The compleat statesman, or, The political will and testament of that great minister of state, Cardinal Duke de Richilieu from whence Lewis the XIV ... has taken his measures and maxims of government : in two parts / done out of French.
- Title
- The compleat statesman, or, The political will and testament of that great minister of state, Cardinal Duke de Richilieu from whence Lewis the XIV ... has taken his measures and maxims of government : in two parts / done out of French.
- Author
- Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for R. Bentley ... J. Philips ... and J. Taylor ...,
- 1695.
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- Subject terms
- Political science -- France -- Early works to 1800.
- State, The.
- France -- Politics and government -- 1610-1643.
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Contents
- title page
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ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER. -
TO King
LEWIS XIII. -
THE Political Testament Of the Famous CARDINAL Duke
de RICHELIEU. - PART I.
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REFORMATION OF THE Divers Orders OF THE STATE.
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CHAP. II. Of the Reformation of the Ecclesiastical Order. -
CHAP. III. Of theNOBIITY. -
CHAP. IV. Of the Third ORDER of the Kingdom. -
CHAP. V. Which considers the State in it self. -
CHAP. VI. Which represents to the King, what Men think he ought to consider, in relation to his Per∣son. -
CHAP. VII. Which represents the present State of the King's Houshold; and sets forth what seems to be necessary, in order to put it into that in which it ought to be. -
CHAP. VIII. Of the PRINCE's Council.
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THE Political Testament Of the Famous CARDINAL Duke
de RICHELIEV. -
CHAP. I. The first Foundation of the Happiness of a State is the Establishment of the Reign of God. -
CHAP. II. Reason must be the Rule and Conduct of a State. -
CHAP. III. Which shows that Public Interest should be the only End of those who govern States, or at least that it ought to be perferr'd to particular Advantages. -
CHAP. IV. How much Foresight is necessary for the Go∣vernment of a State. -
CHAP. V. Punishment and Reward are two Points ab∣solutely necessary for the Conduct of States. -
CHAP. VI. A Continual Negotiation contributes much towards the good Success of Affairs. -
CHAP. VII. One of the greatest Advantages, that can be procur'd to a State, is to give every one an Employment suitable to his Genius and Capacity. -
CHAP. VIII. Of the Evil which Flatterers, Detractors, and Intriguers commonly occasion in States, and how necessary it is to remove them from Kings, and to banish them from their Courts. -
CHAP. IX. Which Treats of the Power of the Prince; and is divided into Eight Sections. -
CHAP. X. Which concludes this Work, in showing that whatever is contain'd in it will prove in∣effectual, unless the Princes and their Mi∣nisters are so mindful of the Government of the State, as to omitt nothing which their Trust obliges them to, and not to abuse their Power.
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Historical Observations. ON THE Political Testament, OF
Cardinal de Richelieu.
- THE Contents.