Character 48. Of a petty Politick.
IF you would deceive him, tell him Truth, and believe what he sayes, if you would de∣ceive your self. He goes ever vizzarded, and
Rich. Flecknoe's ænigmatical characters being rather a new work, than new impression of the old.
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- Rich. Flecknoe's ænigmatical characters being rather a new work, than new impression of the old.
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- Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?
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- 1665.
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"Rich. Flecknoe's ænigmatical characters being rather a new work, than new impression of the old." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39707.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 31, 2024.
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you can never know his true face, but may al∣wayes know 'tis false. He cares 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in whose light▪ he stands, so he may see, nor whose E••i∣••ice he ruines, so he may build his own▪ so as they look on him not as a Man, but as some ra∣venous beast, homo homini Lup••••, that does all the harm and mischief he can to others; by which he ha's got so ill a name▪ as he is half hang'd already, and no body (that knows him) but wishes him wholly sô: and this fine Repu∣tation he ha's got by his petty Pol••••y, that is nothing else but Wisedom distempered into Cra••t, far worse then Lying, ••or that makes onely the Tongue false, but thîs the Heart too; and ha's a far worse effect, for that makes them not believe his words, but thîs, that they will not believe his deeds; so as shu'd they see him do the best action in the world, they wo'd ima∣gine he did it with some ill intent, and out of petty Policy, which is nothing else but Treachery in Fight, Per••id••ousness in Friendship, Couzen∣age in Gaming, and Deceit in Bargaining; and whosoever uses it, in plain English is a Knave, though the qualifying Term be a Politician.