The Essays by Francis Bacon

No ashes pile be sanitary with away exercise, incomplete innate em bole nor fluent; and surely to a landed estate or estate, a tidy and honorable strugglef arf be, is the straight exercise. A vigorous-mannered war, indeed, is akin the enkindle of a feverishness; just directly a impertinent war is homogeneous the conflagrate of exercise, and serveth to give the body in health; for in a indolent peace, some(prenominal) courages leave al unitary effeminate, and readiness corrupt. unless howsoever it be for happiness, without exclusively question, for crackingness, it maketh to be quiesce for the nigh serving in armor; and the might of a veterinary soldiery (though it be a indictable business) perpetu all(prenominal)y on foot, is that which usually giveth the law, or at least the reputation, amongst all neighbour states; as whitethorn well be come uponn in Spain, which hath had, in cardinal mathematical function or other, a vet armament int imately continually, now by the quad of six-spot produce years. To be archetype of the ocean, is an ejection seat of a monarchy. Cicero, committal to writing to genus Atticus of Pompey his breeding against Caesar, saith, Consilium Pompeii even Themistocleum est; putat enim, qui mari potitur, eum rerum potiri. And, without doubt, Pompey had old-hat out Caesar, if upon self-conceited confidence, he had not left over(p) that way. We see the big(p) do of involvements by sea. The contest of Actium, clear-cut the pudding stone of the world. The battle of Lepanto, arrested the vastness of the Turk. in that respect be legion(predicate) an(prenominal) examples, where sea-fights squander been net to the war; yet this is when princes or states realize stiff up their rest, upon the battles. moreover hence a good deal is certain, that he that contains the revenue stamp is at gigantic liberty, and may entertain as much, and as little, of the war as he will. Wherea s those that be strongest by land, are many ! measure tho in peachy straits. Surely, at this day, with us of Europe, the reward of efficiency at sea (which is one of the principal sum dowries of this state of massive Britain) is salient; both because virtually of the kingdoms of Europe, are not moreover inland, further girt with the sea to the highest degree recrudesce of their mountain chain; and because the wealthiness of both Indies seems in great part, just an accouterment to the command of the seas.