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choice_n of_o to_o be_v his_o counsellor_n and_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o admit_v any_o one_o unto_o their_o counsel_n that_o have_v no_o wit_n or_o judgement_n for_o this_o be_v also_o as_o we_o have_v before_o say_v of_o base_a &_o common_a person_n to_o take_v the_o eye_n from_o the_o head_n &_o place_v they_o in_o the_o foot_n as_o the_o snake_n etc._n etc._n furthermore_o a_o prince_n ought_v not_o to_o admit_v any_o idiot_n and_o unlearned_a man_n who_o know_v not_o how_o a_o commonwealth_n ought_v to_o be_v govern_v unto_o the_o counsel_n for_o this_o be_v no_o less_o to_o take_v the_o eye_n out_o of_o the_o head_n and_o place_v they_o in_o the_o foot_n than_o the_o other_o and_o the_o counsellor_n of_o prince_n see_v they_o be_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n aught_o to_o procure_v the_o public_a benefit_n of_o the_o same_o and_o love_v those_o that_o live_v in_o it_o as_o their_o own_o natural_a son_n and_o brother_n 7_o the_o civil_a law_n ordain_v that_o the_o counsellor_n of_o prince_n civet_n shall_v be_v guard_v and_o have_v in_o great_a account_n of_o every_o one_o to_o the_o end_n that_o no_o injury_n may_v be_v offer_v unto_o they_o for_o otherwise_o they_o dare_v not_o to_o show_v their_o mind_n free_o &_o counsel_n that_o which_o they_o deem_v to_o be_v most_o profitable_a for_o the_o commonwealth_n 8_o they_o that_o kill_v counsellor_n of_o prince_n yea_o they_o that_o but_o privilegium_fw-la intend_v to_o slay_v they_o though_o they_o kill_v they_o not_o commit_v high_a treason_n against_o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o prince_n and_o their_o good_n be_v 10._o confiscate_v and_o this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v if_o they_o kill_v they_o for_o some_o cause_n pertain_v to_o their_o oâ—â—â—ce_n for_o if_o they_o kill_v they_o upon_o some_o other_o private_a grudge_n they_o commit_v no_o treason_n but_o in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o naples_n they_o commit_v high_a treason_n upon_o what_o occasion_n soever_o they_o kill_v they_o and_o this_o law_n be_v ordain_v by_o the_o lady_n jane_n queen_n of_o naples_n because_o one_o of_o her_o counsel_n call_v andreas_n de_fw-fr isernia_n be_v slay_v 9_o the_o counsellor_n of_o prince_n may_v not_o be_v put_v to_o any_o torment_n but_o the_o councillor_n of_o city_n be_v common_o rack_v and_o otherwise_o torment_v 10_o the_o counsellor_n of_o the_o prince_n may_v not_o procure_v any_o office_n out_o of_o the_o court_n without_o the_o prince_n his_o leave_n 11_o if_o the_o college_n of_o y_fw-es â—_o prince_n his_o counsellor_n be_v dissolve_v the_o good_n which_o the_o college_n have_v be_v to_o be_v give_v to_o the_o counsellor_n and_o this_o be_v understand_v of_o those_o good_n that_o be_v give_v by_o they_o that_o found_v y_fw-fr â—_o college_n and_o not_o of_o those_o which_o the_o college_n have_v of_o the_o prince_n for_o such_o good_n the_o college_n be_v break_v uppe_o return_v again_o to_o the_o prince_n who_o give_v they_o 12_o if_o the_o counsellor_n of_o the_o prince_n give_v over_o their_o office_n either_o because_o the_o prince_n do_v licence_v they_o to_o do_v it_o or_o because_o he_o choose_v other_o counsellor_n in_o their_o steed_n yet_o whilst_o they_o live_v they_o do_v not_o loose_v their_o privilege_n exemption_n and_o prerogative_n which_o the_o law_n grant_v to_o counsellor_n of_o prince_n this_o privilege_n be_v grant_v unto_o they_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o dignity_n and_o office_n which_o they_o have_v bear_v for_o which_o cause_n many_o thing_n be_v permit_v in_o law_n but_o if_o the_o prince_n expel_v they_o out_o of_o his_o counsel_n because_o they_o be_v vicious_a and_o wicked_a not_o content_a with_o such_o reward_n and_o pension_n which_o be_v allow_v they_o but_o augment_v their_o stipend_n by_o bryberie_n and_o other_o unlawful_a mean_n and_o so_o as_o johannes_n andrea_n a_o famous_a lawyer_n counsel_v be_v put_v beside_o their_o office_n that_o the_o prince_n may_v make_v jurando_fw-la choice_n of_o virtuous_a just_a and_o upright_o man_n which_o will_v regard_v the_o public_a commodity_n more_o than_o they_o than_o they_o that_o be_v so_o put_v out_o of_o their_o office_n enjoy_v not_o any_o of_o the_o privilege_n or_o oxemption_n which_o the_o law_n grant_v unto_o the_o counsellor_n of_o prince_n 13_o the_o counsellor_n of_o prince_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o bring_v that_o 22._o money_n wherewith_o their_o father_n buy_v they_o that_o dignity_n in_o account_n at_o the_o distribution_n of_o the_o child_n portion_n for_o that_o money_n which_o be_v give_v for_o their_o office_n be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n as_o good_n get_v in_o war_n term_v bonacastrentia_n which_o be_v not_o reckon_v as_o the_o lawyer_n say_v in_o legitima_fw-la that_o be_v as_o part_v of_o the_o child_n portion_n 14_o if_o any_o counsellor_n die_v without_o a_o heir_n his_o good_n shall_v not_o sunt_fw-la accrue_v fisco_fw-la that_o be_v unto_o the_o king_n treasury_n but_o unto_o the_o college_n of_o the_o counsellor_n and_o not_o only_o the_o college_n but_o also_o the_o counsellor_n wife_n exclude_v the_o king_n treasury_n 15_o although_o counsellor_n ordinary_o may_v not_o renounce_v the_o habitation_n of_o their_o birth_n yet_o the_o counsellor_n of_o prince_n may_v because_o they_o have_v their_o house_n and_o abide_a place_n in_o the_o court_n neither_o may_v they_o depart_v thence_o without_o they_o get_v leave_v of_o the_o prince_n and_o if_o so_o be_v they_o do_v leave_v the_o court_n without_o licence_n from_o the_o prince_n then_o ought_v they_o to_o be_v rebuke_v and_o the_o stipend_n to_o be_v pay_v unto_o they_o be_v to_o be_v keep_v back_o for_o the_o time_n that_o they_o be_v or_o have_v be_v so_o absent_a for_o he_o can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v from_o the_o court_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n who_o be_v not_o send_v by_o the_o prince_n but_o depart_v without_o leave_n this_o as_o john_n igneus_fw-la privilegium_fw-la say_v belong_v to_o the_o honistie_a of_o a_o counsellor_n and_o seruire_fw-la of_o the_o prince_n not_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o court_n or_o cease_v to_o counsel_v the_o prince_n according_a as_o in_o duty_n he_o be_v bind_v to_o do_v 16_o if_o the_o prince_n command_v any_o thing_n centrary_a to_o that_o which_o the_o law_n ordain_v his_o counsellor_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o put_v the_o same_o in_o execution_n and_o they_o ought_v to_o let_v the_o prince_n understand_v why_o they_o obey_v not_o his_o command_n the_o civil_a law_n ordain_v 3_o that_o the_o prince_n his_o servant_n and_o minister_n shall_v not_o execute_v any_o thing_n which_o their_o prince_n will_v they_o to_o do_v if_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o law_n and_o justice_n and_o that_o they_o shall_v let_v thirty_o day_n pass_v before_o they_o go_v in_o hand_n with_o the_o execution_n of_o it_o that_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o prince_n his_o anger_n or_o passion_n may_v cease_v which_o move_v he_o to_o enjoin_v that_o which_o be_v unjust_a for_o all_o delay_n all_o linger_a and_o all_o prolong_n of_o time_n which_o be_v do_v to_o save_v a_o man_n life_n can_v thoose_v but_o be_v good_a as_o iwenall_n say_v juâ—enalis_n nulla_fw-la unquam_fw-la de_fw-la morte_fw-la hominis_fw-la cunctatio_fw-la sera_fw-it est_fw-la athenodorus_n the_o philosopher_n counsel_v augustus_n caesar_n apoth_n that_o he_o shall_v never_o say_v nor_o do_v any_o thing_n when_o he_o be_v angry_a unless_o he_o have_v first_o rehearse_v the_o greek_a alphabet_n α._fw-la β._fw-la γ._fw-la etc._n etc._n king_n 16._o antiochus_n write_v unto_o all_o the_o city_n of_o his_o kingdom_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o execute_v any_o of_o his_o command_n which_o be_v against_o the_o right_n of_o the_o law_n so_o they_o do_v make_v he_o acquaint_v why_o they_o delay_v the_o execution_n thereof_o i_o his_o which_o we_o say_v of_o counsellor_n of_o prince_n that_o they_o be_v not_o bind_v to_o put_v any_o of_o their_o prince_n his_o commission_n in_o practice_n if_o they_o agree_v not_o with_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o law_n take_v place_n except_o as_o some_o doctor_n write_v this_o clause_n motu_fw-la proprio_fw-la be_v add_v thereunto_o for_o that_o seem_v 16_o to_o be_v as_o forcible_a as_o if_o he_o shall_v command_v it_o again_o nevertheless_o because_o these_o clause_n motu_fw-la proprio_fw-la de_fw-la certa_fw-la scientia_fw-la &_o plennitudine_fw-la potestatis_fw-la be_v so_o ordinary_o and_o that_o without_o the_o prince_n command_n specify_v and_o set_v down_o in_o all_o rescript_n and_o letter_n of_o prince_n they_o prove_v not_o that_o it_o be_v the_o prince_n will_v and_o pleasure_n that_o that_o thing_n shall_v be_v execute_v which_o be_v repugnant_a to_o the_o law_n especial_o if_o it_o â—end_n to_o the_o hurt_n of_o some_o other_o for_o such_o clause_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v according_a to_o that_o which_o the_o law_n dispose_v and_o ordain_v and_o though_o
move_v any_o doubt_n or_o interrupt_v his_o speech_n with_o vain_a question_n for_o all_o the_o profit_n that_o come_v thereof_o be_v only_o to_o trouble_v he_o that_o speak_v and_o cause_v he_o to_o err_v and_o digress_v from_o the_o purpose_n and_o therefore_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v troublesome_a unto_o they_o that_o be_v in_o the_o counsel_n ask_v they_o often_o about_o one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o thing_n for_o such_o as_o plutarch_n say_v supra_fw-la be_v like_o those_o little_a bird_n that_o can_v yet_o fly_v and_o yet_o be_v always_o gape_v at_o other_o bird_n bill_n to_o receive_v their_o food_n already_o champ_v and_o chew_v by_o they_o to_o conclude_v it_o be_v the_o point_n of_o foolish_a and_o simple_a fellow_n and_o such_o as_o have_v no_o wit_n to_o be_v ask_v of_o question_n at_o every_o word_n and_o to_o be_v still_o inform_v upon_o every_o point_n 47_o they_o that_o consult_v upon_o matter_n of_o great_a importance_n aught_o to_o consider_v as_o cornelius_n tacitus_n say_v whether_o that_o 18_o which_o they_o determine_v upon_o be_v profitable_a unto_o their_o prince_n and_o whether_o it_o may_v be_v put_v in_o execution_n without_o harm_v or_o endomage_v the_o commonwealth_n they_o ought_v also_o to_o consider_v whether_o they_o that_o give_v the_o counsel_n be_v like_a to_o come_v into_o into_o trouble_n if_o it_o fall_v not_o out_o prosperous_o and_o who_o shall_v gain_v the_o credit_n and_o honour_n if_o all_o thing_n succeed_v happy_o and_o above_o all_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v a_o regard_n what_o the_o people_n talk_v if_o the_o prince_n do_v as_o they_o counsel_v he_o for_o though_o all_o other_o man_n use_v to_o follow_v those_o counsel_n which_o be_v most_o profitable_a for_o they_o though_o they_o be_v not_o altogether_o just_a yet_o prince_n ought_v to_o do_v nothing_o as_o the_o emperor_n tiberius_n say_v that_o pass_v the_o bound_n of_o justice_n great_o regard_v their_o fame_n &_o reputation_n and_o what_o will_v be_v say_v of_o they_o if_o they_o shall_v follow_v counsel_n that_o be_v hurtful_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n the_o thirteen_o discourse_n of_o the_o counsel_n of_o estate_n and_o of_o the_o ordinance_n and_o law_n that_o appertain_v to_o the_o same_o counsel_n the_o counsel_n of_o estate_n as_o plato_n say_v be_v the_o anchor_n 12_o whereon_o depend_v the_o safety_n or_o loss_n of_o all_o the_o commonwealth_n for_o this_o counsel_n look_v to_o the_o whole_a commonwealth_n and_o as_o isocrates_n say_v it_o be_v the_o soul_n thereof_o and_o it_o be_v areopagitico_n like_a to_o prudence_n in_o man_n which_o have_v a_o care_n of_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n all_o other_o counsel_n depend_v upon_o this_o one_o counsel_n and_o it_o be_v call_v the_o counsel_n of_o peace_n because_o the_o chief_a and_o principal_a intent_n of_o this_o counsel_n be_v to_o procure_v that_o every_o one_o may_v live_v in_o peace_n and_o quietness_n for_o this_o be_v the_o end_n for_o which_o the_o 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