Aphorismes ciuill and militarie amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine.

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Title: Aphorismes ciuill and militarie amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine.
Author: Dallington, Robert, 1561-1637.
Publication: London :: Imprinted [by R. Field] for Edward Blount,; 1613.
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Subject terms: Aphorisms and apothegms -- Early works to 1800.; Political science -- Early works to 1800.; Military art and science -- Early works to 1800.; Italy -- History -- Early works to 1800.
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APHORISME XXIII.

A 1 Staffe is easily found to beate a dogge: and a small quarrell will serue against him, whose fortunes are in their ebbe of declination. For, where there is no feare of reuenge, there is little conscience of offence: 2 Especially in the auaricious and greedie minded man, in whom many fauors receiued, are not so strong to make him sure vnto thee, as one small request refused, to cast thee off.

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The King of Romans enters Burgundy in armes, in defence of his Sonne the Archduke of Austria, against the French King. The Duke of Millan supplies him with great summes of money, vpon hope, that either that warre would diuert the French from the enterprise of Italy, or else, if there were peace made betweene them, that then himselfe should be comprised, as the Emperor had faithfully promised him. After many motions and treaties, the King concludes a peace with the Archduke who was like∣wise Duke of Burgundy, and capitulates to render him all the townes he held of his in Artois. The Emperor likewise takes a Truce with the King, for many monethes, without any compri∣sall of the Duke of Millan: pretending a great displeasure against him, because he had not from time to time satisfied his infinite and immoderate pressings for money.

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1

Facilè inuenias baculum quo canem caedas.

An non vides hunc ansam quaerere, rescindendae irritandae{que} pactionis?

Secundis rebus labefactatis, quàm formidatus anteà est, tam contemnetur.

Nunc quia contraxit vultum fortuna, recedis,

Auxilio postquam scis opus esse tuo.
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Pro. Lat. Plaut. Salust. hist. 1 Ouid.

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2

Nullum est officium tam sanctum atque solenne, quod non auaritia com∣minuere ac violare potest.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Auaritia malorum caput.

〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Lucrum superat Sapientiam.

Auaritia, fidem, probitatem, caeter as{que} artes bonas subuertit: & ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit.

—Pereunt discrimine nullo

Amissae leges, sed pars vilissima rerum

Certamen mouistis opes.—
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Cic. pro Quint.

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Appollinar. Pindar.

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Salust. Cat.

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Lucan. l. 3

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