E-text prepared by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net)from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com/) Note: Images of the original pages are available through the the Google Books Library Project. See http://books.google.com/books?vid=fYIpW8Jl5bEC&id A CHARACTER OF KING _CHARLES_ THE SECOND: AND POLITICAL, MORAL _and_ MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS _and_ REFLECTIONS. By _GEORGE SAVILE_, MARQUIS of HALIFAX, _LONDON_: Printed for J. and R. TONSON and S. DRAPER in the _Strand_. M DCC L. ADVERTISEMENT. THE _following_ CHARACTER _of_ King CHARLES _the_ Second, _with the_ Political, Moral _and_ Miscellaneous THOUGHTS _and_ REFLECTIONS _were written by_ GEORGE SAVILE _Marquis of_ HALIFAX, _and were taken from his original Manuscripts, in the Possession of his Grand-daughter_ DOROTHY Countess _of_ BURLINGTON. CONTENTS. Page _Character of_ King CHARLES II. 1 Political Thoughts and Reflections. _Of Fundamentals_, 63 _Of Princes_, 77 _Princes_, (_their Rewards of Servants_) 79 _Princes_, (_their Secrets_) 80 _Love of the Subjects to a Prince_, 81 _Suffering for Princes_, ibid. _Of Ministers_, 82 _Wicked Ministers_, 84 _Instruments of State Ministers_, 85 _Of the People_, 86 _Of Government_, 89 _Clergy_, 92 _Religion_, 93 _Of Prerogative, Power and Liberty_, 94 _Of Laws_, 101 _Of Parliaments_, 103 _Of Parties_, 105 _Of Courts_, 111 _Of Punishment_, 114 Moral Thoughts and Reflections. _Of the World_, 116 _Of Ambition_, 119 _Of Cunning and Knavery_, 121 _Of Folly and Fools_, 126 _Of Hope_, 132 _Of Anger_, 134 _Of Apologies_, 136 _Of Malice and Envy_, 139 _Of Vanity_, 141 _Of Money_, 145 _False Learning_, 147 _Of Company_, 148 _Of Friendship_, 150