WHen a Prince, is of such a temper as to lend an easy and credulous eare, without due examination, to De∣tractors and Sycophants, there breaths a pestilentiall ayre from the Kings side; which corrupts & infects all his ser∣vants. Some feele out the feares and jealousies of a Prince; and aggravate the same with fain'd reports: Others awake the furies of envy, especially against the best deserving in the state: Others seek to wash away their own guilt, and the staines of a foule conscience, by defaming others: Others give saile to the Honours and wishes of their friends, by traduceing, and debaseing the merit of their competitors. Others compose Fabulous enterludes against their enimies, and concurrents, as if they were upon the stage; and infi∣nite such like. And these are the Arts of such servants to Princes, as are of a vile and base nature. But they that are of a more honest disposition, and better civilz'd; when they perceive their innocence to be no safe sanctuary (in that their Prince knowes not how to distinguish between truth and falsehood) they put off morall honesty, and gather in the Court-windes; and are therewith, carried about in a servile manner. For as Tacitus saith of Claudius.* 1.1 There is no safety with that Prince, into whose head all things are convayed, as it were, by infusion and direction from others.* 1.2 And Commines very well, Jt is better to be servant to a Prince, whose jealousies have no end, then to a Prince, whose Credulity hath no meane.
Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts.
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"Of the advancement and proficience of learning; or, The partitions of sciences· Nine books. Written in Latin by the most eminent, illustrious, and famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam, Vicount St. Alban, Councellor of Estate, and Lord Chancellor of England. Interpreted by Gilbert Watts." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A72146.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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THE EXPLICATION.
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* 1.1
Aliud sonāt Annal. XII.
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* 1.2
Histoire de Commines.