The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.
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Title
The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle.
Author
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
Publication
London :: Printed for J. Martin and J. Allestrye ...,
1655.
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"The worlds olio written by the Right Honorable, the Lady Margaret Newcastle." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53065.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
Pages
Of Brutus.
BRutus was thought a greater Friend to the Commonwealth, than to Caesar; but I think him a Friend to neither; for the Envy to the present Government, or Governor, begot his desire of Change: for Brutus was wise enough to know, an Indifferen∣cy in Commonwealths is safer than a sudden Alteration. Indeed, had the Commonwealth been at the worst, then a Change must needs have been for the better: but it was not so, for there were more that seemed for it than against it; but we must judge in
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those Causes by the Ourward Actions, to approve of Caesar's Government, by adhering to that Patty; for if they had liked better of their Old Government, they would have followed Brutus; and that Government is to be approved best, that pleas∣eth most; for Government is for Safety, Peace, and Profit; and there is nothing keeps them more in Peace, than Unity and Con∣cord, and the Affections of the People to their Governors, &c.
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