is more tempſtuous than the ſea which ſurrounds it, which indeed is true; but then 'tis never ſo but when the King raiſes the ſtorm; when he attempts to ſeize the Ship of which he is only the chief Pilot. The civil wars of France laſted longer; were more cruel, and productive of greater evils than thoſe of England: But none of theſe civil Wars had a wiſe and prudent Liberty for their object.
In the deteſtable Reigns of Charles the ninth, and Henry the third, the whole affair was only whether the people ſhould be ſlaves to the Guiſes. With regard to the laſt war of Paris, it deſerves only to be hooted at. Methinks I ſee a a croud of School-boys riſing up in arms againſt their Maſter, and afterwards whipp'd for it. Cardinal de Retz, who was witty and brave, but to no purpoſe; rebellious without a cauſe; factious without deſign, and head of a defenceleſs Party, caball'd for caballing ſake, and ſeem'd to foment the civil War merely out of diverſion. The Parlia-
