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A31701
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The Character of a Prince
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1689
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Wing C1984; ESTC R9452
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the_o character_n of_o a_o prince_z nosce_fw-la te_fw-la ipsum_fw-la ne_fw-fr quid_fw-la nimis_fw-la london_n print_v and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o randall_n taylor_n near_o stationers-hall_n 1689._o the_o character_n of_o a_o prince_n there_o be_v four_o virtue_n proper_o call_v regal_a which_o be_v piety_n prudence_n valour_n and_o justice_n and_o if_o a_o prince_n have_v not_o a_o share_n of_o they_o he_o will_v hardly_o answer_v the_o expectation_n of_o his_o people_n nor_o the_o end_n of_o government_n but_o he_o may_v be_v flatter_v into_o four_o vice_n as_o like_v they_o which_o will_v utter_o undo_v he_o and_o his_o subject_n too_o and_o that_o be_v if_o his_o biggotry_n be_v call_v piety_n his_o timorous_a cautiousness_n and_o unsteady_a steer_v prudence_n his_o rashness_n and_o obstinacy_n valour_n and_o his_o severity_n and_o inhuman_a stiffness_n justice_n true_a piety_n in_o a_o prince_n be_v a_o sense_n of_o god_n almighty_n providence_n and_o justice_n a_o 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