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* enrich and aggrandize their refpe&ive
« parties •, the national intereft: was quite
* negle&ed •, the people grew difeontented,
‘ they fought a change, and they have been
* punifhed by what they courted. You,
‘ my Liege, mount the throne of your fa-
1 ther with every earthly advantage; you
*■ are feated in the love of your people;
4 you are happy in the approbation of your
‘ nobles : Let the voice of the j>ul>/ic find,
' on all occafions, free accefs to your coun-
‘ cils; and be ever fufpicious of that fa-
‘ vourite who fiiall endeavour to fupprefs
‘ their complaints, or poifon your ears with
x the baneful found of prerogative and ab-
‘ folutepower. A favourite will, for the moft
4 part, have fome interefted projects to pro-
x mote: from the Public voice you may
‘ fometimes hear miftaken, but rarely dif-
* honeft counfel: the people have no in-
* tereft to deceive you, becaule, by deceiv-
4 ing you, they deceive themlelves. Begin
4 your reign by enquiring into, and re*
4 drefling their grievances; when they are
4 miftaken, correct them, but with a fa-
4 therly hand, to the end that they may not
4 fear without efteeming you. Proceed,
4 with the afliftance of your nobles and
4 able counfellors, to collett and form
4 from the records a fyftem of wholefome
* Jaws j iatrodudive to which, permit me,
4 my
* enrich and aggrandize their refpe&ive
« parties •, the national intereft: was quite
* negle&ed •, the people grew difeontented,
‘ they fought a change, and they have been
* punifhed by what they courted. You,
‘ my Liege, mount the throne of your fa-
1 ther with every earthly advantage; you
*■ are feated in the love of your people;
4 you are happy in the approbation of your
‘ nobles : Let the voice of the j>ul>/ic find,
' on all occafions, free accefs to your coun-
‘ cils; and be ever fufpicious of that fa-
‘ vourite who fiiall endeavour to fupprefs
‘ their complaints, or poifon your ears with
x the baneful found of prerogative and ab-
‘ folutepower. A favourite will, for the moft
4 part, have fome interefted projects to pro-
x mote: from the Public voice you may
‘ fometimes hear miftaken, but rarely dif-
* honeft counfel: the people have no in-
* tereft to deceive you, becaule, by deceiv-
4 ing you, they deceive themlelves. Begin
4 your reign by enquiring into, and re*
4 drefling their grievances; when they are
4 miftaken, correct them, but with a fa-
4 therly hand, to the end that they may not
4 fear without efteeming you. Proceed,
4 with the afliftance of your nobles and
4 able counfellors, to collett and form
4 from the records a fyftem of wholefome
* Jaws j iatrodudive to which, permit me,
4 my
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Languages & literature > Key to the drama > (249) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/122388704 |
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| Description | Or, memoirs, intrigues, and atchievements, of personages, who have been chosen by the most celebrated poets, as the fittest characters for theatrical representations. ... Vol. I. Containing the life, ... of Macbeth. By a gentleman, no professed author, but a lover of history, and of the theatre. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.81.182 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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