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Show - I l i' 8 immediately, before !Jis ~oin~ into Ireland • Policy, from. more than Indian Barharifm. There is yet another Kinde of Divination, familiar to Matters of State; :Being that, which Demoffhener, [o often relyed upon, in his time-; when he [aid ; That, whic/J for the time pafl, u worft of aU, it, : for the time to come, tbe heft; which is , that things goe ill, not by Accident, but by Errours; Wherein,if your Lordjhip have been, heretofore,an Awaking Cen(our,you rnufl: look for no other now,, but, Mtdice Cur a teipfum .: And though, you thall not be the Happy Plryftcian, that commeth in the Declination of the D ifeafe ; yet you embrace that Condition, which many Nohle Spirits have accepted for Advantage; which is, that you goe, upon. the greater Peril, of your Fortune; and the leffe, of your Reputatton ; And fo the Honour countervaileth the Ativentsere; Ot which Honour,your Lordfbip is in no fmall ,po~e~on; ~hen t~at ~er M~jefty, (kt:oyvn to be, one of the moft judiCtous Pnnces, m dt[cernmg of Sptnu, that ever governed, ) hath made choice of you, ( tneerl y out of her RfJyalJudgement; her AjjeElion inclining rather to continue your Attendance; ) into whofe hand, a. nd truft, to put the Com- . mand, and Condu6t, of [o g-reat F?rces ~ The Gathering the Fruit offo great Charge; The ExecHuon of fo many ·Counfels; The Redeeming, of the Defaults, of [o many former Governers ; The dearing of the G.!ory,()fher fo many happ¥ years Reign, on.dy, in this part ., echpfed : Nay further, how far for~th, the pert! of . that State, is interlaced with the peril of England; And therefore.) how crreat the Honour is, to keep, and defend, the Approaches , or A~e-newes, of this Kingdom, I bear many di{{:ourfe; And there is .a great Difference, whether the Tortoife-,gathereth her felf, within her {hell, hurt, or unhurt. And ifany Man beofOpi·nion, thatthcl\tature of theEnemy, doth extenuate~ the Hono,ur of the Servic.e, being but a Rehel/, and a savage; I differ from him; For I fee, the jutl:eft Triumphs, that the Romans, in their greatndfe, did obtain; ~ And that, whereof the Emperours, in their Stiles, took Addition, and Denomination, were of fuch an Enemy, as this: That is, People Barha.rom, and not reduced to civility , magnifying a kind of lawleffe Liberty , and prodigalofLife, hardned in Body, fortified in Woods and Boggs, and placing both Jufiice and Felicity in iliarpneffe of their Swords : Such were the Germa19S, and auncient Brittons, and divers others. llpon which kinde of People, w?cther the ViCtory were a Conquei1; or a Reconqueft, upon a ReheUto~~, or a Revolt; It m~1 dc ·no difference, ( that ever 1 could find, ) 1n Honour. And therc:fore, it is not the Enriching Pred~tory Warr,that hath the preheminencc in Honour; Elfe fuould it be more Honour, to bring in a Carick of rich Burthen, than one of the 12. Spanifb .Apo#les. But then, this Nature of Ptopte, doth yield, a higher point of Honour, confidered in Truth, and Subfi:ance, than any warr can yield, which iliould be atchieved, ag~inft a Civil Enemy ~ If the End A Letter of Advice., to my Lor(1 ofE£fex, &c. 9 En~ may be; Paciq; imponere morem, to replant, and refound th - pohcy <?i .that ;Nat ion ; To ~hich nothing is .. wanting, but a Jufi: e and Ctvrl, Go't'ernment : wh1ch Ddig·n, as 1t doth defcend unt~ you, from your Noble 'Father, who loft his life in that A a· . (though heyaid 1·rihute to,Nature, and nbt to Fortune;) So, I h~;~ your Lordfhtp, ilial.l be, as Fatal a Captain to this watr, as Afri- ,a,;m was to the Vv arr of Carthage; After that both his Uncle' and father, had loft their Lives,in Spain, in the fame warr No' · 1 thougl1 I. t b e.true, t h· a t t h e fce T hm. gs_; which I write,• ( bein w,bau -t Reprefemauons, unto your LordflJip, of the Honour · and A g ranceofSu~ce{fe, of.th.e Enterpri~e;)Be nbt much,t~ the pufp~~~~ o~ any AdviCe; yet lt 1s that, wh1ch is left to me being noM ' ofWa rr, an d t.g norant t. n the par~l.t :U 1a rs ?f Efh'z te. For a Maann ~ay,by the Eye;fet up the VVhue;m the mtdft of the Bur,thouo-h ~ be no Ar·cher. Therefore I willonely add this VVifu acco'l-dt~~ o the Englifh Phra[e, w~ic~ tert?eth_, a well-willing Advice, a tfh: That your Lordf!Jtp, In ~h1s whole Aetion, looking for.:. ward, would fct .down th1s Pofiuon; Tbat Merit is worthier th Fame; A~d lo<?kmg back hit~er, would ·remember this Tc:r: That Obedzmce tr bett~r tban Sac!ift~e. For Defigning to Fame, and Glory, rna~ make your Lordfhtp, In the Adventure of your Ptrfl to be vahant, .as a priv_ate Souldier, rather than as a Gtneral :on1: may ma~e.yo~,m your COinmandements, rather to be Gracious than Dl{Ciphnary: ~t may m~ke you preife ACtion, (in re£i ect of the great Expe&auon concetved,) rather haftily, than fea[Enably, and fafely : It may make you, feek rather, to atchieve the war, by force, than by lnter~ixtuteofPra&ice: It may make you? . ( 1f God iliall fend profperolis Beginnipgs, ) rather feek the Fruttton of that Honol!r, than t?e Perfe8ion, ofth~ work, in hand. And for the other pomt, that ts the Proceeding, like a good Proteftant, upo~ expreffe ~arrant, ~nd not upo~ good Intention ; your Lordfhtp knowe~h, 1n your wtfdom; That as it is moft fit for you,to defire conventent Ltbeny oflnftruttions·fo it is no leffe fit for you~to obferve the due Limits of them: Rem'embring,that the Exc~edtng of them, may n~:>t onely procure, in cafe of adverfe Acotdent, a dangerou~ Dtfavow; But alfo, (in cafe of profi e~ ous Succeife;) De fubJeCt to Interpretation, as if all were not ~e-lerred, to the nght End. . . . T~us have I prefumed, to write thcfe few Lines; to your Lord/ htp,. 11.J Methodo ~f{n~ranti4 ; which is, when a Man fpeaketh of a Sub~ett, not! accordtng to the Matter, bur according to the Model ofhts own Knowledge : And moil: humbly defire your Lordfhi ' that t!1e weakneife thereof, may be [upplyed, in your Lordfhi _, t' a be111gn Acceptation, as it is in me, by my heft VVilhing~ p y Bbb 2 ' - I• |