InlikemanneritbelongethtotheofficeanddutyofthesovereigntoapplyhisrewardsalwayssoastheremayarisefromthembenefittotheCommonwealth：whereinconsisteththeiruseandend；andisthendonewhentheythathavewellservedtheCommonwealthare，withaslittleexpenseofthecommontreasuryasispossible，sowellrecompensedasotherstherebymaybeencouraged，bothtoservethesameasfaithfullyastheycan，andtostudytheartsbywhichtheymaybeenabledtodoitbetter。Tobuywithmoneyorpreferment，fromapopularambitioussubjecttobequietanddesistfrommakingillimpressionsinthemindsofthepeople，hasnothingofthenatureofrewardwhichisordainednotfordisservice，butforservicepast；norasignofgratitude，butoffear；nordoesittendtothebenefit，buttothedamageofthepublic。Itisacontentionwithambition，thatofHerculeswiththemonsterHydra，which，havingmanyheads，foreveryonethatwasvanquishedtheregrewupthree。Forinlikemanner，whenthestubbornnessofonepopularmanisovercomewithreward，therearisemanymorebytheexample，thatdothesamemischiefinhopeoflikebenefit：andasallsortsofmanufacture，soalsomaliceincreasethbybeingvendible。Andthoughsometimesacivilwarmaybedeferredbysuchwaysasthat，yetthedangergrowsstillthegreater，andthepublicruinmoreassured。Itisthereforeagainstthedutyofthesovereign，towhomthepublicsafetyiscommitted，torewardthosethataspiretogreatnessbydisturbingthepeaceoftheircountry，andnotrathertoopposethebeginningsofsuchmenwithalittledanger，thanafteralongertimewithgreater。
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meansuchwhoseadviceheistotakeinthegovernmentoftheCommonwealth。Forthiswordcounselconsilium，corruptedfromconsidiumisofalargesignification，andcomprehendethallassembliesofmenthatsittogether，notonlytodeliberatewhatistobedonehereafter，butalsotojudgeoffactspast，andoflawforthepresent。Itakeithereinthefirstsenseonly：andinthissense，thereisnochoiceofcounsel，neitherinademocracynoraristocracy；
becausethepersonscounsellingaremembersofthepersoncounselled。Thechoiceofcounsellorsthereforeispropertomonarchy，inwhichthesovereignthatendeavourethnottomakechoiceofthosethatineverykindarethemostable，dischargethnothisofficeasheoughttodo。Themostablecounsellorsaretheythathaveleasthopeofbenefitbygivingevilcounsel，andmostknowledgeofthosethingsthatconducetothepeaceanddefenceoftheCommonwealth。Itisahardmattertoknowwhoexpectethbenefitfrompublictroubles；
butthesignsthatguidetoajustsuspicionisthesoothingofthepeopleintheirunreasonableorirremediablegrievancesbymenwhoseestatesarenotsufficienttodischargetheiraccustomedexpenses，andmayeasilybeobservedbyanyonewhomitconcernstoknowit。Buttoknowwhohasmostknowledgeofthepublicaffairsisyetharder；