Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]

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Title
Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]
Author
Quarles, Francis, 1592-1644.
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London :: Printed for, and are to be so[ld by] Josias Shaw ...,
1698.
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Conduct of life.
Maxims.
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"Institutions, essays, and maxims, political, moral, and divine divided into four centuries / by the Right Honoura[ble] L. Marqu. of H[alifax]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56827.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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MAX. 67.

If, having levied an Army, thou findest thy self too weak, either thro' the Want of Men or Money, th longer thou de∣layest to fight, the greater thy Inconvenience grows. If once thy Army falls asunder, thou certainly losest by thy Delay. Where, hazarding thy For∣tunes betimes, thou hast the ad∣vantage

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of thy Men, and mayst by Fortune win the Day, it is less dishonour to be overcome by Force than by Flight.

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