De vita et rebus gestis nobilissimi illustrissimique principis, Guilielmi ducis Novo-Castrensis, commentarii ab excellentissima principe, Margareta, ipsius uxore sanctissima conscripti ; et ex Anglico in Latinum conversi.

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De vita et rebus gestis nobilissimi illustrissimique principis, Guilielmi ducis Novo-Castrensis, commentarii ab excellentissima principe, Margareta, ipsius uxore sanctissima conscripti ; et ex Anglico in Latinum conversi.
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Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
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Londini :: Excudebat T.M.,
1668.
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Newcastle, William Cavendish, -- Duke of, 1592-1676.
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III.

Observavi Nobilissimum Dominum meum sem∣per odio habuisse illam Artem Politicam, quae

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nunc obtinet; quae vero nomine est Dissimulatio, Adulatio, Astutia sub specie Honestatis & Bene∣volentiae. Dicentem audivi; Optimam Politiam esse, juste agere, pie, & prudenter: juxta Dictum vetus, Sapere est Bene vivere. Quisquis, inquit, dictis aut factis fallax est, fidem perdit apud om∣nes Bonos. Attamen, Sapientis non est fallacias singulas notare, sed eas quas sua refert notasse, idque in tempore. Magna enim pars est Sapien∣tiae singula accommodare suo tempori, atque om∣nia facere candide ac moderate. Verum, ea est improbitas hujus saeculi, ut Vir quivis Integer & sapiens everti possit a factione stultorum ac nebu∣lonum. Solatium petit nihilominus a Conscien∣tia, involvit se virtute sua, &, fecisse officium sine mercede gloriosum putat. Hic est Ille Heros, qui Posteritati relinquit Exemplum omnibus Titulis, omnibus Divitiis, omni Laude majus. Ita disse∣rere solebat meus Dominus.

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