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Show I C XX VI 1.- War noP t•-b~ undertak!n ; b'Ht upon neceJ!ity ·? .h:. upon gre~tteft can fe , wit h.rgr4ate ft . opport.uni~J. ! 1 ...S de.rvius alE.d il~ TMere is then feldom * caufe of.. takin!t u m to. n. h" h . h u lram mi[eramur · arms ; w l·C tit er cannot , or ought iaanem A.mbo- not to be omitted: to wit, when L aws are rwn, ~ tantoJ · (as- Etoru.s fpe~k~ J worfe thdn W.lllr. Se-lmobrtabb~.~ J[e nee a bids. us v~nture· upon danfTers, when a ores. ~~a ~ 'J. d .. · 6 ft . nullacaufa •wefe.arnoks ~tnger~ifwe fit tll;or tam jttfta' eft~ gre~ter: fo v1rijfidd. ,_when it appears ' ut 1~roptcre~ -ol4r eftate willhewor(e·ifwe he qnict,then :CbUIU r,cn we ought to ha:z:.,arJ our [elves. Tacitus e tat. fa.ith,A mife~~tble peace is well ex chang' d fo.r war:that is, when (as the fame Author faith) either being viCtorious you !hall be free ; or being conquer' d , as you were : * Liv.I. xe. or where ( as Ltvy * fpeaks ) ,peace is more grievous to thofe that ferve than wa.r is to the free. Not if (as 'tis in Ci* Cic: ad Atr.,cero * ) this appears to be the event ; If 1· 1· . you be conquer'd, you fl:iall be profcrib'd; . if you conquer , yeu flull be never the -lefs· a flave. It will be alfo a time to take 'arn'lS:, if, in a true judgment, where moa .Right is , and that of greatcrfl. mome~r , there is moft ftrength . This is rh~t whtch f Sueton.c.l+. tAu.gll'ftus t .faid , War is non. t9 pe un· . - dertaken, Mcept:there be greater hvpe of Gel.~~ · c. 3· benefit-, than fear oflofs . .A:nd:, wh,P:t Sci• Val.Max.l.7• . ..-r..,.. . ' • d L . & ·t· p' !us ~ pto J.JJ, tcanu~; an · ~ ty;l.Jmt eus au , w~e wont to.fay ofinjoyning battell,may fitly ·The /tc1ntl part_.· 44 fitly be ~i"pplied here, Fi[ht not without "trMt necc J/ity '*,or great"' opportu~ity. This* Piuta~ch.' will then chiefly have place when it is ?r~cchts: F.x.._ h d h · b . • ' .rtt ,umm•m ope · t . e . ufmeis ~a y be done , by tel'- 11tctf!!tatem ftr· rourt and fame, wtth none or very little r,lji1Hnfirre, n.c& danger: fuch was 7Jton's cour'tfeH for de- bon'i m~diti e{t , livering Syrttcure t· Plim in one of his ~~c fft.Mm-o pr~Ji·. E "flJ h h J' J ~~~s. arctant pt ~ es at an expreflion to our purpbfe: d1~um <lpud He jttbdued the enemy ( whtch is the fai- Zon.2ram:1(11n· reft kjnd of vifforl) by the terrour of his debe,e R.tgem name. arm a "!owre, . · qu11md1u pi" . . ' . . frui lke~tt. Aug.$..>. eptft. ad BorutatJum, Paccmh.zhm vo/'tlnwu eft· Btl · lrun autem debet effl neceflit~ttu , ut tibem DC114 ~ 11.tc~Jfo11te & • fervet i~ pact. 1' The Lion dcfpi.ling weapons .~ ~ood whi1J.def:::: de~b hu,n[clfby t~rrour alone, and lhcwcth that he is com/ .Ud: Plm. Htfl. Nat. 8. r6. t Diod, J. 16. . pc • CXXVIII. The Evi'fs ofWtir. WAr is a cruel! thing, faith P/u- De civit. Dti ta,..ch nd d , . h . . l~b. I !J• &. 7 . _, a raws wtt tt a tram* Th L ·d of. ·I nJ· ~n.e s ·a n d .1 01r 0I e nce: And S. Augu- moni.c:m sa cine e-ftm w1fely : Should I go about to dec tare Diodorus Sit he manifold {a/.~mittcs, a11d extreme ne· ~ulud. 13. Secejfitits, 'J.. V'hi~h attend upon. war (which tng th~ m:.ny I ,..1 • ·r. jJi . ' coma 1es and am not ao.e Ju ~tentlr to cxprefs) when f.td cffeas of fh~uld I ffltt_k{ an end? But they fay , ·a ytJr, we think wife m:tn wtll wttge w4r. · Rather , if he tt our dury to· remember himfelf to be a man , he will be teft ify before: . J orry to find It ne.ce ffitr t her eo+..,. It is the Ghod and man, · · · ,f I.J d .r.. 'J t at we are not 1mq~zty QJ t~;~e a v~rJe parr,~h"t&h enj~rce1 tbe caufes of ~wife man to ~~ke arms,,TJhich iniquity oftbcm. : mtn_, tho11gh W4r did not foll~w were to be Sec a notable lAmented, wlieufore the mifch:efs ofTvar p~aq: it _Guic~ . G h ,r. ' c1;nd, l1p. 16. g "»' oJoever · |