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 265
rly fortified, than now thatthrough lingular Induihy and Labour they are made asImpregnable Walls to the State. For too much Securitybreeds ill Humours, divides the People into Factions,begets Prefumptuous Spirits, and defpifes ExternalMeans. In a word, In Commonwealths harrafsd withInteftine… … IT has been the Opinion of fome, That Nature wasrather a Step-Mother to Man, thgn his own ^ andthat ihe had Ihewed her felf more liberal to otherCreatures, in giving them a clearer Inilind and Noticeof the Means neceiTary for their Defence and Conferva-tion. But thefe Perfons did not fufficiently…
Kings and rulers · Political science
Internet Archive · Duke University Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
