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AS poyson is of such force,* 1.1 that it corrupeth both blood and spirits, besieging, seizing, and infecting the heart with the venemous contagion thereof, quite altering the complexion and condition of the man, that hath drunk it; So the Pesti∣••erous desire of Soveraignty,* 1.2 though it seize on a minde of milde and mansuete disposi∣tion, yet it is of such forceable operation, as it not onely altereth man's nature, but ma∣keth man unnaturall.
Sr. Rob. Dal∣lington's A∣phorijms.
Regnandi dira cupido, Quid non?.