Tully's three books of offices, in English with notes explaining the method and meaning of the author.

CHAP. IX.

What the Ingredients of true Glory are. By what Means the Love of the People may be obtain'd. How Men may be brought to place a Confidence in us. Ju∣stice more powerful than Cunning to this End.

LEt us now proceed to discourse of Glory; tho' that too is a Subject, upon which I have a 1.1 two Books already extant; however I shall touch upon it here in short, because 'tis a thing of such Weight and Moment toward the successful Management of the most important Affairs. True and perfect Glory then is always made up of these three In∣gredients: First, The Love and Good-will of the Multitude. Secondly, Their Trusting and Reliance upon a Man. And, Lastly, Their Valuing and Admiring him so, as to think him a Person that really deserves Honour. The Means of getting these three from the Multitude, (to give one short and easie Rule) are very much the same as from particular Persons. However there's another pecu∣liar Way of approaching the People, and gaining Admittance into the Hearts and Affections of all Men in general. b 1.2 Of those three then, which I

just now mention'd, let us first see the Ways of obtaining Love. Now the Love of the People is mov'd by nothing so much, as by Bounty and do∣ing Kindnesses: Next they are pleas'd with an hearty Desire and Inclination toward it, tho' a Man have not wherewithal to exercise it. Thirdly, The very Name and Reputation of having Beneficence and Liberality, Justice and Fidelity, with the rest of those Virtues, which give a kind of Smoothness and Agreeableness to our Conversation, is of very great Efficacy in getting us the Favour and Love of the Multitude: and the reason of it is, because Ho∣nesty and Decorum delight us of themselves, and by their own native Beauties and Excellencies move, and engage the Hearts of all Men: which seeing they appear with more Lustre in the Vir∣tues, which I just now mention'd; it follows that by Nature we must Love those People, in whom we suppose such Virtues to reside. And these are the principal Causes of Men's Loving us: there might, I confess, be some others given, but not of e∣qual Weight and Importance with these. c 1.3 We are to speak in the next place of their Trusting or Confi∣ding in us; for the compassing of which, 'tis necessa∣ry we should be suppos'd to have two Qualifications, viz. Prudence and Justice. d 1.4 For we trust those Men, whom we believe, to understand Matters better than we do; to be wise enough to see things before they are arriv'd, and in the Management of 'em, if any Danger should happen, to be ready at finding out Ways and Expedients, to disentangle 'emselves from the Perplexities of it: in which

Men imagin that all true and profitable Wisdom consists. e 1.5 But when a Man is found really Just and Faithful, that is Good, we place so much Trust and Confidence in such a one, as not to entertain any the least suspicion of Deceit or Injury. To such a Man therefore we think we may wisely, and with a secure Confidence, entrust our Safeties, our Children and our Fortunes. Justice therefore, of these two Virtues, has much the more strong and effectual Tendency, to procure this Credit and Con∣fidence from the People. For that, even without Wisdom, can go a great way toward the obtaining of this End; whereas Wisdom, without that, is unable to do any thing: For the more Shrew'd and Cunning any Person is, the more he's Suspect∣ed and Hated by the World, if he ben't counted Honest and Upright withal. Justice therefore, in conjunction with Wisdom, can make a Man be trusted as far as he pleases: Justice without the o∣ther can do a great deal; but the other without that is of no Force at all.

Notes

• a 1.1

  They are both lost. He mentions them two or three times in his Epistles to Atticus.
• b 1.2

  He Discourses in order of the Ways how to obtain these three, and first Love: the Means of gaining which are Li∣berality, a generous Disposition, &c.
• c 1.3

  Secondly, How Men are brought to confide and trust in us, which is the second part of true Glory. The two great Means are Justice, and Prudence, or Knowledge of Business: of these Justice is the chief.
• d 1.4

  How Prudence makes Men confide in us.
• e 1.5

  How Justice makes Men confide in us.