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On The Sacred Characters Of Kings.
fatten his flock too much . The Cardinal de Rhodes , ' legite at the court of Peter the IVth , King of Arragon , in order to conatier his obstinacy in regard to the composition in favour of the King of Majorqua , remonstrated , that his Majesty ought to do something " for the sake of the Pope , to whom he .. was indebted for the kingdom of Sardinia . The King answered him in this manner , " It is true , the Pope has made ¦ of it
me a present in parliament , but the King , mv father , gained it some time before b y the point ofhis sword . " Henry the IV th of France , during the wars of the confederacy , was always more elevated in spirits before the battle , than after a victory , saying to those who seemed surprized thereat , " I cannot rejoice at ' an advantage I gain by the slaughter of my subjects ; the loss of their blood seem to fade laurels" The
my . Duke of Savoy coming to France on a visit to Henry the Great , was much surprized at seeing the opulence of that country ; one day the Duke asked him what revenue he drew from his kingdom : "What I p lease , " answered the King ; but the Duke pressing him still farther to explain himseff , he replied , " I must repeat what " ! have said before , whatever I please , for as long as I enjoy the love of my people , they ' will refuse
me nothing I shall ask . " Cosmo , Duke of Florence , before his perfect reconciliation with King Alphonsus ,. sent him in a present the history of Titus Livius , richly bound . His physicians cautioned him ' not to touch the book , for fear as coming from an enemy , it mi ght be poisoned . The king , without regarding their advice , told them in turning over the leaves , * ' It becomes ^ a great soul to shake off such vain- terrors : Don't you know , that Heaven guards in a peculiar manner the lives of kinys , and that their fate does not depend pn the caprice of mortal men . "
On Keeping A Secret.
ON KEEPING A SECRET .
And let not wine nor anger wrest Th' entrusted secret from your breast . FRANCIS ' S HORACE . THE art of keeping a secret is a very necessary virtue in a man , for which ' reason the Ancients painted in their ensigns the figure of a Minautour to si
gnify , ( as it was related of that monster who was concealed in a very decent and retired labyrinth ) that in the same manner , the counsel of a great man ( principally a secretary of state , and . a chief of an army ) ought to be held the most sacred possible , and not without a reason , since ' the best schemes are put in execution before the enemy can get intelligence of them—Should they be discovered before executioother
n , projects must be embraced ; for they become more dangerous to the authors , than to the persons they were intended against . —There is nothing more rude and uncivil in any man , than to desire to know the secrets of another ; if we are desirous to keep them , it requires our utmost care so to do—If he comes with a design to betray us , it _ is downri ght treachery—we ou ? ht to be as much on our guard against a man who demands our secret , as against a highwayrobber who demands our money .
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On The Sacred Characters Of Kings.
fatten his flock too much . The Cardinal de Rhodes , ' legite at the court of Peter the IVth , King of Arragon , in order to conatier his obstinacy in regard to the composition in favour of the King of Majorqua , remonstrated , that his Majesty ought to do something " for the sake of the Pope , to whom he .. was indebted for the kingdom of Sardinia . The King answered him in this manner , " It is true , the Pope has made ¦ of it
me a present in parliament , but the King , mv father , gained it some time before b y the point ofhis sword . " Henry the IV th of France , during the wars of the confederacy , was always more elevated in spirits before the battle , than after a victory , saying to those who seemed surprized thereat , " I cannot rejoice at ' an advantage I gain by the slaughter of my subjects ; the loss of their blood seem to fade laurels" The
my . Duke of Savoy coming to France on a visit to Henry the Great , was much surprized at seeing the opulence of that country ; one day the Duke asked him what revenue he drew from his kingdom : "What I p lease , " answered the King ; but the Duke pressing him still farther to explain himseff , he replied , " I must repeat what " ! have said before , whatever I please , for as long as I enjoy the love of my people , they ' will refuse
me nothing I shall ask . " Cosmo , Duke of Florence , before his perfect reconciliation with King Alphonsus ,. sent him in a present the history of Titus Livius , richly bound . His physicians cautioned him ' not to touch the book , for fear as coming from an enemy , it mi ght be poisoned . The king , without regarding their advice , told them in turning over the leaves , * ' It becomes ^ a great soul to shake off such vain- terrors : Don't you know , that Heaven guards in a peculiar manner the lives of kinys , and that their fate does not depend pn the caprice of mortal men . "
On Keeping A Secret.
ON KEEPING A SECRET .
And let not wine nor anger wrest Th' entrusted secret from your breast . FRANCIS ' S HORACE . THE art of keeping a secret is a very necessary virtue in a man , for which ' reason the Ancients painted in their ensigns the figure of a Minautour to si
gnify , ( as it was related of that monster who was concealed in a very decent and retired labyrinth ) that in the same manner , the counsel of a great man ( principally a secretary of state , and . a chief of an army ) ought to be held the most sacred possible , and not without a reason , since ' the best schemes are put in execution before the enemy can get intelligence of them—Should they be discovered before executioother
n , projects must be embraced ; for they become more dangerous to the authors , than to the persons they were intended against . —There is nothing more rude and uncivil in any man , than to desire to know the secrets of another ; if we are desirous to keep them , it requires our utmost care so to do—If he comes with a design to betray us , it _ is downri ght treachery—we ou ? ht to be as much on our guard against a man who demands our secret , as against a highwayrobber who demands our money .