The secrets of government and misteries of state plainly laid open, in all the several forms of government in the Christian world / published by John Milton, Esq.

THE Principal Contents.

CHAP. I. THE Desinition and Division of Pu∣blick Weales and Sovereign States, according to their several Species or Kinds

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Chap. 2. Of Sovereign or Monarchick Go∣vernment, with its Essential Marks and Specifical Differences

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Chap. 3. Of Monarchies Seignioril, exem∣plisied in the Turkish and West-Indian Empire

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Chap. 4. Of Monarchies Royal, with the Means to maintain them

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Chap. 5. Of Monarchies Tyrannical

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Chap. 6. Of New-found Monarchies and Principalities, with the Means to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them

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Chap. 7. Of Councils and Counsellors in general

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Chap. 8. Of Councils in some particular Monarchies, Aristocraties and Demo∣craties

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Chap. 9. Of Officers and Commissioners, with their respective Distinctions

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Chap. 10. Of Magistrates, their Qualifi∣cations and Elections

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Chap. 11. Observations intrinsically con∣cerning every Publick State in Points of Justice, Treasure and War

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Chap. 12. Extrinsick Observations, shew∣ing how to deal with Neighbor Princes and Provinces respectively, how to pre∣vent their Designs, and decypher their Intendments

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Chap. 13. Observations confirmed by Au∣thorities of Princes and Principalities, Charactering an Excellent Prince or Governor

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Chap. 14. Of the Princes intimate Coun∣sellors and Ministers of State, with their several Requisites

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Chap. 15. The Art of Ruling, or Mystery of Regiment

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Chap. 16 Of Princely Authority; wherein it consists, and how far to be extended and delegated

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Chap. 17. Of Power and Force; and how to be raised and maintained

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Chap. 18. Of Conspiracy and Treason; with the Causes, and ways of Prevention or Discovery

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Chap. 19. Of Publick Hate and Contempt, with the Occasions and Means to redress and avoid it

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Chap. 20. Of Diffidence and Dissimulation in the Management of State Affairs

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Chap. 21. Of War Defensive and Inva∣sive; with Iustructions touching Laws of Arms, Soldiers and Military Disci∣pline

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Chap. 22. Of Generals and Commanders, and their requisite Abilities in Martial Enterprises and Expeditions

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Chap. 23. Of Councils in War, and Di∣rections Tactick and Stratagematick; with Advice how to make an honorable Peace

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Chap. 24. Of Civil War, with the Causes and Remedies thereof

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Chap. 25. A Collection of Political Ob∣servations (confirmed by Reason and Experience) advertising Princes, States∣men, and Private Persons how to demean themselves in all Fortunes and Events

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Chap. 26. Maxims of State, or Prudential Grounds and Polemical Precepts, con∣cerning all Estates, and Forms of Policy in times of Peace or War, &c. confirmed by Select Narrations, and Historical Parallels

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