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It may bee demanded, what might bee the reason, that the vehement desire and thirst after glory and renowne, hath alwaies beene praise-worthy, and held profitable for the Common-wealth, whereas the least desire of raigning, in any great Subiect, hath beene condemned on all hands, and euer thought to bee dangerous and hurtfull to the State?
IS it because a 1.1 the hunting after honour and renowne, eleuateth and raiseth a mans thoughts, and exciteth to noble and ge∣nerous
actions? Whereas contrary wise the ambi∣tious, and boundlesse desire of ruling, prouoketh a man to propound to himselfe dangerous cour∣ses, and to runne them though it be to his owne vndoing? Or may it bee for this reason likewise, for that hee which is of an b 1.2 ambitious and tur∣bulent spirit, regardeth neither right or wrong, of Soueraigne or Subiect, but vpon the least con∣ceit to compasse his vnlawfull desires, engageth himselfe in factions, brawles, and quarrels, filling all mens hearts with feare, and disturbing the quiet of the State so farre, that as much as in him lyeth, he will rather hazard the safety of it, then desist from his barbarous enterprise? Whereas hee who is onely desirous of honour and re∣nowne, neither feareth dangers, nor attempteth or alloweth of any lewd courses, whereby hee, or his, might bee branded with the note of infamy, or digrace?
Fran. Guicch.
Idem.