EMBLEM XCVII. HERCVLES having master'd the Lion, knew how to enjoy his Victory, in covering his Shoul∣ders with its Skin, in order the more easily to tame other Monsters. Thus the Spoils of a Triumph arm the Conqueror, and encrease his Power. Thus ought Princes to use their Victories, augmenting their Forces by the Prisoners, and advancing the Grandeur of their States by the Places they take. All Kingdoms, in their Original, were small; and if they encreased, it was by getting, and preserving. The same Reasons that make the War lawful, justifie also the detaining of what it brings. To spoil, only that you may restore again, is a foolish and extravagant Levity. That Man 0