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Chapter 6

           Thattheseministers,havingallemploymentsattheirdisposal,preservethemselvesinpower,bybribingthemajorityofasenateorgreatcouncil;andatlast,byanexpedient,calledanactofindemnity"(whereofIdescribedthenaturetohim),"theysecurethemselvesfromafter-reckonings,andretirefromthepublicladenwiththespoilsofthenation.

           "Thepalaceofachiefministerisaseminarytobreedupothersinhisowntrade:thepages,lackeys,andporters,byimitatingtheirmaster,becomeministersofstateintheirseveraldistricts,andlearntoexcelinthethreeprincipalingredients,ofinsolence,lying,andbribery.Accordingly,theyhaveasubalterncourtpaidtothembypersonsofthebestrank;andsometimesbytheforceofdexterityandimpudence,arrive,throughseveralgradations,tobesuccessorstotheirlord.

           "Heisusuallygovernedbyadecayedwench,orfavouritefootman,whoarethetunnelsthroughwhichallgracesareconveyed,andmayproperlybecalled,inthelastresort,thegovernorsofthekingdom."

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