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here it must diligently be inquired, if there 

 have not been indeed such lapses, as have 

 galled the people ; and though they be old 

 sores and skinned, yet they must be searched 

 and refreshed, and exasperated w^ith all the 

 urging circumstances that come within the in- 

 vention of scandal. It must be remembered, if 

 any persons of public note have suffered under 

 the sw^ord of justice, whose crimes can by art 

 or eloquence be extenuated, whose hard mea- 

 sure must be mentioned with tears, that so old 

 traitors may be propounded for new martyrs. 

 This hath been the ordinary method of ambition, 

 as you may find it noted by a great scholar, in 

 these words: '* It was ever the most compendious 

 way of usurpation, to dissemble a strong affec- 

 tion to our country ; lamenting the vices of the 

 prince, and miseries of the people ; not with an 

 intent to rescue them from servitude, but to get 

 such a portion of favour, as may lift us up to 

 the same pitch of honour on their shoulders ; 

 which having obtained, we transcendantly 

 abuse, changing the rods of royalty into the 

 scorpions of anarchy, aristocracy, or a free 

 state."* 



* Fuit haec omnibus saeculis, et adhuc est ad occupandam 

 tyrannidem expeditissima via, dum summo se amore, ac pietate 

 in patriam ess£ simulant, principum vitia, et populi miseriam, 

 apud suos primum, deinde palam querebunda voce lamentantur. 



