Eye upon it least it should happen as it did to the Philistin Princes who having cut off Sampson's hair wherein lay all his Strength began to ridicule him not considering that it might grow again as it afterwards did 5 Judg 16. 21. when he pull'd the Temple upon their Heads 6 Ibid. killing more Enemies dying than he had done living 7 Ibid. Inordinate Ambition moreover perswades the Oppression of the liberty of the people the humbling of the Nobility the weakning of the potent and rich and the reduction of all to the Royal Prerogative thinking that the more absolute the more firm it is and that the lower the people are reduc'd the higher its Glory rises an error by which Flattery gains the Hearts of Princes and leads them into great dangers 'T is Modesty that preserves Empires so correcting the Prince's Ambition that it may maintain it within the bounds of Reason the power of his Dignity the honour of the Nobility and the liberty of the people for no Monarchy is lasting which is not mixt that is compos'd of Aristocracy and Democracy 8 Quae ex pluribus constat resp melior est Arist. 2 Pol. c. ● Absolute Power is Tyranny Whoever promotes that promotes his own ruin A Prince ought not to govern as the Lord but as the Father the Protector and Governour of his States 9 Huc enim sunt omnia reducenda ut iis qui sub imperio sunt non Tyrannum sed patrem-familias aut regem agere videatur c. Arist. Pol. 5. c. 11. These disorders of Ambition proceed from a long use and abuse of Dominion which covets all for it self in which 't is necessary Princes should conquer themselves and submit to reason however difficult the attempt appear for many can conquer others few themselves This Victory is of Force that of Reason 'T is not Valour to conquer in Battle but to subdue the Passions Obedience and Necessity make Subjects humble and modest Superiority and Power render Princes proud Pride has destroy'd more Kingdoms than the Sword more Princes have ruin'd themselves than have been undone by others The remedy consists in the Prince's knowledge of himself by retiring within himself and considering that though the Scepter distinguishes him from his Subjects they much exceed him in endowments of Mind more noble than his Grandure That if Reason might take place the most accomplish'd man would be King That the hand with which he governs the World is of ●lay and Subject to the Leprosie and all other human Miseries as God gave Moses to understand 10 Exod. 4. 6. that knowing his own Miseries he might pity those of others 11 Hebr. 5. 2. That a Crown is a very unsafe Possession for between the utmost height and the lowest fall there is no Interposition 12 Quod regnum est cui parata non sit ruina proculcatio dominus car●fex Nec ista intervallis divisa ●ed hor●e momentum interest inter soli●m aliena genua Senec. That he depends upon the Will of others since if they would not obey he would be but like other men The greater the Prince shall be the more he ought to esteem this Modesty since God himself does not disdain it 13 Modestia fama quae neque summis mortalium spernenda est à diis aestimatur Tac. 15. ann Modesty which hides Greatness under it is like rich Enamel upon Gold which gives it the greater Value and Esteem Tiberius had no Artifice more cunning than to appear modest to gain Esteem He severely reprehended those who call'd his Occupations Divine and him Lord 14 Acer●éque increpuit eos qui divina● occupationes ipsumque Dominum dixerunt Tac. 2. ann When he went into the Courts of Justice he would not suffer the President to quit his seat but sat down upon one corner of the Bench 15 Assid●bat in corn● Tribunalis Tac. 1. ann He who is gotten to the highest step among men cannot rise but by stooping Let all Princes learn Modesty of the Emperor Ferdinand the Second who was so familiar and affable to all that he made himself lov'd rather than reverenc'd In him Goodness and Modesty were conspicuous and Majesty found but by Attention He was not the Imperial Eagle with a sharp Beak and bare Talons threatning all but the tender Pelican continually digging his own Intrails to feed his people as his own young It cost him no pains to humble his Grandure and make himself equal to others He was not the Master but Father of the World and the excess of Modesty often causes Contempt to the ruin of Princes to him it created more Respect and oblig'd all Nations to his Service and Defence See the force of true Goodness and of a gre●t Soul which triumphs over it self and is superiour to Fortune He has left us in the present Emperour his Son the lively Portraicture of all these qualities with which he steals the Hearts both of Friends and Enemies There is no vertue more agreeable to a Prince than Modesty all others would be foolish in him if that did not adjust his Looks and Actions not permitting them to exceed themselves In Government 't is very convenient not to touch upon Extremes for too great Condescension is not less prejudicial than a haughty Grandure Monastick Communities may perhaps suffer the Rigour of Obedience but not popular ones Such rigid Discipline may keep a few in awe but not many Civil Happiness consists in vertue which consists in the middle as does civil L●fe and the Government of States for the nature

of its head the Chamber of the Senses all of which we have need of in hearing least our ears should deceive us Let a Prince therefore take great care thereof for when the ears are once free from affections and reason sits there as judge every thing is well examin'd all things relating to Government depend upon the relation of others therefore what Aristotle said of Bees seems improbable that is that they are deaf for that would be a great inconveniency for that prudent and politick little Animal since those two Senses Hearing and Seeing are the Instruments through which we draw Wisdom and Experience both these we have need of to prevent our being deceiv'd by Passion Nature or Inclination The prepossess'd Moabites thought the Waters upon which the Sun shone were Blood 17 And they rose up early in the Morning and the Sun shone upon the Waters and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as Blood 2 Kings 3. 22. The same noise of the people to the Ears of Warlike Ioshua seem'd their Shoots to Battle and to those of gentle Moses a Harmony of Musick 18 And Ioshu● heard the noise of the people as they shouted he said unto Moses There is a noise of war in the camp And he said it is not the voice of them that shout for Mastery neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome but the noise of them that sing do I hear Exod. 32. 17 18. For which cause God though omniscient would verifie with his Eyes what he had heard of Sodom and Gomorrha 19 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto me and if not I will know Gen. 18. 21. When therefore a Prince shall have seen heard and felt things he can't be deceiv'd or if he be 't will not be his fault From all which we may see how ill contriv'd was that image of the Thebans by which they express'd the qualifications of their Princes for it had ears but no Eyes these being full as necessary as those the Ears to know things and the Eyes to believe them in which the Eyes are most trusty for truth is no farther distant from a Lye than the Eyes from the Ears Nor has a Prince need of less diligence and attention in discussing the Counsels and Proposals of his Ministers before he puts them in execution such as concern raising Money regulating the Government and other matters relating to Peace and War for their usual aim is their own particular interest and effects don 't always correspond to our expectations Ingenuity often approves Counsels which Experience afterwards rejects Yet is it imprudence wholly to slight them for the success of one only makes amends for the vanity of the rest Spain had never obtain'd the Empire of the new world if their Catholick Majesties had not gave more credit to Columbus than other Princes Yet to be over credulous or confident to act whatever is propos'd is either Levity or Folly First The condition of the Proposer is to be consider'd his Experience in the matter what end he may have in deceiving what interest if he succeeds also the means and time by which he thinks to accomplish it Nero for want of these considerations was much disappointed about a Treasure which one told him he had found in Africk 20 Non authoris non ipsius negotii side satis spectata nec missis visoribus per quos nosceret an vera ass●rerentur Tac. 16. ann Many Projects at first seem considerable which prove at last vain and useless Many seem light and frivolous from whence result great advantages Many which have been successfully experienc'd in small matters in affairs of greater moment succeed not Many seem easie to reason which are difficult in the operation Many are prejudicial at first and advantageous afterwards and so on the contrary and many have different effects from what were at first propos'd The lazy and blind Vulgar don't know truth unless they light on it by chance for they foolishly form opinions of things before Reason foresees the inconveniences and promise themselves a more certain knowledge from the success the guide of the ignorant and so if any one should go about to argue these people out of their opinions he would lose his time and pains There are no better means than to make them see and feel their Errors so startling Horses use to be whip'd and spur'd to make them go forwards to see the vanity of the shadow which frightned them This means Pacuvius us'd to appease the people of Capua who rose against the Senate he first shut all the Senators by their own consent into a certain Hall then calls the people together tells them that if they have a mind to take off or punish the Senators now is their time for they are lock'd up without Arms but withal tells them it would be necessary to take them one by one and immediately to elect another in the room of him whom they took off for that without those heads the State could not subsist a Moment He puts all their Names in a Pot draws out one and asks the people what they would have done with him they all cry out let him die then he advises them to elect another this confounds them and they don't know who to propose and so a second and third time they could not agree upon their choice At last their confusion taught them that 't was better to bear with an ill already experienc'd than to attempt a remedy and so they immediately commanded the Senators to be releas'd The people is very furious in its opinions and 't is often especially upon any imminent danger a piece of great management in a Prince to govern it with his own hand keeping pace with it in its ignorance The people are often reduc'd to their duty by laying before them the incoveniences which have hapned in the like cases for they are more mov'd by Example than Reason 21 Plebei● ingenia exemplis ●agis quam ratione capiuntur Macrob. EMBLEM XLVII EVEN Vertues have their Dangers they should be always in a Prince's Mind but not always in exercise Publick interest ought to dictate when and where to use them Us'd without Prudence they either become Vices or are not less hurtfull than them In a private person they respect only him in a Prince both him and the State too They ought to suit with the common interest of all not with that of particular persons Civil Science prescribes certain limits to the Vertue of him who commands and him who obeys Justice is not in the power of the Minister but ought always to be directed by the Laws In the Prince who is the Soul thereof it has certain considerations which respect the Government in common In the Subject Commiseration can never be excessive in a Prince 't is often dangerous

both which neither submit to Reason nor Danger and hate to measure themselves by their Abilities Wherefore the Prince ought to weigh well what his Sword is able to strike what his Shield to defend always remembring this that his Crown is a finite and limited Circle King Ferdinand the Catholick in all his Undertakings never failed to consider every Circumstance of them their Cause Disposition Time Means and End He who attempts nothing but what he can effect will pass for Invincible whereas one that aspires to a Thing impossible or too difficult discovers the Bounds of his Power and the frustrated Designs are as 't were publick Records of his Weakness There is no Monarchy so Potent but it is upheld more by Opinion than Reality by Reputation than Strength Desire of Glory and Sovereignty hurry us on so that all things seem easie but in the end we meet with Difficulties unobserved before Almost all Wars might be avoided were their Means and End throughly examined at first It is therefore incumbent on the Prince before he engage in them perfectly to know his Forces as well Offensive as Defensive the State of his Malitia and what Officers he has to Command them the Substance of his Coffers what Contributions he may expect from his Subjects and whether they be like to continue Loyal in Adversity also by Study Reading and Conversation to instruct himself in the Disposition and Situation of Countries in the Customs of Nations the Natures of his Enemies their Wealth Auxiliaries and Allies Let him measure every one's Sword and examine wherein his Strength consists Henry King of Castile notwithstanding his Sickness never neglected this but sent several Embassadors as far as Asia to inform him of the Manners and Customs of those Parts The same did Moses before the Israelites entred the Promised Land 1 See the land what it is and the People that dwell therein whether they be strong or weak few or many Numb 13. 18. And lest the Prince we frame by these Emblems should want this Matter also I shall here in general touch upon some Points of it with what brevity the present Design requires Nature willing to shew her Beauty and Power by the variety of her Productions has stampt a Difference not only upon the Faces but also on the Minds of Men there being a vast Disagreement between the Tempers and Morals of Nations To this end she has variously disposed the Causes themselves which either jointly all operate in some Places or separately in these some in those others Geographers have divided the Globe of the Earth into divers Climates each of which is subject to a particular Planet as to the principal Cause and Fountain of that Diversity And because the First Climate which is drawn through Meroe an Island of the River Nile is subject to Saturn they say its Inhabitants are Black Barbarous Rough Suspicious Treacherous and Cannibals That those of the Second which is attributed to Iupiter and passes through Siene a City of Egypt are Religious Grave Honest and Prudent Those of the Third which is subject to Mars and reaches through Alexandria are Restless and Warlike Those of the Fourth which is under the Sun and is stretch'd through the Isle of Rhodes and the Midst of Greece are Men of Learning Orators Poets and Ingenious Artists Those of the Fifth which passes through Rome dividing Italy from Savoy and is ascribed to Venus are Effeminate Lovers of Musick and Luxury Those of the Sixth govern'd by Mercury and passing through France are Fickle Inconstant and addicted to Sciences Lastly Those of the Seventh where the Moon presides and which is extended through Germany the Low-Countries and England are Flegmatick Lovers of Good-Fellowship Fishing and Trading Nevertheless this one Cause seems not to be always uniform nor sufficient For under the same Parallel or Climate with the same Elevation of the Pole and an equal Rising and Setting of the Stars we see opposite Effects particularly in the Climates of the Lower Hemisphere In Aethiopia for Instance the Sun's Beams scorch and blacken Mens Bodies but in Brasil which has the same Latitude their Skins are White and the Air Temperate and Agreeable The Ancients held the Torrid Zone for its excessive Heat to be uninhabitable yet in Armenia it is very Temperate and well Peopled And though those Eternal Luminaries of Heaven have some energy yet the Disposition of the Earth contributes more for we find the Effects of their Rays to be greater or varied according to the various Situation of Hills and Valleys and temper'd even by Rivers and Lakes This is undeniable That Nature is wonderful in her Works and that she sometimes seems to swerve from the ordinary Laws of Causes and from Reason as it were on purpose to baffle Humane Curiosity Who can account for what we see happen in the Country of Malabar where Calecut is Vast high Mountains which touch the very Clouds and end in a Promontory call'd anciently Corus now Cape Comorin divide this Country into two Parts and altho' both have the same Elevation of the Pole yet when on this side the Mountains Winter begins and Neptune's Billows rage and swell on the other side the Fields and Towns are burnt up with the scorching Heats of Summer and the Waters continually calm This Diversity then which is in Climates in the Situation of Places the Temperature of the Air and Food variously distinguishes Mens Complexions and these again their very Natures For the Manners of the Mind follow the Temperament and Disposition of the Body The Northerns by reason of the Sun's Remoteness and the Coldness of their Countries are Sanguine Robust and Valiant whence they have almost ever had Dominion over the Southern Nations 2 Homines qui frigida h●● Europamque habitant sunt illi quidem 〈◊〉 Arist. l. 7. Pol. c. 7. the Assyrians over the Chaldaeans the Medes over the Assyrians the Parthians over the Greeks the Turks over the Arabians the Goths over the Germans the Romans over the Africans over the French the English and over these the Scotch They love Liberty as those also do who inhabit Mountains as the Switzers Grisons and Biscayners their Temperament being not much unlike the Constitution of the Northerns In Nations very near the Sun Excess of Heat quite dries up the Blood which makes the Inhabitants Melancholy and Profound in the Penetration of Nature's Secrets whence all other Northerly Nations have received the Mysteries of Sciences from the Egyptians and Arabians Those Countries which lie between the two Torrid Zones enjoy a favourable Air and there Religion Justice and Prudence Flourish 3 Graecorum autem genus ut locorum medium tenet sic ex utr●q●● naturâ praeditum quippe animo simul intelligentia valet Arist. l. 7. Pol. c. 7. But because every Nation differs from others in many Particulars although they are all situate under one Climate I shall here set down what I have by long