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10)

the same unhappy men that we were
before with the Addition of a vexa
:tious Disappointmt that has cost us
much toil and fatigue. The
unprofitableness of Such Care and
Toil than effects of either Ambi
tion or Avarice are implicitly Con
sidered in the Answer of Pyrrhus to
the Queries of Cyneas his chief Minister
and is plainly taught in the hand.
Some reproof offered by the prime Mi:
nister to his prince "When Pyrrhus"
had shown the utmost Fondness"
for his Expedition against the"
Romans. Cyneas - asked him"
what he proposed to Himself by"
this War? Why says Pyrrhus to"
conquer the Romans and reduce"
all Italy to my Obedience. What"
then" says Cyneas. To pass over into"
Sicily says Pyrrhus and then"
all the Sicilians must be our"
Subjects. And what does your Majesty"
intend next? Why truly Says"
the king, to conquer Carthage &"
make my Self Master of all Africa."
And what tis says the Minister"
is to be the end of all your expe:"
ditions? Why then says the king"
for the Rest of our Lives We'll"
Sit down to good Wine. How tis"
replied Cyneas to better than we"
have now before us? Have we not"
as much already as we can drink?"
if we were to examine the End
we propose and carefully weigh
the utmost profits we can imagine
will finally result from our anxi:
:ous Cares our Aspiring Tempers &
Avaritious pursuits. We may find
that they are far from being adequate
to the Tranquility & Advantage all
forego and the fatigue and Trouble
in which we involve ourselves &
this we may do well to consider in