The royal politician represented in one hundred emblems (1700)
Saavedra Fajardo, Diego de, 1584-1648, Astry, James, Sir · London Printed for M. Gylliflower and L. Meredith · leaf 357
es, and Pretexts of Moderation and Juftice^ arenever wanting to him that íéeks to enlarge his Do-minions, and afpires to be a Monarch : For one who isib already, aims at nothing more than the Enjoymentof his own Grandeur, without going to intrenchupon that of another, or deiigning any thing… … HE knows,not how to value the Quietnefs of theHarbour, who has not felt the Storm •, nor ishe fenfible of the fweetnefs of Peace, that hasnever tailed the bitternefs of War : Then firft thiswild Beaft, the fworn Enemy of Life, appears in itstrue Colours, when it is tamed. To that agrees…
Political science · Kings and rulers
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