Politique Observation.
IT is with men, as with the sick: We must not administer neither to one or t'o∣ther the remedies proper to their disease; without regard to the disposition of their humour; because they may sometimes be so stirred, in the discontentments which they receive, that their sickness would rather encrease, then receive any abatement. The most commendable Counsels, which are given upon the General consideration of affairs, become oftentimes hurtful, by reason of some circumstance which may happen; The most that can be done in such occasions, is to put the busi∣ness into such a state, that that which is needful to be done, suffer but a simple delay; conserving still the liberty of executing counsels in a more favourable time. It hath been often seen, that States have been cast into extremity and sedition, by attemp∣ting any unreasonable reformation. It is not of smal importance to content the Officers, when they are so numerous as they are in France. They are they who keep people in obedience, who have power to enforce obedience to the Laws. They are the Directers of the civil Government in all Towns, and by Consequence, the commotions which might be stirred up in their breasts by any extraordinary dis∣content, though taken up upon a false ground, would be as dangerous as a violent heat, which doth seize upon the Heart, the Liver, or any other vital parts.