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DIALOGUES.
CHARLEYS.
When I might casiiyhave made myselfKing os Poland, and
was adviled to do to, by Count Piper, my favourite MiniRrer,
I genesoaRy gave that Kingdom to StaniRas, as you had
given a great part of your ConqueRs in India to Pores, besides
his own Dominions, which yon restored to him entire, after
you had beaten his Army and taken him Captive.
ALEXANDER.
I gave him the Government os those Countries under me,
and as my Lieutenant; which was the beR method of pre-
serving my Power in ConqueRs, where I could not leave
Qarrisons lufncient to maintain them. The same Policy was
afrntwards pra&ited by theP.omans, who of all Conquerors,
excepume, were the greateR Politicians. But neither was I,
nor were they lb extravagant, as to conquer only forOthers,
or dethrone Kings with no view, but merely to have the
pleaiure os bellowing their Crowns on lome of their snbjecls,
without any advantage to OmTelves. Nevertbeless, I will
own, that my Expedition to India was an Exploit of <S*C7t
not of r/m iSb/; V'P/EAy?. I had done better isi
had Raid to give moreConlistency to my PerRan and Grecian
Empires, inRead os attempting new Conquescs, and at luch
a diRance, so loon. Yet even this War w^as ofUleto hinder
my Troops srom being corrupted by the Esfeminacy ofAsa„
and to keep up that univerial Awe of my Name, which in
those Countries was the great Support of my Power.
CHARLES.
In the unwearied Activity with wTich I proceeded srom
oneEntreprixe to another, I dare callmyself your equal. Nay,
I may pretend to a higher Glory than you, because you only
went on srom ViAory to Victory; but the greateR Lolles were
not able to diminißi my Ardour, or Rop the Efsorts os my
daring invincible Spirit.
ALEXANDER.
You fhewed in Adversity much more Magnanimity than
you did in Proiperity. How unworthy os a Prince who imi-
tated me was your behaviour to the King your Arms had van-
quished ! The compelling AuguRus to write himself a Letter
cfCongratulationtoone ofhisVailals, wdiom you had placed
in his Throne, was the very Reverie of my treatment
cf Porus and Darius. It was an ungenerous inihlt upon his
ill fortune! It was the Triumph os a little and a low Mind!
The
DIALOGUES.
CHARLEYS.
When I might casiiyhave made myselfKing os Poland, and
was adviled to do to, by Count Piper, my favourite MiniRrer,
I genesoaRy gave that Kingdom to StaniRas, as you had
given a great part of your ConqueRs in India to Pores, besides
his own Dominions, which yon restored to him entire, after
you had beaten his Army and taken him Captive.
ALEXANDER.
I gave him the Government os those Countries under me,
and as my Lieutenant; which was the beR method of pre-
serving my Power in ConqueRs, where I could not leave
Qarrisons lufncient to maintain them. The same Policy was
afrntwards pra&ited by theP.omans, who of all Conquerors,
excepume, were the greateR Politicians. But neither was I,
nor were they lb extravagant, as to conquer only forOthers,
or dethrone Kings with no view, but merely to have the
pleaiure os bellowing their Crowns on lome of their snbjecls,
without any advantage to OmTelves. Nevertbeless, I will
own, that my Expedition to India was an Exploit of <S*C7t
not of r/m iSb/; V'P/EAy?. I had done better isi
had Raid to give moreConlistency to my PerRan and Grecian
Empires, inRead os attempting new Conquescs, and at luch
a diRance, so loon. Yet even this War w^as ofUleto hinder
my Troops srom being corrupted by the Esfeminacy ofAsa„
and to keep up that univerial Awe of my Name, which in
those Countries was the great Support of my Power.
CHARLES.
In the unwearied Activity with wTich I proceeded srom
oneEntreprixe to another, I dare callmyself your equal. Nay,
I may pretend to a higher Glory than you, because you only
went on srom ViAory to Victory; but the greateR Lolles were
not able to diminißi my Ardour, or Rop the Efsorts os my
daring invincible Spirit.
ALEXANDER.
You fhewed in Adversity much more Magnanimity than
you did in Proiperity. How unworthy os a Prince who imi-
tated me was your behaviour to the King your Arms had van-
quished ! The compelling AuguRus to write himself a Letter
cfCongratulationtoone ofhisVailals, wdiom you had placed
in his Throne, was the very Reverie of my treatment
cf Porus and Darius. It was an ungenerous inihlt upon his
ill fortune! It was the Triumph os a little and a low Mind!
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