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 311
ced to lament at this dayfo many Calamities. ?Tis this Policy, rather than Am-bition, that has moved the Swifs-Cmtons to undertake theProtection of fome People \ for though they werefenfi-ble this could not be done without great Charges, and therunning the Rifque of their own Defence, yet they… … EVen the Feathers of Birds are in danger, when toonear thofe of the Eagle •, in that thefe, by that na-tural Antipathy furvivmg in them, which is between the Eagle Vol. ÍÍ. procures the Prince many Enemies. 305 Eagle and the other Birds, corrode and deftroy them (1).Thus Protection changes into…
Kings and rulers · Political science
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