"Finally, politike enemies, have still given way to resolute, yea even when they were vanquished: A resolved or a famished enemie that would get loose or die, make him a bridge of gold to flee upon. Certainly, a couragious enemy is never despised, a politike one may bee."
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Giovanni Botero
Giovanni Botero (Latin: Boterus; c. 1544 – 23 June 1617) was an Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat, and author.
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