[485]. Polit. l. 5. c. 6. Crudelitas principum, impunitas scelerum, violatio legum, peculatus pecuniae publicae, etc.
[486]. Epist.
[487]. De increm. urb. cap. 20. subditi miseri, rebelles, desperati, &c.
[488]. R. Darlington. 1596. conclusio libri.
[489]. Boterus l. 9. c. 4. Polit. Quo fit ut aut rebus desperatis exulent, aut conjuratione subditorum crudelissime tandem trucidentur.
[490]. Mutuis odiis et caedibus exhausti, &c.
[491]. Lucra ex malis, scelerastisque causis.
[492]. Salust.
[493]. For most part we mistake the name of Politicians, accounting such as read Machiavel and Tacitus, great statesmen, that can dispute of political precepts, supplant and overthrow their adversaries, enrich themselves, get honours, dissemble; but what is this to the bene esse, or preservation of a Commonwealth?
[494]. Imperium suapte sponte corruit.