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thoughts, and intentsygas they were
worthy otan yntimely death, andto
be interred inthe mire of Irreſolutipn.
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ſoule yndertooke to guide me inzo-a
more wholeſome aire : I dare notſay
ſhe hath kepr promiſe really, but it
was my owne fault,yert in part ſhe hath
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broken,that challenge
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the comfort ofmy youth, which gtly
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niſh my inconſtancie with grear'ry«
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worſe,byc6paring what power theſe
geve difturbices hauc ouer me:1 _
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nothing,
no nat preparatiues to thark
may feele; Not leauing theſe thoughts:
thus, 'beginge 10 ſcarchinto the in-
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he hach tafted of both fortunes. Eucrie
milk-ſop can endure to ſwimme in hoe
bathes; any man ſhewes gloriouſly in
pomp ,and no maruell, for he feeds
Flarrerers, and they him: bur to endure
the rempeſts of winter,to beable with
his ſtrength to endure the moſt yiolenr
tides,and ſtillro fwimmealoſt, he is
the man, You ſhall finde no manthat
darcs go wet-ſhod, but will proteſt in
his Ambition, how owch he loues Ho
nour , what exploites, what famous
Acts he would do, ifhe had been bora
mightie: do you heare my friend? you
arc out of the way,if you thinke' any
' other eſtate bur your owne capableof
true Honortthe poorergthe becrer. the
ſtronger your encmy,the more worthy
your conqueſt : — owne
licke wiſhes , and defires,& the Cha-
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blefled rime is not yer come. Now to.
particularities,
In the outward habit, and in ſome
ations, I am not ſo preciſe,T like nor
to be bound ro one, it becomes not
ſecular men,ic taftes of affeQation and
H;pocrife: Ir is naught,it comes too
neere fingularitic, and a defire to bee
noted: for theſe things I would con»
forme my ſelfe:T am not of their minds
that tax Alexazders putting on the ha-
bit of the Perfians.It was a politick in-
eent,he ioyned them to him, by that
yeelding. For ſome aRionszif they be
not wholely vicious , humanitie and
good nature ſhall make me lociable.
I will hauke wich a faulkoner , hunt
/ witch hunters,talke of Husbandry with
the ſeruancs of Thrift : bee amorous
with the Italian , and drinke with
the Dutch man , Non ad Ebricta«
| Femyſed ad wvoluptarem : The frune?
you
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and you may wich that intereſt make
them honeſt: A courſe negleRed, bur
wel-becormming a wiſe honeſt man.
Your determination being not to pur
on their imperfeRions, but to make
them .perfet: So doth the Grafter
joyne good fruite to a Crabbe ſtocke:
and this kumilicy alters not the good,
but makes that which is ill good:
Seme may wonder I haue not
yet touched Death the chicfe . If
thou thinkeſt ſo; thou artacoward,
for in my opinion all affeions'
are more ſtrong : and though to
ſome it is the chiefe inſtrument. of
Feare , Ithinke not ſo, thou miſta-
keſt it , icispaſt feare, for thouart
ſure ofic , Thou art vnreaſonable ,
ifchou wilt buy a ching and nor
pay for it : thou boughreſt life, and
payeſt for ir with death , The lapi=
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whatis precious» Thy body is no ©» |
therwiſe, thou art: neuer precious be»
farethy ſeperation: thou ſhincſt nog,
thou haſt no yertue in thee, thou arr
not ſound vntill che couer of thy per-
feQion be wichdrawne.
In cruth at this time,though my face
would" binder me from being thought
of Age,& ſoby. courſe my leale mighe
bee long, yer] am nor afraide to be
put.our of my'Farme: It js a- dyntie
thiogT dwell ing full of myſtic grofle
aircs, and yer barren; I haue beene
ſo wainglorious ſometimes as to ſay
ſo , when IT have beene anfwered
by more yeares , that I would change
that minde, when I grew older, - - |
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& is cucry bodies caſe,the fortune of
Pritices, as well 2s Beggars, ic isthe
faſhion ;To conciude, the firſt cau-
ce ſer ſaid,it ſhould beſo : and if thou
he artnot an Heathen, thou wilt not mi-
he ftruſt his loue, His wiſedome ordained
be ir,who is the fountaine of vnderſtand-
tie ing: Come then, Allons eAlegrement.l
le haue loued acreature that hath beene
ne the very picture of ignorance,for fol- »
F Þ} lowing the example of Socrates taking
ed his poyſon. And Cicero whom I c5uld
B* F neuerlone,becauſe he was a coward,
| wonne meat his death, with thruſting
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wingſtrength , wanting iudgment; If

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cheſe names of ſhelter are but the ſure
namesto our folly, Our aRions re in
our owne hands, and it were pirtie
elſe,for vertue and vice ſhould be con-
founded, were our deedes neceſſited.
The world were no world,i! they could
not be cur afiider by a diftinftion:there -
wereno paines,no hier, there were no
yertue, no glory,all were one, & this
one were a bavs.
{ But there are dif«
. ferences, There are good, and they
are to be praiſed,bad,the example for
them yer indifferent, to clchewe bad -
nefſe by their puniſhment,yourh ready
for impreflion, Age wherein may be
reade the iourney of youth: 'Times
chriftoved by our vie , Ages paſt,to
light vs the way: others to comezthe
Tudges of our deſerts . If the ende
of life be to be good,if the ſafeſt pur-
chaſe of goodneſle bee countaile, if
counſaile without ſcarres bee moſt "4
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fing of Aaduite? let ys alter thistra»
dition, let vs not be fo render;let ys
make our beauries,our ſtrengths, our
abilities compleate, with making the
proportion of the minde anſwerable
ro the beauty of the body,with giuing
Screngrh direQtion, Abilitic iudge«
ment-
Warres, and States, and Counſells
chooſe men praftiſed in warrs;in ſtates
andin counſeclls. Wee are to aske coir '
ſell for the paſlage of our circuite of
them that haue paſſed ir,of age, and
Bookes: we aske ro know,we cannot
knowgexcept
we beleeue wee mult ask
if wewill know, wee muſt belceue,or
elſe 'ovrasking is yaine.We giue and
rightly giue preheminence to age; we
> hatefoundoutaword te beantifiethe
wrinkles,
and hoarinefſe thereof, wee'
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riueld, and ill fauoured. X
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neglet ; eyther wee will not encure
Aduiſe,ornot belecue it,vrcill our own
perils, and ouerthrowes make vs lee ity
to our ſhame. |
We are inquiſitiue of Trauailers con»
cerning ſtrange Countrics , our cares
ſtand wide open for newes, and ſome=
times we ſwallow matters ynprobable
bur when we are aduiſed for our owne
ſakes, perſwaded by Vertue, tolde the
paſſages of the world truly , and baue ©, ©
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fathers, or a friends loue , whom wee
haue no cauſe to ſuſpeR, as ſpeaking
eyther for Oftentarion, or Flartery, yet
we belecue nor. Let ys ſupple our affe+
Qions with reuerence, and regard of
rheir words :ler ys prepare Our felues to
recciue this inheritance, which feedes
the minde, though it doth not durnly
pamper our bodies, it fortifieth all,and
coſts nothing, with ſafetie it giues you
that which another perhaps purchaſed
with danger, in an houre his colleion
of yeares. It wou'd doubly blefle you
with youth,and iudgement, which ſel-
dome happen in our Age, becauſe our
Age is ſo obſtinate as not to. be capable
Aduite
Ler Noe and follow : The life
of Induftdics firft fruice is fomewhar
fweatie, and painefull, but then plea»
fant,and cuer pleaſant. A memos
rie ſtored with the performance of
gallant aRions is oncly rich, it is ©
ſweet
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"S | read ouer without tediouſnefle. The
as molt leaden ſpirit that euer was, at the
"> | bearing
aRelation of an youſuall ex-
cellency, though hee be more behol-
Cipg to his cares, then his head, =
feeles Emulation tickle him, & wiſhes
his brand were ſet vpon thoſe riches.
Wiſh and ſpare not, bur let not lazi-
nefſe make thy wiſhes vaine.
Firſt,letvs proclaime warre againſt
delicious niceneſle , and eyther turne
our aFeRions to a good vie,or turne
them out of doores, Semen Laboris,
Honoris Seges . It was pittic Pirrbus
had no more to giue , he knewe fo
well to whom to give, naming him
his Heire whoſe ſword was ſharpeſt,
the heigth of whoſe Spirite shoulde
carie him to the conuerſation of aQi-
ons ſtuffed with magnanimitie, and +1
iudgement, Yea, here is the life, vhe- _, #,
ther he winne ,or loſe, hee is happie, +
 7 42: PR.
w ns a4

a5. RS
— praias that euer werey
names eAerxander, himiclic, and ſome,
others : Scipio demaundes where hee
would hauc ftood,if he had conquered?
he anſwers, Firſt: It was well an{wered,
and he meant well, bis attempt ſbined
00 ploriouſly ro bec dusked by miſeF
fortune.
I would allow a man to keepe the |
houſe no longer then rill hee be able ro
flie,vocill his minde and bodie are able,
to carrie thetnſelues withour falling,
not yncill he bee piſt recling, and tags
gering, for thatabilitie we neuer haucz
butia this time let books, & adule,re-
Qiifle,, and prepare ys fic for the encer- "mD
FL
UC
m
ca
taining of all fortunes, victories , and
ouctthrowes, calamitic, and happines,
Let vs rab and ſucke from our Parents.
experience, and judgement ;let vs bee .
acquainted with the ſucceſſes , and ſes |
quences of the world,tracke their ob»
ſcruations,
w&, mindes of times paſt 5 and ler their
1 | bodics goe:: Ifwe hate wharthey did,
-e | webaucthebeſtpart ofthe, forche
de BY worke is commonly better chen che
d manual! inftruments effeRinyiry for
d they are the ſeruants of Direion, the
(. ©. 4biog performed the iſſue both of mind
.H ood hand. Fic ypon theſe ingroffing
he & fenics of ours, that make all fare the
worſe for the ſatisfation of one, and
he yetlimic their obiets, and carry leuell
& bur certaive diſtances. The mind, the
bY'] - minde is the Magazin of contemment,
4 {It is the minde that can diflill the whole
o. © vwoild, all ages, all 2Qs , all humane
knowledpes within the litle, little com»
14} paflc ofa braine,and yer with the force
of that little treaſure commaund ,
diſpoſe , cepſure , and determine
eab States, Actions, Kingdomes,, Warre,
F Oncrthrowes, and all the Ates, and
'F AQors buficd ypon our humane The-
SL1t 3 Atere
 ater, To this minde,eo this ceſterne of ©
[7eciouſneſle , let vs attribute all, and
not ſuffer the weight of our affeQissto
diſorder this goodly frame , this clock
j

{(|
of Time & Reaſon:O qua contempta res
| eſthomo»; ſupra bumana ſe erexeris.
Theſe licourous Humors and Affec+
tions, are the out-offices of our man-
fron,and che reſpect ought co be giuen
co the DireRor , whote high ereted
ſcituation witnefleth his prerogative:
from the Rayes of this ſunne proceede
all bleſſings , Aduiſe is the CIHerdinm
cranſporting them, our braines like a
{&nſe able to performe good offices if
imployed, Let vs receiuc and vtter, be
capable,8 returne increaſe of this fruit.
What a precious (ight it is to ſee a tems
perate young man, how he ſhines:glo-
tic, and admiration attends all his aRti-
ons? It is good in aye,becauſe the con-
trarie were abhominable,bur it is com
mon , and their night being almoſt
come
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Er SM : : 4 >

Y come, they caunorbur looke grauely,

and live temperately,as welco preſerue
them from paine, as ro eſchew ſhame,
and reproach. Irhanke not Alexander
for conquering the world;but for pers
forming it before thircy yeares old. Aus
#ſi#; commauncis admiration of mee,
Fornothing ſo much as his beginning
enterpriſes of high moment very yong,
and yet with that youth reducing the
whole world ynder hs ſubicRion.l of=
ten heare olde men wiſh themſclues
young, which thoughI allow not, as
cing wiſhes of impoſſibilitie, yer ho-
ping their intenr is ro trace their courſe
moderately, and to ynite the bleſſings
of youth, and iudcement, I thinke ic
collerable : bur we that are yer young
need not wiſh youth, for we pol-
ſefſeit 2 but iudgement that may
make vs worthie to poflcfſe 1t : then
beginne with Heating , next with
following Aduiſe and Gnalyy :
cc
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ſhall, and diſpoſe ourowne courſe ; let

vs determine
it, and leaue nothing to
yiicertainties,
but drawing Ouc our ins
tents regularly,tolow that delineated &
waicd manner:Heere liues Happineſle,
for heere liues wiſedome : this muſicke
of two ftrings is the moſt delighrfull
harmonic, forthe world affords not a
more admirable excellency then youth,
and judgement included.jn one. fub-
ance : both partes ſhew their richeſt
Treaſure,the Soule iudgement;the Boe
dic youth : let vs then infranchize Adv
uiſe,and perſwade our earesto become
gnod common-wealths mento refpeR
the generall profit :Counſel), and Ads
uiſe,are the parentsof gouernmEr:what
can Ireckon then more worthie,more
fafe,more excellent in inſtitution, then
Counſell and aduiſe ?
Eſſo
 Of Patience.
NE Bout nothing doe-1 ſuffer
wWV/Wei greater conflicts in my ſelfe ,
'198Y, »
then about induring wrongs:
© for;other duties(though per-
—_—

haps I ſeldome performe them) yet1

am reſoluedthey ſhould be done: and
# is not the fault of my meditation,
but
of my negligent fleſh : but heere is ſer
vp Reputation as the Garland appoin=
ted, and he that reuengeth nor, is not
capable of this glorie,
Heere hath crueltie borrowed the
apparrell of wanton Vanitie , and
makes foolish yourh her Agent. I
know what Diuinitie , what Philo-
ſophic perſwades 2 I knowe theſe
t C wrongs |
wrong-doersto be wrerched creatures,
rather in truth to be pittied , then ma-
liced , ahd yet for all this 1 dare nor
yeeld: the cauſcgthere is too much ſafes
tie in following this Aduiſe, the bodie
by this prevents an aduenture,, there-
fore thatreſpe& makes mee obſtinate.
I know againethis idle breath ſhould:
not diuert me from Vertue, but having}
no preſent occaſion wherein![way ex- WP
cc
QA
m
©c

erciſc yalour, 2nd manifeſt my worth,

I dare not take day in any thing ſonear*
gE_— me. But allthis time I
de not my ſelfe angrie, bur in trueth
ſomewharſubicto vaineglory, which
is a worſe diſcaſe, becauſe leſle violent,
and therefore of more continuance. 1 | Ric
haue not yet any oatward witnefle of } the
my yalour, but this is my determinatis {|Lzc|
en, notto refuſe the firſt good quare
rcll, and to performe it as well as IJ
can, after whichI will ſerue Vertues
beare, and forbeare 7 and this I will
Cech
 | Of Putteftce. |

doe in humilitie ro pleaſe the world;

androſhew
them 1ſcorne nocaltoge»
ther their cuſtomes. Now aziſeth ano»
ther queſtion ;:-{behole bow tubcill
Vice 15g ſhe ftealeth often ro the bed
of yertue, and puts in a thangeling,and
makes Credulitic belecue;becaule ver-
tucis a mother , therefore this is her
child: ) vpon the receipt of a wrong, .
and\an honeſt determination to for-
give, I am whiſpered in the care, that
this lenitie is inwſtice ; rhatI nouriſh
finne with nor cucting it vp when I
ſee-it grow , that though 1 cfieRt re-
uenge , and reuenge coulde doe no
more , yet itis nor reuenge, itis iu*
Rice 2 pitrifull abuſe, Anger is the mo-
ther of iniuſtice, and yet iuſtice muſt
lackey on her Errands, fight barrailes,
and giue her the yitorie : Icannot re»
'Foncile theſe together, but euen in the
behalfe of Truth,& mercy,I will com-
bat againſta receiued tradition, Ithink
C 2 nothing
 m, aw 4 _”_ pes 4

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nothing but murther ſhould bee py |

niſhed:for theſe pettie matters
oftlie,
and ſuch treſpaſles , rheyare the effe&t
of neede, or wantonnefle , veniall
faults : Age commonly reclaymeth the
one, and the other is puniſhed by the
ſetter Pouertie :for any thing lefle. of+
fenſiue,a coole reproofe, no chollerick
reuenge. . iff
I haue feene ſome fall out ypon
wrong ynderſtanding , preſently hee
hath chafed , ſworne, ſtricken, played
the Bedlem, and in the ende ir hath
beene prooued nooffence :Was not
his caſe lamentable? Yes, hee is bound
more ſtrictly ro Reſtitution,then the
ſonneof an Vlurer . . It is an excellent
temperate Vertue this Patience, and
puniſheth more with: not puniſhing,”
then the haſticft Executioner. Though
Enemies would bee loath to be hurt,
yer it: hurteth them ro meere with &
colde aduerſaric ; the reuenge not pers 32
4-
E
-3
R
formed
 Of P; -

Formed , they liue in feare,

the rerrour
of which is without bloudichanes,and
yermoſt terrible, 1t ir were pofliblero
play Furie tothe hfe, and yee not have
her effects inwardly, I'would be contet
yponſome great vccalion nates hurt,
bur to ſcare the injurious: but iris dan-
(1er
42
R*
| gerous, and that iefting ofter will diſ-
Touer the intent; and it is to be feared
wilt weaken the braine, as ill as drun-
kennefſe,' The greateft victhac I ſee
olde ſouldiers make of this conuvzfiip
with-daunger', is an abilitie! co ſb-
fer';' : 'and Mm rtrueth' tis one of the
beſt” colleRions' of Experience; Pa-
ience©is' the” mother: of »Opportu-
tnicie ; ſhe proftirucech Her-felfe to
chem that 'nourifh this her chitde care-
fally, when before Anget ſhe goeth
inuifhble , and hindereth them -from
whatthey moſt thirſt after. When in my
readingI meet with a fellow that hath
deſerued much ofhis Countrey,& hath
C3 becere
 beene paid w ith vngracefulneſſe and
yet enqures withour alteration, I hos
nour him, and in myeſtimacion, Ipre»
ferre him before the mightieft Con»
querors, or moſt powerfull Princes: O
heis wiſe, he knowesthe paſlzges of
the warld well; he ſerued his country |
for his countries ſake, and 1 think zbey
haue rewarded him againſttheir willes
better then they ceuld with their wils:
for'in his other deſerts he was but a
ſharer:with others; the traQtableneſle
of his, people might keepe:;them:in
ce, the valour of his fouldiers make
i” a Conquerourtbar in chis he figbes
Nvely: hee gouernes alone, hee our»
| throwes millions of affeQons, to re-
ward which, no Triumph, no Palme,
ro Statue, no Edie is ſufficient: whae
then ? Memory, and Ecernitie, '-;
PE

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f
OfSuſpition.
$1
ſ
S==7|. Rom
the vttermoſt boiidsof
s FEF| knowledge & ignorance,
i are
7 = h derived all our conterments,
*
=...and diſcontcntments;: from
c the ſurucyof knowledge, proceed all
n dclightfall gbicRs, andia the obſcure.
{- darkneſle af,ignorance , lives. Doub
bs and, Suſpect, oucr-valuing cauſes o
hs Oppolitioo. Laceftuousiignorance be-
gets Feare, andrhen, ingenders vpon
D, his 0wne daughter Suſpition: this is
1s the original of this monſter, ,which
ſo. diftrats his Poſſefſour , as in
thy cleareſt daye hee. gocth with-
= on
ut light, and. makes hisi inati-
onbul blockes and threſholdes, in
C 4 the
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'F $% So BE $.% ads wt & A * 7 Lbs 9.4 X > ' vt
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lerWiſedome mannage this blind his

mour, and it feeth : ſuchisthetouch of -
vnderftanding, as it giueth things new
natures, and makesclogges wings to
raiſe him to his pitch. From hence
may bee demonſtrated what an excels
lene Counſellour a ſelfe obſeruation is,
ſince nv words,no works,no paſh6,no'
Partence comes from vs, that turne not
backe their heads to looke vpon this
xuthor,and are not eyther ornaments, '
or diſgtaces to our life: they allreſem-
blethe' Farher, and caft backeypon vs
the refleRtion'of onar ſelues. CIilas
fable hath'great intereſt in me refpecs
ting the morrall: what he rouched was
Gold : what Courtouſneſfe toiicherh,
it conuerts"to that vie 5 Wee'are all
Bees, orSpiders, conuerting things
indifferentta a peeuliirqualitie”:” thus
Suſpirion which is infwotten, and
norant perſons,lookes like'the morher
| Feare
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£ + 4+ F*. "Arca
FT. o'2'9

Feare, & is moſtYeformed, which with

wiſedGe is ſo ordered,as it becoms Fore
caſt, and Prouidence: thus is thermsk..
ing things' good, or ill,equally''11 our
choiſe, as the being g000,or 11]. Euen
asthe peſtilecies of corrupt humors are
fed by ill diet, and flowly go on in their
infeious natures,
ard increaſe fo eaſfi-
ly, as they ſhow'nor thor extremity
7
&v
ov
OT»
ſodainly: ſo 1s the order of our life dit
ordered by giuing way to the qualities
w
of our affeQions;8 as we tooſe ground
in the right managiny of our ſelues,the
other gets* giuing liberty we' looſe lis
berty,andbyUegrees throwing ofthe |
preſcribed courſe of Vertue; wefall iris
to the incerrainties of paſſions,and ap.
petites, ard with'cenverting Defire in-
to baſe yſes,we purchaſe feate,& ſu!»
peR,and fiues, living to no other cade,
'But to hune out cares, and gricfes.
| *L\Uita gia ftHominum
,m[3

4:10 Hes
 & 0rimur
Mee thinkes there is great indiffecen= |
cy;who receiueth Ioy immoderately.,
ſhould be rouched with the contrary
equally: otherwiſe be buyes withour
payment, who ſulſpeRs ougheto be, &
15ſuſpeted. If we like not this,let ys
deliuer men ware more precious,&
wee ſhall nat, be offered ſuch baſe
fuffe in exchange, Icis the trafficke
of Humours that diſorders our conuer
fanon,, anda ſcckingapreſent icching
contentment,brings repentance on the +
one fide, and derifion. 'on the other,
Thus are cur lives either weeping or
hughing: and eueric one by turnes ci.
ther feeles his owne paine,& laments:
or ſceing becter a far off then neare
hand , laughs at his owne imper-
teRions in another-. Who ſeetha Logs
ucr, aad loues nor? forcing his ima-
gination to draw a portraiture of per-
feftion,
 0 y AL. —X 8 "I TT res OE OS MEDEE a4 TIO

8; & 1# & i

{eQion, and then Pigmalion-like ina-

woured of his owne workemanſhip,
and laughesnot?Who ſeeth this ctea «
rure feed ypon the Suſpition of a Ri-
uals encertainivg his miſtreſſe,his cares
not hauingabilxie to performe their
office, and therefore reaching his cies
3 gew occupation, meaſuring the wind
that proceeds from her mouthy& ſpel-
ling words by theobſeruarion of her
lippes, and. pittics not ? when in ato=
ther vice;this pitying laughter may de+
ſerye, theſe. marks of reproach, aud
haye his ſudges parte taken fronrfhim,
and .condemned by his owne ſen -
tence.
Te reſpice
quid quoties, obiiciat canis
gnam.
Amendment is more exceilent then
teproofe: for things purchaſe yalue
with che quickneſle
of their looſe,and
thus Amendement which is imme-
giately
; *E//x v4;

went 5 :Reprooferceciues the

natureof all things performed for ano-
thers ſake, they bcing laborious and
painfull:befides Suſpition cannot des
wac from acted aduiſe which is exams
ple; Whar this humour doerth yndire-
Red,it vadoerh- what direQed,fult 'of
preferuation'; Suſpition' will accufe a'
friend,ond fearing encmies,make ane;
nemy:Wiſedome knowes Truſt oughe
heere to be applycd,and makes fuſpiti-
onjcalous of loofing him, not losfing
him by Sufpition, Ceredinly though
ic caſtes of tlie groflenes
of the parents;
yet it is refined, being 7 knowledse
forcedout of ignorance,& not likEthe
mother diftracted, but avoiding daiie
ocr:morcſubtil,for fearewnderftids no
thing that Jooksnot terribly,& frowney
not:Suipinon:ont of ſmiles;and courte
fhes,can picke:dangers,amd Diftruſt ye
n6e our of fugar:but thus;Afot gouer-
ned, fhe wil go too farre,& ſitzrue =
ſu
 "us
paws - d4*

1 felfe withſuſpeRiog
| allehi
ngs daunge» |
' rous: but Wiſedome applies it ſelfero
the place;8time;8 out ofthe frames
1es | ebeallowance,or diflallowice of Sulpi
mz | fion-One thing makes me thinke irnoc
re. | {0 naturally ours,ſeeing it ſeldome
"of | fights ypon things not precious inefti-
=a | DPation, as among poore men icalouſie
1e; | of cheir wives: bur no where ſo con-
ohe uerſant & powerful,as among Princes,
36, | Yoto whom.to foy rightly,itrightly bes
2 | 1org&for how ſocuer they are , they
|oh haue enemies: If good,enuious:If euil,
is ſome that lay hold ypon thar occaſion:
oe Yea, cuen their friends are doubtfull,
3 | norbecing eafily ro bediſcerned whe
=, | ther Jouers of them,orof their fortuns,
Here it ſhowes it ſelfe in diuers forms,
gens. 7t made the cruel! Tiberins looke yer -
wy ruoully, Occultines ac (ubaolus fingendis
_- eirturibus donec Germanicur,ac Druſus
or | perfuerine* 2
ww It made Galba Idley when living
| Yo-
 . : pe I

2} ” \

vnder thetyranny of Nere,Newie ratios! |

wen 0tis ſui reddere cogerethis.
Clardins had itin that (extremitie
thatir turned into fearegand baſeneſle,
Duadam Inſidias temere delatas ades,
expaxit,ut deponere imperium cogere-
rr.I; is ſeldome wanton
or pitiful,
the next turne among them is into
bloud, and death;and not without rea-
ſon: Vppon this ſtate dependes the
common good ; the preſeruation of
which, reſtes much in Suſfpition: for
before the maieſtie of a Prince none
will come nor adorned with an outfide
looking honeltly, 74:4:
Ot the beſt deſarts there ought
to bee the greateſt care, Nino pix
facilmente inganna gli alirs , che chi
e ſolito, & ha fama di neai non gb
ingamare : So is thereno way lefr
him to vamaske diflembled faces but
Suſpition ; which though it ſome«
times erre, yet more often it isa true
Kal-
 OW
#; «ts

| Kalender of the' feaſons,o"tempeſts,8e

-

dangers.
Among theſe Stares ,' Sufpition
and Diſltmulation are ro bee allow-
ed, as becing' the Handmaydes of
Pollicie , they ought ro be conuer-
fant among them , not ro offend,
bur ro defende= not in reſpe& they
are men, butinregard they are Prin-
ces, whoſe liues trauell among dangers:
& therefore ought warily to keepe
this caſe of Piſtols continually rea«
dy charged , and bent. Bur down-
wards they are not to be allowed;
not diflimulation ar all, for ina pri-
uate Fortune it is a fearefull baſeneſle,
and a cowardly ſhift :neither more
Suſpicion then will ſeruc ro looke vpon
our owne lues,toobſerue whether we
goe backeward or forwarde in Ver-
tue: for we haue neither poyſons, nor
any other kinde of treaſons among
ys : our cnemies are more open g
and

XUM
 X |
3 %.

- end touch wellightly and;yetſoplains

|
ly,as without the ſpetacles of Suſpiti«
on we-may ſce them,
Thus. are things different in name
and nature,according tathe poſſefiar;
and as Princes and priuate men differ
inthe outwardmagnificence,ſo in their
inward mindes.
To a lowe fortune be-
longs ſimply the vic of Vertye,In the
other ſhe muſt be often chaunged,nor'
into vice,but not to looke alw-1es like
Verte: their Operation muſt meete,
bur their preparing muſt differs rhe
one hauingto deale but with himſelfe,
may go on dire&tiy; butthe other cons
uerſant with multitudes, muſt ſome+
time go about ,& feeke out by-waies;
which aQion in him may bce yertu-
ous, though in the other it would be
termed diſhoneſt,

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is 2 ſoftth
> 91 1
T lng poeny. ut
W SE |panykeeper, full of
—— ncſſc,an aabilicie ov
men fine, and to go ceaaly, teach=
eh, chem qualities, 'havdſome._pra-
eeftazions; and. ifthe ground
r60 barren, itbringers ok
fe Ns
procure cro! OY
pulled
domes is2 very =
adge of &s ceene , d.
wed» . not, tobe), dallowed $" bets
x5;(pendtbytme BYE: {ray
AmMconent to is Loue, t
I,holde Loue too;gl Coen
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muſt be celeſtial! , orelſe 1 1s not

Loue. *D
I hope'Tſhall. not offend Diuini=
ty » ifI ſay the copiupRion of man&
wife,is not Loue;It isan allowance of
Gods,and ſa good: and the nameof it,
Irhinke, rwo honeſt AffeRions vniced
ed np, 2 HS 3 Fd
Ifthis beeſp,yrhat becomesofal
chere@, which ate"coquretfairy, & yet
begge vnder thetpifle-port of'Loge?
"Lonerhy neighbour astbyſelfe
hit wich
comes nearelt ts Loue's this, mi with
"man agrecing ip ſexe: 1 cannot thinke
[1js {o berw-etrs man _and Mor
"fot it piues oppontinſty to luſt, whic
'the nil Fr bfLoue will nor eq>
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I laugh,and wonder,art the ftraung
occaſions that men take now a daycs
ro ſay they loue? EY
. If they mecte with a feliowe at a
Feaſt , or in a Potte, Iftheir De-
lights bee any thing a Kinne, ortheir
Faces any thing abke;lf their Countries
be one;or their lades neare ad1Oyning,
If they be both rich.or both poore;or
indeed iftheir new-fangled inucntions
can finde out any occaſion, they are
:{worne brothers,they will liuc, and dye
rogether;bur they ſcarce ſleepe in this
ming,the one comes to make vie of the
other, and that fpoyles all;he entred
this league not te impaire, burco pro»
fichimlelfe. Ican compare proſperity
to nothing ſo rightly,as tothe promt-
ſing pleatcous fields of the Egyprians,
which were deuoured by the number-
lefle troupes of Flies : You cannot
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haeue the one without the other: Flare
* Terers deuoure the Inheritanceof. For:
tune, who while ſhe hath no neede of
them, looke like Bees that will not
be voprofitable : bur be once driven;
and letPouerty be your Arithmetici-
an,you ſhallthen ſeerhey brought ne»
thing to your Rocke,bur fed ypon it;
and then you ſhalleafily diſcerne them
to beDrones. There isno Loue ypon
| thecarth, God louethys rndeſeracd-
ly,and ſome good men loue and feace
him:Itis Loue from this laſt becaufe
God isapartic,orelſe it might beaffecs
tionnot poflibly Loye.Louc is diuine,
& cterna{l;affeRion like our fleſh, mos wk
=oe
=&f
ww
mm
5SO
no
aac
mentary,& mortall.If I could be ſure
of them, Iwould ſay 1 loucd tec, and
make mgn {ay they are my friends: but
itis anvncerrain trade this louing, and
= Kandsvp5 ſuchacompany of cixcum-
ſtances;asT like 'it nor, I makeno dif:
ference betweene common louers,&
——
 common whores, they both flier,
and make the name of Loue' their
Bawdes to ſerue their particular plea-
ſures. For wy clioyſe of friends, ver=
rue ſhall be che groundworke , and
I
PO
—
bd ſol may duild ſurely . Let his fore
tunes be whac they will, I care nor,
yerifI might chooſe, Iwonld: have
him poore, for ſoI might eaſieſt ſhew
my affeRion to him, and profit my
ſelfe by bim with leaſt coſt: for Thold
obſeruation much more precious then
wealeh,and Iwillrather give himmy
let.
Ah...
avis.
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wt purſe then my tyme,

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thereft, that it cannotenioya peace®

full amiciezit is neccflary that we pro-
uide our ſelues ofan Antidote againſt
this poy ſon: ſince our Joue will nocy
or cannot be vniuerſall, Jet ys make
ighappic in the particularitic,and joue
well what is well worthy to bebe-
loued, Vader this name of Friendſhip,
whichname commonly co our vader-
Randings, is che meſſenger of Peace,
is included much daunger - for, to
leauc afriend , teliifies either incon*
itancie, or treachetie: and to be con»
ſtant is nor without perill : Ju the
choiſe re{ts ſome apparence of ſafetie.
- Ja this choiſe there ought tobee
much vigilancie, for vatill che mari-
age of loue hath coupled paires,wiſe
narvres are timerons in dilating chem=
ſelues: 'and after that celebratidn, ir
is irreſigious to diuorſe a friend thogh
guiltie of m2nie deformities. Yermufſt
we not entertaine rhe humor of neu's
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: queſta non conſerna gh Amici.
No,from the:yrmoſt happinefſe of
man to his baſcſt contentment, it is not
tollerable,neither Religion,nornature
allewcs it: we muſtthen chooſe,we are
compelled to choole: but here is diner-
firie,the choiſe of a_ great man differs
from a priuate manzthe choiſe of
friend, from that of a faction.Ir is fora
meanc fortune to thinke of ſuch asare
able to better his mindey fora grearery
of ſuch whoſe ſtrengths arc able ro yp-
hold his fortune,In friendſhip Iwill
regard Verrue, in fations power: va»
der this olde ſentence, Simile ſamli gans
det,there was once much certainty,bur
now pollicie can put on all ſhapes,ſo
that the wolfe and the Lambe are
hardly to be diſtinguiſhed , either
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by theirhabir, words,or ations. . It is

lefle difficult for perſons in indifferent
cftates to make —_— then for
. preat men;yetonlyſaſc ro pouerryzfor
|washe ſt Igloue with himſelfc,
, Tam
or nothingWelks ,pace by
let him
s let me
me often, and(as Hunterdo)
ſc how he behaues himſelfe,
hot and
colde: let me ice hismotions in anger,
heare his opinion of all things,try him
with megand againſt me,wherher hee
loucs whatT loue,what he holds indif+
cs ay vehemently:If he fitres
you, oblcrue then whether he comes
faſter to you,then you to him;
Ifhee
be very forwarde beware; for either
he is a common friend , & ſo no friend,
or elſe heemeants to betray you:they
ace \ureſt,thatare wonne with labour,
and certaineft that are purchaſed with
difficulty:for anvpen proftiture man,
or woman,is loathſorne, aud __ .
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low , tice will haue occalion to vſe
youtoqoften,ard his barenefle promi-
ſerh linle helpe :if the yertues of his
pouertic be worthie to be knowne, bee
his acquaintance , nor friend : ſodoth
your liberalitie come yoluncarily from
you, and not exacted ,and lefle ſerues
in charitie then when ic is commanded
by friendfhip. That part of Friendſhip -
Which commands ſecrets Iwould nor
haue deliueted too ſoone, this isthe
preciouflett thing that you can giue
him : for thereby you make your
ſelfe his ptiſoner : yntill his Aduiſe, or
affiſtance requires ir, hee ſhould not |
haue them, for ic may
be his honeſtie
weuld kecpe them, but his tongue
cannot-feare or corruption doth much
with men, eſpecially when the diſco-
uerie endaungers not his owne body.
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our ſaferic lawfully be mingled with
poyſon of ſuſpicion, butia friendſhip,
nothing buc friendſhip,and opennefle,
It is daungerous if wce enioya friend
mach our ſuperiour to doe him Offices
no: cafily requited, ſach inapoſſibilitics
make him de{perate , and defirous to
cancell that Obligation with ſome Ac-
tion, that you ſhall nor afterwards be
able ro _co:nplaine of his ingratitude,
To theſe I wou!'d performe duties, ra=
ther giuing allurance of fidelicie, then
of rh:mſelues aflucance, , For Princes,
or great fortunes I think it much more 2x
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mine, whether they loue cthem,or their
fortunes, whether this league be ente*
red for. amutuall ſafegard , or for the
©12s particular, and it is the more
daungerous , fince the name of a
common good authoriſeth this breach»
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neſle,
'neſſe, the more benefits the one part
pulles fromanother, the more ſafe-
tie the retejueris in, for they will
bee carefuil of him becauſe part of
themſclues is in him , and not de-
nie to doe fot feare of loofing what is
done.
Sertorias. the Romane , ſaved bis
life with becing tndebred to his Cape
taines? and many States at this daye,
hold otbertheir triendes not for loue,
but for feareof loſle,itbeing 'an Ho-
ſtage of molt ſecuritie. Alliance among _
theſe doth-much ,. for the” iningling-
their bloud with others of power,
makes them ſtrong, when theirs can-
pot be ſheadaloac, but others are in
the like daunger of lofie, Thus much
for the head « but heads can plor, nor
execute, and therefore they muſt haue
meaner fortunes tyed tothem. Gene=
rally bewate of imparting roo muchro
theſe,for thogh you were before alord,
I's you
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you become now a ſeruant, ſpecially if

the ſecrets were of ſuch importance
as may promiſe a more liberall enters
tainement among your enemies, They
are many inſtruments that come ynder
the vic of Greatnefle : If himſelfe
be wiſe, he needes not entertaine many
wiſe ; and thoſe few where they may
doe good farre off: for wit is a ſearch-
er, and ranſacks euery corner, ſome-
what roo much, for it isgood , goin
inuifibly ſometime. The neareſt I wr FI

haue naturally fimple,honeſt men Ap-

pendices farther off that attribute ſo
much to my knowledge,asto perform,
not to examine my commaundements?
ſonic for their alliance,others for valor,
a few for diſcretion : ſome ambitious,
for that is a qualicie char great matters
may be wroughtout off : Laſtly ſome
honeſt, ſome diſhoneſt : Poylons are: gw
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Since Diuinations among men are

yncerraine , if FaQtions be 10 equally
peiſed,asitis hard co determine which
fide will be 'yitorious z to remaine
wooed by both parts, before wonne by
any, is wiſedome,
Shall it be obieRed to mee, that the
reſpeR of right ought to carrie mee ? I
thinke ſo too, if my power might giue
Right the vpper hand ; but Ido wrong
to fipke with Right, for ſo Righe loo-
ſeth a Champion: and headlongto run
to miſchief not zeal, but deſperatio-
Heere wuſt bee obſerued how. you
Rand to both faQions, whether allied,
or more beholding to one then the o-
ther: for if tied by any of theſe reſpects
to the weakeſt,the trongeſt wil be iea-
lous,and thenof force you mult be a
cold enemy,for you muſt not thinke to
be entertained asa friend . Beware of
-entring into 2ny, where there may be
hope of reconciliation,for that is come
monly
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deaths of the |
meaner parties:ſo was it between Tigre
wes & Mithridates,they were both hols
den innocent, & their ſeruants to make
them innocent found guikie. The like in
thetime of the Triwmairiwherthe ſeale
of their concord was the deliucring the
| ſeuerall yphvlders of their FaQtions one
to another; Fococlude,ſp: 2aking of this
euery way appeares danger? burfince
necetficie inforcech, ler circumſpeRion
arme neceſſity: the friendsofa priuate
forcune arelefle dangerous in greater
there is more gaine, and ſomore loſfle$
He thar flands withour, Rands naked,
and ſubietrco eucry Rorme; who vn»
der-propped, ſo long ſafegbut no ſoos
nerlooſened,but ruined. Too much ſul
pition Degers creachery ,-anobfſtinate
belick,is dangerous folly,Clarsſuuma ſens
tentia,Confidere pancis:thenext follows
ing ist0otirift, yer a ſentence:Sed cle
ricr eſt altera,(onfidere nulls, |
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oa ia ot
_ OfeAemulation.
- -Dae notthinkethere are any
's ' acquainted with enuie , buc
4 ſome olde withered fooliſh
i - ©: (Creatures, whowe ſay haunt
p our Beere-fars, and our Cartell, ſuch as
< we call witches; bur with Aemulacion
's | therefinediiflue of Envie,euery oneis
| | acquainted: yeathe moſtnoble ſpirirs
» || are moſt familiar with it, andthey doe
yell o
Iloue not Socrates, nor Ceſar, not
none oftheſe ancient glorious ones fo
well {inplainneſſeT ſpeake it) bur 1
could be cantent their good fayings,or
pood ations were mine;hwoutd lmue > +2
Oy
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and
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and with chepaines,and

coſtthey were }
purchaſed wich:bur fince Icannot have F
them ſo, 1 will take parterne by their
example : I will live temperately , and
loue yalour to atchicue the like Orna-
ments. "

Doe ye not thinke Aemulation doth

handſomely heere ? Yes, yes, without
ym ſhe is the verie ſpiritof whats
er taſtes well, When we begin to
live, we are naqurally giuen to follow
what we know, and ſo weliuevat
ſhed by pleaſure, vatil{ Aduife or Diſ-
courle tels vs the way of Vertue, and
commends it; and at that time we One»
ly apprehend the commendations,and
would faine procure the like: thus is
Aemulationche baite of yertue,
for loo.
king into :the ſweetnefſe of the re»
ward, wee vndertake the labour. Be-
hold the power of vertue , eucn they
that dwell-not with her, but dpeake
of her, icmakes their ſpeach m_ tw
nw
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the time when I my
| ſelfe was chuscaught: T heard the re-
portof the vermous, and preſently 1
emulated the Diſcourſers
good deliue-
na- ||- rieand began ropet his tale by heare:
buc vpon the repetition I began to
oth | thinke; if ſpeaking well were ſo graci-
out | ous, how excellent wouldir bero doe
ar” | well ? thus the zmulation-of good
1to | words, begotthe zmulationof good
ow | deeds; which one day maycome ro
1 - the ripeving ,” and ro thie effeRing
of
iſ- | -worthic marters. Come then , pur. a-
way yourruſtie cradition, all you that
thinke not thus : baniſh not Aemula-
tion, except you determine to haue all
your young men ynthrifrs of theit
time, for thus youth muſt bee en-
re- | tered + marrie for age , Time _
Be- _ thera nearer their graues,!
hey | theretore let them a Gods name,
ake | loue-Vertne for her owne fake : et
| thetndefine Vertue, and her reward
| E inut-
 3 uiibly:z._- Hal abs.are now it
the quickeſt of her ſenſibilixie, muſt ſee
her in a bodie ſenſible, or they willnor
know -þer. Parents thus wrap yout Ad-
viſes,for Lneyer belecued any aduife
of mine, 'vntill cheapplication
of theic
yur came to perions knowne, and
quickened me vp with an boneſi Hos
| ws 4

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ofPraiſe and Clans:

ERR O the thing{o full of perfec-
<N & tion as nothiag can be be ad»
&9 ded, Glorie muſt bee autri=
buted for itisa title onely
due to the extream pojntof all perfec»
tio, tothings acknowledging anorigi-
nallPrajle : Glorie octh vpward, and
isthe Abu ro0od; Praiſerhe res
: ward
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= . wardof men reckans downward, cha«

Ts lenging nothing reſpeQiing his worthi-
9 nes, butyhar'there are worfe;&ſo much
.
g200dnes js allowed him,asro oucrcom
e ilin compariſon : we muſt giue-glorie
f thengnot viurpe irgbur praiſe is allowed
d vs,8& we may ſafely loucitior Vertues
s Joke, to-whom. ic is ſoineerely; joyned;
as to contemne ir, ſhewes a minde ey=-
ther Glupificd, or ſhamelefle.. : 1:1: ;
> Wextiat areleft beggers: by our firſt
Fathers vrithrifrines, wee bane onely a
poſſibility ro recouer left 'vs:wherefore
Vereue comes/hardly to. vs with. diffi-
culty & pains; neither will our pouerty
permit vs tobe content with reuerfiss,
& t0.poſlefic the reward of our traviailes
after our deceaſe: & therfore God hath
giuen.vs ypon. deſarrs,the liuclibood of
praile,& afrerdearh,che recouery of our
- firſtrichinheritance:ſo that vertue hath
praiſe here; & eternity, hercafter. - This
praiſe muſt be derived from yertuey for
2 Wwe
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we muſt loue deſarts as wel asrewards,

or elſe our mindes are mercenary. >:
The refpe& muſt onlybeto Vertue, A

-which obraincd, the reft areobtained;

without which, to ſpatch at praiſe- is
yaine-glorie, at heaucn, preſumption,
Accidents cannot ſtand without a fub+
ance, neither haue theſe feperned a»
.Dic Eflence, but are rarher names then
things : Vertue-iwuſt begert them ,-for
without her they: are not, Let vs ſee.
yertue then,and afterwards Praiſe:whar
comes within © the circuite of our
thoughts or deeds may bee adorned oth
at
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-with Vertue : to thinke well conſtantly
vertuous, and verrue giuesir prayſe?
_j®s for deeds are begortenby thoughts,
9 & gooddceds without good thoughts
” are not. Inthiogs indifferent'spra»
cious Orn2menr onely is 'obtained?:
Thus arc our Habits, and partofour
Behauiour , which depend" ypon ocs
cafon , and axe cyrher —_—”:
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ſuch like acc outward vertues, and ter=
med the parts ofa winning behaujour 3
good chey.are, notto bee miſled, bur
notthe end of the deſire of Vertue,
Burſhewing our chiefeſt treaſure, wee
muſt bring forth Temperance , Fortie
tude , and Patience : fo ample is the
ſcope of their perfeRions, as what elſe
in morctalitie may be named, comes
within the compaſle of their Domi«
Non. .

Temperance is the hardeſt leſſon, ſo

contrarie it is to our appetits,ſo ſeldom
yanquiſhed:but this difficuley is rewar=
ded with the moſt reſplendene ſhining
of all : for Fortitude caries ſafetie with
it, and preſent commendations : Pati-
ence often proceeds not from the re-
butring choller, but from a coldnes of
conftiruis-buc to poſſefſe Temperance,
= E 3 there
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there is no Temperature felpeth, for

none are ſo weake , as to want abilitig
ro maintaineDefires, and AffeRioas :
none ſo defining Fortitude, as the plea-
ſing their ſenſuall apperires , ſhall-be
called cowardife 3 Iris aconcealed vic»
rorie,therefore not ſo neare ancighbor
to commendation:no nothing can chas
lenge part of his conqueſts,for al Fem=
pers, all ftrengths,altbodies haue affe-
ions, therefore to this belongs the
tiile of ſupremacy, Fabriinspouertic
as he vſed ir, was fuller of Greatneſle;
and Splendor, then Riches,or any pur-
chaſe of Riches : the Giuers hberalitie
was nothing ſe magnificentas the -re-
fuſers remperance. »: DOE
A follower of Mexanders,
«= de-
nies the wading chrouphy a deepe-cas
rowſe, for feare of needing eAeſews
lapizs: So is it with all idremperans
cie , which 1s moſt” needie ," when
molt full. Wee loue libertie, and yet 3%
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ſous Incemperifiie ,*which'is a flaue
eger hungrie's and "wsking- athftance.
Diogenes at a Faire full of thoſe things
which 'Curiofitie , and Houſcho!ders
eall neceffaries, proclaimes his aboun-
dance ſuch, as not to hate neede of
thoſe things': the riches of his minde
was ſo full, as it could takeno addition
of contentment;from thofe outward
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1E Plow in a Tub, oucr the moſt worldly
rich, that with riches, are haunred with
humorous, & licorous appetites?Forti=
tudes circuitis ore limited, her trEgth
being deſtinated to be converſant with
dangers;how like this Vertue Jookes
to Temperance , ſince Feare is' nas
turally che Companion of Daun«:
ger, but Forticude abſtaines, and in
this Abſtinence reſembles Tempe-
rance : what armour can promiſe
morcalitie more fafetie then this,
which beating backe Feare , looſeth
; noching
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nothing
whh ecerfight? cadifienalt
be deach,
Us belworix t1ta La vita be-
wore, Iknow not howl ſhall entertaine
this cloſing point of our Attions, be»
cauſe all things not paſt are among vs
yacerraine, bur I hope well of my ſclfe,
ſo much I loath an effeminate bewai-
ling, which hath taken away all pittie
from mee to ſee men ſo fooliſhly come
paſſionate of themſelues. Socrates faith,
Feare would faine ſceme wiſe » raking
knowledge of whar' ſhe never knew,
Mee thinks for anguiſhes , and paines,
CMarixs ſhould ſtrengthen the backe
of our reſiſtance , when ypons ſome
diſeaſe of his legges ,without frows
ning orcrying,or being bound to any
thing but wiledome, he ſuffered the
Surgion to ſearch,and cut,and mangle,
and cauterize the vaines of his legge: _
he would haue ſcrued the other legge
{o, bur rhar he thought the diſeaſe not
worth the curing;Thus exprefled he his
paine DS
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| paine,&yet {cemed nottouched with
paine - Ic was a prety triall;and he thae
vponthe like, cangnor- perſwade Mag=
* nanimitietorefiſt weepipgglet him ob-
ſcure himſelfe,and make account to do
nothing bur preuent paine, and refilt
infirmitics with Phiſicke . When For - -
tieude feeles oppreflion,and an impol-
' ſibiliie of being viQorious,to eſchew
raſhneſſe, deſperation, and fury, ſhee
turneth to Patience, which defends her
from being overcome though yanqui-
ſhed. No Fort can compare with the
ſtrength of this, which ſuffering makes
affliction angry, rather then her ſelfe
moued» Nothing here is comparable |,
tothe vnmoucd diſpofirion wrought
by Reaſon. The earth ſtands neceſlited
becauſe it cannot gogthings vnſenſible
becauſe ynſenfible:but to haue the fees
ling of calamities, to be ſhaken with
the winds and tempeſts of Chaunce ,
and mortality, and yer Me ="
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ſened, norin danger of falling, is the
moſt bewrifull, the moſt happie, and
the moſt renowmed blefling of man,
ſofullof perfeRion, as drawing liking
torhat extreame pirch,as it ends with
admiration. Who enioyes this Vertue
really ('for thereare counterfaits re»
ſemblingir )hath the preciouſleſt Iew.-
ell of the world: the vertue of tones
expellins poiſon, skins,bewitchings,&-
thunderclaps,hearbes,ſpelles,and In
cantarions, are not comparable , they
are poorein vertues,and perhaps elti=
mation in ſpight of them giues thena
qualities: and though they haue them,
itis commonly bur one : but Pati-
tience refiſts poyſons, bewitchings,thit
derboles, ſpelies, Incantations, and all
calaities whereto our life is ſubieQs.'
Tradition faith ſome things will fore-
token a miſhap, and breake before
the euent: bur Patience in the midft of
Calamities breakes noc,y0 nor _—
he
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_ -+heamibuteoftheſe ourwird Jowe?

els of cftimationgatf we receiue good by
them, -muſt goro'ther:bucall cheſs
bleſſings light vpon onr ſelues 3wee
haue>nor onely the: happineſle of fa-
feticybut the ſweernefle of not recei-
uing, [it fromanother,;Laftly,no caſu -
alrie :can depriue ys of it, fer we looſe
ourſclues of it: nor can webe yan -
quiſhed with miſſing ir,fince he parts
fromhimſelfe that wants ic. All theſe
bleſlings are the trapers of the furni-
tureot Patience, which no powerg no
: flrength,no' authority can make re-
creant, Then Praiſe bring the Garland
| of Vitory,the Chariot of Triumphito
adorne this Conqueraur, & Fame out
ofthe mouth of Enuy hale commenda
tions,& praiſes:who denies the atten=
dance of histongue ypon this Trophee,
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- Temperance, if Temperance, if For -
titude,
 es all with counteruailing vices$
but to be compleate,is to hane all,from
which though we ſometimes f{lide, ler
not that diſcourage vs, but vp againe,
and happily with being ouercome,we -
may learne to ouercome,which yeelds
the contentment of being victorious:
ViRory briogs forth praiſe, and Praiſe
ends with Ecternicy; Eternitie to our
name, and to our foules. Praiſe is the ©
breath of Fame,which if ouercome by -
Time, Erernitie reuengeth, and ouer-
commeth Time, and in deſpight of
his worme=caten'conſumption lues in
our beſt part , our divineſt in that , a
life full of ioy, and knowing no end of
ioyg carriedto the heigrh of blifle, by
the wings of Eternitie, and contents
ment, whoſc-incomprekenfible yy
nefle
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5 £99 Buſinefle*:' T muſt
in good
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” nature twake much of theifors
if mer; and the latter, necefſitic inforceth
n me to entertaine:burT like not to dwell
A vpontheſe. A ſhort time may ſatisfies
" viſitation, and buſines not hindered by
complement cannot laſt long...
y Mee+thiopks I ſhould haue' done
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and the next day,enipurpoſe toſay.
he
louech. If he feare my memoryxhathe
thus reitetateth Loue,let him giue me
ſome token ofremembrance:this tarri- a
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a

ing perſwades me rather the conraty, __

hee is yy cnemy*that thus carsyps

my
meate, and Time, wWithour any cauſe
that perſwadeth his ſtay . Truly the
name of 2 930d fellow is ſo deaze ati =
tle, char Lhatl rach&traffick with tour-
ſer Qtuffe,and be called parſimonious,
yea miſerable it,they will 3 Ic" ſmarts
not halfe ſoill agthe phraſe, Emery bov
dietfriend
but his.owne..'
Iknow ſome
whame modeſty reſtraineth from tel-
ling /mpudency their. fau'ts:Alas gaed
Vertus, that thon, art grownea cow -
ard;and dareſt not difcouer. thy ſelfe,
Well,I haue a medicine for theſe; peo-
ple,Iwill gor be; conſumed, liulng-by
theſe wormes:, what's your plealare?
iswy anſwere farewell. / 1! » 1+
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inthe, they deliuer youto Solitarinefle,
the mother of Contemplation. , they
keepe your houle ſweete,and at dinner
aA.
T7
10a if you like a. diſh,jt is your owne faulg
if you-baue it not cold /. When wy
occaſions grow ſo deſperately mad,as
indeſpight of me they wiil hale me a»
broad intothrongs,& great aſſemblies,
he thatententains meg] will him, ſpeak
11
nk.
a | toall,reſeruc a ſtraunge. familiaritie for
the beſt;andmy govd word,& cour-
telie. generally. Thaue knowne ſome
affeRing -Courtefie ouerthrow. theig ,
@vv
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labours, wich not hauipg choyle of Ca
plements, but:confounding a Geatle»
man,and-a, Peaſant,with the likenefſe
of ſaJutation and farewcll: they, were
too blame:to ſex.yp ſhopſo ill furs
niſhed . As men difter , ſo muſt
their vſages , and reſpeRtes, not to
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ther hate, ngr comemne them, I will
ſpeake, and pittie, and lament with all,
and to ſome gige my time without a
ſee, bur nor defiroy my Telfe for their
fakes : they are no Gods, Ineed nor fa-
ctifice my ſelfe, thereiscrueltic inthis
courtefie, I muſt not do thus: marry as
nykindnes that ſhortens nor in che ſpE+
ding, that makes nor che purſe emprie;
and the houſehold-bogke rich ib Zrewvs;
Tam readie to be their Hoſt, and roen+
tertaine all : burro keepe- open houſe
yntill T ſhall be compelled & ſhuc vp
my doores,mult be pardoned me, [
have a purſe; anda life, aed-all' that]
am for ſorne fewezbur they are indeed
dura fewe : Nom omnibus Dor mio.
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is E acallin dackenelſe, the
as 5 Sanne,and our cies helpevs
& ME riot: for we ſee by th&trees,
ez Tand woods, mounraines,and
w, mien, bur the light ofreaſon isclowd-
n- ed;fpdothiour diſcerning bue
{ec Opinion, and when we haue faid we
vp thinke thus, our knowledge is atthe
1 fartheſt. My Reps are the Reps of _
73 . tality,and1 do fumble 'and Ragger
<d company,'and crawle ratherrhen
yerIdetire'ro ger further, and =
vet the Land of lighr, To this'end T
reade and avrice, and by them would
faine catch an vnderftanding more thE
I brotight with me, 28d i”
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Cicero exaQteth an extraordinary.

knowledge from his ſon, becauſe of his
hearing, & conuerfing with Cratippas,
Mee thinks mere ſhould be expeRed
from me, who hauec had, and carried a«-
bout with mee, the excellent Philoſoe
phy of a ſoule. 1 am 'now cone from
conuerfing with Princes, great ſpirke, —

apdhigh fliers, Hiſtoric hath po cfled

mee laſt, a knowledge meeteſt for vs,
fince moſt of the reſt are ſupernaturall,
and not of ſo readie yſc: our thoughts
heere runne leuell, and may overtake,
for they areearth, and wee are earth;
the reft haue too much law;it isa great
Rareto be as farre as heauen before v8. mi
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Whar we call licorouſtefle in children,
grcedinefle;in Clownes, miſerie in'co-
wetous perſons, the ſame js ambition
Ins higher formupe 2 the; head of this
humer is one , but in the diſpoſing
takes ſcucrall paſlages « To alpi «Th =-
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Ambition, which ighope atrempting;

. heere hope is abuſed, which is'givents
b man hot coclime with, bureo keepe
. him from falling. Je-burts nor'for all
| this,if we would allay the vigor , and
prepare it, as we doe Quicke filuer,
” which killing ; cures. 1 would giue
i] men leaue to looke vpwards, to make
3 themſelues apt, and nimbletrs leapes
4 ferthem a Gods name loue J-2tnin
5 the experience of youth : let them ob-
, ſerue, and be expertin che knowledoes
z of men,and their aQions, let them bee
s juſt, remperate, and rertuous, allthis
» time it isnorill, ir makes them more
To induſtrious,then perhaps Vertue could
n -. ſo ſpeedily : bur to looke vpwards,'
I» and tinke into theearth, to have a high
I. minde, and then to beftow intollerable
An. worſhip ypon a great man, meerely
s | becauſehe is great, Tlike not. I doe
& not thinke bur Vertue apparrelled
1s in| a true magnanimitie
F2 ,muſt ſpeed
o
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asa ſeming good in infinua+
ting beſencſle + 2nd:I- woyld rather
chooſe1o riſe by louing diftrefled yer-
tue,.'then by adoring pompe3z it is
much more cleanly , 'though more
daypgerous- Mcn miſtruſt themielues
whentheyeruſt morc to pleafing,and
ſoothing,chen to-their owne inward
graces.If Ibe honeſt, yalianr,and able to
manage great matters, doo I.not a*
buſe then to flic forpreferment 20 flat-
terie, baſe ſeruitude;and admirationof
their a&tions,, who are: worthy to be
diſdained? Ir is worthipefle ro plucke
Honour from daungers,and hazards,to
aduenture famiſhing inafiegegto bee oo
@Q,
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the firſt at a breachgto lay hold at the
grappeling of ſhippes, vntill the loſle
of both hands, and thento hold by the
Tectberthis is the way to honour di -
realy; for which iftheir be not'recome
pence,vpon their heads: et it ly:Come
fort cannot be wanting to theſe wm
0
 of yalour, that oa rw reftoredto
their Countrey, the bloud,their Coun- .
trey once gue them, Are not theſe
yertues better theu to wooe prefer-
ment asif ſhe were awench, to ſend
preſents, to praiſe all, becaufe we like
ſome ; to dance among the crea-
rures. of ſcruirude, three houres before
our God doth rife, and then to thinke
well of a nod for recompence? Ido nos
thinke ir pride in my nature to abhorre
theſe, bur a good ſafe care ro keepe her
ſelfke from bemiring : for we muſt oc
counterfait,if wee worſhip Baal,we are
no Chriſtians : and he chat declines to
their adoration is not honourable.
I like well of Augaſtis his choiſe of
Senatours : Let him trie mce thus a
Gods name, and reieQ me if hee liſt :
Ree
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l| ſubſcribe ro his wiſedome, bur
neuer be bound to be the regiſter of
his Glorie , nor tomake offerings to
him, co pay, tO pray, and to-ferve.
F 3. Let
 , FA ' Os ?
Let them that will guild over their fet»
ters withthe nameof Pollicy, call him
a good Polititian rhat can thus tempo=-
rize I thinke he is a flaue borne, mee-
rerto feare then loue, let him be whip=
ped,not cheriſhed, Thus1 thinke feri-
ouſly, though I wrice it in my calking
ſtile, ir may be iris the better,
forcom-
| monly he is notſtricken againe, that
laughes whea he ſtrikes.

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2s] T isa pittifull ching at great

*| aſſemblies, to ſce how the
| ricch, and gay , will ingroſle
the talke, and how baſlely
tacy vic that commoditie, not a word
able to profic a Hackney-wan 3 =y _==
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 fend away Time worſe apperelled then
theie Horſe-keepers,
poore & naked of
what isprecious, but loden with firave
and durt, goodonly for Thatchers and
Dawbers. Ac this ime I ſuffer much,
ſpecially if Iwould chooſerathertofill
my eares then my belly,Iwiſh for Fid-
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cu lers tro confound them, or any noyſe
ſauing theirs, I wouldat this tim looſe
a memory, for ſhe is couctous,and
cakes all, and with this ſhe will pollute
all, make all rafte of Barbariſme,
In this rime wy eye wandering to
| finde a handſome cauſe of Interrupti- |
on, meets with a fellow in blacke,back
againe they come with their Intelligece, |,
and tell me they haue found a Scholler.
I geeto this Veſlell, and thirfting after
ſome goed licour,baſtily pierce it, whe /
there ifſueth medicines,or law-tearms:
alas,ir is either a Surges6,or an Artutny?
my expeRation hath broken her necke.
Welltheſe are places ro grow far i,
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not wiſe. Let ys trauaile forawbither

elſe,to theVaniuerſitie-
Their: diftourſe
isgood , but too finicall, you vadoe
_ themif you ſuffer thew nattogoe Me-
thodically coworke. Nego. majorens,
aut mineremprobo, ipſe diet
& eel ike
not'this, except his aduerſarie be aFeny
cer too, there is no ynderſtanding one
another:It1s'a general faulramong the
beſt profeſſions 2 For Mercenarie, and
Mechanicke, it skillsnotzk becomes
them well ro-diſcouer thetnfefues by
their ſpeech; butaGentleman ſhould
talke like a Gentleman ;z which is,
like a wiſe man: his knowledge ought
to be generall, it becomes him not to
talke ofone thing too pwch ;5or to be
waycd downe with any particularpro
felon. Heerein I admire Pharos bis Des
ſcription of Secrates, who.altbough a
Souldicr, and a Scholler , yer he.diſe
courled {h! like wiſedome, which com-
maunds ouer all, One knowledge,
is
 isbar one part of the houſe, a baywin=.
dowe,ora gable-ende: wko builds his |
houſe ſo maimed?much leffe himſellſe,
nyemna
2
i no,be compleare,Itthy Gheſts be weas
ry of thy Parlor, carry them into thy
Gallery: Be rhus, but yer if thou meer.
eſt with a fellow, that wold faine ſhow
thee he is a Mathematitian, or a Nauis
gator,be content to talkewith him of
Circles, and Qu2drangles,ofthe Poles,
and Nauipating Searres.
There is another Creature that weyes
(Fg
(ws
{eo
6
mm euery word,and will'be fureto turne
the 2erbe behind, affets elegancy, and
to be thought learned: this fellowe is
formall,he robs himſelfe of his com -
mendations , with this premeditated
courſe:men looke fer much , where
they diſcerne ſuch a preparati6: beſides
me thinks he drefſes Truth and wiſe -
dometoo gawdily. Te is the Country
faſhion to ſugar ouer what is natural»
ly[weere:he profits not his Auditory. ,
 «- FT,

JT knewa Country Church furniſh»

ed wich a Clocke, whoſe hammer was
fricken by an Image like 3 man, ypon
the wheeles ſtood a Citte y, which whe
the Image firooke, made ſuch bafte a-
way, as the Pariſhioners when ehey
ſhould haue wept for their finnes, and
were moued thereunto by the Preach
er,laughed at the Cattes nimblenes:ſo
3s 3t with this mans hearers,they catch
at ſome prettie ſounding words, and
ter ehe matter ſlip withouc any atcenci-
on. Let Ape-keepers and Players, catch
the cares of their Auditory and SpeAta-
tors with faire bumbaſte words, & ſet
ſpeeches: /t ſhalbe my courſe when 1
muſt diſcourſe (bur I had ratherheare )
notto looſe my ſelf in my tale, to ſpeak
words that may be vnderſtood, 8nd ro
my power to meane wiſely,rather then
to ſpeake eloquently,
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FEſay.
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W ry ation,they are our preci-
/ t- ett "th ts ours a-
lonedivinely deſcended, the
children of our ſoules,we muſt name
them, our Cenſare is the Goſlip, the
names good,or badde. There was a
time of no diſtinai6,for all were good
and then Praiſe was ſuperflucus, for
they had motions,& inſtigations more
exccllEr;but now we are ſo ill,that they -
deſerue thanks that are o00d, & mult
be cheriſhedtfor yice hath perſwaded
cuſige,rhat to call naught naughtzis vn
ciuil,& daungereus.Thi "gsin ſuſpence
ceme only ynder Suppolition,& Iudg-
ment
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men will nor rurne her ſelfe inco Opi-

nion with medling with vncertaincies.
Whar's paſt is in the power of our Cen
ſurc,and it were pittic it ſhould be pro-
hibiredgfince experience doubles our
naturall diſcretions,and diſcourſe adds
ro experience , beeing the Cenſure
throwne vp and downc in our brains,
yntill che wiſeſt wich the Rirengeh of
Reafon , dcrermines it. We are- not E
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withour ſcandalizing,and reproaching
vaines, but they .are occaſioned either
through ennie or malice,too foule,and
miſhapen mothers,to beare ſo faire a
child as reformation : yer haue heard
ſome wile men hold that venome of e-
nemiecs not vnprofttable,rhatdiſcouers
our imperteQions? what an Ynhappie
and monſtrons world is this of ours, +
where the beſt Off ces are performed
by our wort acquainrance?For friends
either we chooſe them iſt, or corrupt
them,or there isno choiſe, 1 feare the
 Y 'Cen/ar: Py

laſtyerchipke it poſſible, if-we be

good,to make them good:but our con
ucriation is te.;delight,, not to berter,
T@ExJM we haue commerce, and traffick with
our goods,not our minds: Herein lee
me regiſter my particular happineſle,
who hauc parents more caretull of my
mynd,chen of my bodie, who'e aduile
or example ,.it 1will follow, Icannoc
uy OT
But in this paper 1 was determined
|
LOSS
LEE to ſpeake more. generally,for particu-
—_— larities are offen{1ue;:Which tender af=
feion of ours, though I abhorre, yer
Imcanc netto hazard my ſelfe with
lanouation- ELwill aduenture my opi=
nion, but not. myſclfe for my opinion.
Whether it be {olitarinefle,or my con-
ucrfiog with bookes,or that my youth
O.Þ»
6
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Le hath not beene worthy ofgraue ac«
quainrancegl kaow. not;butche grear»
elt vumber (me thinks) are our of che
way : their proicR,the end they deter -
mine
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mine at islow, and baſe « Since Time

hath diftild our bloods, and ſeperated.
vs from the crowde,I holde nobility
bound nor to commu any aQion taſt-
ivg of a degenerate humor.Our ſoiles
though they can here cake no eſſential
adtion,yet ia ticles _———_ our vers
tuesfure wee were firft preferd, which
is the deſert of our foule; our ſoules
the are gentlemen,8& weſhould appar
rell chem: but wee attribute all ro our
bodies , wee feede them well , and
cloath them richly fo 'thar we baue
Gentlemens bodies,and flauiſh minds;
nay euen our bodies, firip therh-+of
cloarhs, and worſhip; ſure out minds,
being grofle, and thick ribd; epr'for
nothing bur a chaire with a backegand
2 paire of ſlippers. Eaſe and fortha «
htiegare the higheſt we reach ar, and
like ſeeming Fencers ,we are meeter'
for a flouriſh , then defence, It is the”
comforr/of ſorrowe , to ſearch the 14
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cauſe
of our miſheps:for chis what (hal
we ſay, tharambnion is a fault, and
Quietnefle a blefling ? No , but that
our educarions are rude,and we are
bliaded with Ignorance.l diffwade e-
very worthy ſpirit from che inticements
of Ambition, & Quietnes1I hold bleſt;
but 1hold not Idlenefle to be quietnes,
but thar,that peace is good, which au-
thoriſeth the cxercifing goodnefſe,
Be=
fide the bond we areobliged vnto our
Countrey,cueo for our own ſatisfaais
(me thinksJwe ſhould be more induft»
rious.I durſt venture my life,there is no
pleaſure ſo ſweete to age,blind,& de»
crepit;& by time robbed of all Heakh,
and Contentment,as the meditation of
od deeds; Ir is a ritch inheritance
which the father hach,and the children
haue,&. che whole houſhold is graced
with, Ifwee bee asked how we haue
liued, how are Yye pierced, how cow-
acdly our ſloath ſerues ys , leauingvs
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withoutall defence? Place two men in {

equall fortunes,che
one the ſeruant of |
_ Vertue,and ofthis Countrey, the. other k
of Idlenefſc,and plealure; feoles may e
determine him happieft that eates moſt r
meat, and keeps moſt men: but- after t
theic deaths,the cies moſt bleared wich \
vicegcannot bur acknowledge whar a <
huge diſtance Faine makes .berweene T
their memories. 41
I haueknowne the extrtemitic of &
this Idle life, and -of the- Other. |haue hk
had ſome litle rafte,and even that talte 6!
I fo much preferre, as Ireckoo'normy: LY
life from therime of my birth, bur from |
this day how much they d:ffer;what a
tranquillitic there is. in the one ; what
wretchednefſe in the other, how plea-
fing a light is the inward aſpe&rothe
one,how horrible and fearfuil ro the: 0s
tacr,thar by mine owne expericace-I
can affirme, I was afraide rothinke of
my ſelfe,and neuer durſt aske account
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oftiaowbbe-lſeccheir dſcogiſe ndth.

miliaricy how-vnlike;rhielife able 't6
ns»
= becrer ris Auditory,ts ferfootth Vers
we inher-faireſft'colovrsy the-others
motions. ike the pennymetions able
an, and Jowne ovine; *
te ben our hopes with
ſach-fraile _ ender Auffe, impu-
= |onernisfortunesro our Defteny,
to the the , like" T3brrin, ns
king
a Gar® &fthe Romane' Sevitors,
forhis tote had purchaſed rhe hate
the Common-weadlth, when it was
Ris vnmieeſurable critleie©Nether in
like/f6rin privare lives;need we
ia this aduenture,it 5 no bodies
fQuult barout 6wne: for Portune hath
ho poweref Wiſedome®,"bur
ofSeiw
ſuiliry ,' 2d&'of hues: that ſwimme
ind dattipate withour the Load-Rone
of Diſcretivi(',” and Hiidoment ,'T at
brought” in” this Theaine,'t6 wrice
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meney,

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axency
;focertaioly dobTknowmis
hoppineſle co reft inche managing his
owne time: Euery man mey bc blelty
and rich in perfeQion; if bis ewn' diſe-
ſoluteneſley and vnthrifrineſle,incurres
* notthe. contrary . 1 wiſh wewere all
_ ehuscarcullyapdif 1 caoJwill begin;
which ]-ſhould the betzes perfoune;
if a generall .conſene of amendment
were -in-currie. bodies. minde +»: Let
vs one _helpe another , with; laying os
pen: our' diſeaſes-ro one; another. 2.1f
our titles in'our lands:be.never Ta
little cracked, or ſeame-rent , wee
ſweare- with! gur blacke bhaxcs, wee
are diligent in_{earching. to.! recous
them: but qurmindes.are.ſecam-rene;
cracked ,. and bawdiez7 but,we. aske
no; kelpe z.nor cadcuour to doo any
thing but ro.conceale them. Por euery
headache our vrines knocke- at; the
Phyſicions doore, and we areinquiti+
give aboutthe Rate of our bodies, bus
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ts vs, how ficke,&famiſhed ourſoules
Race is, bur we will not here
he: Fines
paltwere not niore.carefull,- but im-
poyed
their caremore worthily:T will
onnde inthe Romane Coramons
wealth zin che-rime of one manseon-
ſulſhip: more excellent deeds: were
performied, then there is now gk
out theworldeinmany yeares--
can. .match mee; Scexols burni is
hand without motion? Where:
4 Ratiloct chat will prize his
Common
wealth fo dearly;: as to run' into'rthe
Iawes of torment ; and death'?.' No,
yrce-dravye not eucnly, bur are cars
ried; avvaye vith-" pratculas: Hy's
mours,
Liveck Scibforcements, mia keep vs.
fromche extremity ofil;what flaviſh
mecealls
are wemide-of m rhe medne
timegthat chooſe rofear puniſhmEr,ra
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firſt place'of all 'things heere;
he = ve yr ran was,
rfor- affiſted $26
railke my conparifon bluſph =
ner- brouphe'fo much into the :
iy by their alliftarice' he bath! had-
When I heare'« naturall mah:
in his beſt, Þ can fay bur witrie?"My
commendations are ar the fartheſt;
biit'the rongue ficepedin the (true vns
derfiinding. incidencto learning,hath ©
Wiſedome for! his rewarde-: i\Expe+
rience* doth mich, but ivis roo full
of ſcatres an@® wtnds,andis bought
with gray haires;; and dangers when
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of number, and -ſcituation

ofthe < ayends: with-the well ty -
ned Harmony of an aration, whoſe
force bath often beene as much
avall
theref},and with the ſweerencile,eds
ded vigour tothe harſhnefle of Va-
lour. s, for both Philoſophies
{ 6nely-cftceme Plate, who doth lo
cunningly weaue them together,as(me
thinkes.) he ſaithhe is conrcoc io giue
ou' knowledge , on condition you
uld bee honcſ. Inthe perſon of
his Secrater, he ſetterh downe one
of: the moſt abſolute formes of life, : |
thatis poſſible to be imegined.I daubs |
whether he wereſowell as his pictuce, |
yet Plato. telles it fo with, the cir» |
cumfiances , as I am.afraide
ſome - {
timesby doubting, todo him wrong:
If he wanted not very much: hee is (
avorhyof admiration, if yery much, |
dplauſe, being the. -oncly
man that
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condemn Ne - «

- OfHiſtory'i ou 2ye mee

ſhow youthe beftfirſt;Imwſt beging
and ende with T7acitxe ; fograve 2
ftile; ſo; Tudiciall a Cenfure , and fo
piercing aneye into the defignes of
inces, and States, never met in one
man: he isfoworthy ,thatI] wiſh hee
were as rare;forIhold no eye mecete
to wade ini him, that is not at the helrhe
of a State» -+63S 5
For profitable Recreation,
thatNoble
French Knighe,the Lord deHonteigne
is moſt excellence, whom though T kaye
not beenſo much bcholding to the
Frech as toſe in his Originall,
yer divers
ofhis peeces I have ſeen rriflated:they
that vnderftid both languages ſay very -
GI
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&
I wel done,& Iam able to fay(ifyou wil
take the word of Ignorance )eriflated
intoa ſtile , admitting as fewe Idle
EE | | words.
Philoſophic,. ſpeake couragiouſly
and in ficede of her _ », =_
giuen
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|

given heran Armour; he ha Pe.

damicall Schollerilme, outofcounte-
nine andmade manifeſt, thar leqr-
ning mingled wich; Nobilitic, ſhines
moſtclearely,;.; :.,.
viel haue done with bookes, and now
I will by ig.iudgemenc.vpon allthoſe.
thamy meraory.can readily produces
20d x15 no preſumptions L'exento. (peſe
ſo4ginaaice nou wwperitodelle caſei.Sec
ingehe deginojog,andendingy
the Cite
cumnltances fallealily into.cyery.head,.
eſpecially conſidgrivg my opioion of
theſerhipgs is.nogarcof my tach,ney-
ther dae I hajd them. ſo obſtinazcly
oY.
Hoe
eo
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"0 thatIwill nor. doe Reaſon reaſon, and
yeeld it 1 ſee cauſe, Ithinke Courage in,
the time of «Alexander the greats iwas a
great Gamftcr,Pallicy at that time was
nathis crafts-maſter ; ſome vnderſtan-
diogrthey had inmarſhalling an army,in
aduantaging theſelues by the ground,
bucin more hidden points .chey were
mv! not
 _—
' nor then'exercifed 2: thits I chinke his:
Conqueſts the lefle miraculous z-bue
yet from ſoyoung yeares, from ſolittle
experience , the heigrh of his artemps
was honourable, and his proceedi
admirable:ro keepe ſo warlike a people
in ſo good a remper , argued a great
firengrh of vriderſtanding, yer doe I
blefſe no- ation of his more then the
faire viage of his female-priſoners';
conſidering their beautie apt ro pro»
noke, his temper being fiery,not eo en<
dure prouocation, one of theſe refiftans
ces ſhinex beautifully, and as Cicero. -
faith of (eſars clemency\, is an ation u
E
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5T7
r
hafing gloric withouc ſharers : His
oundation was aonſwerable to _
an enterpriſe, ſharing our his particular
reuenewes among his followers, which
wonne their loue : for meane 'for+
eunes loue wealth, high Fortunes Glo»
ric. |
Among theſe, Perdiccas ſpake ro my Rea
IE
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de

| liking
 world, and growne downward: {o ex-
cellent,was hisyouth-as
1,am afraid his
Age would.not haue bene aaſwerable,
and then his Coruce would baue fallen
OS
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SC
ES eutdiſgracefully,therefore.hedid well
todic; - _”
hd
If the Senate of Rowe had ſcene Ce
far weepethathee wasnotyp afſoone:
as eLexander., I thinke they would
baue curbd him ſhorter,, but hee of- -
fended worſe in that journey, when he
proceſied among his Companions, that
the ficplace in alitle Village, was in
hiseſtimation more worthic thep the
E | ſecond
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ſecond in Raws+7likevorthisopens! |
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neffe, it was notſurableto (ev, hee

played his Gate well, butthere wasno”
caſt like the reconciling m_aſſne, -—
| Pompey, itwonne
him the wager tE-"
uen this one Aion deſeriies a volume;
for rheteis much in ir, but 1 will chinke:
the reft,znd gjue ic onely a ſcrarch with?
my pen ':* his Gouernment generally:
was like Ceſar, onely there 'refts two
things thar'/ am determined-totouchs-
the one iFereRing apaine the Statues.of
Sylla, arid Pompey throwne downe by
their misforrames, it was'too late for:
their memories to hurt him ; yer this!
clemencie rohix'enemies, made his
friends nor doubr to ſpeed well vnider
him, and choſe indifferent to findehing
2 pa Lord * this was well done. The
other a$ ill, that hauing brought # go-
. uernment free to 2 particular,and fore=
ſtalled all Dominion,not to becontene
with che ching , but to thirſt after the OO
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bly deat, andin myopinionthe
hafte-
| nereffisdeach, This purs mein mind
fr
rw
_ ofthe ebtrmy courſe vied bythe houfe
SITE che Raffe
iberrie foe out of the
hands;tharrficy had'ic ew;
miftruſtred3 ſo by degr _ fon
|wary
farther then the , and' the
Grandchild4 farther then « Grandfe-
ther, as if their ſoules before their come
municaring wich their bodies had ſate
_ countell about it-
"tapofrrhe hereofCyirrabours,
wtf
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WwyYy
TE
was 'borfie” wg my opinion) ro
ſettle anew Empite, Clitews
Ton Pope driven, eunltes dulce:
: hee cooke the right
—=—_; fortiesin the —_ z
firengrhmore en know of,& in
thishew world, |So mighe —
{ rheth'to tricks ofFe
t
my whe met wah!in =n=meny an
er my cars haye-heard of hy others,the
onely Poltizian was Tiberva; hig bes:
gianing was n6till, bur fullofwiſdom;
and fomewha vertnoup.yet ſomewhar
the better (asit is thought) for feare 20.
de excelled hy Germanicurgwliple pows
erin4ouldiers, wiſedome3zo.mannage
great marters,aud loue toipoſieſle him?
Wiſcolomen] {uch,aa.76
lmedicalous a Germans
ex: ued; there was _ hanelt po4
hcy.in Germanicws, wholawT7 |
wo was noþable toſhyage him,z After
$bener pace aqueſt of 4he. Germanes;
of Triumph beiog-larvp, Zone
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hee knew well thecouctouſnefſe

ofTys
rannie. OT FT
"Taherins courſe with Germ anices was
full ofſafetic , - 1 cannor ſay; boneftic «|
ficſtto remooue him from thergouern-
ment of Frexce, where hee was
in the loue, and multicude of his: ſoul-
ar aaa: cloake _ _
ing bis, yvertues with Triumph. 3
ng an infurretion in the Eaft
s was acceptable ymcothims , to
upprefle which, he ſent Germanicas,
where hee might bee nearer
remote from » & conuerſant with
Chaunce 3.to efte@t which, bee ſem =
thither Pio, by baſe flatterietowinne
the Souldiours, and by: oppoſing
hinlelfeto Germanics:, to keepe fors
pg from ynitingthemſelues
>
Þ Lig F
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— ET ator(*av idbo
thoughs Jpoyſonedywinch thepeople
Sefomnttorencoge; fer dnskeep
himſelfe our of ſuſpition, and yetwith
ſuch hope. to-PY/d:725 kopr hitnfeoin
diſcourdide; the, fetret«.Hip ſpecali
( cuen in -ligho matters) was bl
ſewre 4 and ſubieddire .2: double vos
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witices, hemade chopſerathey ofa flowp -
delitatepcopiegchenot:[pirits ofanore
excellendp32s Sutromres taith te gtilof
UeilwerOnferiordny: Gtrmanianrſ-
ys eſtycoutemptes IT.OMAN Bratia 6lth
er thecoceliexoutie: made? ek
growdoubtfully = can ge
vncipable.of thoſe pidees, inda
_ the Empyre, and'\uch:as were/wor
\ thie,- hee /thoughrdaungerous 2wtilk
particular /perſon ; cecmioid whiichjhee
, choſe Gouernours of abilitic ,,"which MM
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"exerciſed cheir wits in their places with

the
 the bodies of their Lieutenants, and
themſclues hee kept neare him in per-
ſon. I makenoApologie forhis ver-
tues (for hee was vnmeaſurably yici-
ous) bur his pollicie never fayled him
bur in his affeRion to Seiarur who
. ſurely had gone beyond him, had hee
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59
.D not beene hindered by the peoples ha-
my_
_—
tred,and the number of his ſucceſſors,
rather then by hinſelfe, In the endslet
me end with Death , which laft part
gines eyther luſtre, or blemiſheo our
memories : nothing heere can ſtand,
therefore let vs make it in our powers
to-goc out handhomely, Feare{ mee
thinks ) is deftinated ro more yncer»
taine cuetits, and therefore ſhould not
diſturbe our concluſion, ſaying truely,
PACTT
AS
I ſhould forbid ir in all things, bot Di-
57 uinitie,for it hinders our intentions,and
ee a ſeeming, makes ys'doe things ynbe«
ch ſceraing.
th
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Larppe etenim quam mull

. .»- » Ubiiam fingere poſſunt
Somme, que Viie ranones
vertere poſſwet,
Fortanaſque tuas onmes
turbare timore ?
Tacitus makes one of the Sermpronis
not wholely to degenerate from his
yu for dying well, Conſtantia merti
indigna Sempronio nomine, 1 know
notany thing ſo certainly in our power
that carrieth with it mote maieſtie, and
begets a more eternal), and continuall
Honour 3 nor any thing that wee may
prouide for fo certainly,and not be de-
ceiued. Lerys aGods name Hot apere
when weliue, huet and when wee are”
abour.death, tend our bufinefle.
_ Though we have manyexamples no«
table in this kind among che Grecians,'
and that it was ſo;;conuerſant with the
Romanes, as nothing was more in- fa»
fhion: yet}] wil name only ewo of =
Oh | ue
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20055.
:Sexes, it 1 diaybotkey by ingender
gende a-
niong v3, as beger Reſslurign : Ilike
them the better becauſe vnexpeRed,
therefore their manner of enterrainin
ir nor affeRed, it was [ukins Ceſar; —_
Olimipiathe mother of Alexander,they
died comely, and had cuen then when
they were out of daunger of Reproofe,
acarenorto commit any ill-beſeeming
Attion. Py
There isa laft caſte of things, that
rves them the name of (weet,or ſouret
mM this we haue drawne a Mctaphor,
that nothing goeth with full applauſe
thar holdes dot his perfeQtion to the
end, Of life, and his appurtenances:
Death is the laſtreliſh, which ifir rafte
fearefully, and looke troubled, drawes
the Cenſurero determine it licour fulb
f of the leesofHumours, rather then of
: Elearenelſe;and puritie;
IT;

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MW JMEL)
Eſay-I3-
Of Feſts,and Fefters..
: x; ES Thinke Teftes»
2nd ſcabbes
/ { x| are much alike, both the 2s ;
al boundance of ſuperfluous
humeurs, and this breakin
out more wholeſome then pleaſant. x
defends the wit & the body from FO a
neſle,
- Ifthe moſt naturall abilities bee thus -
deformed, what becomes of the affec-
5 tions of this yaine, who ipforce ic in b
themſclues ? Surely if they determine At
not tobeg with ie, and to to. mooue w
| commiſeration,put it onand nouriſh ic as
as Beggers doe broken ſhins, I knowe *Y
| not their vſe+ Ir is onely tollerable in kit
|thym whoſe naures muſt of ag = fur
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that vent, which vſe 6.as ſore bodies |

do breaking of winde. But for them |
that will chooſe to looſe afriend rather |
then aIcſt,and defireo be admired in |
laughter,and are out of countenance if |
their leſtes take not, they be in my opi» |
nion ſtrange creatures. |
There is another ſort worſe then
theſe,that never vtter any ching aftheix
owne,but ger Ielts by heart, and robb
bookes,and men of prettie tales, and
yethope forthis to haue a roome aboue
wo
Lu
yy
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wu
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+ the Salc, lam tyred with theſe fellowes,
my eares ſuffer at this time, more then
at Parris Garden, _
I would hauc a Jeſt never ſerued a»
boue once, when it is cold,the vigour,
aud firengthof itisgone... I rcfuſe'ts
weare buffc for the og ſhall ITÞbe
content|to apparrell my braine in du+
rance? by no means. Of things of this
kinde, Iwould not defire ro be doubly
furniſhed , for by that time, one be
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alias; at ſomerimes not ill becom-
niing, but the excefle is abhominable 3
eſpeciallyro fer the wit on the tenter-
haokes for ſo baſe a purpoſe. Hee that:
happens on this mediocritie hath no'e-
till chaunce, but to rake paines, and
to carne a Jeſt. with labour, heeis in'
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Of Youth.
Fe thinks this ſame Youthis
F/3 } a very fickneflc,a malady full
Ay} | of diſtemperatures 'bke an
Ague, itwiſherh for whar
would hurt 1, is daungerouſlly ficke,8&&
yer will cake no phllicke-]t is a firange
It thing
 thing,tharthe begin g of life ſhould
be death>thus full of yacurable diſcaſes.
- Ihauelonglabouredin this infirmi-
tie,cuer fince Iwas borne, Iam not yer
cured : they ſay there is nothing good
for it bur time,which I cannot yer ger,
and therefore am ſtil} ficke,though not
{o ill as Iwas: for]borrowed a little
of Experience, which hath done mee
oncly this good to know Iam not wel,
it hath made me ſenfible : fince Icame
to which my occupation hath beene to
obſerue my ſelfe,8& ochers, Andif it be
not the effcR of a cruel nature,it would
make a man laugh co ſee the diuerfitic
oftheir firs, generally all madde , bur
difteringin the manner of their furies®
Their braines are all ſo horte , that they
hauec no vſe of thE,theyare all nuwme,
enly their ſenſes are letthem,in whoſe
leaſure they liue,Some giue all crotheis
fight,and loue tro looke ypon nothing
that looks nor faire, ard yer they looke
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all totheir ſenſes, thoughthey differ in
_ allowing the preheminence. |
It is with them as with the Indians for
their Gods, ſome worſhip the Sunne,
ſomeche Moone, Bealts, Fiſhes, and
Foulcs, or whatſoeuer elle it pleaſeth
the fancics to preferre.Somerimes they
grow inconſiant,& vary their delights.
Thete is moſt hope of theſe , tor!
hold, that Zaconſtancie the working
of cheir ſoule, who loathing this :lan»
guage of earth which ſhe ynderftands
not, ſheweth them berimes the end of
their delights to be griefe, |
I haue noted when cheſe fences
pleaſers baue come from any of their
ſports, what s naked diſcourſe hath fol-
lowed : how well {zwhel! gauc it in
ſuch adry pathybe hath 4 noſerries one
like a Beagle, and yer a very deepe
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his head , for that is too too ſhallow:
In this kinde paſlethey all their time,
and ſome worle : and yet theſe are.
the beſt ſorte. of youth , there is
greate hope of theſe : mee thinkes
. there ſhould bee fo oftheir Dogges
- £00, for they receiue all from them,
In the other ſorte more riotous,
I can commend nothing but their rc-
folucion, ſurely they medirace much
on Death, and thinke not to live till
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life,
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g=i with an Husband-mz,an cx-
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obſeruation,reſpeQor ciuili-
tie, but nor without a great deale of
wit,ifit were refined,& ſeperated fr
the durc that bigs about it.I haue ſold
him an houre of my time,& haue ware
for ir,good ſound principles , in crutch
becomminges berter fortunetThis time,
hath not beene loſt,
for his experience,
bis learning of Tradition,
and his natu-
rall witte hath enformed mee of many
things,]haue picked out of him good
Philoſophy,8& Afffronomy, and other
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all which though hee imployes about
durr, and allotterh to that end,hinders
nor me from making a more worthy
ye of them. |
There is not that thing yppon the |
Earth , that well examined, yeeldes
not ſomething worthy of knowledge:
that diuine artiſan that made them,
neuer faſhioned any rhing vnprofica-
bly, nor euer ſet forth any of his works
manſhip without ſome inward vertue,
I do firſt preſcribe them that defire to
proue excellentin diſtilling theſe fim-
les,ro Jay in good tore of rhe fuell of
arningzwhatſacuer he hath ofhis own
natural wit,is norſufficier,it makes nor
the fire hot — there is a great
deale of toughvile ſtuffe to be drawne
out, before what is pure can be gotten;
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he ſhal not ſe,nor touch that thing, that
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ble,excepe princed Bawdery; they as
buſe youth: bue Pamphlers, and lying
$eories, and News, and twoo penny
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tqo,butto a cleanlier profic;Itein them
the difference of wits,8 diſpoſitions,
the alcerations of Arguments pleaſing
the world, 'andthe change of tiles:
this Ihaucindeſpighrot him, be ne-
ver ſo.ignorant : and if hee hath any
thing
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why chat is mine too, 1 haue not been
| to - aducnture mine eares
with a ballad-finger, and they haue
come home loaden to my liking,dou+»
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creation. The profit to ſee carthlings
ſatisfied. with. ſuch courſe Ruffe, to
beare vice rebuked,& to fce the power
of Vertue that picrceth the head of
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range geſtures come fromthem, what
firayned ſuffe from their Poet , what
ſhift they make co ſtand to heare, what
extremities he is driven to for Rime,
how they aduenrure their purſes, bee
bis wits, how well borh their paines
are recompenced , they with a filthie
noiſe, hee with a baſe reward. There is
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being now ſtrong,and able to diſgeſt
them,l find them not without nouriſh,
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fict, yet ir ) is nor without profir.1was
bound then to eLrthwr of Brittaine;
and things of that price:
formy know-
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ny thing more rich, Stowes Chronicle
was the higheſt,
yer I haue found good
vic of they, they haue added ro my
experience.My exerciſes,&recreationsg
orrather (as I then vied them)occupas
tions, [finde worth ſorawhat.I would
not looſe my knowledge of Hawkes,
and running Horſes for any thing ,
they are not withour yſe,Imeete of
ten wich people that vaderſtand no 0+
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make yſe of them , may leaue read-
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out of theſe blotrers of payer many
things may bee extrafted not vnwor-
thy of note , what may wee <xpe&t
from Hemer,Uirgil, and ſuch Poces?If
in e-Lrther of Brittaine, Hnonof Bur«
deaxx,and ſuch ſuppoſed chiualrie, a
man may better himſclſe,ſhall hee noe
become excellent with cenuerfi
with Taouu, Platerch, Saluft, w-.
fellowes of that ranke?Here ftay thy
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man yood that reades tkem,he may
take his choiſe of ſuch a niiberofcour-
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carc of thy ſelte, Scipio onely lookes to
the flouriſhing of his Countrey. The -
ewiſtocl:r burnivg with Ambicio,ſleeps
not vatill he hath gotcen alife anſwe-
cable to his nature. eLicibiades an exe
cellent patterne of wiſedome-co him
thar will temporize . Alexander pro
pheſics of himſclfe with weeping at
his fathers Conqueſts, a teſtimony thar
Vertue will ſhew it ſclfe before it hath
| Power to performe any thing. Itis ols
der then the bodic is,ready long before
it, Pyrrbus repreſenteth to vs the ves
certainty of the worlde,nar holdinga.
ny of his Conqueſts ſure: /t may bear
aduiſe to ſome ſpirits co make them
preter a poore certainty before theſe
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ſeruesin ſleepes roome, This ſleepeis
'to me in-the-oature cthar-Dung is to
£Ground,it makes the ſoile of my appres
henfion more ſolid,8& rough,ic makesir
not ſo light,&pleaſanc,&Famplad ofic,
orl w cife roo much ſubieQ toe
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the end Sumims totabc, ſeucn nights,
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and quarters;.at vnaccuſtoined times?
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pire might, 5 haue
mtsRoqd. Nor
mk yacs
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Pedenteshaue made ita maine ſuppor-
ter of their inſtruQions. I would liken
it toDeath;-bux thar- iris rhore' terti2
blei;: fobi js1dlevefle'> yer thus it
is-Death ; -for :itkilles'Erernitie;Fame
neuer knew) I Bedpreffer-
Isitnov pitrifalithing to-ſeea fellow
beftow half hisPatrimqnie in hobby-
horſes Þchen ipitte all;oche having bur a
lrrle time,dedicacerthareo ſleepes But
this isrheeffeQuf gar-Bodies;'who in
de of our foulesDiuinicie, will
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die» abour;chis" Argument, 6f-Life3
they are both veric obſtionecis [their
Deſires: andT cannot_— chem, for

dpler
ſwades me thatiwey ; mybiddie voder-
Rands.notchacbaguogey busisall:fot.
aQion. Herels/met irisnproper
oftheworld;90ttoliun ſo, and that I-
am borne to my countrey ,/!/4o'whiom!
agate life 1am
enprofitable: the other wants nor rea-
ſons forcible , and czleſtiall. _
 oof Uſe.
beene my continuailiabour roworke
a reconciliation berweene them, for
| T could not perfe&t any courſe by
reaſon of this Diurfion. Earth and. Hez<-
uen cannot be made one,thereforcim-
polsible ro ioyne them together :onely
thus much I haue doone , they are
content I ſhall rake my choyſe, All
. thistimeIwasnot Miſterlefle,nor idle,
I put the common phraſc our of faſhi-
on 3 he char ſaies of me onely well, He
liues, ſpeakes to0 ſparingly of me; for
LHiue to better my minde, and to cure
my bodic of his innate diſeaſes. I muſt
chooſe the aQtiue, courſe, my birth c6»
aa
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1 maunds'metothat : I am ſertabaue
7 many other in che Herralds bookes;
got to ſirhigheſt ac a Table, nor ro
p worſkipped with caps and knees,
butto hauca careof my countrey, The
aduancer of my hbauſe firſt did certain»
ly ſee ſome worth in predeceſſors meer
to gouctnegor at leaſt wiſe to be an cx-
mv
58,
%5 K 2 ample
 ample to lower degrees, to thag ende
they were erected higher then ordina-
rie,thateuenie eye might behold the; It
their bloud were refined by the Prince
on that condition, if Ipay ic not after
them,I am worthie eo forfeit it, Lyill
thenrel1giouſly obſerue the dooing my
Countrey ſeruice; If ſhe imploy mee
nor,
I finne not though I hetake my
ſelfe to the ſecret betterer of mindes,
Contemplation : Howſoeuer , I mult
begin heere; for as Nurſes LeQures
inftruR little Children by ſeucrall ob-
ies, to know ſenſible things; 'and- by
thaclictie giue therrghe knowledge of
a Boy: Being paſt that age, abt <ome
tothenew life-of aman , Philoſophy
muſt then be his Nurfe: and as his fislt
inſtitution ravght him words, and-to
diſtinguiſh of things by words., this
reachech him the meaning of thofe,
andco diſtinguiſh things by Reaſos :
he receiued firk fingle obieRts by w+
intels
 of je,
intelligence of the ſences : In thattime
hee learnedto ſpell,this Schoolemaſter
rteacheth him to pur together, and to
inharge this building , makes him cas
pable of voiuerſalicies, and the higheſt
knowledges.
Non Radii ſolis,neque lucida tela
Diei ,
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_
Diſcmtinnt animos2 (ed. nature ſpecies
ratioque, oo
Itis ſo, hee gouernes by gefle that is
not 2 Philoſopher, he is a daungerous
Rares-man 2 for when vacontrowled
affeRions meete with a high forcune,
racy beget Tyrannie and Oppreſsion-
I hauenot then altogither oft mytime,
I haue beene adorning my houſe with-
in: i: is my defire not to haue it lie f}os
uenly, I make it readie for Gueſtes,
that is for imployment ; if they come
nor, it is no matter, ic (hall bee the ber-
te
md
Budibo.
&Sci
& ter for my {*lfe to live in. 1care nor
though ſome nice Braines taxe me of
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immodeſtie,for proteſting myſelfe rhus
defirous to doe my Countrey ſeruice :
my ſoule can witnefle for me, iris no
particular Loue : thanks be to God, I
know not much of want, neither des
fize IRiches:I am borne to ſufficienr,
Jc is true, I thirſt after Honour, and
would be glad to leaue my houſe ſome .
teſtimonie ]haue not beene vnprofis
tablethac way, which may be purcha-
ſed in an honeſt quiet life, as well as in
the other, I am airaid of nothing, but
that in this contemplariue life I ſhould
be chought idlez2nd in eſchewing com-
panie,to be of Domitians (eR, 8 Fly-
catcher. We Gentlemen are verie ſubs
zet:o his, therfore itis not Tealouſie,
bur Providence in me to ſuſpeRt: wee
arc indeed generally ſlochfull, our con-
tention is not Which is the moſt hono-
rable life, but which affords moſt plea-
ſure. So doth the patrimonie of our ans
ceſtors ( which rightly vnderſtoody
would
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deſtro [7 1earner,lame aBegpers
4
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thoughhethioke more ofhis Dinner,

then ofche definition of Forcicude, or
thepurchaſe ofGlorie:he is violently
beled xp.6he vpholding of his bodie:
nor is. it an ill commendajion fora
Pleughman, tobe ſaid, co bee a prouis
dentman forthe world, and to. have 3
gare to kceepe his familie from faruing;
but for him that alrcadic bach ecoug
to defend him from baſehefſe, and mi-
8_
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ſerie, ſhall he onely cate, and drinke,
and make an euecn reckoning at the
yeares cnd ? Fie, it is bafer then baſe»
nefle; No, let him purchaſe Honour te
his houſe, -Me thinks Fathers ſhould
giue their ſonns this Counſaile,and itis
oddes bur they doe: ifnst, ſure they
thinke it,and would haue them finde it
out. Iam afraid our much Eating,and
licle exerciſe,is the cauſe ofzhisour low
flying,& heauines:our many Fon
en
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fendypdtifheanie vapouts;that makes
vs like bettet abode ofa ſaddle;
Iwoutd we wete atnbitiqus's Fwiſh
for
vs,as for' aTlotienly Bey of mine
owne, whom T perfwaded' to' pride;
thereby ro eſcape the contratie ;if I
could haue obtained, 1 would. hane
thought to haue ſhauen off kis pride
in 2 ſmall time, and left him onely
cleanlinefſe, Tknow Ambition to be a
fault, burthey that will not yndergoe
AQtions for Verriies ſake, will for Am
bitions. I would propounde Fame,
Greatnes » Honour, Eftimarion : and
wading to finde theſe; we may happi-
ly meete with Honeſtie, Temperance,
Fortitudegand Patieticc: fo muſt ill Ros
macks haue wholfome things” couered
ouer:letthem be fyeer on Gods name,
ſo that the pleafantneffe rake not away
the good operation. , uy |
The next diuifion after this choiſe, is
to aduiſe & execute ; my knowledge of
1 theſe
 Of Life,
theſe
isbyreadivg,nocby
yer 'did' 7 otice one at the GTof|
Armes;but ſo ſhort was my ftay,that1
truſt more tomy (reading then romy
Experience .Platarches Lines are 2-
bonndantly flored with men of both
* kindes. t allowe well of the Conſull
Cicero; his wit and feare prevented a
dangerous con m ; bur yer] am
much more ravithed with the lives of
eAlexander{ ear, and fellows of that
kinde. Me thinkes it becomes a-Coun-
ſellour well coaQ his Aduice, it-agre-
eth with reaſon, for he vnderftands wel
what ſhovuld be -done when it comes
from himſelfe . There is a brave farif-
fation in a minde thar couerſeth with
Daunger ; hee doth rightly ſeruc his
Countrey, whoſe Body cxecuteth whar
his wiſeddme plotreth . Sometimes
when Thaucread the life of Cicero, I
thinke him a go0d Oratour, he defer-
ued his fee; ba { «ſar 13 ſo much be-
holding
 , Bſe5-19.
hoidiag to me,ther] purhirn on, &all
thetime Iam reading Chien, his hap»
pineſſe is mine, his daunger is .mine-
when I am out of my dreame with co+
ming to, Er t# Brate, 1 ſhould be very
ſorry this imagination could laſtno *
longer,but that noe being my ſelfe, I .
may without Oſtentation commend
him,O{2ſar worchy of an eternal me-
mory,& of neuer ending praiſes. Rea =
ding aheſe lives / am inflamed, my
thoughts foare high, and I am ſorry I
caan2t carry my Body to that pitch .
WhenI beare of any famous ation of
our time,] (uffer with Themſtocles , it
rakes away my fleepe,not with Enuy,
but with an honeſt Emulacion.I defire
torobno man of his Glory,but to par-
eicipate with Experi&ce:wel it pleaſerh
nor my Deſtiny,Ihope it will do,that's
my comfort: /nthe meane time I will
ſee Bartailes in imagination, and reade
them,fince I may nor bein them,
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Of Fmitation.
He firſt times had 9 great
aduantaoe of vs; all came
from them we muſt now ſay, -
becauſe they got the ſtarr, ſpake before
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=>wg) think they were more induſtrious; for
out of their naturall wits,and obſcrua-
tions,they founded arts,8 Sciences in
which they were much more profound
the lattet times,though we are aſviſted
by their trauails,& know whither wee
ſhould go,& howto go by their me »
thodical courſes.We muſt lay the faulc
$0 couctouſnes,& pleafure,with whoſe
taticements we are diuerted,ſo that we
| chooſe
 Eſſey. 20,
chooſe now ratherro be rich men;th]
wiſe men.In theſe trades they have
not outrun” v$; our' times may ſafely
brag with them,that we haue bunted
out more faſhions to pleaſethe ſenſes,
and to get riches 3 the age after vs,that
ſhall fee both; and muſt be our Judges,
I amafraid , will determine che times
ef old,times begetring Philoſophers
and wiſe men;ours an age of Cookes
and Taylours.T wonder not that Ver-
rue is ſo our of regard: for we imitate
nothing but what wee fee, Plato his
Socrates, and Xenophon his {yrs , are
thingsto be talked of,not to be worne,
I ſhould bee ſorrie for our times ( but
> that iris out of falhion ro be ſorrow -
full for others )to ſee how willingly we
puton all habirs ſauing Vertues 3 Our
haire ſhall gooff,or on, as occafion
ſerues, we will pull our browes, and
indure any paine to imicatethe faſhion,
but not entertaine the leaſt Verrue ,
though
 Of imiegtien
though {hee offer heplelfe, and would
be ours with lefle paines and expence.
Al. this time we are free. from imica-
- tion, yea from followipg the good, bur
in the apiſb kinde we are exact: for a
new Congye,or proceftation we ſwal-
low preſently,and the. faſhions of our
Apparcll runne among vs like 2 plague.
] obſerve a. people that willtcll you
where hey: were laft, bytheir beha-
uiour, and. table-talke, a5 wellas vp»
pon the inwardeſt acquaintance: Ifhe
hath but ſeene Call/yhecryes outof
the Engliſh Beere, 4nd that' with2
ſhrug,aod Qhaking ofthe bead,as if-be
knew more then hedurft viter. Ayear
in lta/y makes him forgerbisEngliſh,
and ſprake icbroken,and hſping:they
runn away With all villanous cuſtoms,
and thinke icfine to talke of Ginlie and
Lacretis the famous Curtizans » Me
thinkes theſe fellows are like Snowe=
balles, that carry away part of the _
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they are rowled ypon . Theſe are baſe +
Imications begotten berweene the ſen-
ces,and the fantaſie,baftardsvnknown
to the inwardtrue diſcerning ſoule:
There are another kinde that will
holde theirnecks awry with e-Llexaxe
der, theſe are not wanton but ſabtile
Apes, which ſecke to creepe into Prins FAY
-

ces, and preat men, with-putting on

their Habits, they are'rhe dange -
rouſſeſt flarterers. Come, ] will make
an ende with theſe fantaſtickes,th
po againſt my ſtomack, they ate worſe
then Oaions, I can commend them
for. nothing: ſomerimes perhaps the
fluffe they weare is good, & the ltocks
ings, andche. hat,8& the reft,all ſauing
the man :they are like Hatters blocks,
chat. weare what is werthier then
themſelues, Bur now to a worthier
{ubieRt ,I vvill not reieR imitation yer
I will hardly imitate any man liuing,
eſpecially in things apparantly his as
his >»
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at.
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 hisBchaujour,and” accuftomed Phra-
ſes: In'vertue it'is 'very layyfull , for
that's neich-r his,nor mine; ic carryes
no marke of any owner, but of the re-
allpoſſeſſour of Eternity, whom ifwe
could imitate in the leaft perieis, we
wereblefled, of
* "There area preat ſort paſt,as wor-
thy as any liuing, among whom I wil
chooſe ſome 'one,by whom Iwould
be moſt gourrned , yet not 1n all
things , for I would not licence my
{elfexo pur on his iwperfetions 2 1
have 'roo many 'of mine owne thar
were borne with me,] haue no need of
pc when he. ſpeaks well, and
\ &oully.lwould think he ſpeaks
to
me,and doe my: endenour to execute
his Aduice:the, Aftians performed by
him ] hold like the Vaulters Inftruc-
tions don firſttoſhew me how to per=
forme them-with greateſt facilitie.
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we maRow Vertycs and. Vices, =
lively bytheir Example, as: Lycargus
taught it the Lacedempnians in RPEE
ſons of their Epbers, &the Helovy their
ſlaues..Jf 1 findmy. ftrengthable to
followe one of theſe,& to get his Ver>
tues by Heart,Iwill rake out a newleſs
ſoo,&buy ſowe perfeRtionsof pert
wherein he was wanting: Thus
tation innoblg d,and well becomes
the
worrbie{t:ſo ſhall be epioy abundances
when he hath his own ſtore.
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ed. with GARerPg, ma FRE!
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Behmiourtfor
hers are Notions Fa
' andobſcuregtor; heany for'e
to carry away*but this gites'our ſen-
ces a fight ofrhat Diuinity;
ayd'is che
yery picture of the inward minde;Hete
may be readithe differences bfmen),
and a ſhort obſeruatien (Wall
rll thee
_ asmuch ava oy omg one = be
no other then a ſhadow of 'the foule,,
ſuch a ſweerenefleit cartyes with it,
ſo much comlinellſe , ſomuch con-
tentment « The Bodyes reſpeR is
,ouerthrowne by this cuidence , let
his Beauties be neuer ſo excellent, if
not aſſitted by Behauiour, they turne
all to Diſgraces, & his whicencſle doth
nothing bur make his ſpotces mote vi-
'fible. Contratily, Ihaueſcene defor=
med Bodyes, andill fauoured Coun»
tenances , highly in mens eſtimations,
and dearely beloved, becing accoms
ree*
panted with a handſome, and, diſc
goucrament , This cannot bee -
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formed exaQly, if the Soules power,

and Diſcourſe be nor.regarded,which
makes me _thioke the bodies thus hap-
Py, ſubſtances of Chriſtallcranſparet,
When I meere with a dull fellow that
hath no other teſtimony of his beceing
awake, butthart his eyes are open, I
derermine him a fellow drowned in
Aegme, and puddle: for any thing 1
know he hath no. ſoule, for chere ap-
rom nothing but a durty pecce of
cn ,
e-1t me cums legeris etiamformoſa
videbor

Saith the Poetthis is tobe compleat

when the eye ſhall be ſatisfied, & the
| foule not diipleaſed. There is hardly a -
nother thing ſo abſolute,as ro be able
to giue them both emtertainmenttoges
'ther. OfPatticulzricies( me thioks }
..courreſie chaleggeth the chiefe place,&
ould be diſpatched firſt:truely __
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all other vertues,exceptit be Liberali=

7, [know tone rewarded by men bur
this, and iffor nothing elſe,me thinkes
t ſhould be eſtecmed for the preſent
paiment: It payes a great ſort, and is
neuer the poorer, ſatisfies every man;
and leflens not the Rtocke:Ir is the true
CharaRer of a good naturedDiſcreti-
on,and ſo powerfull;as the ſhadow
of it hathraiſed many men ro great
forrunes : bur that's,the abuſe. Iwould
Vertue would pur away patience, and
become chollerick, and reucnge: thee
neuer had more cauſe, being nade 4
Bawd to her ſelfe. |
Euery man muſters himſelfe in che
band of Vercue, when there is any pay
to be raker; bur/atrhe day of battaile
except it be ſome fellow out of 2
hole ) ſhee hath not a follower « 1
miſlike not a common Afffeabilicy, ſo
ir reſerue the ſtate of the party, for oy
therwiſc it is not humilicy,itis baſcness
v7
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 viito- cutryciBan- a Salutation,and likes
wiſe my Cap, but not famuliariry, ex/
ceptIbe fure his worthineſfe deſerues
it] berray my ſelfe, There is acertain
malefticin Behauiour well-becoming,
without pride, or AfffecRation , for
they ſpoyle all, the leaſt dramme of
them makes all taſte of Indiſcretion :
no, this- is the-naturall Guarde of Ver-
tue,the fortification to reſiſt baſeneſle,
and tqkeepe out ſawcy incrochers,We
muſtnot-be carclefle of theie ourward
marters, but ſeeke to! make them cam-
pleate, yer: there 15 at inward: thing
which valeſle it be agdedto this, makes
all this co be nothing, A Schaole-mas
ter had in his place of Exerciſe a glaſſe,
wherein he cauled his Schollers to be+
hold them(clues; If they- vvere faire ,
and handſome , he vyould rel] them
—
EE
XxX
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vyhar pictieit vyas,luch goodly bo +

dyes ſhouldbe poſlefied vvirk defec y
tive mindslt foule, and day *>
tat
 Of Behauowp.,
that they might:; make-their/-bodies
faire with dreiling their mindes hands
fomely ; this was ſomewhatroo good
for aPedant / my- Application; It his
behaviour be: good, the adorning his
minde doubles thas Excellencyzit ill;
it willmake ir good, whentyour mind
performeth what your body pramis
&h nor.>1615 -withour exception),
when tite* Actons 'ot'the” bodie are
lighted by the.giksof 'the minde.] al-
low not too lauiſh a diſcourſe; it is a
ifone mote {ell\himſclfe$ be thac
will ill Talf®; 'aduchtureth himſelfe
too much; Ir is not yalour but foole-
hardinefſe,, \he” deptiiſes: himſelſe of
6bſcruation 'Tr were goon this ro
mnicate 'tunning ſhop-keepers ,who
ſhew there ware ih'a halfe Heht. Vpon
occafionTwou!d ſpeak,
but nigeardly;
ard ratherftacue then farfer my audi -
tory. Auoide AffeRation', avd loue
Vertue, and-for' outward geftures
Þ if
 22s R

ifthoſe naturally yoursbe not defor©

med, change them not, fer they fat
you beſt . The gifts of the minde are
not lo cafily obrained, cheſe you muſt
purchaſe with paine, and difficulty ,
and great reaſon,
for it were pitty ſuch
preciouinefle might be had for the ta»
| king,

Eſa . 22+

Of eAleboufes.
=] Write thisin an Alchouſc,in-
= co which 1 am driven by
p SZ night, which would not giue
. — melcauec to. finde outan ho-
neſter harbour, I am without any c6-
pany burInke,& Paper,& them 1 ye in
Read of talking to my ſelfe; my Hoſte
hath alrcady giuen me his knowledge,
ut
 of 4Alehouſes:
but]amlittlebettered,
Tam nowtry®
ing whether = ſelfe be his bercer in
iſcretion.
The firſt note here is te ſee
how honeſtly eucry place ſpeakes,8&
how ill cuery man lives: not a Poſte,
nor 2 painted clothinthe houſe , but
cryes out, Feave God, and yer the Par=
ſon ofthe Town ſcarce keeps this In -
iruction. Iris a firaunge thing how
men bely them{clues:eucry one ſpeaks.
well,& means naughcily. They cry our
ifman with man: breake his word,&
yet no Bodykrepes promiſe with ver-
we-But why ſhould theſe Inferiours be
blamedgfince the nobieſt profeſiions
are become baſe? Their 1oftrutions
reſtinthe Example of higherfortunes;,
ang they 2re blinde, and lead men
inco ſenſualtie. Me thinks a drunke
en"Cobler , and a meere hawkiog
Gentleman ranke equally, both end
their purſuices with pleafing their ſeg
ſes,this the eye, che other the Taſte .
L4 What
What. differs ſcraping miſery frotaa
falſe. Cheatour 7 the direRour of both
is Coucrouſneſle, and theend Gaine.
Laſtly courtivg ofa Miſtreſſe, &,buy*i
ing of a- Whore are ſomewhat like,
theendof bothis Luxury Perhaps the:
one ſpeaks more finely, bucthey bork:
meane plainly. Ihaue beentbus ſeek»
ingdiffcrences, -andto-diſtivguiſh, of!
places, Iam faive to fly rothe figne of:
an Alechoule, and tothe ſtarely come:
ming inof greater houſes.For Men: ,,
Titles and Clothesnor their liuves;and;
aRions helpe nie: ſo were they all as;
ked. and baniſhed from rhe 'Heralids
books, they are without any -cuidenre:
of preheminence,and their ſoules cad”
notdefend them from Community,

of
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"137
 KOMOIS MOL
Eſſay. 23-

56 Of Affeta HO. .
Q7 1

>. FieQation: begets Extremi-

it be ſubicR cothjs Apiſh' imication is

wholy difordered: for his. inward Dis
ecour is dilobeyed, and forced con-
trarie,
(
 Eſſay. 23. _
trarytoit excellent naturets become
baſe, andto borrow. The excellens
Arcifan chat made all, gaue all his chil=
dren portions of qualities befitting
them, as heate to fire, moyſture to
water,trezsto be plentifull mothers,&
Hearbes to have an healing ablilicie:
ſhould theſe fall roaffeRing, and to
like others Qualities better then their
owne, what a confuſion would it be-
ger *how much wrong to the worke«:
man ? Thus is it with ys: Euerie Soule
caſts a colour vpon the Bodic ſuteable
ro it owne nature , not like our com-
mon colours which will endurea ſe-.
cond Dye , but which at firſt is natu-:
rally in oraine.
Euerie onein truth is ficted by na-
ture, whoſe faſhion if he likes not,buc
will chooſe rather to weare other
mens caſt 'cloathes; iris pitie the ad- Lf
miration hee affcRes ſhould not bee
turned
 ofAfffetbation
turned: 'into- laughter T'have ſeen
ſome ſecly ctearuzegthar hatic had the
extremicie of this diſeaſe inwords, but
what hath beene the ende ?zlas they
hauedelwered priſoners that have wur-
ned traitors, and tiftantly berrayed
them to Derifion; ” ©
- For my part I thinke generally'it
oughres be ſhunned,and it eyer1 were
ſubieRttoaffeR, in which Ihwvebeene
ſo preciſe, that Ihaue beene afraide to
weare faſhions, vntill they haue beene
ayredby a general} vſe. 2M
-Letno man think this miſlike barres
mysllawance of inriching my (elfe by
the example of the vertuous: no, the
beſt may want, if hee bee onely fiored
by his owne meditation. Book-s,and
men are both good inſtrutions,
thoſe wee muſt read and obſerue 2 bur
when that is "done, to make our rea-
ding , and 'obſcruation no longer
ethers,
 Ba" 23;
theirs, but our owne- I bave nioted a
people content. inwardlyto be fo hums
bleasto wearecalt Apparrell, but of
the outward fſatisfation they would
alcer,and crimme chem to defend them
frombeing knowae, and ſo fie :them
totheir bodies, though before chey
were to00 wide.', Thus muſt chey doe
that deſire to be adorned with know»
ledge, and judgement, anJ vertue,
Whatſoeuer I read, I vnderftand icnor,
if myDiſgeſtion makes icnot naturally
mine 2; Thus it becommeth men, and
makes the conſticution 'of the-minde
trong,and faire, and worthie of allow-
ance, if not of Admiration.

roger <*
 J © k MYNQ
$2:
» bs S

Of Fantaſtickneſſe.
=FAntaſtickneſle, is the Habili-
TIF mentof youth, Wildoms mi-
LLC norite, |2:14 Sik Introdus *
— — ion, the child ef vnconſtan-
cie,the mother of attyre,of behaviour,
ef Speach ſpoken againſt the Haire,
Cuftomes enemie,Itis green thoughts
in greene yeersor at thefartheſt, green
thoughtsin a ſeare ſubſtance, this is
Fantaſticknes : wit (as long as wit) ex=
erciſcth her ſelfe lightly , and is the
Glafſe wherein the body lookes to ſer
his attyre in faſhion: being weake at
this cime ſhe playes witb the bodie, as
children
 Ef. 245
children doe with Babies, pats'0n- aid
off, dreffes, 2nd vadreſſos, ayes &'to
ſleepe, and cakes irvp againe all ac an
inftanc, muſt bee doing, though to no
end doing: yer for all this I chinke ir
a colour of the Soule, for ſo is wit,and
wicte is |Fantaſticke , but ingecde
not ſo ſtrong as to bee layde in Vini-
er, 3nd nor alter, for it alters with
wers, almoſt with minutes 2 Nor-
withſtaoding wiſedome may come;
and with her comes Reſolution; and
Conſtancnes. For experience comes by
knowledge, knowledge from change,
change from Fancafticknefle, rrying
many things with allowance of ſome,
an1 yet cleauing but inconftantly co
that allowance. Ir js leaft daungerous
inthe Attyre, for that may bee worne
and put off, more in the behaujour
for time reconclles it to cuſtome; mo
inche condicions, for thoſe ſpots will
neuer out, __
AOA
M
a
-
wa

Fox
 _ Of Fanjufeich ©_
ForClethes,he thatſhunnes fingus
larice,(for from Gagularitic comes cis
ther Diſdaine,or ene) ler his attyre,
be conformable cocuſtome, & change
with Company. |
I hauc once cleared Alexander for
his Perfian Attire, I rhinke Fantaftick-
nes lent wiſedome pollicie at that time«
The G»reciexs were too firicke in this,
not permicting a Grecian to differ in
the leaſt thing thar might bee, from a
Grecian, whereypon an Ambaſſadour
of theirs, ſent tothe Perſians, was cal-
led toa firaight account, becauſe hee
kept Cowes for their Milke, and lear=
ned to lie ſoft, In many things ( as
in this) Cuſtome is a thing indiffe-
rent , and things indifterent receys
uing their hfe from light Groundesz
Euery Countrey hath ſome peculiar to
it ſelfe, by which when wee ate there; 835-4
& y

wee ought to bee tuled, Demetrius

fancaſticknefle was nor lo fafe, o_
c
 n oY "C0 F Pr ho.” aL ing ol ateAAR
5 Y. "x \ :

hee made bisMandes ot: Ciaeki fait

of Starres with the, Sunne ,: and/ rhe
Moone, rich and ſotull of Rate, that
none of his ſucceſiours durit aduen»
ture onthe ke, being infinitely ini{-
liked by his Souldiers, - Bur Amthony
neuer ſped better, 'then when his Ate
tire differed not from- the common
ſoaldiours, which might bee thought
fantaſtickneſle, for nat going accors.
ding to his degrees | 9;
Time in it ſelfe is alwayes one, but
Occaſion runnesDiuibon vypon: Time,
her noce is not alwayes one, 'which
ought to bee noted by rhem whithare
not negl:;gent of their cime, {
A King of the Parthians (of whom —
II
2

Tacitus makes mention) being depos

ſed, comes aftex in the fight of his peos
ple, poor: and forlorne, and thereby
moucd pittic, But Pompey with fors
tunc no lefſe ynfortunate , came for
fuceour tothe Egiptians, and _ h4
as
M
a
2] | bo
loft his head; P16 30
Thus different are the diſpefirions
of men; \thus contrarie fall out corre
ſes, though for a great ſpace roge-
cher they runne all-one -way-: I have
ſeene 4 Gamekifſe their hand fo con-
tinually; that their hand in the end hath
come to niake nv difference betweene
a Ladie, and her Dairy-maid: 48 youy
Serxice ,bath becne ſo conuerfant, as
one asking , what isir a Clocke? firſt
came a kifle on the hand,nexr,Atyour
ſeruice, and laftly the houre :'doe you -
not thinke Nature had done this fel-
lowe a good turne, to haue made hian
without handes,or rongue ? fot ſo his
head mighr haue lived yncondemned ,
There are ſome that neucr ſee
aſſemblic without as certainea brin-
ng homeof a newe prace , as
wnes of Ginger-bread from &
Fayre g making their limmes Rogues
withoutaan
an abiding- placeF * In =
the
 TOE? Bay "1240 |
end Fantaſtickneſle lies wh cuſtorne;
and gets
her with Childe-of a Thumbe
ynder the Girdle, or crofled:Armes,, or
one hand before,and the other behind,
Barre ſome fellow from chewing a tick,
and he is as vtterly vofurniſhed as- n
Houſe witbout fiuffe:; In what caſe .
would this fellow be ina Champion
countrey; where wood muſt nor: be To
wantonly beftewed ? being without
his feaking ſticke , heis without:
bims
ſclfe : A davgerous Compagion., hee
will gnaw him 'thar ſtands nexriiimn;;
if he finde him nor Timbers Bar'tf: this
Fantaſtickneſſe' fall onceiro: grow-ins
_ wardly, the coolingit.whh: Time, che
mimiltring counſel}, the letting blood
with Aduerſtcic will not (erue,. bit in
ſpight of witedome,
and gray baires,ie
will danceat three {cote yeares oldeg
and weare, Greene, andiplay with2
Feathey, and:then itismontrous; and
ridiculous wichoun Hope,orPure. ”
"EH }-.
 of Famdckneſſe,
+. T canremember pk. rj
fHuets we ook old ma on |
Can:ſpeake'ofhething burthtfiſhions
of his cine,” the-wenchthien in price,
bow inarly Haeks'biee hath tizd it his
Bucklerinifccte-ftreete friy,, or the
frivkes of theTralian tum _
794Þ beginne tiow to fulpet the time
inche which he tied, chatir'was bare
_ all things worrhie of note, ho»
ing in Charkie,thar it there Had beene
rt ,hee Would' hive: thade berrer
choyſe, and nor have madehix memos
fie worſe then 4 Brokets ſhop,
ful]ance
ly of the caft-skinnes of times paſt,
Whether he neede it, or no, 1 would
not haue age without a flaffe in his
hand: I like nota jong Gray beard,
and a ſword , me thinks hee ſhoulde
exruſt moreto his wiſedome then to his
hands. Ina word, after twice ſhaving,
TH
Wn”
y—__
at the third , Fantaftickeneſle is to be
M 2 abans
F
 ”-

abandoneds
for icis time to pur the wit
to Schoole, andco leaue playing with
thele yndiſgeſted NE che Fancie,
to truſt to Vertue, not to a French
Doubler : If wee doe thus, itis no
harme to haue beene once otherwiſe,
for ſo wee know what itistobe other+
waics,and may helpe.chaſe that are yer
out of the way. Thus hath my Fancie
thought on this Childe of 'Fancie;
which ſhe hath vitered , as ſomc an
Oration long fince gotten by Hear
this ſhee hath knowne ber ſelfe , and
who belecues nor, if hee bee not paſt
feeling, Time will make him knowe
by himſelfe,
 + | _
OHOGIANGS
LIME MEIMEZILIN
"_Oo-25-_
Of Fame.
7
\ NS Conceits come into m
"Al HeadT vytter them, for wha
BP is naturally mine,caries with =
-—it rather a heauic Subſtance,
then any rich Qualitie Ihave daily to
doe with more <<: ppbraines , whom
Tholde worthier of a place in my me-
_- 59
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—_—
ww
Fry
—
>”
FF
- I chought laft of Fame, and my
thoughts haye ridden ( as] thinke )
Pterberwhole circuite ;whatIT haue
ſeenc in my trauaile, I will truſt this
prom of paper with, and foridde my
raine of that carriage. Hymours,and
AffeRionsour manu-miſed ſlaucs,baue
a great hand ouer vs, they place & diſs
M 3 place

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po
ſuch range occupations ini theSG
ſuch ſweating, and fridings,in the diſ-
couerie of things yrier (a before»
I hold couctouineſle a vice bad _—
in. Conlcience , for rhe. bet they
ſay. for Semlclues, POS :that
iwitatethe Ant, a {eelycreature; an
'm
by Naturs, without candlesli
perfcA, among.thole whom, e Phis
[iaohert CaA betta 46k ihyeh
they are able to. ycelde:
Wiereaſon for
their ſcraping, chey will fay they may =
a
—_
aaÞ

want. The + mn oy Pleaſure, and

the worfhyppers of their i;ences;though
they live onely to powre1cicin, and. pug
it out, andin the endare.cuery way vn+
proficable,excepr they were, among the
Canibalr ,who loue a welivfed mary
ſell of Mans fleſh: yer in_the; cnde
they are able to ſay, This is an ex+
celleat 4
mo
pn
ern
i
=on
o.
 F ; + #} Fave. |

telletnc cup ef-wine ,' and : thee; very

4.

fatand good Fowle:. Nay that (ame

Gon-likg occupation. that;blowes the
"—_
nd
by.
hd
T
__—
(. coale 52rd fecds vpon imoke-miogled
wich a litcle hape, is in; mych beter
caſe' then this humour 1 ſpeake ofefor
though he-cannor take away: that ſe+
ty,and- ImperfeRneſle
that keeps
mertalls:from beingthe-beſtzyet
.commonly his Diftillatiens& AbRtracy
tions, make. bima perfe&-Emperick,
andſo it: leaues him not without an
Occupstion,though it drops ſomwhat
Cort of hispiitpoſes -- +» © +
2:1: But Fames' AffeRation: is the
. moſt. yarcaſonable thing: that cuer
77S.
3oY
bln
of
Tr
TC
©OlkCus
wag.s when-one hath 'wrought all
his bfe ;, hee: knowes: not- where to
looke for: his 'hyre : Euery: man de-
nyech' to. pay.ypon compulſion,
and
EAN hee nu belftowe ir where hee
will : .Nay:, 'they that cake moſt
paynes, are kepr longeſt withour it..
2 8 M 4 hath
_—
=> YH
 I 1, BF.

Harh not/a Coblers rradeods of this}

he'numbers the -patches,and medeſ'«
ty treſtcaineth him nor from aſking-a
penny for euecry patch, and honefty
'binds chriſt to pay 12. p Cai
| This inuifible thing hath a numbers
teſſe company of Diſciples: All :thae
loue not money, for the moſt pare woo
Fame, and fome his way roo + man
Dung-hill Birdes haue'maintained infis
vice labours , aſſiſted onely with the
fame of making their ſonnes Gentle«
men, , has 1224.9

As diuerſe aretheir faſhions ,/ Ihaue

feene ſome goe sbout-:o carch Fame
in a caper, anda well graced Galliard: _—
a
©i
—

Iremember Szetonizs mention of Ne-

ro, heetooke not ſo wuch paines for
any thing as to bethought a good Sind
ger, and'who affoorded.him-nortGlo«
ric, and Admiration in thar kinde , he
would hardly affoord himilife, 1con-
demne not his wanton'expences ,and ave
tm
A
a
tos
wa
| | inhumane
 inhumane.
cruclties more then this,that
having che power of diſpoſing the molt
famous , and ample Empire of the
.world,a ſtock able ro maintaine Fame
richly,yet to flyto ſo baſe an Eunuches
qualicie for Fame,
Where Hnumors may be couered
| vader the hauing no Beard, 1 miſ-
| hike it nor ſo much, Fame ſerues to
, enter the Eyeas knowledge of man,
who cannot catch Vertue at the fiſt
. fight: but to conucrſe with Experi-
P
; ence, and then to coZzen our ſeJues of
_ the familiarityofVertue with accom
© panying Fame ,is abominable.
q | As my youth hath becne ſpotted
generally with entertaining my affec-
TC tions too neerely, ſo by this the num-
Y! ber hath-bcene increaſed , and I may
;®. ſafely ſay ,ithath beene the laſt ex-
$4 rtraordinary-illnefle that Ihauc had to
- do with. My occupation hath been ye»
d hewently bookiſh, Ihaue been por
| celte
 v b Ss,
, Þ
_

| celled byPAars and Sevres: for Philos

yo: Writing15the dray ghtofrea>
ding,and:by thn I haue.diſburthened
my head;&rake accoiirof my profiti
I fit had gone no furcher;ichad. been
well, buc I haue becne c6nrentto_ diy
hte my felfexoo muck: Ic hath beene
my Fortune. ciieryer; to like one yeare
worſe thtn another, 2nd: this fault a+
mong wy worldly faults lyes heauielt
ypon me;and yer thelaft, - ©
Utinm ſerwaves bensarp aura
mens eff.*
- Since
I haue kept my. bodic fr6-mads
neſle, my*mind/hathi,hored,? tthiwke
it is with oueremuch'ioyy/ that it
3 hath
potten imployment.'* i 55.98
Among myreading'Philoſophy hath
made me honett for ewohoures after;8&
Ithink 1could haue held' our iff I had
fourid any drawing that 'way,buteues
ry man is-{o butic 1n the queft of Fame,
that they negleR the deſert: they aske
, which
>
E_
oo
d :: Hiſtory bath added ro my-naturall
Lo
defire of louing fame3 1 was there fer
n
I»
«fire with conuerſing with brauc ſpi-
ms: I like deeds well, but they were
©
not within my reach, 'and ſo Iſoughe
Ee
+
co buy what: my Rock would reach
to; though 1 cannor clime fo well as
t Ceſar, yet I ſhould thinke my ſclfe
bappy, it I could but get'vp to his
Stile :Bathe was a Romane borne,
and. borne-ynder a climate of more
wit: weareſo cold, and ſo dull that
wee- thinke-ef nothing beyond the
compaſle of our inhetieance , juſt
like" -che $w5ſſers wee will loſe no
ground; leaue vs indurt\,'and finde
\42 in durr, |
'The .Grecians: & the Romanes were
Monarchs of the world, notby fitting
fill and Keeping themſclues warme,
butInduftry., and Aduenture were
Fs
WF
YU”
Wwe”
_
I”
572

| the
 Eſp." >
the wings that made thetnflye highs
We will aduenture ypon nothing exv
cepticbe
on @ ſurfir ,b& fixe pence! at
Tables. © | ol:
I wonder why weeeftimate our
. felues ſo preciouſly , or keepe our
kmmecs {> carefully ,except we haue
mdented with our churchyardes,notto
coozen them of. any part'or parceltof
the faid Trunck.Since we ate ſo {tupiſt+
ed,itis well we lined notin their times,
for we had ſurely gone ro the mill: our
bodycs ſhould have beene branded
wich the markes of a ſlave, as well as
our mindgare with the,deformiry
of ige
noeant Lazinefſe, : +, _
Bur theſe are no ſurors-at the court
of Fame? Yes, as earneftly as Deſarts:
they can fiade Titles as fattas Heralds
deuiſe armes: If for norbing elſe, pur
him in forprouidenceg& for leauing as
much to hs ſon as his father left him.
Honour15to be ſought cheaper _
" al
 Of Fame.
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due Alexander, Enmenerand the ret?
Dead:and with them Defarts; their
names are inwrapped in Vertue, ours
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 THE E S$SA4Y"ES
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26 F afetion. |
27 Of keeping State.” \
28 Of Complements, . 0 Go
39 Of Eſtimation and Reputation:
30 Of Popularity. *_N4
3I Of Humility. L EM GO. 68
32 Of Feare. | \ 1?
33 Of Silence and Sapkuais O £?
34 Of humane Contentments.
35 Of*raps for Fame,
| 4 Of Knowledge.
37 Of Indgement.
38 Of atures
N Pollicy.
39 Of Conceit.
45 of = zabp
46 Ofthe Initruments of a States-
FAN. IA \? F
47 Of wordes:. 0
48 Of tuſtice... "O
49 Of Flatery Drain, und
Lyinz. Ni
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51 Of Fortune? and her Children. -
52 Of the admirable ahilattesofthe
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ESSAY.” 26."
Of Afetdin.
Hoſe ations: that re-
ceiue 'niot” their Com-
X mandementsfrom a de-
} liberated diſcourſe , the
TSS iflite of rexſon; recens it
| bois fernparby ne with things, the
Muck afeRion, whoſe efteQs th h
nor vnnatursll, 'yet very vnreaſona
for ſb#rhuchis ginen-to beafls to mains
s tine feith, bur to mantis 9iuaen reas
fonto piirchiaſe vertue with; -which by
the other can no way be tompaſſed;nd
met thenkhe tafle,tyſlevenne; the
imell, ſmell yertue; for affection
29 74 brings ..
 Eſſay. 26.
brings all things totryall by the ſenſes,

of the ſoule, who regardes not their

colours , nor thoſe ſcnfuall qualities,
but _—_ them confeſſe 7ewmuch
haue: ofTemperance how: much
forneade angof thoſe inward qua-
lities of the minde. Daubclefle then,
this powerof afftetion carrieth no far-
ther grace then the preſeruation of life,
nes andre ao farther then right,
isacareof the-laſt place , for ſpeaking
of this life,me thiakes there is no other
thing preſentedto our view, then ſome
h Table or Picture that lookes
pently for a'time,” but will not laſt , and
tould receiue of ys in exchange 2 colt
rentment ofthe preſent Rate,and a de-
termination to 4 it tothe beſtpurpoſe
whiles we have it, and when we'are-to
ou patient farewell without diſtur-
ance or feare.
Onmia mors poſcit, lex eft , won pa
perire. by oO
B6t

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 ”,
+ "Weeabraken our6F the! vricerfal
mariex ofNaturearid matemen, high:
preferred ; conſidering out
{ are; burthisviewed wichimemor-
;isbaferincompa the
firſt, roi the ſecond; This''life-is but'a
| Prentiſhood; the freedoine- immorta-
lie, nd me. thinkes irfirces wellinrefs
pet ofthrones ſhormeſſe; bndthe ory
thers evernity', life being”but like 4
Preatiſes holyday,burmore heare whe
we thinke' of our ktiowledges which
are hete\ impotent and defe&iie; 1but
are there complear and full; all
appearing there vamatked ; ad the
borrowed coulours arid valtieu ariti-
ons. of AftRion beeirig wi whe,
thoſe vnlimited and rich liphtes ofthe .
mind, behold euery thing 'in. the right
proportion, all the deformities Pal
miſdemeanors of the worlde;-are the
children ofAffeQtion , whichbindes vp
our fight in darkenefle, and leads vs
blindfolded; . from. henee-+ Opinion',
which
 hence: proceedes the- irreſalition of
ourthoughts kadour wauetings,' and
cha om.ene thing to- another;
borAe nalikes his. preſent: ſatisfac-
and judgeththat beſt; whith. ifin
opined bennetihe changeth his ſen+
the prenotableito mn into
e Geptixof thirigs, iscuer ready
foranew 10n. All Tag I have
heard,allthat Lhauc read allthat. by a+
ny-' meanes; hath; come /to.amy- know-
A pms well, hath been where
hath-:made AffeRion his ſer-
uant; contrariwiſe,diftructions., diſho=
nours,dangers,haue beene infdreed by
| the tyraqny of pride, diſdaine, hatc, os
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| feQions, vnreſtrayned. So can1 fetch |.
£2
amitie,'from none other originall -
bur.this;nor happines but from the de.
privation/of this frailtie, Everuthat ho-
2
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fethiParetits towards'cheir- chikirer;
thee Tthinkss," whilſt 'they/areer-bur
lumpes
offleſh; and thingswithour all
merigthoutdnor be fo.arden and ves
Kenient;pirry amt! conpmuſerarior, firtes
thetiberttrythen lohe,ofF which they
me i6uay worthy; forhowſoeuer wee
Sbul<19u&by caſting irhway vpontris
fles SeC'it1s the precioutneſſe:of-loue;
appointed onclyto attend Yelerrs:;and
to/19yNeno peeces toperher. that are
norefthis kindbirticis well rhar: Nas
tif Ohitthraft the extrenitieof this diſs
teaſe vpott 'mothers,\ir becomes! them
notſb-ill 'to bee fond-asmen;befides
theſſir]e ones being their charges, Ab.
feRionmakes then more tatetull, and
fo it is for thoſe firſt/ yeares neuer the
worſefor the child, whatſoever ivisfot _ _-
the morher.Juſlice beinp- for exampleg 7
hc, N

So

-and" "no" more deſiroying'a commons

wealth,thenthe busbandruan the trees
with" executing the water boughes;
whicttheetdooth as welk in-reſpct-of
, their
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their ynprofitableteſle, as alſot6 ſhew

wha
p
hepbehFche pityracing
ald the guilty vi
the Cchiaalahaoyborge the wg
tures bound to:profit others with their
owne difipuction,ſhould be picked our
monſters ,: whoſe |natures might bee
ſeencincorrigible;and thoſe ofwhom
mercy may coniecture amendrecnt, to
be ſpared; thus in the ambiguitie of
things which-doubt wil not haue xeſol-.
ued, mercy may have + hand. Thus com-
miſeration and a charitable cye to the
diftreſſed:all which thongh they, leaue
more toaffeQion the to the. firifines of
juſtice , yet muſi wee fo farre tolerate
them,for ſo God lcokes vpan ys,and ſo
ſhould we vpon our brethren, being all
borne. lame,: which fault of onrs if it
_ werepuniſhedwith death,none ſhould
' lme;yet 1 goe not with Alontancnia, ee
who in Eflay of cruelty, bribes, wit to
rake part with-commilſeration ſo: ex-
treamly and {o.womaniſh as nor to in- | I
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Hire Helleith
ofbitdes indbealle;alie
this 'gentleneſſe of Nature
isaplaine
weakenefſe, wee "may ſafely ſee the
deaths” of theſe, yea of -men without it without

motion, it belongs to vs to looke into bong moved , ;

the canſeof their deaths, not into the

manner orithy,
bur fetching it from the
deſerewe ſhall ſee plainely, it is not the
Ive nor the executioner, that com-
mits this abhorred ſpeRtacle,but them-
ſehies, themſechies doe execution vpon
themſelues ;Might there bee that vn-
ſpeakeable bleſſing giuen tothe impri«
Ge ſoullethat ſhe might here view
things in ſincere truth, how would vice
and finne flic light , when vnmasked
lighr mighr diſcouer their deformities,
how profoundly ſhould we be able to
cenſure things, oi would wee ſcorne
lawes and compulſion , when the moſt
ragged » vnderſtanding ſhould flipefar
aboue them,
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Laftyall the enemies of wealth and
pouerry ſhould bee baniſhed,for wee
(- {LU IT BUR 24s ſhould
 wanthem;:and
the laborious-life;of
ſtudy ſhothiend, whoſe travels, ayme
a5 no wrng te ability fo know
_ uy bis, proper kinde ,
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rouſly turn head _ realon,with cor-

rupting hiszalhand making
hun fort;
pleaſure with, arguments. . Lywould-i
glad.to looke.ypon my brother. with
the {ametyethatIbchokde.afhranget,
21d may phefiangers worghoxcel his,
I would prefetebim: Heg; is decciued,
that thinkss vertue reſpeRs blood; and
aliantes:ſhe.is not fo bodily j,, kauig
commerce withys-whiles.we
haue boy
dies, not becauſe wee, lauing bodies;
ſhould loue our bodics:þat hecauſe We
ſhould with the ordering and dubiet-
ting them, win her.. It is,Affetion that
hathskill-of colours, and; haiþſecr,vp
thechmation of white and red, Iverc-
 lyvertve
wasnever painter,nor Armos
rift, all thoſe choyſes- and allowances
that come from tal , and fat or {lender
and well bodied , are all AfieRions
choice, the minde ſees the minde, and
giuesthe body leaue to looke how it
will, for ſhe loues the abilities and gra-
ces of the minde , whoſe neuer fac
beauties,makes her imbracements bleſ-
ſed, Heere is the choice of all things
made ſurezthus friends are to be entcr=
tained, whoſe perfeion may bee ber-
ter diſcourſed of, then it is poſſible to
find it actually, the reaſon, becauſe Af-
. feion beares ſo great {way, our cau-
ſes of combination beirig commonly
more beholding to Affc&ion the Rea-
ſ{on,which makes vs ſo often complain
of the vnſtableneſſe of friends, and
friendſhippes inconſtancy. No other
are thoſe leagues which looke into the
fortune rather
th vertue of frends;that
cunningly make Loue the broker to
ſupply their venom ateibelo hold,
fince
 i
finee the hold oftheir hold blind Dams.
Fortune is brittle and flirting, But a-
mongſallI fndno body hath fo iuſt
cauſe to complaine of this as hiſtice,
which being the very ſoule and life of
ouernment'is oft times compelled to
belpthe lighteſt ſcoale with her finger,
whiles Partialities burden makes the o-
ther heauie, Icanpittie the diftrefle of
no vertue ſo much as this, ſince no ver-
rue carries with her a greater maieſtie,
and in that maieſtie knowledge,the life
of life, the ioy of man,and his {ureſt cui=
dence of participating with the diuine
nature, Surely were it not for the or-
derly working of this vertue,we ſhould
make the world in a worſe ſlate then
the Chaos, where was aconfuſion , bur
it was innocent though deformed: but
now it would be turned into a guilty
deformity,the piQture of which, thoug
not fully,are thoſe ficke fates that are
continually letting blood ; where the
{wect wiſedome of Lawes , are turned
Rr; mTto
 Of AffeDion.
into thoſe doubtful arbirrarors, blowes;
and where Iuftice 'execntes not with
her ſyord,bur fights for her right, but
Thaue deftinated a whole Eflay to Iu-
tice, whierefore I will ſfpeake no more
of her now. |
Of all our delicacies or imperfec=
tives of any kind, there is'no Author but
Affe&ion , whole inticements brings
on equall both excelſe and obftinacie,
witnefſe the many idle lines of louers,
who haue made many foule Papers,for
the ſakes of their faire Miſtrefle, whoſe
luxurious conceits they haue made loue
anſwerfor,and called them loue.
T als amor teneat , nec fit mihi cura
| wmederi,
| I wiſh them no Phyſicke , but my
ſelfe the fight;
forIke no, play like to
a paſſionate Louer, yet haue I heard, it
hath Killed ſome;bur I will neither bes
teve, nor yet be thus in loue. "Ina
word;all theſe rable of difturbers, that”
prouokes paſſion and procures thefull
Reed
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poſſeſſion of men;of what kind foeuer,

are the children of AffeQtion , or ifnot
her children,her ſelfe, for Protexs like,
occaſion altereth- her ſhape, and ſhee
omtimes lookes like anger, ſometimes
like loue, other times like ſome other
of thoſe blinde chooſers, whoſe effeRts
though ſo different as called by diffe=
rent names ; yet all are affeions, with
whom1 will kaue as little to doe as1
can,and when 1 doe vſe her, it ſhall be
no more, then ſo much as ſhall make
my body content to goe of my ſoules
Erraine,
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Eſſay. 27. 3D

Of Keeping State.
Miſlike nothing more then the pur»
chaſes that ſome intend, with pro«
firating and deicRiing themſelues, to
get the higheſt price — cu.
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baſe commoditie, isbaſer then Yeſpaſh.

' &r gaine of
Vrine;Vertue gocth more
right vp, more gallantly, none of her
Re fo res Y halting,ſhe
comimaunds induftry of her feruants,
not this layfie falling atmens feere,and
voluntary profeſfing ſernitude, when
preatnefle declines to this, either ir
meanes not well, or; is not able to
meane well :for contempt the moſt
crucll enemy to greatneſle, is by this
meanes 'begatren, (vertues and vices
mm. not like vifible creatures,
ut contraries beget contraries ,and
thoſe furtheſd of,bring in thoſe furtheſt
off on the other fide, though other de
fe may incurre dangers of no leſle
- moment,
)as criclty, extortion, re-
bcllion , yet contempt comes from
no other fog , then a careleſe igno.
rance of our States, or ffom pride, the
not valuing and ouer valuing, giuing
life ro this courſe, worle then death.
Gouernment ahebleſſing ofthe world,
GOLF Q 3 by
 5 Bas a7." ©;
Ip experience and. incanuenience
oftimes paſt, brought- into an, exa&t
forme from the compariſon offirength
and wifedome, hath made
a difincuon
of States, giuing one'preheminence 0+
uer another, thus come Kings, Lords,
Gentlemen, Yeomen,which' difference
were it onely-in name, withant the du-
ties belonging to each of them , words
ſhould goe without meaning,and mea-
ning ſeparated from wordcs., ſpeech
fhoutd looſe her name, man his ſociety,
and all ſhould bellaw and roare-like
beaſts, EG |
Wee haue then from our aunceftors
differences, which tradition 15; not 40
tyrannicall as not to fatisfic ys witha»
ny other reaſon buticultome, for ſhee
tells vs, that obedience makes way for
Witedome, which. otherwiſe whatſoc,
yer it. could doe , ſhould doe nothing,
forthe clamor and noyle of communi»
tie, cuery.man would ſpeake, every
aan ſpeech likes kimleli els le COſN-
 Hh
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Of Keeping State.
conceit' makes opinion obſiinate pmag”
ny determiinations,no reſolutions; cla-
mours;not.counſels;confuſion, not go-
uernmentzfor gouernments ſuppotters
are :commaund and obedience, the
foundation and chiefe cauſes vpholding
States,our eye giues cuery thing a.co-
leur;the thingsmoſt precious are coun-
ted more- precious, ifthey bee faire as
well as good:from hence wee haue in«
forced the Marchandife of the mind rg
bee: good, for ſomewhat clic belides
meere goodnefle , all vertues haue-2-
es to this, Temperance hath health
or her-colour; Fortitude,Safety; Pati-
ence, tranquilitie; thus Wiſedome now
vnderſtood by Nobilitic ; Maicftie and
State ; with ordinance of the Divine
wiſedome , whether it bee the know-
ledge of our weakeneſſe,which cannot
beholde pure trueth by it ſelfe, or ous
"other weakenefle, which hath neede of
inticements for our ynderſtanding, ,to
perlwade vs to vertue, orelſe the rem»
O4 porall
 Eſſay.#7.
porall rewards deftinated to theſe dis
vine graces , whether for all, orpart,
certaineitis, itis ſo, theſe excellent
and ſupreamethings, having inferiour
graces to be their attendants. Itis not
then in the power of the moſt wittie
enuious repining Nature, to fpurne at
the differences amongſtmen, it isa
lawfull conſtitution vpholding Lawes,
the life of life, ir makes vp the ſweeteſt
ſounding harmony, whole ſpeaking in
WT
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ſeuerall keyes by diſcorde , giues cuery bo,

My
one apart,cuery one is fitted;and alto-
gether knirsdiuerfity in concerd.Par-
ticularly to ſpeak of the vpholding and
deſtroying the ſlate of authoritie,thote
that are content to let fall: their 'coun-
renances and to open themſclues to
the intertaning all with .one reſpect
are natures forced beyonde their na-
tures, becing meeter to ſerue then go-
uerne,or ſuch, whoſe ations going a-
wry, fearefully to eſchew puniſhment,
ſcek ſhelter inthe abuſe of curtefic,for

XLUUM
 Of Keeping Shate,
the firſt}, they vnderſtand rior them
ſclues; or rather 'vnderfland them
ſehues, but not their places, the other;
neyther the natures of themnor wheir
places,or cle worſe, are led by affeQi-
on, of whome there?i5no more tobee
ſaide”, but beeing nor fit,it is meete to
ha
w—_— ſend them to mending :E not ca
of that;to bee made ibrit {ome other
fbeme; This other hath beene acceſs
fary to the ouerthrowi
nay hardly there is an obefroged, bot be
this hath been an aſfane to It,beeing
a cheriſhing poyſon, that maketh-infe-
rior conditions reſty, and rebellious;
the Romane State-offereth ma y Ex
amples of this Kinde',, where thei?
cheifetaines ynable to purchaſe reſpeA
by the true way,attempted the loue'of
the ſouldiers by (Suing them liberty;
ſaluting them by Errodlfaritie; thus the
hooks moſt exaQR militarie diſcipline that ea
al.
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teſtimony oflabour, now ſmeltof oyle
the witneſle of an vamanlike ori.
nate- niceneſle, ' It-ended not heere,for
the armies wontto looke vppon their
eralles with admiration and -reue-
rence. brought to a deeper - inſight
through their proſtitute faſhion began
to.compare his power and theirs;to cx-
amine -the cauſes of evidence, which
being wiſedome, an evidence paſt their
knowledge,in their knowledge no-
thing being of force, but force cf
him inferiour to their multitude, it
brought contempr,ſo came (faith 7 a-
citys)the ſecrets of the Senate to bee
nowen to the ſoldiers, ſo came they
to.know their owne ſtrength , though
notto know howto vic it, an vnhappy
knowledge , - ſo came the armies to
makeEmperours;, fo came the world
to be gouerned by money, for by that
corrupion the Legions creed Empe-
rours,ſo came the Maſters of the world
to be held inthe ſlauiſh tenure of pay-
114, ing

XUM
 Of Keeprng State,
ing afine for their adiittanbe, ande
hold-cheir;Srates of men., thar-yyerd
wont to acknowledge no body.bus
the
Gods:luch a baſeneſle and dechinazion
1s this in vice,andindixeRaſpirmg,ghas
to attaine but the names of Lards,they -
arecontent in trueth co-beſlauesgo be
the miſerableſt {laues , beeing 'onely
commaunders vnfatiable and ynlmi>
ted, for there is ſuch amyttery.in/Nas
ture,as Natures paſſing beyond theix
alloted .limits , worke' nothing-bux
confuſion; , and not euen theirowne
intendments can they bring to perfec=
tion. . Neuer was there any Country
poflefled of the Empire , that managed
it more gallantly then the Romanes
whoſe care of Keeping their Srakp.in
maieſty did no lefle .preſeruettiem
then their greateſt conqueſts, forthoſe
doe butenlarge, theſe, ferle ang: <o0n+
firme. dominion , for. little- ayaileth
power without order ; and thisjs the
mother of order, - 1 doe not ah
ut
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bur that there might haue beene men
foundin thetime of Oracles , no leffe
found and more certaine in counſel
then-'the Oracles , who preſerued
theniſthies with a double confiructi.
on, but their: venerable -account
mento attend their anſiveres
ſopreiudicially,as they weretaken,not
fearched into; and men with men,
doubtleſſe ſometimes feruants, happen
of ſound counſell, bur their baſeneſſe
takes away beliefe, their fortunes e-
ms fo fruitleſle are the indeuours
| men , when ut on the
C ge of ſeruile or 4 51 , for
with the fame negle& are they vicd,
that holde rot their Perſons with
the grauitie of their States in venerati-
on, Cafſeraracs ng counfell,
furely would not haue gone fo regard-
lefſe, had ſhenot beeneawoman, the
Perſonayo as the aduiſc isreckned
ythe aduiſed, they muſt goc toge- cta
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thinges
 OfKeeping Stete.
thi et wiſedome will not follow
Slings, yer they eftecme that al thar
women hane,is deriued from their mo=
deſties,and ſhamefaſt obſcuring them-
ſelues, for put them in their contrary
habit, accompanied with rnans accuſto«
med boldnefſſe, and there followeth a
loathing and deteſtation, Thus hath
cuſtorne deſtinated in eachſex, and e-
uery calling , certaine rules and or-
ders of life, which broken , are aboli-
ſhed, as greatnefle attyred ina ſeruile .
forme;or a ſeruilein greatneſle,is an in-
nouation & no lefſe S— particu=
krity,then innouations more generall
to the body ofa State, that once ouer-
coming, the louing the worſe is no leſle
dangerous then the once forſaking the
beſt:for cuſtome is a merrall that ſtands
which way ſo cuer it is bent,and is not
to bee rebent without the danger of
breaking, witnefſe Gab; whoſe words
are tothe ſouldiers,
Iatani
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"A ſpeech good and well befitting

the mouth of an Emperour, yet recei-
ued a contrary cenſure, bccauſe nor fit=
ting the timetthus dangerous is refor=
matis, thus pernitious to follow a time
wherein the deuotion of SubicRs ro
their Prince by the negligence of their
progenitors, is debaſed and made con«
temptible. Now to eſchew this euill,
and to poſleſle the true efteeme inci-
dent to hohowmhe ground-worke and
foundation muſt bee from their liues,
for two cauſes, The firſt,itis impoſſible
to poſſefſe this procurer of awe and
veneration, beeing inwardly vitious,
forvice is baſe and makes the behaui-
our baſe and fearefull, which is contra-
ry tothe chiefe limme of this, purpoſe,
which ismagnanimity and cleare con-
ſcience, the mother of reſolution: the
other that eucry body will ſhunne his
direRion,that is not able to direthim-
ſclte,
 Of Keeping Shate.
,hiscormmandements ſhall nor get
paige through the hearts ofmen, bur
e ſpurned at, and diſpiſed. There is no-
thing thar hath neede of more reſpe,
then the firſt acquiring reſpe, it is
with much more eaſe preſerued then
obtayned, for it preſerues ir ſelfe, but
with great difficulty is attained, for
comming fromno other originall but
vertue and authority, (both which are
firangers to the beginning of mens
times ) they muſt bee had firf;and then
00,9.ORGEOBS
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$7.97 this, for mens loue and reuerence are
__ not for the beautie of the per-
ons bur for the abilities likely to pro-
fit,forwhatſoeuer we plies are
rare that ground their loues ypon the
generall weldoing , wee doe bur talke
of louing our Countries beſt, for wee
loue our felues firft , it is to bee wiſhed
it were otherwiſe, butir is to bee fea-
red it is ſozthe reaſon is, we vndertake
much'-more willingly to conquere
kindomes then our -& , and there-
fore
foreasNature made vs , ſhee may haue
vs againe, for wee are without any 0«
ther alteration,then is incident to ob<
ſtinate ignorant, for the other inſtru.
ments vpholding
a due reverence and
reſpec, I remember ſome, but fearing
they would bee catcht at, without the
condition of retaining vertue firſt, I
hold it beſt not to aduenture themn, wee
are lazy and proude, for he that thirſts
for honour without deſert, is lazy and
proude , and deſert I cannot call thoſe
croſſings and gaine copings of vertue;
it isa countertaite faſhion to face our
foreparts with the rich ſtuffe of worth,
and inwardly to bee a peeced fluffe of
diuers colours of divers ragges;z to
conclude,he isperfeCt in his bet liueli-
hood that is perfeRt in himſelfe, hee vn-
derſtands an cuidence more profitable
then the euidence of his land, to which
a confirmed behauiour is the profit of
his knowledge, the preſeruation of
which,is the preſeruation of his hone-
ftie,
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Rie;the
vſe of which is as effeQuall. as
his wiſedome , for ſeparated heemay
be heard , -butnot beleeued; it is not
Pride, but Vertue then; ts exaR and
maihtaine the reuerence hit for his cal-
ling,which who doth nox,is either vici-
ous,or vnprofitable,or both,

EſJay. 28,

rant3
hunt
dren
Mad
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*,a7 Of Complements.
VE miſuſe all our actions, wee
ſpur-gall and tyre them, looke .
vpon them when they are begotten, 8
\veabhor them, for they are full of de-
formities, and behold vs with wrye
mourhes; as if they mocked their | Fa-
thers,our Taylors gaue vs bur a little
belly to our ry eh we _—
yntill we made our ſelues crops bigge
theh women with childe, Hand Wet
chjcffes and Toweles , and halfe Table-
: P cloathes
 "_ ES RISE as ns a OTST SIE Kd. a Foy Ew "FE RF A þ
= b* mY at 4 7 "A V
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— ay.

choathes thruſt in, they nor ſo-richin

linnen, but as aboundant in folly , Hay
and Straw, as if there had beene no
| gracebutin a gorbelly,;and the braueft
proportion, the largeſt Gitrdell'; thus
madly ranne our pleaſures, our profits;
our defires,our jindeuours,neuer think-
ing any thing ſufficiently followed,
yntill it turne againe,and lookes either
full of horror or deriſfion ; wee of theſe
latter times , full of anice curiohtie,
miſlike all the performances 'of our
fore-fathers, we lo they were honeſt
plaine men, but they wanted the ca=
pring wittes of this ripe Ss we arenot
yet o impudent as to ſay they were
ooles,but we affirme they were fooles,
for all they did is vndone, and their
whole courſes altered; They had
wont to giue their handes and their
hearts together,bur we thinke it a finer
race to looke a ſquint, our hand look
mg one way and our heart another,
they gaue entertainmet to their friend,
Ss
t6
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1 po. I AAAS 3h Rod F Cle ; F, > us

v "4
;
toftrangers,we accomplemenit, &ciuis
lized, orciuited(for our ations frnell ©
like a profound Courier) kiſſe the-hid
as if wemeant to take ſay of it,imbrace
curiouſly, & ſpend euer) at his entrance
2 whole volume of words, which when
it meeres with afellow vnprouided of
that windy commodity, he isdriuven'to
take all withoiut exchange , and ſo: is
thought cither clowniſh or ſhallow, or
elſe he isbound to the penance of 2 mi-
lion. of Ithanke you with all my heart
fir, Jam glad to ſee you wehtelme how
youdo fir,buvif they be both cunning,
what a; deale of Synamon and Ginger
is ſacrificed to :diſſmwlation , Ohow
bleſſed-doe 1 take'mine cyes for pre-
ſenting me-with this fight, O Signionr,
the ftarro that governs my life in: con=
tentment;zgiue me leaue to intetre- my
{lt inyour armes ,. not ſo Sir, itisto
- -ynwarthy' an incloſure to containe
ſuthpreciouſnes, butpleaſeth ityon'rs
:bonourme ſo muchas to makerme the
1097 P 2 bridge
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b of your -home;,:h
NETS the impre «£4
of.your:footeſteps:,” this and acupof
grinkemakes thetime as fittefor-ade-
p_ as can bee;by this time'they are
th drunk dry and they haue no-more
toſay, bur by WA y of repetition, which
the-eare loab%h as much ,. as the
pallat meate / already chewed ,.. onely
certaine ſhotte are left to bring them»
ſclursof, as vnhappy occaſions, Why
<doe you ſpurre me to departout of this
Paradiſe?no Sir, pardon mee,it is Ithat
haue cauſe to complaine of injurious *
timezwho wanting you, doewiſh the
owant of my ſelfe, for my ſelfe without
my ſccond ſelfe is alike loarhſome; no
more: {weete friend, let vs-not thinke
-too: much of the miſ{-fortune ofſepara-
'\tion; but let mee leaue you heere. /. O
Sirpardon me , mine eyes would take
At; ynkindly kt my legges hands , my
keart;at!\bothictheir | >; hy
ſhould
not do their yttermoſt tow
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de-not ſoiniuriousts the lengrheriing
of my ioyes , not 4'fbote,much a6
feare:you haucalready hazarded' your
healch-with this long iourney. Grtte me
leaue therefore :,- for 'the |quiet 'of
mine owne minde, to ſalute you by a
meſſenger in the morning ;-to” know
how yor digeſted'youtr
great tratdile;
my:meſſenger ſhal intercept your kinde
intention, and ſo more then
thy ſelfe
farewell : farewell to-you' both flats
terie and folly, or both, 1 am weary
ofplaying this part-any longer ,''and
almoſt tyred with this ſhorr thinking
of-theſe yaine touches of the tongue,
lke.ro have made love to a feruant
that interrupted me ; Fie of this |abuſe
of ſpeech; fie of this purblinde choiſe;
for'my. part; oy rather binde uy
tongue -apprentiſe to 'att Oylter-wife,
>+ ar. language , FX, I hate
nothing more then the accompli-
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of thinges' :, andfo
isthis, ifit beegorwotſle:: for hee is
poflceſ} wich one of theſe two: divills
that, ſpeakes thus: within hiw;either
Diſtenulation ;-or-the proper: title of
* 4 wel-ſpoken man, which: two' arc
the badges cither gf a foolc. or a vile

Like well that cuery thing ſhould

doe according ta their kinde; I baue
heard of diuifion in finging, 'and of
the diuifions that neate Schollers vie
to tye-vp the hreeches of an Argu-
ment ox Oration with , but when. wee
are-to_ ſende trueth or ſeriouſnes: of
an erraut, to ſende ſuch a mincing
imbroydered Embaſſadour , is: not
fitte :wherefore are theſe imployde,
but'- for their fviſtneſle > becauſe
they can get ſooner to our friend,
then our actions, of whom they arc the
fore-runners to: relate their comming,
which when they ſhall do,oneafter an...
other, a multitude of meſſengers o-_
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come,>Wwho can blame the fcoming,

and nottruſting fuchlying poſts, mee
thinkes the tongue reading'in the heart
what hee pronounceth, ſhould reade
rriely, andnot abuſe both with 2-cor-
rupt tranſlation; but this is the moſt
poyſonous qualitic in accomplements;
the pretyelt arethoſe that meane ney-
ther well nor ill,but as faide to bee a
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_ well-ſpoken man, that like an vnthrifts
money that burnes in his purſe,ſo theſe
their wordes in their mindes, that can
no more keepe their wordes, then the
©.
4
8
my, flix his excrements,
but when it comes,
hee cannot carry it to the appointed
place,
bur lets it goe vpon the next hee
meetes; if hee meetes none hee layes it
in hisbreeches. Who would be trou.
bled with ſuch a diſeaſe as this, baſting
vw
&
Aires”
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QA euery one without al choice or reſpec
notT, for I preferre the freedome of
my minde,, before any thing of the
world, and amongſt thethings of the
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FRESTY SOR this. there is;none more
flaviſh and baſe,comes it-either-from
he beſt or the worſt of:theſe:two
rwinnes Pey or Folly.
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children compared with this;are coun-
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prouide for this, and then forthem,
which is the excellent color:that makes
men decernable from one another,
ou opinion or affection, artia o8
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" q ered
>iiribireth,ond ſomciime counterfets,
it 195\no:, matter » life" ,inabled:-with
thoughts -of magnanimitie muſk. yor
defitforshis,
thisworth'is not blemiz
ſhedby' His balting. defeRtiue imitati-
on;butrather increafeth ; for imitation
provr-rrhy eas incootes of the wh
ginall,yet .beares Hie meaning of al-
|A—rng 'Itis a ſweete ching Gullof
the pleaſure incident to: the! thinges of
our-ayne acquiring; for it is no, iahe»
rjtanse,nor is:it bound:to0/follow: the
folewers: of Fortunhei, -but purely-is
theins:, whoſc thoughts haue. guided
theigaRions to doethings ofnote and
worhiz it: belongs not to. floath-nor
idleneſſe,be he neverſ{o nobleif a ſlug:
gard,ſhe will notſerue him, ſhe bindes
herſelfero.no badythat doth nog wel;
who-umbraceth verxue, ſhe comes after
and kiſfeth him, baſeneſle, and ſcahimlie
tie, thee giuecs in' pray to her oppoſite \.4
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the je”. 4 eons pr of Nature;
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as well as honcſlly, beeing indeede the
kſt and moſt refined diſpgeſtion''ofa
fiery and high flying nature; This'is
Eſtimation that carries leuellthreughs
out the world , where eyes by diftance
are vnptofirable ,- greatheſſo diſmem.
bred frs feare, which being inhabirancy
of different regions vnregarded;thithet
and beyond goeth Eftimation,beeing a
cone currant,and receiued inall coun-
tries, with all difpoſitions , euervenmi-
tie and malice .it felfe cannot refift ac-
knowledging her ; beſides the ample
terfitory which it-yeelds in commaund-
ins reſpeR cuery where, being hke'the
Sunne diſperfing his Rayes ouer the
- world,making the dwarffiſh feeble con.
flitmion of man, whatfocuer: the- eyes
faith,figur'd by the mind,a moſt goodly
and a moſt ſtrong portrayture of Excel.
tency ;more then all this, it giues the
letters of credence that makes vs
belccucd-in the commerce of men, =
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aQtions,furely they axeNatures ofa da-
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thirſtafter this moſt ſptendant bright-
nefſe, theyare-ruſty bodies ,:that doe
not contnually handle: themſchies
yntill they ſhine thus; farleauing that
warſt part thatdeclines to oftentation,
and bragariſme, (though praiſe'and
I , and focſtirnation
may be loued,&yet liue long enough
wichourtheſe patanteerer & Vs
ienot ſo tyrannicall astopropound las
bours without a Yoke be
loued for::a thouſand other reſpeRs;
euen as louc itſelfe can ſometimes goe
withourluſt, forthe purſuite ofations
for the fake of yaine-ylory, is no nee
rer akin tothe true grounded Eftima-
tion, then-luſt is toloue. Eftimarion
being the bloſſome of the tree of Ver=
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bisbeing: the ſbderunnze ofVertues
befipayment, we-muſt naetcontemne,
bur -cheriſh, the bloflomes perithing,
the: fruite: periſheth; prayſes: are not
then to becontemned;for they are the
blofſenies of vertue flouriſhing), .they
muſt bee loued;:
and defired,,; for from
them-0ne-day comes the-frutcof the PR&«F
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neſſe of many, 'who defire tocbee rich
w- this, asrobbersby icaling ;/who
kaue'induſtric. and thrift: (tbe) true
me2nes)an theright hand; anddempati-
eatly-diſpoile others,>to fatisfie. their
appetite: the; way by vertue is called
large, the goodnefle of the mindes in-
elination tedious, they apply'outward
medicines, things of reſemblance, mat-
ter forme, but-for tructh -and not the
reſemblance burthe: thing it ſolfe, they
never trauell about it; Theſe baſe mer-
cenary imitations take their originall
from ».
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diſcent, from the infeRtions-that para«
fites giuethe world in their bchalfes,
froma bchauiour big and ſwolne full
of promiſes,cager of performances,and
trafficking with occaſion 'of a-ſlight &
fafe price, I can warrant no'man from
the infe&tion incident to highfortunes;
for I taſt in enery man huely prouo-
cations, to teach their:thoughts flat=
tery,andto lay matter of worth to theit
owne charge,my readings iumpe, |A-
lexander, when he was ſo full and fo
mighty,asto bee called, Conquerer of
the world:,-was then foneedy as faine
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to borrow 1upirer Hammnion for his fa
ther,to'bethe bawde of his owne con-
ception;for it was he only that brought
Inpiter &Olzmpia together, fuch is the
blind-; vndiſcreet capacitic of. man, a
when hee:may: draiw Eſtimation from
himſelf, then not fot modeſties fake,
buramad airibitiony hee piuesitto'0-
ther, making his.caſe weak, with bring
<ALATH
Zi
WB ing
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Ingenweaker afſiflance, rather chuſing

tobe aglimmering reflexion , then a
true & reall light:But the pretence here
was the purchate ofa more ample re-
gardamongft men, whoſe fates com»
monly being full ofdarke ignorance, is
much more rauiſhed, with thoughts of
ſuperſtition, then things appatant , for
they can gefle ſo neerethemſelus asto
determine things of their owne pitch,
baſe and triuial, which brings them to a
retchleſle refpeR of what they are con-
uerſant with, & to lend admiratis only <P
4a.
my
uy
=<+a
tothings rare, finding whatthey know
ynworthy, they are muchmore deligh-
red with whatthey know not. 1 finde
not for all this any increaſe of Eftimati-
on fetched from theſe diuineritles, for
Men of nidgment whoſe ablitics reach
farther the the preſct fortune of princes
behold a weaknes in theſe ent
afteati0s,they ſce a bowing &.wauc-
ring inthoſe minds , vnable to manage
ſucceflc;ouer the more inferior ſubict 3 * 7

it «

%
it layesmore faſt hold but ynprofitably
C_ of amore dire = ſhall
performethis office, doubt ſhall holde
themasfaſtby the heele as the name of
Tupiters miſtaking workemanſhip , for
doubt breeds a feare offo good a tem-
per,as being neither inclining to deſpe=
ration,nor hate, it begets obedience,
with other nations it preuailes not at
al,for being out of the reach of awe and
feare, their hghts are more cleare, and
their inquiſfiio more certaine, Amongſt
al thoſe Rates that drew Eſtimation tr6
this ſuperſtitious belcefe of their parti-
cipating with the higheſtpowers , Nu-
ma Pompilins played it beſt with his
Nymph, he was a Prince that bred and
nourtſhed deuotion in his countrimen,
who before bredvp in wars(a life apt to
corrifpt)knew better how to be ſouldi»
ers then good ſubics, hee changed
their lives, to firengthen with innoua«
tion the opinion of the Counlell of a
mor 6 then humane yaderſianding was
?
| | neceſ-
 Ant L
Bfana94 M0
yeeeſſary; more/:modeſtly: though! f
cannot {ay more -diſcreetcly/'did:the
Romanes: of the ages afore- vie this
Deifying power,they gaue it their Em-
perours dead, butwith ſuchpartialitie
as they ſpared none that teft a ſucceſ.
ſour of his owne appointment, ſo-much
differ the nature -of theſe. from their
Progenitours, ſo much docth it aker
nature to bee brought VP and nouri-
ſhed in Seruilitie, but could they, or
durft they haue given it onelyto well
deſeruing' Princes, their Princes ynli-
mited by other -reipects , would haye
beene the better tor this , finc&ir is as
maturall in men to purchate hope as aſ-
ſurance, The Egyptians hate:
'a awe
char at the Funerall ofany man; all that
conld accuſe or cxcuſe the dead, came
in;-where if his defeQs ſurpaſſed” his
merttes; he'was denyed the- rights of
their interring_, jr did mich
wick g666, *
though they were nor in hope pf Win- ks
wah
a”
ia
x

ping any tzore, then a mortal repita-

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at as:

feard and'ſo ſhunned; art excellent law,

CONOROnY ſo excellent as'tholk
tharſeqqne cruel and are nor,and being
ſlight; produce the weighticſt and beſt
A The ages fincetheſe ,'growne
more Philoſophical wiſe, to whome
It is appa rant, the iminediary at of ge-
neration is 2 mortal thing,and no way
anſwerable to the Divine Nature, the
multiplicity of the many Gods becing
aboliſhed, not ſoeaſte amarter to have
the'cortterfation ofa G OD, theſe be-
ing known fables*nordaxing to grouttd
their _ vpon imp
nb Lities', to
which' wdpemient wil neuer pon
from things of bEkelihood they gi
their pretenced grace,” mſtead © He
counſell of theGods, the manner of .
adoring God, inftead 'of their diſcent
from them'from families of long ſtan-
| 4ings,theſe arerhe maskes and diſpuj-
Ts of all thoſeiimpatient_ h\po
tidsthat are not "I their own
ates,
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the quicke and Jight.

the multitude, perhaps. Eſtimation may
be given, but.is. weares off, .andis,top
lightly wouento endure. It hath noc
beene, omitted by many thirſters after
Eſtimation, to make mercenarie brea-
thes fill the cares of men with their
conunendations,an vndire&courlſe,be
they cucn as worthy.as they will, for a
true thing out. of, the gutter of a falle
.throate can hardly cſcape. corrupting:
urcly ſo great ay ,cucmic is Vertue to
-hypocrifieas ſhe grows and increafeth
moſt where ſhe..is moſt obſcured, to
giue whole cficets leaue toſpeake , nor
ro ſpcake of hex;etfects, is the beſt pro-
ceeding:for attending her lcaſure, ſhee
will diſcouer her ſelfeinamore faire &
full growth, then,now comming into
the world like abortiuc ifluc halfe flop-
ed & deformed, The Eftunation fetcht
from abig.& bobaſt behauior ;deſerues
not the*coututing, for the beſt of 4
PR a=
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wo
AD
P.a
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thefoemey hd
of huating;
imployment flig aa,
qa
beas us,ye;looks more. graue-
INS
OE
FRG ly;haw well doch'it prayſe, ſome men
ronN toes 4h of2 __ y 2 greatct
"though ot
Be imoxeyorththe
fobo
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dif oe 4 rfor of a.foo

Ce eſmiſtake
w tion, and.bh
oo Saarkierfets, Mes'A
uter retends't c
OY marrieth herNs the
Miieo9p9and hope. of Fxplſing Efti-
198 the neareſtHAY ſcldome ef
Gagfem
awering, ifit darh,aud thay
they, An infinuating "diligence
asis theirOWne
degrorshigher their,Ong:
deſudtion
| , fon
[tzonscan done
x&tbur flarxer,aod feeding them
10PE: T willlive;- and]living
. they
 1 oy F/
TR ©
they re ofgoof.He", thelr Natit
rumne rnadde x ripe herd regen
fothing ſo well made to beare
fortune asbad'\” in which' tateirſees
wieththarNawrehath confpired with
—— e theyſhaMfliue and dyein.
; the garland of
=Hrebcgats Slaps} is not
low asnot worth the flouping
1 with titſes and wo and
_ es We diftiyguiſh fates, yerto all
men of all Forttines©,the rw of
Vertitcatr once; with hon Eftttnation
ad Repurationiis alone, but we whoſe
natrow roorhes are not 4blets- traffick
with Vertue bythe whole-fale, _
retaiſe, muſt /ke in thinpsby
falls;ther&'is nothing eafier ho to
conifoiind 8ourNatures, ro eſthew wea-
rineſſe weE co untour fniles) weemuims
bet things and are 4ffraide of——
thus ſpeake” 6ur artes be
with Fools "I boonL
Wiles &c;; ThisAtichmetickeby —_ a
a
 ikanatomized*- Eg
wordes,to pullone part from op
thus comes Fortitude, T =
tice,to be deflinared. to feycrall func.
tions, and tobee knowneby {es
names,thus comes ra ae and Re.
putation to a diſtinion,, thus.,
aurugpr anos V derflanding, 3
wor om. rmadde,
FT Bookiſh OO
Fenant goodman, andthe Land-Jord
Nall, yet1 hope, goadneſle belong,
Anon
thn
#5
an.
Sos. no. lefſe fully ro the Lord, they
Tenn,bur.
bu that their ations, prey
XuAk osand theſe ynim,
nr a particu.

our porornon muſt have, their

Q_3 in-
" bh
=
ryponts
Ws the Bat ivthets.
| name Pit,
' on to deteriniie ,honefily','t tatiſe
"thoſe. a ro reſiſt feare,
"and vangfnſh couetouſnefſe the di;
re Way to utatlor)-WhIe\Hob6-
_ "neftlyaaa to follo\$"hall hate
his infledachitereyvarded with this ti-. -
me. Theſe afe nor itmpolitigns'of ſuch
ft as thoſe”belodglti to eſtima-
tion ,bqr yer re eng the ditterfitie of
ttatires asdifficqle, fe euery onc is fits
ted with defires and appet
mY bf cor.
tis te Hater 'theHusband;
rao tiath hisdefecks,;the tiechanicke
his;the Mercharit his,” all theirs, whoſe
reſiſtance | nolefle trouble{Giþe thogh
ſeffe worth then Princes pretences ro
—_— ro ſow frditfor arnoneft their
nEhHb0ars,,toremone bytlic ortelſf
en mffffke{o cunning f{5falof ya-
eos wiiinHtals;is the power inftru-
ments & polide* of vice. T6 dbtetmiine
hopeſily ; AI I the allowing, = | ky

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petainity thoughts offi

rock
on; the refifling-thotghts contrary }/is
the firſt and moſt meanes,
ſurely thete is nothins fo* ordinary”'as
weirthoughts; yet enied thus, they
willbe 1afleviolent, mad leffe in Som
ber,ie makes the aflatifeers weake, rhe
affaulted frong , their |refiſtance- is
-
v_—

reaſons office ,who” w ith the trueth of

diſcourſe okirmfheth and at Iaft ours
throwes theſe Rebells and our-lavres;
tA
Th.
a.
the muſtering'the good, the rrying
them; the reaching them-their dunies,
inalees them inuincible.” © necanque
ſalutaria ſunt, ſpe agitari debent, ſpe
verſars :of nou' tantum nota ſint obs.
ſedetiampereta. The often 'vſing theſe
thoughts, endes with the practiſe tos
thing often read, the memorie will
leade vs well as the eyes, wee canhot
thinke well often, but we ſhall do well
fornetimes,and thery Vertue is gotten
by hare, which before was bur counſet;
7 irrereves , ſuperndend precepta fur.
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though
wee mult light ver ations
at,
,yert mult we. not live onely to increaſe
that fire, and nor at all to. y{c-ir, |bur
practiſe firſt with our thoughts; and
then in goodtime beginne aDeftich
our actions, Fearethe ill humourvypog
which oppreſſion workes , muſt bee a
ears) by him that giues the. badge
| \ honeſt Reputation, for without a
ackſiers humour( forI call not him
fearefull that will not adueature the
ſe ofhis life, for the loſſe of the wall)
fretaccordivg tothe lawes of vertue,
cannot be honeſt that is. haunted
with the cold diſeaſe of cowardile,
you ſhall ſee my reaſons, let vice bur
runne with an edge tool, hee will dif.
tlaime honeſlie, he will never aflit the
oppreſſed, for he loyes not the weaker
part,he will neuer inſtruc-che.erroni-
ousgfor a owning reply quailes him,
nee
;
will neverPS profhit any
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by his cxam-
p!e,

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| Rar_
wen ak) can he
LR carne
__
tation, that is troubled with this
fickneſle, perhaps put him: a Cale
by Cannon proofe well guarded and
well wr On: You (iq 2
Toy
ft.
AR
Re
3 patlay)alwaies pre ere bee no,
4 Gunnes withoug) hee ſhall, then fay
theydoenot well,and that honeſtic isa
more excellent then power, but
if—— Sos Lea
rie hauing right, it muſi
parted |betweene the. garde walles,
and the vidtualles, and to.him muſi re=
maine. the eucrlaſling ſhame of an
vnprofitable fellow, that doing no=
thing takes more paine , then the moi
induſtrious valure.. Couetouineſle,
- that makes men reſemble beaſtes,
whoſe. bellyes never fo hard Ruffed,
will
yertcarea pray, though they can-
not eate. it, afſaults nor; {o..yigorouſly
ew
Hes
Ro as the ſpirit of feare, a frownes not
LEUAA.NSC
bur
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but ſmiles , this takes not men bythe

throate, but
'by the hand;ir infuleth
gently the' venome of corruption,
which perpernall hunger though itbee
not more deformed, yet is: it mich
more danperous then feare, for be-
fides the fame effeRts \, (though by a
contrary conſe) this preſuppoled ih-
tincible' Caftte 1s wonne , for a coue-
teus commarttder, canneuerbee fafe-
CT TITER 77000 0
Ihauetoltde' the dire&t way to Re-
putation ,' the-' colour [that the fub-
Ranciall bodyef Verrtute carticth, 'the
feemelyeſt and moſt bleſſed' tirle'of
this worlde ;; forall others'fhand ey-
ther vpon' the pleaſure of men,or
fortune , both which are t60' incon-
fant Lordes to the Tenants too , but
this is a mans 'owne' Which hee chal-
kengeth ,' nor holdeth _ no ſe-
cond ſtate ,_ but -the: Tame” power.
that” pitieth” Princes Soueraigntie ,
gives horieft men Reputation, Eftime<
tion O
Am
d
U
ww
gn
A
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AOdE
 ite; it is16k
wel, digstoHRT fell, rodod
well.tobeno coward.nottabee CQUCs
tous alltheſe articularly come not ſo
hie as the marke,for his thoughts muſt
cary a mare ample natur his _—_
muſt textd'tp?the vnigerfall profic
,hi
aQions ſo,he muſt not be —_ ich
his owne valure, butteachothers thy
rules Boctitude,he
of moſthet only te,
fiftcourteuſneſſe, but puniſhthecoucs
tous: The noblenclic: of theſe ations
ſpeake
forthemſelues,'they are bound
of a rich: voyage, from wich may they
returne:'inco the baye: withaue ſhips
wracke, they haue done ſo; well 25 nos
to bee mended, they bhaug no-more td
doe butro die, and Jeane their-example
fofucceſfors, whole: liugs- ifthey at+
taine
 7

O is the ſtare of man inuironed with

I weakngefſe, fo irrefolute are his acti. |
ons,as fromifucceſle hee drawes dan-
_—_—_ ocafion changes: thus may
lay, viewing the occurrents incident
to this humour.S urely at the firſt foun-
ded with the” conſent of commilcrati+
on and good name; bur the effr&s fol-
lowing 'to6 faſt, wee robbe Vertue of
her operation and zeward , p——__
herand our ſelues, and attributing al I
7-3
3-$
1
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to ” .
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790
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| w96iE"owne merites, edarowins

power inve ablerodo&well; chat-pro4
ceeded not from the tnotions of Ver-
rue, Certaitely before thegaine Ifci
dent t6 this atedipe:;-whietiaccompa<
a.
er
he"
bk.
"i ied otiely with honeftptotiocations:
and afincere minde,0, haypw
and without corruption' t on
the ſtate' of he pjiebH ,and pitry,
they feele the wrongs, that others
feel, and redrefle them;but the firengrh
of Vertue' inforcing allowance ap-=
plauſe and following, drawne beysnd
the' conipaſſe'of our ſclues,indpariert
of vertues long }aſt payment,we ſnatch
ar the opinion of the wotld,and looſe
her;forſhee nwſt bee loued alone: then
theſeptetentes change their ende, and
ha Hy reonce ſhould@ pinched
vertue meh ' out for vice;* Who _
managethhan' vſurped "authority ,
dooth forme thieg ooo
cething good,9
doe ill: iftet
wi"omen. e 2nd
Yader the covert of Humilitie ©; Libe.
ralitic
 meanes
To.inthrohe/Pride,), the ingroffing
all
thinges, and cryFltie ; thns nathe
foundatiop ofa.goodly. buj
tothe goodinglunation, of the _
their countrygut they are put og, and
ambition:dwels there, It.is nawonder
then though this commog, affabilitie
hath.
illliccefſe,
forir hath an illinrear,
Itisno wonder though-jxbe rhe moſt
cunning {egducer, for jtis.courted with
the robe gfverrue, nor deferugsjrmar-
uclthough it
i coniure hearts to bethe
micancsof theirowne ouenthrqw, fince
there is. ng, baite ballet itbſo
much haſt,284hat ofgaine &parucular
contentment.;.thus is theredaſtinazcd
£0 this, Arte pic h canning,meh dan-
ger, much applauſe. Thatghe {tare of
2941s on cucLy, de jpurog a yok

iviceEe tw75ae
ger,needs.ngaprocke readb

hather Rate, withehoughts

M6 deggiue.
and intics.y, all eliajos »e2
mr
io
yr.
ye.
po
wm
m
tva
ave
haue them,, proſperity as. many 2s: ad-
uerſiric;aske Vaine-alery Ae whichas
ch out-runnes the Marke as niſe-
ries repining. comes ſhort
or dilpayre,
allwhich becing ynreftrayned by reax
ſon,carry man from his deſlinated me-
diocritie, and ſo leaues hin te theplea-
ſureof irreſolution and yncertainneſle x
but nothing ſo ſ{ubic& js aduerſitie to
this Raggcring, as the other , it ispro-
ſperit _ cel that brings Abb
ie onſter, who following the aCti-
ons of men_ more amply then they
haue expected , hath wholly ain,
rhem,making their atternpts that were
faire at the time of conception , when
they hauc beene aRions, foule and ill
fauoured ; thus have many retending
to bereformers c> fate, drogeh oe
fauour of their pretence grown migh-
ty, becne deformers of a fiate: ſo hard
'K is for man to thinke well altogether,
eſj ecially when his demeanure carri-
X apopular forme, bearing the Wy
 "Eſſay. 30.
of the oppreſſeds refuge , and patrone
of the vulgar, whoſe wording fauour
and ſhowting allowance , bath ſuchan
operation with mans frailtie,as caryed
from the true regarde and knowledge
of his duty , hee fecines like a feathet
gouerned by the breath of men. That
there is danger, who ſeethnot ? Since
he is aloft by the pleaſure of others, a
dangcrous eſtate, for with danger they
and that ſtand not vpon themiſclues,
his foundation is the many headed
multitude,a foundation both in reipect
of their number and nature vncertaine,
and conſequently dangerous, for who
knowes not the diuers formes of mens
imaginations, as different almoſt as
their faces, which ſhowes them eaſily
ſeparated,and their forces being firong
no longer then whites together incor-
porated, being ſo ſubieto be ſenercd,
nay they going againſt Nature,ifhold-
ing a continued vnion, what can iſſue
from this confidence,
but danger ? their
natures,
( ,
 Of Popalaritie.
natures , but by the pleaſure of nature
and their education is left ignorant,
which importencie leaues a wauering
diſpoſition eafily ſeduced , and as eafily
reformed , apt to beleeue a faire tale,
and as apt to beleeue weake reaſons,
ſtrong : ſpent in contradiction , this
makes them inconſtant , for their dif-
courſe not vied to retaine things,maks
themlike any thing, becauſe they are
diſtitute of the vſe of compariſon. Ir is
in euery mans nature to allow the ſtate
of others the vpper-hand of his owne,
euen rich men ſometimes wiſh thent-
ſclues poore, but with much more ve-
hemencie the poore theraſelues rich;
thus are the vulgar often catcht, poore
creatures, they wil be enamored of gay »
cloathes and rich abiliments , yea euen
of the pertons of men, which they ſhall
never haue the leaſt vie of, who then *f
odtaining grace from the ſubieRts of Rs.
forrune and time, who like inconſtant W
builders are (till erecting and pulling
downe
 Eſſay. 30-
downe,and cant hinke it meete to ad-
uentute his ate,hisfame, his life , his
foule , vpon ſuch wauering opinions,
Theſe are vncertaine , how can the c-
recion vpon theſe ſtand ? the one and
the other muſt of neceſlitic fall, for 1o
go al things originally deſcended from
our afic&tions vncommixt with reaſon.
But determine their fauour fetched
from more reaſonable grounds, from
the doing them good and eaſing their
yoake of{ubicCtion,this ſhall be found
as vnſtable : for haue they no neede, or
is their neede beyond the power of
remedy, they are loſt, for their Joue
comes trom necefſitie , alwaies Jouiny
them that they haue neede of , but ne-
uer louing the needers of them. In the
meane time the Prince from whoſe
carefull circumſpeCion nothing ofthis
kinde can be concealed, finding a ſub-
ie ingrofling ſubiects, what can it
breed but ſuſpition, what ought to bee
the 4fſuc of that ſuſpition but death?
it
 Of Popularitie.
itbeing as iuſt and as naturall for them
to remooue feare,as others paine : but
were his courſe bent but to winne,not
to abuſe their loues, that immoderart!
ſought, is an offence, for all the voflel.
fions of fubiets muſtbee limitted, his
honour, offices,reuenewes, power, and
ſo the loue of the people,the generali-
tic and grofle body of which is deſti-
nated onely to the Prince, Needes
muſt they haue cunning that deale
with this tickliſh commoditie of the
vulgars fauour, they muſt carry an euen
hand of them, neyther to let them bee
empty nor full gorged, they muſt ney-
ther too often , nor too ſeldome ſee
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ih.
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him, neyther muſt hee bee too ſtrange,
nor too affable, for opinion is much
more nice and curious to pleaſe , then
C9
Cd
OO iudgement, more quicke, more light,
being ſoone off, and ſoone on, ofa rea-
die, though not of a wiſe diſpatch,
They are wonne with what they feele,
and delighted with what they heare;
R 2 {o
 Eſſzy. ZOs
ſo are the chiefe tooles of this trades
Libcralitie and Rhethoricke,theſe muit
ſerue one anothers rurne, amplifying,
gifts , and the aCttions performed for
their commodities, with Eloquence;
other times leauing the per{waſion to
the bencfit, when benchits want, draws-
ing the picture of Liberalitie in goed
wordes ; their mindes are like queahie
ſtomackes, that will turtert as well by
the vſe of one meate oft time, as by ex-
celle; their ſatisfaction reſting as much
in the yarictic, as in the profit, Butno
more of this,it is not requitite to fol-
low this point any further , I hawe often
times ſcene them that meant to deſtroy
vice,ſow it then no more but this, the
cunning of Popularitie , is like that of
Juglers, the cunningeſt of which can
caft miſts before mens cyes, but here is
their necrcſt reſemblance , Juglers
trickes goe moſt inuifible by Candle
light ; men popular, with thoſe head es
that come no neerer the ſtrength of
vndcr-
 Of Popularitie.
ynderſtanding, then Candle-light the
light of the Sunne : the payment of
theſc are praiſe and applanſe, a reward
fuller of noyſe then profit, of which
they are as prodigall to their ſportsas
fauourites, with no lefſe vehemencie,
with no lefſe number of circumſtan-
ces,{o me thinkes it is doubrfull which
they afte& moſt, for their behaviour
without all Herauldry giues no marke
of deſtruction. Much harme doth the
poſſeſlors of theſe ſhouts and clamours
recciue by them,for the knowledge of
their actions , which from the aceount
of others comes moſt impartially, help
eth their proceecings , for 2ll they doe
by a corrupt interpretation is called
commendable; make him an Archer,
if he ſhootes not neare,hee ſhootes for
all that a faire ſhoote, ſo corrupt is
our Eftimation of thinges not looking
into the inſide, but vpon their fucceſſe
and fortune : who can then that deter-
mineth, determiue Popularitie com-
R 3 mo=
 Eſſay. 30.
modious, fince waying the diſcom-
modities,the dangers, the paines in-
cident to it, andthen bcholding the
profit,wee {hall finde no profit,
the de-
duction hath conſumed the ſumme,
this body of breath is too mutable to
xeſt on;ifnot mutable,dangerous,ifnot
dangerous diſhoneſt, who 'then will
—_ his time in purſuit. of a thing ſo
iſeaſed, as to be mutable, dangerous,
and diſhoneſt ? But the extremities on
the other ſide,muſt with noleſfle care be
ſhunned, there belonges to cuery man
that dehires ſatetie, to make the things
appertaining to him, correſpondent
with his fortune,otherwiſe like a barke
ouerſayled , hee runnes himſcle vader
water,and ſ{inkes.
 Eſſay. 3t.

EſJay. 3 Is

Of Humilitie.
E haue much labour and ho'd
V ' inthe obtaining vertue, when
we hauec fought well al day, we looſe it
atnight,vice dogs vs,and ncuer affailes
but vpon aduantage; ſhee comes cree-
ping,and by degrees gets into our bo-
omegs;we cannot ſhut her out, for our
gates wil not be bard, our ſenſes keepe
open houſes,they are butie Faculties,
that loue nor idlenefle , though they
lead to idleneſſe : bee blinde, and the
power of the eyes will runne into the
touch , and then make that itch for
both,take away foure and leaue the
fifth, and that fifth will trouble vs as
ll as all, take away all, we are ſenſeles;
to hauing ſenſes, we are ſubicto vice,
4 ha-
 E[[ay. 3T.
hauing none without feeling. The rea-
ſon of Vertues difficultie , is her inuiſi-
bleneſſe it muſt bee touched, or taſted,
or heard that they make much of; and
ſo much of Vertue is common, wee can
call her by her name, and tell of her
exccllency,but to tranſlate her out of
wordes, into deedes and actions is few
mens caſes,&no maruaile for the per-
ſwaſion ofvertue being in a language
that man vnderſtands not without the
ſenſes interpretation , by their inter-
pretation is corrupted, this maks them cc
thinke thoſe gaod deeds loſt that haue
not the cycs of men for witnefle ; the
moſt deteſiable vices are thoſe that de-
fire to looke like vertues , and theſe
come from the corrupt peruerting the
ſoules motions, thoſe mcerely of the
body thorgh they be ill enough, yer
are theynot fo ll, for they are natural],
Thus hardly doe we earne all yertues,
humilitie excepted, which me thinks is
ſoneere a kin to vs,ſo like vs, ſo fit for
| VS,
 Of Humilitie.
vs, as ſhe needes no long wooing, wee
haue no other refuge bur this, it is ſhe
onely of all other graces that moſt tru-
ly belonges to vs, and of whome wee
may haue the greateſtpart, for the reſt
ſend but their ſhadowes amongſt vs,
ſhe comes her ſelte: they are all of an
higher nature and more,ſtately , but
this Vertue is Humilitie, that teacherh
the knowledge of knowledge ſclfe- 4
a——
a
Www
—=
i
+
knowledge,that deftroyes Fortune, for
ſhe is delighted with nothing but ex- 2
ceſſe of paſſion, but this hath bur one
countenance that confoundeth pride &
counterfeiting,for ſhee ſhewes her in-
fide,and thinks of mending her imper-
fections,not of glorying in any, ſurely
there is no doubt but the queſt of the
others is an honourable imploy ment,
but the purſuit of this exceeds al in pro
fit,
forwithout this the rclt are nor , all
of them being diſpoiled of their excel-
lent natures, by an ouerweening opi-
nion , but this true vnderſtander of our
lates,
 I

Eſſay. 31-
»®

ſtates,ſo ſweerly comixeth her defeRs

with thoſe thoughts of liking,as taking |
away preſumption,the abuſe of our in-
deuours,& leauing wſt{o much know-
ledge as defends wearines & loathing,
wehappen of that true way that dires
the graces of the mind to heauen with-
out danger, But becauſe though wee
dare not ſay we miſlike ; yet wee like
that beſt, that is good both zfor ſoule &
body,and that the body will, like chil-
dren crye, if it haue not part with her
fellow:thar it is heere a beaury,a kelpe,
a preſeruation , is worth the proouing,
we differ muchin natures,
and our like-
ings like not all one thing , yet was
there neuer natire that liked the taſt
of pride in another , the ſport of it is
pride likes not pride ,but will ſpit at
one another, and make euen their
wne imperfection , bearc witneſle a-
gainſtthe ſame impertectis,in another;
thus plaine it is, howſocuer we hide it,
_ and hiding cheriſh it in our ſelues, that
by
Cc
 Of Hamilitie.
by our opinion of others, the opinion
ofall others neereſt a kin to judgment,
9
WY
” wee holde pride a vile and loathſome
companyon. The creatures that giuevs
carthly mortalitie , whoſe choſen c-
uidence is beaury, if that not beautified
with modeſtie, humilities other name,
it is no-lefle loathed then deformitie,
it giues a ſweetneſle both to the beau-
tie of behauiour, and the bodies bean-
tie, and turnes the beholders thoughts
into admiration, that vnleſſe thus ace
companied, would ende with enuie,
and repining againſt natures partiali-
tie. Thealliſtance of this vertue, is as
much as her contrarics dangers, neucr
was there pride, though incompaſſed
with the firongeſt guard, ſafe; For it
154 Vice contraric to all natures, there is
no other but may haue aide , ayded by
the hopes of gaine, or fatisfing ſome
humour;bur pride deuouring all things .+
to vpholde her ſelfe, deſtroyes both
loue and hope , andis left defllitute of
all
 E/[ay. 31-
all manner of defence,it kills ſuccours,
and mnltiplyeth enemies , the con-
trarie ', purchaſing friendes , infee-
bling enemies, therefore without que-
Rion,a verrue of great helpe and profit.
Bur her beſt vertue is mcten, for
beautyis but a colour, andnot recke-
ned amongſt the ſubſtantiall, helpe
may bee helped, and yet haue neede
againe, but Preſeruation loofcth no
friend,and Humilitic is the author , for
failling by this compaſſe , wee know
whereſoeuer we are, what wee are,it is
impoſſible for any place or any fiate to
altar vs,all fortunes are one,things that
may flick vpon the body, but neuer vp-
on the minde,thus is ſhee the cauſe of
Preſeruation, for to preſerue is not to
looſe, ſhee looſeth not therefore, ſhee
preſerueth, making the minde conſtant
and free, To tell how fit it is for man,
it were fit firſt to relate the wret ched-
neſle of his Rate, an argument long and
doletull, but that it were a relation that
would
c
 Of Feare.
would aske a long time, ſince it is of
his miſery, ſhortly auerreth mine
opinion, for thoſe debaſed ſtates yna=
ble to ſtand vpon themlſelues, haue no
other retuge but Humilitie,a teſtimony
ofan obeying minde , and yet farre c-
nough from a deiected baſeneſle,

Eſjay. 320

Of Feare,
V E heare from our nurſes and
olde women, tales of Hobgo-
blins & deludiog ſpirits, that abuſe tra-
uellers,and cary them out of their way,
we heare this when wee are children,
and laugh at it when we are men, but
that we laugh at it when wee are men,
makes ys not men: for Iſce few men:
wee delight not perhaps in ligges,
bur in as ridicillous thinges wee liue ;
. nor
 Eſſay. 32.
Nor this diſprooues not their relations,
for we are mifuſed by thoſe fpirites
both night and day, ſome goe bur a
little out of the waye, molt goe con-
trarie,yea ſuccourlefle, for the Moone-
light of ſenſe is hardly their Compa-
nion,but the cloudes of errour wholly
incompaſleth them,and in their trauels
pride. catcheth ſome , luxurie ſome,
hate others , couetouſneſſe deludeth-
another,ambition others, and my text
myllions , whoſe caſes are deſperate:
For day helpes them not , but then in
ſtead of thinking of theſe Impoſtors,
theyſce them and followe them , and
toue them : of none of theſe haue
wee ſo iutt cauſe to complaine,as of
Feare, for moſtcf the 5 5m are the
diſeaſes of our choyce, rather then
natures , but this imperfe&t opinion
catcheth holde in our very concep-
tions, and when wee haue not witte
enough to bee couſgned with the
otacr Crimes , wee hauc then appre-
hent1-
C
 p_ Of Feare.
henſions ofFeare,and nothing is more
conuerſant with vs , then diſmayed-
w
VV
&
neſle and terrour. Licwrgus ordained
the Laconian Women the exerciſe of
their limmes, wraſteling,running , and
managing weightes , and throwing
them: it did well doubtleſſe for the
PR_S o their iflue ſtrong and ſturdy,
ut had he giuen mothers the educati-
on of bettering their mindes , hee had
done much better; fnatters of executi-
on are the ſeruantes of dire&tion, weak-
nefle 1s not ſo great a fault as igno-
rance, and ill firength with aſftronge
minde more inuincible, then a ſtronge
body and feeble minde, but to my vie,
wee leaue our women ignorant,and fo
leaue them ftearefull , which makes vs
ſo weake harted,the mans part is ſoone
done,he hath much more frem his mo-
ther , which being thus full of pufilla-
nimitie , muſt needs ſuſtcine and make
his iſſue fearefull,ir will impaire a mans
courage to conuerſe with a cowarde,
bur
 Eſſay. 32s
but a tweluemoneth,to live with them
and be nouriſhed with ſuch faint blood
cannot chuſe but make them like ſafe-
tic beſt, and price a whole skin aboue
honor.l do not think wemen are much
morefaultie in Natures abilities, then
men, but they faile in education , they
are kept ignorant, and fo fearefull;
Juſtead of thoſe Lycargian courles,
I would haue them learned and expe-
ricnced, let them knoiv as much as
wee know, and then doubtleſle they
would be as feareleſle as wee are, Iam
much againſt that Romane lawe, that
prohibiteth commanders wiues going
tothe Warres with their husbands, all
obietions {et apart, their common-
wealth would haue gained by it, for
doublefſe a wench that hath becne
in many countries, ſeene many bat-
tailes,and ts full of experience,isexcel-
lent to breede on, and ifthe nurſe were
there to, it were well, for from her teat
they ſucke ſomewhat of her conſtituti- Rf
in
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on,
 _ Of Feare.
on, in which 1 doubt whether there be
not ſome faulc, for we take the wiues of
our Groomes and Tenants, to feede
thelc little ones, and mingle grofle and
heauy Blood, withtheir gentle and {pi
rited natures, This is that I thinke, now
to that ]ſee : there is no vice that wee
put ſo muth to blametas this, 'no
Vice ſoputrifieth mans belt part as this;
for though voluptuouſneſſe and other
frailtics, will abuſe the office ofwit,and
procure warants for their purpoſes, yet
in none doth witte (trengthen opinion
with ſuch firong argumcts, as ſhe doth
feare,ſhe wil heare tranſ-forme buſhes
into mien,bul-ruſhes into Speares, any
thing into any thing, beeing fill defi-
rous of matter and occaſion to doe her
ſelfe hurt :man had necde beware of
theſe imbecillities, for their neighber-
hood to his reaſon makes them obſti-.
nate ; hence commeth it, that no crea-
ture is ſo good and ſo badas man, for
all other creatures are bound by Na-
ture,
 Efhay. 32s
cue, but the miuerſall circuit ' of mans
minde, hath leaue to runne; into the
extreame and furtheſt part of thinges,
L
a

which ſince it hath, well may we profit

by it,as wellas receiue lofle, who hath .
the Hiflory but of his owne time , and g
fo much of yeares, as may make him
hold the reiations cf the world,ſhall
finde the : worſt of calamitie to bee a
thing ſo ordinary and ſo 'incident to
the life of man, as not at all to feare
their approach but imbrace them as
the appendixes and coruections of
life.] was and againe not tv bee, muſt
vive beings to others, that time ſhall
ruine mee and my memory skilleth
not, before Iwas, I was, inthe ſame
caſe, and when Iam 1o againe, Iſhall
nor be ſorry for it, Fame apd Obliujon
ard ſuch things are coyne of our flam-
ping, and only currant with our pouer-
ties;thoſe appolites to feare;as tobe the
fauorits of tortune,to be rich, tB be no-
ble,to be any of theſe outwardthings,
are
c
 Of Feare:
are but apparitions,thinges without all
+\
A...
hold orconrinuance,time muſt dochis
office, populate and depopulate nati-
ons, giue & take Empires & ſo down-
ward, from the plough to the ſpeare,
andfrom the ſpeare to the plough.
. Fuinms T
roesfrut Illium ingens,
Gloria T ewcroum —
How many thouſands of{lates are
gone and. vanquiſhed, and hardly fo
vw
Oi
ww
two
>
mou
M
VU
Q
much as. that they were, is left , how
many millions of examples haue wee
of things finiſhed, as full of terrour and
wh,
m_
1
RT.
ww
u_
terriblenefle as feare can poſſibly ima-
gine? certainely the paine of thinges
oo
y—_
a
i
reſt not in the execution, but in the
A conceiued opinion, for it js too ſhorr
Ul to be grecuous, wee make no account
= of the cramp, becauſe it ſtaies not, yer
J--
for the time queſtionlefle ir aflaulterh
the body more ſharpely then the A-
IC pue, death is but a crampe, therfore
nowledge an Ague , looking into the
Rate offeare,Ifinde ſhee liues by two
I 3 meanes
 Eſſay. 332.
meanes, by ignorance and by know-
ledge, by ignorance as thefeare of
- children, by knowledge when ma-
lice compelles knowledge to goe a-
uu her knowledge, the firſt we are
orne with, and many mitigate with
induſtrie, the ſecond vertue cxpelles. K_
T

Of the fir(t 1 haue already ſpoken ſome-

thing,of which I ſay againe,the indu- .,
FT

ftrious ſearch of Letters vncateth all

theſe terrible apparitions that-ſecme
terrible to the vulgar,
nnn——_—C uy vt vt ad arts,
Obſftupuereaumis 2:1iduſque per ima cucurrit As
20-h
0
O/Ja EY OM OT* woe
Vpon the firſt, buckling of Ca/far
with the ZTelnerians, a cowardly com-
maunder of his , loſt him a faire at-
tempt, through the falſe perſwaſion of
feare, that the enemy had pofleſſeda
hill,that was poſicfled with his owne
forces, but himſclfe ncuer fped better,
then when he drew his valure to the
aduentu ring his owne perſon, exerci-
fing his handes as well as his heade,
The
C
 Of Feare.
The examples of the auncient honeſt
Philoſophers as well as their- ſpeeches
are full ef contempt of Feare, they ſee-
med to make warres continually with
this opinion,and were moſt of + thaAs
it is ſaid of Zen rebutters of that Sym-
pathizing delicacie with heate,and cold
and fickneſle andthe reſt of the vulgar
miſ-leaders.

Hunt not aeris kyems domult noz frigidus imber,

Non ſolts rady nan visteteriuma morbis
No1 quicgid vulgo pretioſuminuiftus at wills,
Taſtabat grauibis fiudus nofteſque digfque.

Few men in health andproſperi-

tie can promiſe themſclues: this con-
Rancy, but to doe a mans good will
is well, to performe -which the medi-
ration of Fortunes fouleſt play is
good, imagine the worlt of mylcry
and goe'to fence to theſe olde Phi-
lolophers to learne the warding blow,
mee thinkes -the certaine 'beleefeof
thepriceleſſe- value of thinges in the
S 37 world,
 Bfay. 32+
world, ſhoulde doe much ' with a
man , theſe thinges of reckoning with
the worldare onely good in opinion,
eſtimation gies them grace and value,
they haue nothing in themſclues, but
men giues them what they are, from |
whome, if hee will reſpe& his owne {

pouecrtie moſt, and takethem away a- ;

oaine, hee ſhall leaue them beggerly ,
and naked,and then ſee they are thin $5
neither good nor ill, but indifferently :
made good or ill by our vſe. ,
. rt,
Huc tandem concede, hec Ara tue- -
bitur omnes, © tl
There is nq good to bee done ypon ©
* theſe thinges but by contempt and ,
{ſcornce,and withall knowing the things a
contrary to'feare, are no more rich fe
nor ſolid in contentment , then theſe _n
are procurers , dangerous and paine- ye
full, we haueno trueth that our rea- | _
ches can ſticke vpon , rhat wee haue mn
wee haue by faith and bclicfe,our rea- an
tz *+ 4 ſon I
4

VWIIKRA
 Of Feare.
fon cannotgraſpe it , becing too little
and too ſhort , there is a mortall vn-
derſianding deſtinated ro our. vie,
and in the vic of things is our cunning,
and in this cunning the beſt leſlon is,
notto be apprehenhue of the ſtormes
of the world, hee that cryes for his loſ-
ſes,muſt neceſſarily laugh at his gaines,
doe wee not rebuke boyes and women
tor this quallitie, and fhall mencry
them mercy, and ſay they mitftooke
my ſorrow and calamitic? Thoſe things
that areneceſſitated,
there is an ende of
them,they mult be done, thoſe thinges
that may be refifled, and refifted gal-
Jantly, incounter danger and you ſhall
ſoone know his pleaſure, either he will
make an end of you, or become a quict
fellow ſhortly, runne away and hee is
more then at your heeles,tor hee is in
your ſelfe. 02 1
As Lipſins in, his Conftantia hand-
ſomely ſheweth,the cure of the mindes
maladic is ao by the Phificke of tra-
S4 uayle,
 Eſſay. 32:
uayle, for all griefes muſt bee cured like
the wound rhat was incurable , bur by
the meanes of the wounding weapon,
by it ſzlfe, looking into the cauſe of the
oriefe, and finding forrow a fellow,
that keepes an vnprofitable itirre, [
hope you will holde your peace. Mee
thinks Virgil makes AEneas
e ſpeake too
like a nurſe or a waiting maide , when
conmaunded the repetition of his for-
tune , he ſaith;
— i tal fando ;
Mirmidoaum,Do'opumut,aut dur miles Viyſe
Temperet a lachrymis?——— — and after
Sed ſitantus amor caſus cognoſcere noſtros,
Et breuiter Troie [upremum audire laborem.
Luanqua animus meminiſe borret lufluq, refugtt,
Incipiam
Well ife/Eneas were of this minde,
it was not Dame Venus, but Dame
Feare, that wiſhed him to flye from
7 roy, and it was not a cloude but cow-
ardife that incompaſled him. There is
a great deale of weakenefſe and too
much moyliure in theſe heades, that
cannot
 Of Feare.
cannot ſtir their memories, hut ſtraighe
it will raine, Saint AwguFtize remem-
bers in his confeſſions, the expence of
teares that hee was at, when hee reade
Didoes ende,verily it became his con-
trition well , for teares are onely due
when wee fall ſhort in our reckonings
with God, then teares and repentance
is behouefull,
but in any other eaſe,it is
ynneceſlary , nay more it is vndecent,
I haue not yet ſpoken of thoſe farre fer-
ched feares that are drawne nor from
any apparancie of danger, that is ey-
ter felt or ſcene, but from dreames,
incountring with Hares, and the Salte
ſpilling, other that go by the _—_—_
by Prognoftications, Prophefies, and
auguries,times paſt were much gouer-
ned by theſe. Tt is ſaide Auguitus was
verie inquiſitive about his owne
dreames and his friendes; it was great
pitty,for he was other wiſe a very wiſe
Prince,but he had a great fortune, and
2mertall body , which are Ri at vari-
ance,
 Eſ/ay. 3%
ance, and blind-foldes the true diſcer-
ning,in which time feare creepes in and
ouet-valuing life, drawes preferuation
from wrong places. For theſe augurics
and fetching thinges from the intrayles
of beaſtes, it was not amiſſe then , face a=
co
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no ſtate can be vpholden without rcli-

9101,n0 pcople are well gouerned or
ſuccesfull in their atremprs, withour
the.annexion of diuine hopes to their
earthly firengch : but now when that is
done by tne true meancs, when men
may fetch hope from a cleare poſſ1bili«
tie,theſe things are to be oiſcarded,and
to truſt to the ſoundneſic of religion,
For the ſignes, I remember a fpecch of
Cafcins to aSouth-ſayer, that wiſhed
him not. to' fight with the Parthians
vntill the Moone had paſſed Seorpro,
hee anſweared, hce feared not Scorpia
bur the Archers; Theſe thinges are
lealt of all to bee feared , they begge
feare that picke them out of theſe
occaſions, hee that will ms
; mil-
 Of Feare.
miſchances out of theſe things, may
take his leaue of tranquillity, tor ſome
of them happen euery day, which
being inforced to theſe ill preſages,
makes the vulgar ſo ful of ſ1ighes, excla-
mations,and vncertainties;
Scimditur incertum ſtudia in contraria uulgis.
There are no miſchances,there is no
fortune, there is no miſery in our hu-
mane liucs , except wee looke into the
feebleneſle of our merits, and our Cre-
ators bouny,in other things we are de-
ceiued by imagitation, the circumſian-
ces of things arc more then themſclues.
Exeritur clamorque virimgclanzorque tunbarume
A
It may bee ſo, is it any more then
death? Tuſhcrueltie can doe no more,
and for that, pur but away opinion,and
itis ſoone gone, In the meane time,
ſee the behauior of the ſupprefled 7roy-
avs weaklings, and the children of For.
titnde ; and thinke who carried them-
ſelues to the graue moſtgraciouſly.
penetralia regu”
Apparent Priami, veterumm lime
Armatoſque vident ftantes primo,
At
|
 Eſſay.32.
Mt domus interior gemitu,miſeroque tumultu
Miſcetur.penitulque caus plan;oribus ades
Femineis viulant : ferit aurea fidera clamor,
Tum pauide teftis matres ingentibus errant,
Amplexeque teneat poſtes atque oſcula figunt.

Now who would adde to the furie

of an inſulting enemy,prayers and pe-
titions ? no let it bee death, let it =
paine, there is yct left vs to conquere
the victours paticnce, there let vs ende;
for thoſe terrours thatare exhaled by a
guilty conſcience, they are more incu-
rable then any other, in ſpight ofvice,
our knowledge miſcaried, will returne
and complaine of her abuſe, andthe
impreſſion of her fault bring feare, and
feare preſents thoughts of terror, thus
Nero behelde his murthered mother,
thus tyrants are 10 where ſafe, though
in the mid of their ſtrengths, This
made Dionefius make an Image that
ſingedoffhis ſonnes heire, not daring
totruſta Barber; this made Alexander
Pherens vic to haue his wife ſearched
"SG for

|
 Of Feare.
for feare of murdering him , guiltineſſe
cannot be without feare , neither will
Juſtice long delaye their execution,
which in themſelues they finde,and fo
feare in euery thing is a hangman, Many
of the Romane En:perours at the hea-
ring of the thunder would creep vnder
their beddes and ſecke ſhelter of the
moſt vnable thinges to defend them,
oore people, it was not the thunder
= their ccnſciences put them in mind
/ like Sea-ficke perſons that complaine
of the Sea, wren it is their troubled to
mackes that diſcaſeth them , but this
argument fitteth a more. Diuine hand,
to them I leaue the examination of this
honeſt remembrancer conſcience, and
end with the example of Ama Pom-
plins and Arrelins,who need no gards,
tor they were honeſt men , they feared
not,for they were vertuous, and vertue
cannot feare , ſuch is the power ofthat
execllent and ue guide of humanity.

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Of $.ilence and
Secrecies
FT is pitythis quality muſt borrowe
bebe to expreſle it worth, but it is
no more infortunate then all thinges
which to become known, mult borrow
ſound & ayre,for though we can think,
yer think we not that enough without
&.4 ſending our'thoughts abroade to the
| cenſures of men. Iconfeſle ſpecch is to
the minde , as conuenient Hauens to
Townes, by whoſe currents they grow
rich-and mighty, but it dooth as theſe
places of tratfique doe, bring in not oh=
Een
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ly commodities profitable and whole-
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- :. _ Jome, þurt luxuries,corruption,and de-
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bat

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 Of Silence and Secrecte.”
fince the one doth too much the other
roo little, ſpeech inriching and corrup-
ting, ſilence being poorebut honeſt,
but theſe are extremities which neuer
proſper, vntil brought into the meane,
whoſe mediocrity Keepes each ende
from falling,with-holding and paizing
each ſide with the holdfaft. of the mid-
deſt. Iamnor againſt ſpeech, but ba=
bling, which conſumes time, and pro-
fiteth no body, it is one of the ble(-
fings of nature, ſpeech; bar to ride ſill
vpo the top of it,is roo vehement, they
ate at great paines with feeding hun-
orie cares, and to ſpeake truly, arethe
very bcllowes to kindle laughter, it ca»
ricth not oncly this fault, for with allit
is voſafe, words diſcouering the mind, © *..
and ncgligently giuing all eyes the ** +
hight of the heart. There is a wile Phi- ©
lolopher that calles wordes 'the ſhas * |
dowes of deeds, Sermo operis wnebra, ui *
this is his beſt}, which is lo ſlender
as. - 3a T” "& v
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the true affectors of things, will ab 4we,"
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 Of Silent and Secrecy.
their thoughtes bodies 'and tranſlate
them more ſubſtantially. There is a
more noblenes in deeds, in which may
be read the worthinefle and ynworthi- |
nefle of men truly, whiles words grea- |
- . tcſtgaines,dooth but promiſe thinges, |
performing nothing. I finde no men
affeing actions more throughly then | *
theſe people of faire wordes , which | » b
makes mee feare theſe Ingrofſers of F -
ſpeech, are conflituted of too much '} * 1
winde and ayre.and want that folidity l
which is meete in the generation of al
-this deere iflue of ours , our actions; Vv\
which-neuer faile to reſemble vs more tl
neercly,then the children of our body. Ce
Photid was preferred before Demoſthe- w
nes becauſe he ſpake not much, bur fild m
his ſpeech with ſtufte, and was ſparing
O oricke,and full of reaſon. If he to
cels'me their natures right,] ioyne with his
"© his'choice;it is with theſe for bettering be:
Ws thchearers, as itis betweene a few di- at:
4H hes well drefled and a grear feaſt, the out
=ii 4 0% 3;
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yung {ſpeaker giues you that which 1s
| wholſeme and. oyerburdens. not your
/ memory with ſuperfluity; the word-
' ing Orator is like our Engliſh feafles,
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1 |+ by it,through the heauineſle of his firſi
f | - receipt:when Lheare one of theſe com-
h = * mon ſpeakers laying vp his Roindcke,I
y let his wordes paſle without any more
if attention then I beſtow vpon a clocke,
5; w hen] care not ſorthe hourc , but hee
e that ſolicits my eares but ſeldome,] re-
y- ceiue his pleaſure with pleaſure, and
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uing it ſcot-ſree,it is alſo more becom-
ming and — for his behauior
is not carried out of the way with fo]-
lowing his wordes, and out of that fi-
lent behauiour there is more wiſe-
dome to be learned then from a mul-
titude of wordes,'and more with in-
tertaining this ſilence, for hee receiues
from her, her wiſe and fafe daughter
Secrecie. Were I ſure all men thought
inſt with me, Secrecie were not necel-
fary,but fince the ſpeaker and cxpoſi-
tor vtter and receive with different
mindes, and that ſpzech cannot carry
her-ſelfe to meane iuſt as I would haue
her, Imuſt defend her zquiuocall im-
potencie, with bceftowing her onely
where ſhe may be well vicd ; it ſeemes
the late profeſiors of Secrecie, which
- were not yet ſo ſecret but to con-
'Fefſe*that if their neereſt attyre were
; Privie to their determinations, they
. would burn it, received this Item from
Meatelkes, by which I will ſhew you
the
©
 ' Of Silewce and Secrecy.
the example of a double expoſitione
Momagnia likes not the proteſting
this,norI to fay, fo, for 1 would nor
haue vttered io much,
but for the thing
it is aſafe and an honeli principle, for I
will not conclude, their concealing
things proceeds from the faultines, bur
fnce ilthathigotten that power,to con
uertthings well meant into thcir own
vilde natures, it is beſtto keepe them
trom it;the integritic of the world is
paſt, itis too late now to profeſſe 0-
pennefſe be it neuer ſo honeſt, far fo
neere may many of our actions come
to dangerous intents , as they are beft
when only in our breaſts,for /» dubizm
trahitur relhgioſa fides, Secrecie is of
two kindes,of our friendes, and of our
own; that ofour friends, reiigion com- -
maunds vsto keepe; that of our owne,
diſcretion : for the fir(t,
did he not open
me by the power of friendſhip, Iwould
not willirgly neither giue it nor rc.
ceigc it,tor he that meanes honeſtly,I
TY rhiake
 Eſſay. 33
thinke deſerues as much thankes for
being content to heare, as. the other
confidence in tclling,for we are bound
once more then we weare,by his diſclo
ſing,and perhaps drawne, that wecan-
not cſchew the doing a fault, for if his
ſecret be pernitious, Imult betray him,
or my ſcltc finne,then he muſt goe,and
ſo] forfet a fricnd,and breake a princi-
ple of friendſhip. I wou'd heere vp-
on ſuch a defire, demaund if ke ſought
it for counſells fake,itfo I would heare
him, ifotherwite deny him hearing,
for howfocucr hee t.caneth, tfhe re-
lieth vpon mine advite, heſhali meane,
as I would hauc him. Many States vied
to puniſh the laving open of fecrets,
weth the !ofle oftheir babling inftru-
ments, which was a very tuit law and
a {ure,for no cxample preuailes with a
b orne tatler,but the lofle of his picke-
locke;I wonder that the Barbarians ge-
nerally doe not with thoſe flaues they
imploy ncere them, depriue them of
their
{
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 Of Silence and Secrecy.
their tongues, as they doe of their
ſtones,for feare ofthe abuling of their
wiues and concubines,me thinkes they
ſhould be as icalous of their fecrets, as
they are of their luſts, The Turkes they
haue certaine Mutes to performe
their executions , which fince they are
in for worſc matter, may bee put in a-
monglt the reſt for veniall; But to
{pcake as I thinke, I holde the people
ſubieR to rhis flux of wordes very dan-
gerous,for by ſuch, Scilla found where
the poſſeſſion of eAthens might caſt-
leſtbe attempted, by Flaws that had
this diſeaſe. The citie of Rome had the
plague of a tyrant continued, Incuer
knew tatling a fategard ,bur the Gece
that prefcrued the Capitoil , which the
Romanes rewarded with great care,
popular fates being neuer gratetull
to peeſe, theſeareall to bee ſhunned,
for their conuerſations are more vnſafe
then the fellowſhip of the moſt malici=
ous , wordes becing more pernicious,
&4 then
 Eſſay. 32
then blowes, for no Fencer can ward
them. Ofour owne ſecrets the diſco-
ueric bewrayes a great feeblencſle and
impotencie , it reſemblcth a _cloude,
that by the Sunne is poſleſſed;of hotte
exhalations , but is ſo weakeas
not to
keepe them,defire drawes "pho hts
of affiitance , but when rhe Fickrel
hath them, ouer-burthened with their
ſtrength , they burſt out and diffolue
him; thus all his attempts ouerwaying
the minde are brought to nothing,
which weakenefle of mans were ill,
werenot man fo ill as to haue ill af-
fected thoughts, but hauing ſuch itis
well, for thus moſt conſpiracies againſt
Princes are preuented: for an honefl
mai, it is a great bleſſing, for a dlſho-
neſt the contrary,an excellent puniſh-
mct.So muſtI coclude of ſecrecy which
if you wil cal craft or pollicie, Imuſt an-
ſwere you with theſe two verſes; |
T
utus vbig, manes, i calliditate valebrs,
Non eftſrmplicitas digna fators mags. mh
Roa
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a
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tr
ia
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 Of Humane Contentment.
P"_

f Eſſay. 34
C |
o Of Humane Con-
” tentment.
-1
Re the gods of the world, the.
ſoule ofation, the motion of the
inhabitants of the carth, the point, the
concluſion whereunto all thoughts are
refleed,this is the maſter of al trades,
1*%%—s;
0Q Artes, Sciences, and Profeſſions, for this
the husbandman findes a fweetnefle
in labour, the Artizanin following his
0
— trade, the Artiſt in the inquiſition of
— knowledge,ſouldiers in purſuing dan-
ger, polititians in the working of the
== minde, in plotting and fetching in
ſtrange concluſions to vphold practt-
ſes;this is the garland that makes euc-
ry one loue victory, this is the recon-
ling obie& ofthe diſſenting conftitt-
tion 4
 Eſſay. 34+
tion and courſes of men, for they all a-
grce, that conter:tment is the place
w heve they deſire co end their journies.
But that the world ſhould haug till the
richtvie, andnot beedeſolated with
mans neglect of iinquiring and vttering
Mm fecr as, this contentment is faſhi-
oned like ourloues, what call fayre,
another thinkes ill fauored , another
our of deformities pickes beauties;thys
contenment, which according to the
miads of men is dravjne out of a num-
berlefſe number of courſes, which my-
ſtery of Natures doth make all agree,
That contentment is to be ſought, "and
to diſleuer them in the manner of their
ſearch, ioyned with the other of mak-
ing all formes louely in ſome eyes, vp-
holdes the world, for by. this laft, the
world is peopked;bythe firſt her peo-
ple made induſtrious, and the great vo-
lume of the world in no corner left vn-
noted but (tirres and flouriſheth as the
chiefe and maſter peece of Nature,
Thus
%
 . Of Humant Contentment.
Thus doe we ny 0 a cauſe & rea-
ſon of our life,and make euery day be-
get vs occaſion, either of following or
learning to follow our queſt, when we
do not goe forward our fejues, we be-
hold others, which like a map layes out
the courle of our trauaile, but when ac-
cording to the excellency or groſneſle
of our choile,the determined content-
ment approcheth, we flie from, not the
enioying,but the opinion we had, ano-
ther contentment is ſet vp ; that obtai-
ned another, ſo doth our humane liues
runne after contentment, but neuer o-
uertake her, wee cannot, for content-
ment is diuine, our bodies earthly, our
mindes we fecle ouertakes her, for the
propounded corentment pleaſeth her,
ſhe embraccth ir,and is already inpol-
ſefſion,but whe it comes,ſo ſhort doth
it fall of her expectation, as ſhe eres
another, a plaine argument of herdi-
uinity, and a true {12ne, thatreall con«
tentment is not of this world, nor to be
graſped within our earthly armes, Of
 Eſſay. 35:

Eaye 35:
Of Trappes for
F 472e.

Had no neede to teach the world

new opinions, for I hold all Iknow,
more by tradition, then reaſon, 1 haue
2 brainc like a French force , that doth
it beſt firſt, my incountring an argu-
ment 15 moſt vigorous at the prime op-
polition.Iafter fall and waxe lazie,and
in truth ſhallow, 1doe nothing well,
but fpeake much worſe. then I write,
and perhaps worſe (in ſomething) then
Ican doe, which I muſt confeſle the
faultof my braine, for I neither liſpe,
Nurre, nor ſpeake in the throat, Nature
hath made the cariage of my wordes
large, and ſwift enough , but 1 want
marchandize and ſtufte , the Italian ci-
uilitic -
 Of Trappes for Fame.
uilitie would well fitte mee, where
the ouerthrow of an Appotitor is
counted diſcourteſie, and they call him
in diſgrace, Vince guerra. The reaſon
of this Exordium, 1s the view of the
workes of Nature, and our varictie vp-
on them, few men receiue any thing
with the like vſe,but occaſt6s or things
repreſented begettes in one, feare,
in another, fury, in athird, feares har-
binger amazement, ina fourth deſpe-
ration, ſome of theſe differ much, yet
ſhall one occaſion beget all theſe at
one inſtant, which makes mee thinke
our diſcourſe findes out more 'vſes of
thinges, then our ſenſes,qualities, yet
am I not of Emperycus minde, who
holdes.the qualities of thinges to bee
more in number then our ſenſes, and
that wee recken our knowledge to ſce
all,asAlexander conquered the world,
becauſe in his time there was no more
knowne, Iam not of his opinion, for
all things being made for man, and his
iP ſcnſes
 Eſſay. 35-
ſences being fit for both life & know
ledge, his 'INN ſure which are all
things ſenſible, haue no more trickes
then?he knowes of, Bur thus new am
lia opinion, that the receptacle of our
{enles: atelligence, with toyning,quar-
tcring, and mixing thinges, imploye
then!tarre from their accuſtomed pro-
perties, which my ſubiect heere will
plainely exemplitic . Man beeing the
moti ſubltanciall and moſt cunning
peece, accompanied with a head that
maſters and is Lord ofailthings ;How
hath hee fallen the ſecond time, more
vainely decciued, and more miſerably
puniſhed then in the fit{t ? He fell then
with a baite plealing to one fence, and
when he fell,fell vpon a good ſubſian-
ciall body, where there was good foo-
tiog,and hope to, of rifing,but here he
isfallen into wake where he may be
choaked,bur cannot liue nor walke,he
isfallen into fame;to entertaine hich
Iknow no. fence deſtinated , ypon a
thing
c
 Of Trappes for Fame.
thing not to be handled,not to be rid-
den, not to be ſeene; children would
not haue doted thus; not to be eaten,
glutrons would not haue ſo miſcaried,
not to be touched, an-amoriſt would
not haue beene in loue with it , not to
&
mwe
we
ma
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WW be heard by himſelfe, a light headed
Mufſition would haue ſhunned it, not
tobee ſcene, a Faulkoner would not
4%
Shows
i haue lured it ; yet all theſe that are able
to make ſo good an election of their
dclights, ſacrifice to fame, and flattery
Wy
oF
——— istheirPriclt, There is certainely but
one cad , whereto the intendments of
man are deſtinated, which proſecuted
rightly, 15 eternall happinefle , this is
not fame, for ſhee dyecth often in her
birth , cammonly ouercome by time,
and {otnetime men famous haue had
their memories difpatcht, eyther by |
oblivion or detraction, before deat
hath made an end of their liues ; all
theſe vyorking vvkere the bod
growes couctous, and would haue the
g4nes
 | Eſſay.35-
oaines alone,are vicious, .hee muſt nor
etermine any thing particularly, for
he is none other then a hired feruanr,
and his wages is life ,the profit muſt be
given tothe ſoule, whoſe predominant
ower , is alſo compelled to vſe the
body , for the ſoules performances
without the body are not vnderſtood,
contemplation being a good vnprofi-
table naked life. Both working toge-
ther,and both agrecing in their pur-
poſe queſiionlefle , they would deter-
mine vpon ſome more laſting rewarde
then Fame. They would lay for vertue,
for eternirie,
for the fruition of a neuer
dying happinefle, but this Eflay muſi
ſpeake like it ſelfe, not what ſhould be,
bur what is,then to the baites for fame:
The actions of theſe difter not, from the
prouocations of vertue, for as much as
appearcs outwardly, for they profefle
valour,temperance,liberalitie, andthe
reſt of the lims of honor and honefiy,
butin the mind that workes theſe mo-
tions
 Of Trappes for Fame.
tions,isthe diſagreement, the one bee-
ing ſpurred by vertue, the other impor-
tuned by the tickling of applauſe. This
{ame thoſe auncient Philofophers that
ſo much enueighed againſt fame, well
knowing the tyranny of fuch thoughts,
which where they get entrance , ouer-
throw all that reſt in the place more
modeſtly humored, Infinite are the
baites that are laide to catch this , no-
thing farre {u:mounting the number,
which curiovs Fiſhers hzve tound our,
and yet in one thirg they well agree,
for they fit the coucrer of their deceite
to the time;Fiſhers ha ving Flies for the
ſpring, .the fall, and rhe winter, Fame
catchers,countenance, ſeemings, and
aſpe&ts,for a ſtate good, or bad, or in-
different, both their baites goe downe
the ſtreame, both purchaſe not by force
but deceit, both lookepleating , but
fwallowcd,are dangerous, and to con-
clude,
both labour for their bodies not
their mindes. To ſpeake ofthole petty
:ſhers,
 Efſay« 35.
fſhers that nip their bodies , and caft
them into more mowldes, then their
mothers bellics, that neuer read any
thing but how. their ruftes ſtand in a
ghfic, or of thoſe that growe olde in
the obtaining the name of a good
Fencer, Dauncer, Vaulter or Wraſtler,
were to no purpoſe. Thele are but tri-
fles, and indecd , though not vertuous
yet plaine dealers, for a ietting behauj-
our, or an ation with their hands, or
the curioſitic of their clothes diſcouers
them; no I will ſpeake of thoſe that
paintſo in Oyle, as the examination
ofa ſharpe raine will hardly diſcouer
them, of thoſe that carry the worlde
about by the noſe, ofthole that keepe
their mindes more hid in,then women
their limmes, how many of theſe mal-
ked creatures hauc mine eyes beheld,
laden with the honours of the world,
and ſet inthe higheſt top of eſtimati-
- -on, who, were the world inquiſttiue
any further then the outward fight,
they

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they ſhould haye fennd , not vertuous,
bur berraycrs.ofvertue, Rogues: with
counterfait paſports, and. coyners .of
falſe money , inwardly cough they be
idle, yet they baite - hooke with a
profeſſion ; of which they contiqually
talke and aQe their paptts.:like Nero
his Philoſophers , whale wiſdome layc
in their vnkembde hayre , and rugged
beards , andill cloathing, and counzet-
feite grauitie. Nec deeranc, qui voce vile
Fugue ſue triſti , inter obletlamenta regia
ſpeftare cuperent Thus contrary are they
to the time , when their fingularitic
may purchaſe admiration /withaut
danger . The valianteſ} of theſe will be
ſouldiers , but yowillingly feele eyther
danger or bardnefſe , But no profeſſion
nouriſheth them worſe then this , for
at ſometimes this gallant actiue life
will bring him vpon riall-in ſpighte of
his hart , when theſe gilded-{pirits will
beknown for the coverers of rotte bo-
dies.;this. life of armes hath almoſt dis-
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Fiſhers thar nip their bodies, and caft

them into more mowldes, then their
mothers bellics, that neuer read any
thing but how their ruffes ſtand in a
glafic, or of thoſe that growe olde in
the obtaining the name of a good
Fencer, Dauncer, Vaulter or Wraſtler,
were tono putpoſe. Theſe are but tri-
Hes, and indeed, though not vertuous
yet plaine dealers, for a ietting behaitj=
our, or an aQtion with their hands, or
the curioſitie of their clothes diſcouers
them; no I will ſpeake of thoſe that
paintſo in Oyle, as the examination
of a ſharpe raine will hardly diſcouer
them, of thoſe that carry the worlde
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and ſer in the higheſt top of eſtimati-
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mul}-fiat be viidertaken by. A em
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tuſt caufe; how Fidicalous Itis to: dry
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will aduentureno morc,isanimpotcar
ſbiftof a painted minde, 'wearcnotſo
neere the riches-of the minde , aswee
can be full, neither is vertue ſo incon
ftant,as to let the outward- ſenſes: ob
ſcure. her worth,the ſoule that begins
with vertue, whether ſhee winnesor
looſes,is ſtill vertuous,andher diſciples
xeſfi not, bectiuſe they haue filled the
mouthes of mea with prayſes', but be-
cauſe occaſion offers them not c&m-
bate of this kinde,fag ſo formed is the
minde of yertue, that: hazardes-looke
Hot terrible ypon her, comming into
battailes.and «kyrmidges , -as into the
Schoole of her etrcith Surely there
are few humane aCtions but may bee
bettered,and if not -bettered , yet ar
leaſt waies cqualled,and ſo ths number
being increaſed,
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Z ouerperzing /the bodies baſcneſle;,
as he knoweth not how to vſc his vic-
tories. T haue ſeene few 'thar haue
beene happie in theſe atchinements;
but ſome+tricke of pride, diſdaine , or
vuer valaing himſelfe , hath made
him alooſer by. his rich commoditie,
When] reade £xie, 1ftound times palt
werecuen withvs in this imperfeQic
on,for Publius Horatius murther of his
fiſter, becauſe ſhee kindly did her kimde
in: bewayling the dcath of her ſhine
ipoule; was theyomir of the vndige=
ſed honorthat.hee had on.ButI1think
the Romaines were not ſorry for it, for
fuch flates know better how to 're-
uenge then reward, Succefſe-& forume
are like hot Wines that immeafursb
taken , helpe not digeſtion, burfet the
traine on fire , for fach meditationsare
as burthenſoine to the brainzas waight
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fon; and thought ot-byaknowledge,
ableto limic the deſert. 1 would:chaſe
4young mag'that loues Fame, much
fooner then a heauic: ſpirited” fellow
whoſe fluggiſh.carthly thoughts: can-
notmorint fohic, Ayoung man of this
ketiecondition', a
litre: allayed-, wil
wake awile man 'and a:vertnous man,
bur inaget is diſeaſe incurable; doe
oweyery great relpe&tro thoſe metal.
led -yongtters;rhar thinke of honour
andof high-practifes,, eventhat con-
deraned ifellow: of: the world;, that
fought Fame'in the aſhesofrhe' Tem,
pleofEpbeſac; Ithinke he wouldhaue
equaled Ceſar ;/ifhee had had educati-
owanſiverable to his ſpirit. Honour
hithburrwo; winges wherewith ſhee
mounts aboue the vulgar , daring, and.
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had one-of
he durſt, bur :the- other,
the pootecreature! druned hime
ſelfe. The nextare fellojvs thar{fearing, |
blowes )'honour pehce,;and cry.out |
with Tulbe,(cdant arnia tage; concedett
laurea fngrne5;Thele ſhooteat Fame;
ynder granitic- and iufticc;.cnding: all
theif aftions-with- the.commetdations
of peaee,exeubg thebaſtardy: of their
— with the Grammer —_——
tr bellanoinexpertis; and:hokding w
domesbelt quality, ro comſilt in-keep<
ing -the' bodic warme. and whole, :::I
would haue line to doe with thispeoo
- willingly,” were:they-not a metin-:
er of -mine: argument;; which! fees:
they arei, muſt fay ofthem | theit
| rae is an hey
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fame will ſerue them; then'
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of arc inſeperable and though
they fer 2 gallant 'counten ice outs
ward; yerinwardly th \ looke for :a{«
fiſtance-as welb as'pr#yles. Theſe falſe
Laizersthat connterfer the faire, oriens
cal havof vertue, varricd,may ſeerms |
the ſarde,
bur they are: wooches ply ob-
tained to boldall weathery, ow
not,nor boilenor, thisſeneuer "LT,
colours that dies. graine, but:cozen
the world with traſh,thaxcan gono fag
ther'then imitation, they are to then
ſcluesvaceriain
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fromthe countenances of other mens;
and vpon them build cither byſcorne« *
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indured more. paine for fame,then a
fellow infamous tn.the ockes , it was
oddes bur they act their -partes-firſt by
whemlelues,and after get them by heart
theyſpitte all one. way , and.vpon.no:
= will alter the tune of their:
hemmes,and.coughes,theirbodjes and
their heades goe alwaies together,they
muſt hot turnethe one without the0=
ther,neyer laugh, leriie occaſion bee
never {o iuft, their cyes mull ncuer,
ttake aturne,burgallopright forward,
in wordgthey are lockt. wpinformali-
ry,& barred isthe cheli; whezetheyare
incloled with the. eyes, of men; Were
- there arpore {ubſiamnialgcile of Fame
then there, is,this ,were a deare-car-,
biagafs, todeny the .courls ofnarure
U) Ingifferent thinges, nay it is 3
more,for itimakes, Nature, a ſuperfi "I
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earned too-dearly rafollow this
for armiendrment, Ihad rather bee: diſca-
ſed with ſome illieftures;'then put on
theſe French bodies of forkealitie. Farm
ratherofEpicurius minde ,who would
hyin juftſo' much prouiion of Fame,
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reſt to theworld to doe;,What they will
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_ ther commodities; wet at tos muck
behind hand with Nanite to bee iu
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commattnder 'of an holdeithat' ſpen-
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kueand leiuncar enemies;
and ingirting Ys:round , and haue wee
leaſure to paint'and rricke vp and ſet
vÞ tokens oftriumph before the victo-
ry.': Non vita nofiva aut finititia,aut
glorie vanitatr opurhaber ſedſelumeran-
quill et ſecara ota;, this isnotpurcha-
ted by flattery but by contihuall -cor-
refting and' ainending of:our:wande..
rin Fi thoughts andi-aRions.
Thoſe that baite Fame with miſery;and
withimmoderate longing after riches
arethe baſgRdearthly c
altlothers,thirſkwhiles it no fur-
ther,is-good: forit is the, high-wayto
temperance; beſides Ithinke:it.2. great
finne to conſume! waltfully'che.inke-.
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and tion ruined:and defolated
by prodigalitie , itmaimaines abouns
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CO that loue that mof, which
haue+ not; they: that have not
—_ .muſtloue _——_— or elſe they:
will hans leſle they thathauc muchIT
frugalitie keepe ir from - ma, <6
that are left rich,
itisirreligious natts,
leaue theirs rich ; but of thee Epign-!
27) ſpeakes 1in one of his Evifites ta
more: purpoſe. Frugalitaten magnum
exiſtimamas bonis, non vt ſcomper utanney.
muodicu, UETRES U: fe multa habcamus,
DIGWHF PACE, wueris/ime tredentes hes:
ww20m'ficentie! frui fuanſſme- , qui ills
min indicent. But hee that will draw!
worthynefle: from wealth how doth:
hee robbe Heaven, and diſponle vs: of
the graces of the mide ?queſhonlefle;
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fot Fame. |
much aboundance , hee leanesvs the
moſt miſerable and needie ereattres
ofthe worlde ,: for weehaue neede of
more then beaſts, yet nonecatch fame
ſdoner then _— _ Ceucrenceis
throwne | , / then | the
en ſ\ubie&t of vettboburk
skilsnot, wiſedome feeth their pouer-
ty and pities thoſe, that the world ad-
mires* quzs wor igitur putet begtas,quos
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\ offorne,tobe ſeldom ſcent, toappeare
|; in the cyes of men farrefrom he Bah
, onoforher, to tuffer any thing, fora
; faire out fide,are the courles that man
; take, but all chcſe courſes are too fri
; and: vnſafe, they promiſe much more
} then'they are able to performe,and ſuf. 3
fertheir habites:to compell them, and =
leade them a painetfull. and weariſome &
7 journcy. Our determinations appeare
| better formed when performed, then
| promiſed, :they |haue then a faire birth ind
and 3 plcafant , which they have not, *Z*

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- that es of men 'to.won |
derbefore-any: thing; commeth, thicef -
feQtofapromtde,is but the: ent. of
adebr,:The fuddairmefle diane
ted viewofathing,makes itadmirable
and beantifull, whichmadethat aunciz
ent; Philofopher Pxr2acze, forbid'the
taking ofwhathe will do .Duodfacere
inftituze, nolipredicare, namſ# facere ne-
guineri,pideberss, Now
hee that in his _
attyreor cuſlomes afte&tsa fingularitie
and an odnefle, proclaimes'it with mas
ny tongus/for euery geſture,cuery mos
tion, and euery thing -about him is a *
tongue. Thelaſtmeanes is by the way
of letters, which though the infirument
of all the excellenteſt ations of man, T
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beingthemoſt nerre-& deere ſeruants ' IT
of vertues, being her chiefe factor, het
other ſclte, her medicine curing thein-
firmities of man, expelling the leprofie
anddrofieof nature,yet hot able to de-
be fend her ſelfe from the beeing abuſed
Go by counterfeit ſcruants(ynder her band
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for applauſe; Butfor-the-true deyored
ſeruants of letters,they arequeſtionles,
the happieſt and worthicRofall, rece>
uvingfrom the _ ſpririges'of knows |
edge,a water ſo.quickning\.ahdicles-
ring;the fight; that riothinp
is-impent® |
trable,be it armed;etther withidiftance,
| darkenefſe;orwith -neuet ſo 'thanyin-
\ tricatt paſſages-how muchdowe ©
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verence to their, names ; and ſhould
neuer - _— then; without 'a6-
ledgment'of their 'excellencies;,
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name ypon the Gownes and Coates
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lawful then for vs to build our Tombes
| in our Paper8and to weare our names
in our labours? Yes ſurely, it cannot ,
bee denyed vs they are our children, :
which ifthey reſemble vs , it is net a T
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the fathers ſide,divinely diſcended,and
capable of a divine inheritance, and of
a body, the moft perfeRt and full of
mylteries,that it is poſſible for carth to
pu on, whether can knowledge bend
erforce, more excellently then, then
man to looke vpon man: this know-
ledge is profitable, for it is for himſelfe
this knowledge is beautifull : others,
this omitted, is curioſitie, others, with
out this is ignorance , for it hunts for
light without light, in himſelfe hee
muſtbegin andend, for in himſelfe is
the light of reaſon, that diſcouereth all
things elfe. He conſiſfteth of a ſoule and
a body, by reaſonof which foules ac-
companying with the body,ſhe knows
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humours vſurpe Reaſons name, and
ſhadowes are belecued ſubſtantial,then
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commixture of their vertues , know.
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maund, direQion giueth knowledge,
maieſty, and power, Theſe order the
ſences,and makes their effeRs comets
the determined period, teaching thoſe
belonging to the fchoole , to gather
wiſedome for the ſoule, which two de-
ſinated ſeruants, though they preſent
the minde ſometime with allurements,
yet the execution of all vice belongs
to the other three the aſſiſtants of the
body, What ariſeth from thele ſences
are affections, what affeion thinketh
butopinion, affeion like the Parents
medleth with ſingle obiets,theminde
graſpeth yniverſalities, the mindes im-
ployment is about things firme,
the af-
feRtions momentary and fading. Who
ſeth notthen, to be led by our affeCti-
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arc one way poylon, another way pre-
ſervatiues , when they worke onely in
the body they preſerue the body, bur
ifeebangid with excelle, the fumes
{motherthe ſoule, and makes her a-
guiſh, diſtaſting what ſhee ought ro
taſte, furring her mouth with ſuper-
fluities , and making her not knewe
true pleaſure and vanity by the taſte.
What bleſſings or curſes can Ithink of
in the worlde, but are deriued from
theſe two heads, theſe were the two
wayes that Hercates was led vnto :
theſe are the two wayes that leades to
knowledge and ignorance, theſe are
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jy ena erm denys falh, n
In ſe renoluat intimi lucem viſue,
Longeſq, in orbem cogat mfictten 5motus
Anzwwicg, doceat,, quitquid extra molitur,
Sts reeruſum poiſidere theſawris.
Thus haucI anatomized the partes
oflife,ofwhich if Phiſicke beſo care-
fullas to anatomize bodies for bodi-
lie difeaſes, in theſe where minde and
body are to be both inquired into,care
cannot be called curioſitie. To meddle
with effects without the cauſes, is to
tell him thar is ſicke, he is icke , not to
remedy his ficknefſle. 1 will now
ſpeake more feelingly ;and ſpeake of
euents and actions, which in the petti-
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dies caſe, he thar can but wipe his noſe
is his acquaintance, of which 1 will
ſpeake my opinion , —— allin
themanaging theſe three, Proſperitie,
Aduerſitie,and Danger, IfI ſhould ex-
empt knowledge fromall things, bur
the happinefſe of vnderftanding , it
were well, but it is not taken thus b
the world, no, fildome it meetes wi
the worlds definition , whoſe maime
is riches,and either pompe or pleaſure,
luxurie or power; of theſe, what one
is there whoſe gaine hath not beene
knowledge, that the waight of them
hath not preſſed downe, and been like
a Milſtone tyed about the necke of-&
ſwimmer? Is it wealth, and is itgi-
uen thee thinkeſt thou onely to nous
riſh thy ſenſuality ? foole thatthou art;
which haſt thirſted afterthy defiruRti-
on, how much would pouertic haue
become thee better” ſince wealth 2» Mk 2
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euen in their vttermoſt' extremities,
they agree in this, wealth meltin
ſubſtances, not throughly ifabſlaneiall
- and want yndooing their powers with
his chilneſſe and ftormes of immode-
rate colde and heate ,man is impati-
ert, lo ofproſperitie and w ant, which
arenot ſo vnlike, as nottofitte are-
ſemblance, There is vertue in wealth,
as there is in any manuall infirument
handſome and prefitable , ifina skil=
full hand, that fearecfull Simile of the
ſacred bookes , that fayeth; It ſhall
be as poſſible forarich man to enter
Reg e Kingdome of Heauecn, as a
| tour paſſe through the eye of
aNeedlc, ifmeant as RY not by
| wy. ropriated courſe incident to
but incident to the diſpo-
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this iourneyes end, wee muſt paſle by
two daungers , not beftowing too
much vppon our ſelues, nor beftowe
ing, where it may bring foorth pride,
rather then defend want, I neuer
fawe ir
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pie toſceit, aman curbing his owne
diſcaſe of exceſle, to beftowe it. vp-
pon others necdie, wee are content
to ſtarue our ſelues , to. want hand
ſoruefle, to depriue our;
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feede the vnſatisficd a of coue-
touſneſle, in the whichwe ſulfer fo
much, as not to thinke ofour. ownle y--
ſing this ſtore during ourlife, we need
do no more,to do vertuoully, iter but
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then thy ſelfe, and thou artin the way ,

ofheauen ,put in thine owne namefor
thy ſonnes or heires , and thou haſt
purchaſed a diuine inheritance, I, for
them, giuing from them thou aug-
- menteſt their ſtate, 5, a ble(-
fing vpon their houſe and life , I know
not the thoughts of wealth, for I was
neuer wealthy , but asI am, Ineuer
ſee excefle, that my memory laments
not the want of penury. How vnequal-
ly : nay how fooliſhly mannage we our
ſtates, that neglect heauen and buye
damnation - oh_ and exceſſes ,
Aparticuler faith ſervesa ſecular for-
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ledge is not Liberality , but a Cheſt
that vnneceſfarily maketh much of
his ſtore without vſe, or elle prodigal-
litie, which in conſuming is no lefle vi-
tious,then ———_—_— is in ſparing:
what haue wee that the vie makes nor
precious, Dominion, Pallaces, Riches,
what elſe, ifnot vſed, lyes without any
more contentment then the thinges
rake in themſelues, which haue none
other butaſenſeleſſe being,me thinks
contentment can bee. beltowed vpon
nothing more rich, then to {ee crea-
tures by nature negleRed, by thy good
Nature maintained, wherein thou ſurs
pafſeſt common Nature, for ſhee gaue
them a life, but thou giueſt more, +a
contentment of life, forſhee 6auethem
life, which ending there wouldhaue
prooued miſery and vnhappinefle, hut
thou-giuef him life and from his life
remooneftthoſe rorments., whith are
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theſe ations looke vpon vs, ſotruely

are thoſe belonging to the ſoule as
like two Lutes mecting in pitch and
nearneſlc,the ſtriking of the one makes
the other ſound, lo theſe thoughts
ftrooken by the memory, maketh the
ſoule rebound a ſoundot ioy, and con-
tentment. Solon to Creſss telling hina
the frailtie and vnſtableneſle of wealth
ſinkes fo deepe in my theughts as I
wonder it hath not beene aduiſe to all
ſuch Forunes, thoſe plentics lefthim
in his greateſt nzede; but when Soloxs
counſcl ſhewed him, how like flatterers
theſe ourwaid glitterings are, hee then
crycd out of So/on; and vndertiood his
witedome, which before hee could
not{cethrough his maynificence and
power, which lay berweene him and
wiſedome, Who would notthen buy
liberality with temperance,and ſparing
fromhimlelfe that which is too much,
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the ſtomacke to tell vs, wee haue eaten
teo much, but the ſoule fecles it too,
when the ſtomacke riſeth againſt the
meate , the conſcience doth againſt
intemperance , and as one, fecles
the meate , the other dooth the
finne of the ſurfetting, it is not the
deſtinie of cuery man to bee rich,
but euery man 15 deſtinated to beea
man, and if thou remembreſt from
whence thou camft , hee came from
the ſame place , wee eſtimate pi-
we
Qtures that can but counterfaite the
life, but this hath life, hath fleſh,
and blood, is thy brother , wilt thou
bee ſoparriall to thy fight and fo yn-
naturall to him to preferre a ſenſe bes
fore thy ſelfe,the barke of a thing be-
fore the thing ſubltantiall ? this lookes
but like a man, but this is a. man bath
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reaſon, hath ſpeech,and all thingeselle
wow
with thee, but what thou knowelt net
how-to ye.
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One hominiem genua in terris
femil; ſurgit ab orts,
Vn enim rerum Paſtor eff
on cunta miniftrat.) |
Thus ftaggereth ignorance in the
diſpoſing of wealth , but knowledge
makes them ſteppes to aſcend &h
throne of glory , hee wauers not , he
playes not Fortune, diſperſing blind- .
folde, nor finkes, with couetoutſneſle,
whoſe nurſe is a minde vnfatisfied,
that
doth ſtarue himſelfe , to weaken him-
ſelfe, for his wealth is a baite to the
world, and his miſery leaues him de-
fitute of defence. |
N amprinata dolore omn,prinata periclis,
Jpſa ſuis pollens opibrs.
No,Knowledge lees theſe things to
bee fading , his ſtrength 1s in himlclfe,
if he haue theſe, hee betters not, im-
paires himſelfe by them and cnds,
"Tnueni portum, ſpes & fortuna valete.
"Tneede not ſay much of prodigallirie,
fnceic ſpeakes as ill for it ſe& as his
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vitermoſt .enemie can, onely -it-is
worth the noting, how couctouſnefle,
prayes 'ypon vnthriftineſſe , which
ſhewes the wiſedome of the cternall
oodnefle, who hath giuen one finne,
lcaue to laſhanother to death. In pri-
wage Fortunes it ends with begyery,. in
high. with infamie, |in both withre-
pentance. .
Habot hoc voluptas omnis,
Strum mis ag't fruentes,
Apuwmque pas volantinm,
Vbigratia mella fudit
F ugit
05 nimss tenaci
Fera itt coraa mor(s.
Eneuer ſec prodigallitie but accom-
panied with troupes of vices, and their
.endis comonly, a yong vnthrift anold
cheater. Iwill ſpeake no more of theſe
priuate, of Princes predigallitic a little,
itisneceſlary Princes reward ſecruants,
it js-necefiary they ſupply vertuesnced,
bur.neither, to much,itis good ro keep
them.in appetite, for performance. c-
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meth off mere r6undly;,

when the ſoule
#nd body both hope of reward then
when the ſoule alone , For then the
body waxeth lazy and becomes ſhug-
Sifh : Much more dangerous, was De-
#ttrius taxation ypon the Fheniens
&
whick being ſo much 2s hardlyin their
powers to contribute :at the receipt he
gaue it his concubine to buy foapewith
this ſmarted doubly vpon' the- taxed
people,for it Rroake them- with ſhame
andlofle, which had they hadpower,
they had reucnged, and: did with the
power of theit tongues queſtjonlefle
ſling him with infamy.Where publicke
actions inforceth the vic of the pub-
licke purſe , Princes muſt ſhew an ex-.
traordinary temperancy, and demon-
ftratethoſe common contributions are
,Fenc for the common profit, vpon no
.priuate, I holde aduerfitie neerer a
kinne to Vertue then proſperitie, I
"have heard great men |complaine
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; beſt buſinefſes , and rhis is profperi-
ties and powers fault, ſo bufie are
'their lives about their commings in
$ and layings out ,: as their lives and
> knowledges arc not farre different
from a Marchants counting houſe,
5 where the billes are, Item for the body
'R and- about. the body, but the ſoule,
h hath nothing, no not her windowes
d ag themight looke abroade,
ut ſtopped they are with rags and
durt,ſo diſpiſed and forlorne, doth for-
tune make this creature borne to eter-
= nall light:fo vngrazetul are wee to her
hay that gaue vs life , not. to returne her
, light. Aduerfitie needs not Philhps boy,
X= towm wake him with—_—
the clarhor of morta-
ws litie,na, aduerſitie ſecth cleercly ,-the
re miſts of- adulation are not caſt before
no | ber fight, ſhee heares with her owne
cares, with her owne eyes ſhee ſcexh,
I with her owne head-fhee iudgeth, _ ax; I

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them ſhe cantell;that it muſt be death
without the. cuſtome of the Eafterne
Monarches ,who were crowned and
modeld theirſepulchre in a day. Si ws
. PACAYE ANWNO GAUL Paper efſe oporter , aut
pazper: ſimaligpouerty is readyfor this,
not needing the conflicts of reafon and
affection, and ſo happy ſhee is, as to
make wealth counterfait her, when ſhe
would be let into the houſe of know-
ledge,though wee bee rich, if wee will
be wiſe, wee multnotlet riches cleaue
to our mindes nor ingrofle our loue
Pouertie is the way,
Res quib usoccultas, penitis cenſcre
offis. |
Againſtthis and al other aduerfities
the way to withſtand them is know-
ledge, loue them not and thou ſhak
not bee ſhipwracked with their loſle,
. that thou ſhalt nor loue them, know-
Jedge will ſhew+:;thee , that they are
-ynworthy to bee beloued , fince there
"hangs
4 t abour \chem vncertaintie, in _
that
 certaine perill of diftraRtion, they nou-
riſh wiſhings and longings , before
whom goeth doubr and griefe, after
whom - commeth repentaunce and
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_ ſhame , 'in our lighteſt matters who
hath conſideration , parzeth the com-
modities or diſcommodities attending
them, and calts them away if belong-
ing to diſcommodiries,inour profoun-
deft matrers let vs not bee more l1ghr,
but examine them and then doubtlefſe
wee ſhalldetermine Aduerfity the man
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rY of glory, Beware of bclecuing the re-
ſiſter of theſe, for they are aftcQions,
whoſe lightnefſe nor able to pierce the
profunditie of theſe things,li20 better
what they -knowe ; what ſhulild tay
more of danger, then that knowledge
knowes her vttermoſt, and therefore
cannot be diſmaide'or afrai{? that this
is true, ſec children morefearcfull then
olde folkes, fooles then wiſemen, ig _* ©
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' Kaith a Philoſopher , Feare then is
= if Knowledge comes. If it bee
tl dangerous, by Knowledge thou
knoweſtit is dangerous , and know.
ledge will teach thee to entexrtaine
it with refiftance or Patience, how ſo
euer ſhee giueth thee the viRtorie , for
Paticnce is inuincible., conquering
when reſiſtance is conquered, hee is
not ouercome, whoſe diſcourſe: and
reſolution can fay- with Tiſes 3.Hor
guog, cor perfer,nang,hos grawjare:tuliſhs .
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like the Sunne killes, -feare' and darke-
neſſe;,and makes the foundatioh,where
' ſheets the ſement , not to be ſhaken
nor /ftirred by the ftormes';of the
world. - As bis fight is cleere, ſo are
his' epes. right, no apparition. nor
colour «diftractes him , neither with
ioy nor ſorrow ; that childe of the
Fancic , appetite, in beaſtes it is called
appetite,bur in manit is termed his wil
.aword of command, which authoritic
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&s giuen him for knowledge ſake, who
knowes whar to will, for otherwiſe did
he appetite without knowledges coun-
{ell,it ſhould be appetite in man as well
2s in beaſts, What ſhould man will
then , but Knowledge, by this will is
made pretious, when hee goeth from
this,hegoeth to beaſts, ir is appetire
fromw pull bur the paintings of
the world , and it is like atyrantes
pompe.
Detrahit is qui ſuperbis
U ant tegmine cultns,
Tam videbu int arlas
Domunos ferre catenas.
How admirable is this vertue, which
gouerneshere fo wiſely 2s no ſhot nor
tempeſt of the world can batter her,
how laſting is this vertue, ſo embalme-
ing our actions , as time cannot ruine
themyfloath and ſenſualitie are drownd
ina few yeares,but knowledge and her
effeRs are immortall, In hiſtory and
other relations, cuery headcan deter-
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make vs doe thisfor cur ſelues, let vs
impartially ſec howe often; times wee
haue ſtumbled for want of this light, if io
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more, forthis examinations the way
of light, without this, Homo bomini do-
mine non eft, ſed mors & vita, veluptas,
"&- detor, but with this, with Sgcperes,
Ade quiderm Anitns & Helitas vecidere
poſſnnt, ledere non poſſunt. Fortune, the
world, or all that is in the world, with
this armour is vanquiſhed , for:know-
ledge faith of Fortune , Fortuna vitrea
eſt , que cumſplendet, frangutur, of the
world, Hommes perturbantuy nonrebus,
ſed yr quasderebus babent opintonibes. It
15 not opinis that is in knowledse, but
iudgement , who wayeth euery thing
with the ballance of iuſtice & diſcrett-
on, what more can be ſaid, but that ſhe
is ſo precious,as hauing her,thou wan-
teſt nothing, in a body thouliveſt, but
in a minde thou ioyeſt, and death doth
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die obtained fight more cleare , with
ſeperating of mortality from eternity.
The worlde is ſweetned by thy exam-
ple,&fame makes thy memory reſound
ouer the whole worlde, and thy name
lives in ſpight of time or detraCtion.

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Of ludgement.
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children of Knowledge, Iudge-
ment, me thinks is her deereſt iflue, for
they are inſeperable , they reſemble
one another ſo neerely, as hardly can a
diftinRtion get betweene them, if be.
tweenethem, it is onely intheir placez
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 Knowledge, is this tier chiide; it isthe
reward of her trauailes, it is- the try-=
umph of her viRtories;ſhe ſaith:
Et junnwna ſequar faſtigia rerum,
And iudgementantwers her,thou ſhalt
determine rightly of euery thing, The
moſt reſplendent ornament of man , is
Iudgement , here is the perfeQtion of
his innate reaſon;heere is the vttermoſt
ower of reaſon joyned with know.
Ln heere isexperietices harueſt, for
the excellent vnion of reaſon, of know-
ledge & -xperiences, 'ends his knitting
yp with the excellenteſt perfeftion of
man, Iudgement, what giue we, wiſe-
dorne; what giue wee, the ſcarres and
barrailes of age, but Iudgement ? what
hath rhe moſt excellent men to prooue
their excellencie, but the title of Iudi-
cial 2 what is wiſedomes other name
but hidg-ment? for ludgement is wiſe-
dome : who able with the wings of
xeaſon to mount his ſoul into the pitch
is aiedization ; and is not couctous
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fatisfie her weakeneſfle, hee muſt often
be carried from his queſt, but who ali=
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other things more precious, how toek
hee drowne himſfelfe in perills and
dangers ? If the very name.inamours
thee not, what wouldeft thou haue
that ſhee yeelds not ? honour, wealth,
happineſſe, dominion ? why ali theſe
are in her , what can merite honour,
but iudgement? wealth thou defireft
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thou needeſt not wealth, havpineſſe
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dominion ouer the worlde, for Kings
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ſhe meditates of eternity, and hath al-
ready put her poſſeflor in poſſeſſion of
eternity;'Though ſhee meddles with
the world, as being of the world,yet ſo
fafely, as ſhee cleaues not to it, nor is
not altoniſhed toleaue it: Good Ar
chime des , mee thinkes Ice thy calme-
nefle and contentmenr, in the middeſt
of the ruines and bloud of Syracuſe, ſo
buſie about knowledge, as not hearing
the clamors and nent, not labouri
for feare, but for knowledge and iudg=
ment, and when hee was interrupted
by.his murtherers , he asked not life of
them, bur a little time to finiſh his in-
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dangers, of death, theſe iin iudoement
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beene [at a:5kirmiſh 'of: ſmal mo- C:
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no wonder, it may bee mentioned

perhaps ina ballad ,'neuer in an' Hi-
tory. | ay
Fame is not fo light ,; as. to faile
witha ſinall gale, it muſt beea winde
of force that mooues het failes, which
neuer is ſo forcible as when a good
ation is goodfor all,” Bur (Ceſar robde
' the world, broughr all the profits of
his Common-wealth to be his only , of
which, thatit was injuſtice all ſees,
that it was daungerous' hee felt , *and
for fame 'rhe ſpirite oP his ations
are commended , the difpoling of
them, becauſe not hurrefull vuto vs,
not exclaymed againſt', "but aske
lJudgement , and fſtrely hee will
condemite him For |killing vertue
which ambition ifaftet'death wee be
hold therh impartially, who would not 7
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nefſe. comes from! the ayre of ſuch a
meditation, when the other feeles. as
much cruchtie inwardly,as hee. effects
outwardly, and buyes a beautiful out-
fide withthe tortures of his heart. That
corrupt ſpeech of Ceſars vpon Scille,
Scullam neſc;niſſe bteras , qui; Dillaturem
depeſwerit. : -*Scilla outliued Ceſar,
- bow, well might, he haue mocked his
orcedy body,wben iu ſpite of it great-
neſſe, itlay intangled and, liuclefle in
the Scaateas cille ſaw this, and eſchew-
ed it, \Ceſar marked bis iudgement,
and found to late there was wifedame
in moderating power. But
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yeela," holde. out ,wee vſepower
commonly, as meate,,not.nouriſhing
gur ſelues ,, bus ſurferting,, pleaſe,our
taſte, overlay our \Romeackes...,;) thus
We, abuſc the.precieulncile of thinges,
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and haue, for wepullit
—_ ypon
and vs, with Re pey eg
oddes and preciouſneſle of greatneſle
tQ
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OO ouer meaner fortunes, that by their
greatnefſe they may doe more good,
vertue in lowe fates lies buried, in
high it ſands a loft, poore men may
thinke well, but rich men both thinke
and doe well, heere is all, greatnefle
hath no other circuit , no other ought
be his end, for power is giuen him by
the incomprehenſible greatneſſe,com-
pared to, whom his is lefſe then no-
thing, to no other ende, that hee
hath, then to ſupport the weakeneſle
of mens fortuns, and an vnderſtandin
head to diſpatchit , not that hee hath
a body to conſume as his deſert, power
is not to do wrong , but to-puniſh do-
ers of wrong , and wealth. I ſhould
holde a burthcnſome companion,weg
not liberality a yent,for were it nothor
that, it isgood for nathing. But thigt@
thkearers ſeemes rather ,trueth than |
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poſſible;
thoſe thoughts make Vertue
impoſſible , vice workes all her deccirs
with ſweetneſſe and lazynefſe , and
thefe catch almoſt all diſpoſitions , for
where a good diſpoſition refiſts the
former , vice calles difficultie- mpoſſi-
ble, and fo lazyneffe killes thoſe, that
pleafures fer goe: but Vertue faicth;
Coronam athlete niſi certant, non acct-
iznt ; thinke but of the reward of
ertue , and the paine is nothing , if
thou dyeſt inthe attempt ,, honour at-
tends dated thy graue, honour artends
thee Peace attends thee, Fame at-
tends thee; in aworde Vertue attends
thee, in whom are all the reſt, and
more then all,for Vertue marries, thee
to heauen. Thus comes greatneſſe
to an excellent periode, without this
itcomes.to deftruQion ; Tudgement
uſerk the way of ery Nmnn of
Vice, which diflolueth into'infamie and
Xepentanice, preatneſſe without Judye-
-menc, brings foorth "tyranny , _ EY,
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are like Ca/gnls, of whom Seton

faieth :Nec ſernwn melivrem vim ;
nee deteriorem dominum feifſe 4 but
eſe counſelled by iudgemient ,
ath Pater Patrie , within which is
Iuftice /;' ' Fortitude , Temperance ;
and al] that makes a ſtate flouriſh with
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Eſſay. 28.

Of Natures Policie.
"He Glaſſe werein the minde be.
holds itſelfe,is Nature, there ſhee
ſeeth the beautifull lineaments of her
owne proportion:and might not mine. .
opinion ſecme to: digreile too much » 4

from the world , Iwould fwcare there

1 no life, no {weetneſle y no COne N -

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anything, wee-knowe not how-much
wrong. wee doe our ſoules withcom-
ing them to bee play-fellowes to
the bodies wantonnefle ; 1willaduen.
ture it, the worſt that opinion can doe
to me, is butto oppoſe hex {elfe againſt
me, and1 feare itnot, then thus, they
are childiſh or beaſtly courſes, thatare
taken for bodies fake,onely that excel-
lent and diuine faculty excepted, that
ke 2eties in ſocietic, that makes
many bodies one body, that reconciles
the differing. and dilagreeing vnder-
ſtandings of man , and knits them vp [|
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in an vaitic,” the preſeruation,of whoſe

admirable concord , wee cdl pollicie.
This fiudie becomes the molt dinmne
icits,as longas they are in bodies, for
h ſubject is the ſoule-tothe bo-
die, as in confufions and troubles-ſhee
istroubled, and thercfore Pollicte/pro-
-— ducing peace, and peace! giuing ler.
+ -tieto: the foules' workings, goncrne--
-—* mehr and. pollicie arc the deftinated
and
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are yet in bodies, But'doth not this

compelt'vs from a more diuine and
more aſpiring inquifition ?4t doth nor,
for the rules of pollicie are ho where {©
truely written, asin the workes of na-
ture,to the workes ofnature is the fur
theſtiourney; that our ſoule can cartis
vs, asl6rigrasſhe beares the burthen of
a body; then'vnder this tutreſle, is the
beſt ofthe beſt Knowledpes to be lears
ned, being the inſtrutorof the' moſt
excetlontnacurall courſes, eirher atiue
orcontemplatiue, : (10! h
This ArchiteQreſſe ſhewes the firſt
vroimd of pollicy, the ſociety of thingy
|Awad iskinde this, ſbe hay Sh |
to bcafts- that hanie onely ſenſe; | nay;
vo. her Blements who.hane _ quaL
lities;ſo may-it ſeeme not by diſcourſe; . 7
not- excellent grace-'; bue 'cuent by a << M
fingte infuſion the meanell} wee 'mans | 1
rally thirſt afreraparticipatinp Seo... ;
municating with thinges of
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kinde, thereiscueninall theſe three
kindes, a fingular contentment in this,
for beatis whoſe onely pleaſure isfee-
ding and. the appetite of generation, a
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haue their flomackes increaſed by the

ſtomackes:of the heard , and hauefe-
males vpon whom. to executethe moſi
forcible- commaundement of natures
andtheirfull pleaſure , each Element
by che affiſtance of the ſame.,' js more
able to refili-thinges Antipatheticall
in nature their onely cate , and man
whoſe yoyce carrieth interpretation, &
whole reaſon fils that yoyce with mea-
ping, What can be defire more carneſt-
ly then ,his |communicating reaſon,
and by the other faculties offi conftis
tution to giue his reaſon
theforce and
firength of many. Were it not thus, it
. would beca Chaos , for the ſeperati-
_ gnanakesa worlde, which feperation
..., Hang by the.agrecin and iſagree-
—ingoF
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owneconflitution ; ſo ſeeke they no
further then. a particular preſeruati-
on., in which both they arc contens
ted, and nature ſcrued, how admirable
is our mothers wiledome; ſhe hath gj-
uen no creature reaſon butman, had
ſhe to an other, all her trauailes ſhould
have ſerued-;for the foode -of ciuill
warres, ſuch being theefiet of an e-
quall power bent to the'obtayning a
great-dominion : the next-is ber ski
in,preſeruation , of which, though
the moi aflured gaine js hers, yetis
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tisfaction., as, vacompelled.they wik
lingly perferme ber commandements ;
thus ſhould Lordes conmaund,
that
would not, have their ſeruice lacked,
never to imploye any. infirument of
their will, without giuing theman ins
tereſt of contentiment, yet might it be
couertly: handled , ES c it wall 7
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mr of reſtinefle and rebellion; ivis to
bee ſafclicft done, either by teaching k
themi the-duety of cacti ſtate,” by ma- |
king them vnderfland the worthinefle |
of a life that runnes direRtlyin his de-
finated courſe, -or elſe with ſhowing 1
them the effeQs of their labours, and | =
with them comparing 'the vnhappi- {
nefle of the ations of diſobedience, I
but natures know not what they doe, I:
andyetdocherpleaſure , hee that can V:
finde infirmments of the ſame temper, Ic
is likely to make good worke All the th
rareid variable actions and formes of pe
Nature, -are tempered and performed | w
onely by her -foure ſeruants the Ele- bu
- tients,ſhe viethno more. A plaine de- | ha
\ monſtration; not the multitude; but | wc
>.” the diligence and diſcipline bringeth || ths
things tothe:wiſhed end; though Cz- ins
- farcould call all his fouldiers by their | ur
- Hathes,, yet Idoubt whether hee were | hg
= pettectin all their natures, ir couldnot ala
if 8 be,
 be,and yetpn age
TanksT'sof
Armes itbred no da eeobus, W ben it
.CaNe tO counſell, FaeNS
not thioke rheir Loans£Ge
enough;but to ſpeaks of thea,
of peace, which giug al hkFYOnS
their ſhape, it,is.nox meet they e 1ma-
ny, but ſclefted.ougofm HOT the
ſoundeſt counſe)les,pr oegedsnofrom
largeneſle of thecompanic,, bucfTom
largeſt vaderflandings,forthem that
venmany , as ſeruants , got..counſel-
lours,, itis not ſo burcfull Yer haue
they ;& many. windowes. for aſlin-
gers to take it,at, and; þ aieoue
what they doe,, "Natiixes, con itutes
but foure, desÞ hych. mahber hee
hath reducgd the thinges of the
world,ſo feng. politirian 1a. jngeds
| thekeeping the -hody ofgauernement
in.good forme, ro make cuery crea-
tureof his charge,belon
be 70 gue F
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from idle firaglers; and ſuppreſſe one
of the meanes of innovation, - Out
oftheſe foutt conflirured bodies, hath
ſhee made all thinges , there belonges
ho moreto her whole frame, whoſe
ſituation” and whoſe number is an-
otherleſſon , they are foute , ſoare
the differetit fates of a-common
wealth in her exa@eſt conſtirution;
The Prince, Nobititie, Gentry ,Ple-
beians. Natures agree and diſagree-in
ualitics, the one - teſþet of rheir
1tyation ; the other of genetation,
thinges altogether like , beeing as
vnptofirable as” letters withour a
vyowell,, ſo opghr'the degrees aboue
mentioned, *for were they altogea-
ther /contrary, there could bee no
combination, if 'altepether a like
tio generation , .novrder ,Natureof
hers hath given fire "the prehemi-
nence , whole neighb6unr ayre is, and
they apree in heaxe, water is' next
the ayre; and they in moylinefle, warer
with | c://-
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yith theNobilitie- in morraliciggth®
Nables with thegentry in theje zctined
blood, the gentry; with: the Plebcians
in ſubieion,the fire is the moſi hig,rhe
moſdworthiy,the ayte lefle worthy but
|behoofecful, the waterto be vigdho6;
fog, the earth an, jpunenſe apd-maogte
ftrous body, whaſe worthines,confilts
onlyjahis quantitie; Such muſt be the
care of law giuers. and founders of ſo.
cieties,as thejr incorporate bgdy. hath
both cheir agreeing and diſagreeing
lities, by thoſe agrecing, to.kcepe
min amitic, which is hut
effect of an equall 4intereſt ,. cuen as
Princes by alliance ſecke to affure the-
{clues of one another,by this diſagree.
igtohaue all the ſundry imployments
ofa
eate,fitred with tmanagers meer &
Skilful, After the creation of theſe foure
wes their unployment , the induſ-
\ try ofNature,is well ſcene
in her.cþil=
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blitig bodies) ofiffingle:des
in
MiRanr to
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ſffeva mucationhj'the mol
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#e "Gonthiwally” batied in. converting
Me FoveetelF *»f theitrexe adioyrtins:
rairlfifto boweb, brafithes leanes and
FaiteFrhep doe northey dye beatles
Baietheit foudes toprovide; from
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diaat{rheft hey!Marue:2 'rfiafh the Yo
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Jiee Beebuies viewofilable 2} a eaanſe
mich tore rorriGle" then the reſt! Cof
OfiSdlenieſſe , cofes1 any! thiſc
asf his Tripxa(tbluned®, next'h
exit, and oftir prodiies'werſt
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the beholders. , but; a- more: gentle -
medicine might haue; ſerned.bas 3vell:
beware of that,thare breing-gothing
more dangerous; tia) ate, then: to
ieftwith offenders , ifyou copteſf the
debs, payir tbewd; or you. league: them
worſe then: you found them, well if
1of
imultbee amely,,// yet itis 4 pktifull
crueky, and Drecoes lawes very: good
for the. bcholders,'whadſocuer.;shay
wore for the vndergoers, From wwhenge
mature fetcheththe fivfte.of her work-
-manſhip, -is onely from her felfe, ſhee
eres _ theFOnen
not yen them @decingy4
.meants to ry them in ghear dyjories,
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to”acknow!
-lieftſippreſſed, whoſe's +5 inwy
'reteidies their light nor from themſeins,
but-the-affiRance of others, bur this
example! muſt bee-allayed, before it |
comestothe praiſe of men , other-
wile raken,it wil prooue poyſon,ſome-
whatthexeis in it;not vnproficable, bur
itniuf{be carefully! prepared, forwee
"te not {o early as before the on
hw, 5 we haue the pleafur
of thie'v{c, nor of the making,to atrept
which,isnot without apparent danger,
it isnot out of the way,to raiſe poore
fortunes with rich mindes, neither wil
they be vnprofitable ifregarded light.
ly, but if ſuffered ro amount, they bee
moſt dangerous, for as things natur:
Colde, through force made hotte,burne
mot} ardently, ſo is there-no ambition
fo violent as the beygars ambition.
Thete are examples enough of ſuc n
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aridſeryants, that haue ftepr OY

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 f Of NeaturesPolicie.
their maſters and; death,as many that
haye aſpired 40,their maſters authori-
tie,here was the yIgand abuſe ofthoſe
inferioyr inſtruments,
Nature counſelles with no body
bur her ſelfe,an, inflance not fitre for
mag, becauſe. the. akneſle of his
vnderfiandivg ng&des the force of al-
fiftance,but that theyſhould bee fewe,
and ſeleRed, is awiſe and the neere(}
imitation that we can attaine vnto:the
reaſons ate two, thoſe Counſells are
likely go bee kept fecret, that are
committed to a few, it being an infal-
lible precept to lay a mans eſtate (if
neede requires ) vpon many , his
thoughts .and weighty intents ypon
few, the other reaſon, there are but -
few to he found ſo honeſt as not to as
buſe this authority conuerting their*
counſels to their particular benefite,
Dwmg, [u0tentat[alient? pollice Denam,
Combper canſam ka [ape tener.
To counſell is the beffolfich
| Aagq "> Wet
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friend,butlet him bee

afried with
|; As 1, ' þ+ hott \F3, IS. » SY. | TINY 'Y

whom we counſell* Ownia Cum amico

delibera
ſed deiſo prize. Since we miſt
: He helpe, let vs bee. fure hee is lo, to
| whom wee truſt}fothe difcr&tion by
nothing recciues logreat achecke, the
eftate Fgreat a loſſe, the life ſo' great
a danger,as by the ivice ofa Uiflem.
bler,afoole or a coward for our friende
and counſellor. Tiberins in his whole
courſe, neuer prooued himſelfe hone,
but ucuer a foele , but in his truſting,
Neither js this. moſt powerfull *Em-
preſſe Jauiſh in her rewardes, ſhe hath
creared things one aboue another and
ojueh them degrees of preheminence,
Panfhee currupts not Natures with a
_ | prodigall heaping promotion,” ypon
-«promotion,for well knoweth ſhee that
the inforciny thinges , beyond the 1i-
mites of their conceptions and eflenice,
wholly corrupts them, and makes them
as, vnprofitable as age in a ſhange
ingreyBur this denies not rewards, F
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 of Nthrts Miicie. |
the foode of 's rmorralt: '886&nefle
whichirmufthane, or de itfeldowe
liveth,, butthe tempter aAdthe right
diftriblition is th- thing that Narure
teacherh vs; for it!"this aboandance
doth the nthde ſtiffer, avdoth thehos
die by aboundance of meate. She hath
made nothing' withour an vic; an'ad-
uice,fittine9 high and low ;whoſe' che
riſhing creattites with6it viE'markes
them at the end- with anF, of B.: to
make which poſition to endure ca-
fie,ſhee hath more things ro ſet them
abour, then one, arid fitterh diſpofi
tions withtaskes arif\verable to thei?
diſpoſitions, of this I hane: ſpoken be-
fore, yet is it {b'certain&@tfeffeQreſſe
of things profperonſly;: astoftimmember
WW
b=u
TY it againeis 'ndt ſuperfludits! 'Hauing
thus conſtitution -her goucrneryent;
ſhee derefts nothiny*rhote<then” aibtia
ers, be they ite1ierto excelles tinſorne
things which ſhe hates,ethers
they are not hers
but ForlWleaar
he«
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wifedome.andNatue istohie and ex-
cellent to; morher that pedlers bratte,
orel(c they are rebelles.that in difpite
of
her authoritie and skill will breake
out into the world and diſgrace her
cunning, the ſame reafons ought
tomake ſtates no Icſle abhorre /the
monſters of ſtates, practiſers of inno-
uation, which whether it comes from
the humour of Fame or from che more
daungeraus of ſurpriſing bis Country,
15to bee with all diligence ſuppreſſed:
bad,iftheybe not too bad cuſtomes
beeing more then remedies produ-
ciag tanouations. For in theſe troubles
the honeſt minde lands amazed, the
» ſeditious that haue long waited for
fuchan opportunitic embrace it, woun-
ding the (late in many places, whiles
hergouernors are either feeble throgh
diftrattion., or their forces bent ano-
ther way, by the commaundement of
paſhon,..;,j«1,
Of time was the Romane com-
ants : mon
 _ Of Natures Policie.
mon-wealch ſicke of theſe difedſes, fil.
dom curedof any,if falued of one with
ſuch a _ e, as the curious eye
of ſedition, found by that howto mo-
leſt her more dangeronſly, cuen asa
troubled titc of land , oft times brinps X
forth more with pleading for the right
and ſhewing the title. So apprehente
and ſo_ is the witte of man, that
ſpurred by his will, there is nothing too
ifhcult that he dares not attempt and
erhaps vanquiſh, ſucha fury mooues
fs will, with ſuch ſubtiltic his rea-
fon, wherefore ſince the will backes
il cauſes ſometimes , and that the
reaſon is corrupted,by the violence of
. the wil,there is no fafcty through theſe
intricate inan Xx c thred
of vertue, whole! 1i t is the on
meanes to lay opentheſe Juglers. and
-workers by ficalth, To follow-Natures
progreſſions a lirtle furth
time hauing laide the faundati
hergoodly building, 6G
 IJ! WES 1
ftrate +the-'-effets ofher! excellence;
ro arriueart fome' pootend of her tra-
miles; nap, what istheveyibur- is the
creatuve-vof' her! handAn excellent
happineffe, to equall which, thoughrit
werea zzowAdlefle ambition for ws to
aſpireto,yetas:like' jtas we come, 154
worthjpretire, weare well: pleatedin
the: arrertpring” things ;-bur-rhmgs of
chic ranckereticRed; oo lrauepreſerued
bar coantrys,
*to have'giueniher good
dawes;to/have. left herigood'examples,
are ſuch things to beholt; poſſeſiethvs
with
fo'ample! and: erernall ioyes , as
not :the 0&maginariotir;,” the? neereſt
heighbourto-mortatityy to immortall
fate,” [cannot thinke! of more diuine
hdoyes j:then is here fult.;4-wonder nor
wt Licwpur wiifull>exite,, reſpeRtiny
the accafzon, it wasgn vitcertame.and
dangerous ſtate, that he lefr his :Ne-
phevw; compated-with-thefruitioniof
.., thoſe chbutthes 2rhac- accompanied this
Oy
Ac
FY
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dinances
 Of Natures Politie.
dinances” of 'the LaroniaerKingdome;
in myaccomnt farre 'ouerwaluing|;; the
pofſefiion.Ofthereſtof natures work
manſhip ;-thouigh- there bed fron&but
full of precious- liquor, aid[thatrherg
yet moreithen a mortall:imaginatis
on can grape; with-thavmhyltitutdeT
am confounded: and. oe-no fat}
ther then to ſhut vp whats ed ,

my pen, therewefisbytokherehis theh

that Idarever por: nirb
thefinft how
liberally Gree atealcth with che:worlde
inhereftcQt>:how fpariigly in layi
open herbauſes; whilknowedaſlitche
Hiſpofitiowofman, :wihedj
deſpiſeth nl thoſt benefits that :hewds
deritands-thelacafon wh anbeficelient-2
teſlon forfoucraigntyqo trandgy; whole ©
knowledge iforched: from bis: WR
ment cather then perton!, mouriſheth
Ecepholds mbicfiic,thry being drawuge
into mory beautifull cokowurs; thavake
eyciceing: nor,
:the! nditirihmcn pet
formethtorter; then-thualle thin
+83:;1 ”
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are oftheeyeand
familiarto-our ſenſes. The vpholdi
this miraculous ftame, reſteth in the
handsof' lout and neede, which doe
preſerue all her creatures, which two,
are the: maine - pillars vpholding her
” building; bylouc her ſiock is renewed;
Omnibus incntions blandam per _
' |54 MOYERS.
Efficts, ut cupide enerats.
ND wingsang. in n2-
wares igatnfloneanocer, chi
=
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a OO _—_ the effects th

amay beparted ain yeris
- ourlour needy, and none thatis not
- Intereſtedin our particularcare: how a
© Aatcoughttoapply this,is cuident, by
E \ -<chewholew orld,itis determined, peo+
4 ple:cannot. live without gouernours,
there
istheirneed, from his iuſtice and
| 2tgo execution ofhis place proccedes
| thus from loue and neede,
 Of NpturesPalicie,
ties. Itis allour ſtates toneede, anda
mutuall ſupplying m_ —res |
that makes vs comp
otherwiſe lame &9 ann
m_
perſwade Subiedts willingly to
Por
tribute to the charpe of the
not look anly.vpon theirown
_— |
bur vypoh his expencesteflefend them
from innouations and troubles , this
doth nature moreplainely.iceach
ſunnes drawing vp moiftute
. earth, which ic doth not. as
them, butto giue it againeto.
' more warmie and more fat Rwy wand
ceiued it, in the ſame nature muſt wee:
efleeme Princes im firions;whichre- 4
turne'vs them with a great encreaſe,, ©
and more tich in'ſubRance then |
reeciuved them, thus doth Nagipeths
cellently y Idher workde , thuces-
cellentl IP theſe y_ |that
'proceede ſo'im locally anll as.
to.imirate her; - 0g" 15:
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151; bepyyhe 7,dy withs
ei, edlduon! © 2: _
renee (ho-
gmourable Lady) arc conceited : for
Syilyour commaundemens. ]haye en-
«ircdofconceit , which Linde ſo like
as to reſemble it 80 your ſelf,
wert:artrue and quicke deſcription :
butitis inyou mixed with iudgement,
- tithout which i often goes; though i
- \aſtenigde with! ity; That, it goe with» |
urzarmekes it differ from you,for you
-carmaks goc without iudgement;, bur I
peake no! more af you, : Imult
ab cofperfeczons,
whole wane
in the-worlde makes imperfectiudge-
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 Of Contert.
due prayſes,Poctry or Flattery: Bur ey<
—_— dyes ' KA
conceitis abuſed;fortoduck, and to be
ſtuffed with apiſh tricks,toweare green
cut ypon yellow and to bee a very me-
rimentto their eyes, I haue heard tear-
med conceit : when: they are no other
bur Taytour-like friskes of the ſeriſes,
which they haue ſeene, allowed, with- '
our asking councell euen of- the com-
mon ſenſe , the ware-houſe common
to beaſts, and to men. But the worthies
Conceite leaues poſtes berweene the
ſenſes, and the fancie , which ſpeedily
cohuey intelligence , and are as
Iyanſwered:lIt is a fruitfull land ſowed,
andreaped at an inſtant ; it is a quicke
workman which ſendeth and recewerh
whartſoeuer is preſented in atime. Jes
in a word,a fancy wel diſpoſed, not on.
lyto her own facultie, but to the' abili-
ties of both neighbours , ther contmnon
power"is EFR
ſenſe; andthe memory : He
6

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deeds.In-theſe ſhe differeth from Iudg»

ment, not in ſucceſſe, bur ready pay-
mient,for where the ſucceſle is il}, I call
itnot conceit, but rawneſle, Words vt-
tered, turned vpon the vtterer', is con-
ceit, when nimbly like a weapons Arti-
zan., he makes his enemies armes his
encmics deſtruction.
Thns Cicero to the
fellow, who to ſhew that his eloquence,
was mercenary,demanded of him v-hat
he ſhould giue him: any thing (anſwes
red he) but a Tart ; for with a Tart it
was thought he poyſned his father:this
was a prety Brickwal,and bounded the
ſaunder-into his owne bolome.. There
isno ſuch lillitory as a quicke braine,
avhich retines _ makes viſe of what
ſocuier comes within the Pan of his re-
Geit. Thus to Horten/iew,who told him
hee ynder too no ridles, and yet fairh
heel; thou haſt a Sphinx in thy houſe :
knowing that Ferres , whoſe cauſe hee
defended, had a little before giuen him
an Juory Sphinx; his intelligence was
$230,
IS "
good,
"OS the 7
bows sf 7
 Of Comcitth.
good; and his vſc goed; thus doth wit
whip mn & olit-2un his sivals;
& manateſt the quicknes ofhis dexterir:
tie. Denvaftbenes conceit was nothing
refly,when heing mocked:by a theete
called {elches for his nightwarching, $2
(udyiny byJamp-light;
Ipdeed, ſaid be,
Iknow nothing ſo.comrary.to thee,as
toſce light inmens houſes, This talerit
is commonly given.youth eo play withs
all,and its 2 prety gift:
zo begin with;
Nature had done well;if therewith ſhe
had taught vs the yſe;; which is (as
thinke)tor defence only,for offenſiue;it
is too;offefine, getting enemics beyond
the power,of conceit to: defend. Be
ſides yho kaoweth 'whithet not bor-
rawed,which ifit be , he becomes diſz
praceſill,&4 il becomming.To be withs .
out the right yſc is to bee naked,notta
haue it withbur ſtudy, is as vnfruithulas
ec a Hargabuſh' making. a full: point
tweene the firing and:the reportsTlikedl -
+

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 Effay. 139. ;

hangmannoerofaften the'fope about

hinge proceſtingthe cickliggwould
motie him'to vnmeafurable hughter,
Ifee tot how hetould hane
{carte his
ſhame mote-handſonicly { his laſt re-
figethen wave mocke thehanginan,'
and the rope'y/ and to difpife :lifeas 2
runnagate ſeruant, wee haue another
Enpli fhorasquicke as thiss one bes
& ſhoweda faire woman; was asked
what he would'doeit ſhee were im his
bedjhe anſwered; 1 woulkdplay the
watchman:of Callis ; eyther Fc my
felfe; or hirexniother in my roome, It
was quicke and ingenious; pleaſant, or
ferious ,-or betw#ene both; dotheuery
way handſorndly.It reprehenderh vice
as efteQuallyasa, fower: chiding', or
downe-ripht blowes,and yet"iswraps
pedvyp finely; is git and lookesſweete,
$0 chelans to apritlin &'Barbor,that
agheed him Hott hewobild: be tritrined,
keanſweredHentdy 5 this was
forboth
beter ;then plainely ro-hauc bid
him|
 Of
Concer -
him hold his peace - The wantofifiefſ
of aboundance -mingtes ſharp@ things
with our meats, and' 'when wee haue
no ſtomake , makesa counterfaite ſto=
make , giuing a ſharpneſle like the
nar} I conn, : Thus isthe aboun-
daunce of words made nor diſtaſting ,
witl-giuing' the apprehenſions of the
auditorjes' vnexpeCted acutenes, and
meeting with the thruſt
6f a ieft, thruſts
it backe vpon the ieſter;In' the times of
danger, 'conceit hath # much brauer
luſtre ;itmanifeſts'a minde not whole+
lt
0Goon
I.
6.8
as ly taken'vp with payne, or with perilf,
Thus: Pompey aduifed by his Phifitiorn
to cate Thruſhes , and 116 man hauin
any but Lwucullus , what(faith hee)can-
not Pompey live without Lucatzs Thru
ſhes, Aflaue beeins' racked to acct
Neves wife ofdiſhoneſly, ſtontly aljit-
forered;, that her part <bpable of c6tn*
mitriig that crime , was much” hot!
honeſt then the monthes'of het ene
mies:*there was afthohourabR minde”
10'7g Bbz
 Efay- 39
in thebody-of
that, ſlaye : and
ifever
the Pythagorean - Metempſycheſis had
" anycolour,, theſoule of this {laue did
ſurely belong to ſome worthy perſo-
nage, which held it firſt excellenciein
deipight of Fortune and opinion, Now
to the quickneſle of deedes, which
ſeemes to be the Hatte ſutable to this
Night-cap. This neueris without ver-
tue ; Fortitude muſt be here as well as
wir, otherwiſe fearc will turne wit into
fearc.: From Haynibal/ may bce made
more of theſe patterns, then from any
one within the compaſle ofmy.:memo-
ry.As his dehuding the Romaine arwic
with Oxen. carrying fire-linkes on
their headcs, whoſe fitrangenefle.in the
night aftoniſhed his cuemies, and made
way. for him'to, eſcape, becing before
- ak ina ſtraight. It was-then
44A gem of. greate wit,andisnow
for all the age worthy of memory,
His attempt, to make wy of the ſhine
Conlulles ſcale ofArmes, was hot vine
WOTe |,
 worthy though vnfruitfull, His be”
ginning ofhis warres in Italy, ta rc-
mooue them out of his owne con-
fines was an'Ace-of a iudiciall Se-
natour - butthis I thinke was pur in
praiſe ypon great aduiſcment : theſe
other no ſooner thought vpon , bur
OM done, are |exccllent armours againſt
0.0,
To daunger, Feare is content to haue his
throate cut,ſo hee ſec it not, and at the
approach of his enemie- turnes his
backe, becaulc his backe hathno eyee
to behold danger , hee lurkes, and co-
uers his bloodlefſe: face to keepe it
warme': butto meete druinge? halts
way , and inthe meane time to deuiſe
to ſhun,not to runnefrom it, becomes:
valour,and rcfolution, You know now
(Lady)what I thinke of Conceite , and
Iknow that you are able to touchy
with a fweeter firoake : my heauineſe
preflerhit downe with a clackingim.
ther then with a ſounding, yet becauſe
Iamobedient,let me have the'cenſurs
, Rotvtterly yoide ofgood, :
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Eſ[ay. 40.

Of Counfaile, ©
E* Ounſailes part, is Caſſandraes
$&. part, |
Vatem voluitfruſtra ſane me eſſe Den;
#4do ante clade, ſum numerata Inſane, "
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- Thetrap of our fiſt parents,,'was ly-
couriſhneſle : and all our:calamities
E- are licouriſhneſſc,not induring whole.
0" ſomeneſſe without ſweetneſle, All ſen-
BY ſes |haue tafle,, and ſenſes. make all
” . thinges diflaſting, that mecte not the
tafie with —_ ſatisfaction, and
ſweetnefle, Aduice fitteth friende to
friend: Counſaile Counſailorsto'fiates,
thefirfipriuatc,the other publike, both
py , fince commonly Prophets
with-out-profit. Chance challengerh
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 Of Eonnfaite;
vnpremeditated aCtions;what more ty-«
rannous ? fince it is ſeldome with'ſafc-
ty : if with fſafery, the cauſe hers, not
ours, Then muſt we admit Counſaile,
but ſhall wee admit her without: hea-
ring?ſhall we heare, and not beleeue?
or belecuing,not follow ? we had bet-
ter not haue gone thus far,then to haue
turned againe:but reaſon inforceth our
Voyage, then let conſiancie continue it
w where reaſon is at the beginning , and
reſolution in the mid(i, prayſe flandes
with the crowne of victory at the con-
clufion , Counſcll then vpholds ſtates,
and to Counſdaile , and bee Counſailed;
fittes aſtates man. Cottages may bee
buile without modelles., not pallaces:
the Inhabiters of Cottages neede/no
revoluing their intendments , bus
1Oo-0
fol
RelO
WW the other that cannot cal-back the ſans
cafh,, ought by premeditation to diuine
ofthe rctting place,.. The firft determaiw”
nation _ mectto be aS—_
ſhould be(as Ithinke)not to ſhe;riorats
1Od PX bs
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intrude himſelfe into imployment:wee
ſhould fay as 21, Cato faid for not ere-
Ring his Rides Malo gnquit, quari cur
fatus raihs nulla poſita fit, quam cur fit.
To haue the abiliticis ſufficiet:to thirfi
afterthe other cannot be without ey-=
ther an itching of Fame, or thirſt of co-
uetouſnes, both turning their inquiſt.
tor into vice, but both ſupporters of his
ſtate,if ſeeking him.It is true our coun-
try frcks onlyprofit, and giues praiſe ro
the cauſc of herprofit, buriit1s due af.
ter the harueſ?, neither at the fowing,
nor reaping, Vertuous expeticnce can
relate, that had is to be returned to our
conntry , obtained repntation giving
that ſtrength tothe obtainernor Br his
owne particuler, but that he may haue
thermore force to attempr, andiexceuto
thediflipnes ofhis country. Repurati-
on;jwealth, wiſedome firengch,muſ} be
_— yed as Geriondid his many lims,
eat the F cats of his'minde, fo
theſe blefſings to ſcrue, and) obey the
Pon . COMa
 OfCounſtila.
cormon-wealth,
bur called, As naturat
Philoſophy commaundes Merl! to
ſcarchall before they comein her ſight,
and:o clenſe them of allthe ſpots, and
deformities of licentious affetions,leſt
their corruption corrupt the purity,and
ky of diinielign %Z an
admitted common-wealths man mnft
eurne all his affeRions to aduance the
ſate.he may loue a friend, cheriſh his
children,with duety honor his parents,
when theſe appear in his priuatecomon
wealth:bur to affiſi, or prefer the with=
out the approbaris ofiuflice againſt his
country,is intollerable , what doth this
particuter,
but breed a diſperſfi6?wharis
the death ofa ftate,but this diſperſion?
Ifyoudo it, why nathe,& lo they?who
meaſure equally meaſures to himſelfey
and ot hers cqually: as Gatba to: Rijor
Viſas , ac oy oe honarum Wt
larmnque rerum delef3usycopitare- ili
ant notueris ſub alto prong. +
Ourcountty. muſt:haue all, ths orhev
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prinate refpefted muſt 'bee-weighed
downe mg generall. --Aates ame
mes,fedame pins Patriams , daith' one;
Iremember not the colours::oE a Ros
maine Hiſtorie , but the body ofir I
holde. It was a fonne beeing Confull,
made his Father .(;according to the
cuttome ) appeare before him to de-
elare, that he had not beene' yaprofi.
table to-his conntrey, hee came accom-
panicd, all the reſt diſmounted afloone
3s they came in the Conſuls preſence,
bis Father did not, hee forced: him,
for which his Father bleſſed, md kiſſed
bim:hce was a Father worthy offuch a
Sonue, and they: both worthy 6f rheir
countrey, Pericles meditation becomes
2 Iudictall flateſman Azerte Perickes A-
noun; Liberis Imperas,Grect imperas,Ci
avi Aoberien/hus Tmaveras. Sures from
friendes ſhoud be heard like tlrangers:.
MKhey:-pretudice the'common-weairh,
Qaes.gaine may bec a penerall loſſce.
tsencquall; and yniuft,: Zpans- Tr
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ſure. became Epanitionda; , Huinſwvods
.
=
benefirte Pelopida, Scortis , non Daribus
connem: viprafiemur; \As forthis;;:fo
forthe contrary ofthis, Valk Consoff
aumerranaie hoſts. Hatred. in, generall
1516 bee.deemed: asithe mad-.dogge of
bumanity!, Itlookes as ill fauo As
so
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the Hagges,and yet his. deeds aremore
furious, and more dangerous, Inniume-
AN
rable;are the: examples of States, and
Citiesburnt to aſhes and oblitiony by
theſo particular chymneyes, byAfarize
and $x{a, = Romaines ſtate: lofther
fitrropes3 by Ceſar, and: Pompey was
aderbe be.Saddle. |Heere faftions
(the-plague ſores ofa comon-wealth)
have:their originall , which ifthey kill
not, yet at the beſt are'ſo ill, as remake
all rhehumors gathered abour this in
©ku,
1.0549
&Wm.
2. fetion to'teede the infection, andro
runne-out their force at one head,” Ir
was: numbred atnong Scipices capital
crimes', his not inuiting his {ollegs
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Alummins tothe feat hee made

at his-
dedication of the:Femple of Hertutes!
and rightly , for rags 4our. weakes
neſlecannot reſtraine this naturallyn-
natural affe&tion,, yet ſhould it bee ſo ' hs
aA.
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limmed,/:as to ſpend the whole force

privately, and in;publique matrets to
thinkeonely of louing , and labauring ©5
for our Countrey, £
The: daunger of letting in one of
theſe, affections (though the diflur-
bance of all often happens by this-one)
isnotall, for that opens the gate of o-
thers:/aftetion lets inpartialitie, Par-
tialitieprocures bate, Hate naurther;;
the conſcience thus ſtained feeles not
othier ſpots,and then diſdaine,&pride,
and couctouſnefle are accounted veni-
all, andpetty treſpaſles.
- This couctouſnefle made Licwrgus
yron money of a little value,.and of
great bigneſle, this couctouſnes brings
4 popular famine, and priuate ſurfet,
”
is punge ſucketh dry the m—_—
2 | O 8 4
ofſocieties :from whience hatepopu»
hr mutinies receiued either colouror
trueth, but from the oppreſſion of the
mighty ?-life is giuen by the giuerof
life ro none ſo vnequally,, as it ſhallbe
apaineto liuet neither riches to any;
by them td ſupprefle , and make ſhues
of their Country-men, who ſeethvn-
partially thelife of bleare-eye miſerie;
alreadie poſlcſied of more then his
life'is able-to- mannage , afinking life;
a ſhippe: oucr-ballaſted inthe middef
of: theQcean, and yct dry andthirſtie;
and would not with the, Poet ouers
burthened, with a fewe talents caſt a»
way bis ,diſquietneſle,,- and ſhame?
Themiftocles Actions | makes 2 braue
diflintion: betweene a tnan innobled
by:the.imployment of a-greate place,
anda {life-dedicated to: ttlelfe, ſuch-a
one was' with- him , +when -paſſing
by. the winde-fall of a great bickes
Ting, hee eſpied a dead body richlya
dorned, he paſſed by, but called to his
| COMM
 : : Ea "= FrAS

anion , Tolle hec inquit, tsents

Thorafoclere:He could Slfloope fo
lowe, asto gather golde outof bloud,
and durt : bur hee Roopes lower that
pluckes it from the living : theſe car-
caſes had no-neede , yet Themiftocles
refrained for his owne fake; becauſe he
was Themiſl otles , but from the living;
itis adouble Theft, robbing himſeife.
ofhonour , the other of the meanes of 2
ya
H
Q
wo,
life, With couctouſnefle-yoeth pride, | «7
and melts courtouſneſle , hee drawes U fo
his vinmeaſarable tore, into a medita« | p]
- tionofhisfloreand drinkes it;, which | tet
digeſted, turnesall intopride, filly hu: | xo
mor which loues admiration, and pro- | all
cures laughter, lookes in the glafſe for | ay
beauties, and'in the meane time is col: F me
lied on the backe with ſcoffes and re- BY Pit
roches, Iris no where fafe, for ifa- | nu/
oue derifion', itis ſurpriſed by ſecret | bai
conſpiracies, What dangeristhereto, | the
which this affetion is not ;lubiet? If | wit
he be a Prince, itruines the love ofhis | the
"ft.. people, ||, >»
 pevple;8&beir
feare only is left, which
{purredby pride
,tyrncs: into defpera
rionggndendes
withrhe life of eyther
xr | Prigee
gr lube... Ifbebee a,Starch
r- | many, hee;drawes the, power. bath of
+ | Prinz andSubieR ypon hit, making
ie | the Pripgeicalqus,, theſubjects cruell.
p. If it bee a free Stare , (ic reſembles
te thramny;and'is moſt hatefull »PErsm
of | Cinitate parentinm, quam lmperantion
e, amplor eſt.) he cannot live. Generally
es | forall thole thinges , which looking
a- | pleaſingly vpon vs,may procure pride,
ch let vs allay it with thinking of our. cr-
u- | tours; and our infirmities, which in
o- | all, moxtall men, farre ſurpaſle the
or | aumber-of his good deedes. Ifcom-
ll: | mendations follow vy,, let vs fay like
e- | Pithouthatkilled Cotin, Dew hoc, mg-
a- | nu/queimnea perpetraust. Theſe beaten
et | bagke;inuite their contraries, .and. as
to, | theſe ouerwhelme their poſleſſour
If | withadangers and reproches.- ſa\gdoe
thele, vextuies or. the contrary crowng ,
_ —_
Ce their 3"
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their intertainer with ſafety andpraiſs

Who vndertakes to ftere in the Barke
bf gouernicmenit, muſtnot end with the |
theoricall part of knowledge,” but muſt
continually imploy hitnſelfe it ſhuris
ning ot repairing/the ruines or threat. -
*nings.
of rockes and tempeſtes', ©and
TEND 921 7 20 +3
Acrorre aliri alle portegaltri alle winye,
I1 Reva mterio,Þ tutto vede o enra >
TFoutward iniiafions bufte*nat'a
Stateſman , the diſcaſes of peace” will
imploy him : eucry way tlft "His
ſfroht bee caſt, eucry way muſt! his
thoughts rrauailein' diſcoueries;'and
There be a time of teſt, it muſt not
bee ofidleneſle , for bis precepts to his oO
ws
o@
Apoc

countrymen muff vreh ics that-/ and

ro"incline to aQtions -by ©hitnſelfe,
thought vnlawfull , ſlaundets his*go3
Uerniement with weakeneſle and/ fol:
Ty. -* ito 19:

4 Nrgoe Poeta bonus eft, qui prater aus

mere? canit neque qui priter leges' indiul-
oO gan.
 —_ Magiſtraiws..'' So muſt all
is ations bee gonerned,, that his/exs
ample may bee a living lawe , 'aund
thoſedead ones ſpeake ho more then
he performeth, f |
Hee nuſimoderate all his actions;
and 'draw euen his light, affaires
into a:lawfull circular courſe, --Num
nou tantum dittorum publice, & faits-
rum abys,' qui rempublicans gerunt , v6=
poſcuntur rationes , vers ctiam cena
corum,cabiha ,nuptie, ludicra , & ſeris
Aftia', What 2 happineſſe anda
freedome- of minde isit to bee: able
with -the Tribune Dru#ſu , whoſe
houſe: partly lay open to the fight
of his neig] has , Whea beceing offes
red by a workeman for five Talents
to haueitcloled, he offered ten to haue -
it laide open'to the view of alleyes,
that the world might, ſee his whole
' Iife,and that vice might be driven from
that flattery,to thinke others doe as ill
bur not knowne , becauſe concealed,
Ccz Thats
 Bf" 46.
*huscounkaile. faith to mee, and I bes
leeue her , thinking(tbough:with the
miſt of: knowledge vnexperienced)
that thee ſpeakes truely. That Jama
man, I am bound to doe ſomething,
thata Chriſtian, ſomething not ill: 1o
Ithinke of this ,an' reſpect of-my pur-
poſe,notin mypurpoſes performance.
Jris called -madnefie: to. talke: 'to: ones
ſelfe; and meditation: gacth;with ſo
Faint @ prefiesmmy; braine, that it is
ſoone wiped out,:»] write therefore to
'my felfe, and my {elfe profits.by
my
writing: Ifa flrange eye carryes ttto |
# firangers indgement, and hee profits
tbr byit,I am notforry'nordiſpleaſed;
for Imieant it onely to my ſelfe.).
 Eſſay. 4t-
_ Of Sorrow.
_— moſt 'acceptable bleſſing thar
; elter I had, wes aſonne, in whoſe
time: of growing meete to ſee 'the
workd-, kexamined'oftert how to fitte
my ſelfefar: his approach.” I durſt not
but frale,/and ſeeme joyfull,, for feare
ofa Mid.wnues cenſure; with whome
uo
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DW
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0
Dame Navare” beeing alſo'aGoflip,
Sabres
conſpired tymake me ibyſull :; I was
indecdegbur yet reafonr taught me;ohar
w
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extremiti6s'tofle the life of man #1! vith-

certainties,”-nnd -ioye' ' 1nmode
ſwallowedgarters; and the ſurfer rarns
=_ Sorrow;; Thus have] dercomjney
f of allrhinges heere; being
rhonian concerni
lalfe'a P33
theſe Ferret bw-
finefſts; inmy opinion holding opini-
13s Cc 3 on
 - Eſp. 41
en the mother of ioy and Sorrow.
What is morrall,ismmnable; and our
joyes heere, often yeeld their place ta
Sorrow,and Sorrow to ioy,
Sortems
bic #xac lttam dacit ,quandogue
malt \
Why then doe we determine theſe
Pricelefle thinges, at fo. incflimable
a rate as to difturbe the whole life,
and craze the body for theſe murabi-
Ities? how farre dotha Farmers polli-
cie exceede all other. politickes? what
doth hee with a Farme that hee holdes
from yeare to yeare, but- make his vic
of it,and driue it >what dothhe poſle(-
fing one but for a few yearts butthe
lame ?: the fee-fimple , or many hues,
ſhall perfwade himto build,& to hand.
ſome it, and busband it, otherwiſc hee
-COnuerts it to a preſent profit, and
Prepares to bee gone to morrow. It is
—_— obſerue the wiſedome of
men, much good he knowes, and
how baſely he victh it;there jshardly
a CI'Ed- #
Nf
B4
=
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an
oh
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CAcreature that is ſenfible;,

bur is
full ofprinciples able to: ypholdhis life
in a good &fafe eftare;did he not leauo
that-naked, and apply them to baſcr
vics,astaking carc for cufts,and for go.
ing wool-ward. Who laues colours &
buyes them, bur inquiresif they will
holde?. and that they will hee rakes for
their beſi qualitie, but himſclfe neucr
blamath,gor priſeth: himſe!fe the leſle,
though. he changeth and looſeth colour
and qualitie in cuery -inſtant. Hee that
neucr. knew Tailors :meaſure, & carries
| his body about for apaterne, yet he wil
not buy yntil he heath firted himlelfe,&
cxamineth the (tuffes continuance ; yer
he willemertaine giddy a ffeions, buy
themangd weare them, though nexher
fir,nor laſting. Maſters ery out on their
ſeruants ifthey beidle,- and call them
voprofitable xfomaſters are bpundin =
firaighter bands to; themſclues and.to
theix country”, and yet to borh they are
conteng to bce idleand ynprofitables
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Thusinall ues; and inalt men; ray
be found preceprs ablero aduifethemn,
bur they wilfully; of nepligently-omit
the right application:forthis we ought
toSorrow; butwe abuſe Sorrow ;-and
ive.her for thar'is nothing© worth,
hoknowsnotour naked: begininit'y
yoide cucn of :ftrength and reaſ6n,to
defend nakedhefle??
hath tirtieeouered
vs with-reaſon, *and ſhall wee in the
frengrth of thar, latent for mote try-=
giall occaſions ?-whar is this hut to bee
more vnſenſible;; then before wee had
ſenſe? Tam ſure tan would Jament,
and enuie; that his'companions ofthe
earth: ſhould excell him in inifvortali-
tie;hisricheſt bleffitig t are they triade
firto accompariy.his tranfirotinefle;tind
will hee yet bee forrowfull try
this paſſeth the waywardnefl>e of ehil-
dren, Trceshauetheir fpring;and
fall,
yetllive in both; withour the torntiehts
ofyiimeaſirable oy; or ſorrow :- each
clermetitary hb ſuffers a @if{dlit-
bes S tion, |
ta . =
by -
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tion;, and willinghyobeyesnarnre,
the
hauingouren thema fecter! mftiacbes
obeyrheir Crenor ;andeuen of their
owne accord they hatten.our to let-0-
thers irs, and are carefull: ro vpholde;
the workemanſhip» of her. miraculous
frame,Why then are we crowned with
reaſon,atd are excelled by the reaſon-
lefle creatures ? haue wee the Arttiout
ofhope to defend vs from diſpaire , rhe
fillitoryof reaſonable diſcourſe fhew-
ing vs both the dregs & Quinteſlence
bf all ching9?& in ſpighr of theſe affi{-
rances,& oddes, ſhall we be ouercome
by beaftes,and trees, and ſtones?
Ceſſa,ae reſpice malt caterorums,
Ttaferes tau lemmni.
Ifthere be no remedy let vs thas ap-
peaſc our: bewaylings, and forrowes
but ratherif lcould Twould withſtand
this effethinate opinion, with a field
hammered out of refokution. If itbee
myofiely deſtiny to:bee poore-;,-und
defornied,” can I tepeate
the deereeof
Zo the
« PETTY; « f YE IR.
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 the fates with teares? No, 'no more
then trees inAutumne recall
the ſpring
with ſhecding their leaues : if ir--bee
. the worke of chance, ] will ouercome
chaunce with immooucable unbracing
her cnmitie, |Sertorizs vied Fortune
bravely in the lofle of his eye ; arhers,
faithhe,leaue their markes and crowns
of glory at homeffor looſing. , but I
have mine ftillon , Ewearc 4g it wi-
thers not, I cannot looſe it, who likes
notthis better then bewaylings , and
teares , hee hath vntuned-cares, and
bleare eyes. Idoe not thinke but For-
tune wiſketh ſhee had rather tryed ta
melt him with-ſfmiles, and dandlings,
then to haue hardened him with her
frownes. Thus may we conuert thoſe
thinges which wee call miſhaps-into
bleflings,pulling the ſting out of For-
tuaes taile, andinforcing her tobe our
feruant. Ifſhe powre wealth Jagd ho-
hovr,let vs viethem to vphold our ho
nour,and profit our country;bur if ſhee »
=
>
A
Daa
r
kicke
 Of Sort...
kicke; nettle her againe with diſpi
herpower;making.theraine of her
flitions waſh the 1ecret ſpots of our
foule;and outwardlybe a foyle to our
patience and conſtancy. Man, ifyou
willend there , excells not other Crea-
tures, bur mans prcheminencie is gran-
ted him for his Fa
ſcrerion, which abu-
ſedand defaced by the vſchis euidence
gone,
his juriſdiction is gone, and his
definition mult be,a creature with two
leggesesmade long-wayes. Man know.
is morrall, andrhat what he hath
is tranfitoricchee is vahappy that is not
armed againf} che turnings of the
world, with the experience of the tur-
Rings of the world,
Ad cuntta non genuit ts Agamenonen
Proſpera
Atretiaadalendi, & gaudendiginnice tbe,
Ertuamane mortals genit ies.
If heknow revs wull weepe,is hee
noe:worthy to baue 2nother Rand-by
nj at him? whither can know=
ledge Wnt
is
 ———
ledge o bur hither? where ſhopro...
fitable' but here? :Hee+thar: readgs 26
fpeake, endes withithe coimmendations
of an old wives: tale hee that:reades ct
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to- applic his reading to his owne »life ,

15 hang: he poureth oyle into the-lamp
that. will gine him light, the orher
ſauffcs ir withour fupplying it.fnaxa-
goras made good: vie ofthis Philoſo-
phie, when his fornes' deathaflaulred
him Sciebam montalem me grnmſe felvie.
To know -himfelte 'and the-:T;jpnrte-
nautces to himielfe:is the vic'of: know.
ledge , and this knowledge 'wnthafkes
his cyes, & ſhews him wonders inhin.
ſelfe,hebecomes in this like'ynmto God,
Eit noſce 1eepſum,now quid; anpla diflio,
Sedtanta res ,folas nnan noun 1nyacy,
To know bart ,isto ot
hand what may happen to! hina(elfer; fo
ſhall he in deſpight of the-apparitioris
of theworld and? vninoucable! #iſo
ſhal he nor be confined by e5 cion mom
C
AYM»
r
{0 ſhall he not beſeduced to rthinke.her
9BBv
of « ouerthrow ,
 off Soryaw.:
everthrow his, bur catch the Poers de=
ſcription,and crownehimfelfe wittrirz
Vireme prediti, & ſapieptis eft viri,
0&©F- Non in rebus duristn Mer Gremms:
bh -
[4 This lifeis like a continuall bartaile,
* and\yetin'þartailexaen\are prepared
better to endure w hap :the
loſſe of a friend Ge To
Hoot
porofhs life,
butofhonour, this:is accountelt6flp,
&laineeted;not thdt::He thardics ina
24 ranke;;{trikes nor his next
®27 neighbour
withterrcoiir, :nor doth he think-death
calles him, though hebe at his elbow,
anouerthrowthey ſeoke to recouer by
ouverthrowing ;/'not lamenting; nd
brauely-they-make: refiftance- and-ro-
ſolrtiod {upplyes'theplace ofallother
«fteCtionss Thus Þthinke eucry mor-
ning\$ſceno ſooner-day, but I thinke
thtitight- will diſcouer ſome aflaule,
andwwith
the Poetzi":
- Adamao a cantar lamattutina trombia.
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FF YOw true a principle: of vettue js
A Lit, that croſſing our appetite is
theway of vertue? Appetite isthe child
of the ſenſes, and ſenſelefiewhen hee
ſeth but his Parents counſaile t - how
rue a teſtimonies this Axiome of our -
'vite inclinations ,;-when it needesnor
the'exception/bf: gobd defites';ifar all
-viirdefires arcinaught; Thus hath ſos
-itarinefle fallen irito knowledge) bes
catiſe ſpeech; and:reaſon loue'trafhicke
and exerciſe,, 1the-former of which is
vnecchoed without company, the'laft
naked ; for reaſon.is made Ctcibleby
= exerciſe, Societies ſweeten the bitter-
*niefile of life, for life withour ſocietie is --
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of calamities attending it as welas

happinelſe, is refifted
by the whole yns
derſtanding of man, for what knowes
he that isnot anſwered witha contra»
rie? -that exceltent ſupernatural bleſ»
ſing ofmim, his Creator,his God, hath
acontrarje; the curſe, the pitch ofhis
extreme danger,8 peril: lowergwhat
goodnefle-'is without teniptations?
what happinefſe not:-polſible- to bee
transformed to hercontraty?whotheh
ſrckesſhelter.in a Caue;cutwardly in
pray arrane which cures; Phi
fick ſaith hr,,doth-butleaſurelycure,ix
delaies;not:ends bis wars, for he caries
with-hirwa body, whichlike childrens
fancies willwhercſocner finde ſports,
andeeltights. The life of conternplati-
-on at:bnce bearing the funGtions, - ang
pleaſurts-of the body,-makes the body
Hfrinie foramployment,,- wy not that
itis wholly incompaſſcd,, for it makes 4:00
& the more-furious;, &s- when one diſÞ &

ſenting g 05s
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Yay yz
xIet. 24 x
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ting |clementembraceth:anothet
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theltriter wskitidnefie,
themate vio- |
lem>the others tage,” >Thus' holineſſe
ſequeſtted., fequieſtring ;the bodies ex-
exciſe; makes irflicro-the. meditation
ofthis
lite, wilkþe glorious, andadmi-
rable inthew He muſtthinke;and
thoſe :thoughts come through his bo-
uhandrthereare; polluted withvaine-
plory;vr-hypocrifie, orſornedther ſuch
mdlady-incideyttothis retirgd'courſe.
Ibftom the ſcoame>of the world, or the
beingſcomed bythe world, iffromi the
defþaire of nodbeing;greareſt;>we cath
feede pon; .nothing ;burt, exrtemities,
antthereforewili be leatt::iffrom lol:
Jes;-or a teare/of loofing , wee 'arenot
tafed of the cares and; daunper of the
aworld; butrathetingrofle xmapoofher
imiſcries; and differ:fromtheother life
'onely in deſperarion : for weteale the
:4encuring monſters of difpaire, ſelfe-
Joe; difdaive> and ſcorne,/into a cot=
-ner; and thetefacrifice ourſetaes vnto
4
their , |
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: their

for hope here cannor' hope 'of reſcue,

yneurable, : - For ſeculat Fortunes this
cloyftered life is not tollerable,ir reſiſts
reaſon”. and goodnefſe,- which both
joyne in ding vs1o focietie, and
the common good, which-hath-neede
of the worſtofvs,euen of thoſe whoſe
handes are their beſt parts: for execu=
tion ſetsmore aworke' then direRion,
There is 2 laſt tine oflife, when decres«
ry kils experience”, and when age
ath riot onely ſer vp—his markes'of
triumph,of wrinkles, and $ray
but playes the Prologue of deaths
drawes the Curtaine not onely betet
our ſenſes, but euen before meditariei
It is then time to ge that
life Jeaii®
to thinke onely of death; and'to' pre-
pare for his148journey, Thus hate! |
Kings wilfully depoſed then-"
ſelues,for which power,and wh ichpew... Gn ».+.8

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hound to God:; then
for making them
Kings.But a life in the firengthof mind
and body, commits facriledge to'ſc-
queſter it ſelfe from the world ({for hee
robs from his country bis mother) In
& word he'declines to his work part,for
beaſtes liue ſo, and leaues the imitation
of his diuineſtfacher, whole greatnefle
is goodneſle ,and whoſe goodnefle is
excellent, becauſe ſtretching the armes
of his- goodneſleito the jmbracing of
allmankind, Shall Trees become! ce.
qualito men?, þecomming thus, they
become cquall- Trees have for |their
| obiecthenſclues,themſelues haue ſo.
5-288
Be. ktarineſſc ; can the blefling of bumane
obnbighe and worthier, and
= thall they erop themſclues lower, and
"_ match equally: thoſe , oner whom they
Eee © have ſuperioritie2 nobility vieth meane
E.-2 fortunes for ſeruants,not companions;
fitdoe,it doth baſely; whardoe theſe:
' _ thenthatidepriue .themſclues
of preat-.
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reaſon, reaſons ſervant is ſpeech, which
48 theatieſſenger of reaſon; andreafons
.meditation:: theſe are the cement.of
ſocieties,to beare theſe with ſolitarines
is to contend with nature for wiſedom
who harh abilities,& vſcth themnot,as
ſome creatures ficength,others hornes
what recken wethem but brutiſh , and
reaſonles ? But man hath mere excellct
ornaments & the vſe of themis ſociety,
and company, which he muſt imbrace,
it being impious to giue an exaipple
of leaujng the word deſolate, He mult;
ſo muſt he eate, and from cating, come '
ſurfers as well as health, from company _
corruption as well as purity: thencighs
bourhood- of theſe. poylons:ta thels
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' ing d ous,and offenfiue, Ithinke
Sehecaer {entence of his neuer com-
ming among men, but hee went home
a worſe man then when hee came our,
leuelled at theſe flockes, But to make
his choice of company, to vſe ſpeach
with them able to aſſure himſelfe and
better them (for as faces differ, ſotem-
peratures,and from their temperatures
comes variety of reaſons ) becomes
wiſedome.Euery head begets thoughts
indifferent, euen our Mechanicke
Trades as well as Artes witnefle it,
forthe lights of theſe came not from
one lampe:our proportions, and caſts
are to litthe ro comprehend the vniver=
faltknowledge of things: therfore one
helpes#another- with the conference of
one another: minds trafhck like bodies
a Hat for a Ruffe, the Shoomaker with
the Taylour. To become wiſe, confe-
rence is the meancs, to become ternpe=
= ratc,cxampletwe muſt call out men ex-
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enot as the Bee , the Feetneſſe sf
whoſe nature makes things'sf another
nature ſ\veetc:alas, no:Ttmuſt be good
, we receiue, and then perhaps wee will
: make' it' better, bur ifill, wee make it
N worſe,Tobe knowne much, to be ſx.
d luted much,to'be in prefles much,is not
the way of wiſedome, Clamours , and
$ falatarions diſtract vs : our ſenſes re-
$ ceiue ſingly, wee heare'not two tales at
's once, atonce we ſee but one thing, the
e Braine ioynes, and dilates after, Thus
t muſt wee vfe company for conference,
mM and conference to bee inriched by,ſel- =
ts dome happens among mnfltitudes. Ex 3
_ ceptin an Army, and a counſel cham. 7
"C ber, I would proportion my niithber
of not, bone five: in theſe before recited
es whete there are mol}, there are blows;
th where feweft, wiſdome, 1aminot much
e- blowne, tot fired with the vulgar 04
e- | pinion,andyerFfind an aptnesm' my =
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uery man buz Li/fippas to-propoxtion
mee,it were-well then to goeſo naked,
asto be commouly known, and cenſu,
red: for did. none but the 5kilfull deter,
mine me, I ſhould bee ſuretheix: repre+
bhenfjan,weretrueth , and L. would a-
mend, or ptofecute accordingly: but
when hee that ſtoopes worſe willtaxe
my leaning nk} , and dwarſes de-
ride them that are not tal, .whats bet.
tex then to auoide comming. with.
in their reagh, by priuateneſle?Burthig
leanes to affeion,ſo much priuatneſle
15good, as; betters an abilitie to be-
comepublicke, I ſhould not know the
. Sunnefagmapetty tarrg, didhee not
© warmemes, andlight mee, nor finde a
_ — diſtintion betweene worthynecfle and
baſenefle,. didnot worthineſle like the
Sunne dire&} baſenefie , and ſpreade -»
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the head wherfore: with' rheir littlenes
they conmmand the moftimmenſc,and
monſtrous thinges,with-their lictles
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4 Tits haue beene, had hee beene fo
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ought wee to bee of our companions?

the former, were but theminiſters of
our bodies, þut theſe conuerſe with
our mindes, ypon. whom by the
helpe of cullome they caſt cither gra-
ces,or deformities.
They muſt bee . (ak
ableto better vs : wee make choice of
our dwelling places by the ſweetneſſe
ofthe Aire,which ifill, we ſucke in dif
caſes: ſoifourcompanyill vices, and
Qions,'Thole that we continue
with, I would haue firme,and good,
honeſt, and of vndetſtanding , for if
their water be a ſtanding poole with.
outa ſpring, they may bee drunke dry,
andthenthey are 'idle, and vopretle
table, . Bat for others, let chem Oribe". 2
them, itI__ -
war heywill with
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matter, ſometime to ſee ill,
out vie (forill is goodnefie folly
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lummet, figs them, os where their
bin lies\,and” follow that argumeent
that is 'good for both' partes, for euery
man louesto ralke ofhis owne element
3nd his ralking there yeeldes moſt
tofit to the hearer. 1 woilld heere
Seat no more then would bring on
ſpeach, for filence among ſtrangers is
afe. Beſides obſeruation ouecs not to
ſpeake, but to heare , andfrom obſer-
nation,comes experience,and w ifdom,
To the!gon and time wee muſt
fend reſpe ſigh!fortune loues not
tobe x56708queſtions by infertours, but
toheare : If content, it is where theiin-
1124 tories may pull out threds of
"+ Jigs Age loues it well;
ing the memory of times
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'£ ſpent hercommings jin-ypengime , the
y conuerſation.: of age -is-\ the wiſeſt
t booke: of theſe Ihave neuer in my life
T ſeene any comparable to one, forcom+
£ monly rheyare obſlinate. and' moroſe,
2 and their. diſcourſe is mingled with as
s much bad,as good;but contrary is this,
bauing the. experience & the wiſdome
F of 80, yeares and vpward,and yet a bo-
dy more healthfull thenmavy of halfe
c his yeaxes,ſo wile, and ſo temperate; ſo
£ able, and fo willing to. inflfuR, his
t friends,that Incuer am-with. him, buy
F ] come from him ſtronger in vader
f ſtanding then when ] went+, ſo. doth
his aduiſe moderate my:-yauthis
his
; knowledge melt my ignorance ends
ing ſhartly,of
him Imayaruely lays.
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Hic portus placida manens quiete,
' Hoe paterisunum wiſeris Aſylum,
To profirby company 'nufl come
from our ſclues :'our queſtions is the
fire 'which/ 'drawes out eyther the
Quintefſence;or the dregges of things.
Who with” a trauciler askes what
ſporte is moſt vſed in forraigne Coun-
tries, whether Hzwking, or Hanting,
Baloone,or Tennis, pu!s burmore cor-
ruption ypon himſelfe, £
HE CACAS
Inſrwoirondunt animes tenebras.
Who with an Ambafſadour,ralketh ra-
ther of their wotiien,& their #rrire,the
of their nathres,force,teuetiewes, mar-
chandife,&ſuch like, what is his gaine
butthe-marke' of an ideot ? what his
_ knowikdge, but Tailor-like,and light?
— S & ents
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and conquering the world for hee af

ked of their haucns, their paſſages,
and
diſtances betweene place andplace,of
the pawerof their Kiny, ofhis conver»
ftionwith
his friendes , and+his ene»
mics: outof chis more certainely, then
for the managing of Bucephaliu might
his father haue prophecied, that the
confines of Macedon were too narrow
for kim. Me thinkes this childhood of
Alexanders withſtandeth the-right of
fortune to any of his enterpriſes: forhe
began with wiſedome,, and was wor-
thy to end with honour, Shee-hathto
doe rather with people that haue ſuc»
ceſle in their ations, withoutbeing a. "a
ble to produce cauſes deſeruing ir, like +:
fart-vp Gentlemen, Gentlemen with-
out a pedigree: but for his conqueſts,
his infancie ſhewed, hee would deceiue
them, beginning to ſpeake, and'ts
ſpeake wiſely almoRt at an inftant,.'Th
vicof thinges makes things worthal -
vie, and company by the:
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Pany;our whole life is a warfare; forall ric
things haue contraries, thogh in appa. W
rencethey often looke alike. es, Jn,
and good vics come to vs hardly, for O
vice challengeth vs as auncienthy hers, ſhi
and: refiftes Vertue with pertwaſi. bu
ons;.and pleafurcs , to whom if thot! me
yeeldeſt;' | | Ce
Tacebi extinita,et non vile memoria
+; Brit ws. |
-: Bur refaſling, and refiſtihg,vanqui-
ſhinggvhathonour,or reward is there;
that 1s.:not 'ours ? If I ſhould fpcake
onely of wiſedome, were it not well?
but it ſhall haue more, the addition of
Diuine- wiſedome ; of a wiſedome
able to:gather the beſt fruites of the
world, without becing corrupted
k ©by'the wotld : of a.wiſcdome defen-
ding the conſcience from woundes and
"ottcs 2 ofa wiſedome before whom
- ailia (ral yaniſh, and the appartti-

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n- | ſhallbce-ſeence in-thewr right natures
all 3 ridiculous; : and abhomi ::of
2. | wiſcdomethatbecinga river belongs
s, | ingtotheOcean of wiſedome , torthat
or | Occaa ſhall againe yeeld herftreames?
s, | ſhe ſhall yecld with ioy,not with feare,
i. | buta louingfeare , and having perfor-=
t | med thecircle of nature;ſhallreftin the
Center of cternallperfettion.
a; ah n AC ——_ ——_—

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e | - O/Vanitie,”
ic ]T troublesme: not 10 ſee:the light
profelhons of Dauncers-and Tum.
d | blerscaſt their behauiours and bodies
1- | iptovnuſed formes, nortaheare rooths
4 | drawers, or Rat-catchers,' ſwears A

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knew higsguiley , and jiti$notamiſle
when nature tiiade mindes conforma-
ble to their forniries, ſhee was about
none of theleaſt, nor worſt of her my-
fleries, Butnobility,and profeſlouirs of
noble ations, how crooked and defors
med make they their mindes ,- with
rancking with theſe bond-men of their
ſenſes ? I know we are the ſonnes of a
fallen Father, but mercy hath helped vs
vp againe, and though we be original=
ly ſinful, wee may be eternally happy :
we need not till buy Apples, we payed
too dearely already for that purchaſe,
But as a drunken. nipht makes a miſtic
morning 3 {o are our knowledges till
raking onething for another , and ens
quiring what wil looke faire,not what
will laft. Can we ſee, and yet do wenot
ſee, that vanity is nothing bur likea
=. fingleguilt; which a ſhower transfor-
© -methtodurtor ruſt? making ſhift like
— dauncers; that dcuiſc changes in their "OC
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hokde that precouſneſſe

thatſodain
our mindes'can draw the picture «
the bodies ÞaMapes, and fofruitfully -
as to runne diviſion ypon it : then is it
pofſible to ouertake vanitie ſpurred by
the minde,ſince horſe and rider runne
fo faſt,fo quicke; and fo farre ? 'Alittle
though I will follow it,to the diſcrying
theſe three, wordes,cloathes, and aQti-
-ofs,, the depth of which Iwould bee
ſoathto beeable to reach, for Tſhoujd
then bee agcelſary to too much Vanity,
Some T have, which beeing a kinne to
'mote , bringss tee acquainted with
more, I haue tafted-of more thenT
*hatic digeſted:fot ar rwentic yeares old
*Fvomited x great deale that I drunke
at 19. andTome now Thaue , of which
+his Eſſayispart. | aces ad
-*- Of wordes
rſt :for it is one of the
Kft thipgs we do,they are burthe Lac- _—

kies of reaſdh; of which to fend more

then will perfotme the bufineſe is ſu-
perfluous,rmethinkes, anefſe vale atw7 4 [

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arthecloſ&of aperiad; isas nice 45' 3
Tumbler ending bis/'arickes witha
caper : and
T wilies Yenit two imſenatun
werirjmoues me nomore/ againſt Cati-
— the firſt Wenie., 4 "arr
this ſamerethorick the child of words,
:is but. 2 pickled Herring to -brivg
on drinke, for hisdiuifions and repeti-
- tions are'for nothing bitto bring his
- memoryacquainted with his' ton
and to make three works of one.
ſhall-# man hope to come to anende
- of their workes, when hee cannot with
WY
Ault
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(Tae
TFT two breathes ſaile through a Period,
;and is: ſometimes ; granelled _in a
- Paremtbeſis ? I wonder : how Cicero
. Yor the people of Rome tyed: ſo faſt
to — , for were his matter,
' no better then his ſtile ;; hee ſhould
: norperſwade me to looke ypori hirh?
[/T makeas great difference berweene
. T acitxe, and Sexceacs tile, and his, us
- mufitions berweene 7renchmore: ard
Eez ſhauld
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ſhould crndeta; -Vggeatthechearing
- 27 alien ſound; and: fit-in _
when it heares theother.
\ But his: marrer is fubſianciall,
- and honeſt ,and though -hee- bee.
E Pope?ed among | Pedantes-, |and
_—_ ce. may thanke his
a de wx hee is |meeter- for
greater: perſons, and ſounder iudge-
. ments.But eloquence (as wee take clo-
- quence)it is ofnovſe, but among 'ſuch
- eares as callaBag-pipe, muſicke, ir firs IL
AH
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:them,and among-.them muſt bee ved;
but among wiſemen , it is to diftrut
: their vnderttandiogs,looſing :time in
repetitions,and Taurclogics, The Vere
;tneof thinges is/not in bignefle,
but qualitie; andfo of reaſon; which
!wrrapped in a few! wordes baththe beſt
©tang. Thoſewhich are ſubic&-to this
| -prodigaluie, they ſhould helpe then
:dclues,as ſitterers,bylearningte ſing,
_ athcie bymakingverſes/vnhoſenum-
:bercyes ipavindesand givesaealonls
Gig! bertic,
 OfVanitie.
bertie;; carrying: reafor: teuell:
wo ;th®!
foule ?- andgiuinga report out ofth©:
mouth/, - as Gun- from Ordi””
nance;” This difeafe-of wordes let inbY-
Cicero, was nor long after fetten'out*
for Au9uſtai following almoſt in :th&:
furie:of theſhower, was fainc to.arm©?
himſelfewith writing all hee meaner®:
ſpeake,ſcriouſly., cuen his ſpeeches to:
his wife; which was painefull and dan-
ous: for if the woman had bcene-..
edde byhis example, the world ſure:
at this dayhad beene inhabited by no-:
thing but Papers : yet he:durſt nordoe”
otherwiſe, leaſt Plus,wwinuſue loqueretir'
ex tempore , Which cannot chuſe bur;
happen to atongue that runnes proude!
after wordes, Bur they are worſe that;
ſend meſſengers without an errand,
that ſpeake, and yet gelde their ſpeech
of meaning , like a foulded ſheece of
aper without any infoulding. This I
ueheard ſpeech caſt out of a mouth;
worſethers ridles,whict neither, ſpea-:
Pm .
Phe 8
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 EN. JIathe . -
ſamefileare Proucrb-mongers,. whoſe
throates are worne{like roade-wayes,
with little ſaide is fone ametauled: It
is no halting before a le,and ſuch
like: when1hearcongo Hooke :
for-bis drie nurſe), for from her armes
he plucked his languape. I-haus liked
my -patience as much: for 'induring
theſe tryalls , hrayer Fog a
ringes: for what can bee more contra-
ryto tunable earcs, then to heare this TO
wa
oo
Mk
os
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moſt excellerit inflrument abuſed,and

to heare ignorance clap the-aire with,
his breath? his lippes opening; likea
purſe without money , and his tongue.
—_ a Fencer before a Pageant, fiir-
,not firiking:of whom' when all
d may be ſaid:
Newstibs dicit
au isgui denig, Fimis?
The tongue
nj iny rrp
gy wang oldid all ou”
cs
C2
T
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RSnpngwee difcry.
BG.T.1900
3» great men, as
their cloathes,2s a&tions, whichis,vo-
ryimproper: for we allow not
5
=' by their plaſtering ,. and .gainefle,
but by; their roomes., and; conueniy
ency, Hath it not alſo weakened our
.6*"a beſt force, and made vs call in out,
ward hdpes? for aot of our, þeades,bur
* of our- Taylors: wee aske aide , where
power. languiſherh with .entertainin
5.2
SG Ec 4 theſe
 Bfp"4p |
theſebands5ofpl; ire; ſedirion
© bores
im;for\vhenPoutr ie finds het endlefſe-
hbours cn withpowring het paines
want againſt {this' too ' truch 'plen-"
.
s erm

ty” Thus X&# theſe miſtrable ones

pedkesa feditious fellow iniithe- Flo-
rexerne Rate, (tp vs all naked (firh he)
ant yoy ſhall perceive no'difference,
z}cloth vs with their garments,*and the
with ours, and doubttes weſhallt look
azlike noblemen, they looke hke vaſlals,”
fot itis onely Pouerty,andrichesthar
, makes theUiſparity betweene vs.Tr is
the luſtre ofgreatnes ; and yerthe molt
daungerous:daungerous ,forirfeedes
ctuie,daungerons, for irmakes vs vn-
apt'for any other eſtate,to which-mor-
— ralitice beingeuerſubie& ſhould''never
bee vnfitto enterraine it, ©(Fropatracs
miſery looked much more 'defor-
med, becauſe mens memoties'coulde
toyne het prefentiate, ro theſhre ſhee
put ypon her when ſhee would reſem- ay
Lond

ble .|.
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»B "Ki " > —_ b J : y = aa TIENTS IE"
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ble the Goddeflc JF :.it is like arfact:

viedro look through aruffe, when put:
ina falling-band lookes as: iflooking
©TE througha halter, - But+this isa.com-
$
bel mon:.curſe vpon' greatneſle- ;:that ic
can»nothing. ſo well: defend. ir- ſelfe.
from misfortune , as: misfortune. from
fortunate: to become great of lictle
T0 indures.much better, then to become
little
ofgreat, Icannetthinke icalaw-
SLIT
LA fullexcule, to ſay, the minde till aimes
ward't no, the minde of Vertue is
vo,
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fill itſelfe, and is it: ſelfe, let fortunes
Arithmeticke be either adding, or. ſub-
—SI ſtracting: ſhee can ioyne no-;more
earthto her then the-body, and rather
would ſhee bee rid of that,thenrecejue
more. It is diſputable,, whether: theſe
0x. robes! of: greatneſie ſhould art all bee
ow.
allowed, bur to bee in themalwayes,
without queſtion.isdifallowed.: :There
are fomethat can {de , and nat zudge,:
knowthelc, it is neceſlary for greatnes
to ſhew-them ſomewhat which they
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may'mnderſtand.: Now for the light!

changes ofartire, mee thinkes they go
likea finging catch, ſome are begin-.
ning when others/are ending}, others
in the 'middeſ} when another. begins
againe;: Ler another bee abſent from
this mint, and withour the diſcipline.of
a Taylor but afew monthes , andat his.
next" appearance. his friends fhall:not
know whether hee bee a_ manj-oc a
Ghoſt of times paſt\,or a ſpirite:mo-
uving''2a Weſtminſter Statue, .The mo-
ney-maſters hauc 'not: ingroſſed all
vanitie,. though” they haue: money,
for theſe people haue' a. chaunge,
where' to bee out of faſhion isto bh
banquerupt., and as the ones billes
are proteſted ſo the others diſcretion. ”
This is not to haue a head , but a Hatte
butrond vp! on the fide: It is no mat.
ter what foule, ſo a body in faſhion,
of which though 1 doe diſpiſc it c-
nougelr; yet I wiſh it no other miſ-
chick thin the painters Shoppe ,
: where
 Of Vanttie,
where pifture, of{caucn. . yeares, |
fince, lookes more. like-an, Anticke
Dauncer, then 3man. Bue thus ſhall .
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I bee,if I{peake more of them \ for 1.

draw them ;, and Time, &rawes them, .
out of faſhion, and they,if I lay any
more holde on them,draw mee. |
\, Butgow the, motions, of man , by
reaſon ofhis reaſon called Afions,
_ what an Ecclipſe doe they {ufter with
Vanities *darke bod tting be-.
—_—_ them, and py 47 5h
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om of reaſon.?,what ſee wee, almoſt per-
formed? How neerely ſocucr reſcm-
bling Vertue , . which' more d:epely
examined would nat prooue Vanitic?
euen Djuwnity is-not. tree , for Hipo-'
w
os
auy
Wa
» crifie killes many. ations |, which.
without Hjpocrifie would be Vertyes;
S©OÞ but Iwill leaue this offiee,to Diuines,;
wo
whoſe fightes can better diſcouer the,
inuifible ; walkings, of: profeſſqurs of.
good,doing JL In ſccular profeſſi-,
ons, 1 hardly ſee. cuen.the graucſt 895;
1 Withe
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- asinudhfor offcentations ſake,

asfor ver
wes ;the 'obſeruation of which hath
made mee ſo incredulous ; 2s T belecue
liphe aRions,no more then 1 do words
he that proteſts he loues his coyntry,8
in ſome adventure of his purſe and
paites,ſhowes it, I am neuer the more
mbued to extoll him :but when in a '
breach hee defends his country , when
hee calleth the forces of his ſcattered
countrimen ſhattered by Fortune”, and
fo out CAEO as his ation may bee
called the dying with his Country; I
will beginne then to truſt him:or iflike
e keeperof a Forte in the olde Flo.
rentine difſentions , who beeing beſet-
ged , anfl his Caftle fired , threw his
owne children 'into the flame , wil-
ling them to. rake thoſe giftes of For.
tune, but for his honour,he helde that
in his bref}, which no ſhocke of fortune
ſhould ' overthrow , nor fire melt,
Were there not ſuch men to inrich
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'Hiſtories,; how idlea thing were
Hiftorie ? for who is not or ro
follow this honourable-patterne ® his
children were rot more inflemed with
the fire,, then the vertuous reader, mee
thinkes , ſhould be with. his throwing
them.in-the fier: now may wee ſweare
he loued his CS ,and
from him may diſ.irguiſh berweeye
the lovers of Fame,-and Vertue : for
Fames .ſcruauntes, Joue commendati-
' ons, but with all they loue to. hearei
. themſelues : rhe other thinkes of;Ver-
_tue not of life, It ncedes no wonder
though their valures differ, that imp
ris. Fame, .from theſe Hi xc
tue,,. Were I the ſervant of Fame,, it
ſhould bee my caſe,for her rewardes
are faint. and leane : the fire nouri-
ſhing-yalour, comes from no outward
_thingybut frem the ſweetneſle -ofthe
_meditatipnof Vertue:but Fame thinks
,notonthar, butlookes who 1eeth her,
ang. dooth_ worſe then louers , that
v_ | \ draiv
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"draw their vigour from theit Miſtrefſe
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| 1 Yatus hath Farnie, 'though 'Vertie

workes not for Fane 5 which mee
"thinkes is 'an' excellent reftirhonie of
"the diuine yoodnefſe, when not one-
Jyhis, and hilmane Lawes'teache it,
bur euen from the example of ourfa-
miliars may bee read good and bad;
Thus preuailed Benedetto Alberti bas
: iſhed]by the” Florentines , for after his
"death they confefſed their errour, and
"ferched home his bones, hoyng them
-with ſolemine /pompe } and honour,
-whome being aliue, they hadperſecu-
ted with {Haurider and reptoache; In
mattets of pollicie, vanitie beares rio
lefle ſwaye',' when from the force of
rules nd inflituttons, they thinke to
-maintaine fates ; Policie conducaed
by Vertue, Ithinke the life of Gouerh.
" ment , without which a' Cormnmon-
wealth canno more live, thena body
' without a ſoule ;bur police'(as iris
COITte ,
 commonly taken and vſed) isnomore
certaine'nor profitable, then 2Farmers
drawing all hisCouncell from a Kalen-
_ 3 1:
It raines , of which Philoſophy will '
ay, the ſunnes drawing vp of moy=
ture from the carth is the cauſe + alas,
this is the laſt cauſe; bur the cauſe of
cauſes wee vnderftand not. Trackeby
Philoſophy the moſt impotent natu=
rall thing , for ſome diſcents you mas
'goc With it, but theende is, you
Teave' it, attributing it to the intelli.
gences; andto the firſt cauſe paſt the
ability 'of our meditations Rrength;
for wee are yet humane, they meerely
diuine , |
As this , ſo this pollicie is conie.
Qurall, and vncertaine, full of perill,
never ſafe . Of' men of this kinde,
Cefar Borgia 1s © fitte example, in
whonie was as tmmuch wicked wiſe.
done ., | as I thinke ever in avye,
with which hee fared like a Cocke.
oþ 0 boate
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cn:5Henne, now aloft, now
Luncke;and (hl in his defſeignes,rather
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increaled in his ſinnes,thenin his pow-

er: at laſt when hee meant one that
ſhould not haue affifted his rifiug, hee
killed the ſupporterof his heigth.
' He chat will with naturall accidents
ſceketo. diminjſh the diuine band in
this worke, doth impiouſly , and-is in .
the way. of Atheiline : for. it, .is ma-
nifeſt, God meant to- puniſh, and ts
teach in this -example,'that hee did
KTacher by his: miniſters, then, imme-
diately., explayuing his Diuine . wiſe-
doame,,;which inforcedthem-to_runne
mto their owne plots. laide for. others,
Nor onely dooth heauen deteſt, this
courle , but/:euen among men. it is
vaing + though the Qrengthof a State
ay Þe knowne,, theirvie lyes hidden.
Euery day doth.the witte of-indultry
inlarge. it ſcife, and dwuile .vics; of
thinges,, which without the ſpirit of

|
Prophecy,or chaunce,, may bee wich-
dt out , 5-
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Romiine::and Grecian [Hiſtories our
offafhion'iin many thinges': thus bathy
the experience” oftheir "times ;-and:
thewitte oftheſe ;changed almoſt the
wholabody of igonemnerient; ©Who'
hearechof L 1Common-wealrh-
not. skilled in Antiquities, and be-
leeues-it nor rather a thing, rhoughe,
then done ? Doubtleſſe/ the witte-of
man 45'.too excellent a-thing 'to- bee
catcht in a ſnare which/hee ſcerh=
before him, hee goerh not alwai
: chough lawes cart fade ths
deifevofrice , yerthoſe of hes
thispollicie —_ forit is'
enen toheauen is her flighe, - jr.
earchlyand viſible. Bur:
F mayin-this
| like ſome |confurours that:
heuc tnticd cheir paines wich making:
their -cauſe worſe, *This Paperis.yev #
Deipmae— mwhoſe ir may bee =
Ff Iknow
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Iknow not. <and-bowſocuer Imicanez ©

others not meanihg well; naay make -
their helpe i] chemuſii ber. God, -that
in.theſe and Allother thingsmuſi helpe
vs;,weearenorother: then: this.infiru»
menrtes : when: wee-wndertake to bee
handes , wee ſjninpreſfumption=vnder
kis\e6ndutrhings:come to a:condlulis
oi: Thoſe: that preſper:for-a' while
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are ingheir executioners office, wego | ue
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blindfolde withoutthe Sunne ; cariwe | th

then gowithout hitsSicetice that made | kn
the Sanne ? we) are too'impotent-to || Fai
fandwithouraſiipporter , ,outattions | tan
retin doubt ; and qur. diſcourſe cannot hat
reſ6]ne them'; burever wee ſhall think J ign
Eatarditavoitoglie Eccaſionela celes | Opiu
rite le ferze Taccountin this liſtaltthas | ls 1
* axcoimt their countric-yngratefull;iof | ther
that repine at be commmaundements's | the:
thee canuat beer; for thou - * Foun
a, 'S7 | A &.
7'1 6 þ 512::
 vic;
and ifthou bee vnprofitable,
wich
juſtice thee on Arogyerg ways
erty pot thinke thee = doe
vniullly/;-3t;;isArogantcy,, and par-
riality.,'t0.-compare-thy- knowledge
with hers:;our ſoules: are for heauen,
out bodies-, for. our” Coyntry
-, and ,
that excellent Iſſue
of Heauen,; isde- ;
le (ne no worke ypon; the earthe,
ut to -yphoulde this ourcomttion mo.
f, £1 RYP If |
| Hew, may wee bluſh that are o-
uercoime
+by heathens: and yet haue
| 'the oddes of divinity?:by them ;,that
knew Vertues preciouſheſſe onely. in
Fame, :which wee knowe ſhee is cur-
rant-in.the world of worldes?. this
hath-come from. an-opinion tharthejr
ignorance prodiiced valour ,, 'but this
opinion ,is. as- full of finne.-ag- folly,
Is valour., prohibited. becauſe. mux- F
thet ,and felfe-murther isprohibited?
the /building cannot. fland where the ©
if foundationisfalſe: they faite in thede> 7
-
18: Ff2 finitis =
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* 1
| | : -2F on
* » , :
|7
finirion Forticude,which
of is(as allo< 4

ther fingle-verrves
are) but the colour
of the ſubſianciall body ofVerrue,
which - when caſt vpon- another ſub- _|
Nance is nor Vertue, though like Ver
tue; Theſe holde that Fortitude hath
Tunne her perfeeſi coutſe when ſhee
harh paſſed the gates of death , | no,
_ -Portitude-indures lronger affaults then
| death, Butwerenſo : I5 he tharromes
neare death valiant ? why then , -hang
"T ropheys ouer the gallowes; the cauſe,
*hecauſe, miftin all things tellwhoſe
*thild theeffeftis, He thar frohts with
Fury'isnorvaliant, burhee that lendes
wſtce fotee.” 'Cato dyed in as fit a time
*tof make His death looks Nobly.; as
- could bee; and/at the firreft:courſe' of
*nardrall reaſon”, 1X will feeme good
:teafon nor to! out Jiue*Þis*countryes
kiberry'sburt had it- not7beene” more
*corrpaſſionately done ofhimito hatie
2ecompetied his! Coumrey (in! miſery?
-had ir norbeetic' more wiſtly:done-to
5:57 $15 haue
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 fra
wacecrme berleppy byoppor
watched tine, when happily by oppor-. |
runirie hee might have Gone bs |
nery? T account not his 'yalour, no
wore thenche that. winkes. at the blow
of death, the one hiding þiseyes be- |
cauſe hewauld not fee death, the'other
ſceking death becauſe hee would not
feele miſery; -Cato is. nat. held by mec
2 patcerne of
Fortitude, hee helped nor
his country byhis death: ifto dare dye
you-thinke fo excellent,
the women
amang the Romanes: could doc it af.
weltashee,;becauſc it isprohibircd,we
like -it ,- becauſe contrary toour ſclfe:
ing minds we admire;jt;; and yrthat
xeipect; (were it not againfi-diujnitic)
ſhould allow of it; for hee comes nes
_ refit vertue that throwes: againfithe
bias of his affeQions. Camila ( whom
Fohce mentioned) was aPatrerne: of
Fortitude' :ſo was/ amorig' the: Grecit
ans" Pelopedas and. his co anions,
wha:plottcd , and-effected the ouet»

Tp. .
 throw of t with |
the adventure:
of their lines, yer killed norrheinſelues
becauſertheir coantrey was opprefled
atyrant/Fortitude', (take kerin her
ru r 'boutides ) Co olenkthe 0-
vercomming” Paſſions: , and bearin
the aflauks of the: world , hnogomck
euen into the. confines 'of:>
rance, for. to-curbe ippectite:;: mee:
thinkes , is Fortitude : but binde her:
now to her managing perill,and
ro rhe
ſeruing her Common-wealth,to:make
her ſclfe; there muſt bee in her: pre-«
tence, reaſon, profit, and iuftice;;Rea-
ſon in the plotting, profit in the, obrai.
nin , iufticein the vſe:.for without
theſc, it isa beftiall daring,. not For-
titude, Lau) 7
| <
- Nowto. my compariſon ofthe va-
lour of thoſe tunes with this -of Chriſ.
tianity :catthis reaſon be ſo exact, that
knowes not from whence: his 'reaſon
©. comes(for their wiſeſt did bur /gefle at
2 theimmortallitic of the ſoule};as his
IR of. i p 4 6
that a 2-0
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ow
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 ferhumane Jawes, {whole endeis:
INES , whoſecndes
Vertue?whoſecth natnow{ that wrill
ſee )itirabspatthad notthe way ofFor«
tirude >for their beft'were bur ſhad»
dowcs|:>neithes had:theythat cauſe;
or. Foxtitude:
at. that :timie was -not
;rowne. They durftdic;Bur-wee know
bow toric death: theydurſtaguenture
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but we know how to profit þyaducn«
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turing:then is Id{encs, thar'bath foun
42
> ded this'opinion,forifwewilldowell,
fione entr:knew better howgmeuer had
any beteeteane;' for weare: certainedf
our revward;Ofthe.repinings.&ypbrai» ==
* dings ofa tan reiefttd by his coune/, 3
trey,L,ſhould ſpeaks! a" lice, morey 7
how contrary it1s Syn and Vers...
 Hes
oth ogaajary Glen Verten
gong 6ſoule conſent toithy bodies
xebcllious thoughts? both bodycand
foule forſake ri Vertne;
ſquic maintaines wrong, and
fo|
yertue, thybodydoth wrong;;and fo
| foolerhright.In'this, boththeGres
cian and Romaine Common-wealths
brought fforth many morefaithfull;
che
repetition of is, thoſt
ws that
haue ſcene Hiſtory, canas edily'pro-
tuce as I,whom Iwill therefore omit;
and ſaue that Jabour. 'Onely. thus: ro
vpbraide dur: Country with our good
deſertes, is to aske reward at the
worldes handes, notat Vermes: out
all ;/is not- all wee are bound-to doe
forit bur our beſt ſhall becatled well;
becauſe our vitermoſt. Not -$0"-pros
fefſe much;bur to vic itwellisthe way
x ofFelicitie ,and/ then doth our body '
4
b>.not hurtour ſoule,when itiscontent
MYF© anpioyhis force to blow'the fire,
+: A : «oo while
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of things. 'For:the-lighter per=
forrnance--of men, how:grunkenly,
doth Vanitie| make» eurry:'thing
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the namics ofal theſe goods, ſheeartri«
buteth to herſelfe, when ifdrawn tothe
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more,
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be thought the abuſe: yer thus wen
more , to whoſe hands ſo/euer theſe
come; let them charitably belecue Ide-
fire more xo doe my Co ood,
then to be paidfor it, forI have my hire
from another place.I meanc well, and
ſpeake honeſily,and I will be as carefull
to live well, for;

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ſitie' may enforce ys to ſpeake like
yaine glorie, 'but that-it is necefſitie
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berem fugitis fan antem ſcrenitate ſnb-
ducts vos, Mloſque vellnss. ] thinke hee
did not this more for his own ſake then
for theirs, he made them a glafſeto be
hold their: inconflant follies in :Tew 2s
well done, foftneflein theſe cafes nou-
riſheth vices,andgojues the giddie mul-
titude winges ficed of legoes to flic
to mutinics and diſlentions.”
When a place of authoritie gives vs
authoritie , and tructh allowes vs to
ſpetke welof our ſ*ves,it is lawfull to
make the ſubjects of our gouernement
confident of our yertuc like Neſtor.

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kis common as the whetftone of
the ſouldiers ſwords , the oration of a
genorall before a battaile roracke their
memory, and ro make her confeſle all
the explore whichat #ny time they
haue done: It is common to tell: then
how often haue you beene viRorious
ouertheſe people: yottr enemies?thogh
a ſimple Arithmetician might bring
them within number,
Plutarch avowes it to be the maner
of Cyr«s in warres, though in peace
there was no mart more modeſ},
The cuſtome of our attires in thoſe
times ſeemes to alloy it,we weare glo-
rious colours, and our heades and Hor-
ſes feathers beautifying this bloody OC-
cupation,& giue the eye leaue to iudge
of a Tolly magnificence , and courage.
Hike Antigonu well , whoin a ſea
bartaile being aduertiſedthart his ad-
verſaries exceeded him in number
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Bainſthow many ke reckoned him: Ic
was brauely ſaid, and illuſtrated a bold
ſpirit,it was no matter though it wane
ted modeſiie, ſhee fits more ciuill , and
more hilent ations. Thus did V4ſſes
encourage the fainting ſpirits of his
Companions, .. |

O ſocy, Ignari certe hand ſumus ante ma-

lorum.
Porro malum hoc mains non ft ,quam
- quod Poliyhemas - -
Nor in ſpelnnca cepit violentry opeca,
Corfulio mde meotamen,tt vniute anino-
Ke,
Elaphi ſurnnus,
Gonſalao the brave purchaſer of the
Kingdome of Naples to the crowne
of Aragon ſpake va in atime of
daunger. Def derana pin roſto dhamere
ad preſente la (waſepoltura vn palmo di-
terreno pts anantt, che col rirarſs indie-
tro poche braccia, allungare la via cents 2
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himſelfe from the ſaſpition of feare
which: commonly attendes daungers
and to his ſouldiers he gaue new life,
for their heades being vnable to iudge,
they are direQed by their eyes, whom
they ſend to difcouer the dons of
their commaunder, which from thence
come, fraught either with hope , or dif>
pair,l thinke it was neither enuie, nor
Vaine-glory that! made Apeſilans exa-
mine whether the title L great , be-
longed more to the King: of Perſia,
then to himſelfe. Now ille me waior efþ,
aiſf et inſtior :He was a Philoſopher as
well as a King, acquainced with his
owne ſoule as well as with greatnefle,
which dilated to him, that outwarde
greatneſle differed not from gay cloths
which are worne out by time, and.in
that time ſubie&dto caſualty , but ver-
tuc heſaw to be the foundation, and
the true iudge of greatneſſe, At:death
it is toll. rable, for then the beſt wee
can doe, is but to bee anexample to.
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the living; and to ſhew our beftpoints
to the world, andour worltto God
wrapt in repentance is honeſt,and reli-
gious : that done, to ſhew a gladnefle
of our new gueſt, like Phocion to a fel-
low that wept athis death. Flex tw,j-
quit quid dicis? non amas mori cum Pho-
cionezor like the CHilanors confpirator.
Aors acerba,tama perpetua, ftabit vetus
memoria fatt,
Itis a colde thing this ſame death,
and muſt haue ſome ſuch warme me-
ditationto comfort the ftomack of the
minde,or elſe it will confound,and diſ-
temperthe ſoule for the bodies ſake.
. But in an high fate, and a ſtate of tran-
quilitie, neither morall vertue,nor diſ-
creet Policie allowes it : not Vertue,
which will tell ys,wecome ſhort of the
hyre of commendations : not Police,
for it laies vs open to enuie,& demon-
ſtrates a minde ouer-burthened. with
Fortune. #7 5f
Not our actions performed. with
; | wile -
wiſcdome and ſuccefle , may wee cha-
lenge at this time, for their glory- vp.
braides the flate , as if vnrecompen-
ced, and ouerdrops our Countrymen ,
both aduerſaries too potent to be diſ-
piſed, both loſſes beyond the gaine of
commendations, God is the giuer of
victory , the performance of all well
ſucceeding enterpriſes,
giue it to him,to
whom giuen , it produceth ſafety,
and accordeth with truth : from thence
let vs ſhare it , attributing part to the
direQion of the Rate , part to the va-
lour of our Souldiours, or others nea-
reſt ro- the mp8 16yon our felfe,
allaying praiſe with fortune or deſtiny:
thus it is ſafe,and good, and not with-
out Fa me, which growes by being tup-
prefled. y

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Eſſay. 45s
Of Efſaies and 'Bookes.
Holde neither P/wtarches, nor none
of thoſe auncient ſhort manner of
writings, nor Adontaignes, nor ſuch of
this latter time to bee rightly tearmed
Edfayes,for though hope ſhort, yer
they are ſtrong, and able to endure the py
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who am but newly bound Prentiſe to oy
' the inquifition of knowledge , and vic
theſe papers as a Painecrs boy a board,
that is trying to bring his hand and his
fancie acquainted, It js a maner of wri-
ting wel befitting vndigeſied motions,
or a head not knowing his firength
like acircumſpeR runner trying for a-
ſtarte,or prowdence that taſtes _
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ſhe buyes: for it is cafier to thinke well
then todo well, and no triall to haue
handſome dapper conceites runne in-
uifibly in a braine,
bur to put chem our,
and then looke vpon them : If they
—_ nothing but wordes, yet they
reake not promiſe with the world,for
they ſay but an Effay, like a Scriuenour
trying his Pen before he ingrofleth his
worke,nor to ſpcake plainely, are they
moreto blame then many other that
promiſe more, for the moſt that I haue
yet touched, haue millions of wordes,
to the bringing forth one reaſon, and
when 2 reaſon is gotten, there is ſuch
borrowing it one of another, that in a
multitude of Bookes, fiill that conceit,
or ſome iflued our of that,appeares ſo
belaboured, and worne, as in the ende
it is good for nothing but fora Pro-
uerbe. WhenTI thinke of the abilities
of man, I promiſe my ſelfe much out
of my it , but it prooues not ſo,
Time gocth,and 1 turne leaues, yer ti
finde
 Eſſay. 45» '3

finde my ſelfe in the tate of ignorance,

wherefore I haue thought better of
honeſty, then of knowledge: whatI
may know I will conuert to that vſe,
and what I write,Imeane ſo , for I will
chuſe rather to be an honeſt man then
a good Logitian, There was neuer
Arr yet that laid fo falt hold on me, that
ſhe mighr iufily call me her ſcruant .
neuer knew them but {uperficially, nor
indecd wil not though I might,
for they
ſwallow their ſubiect, and make him
aSOmd iaide of himſelfe,

Dnicquid concbar dicere verſus erat.

I would carne none of theſe ſo dear.

ly,as to ty vp the minde to thinke one-
ly of one thing, her beſt power by this
meanes is taken from her,for ſo her cir.
cuit is limited to a diſtance , which
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| Marke
 Marke but a Grammarian, whoſe .
mp Poe wel examined is but a {in-
gle-foled trade , for his ſubieR is but
wordes, and yethis conſtrution is of
great matters reſting in himſelte. Socre-
tes was the wileſt man of his time , and
his ground for that, was his turning all
his acquired knowledge into morali-
ty; of whom one ſaide, he fetched Phi-
loſophy from heauen, and placed her in
Cities, Plato laughes at thoſe Com-
mon-wealthes men, that intend onely
the inlarging, and inriching of their
Countries, and in the meane time they
ſufter the inioyers of theirlabours to be
vicious,and diſhoneſt : cucn ſo of theſe
thirſters after knowledge, forhath hee
all that man poſſibly may haue, &then
incloſe it in the chelt of a diſhoneſt
bref, irbut corrypts him, and makes
the poyſon of his viciouſnes more for-
cible
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, me rebusſubmittere
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Tloue not to illuſtrate the excel.
lencic of any Art , butto vſe Artes
25 Bridles , to reare vp the head
fironge wilfulnefſe of my naturall cor-
ruption, Thus I fee all thinges, and
taſte cxample as well by a vicious pro-
digall fellowe,as by one vpon the gal-
lowes, and deftre his partno more that
iS 2ble,and doth nouriſh exceſſe, then
I do the others, and if I would belecue
: Plato, he holdes this ſtate the better,
for the one is now ſurferting,the other
taking Phiſficke, I haue heard. ofthe
eftects of great reading, ioyned to an
vnderfianding able to digett , and car-
rie it:ofhigh aQting ſvirits', whoſe am-
bitions haue beene fed by Fortune and
power : theſe make a great noiſe in the
eares of men, and like a ſwaggerer
ſeeme to drowne more humble fpi-
rites : but equally examined, the giftes
ofmoralitie are more excellent , and
vertuous, When Alexander thirſting
threwe the water offered him _
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the ound,: and would not adde to
' thethirſt of his companions with his
owne private affe&ions , hee did much
' more nobly then in —— all his
victories - for thoſe rightly determi-
ned take away maruatle, and, admirati-
on,for they were for his owne ſake:
but here,compaſſion, peeps ofothers,
and temperance, plead for an eternall
applauſe ; this was moralitie, and the
inwarde diſcourſe ofan honeſt minde,
this was no bloodſhed, nor blowes,
but the preſeruvatien of his friendes,
heere bload ſpotted not his name , bur
puritie ſo imbelliſhed it , that no -
louing Vertue can ſce this peece wi
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andeaſily digeſted to the nouriſhment
of vermue ;the others more high, and
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ther imagiacd, then acted, yet hee fo
plainely diſcouereth the way of vertue,
as the cafiett vaderGanding cagnot goe
aftray,nor the worſt abuſe him with in.
terpretation. Iholde theſe much more
ſafe, then thoſe works which ſtand vp.
on Allegories, for euery head hath no
fire enoughto diſtill them, nor cuer'
vnderſtanding patience enough to £
out the good 'meaning : and many are
ſoill, as when they haue found out an
interpretation meete to nouriſh their
ſenſuality, they wi there, and arethe
worſe for their reading.
Thus oftend moſi Poets, who lard.
ing their writings with fiftions , feede
the ignorant and vicious with as much
poiſon
 Of.E/ſajes andBookes.
poiſon as preferuative, This one of
them confeſſerh ſpeaking to his Mule. +
——e Fu Perdon ;
S'emeſſs fregial ver, sadornoin parte.
D altri dilettiche de twoi le carte.
And he addes this reaſon.

Saila corre il mondo, onepinwverfs

Di ſe dolcexze ul luſinghier Pernaſs,
Et chil vero condite in molli vers,
F pix [chini allettando ha perſuaſe.

Though rightly ke toucheth the ten-

dernefle of humaine conceites, which
willingly admit nothing that repreſents
not pleaſure, and flatters not ſenſuality,
yet ſhould it be farre from the graniry
ofaWriter, to runnewith the ſtreames
of vnbrideled affeftions. Hee ſhould
ranke with the Conflitutours of com-
mon-wealths : Law-makers,and wiſe
Authors',” ought to intend both one
thing, they no way differ, but that onl
theſ.
 .' Ef99. 45-
theſe laſtcompell nor, but intreat their
Counttymen to bee Vertuous, But
ſhould a Law-maker infteede of pu-
niſhing malefaRors widen his lawes,
& make the ſoft ypon the complains of
men,no ſtate could and :for thecauſe
of Common-wealths mankind would
defiroy themſclues, and this world by
Jawes made beautifull , by being with»
out would become a ſpectacle of ruine
& deſolation, Though in this kind Poe
etry hath moſt oftended, yet intending
well,it is not to be reieRted:lIt is a ſhort
and ſ\veet tuned eloquence, it ftirreth
vp.nobledefires, and good intentions,
when acording to Plaze, it performeth
it office, which is Demos bymnos cane=
re, &leges patrias, magnorumque geſts
airorum grariter recenſere, Thus itis
not baſely imployed, nor were it rea«
ſon,for it is a dwuine iflue of vnderſtan-
ding, and drefleth the ſubieRts of her
Pennefull of witty delight and is the
winges of the ſoule with which ſhee
ſcemos

NLIAA
 ſeemes to flye to the higheſt part of
imagination, Among Poets Senecaes
Tragedies fic well the hands ofaftates-
man,for ypon that ſuppoſed age are
nad
dls
brought many actions, and fitting the
Rage of life, as when he ſaith,

Ars prima regni eſtpoſſe te innidiam pati,

Hiſtory would haue carryed you

through many regions,into many bat-
tailes & many changes, and you ſhould
haue lictlemore for your paines, as in
Meats
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the life of Sy/lz, and many others of all
times.A truely diſpoſed mind muſt me-
ditate of this cuen at his entring into
this life , ſoſhallitbee no ſtranger to
im., nor drawne his well perfor-
med actions with.teares, and exclama-
tions, .In another place he draweth the
excellency of Venue. , and that her
firength paſſethallftrengthes.
VirtutssoftDomare que cuntti panens.
For ſo.doth yertue prepare her ſub.
SINE Hh ie,
 Eſſay.45-
jieQ,thatnothing bur hcrſelfe isfeen 6
them withloue,and affetion,
all other
things becing by her taught to bee
tranſitory, and mortall , even part of
himſelfe , knowing which he neither
fearcs,nor longs for,the time ofhis dif=
ſolution.So is Yirgils /Eneiads a Booke
mecte for a Prince, and his neareſt in-
ſtruments : for it being agreed by the
moſt iudiciall cenſures, that in matters
of flate many thinges fall out both be-
yond expeCtation and naturall reaſon,
which wee therefore call the Actes of
Fortune : he ſaith,

—Superanda omnis Fortuna ferendoeft.

For Pacience keepethithe repurati-
on vnſpotted; though outward forces
be deftroyed,this makes the minde in-
nincible.which not only giuecs graces
and preſcruation to the beſt parts of
man, but inforceth more commilſerati-
on from the victour, then baſeneſle,in-
rreatic,and ſupplications , which &£- £2
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 ofE[ſajes inalBookes.
wilizs the viter ruine ofthe Aſacedoni-
anglory explained, when Perſeus the
laſt of their Kings beeing vanquiſhed,
proftrated hiniſclfe ar his feete,, from
(
which fight be turned his eyes,andcal- |
ledhim-the robber ofhis glory, for his
power, and name , made his viorie
glorious. , which the vilenefſe of his
perſon brought backe to conterpt;as
ifhe had ouercome a boy , ora wo-
manthe pooreneſle of whoſe firength
makes teares and ſupplication readier
thenrefiftance. At what time England
remained vnpoliſhed an d vamanured
by the ſweetnefle of Letters, there was
found one Caraftatrs, whoſe name
Tacitxs celebrates with as great pray=
ts;asifa Romaine , and a Conquerer;
which laſt I name as the fpurre of com-
mendations , for more faintely doe all
men-; as well as Hifſtoriographers
mention the vanquiſhed then Con-
querour- for many actions are brought
forth-by the haſt:of occalion', to
Hh3s whom. .
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whome a long diſcqurſe is not Mid=
wife , yet done, the. world maketh.
ſome: one acceſlary of many plottes,
which he neuer thought; of, and an-
other guilty. of imputations , becauſe
oucrcome. But Ceratatre betrayed,
and brought in tryumph to Ronye, was
neither deieted with thinking of his
captiuity,nor amazedatthe Romaines
ſplendour , but then: taught {/avdinm
how it became himto6 vie his fortune;
and in ſpight cf Fortune with the-mag=
nanimity of his owne minde made the
ation ofthoſe times contefle, that; (e«
ſar aum ſnum decus extellit, addidit gie-
riamwiffo How flowlypand vnwillng-
ly prayſes are beftowed-ypon the wans
quiſhed, Tacitus rejates ſpeaking, of a
king of Sucuia*Digre ſus Caſtellis Vaw-
niusfundainr pretw,quanquem rebus ad-
uerfirlandatus , 'qnod f. pugnam manu
eapeſc't ;& corpore aduerſo vilnera exci-
pit.:Hee ſought yvahantly,and receiued
wounds, But was; not: valiant becauſe
{ For-
 Of Efſayes and Bookes.
Fortune gaue hin not the victory. In an
other , Virgsl teacheth that no noble
mindes arefearefull,
Degeneres Animos Timor arguit
| Who ought better to thinke ofthis
then a flatesman, the heigth of whoſe
ations brings him to handle thinges
to an vnprepared minde daungerous,
and fearefull,to eſchew which he binds
him in a ſtrong band,he foretels his ho-
nour,which is the moſt precious iewell
of oreatneſle , without which hee be-
comesas vnprofitable as a Bee with-
out a ſting,
for whatſocucr hee is,be he
neuer ſo great,or good, yet , megs fa-
muy uam viſftarent resſue, the reputa-
tion of a ſtatesman, the credit of a mar-
chant , and the modeſty of a woman,
reuailing more, then their powers,
riches,or beauty.
In another place,
Mens mamota manet.. Lackrime volun-
Poly names,
' How-feeble the ſuccours.of the bo-
dy are,cuery vnderftanding obſeruing
3 thoſe
 creatures thateither haue no foule, or
hauing,vſc it not,may eafily know : for |.
the oroſlenes ofthe bodies nature pre- {
uailing but by ſtrength , when that is \
vanquiſhed Lacryme volunxtur Inancs: f
but a mind made flrong by vic, and cx- 2
ercilc /mmota manet ; it looks not ypon n
fortune with a deiected ſpirit, but not 's
puffed vp with the vaine allurements of ©
the body,is then plotting how to reco-
ye
uer,net how to defire pardon:he looks as
vpon his preſent Rate, not with teares, Ol
but vponit, becauſe vpon that ground- L
worke he muſt build the je 4of his an
freedome as he ſaith afterward, ſo
ch
Tune cede malis,ſed contra audentior ito ret
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nam twate Fortuna ſinct rat
Howſoeuer that Scithien fellow cſtee- Bu
med mulicke baſely by preferring the
neighing of horſes before it, yet no
queſtion both muſicke,and letters, and
eſpecially verſes,which participat hoth
with muſicke and letters,is a braue oy
ns ; : er
 Of BſyerandBookes
fer of the fpirits:andI thinke armes dif.
- ablenot elves with raking affi=
Nance fro Poche;,for doubtles it makes
valour beautifull,and wel wie
for taking away part of his fiercenefle,
and addmg infitede thereof reaſon,
makes it true Fortitude, Of Poets for
this purpoſe ſome learned, talke much
of Homer,but though they are learned,
yet Idare not ſpeake of him becauſe
aSneare as Ican,F will not build vpon
others, Ofthofe whom I v nderfiand,
Lxcen, and Tafſs, the one of which is
ancient,and the other as worthy, ifſea-
ſonedby ſo much time, but I will not
chide the world for that, for the reuc-
rencing of age, andtimes paſt mode-
rately,isa good fault of a good Nature.
Bur this life of armes which cuſtome
hath raught to pur on a gallant iolli-
neffſe in his outward behauiour , therby
to-ſhow,danger and diſtrefle cannor in
their courſe mourne,or be fearefull,gi-
wing leaue to the -mindein thefe our=
A Hh4 ward
 Eſa. 45 ©
ward ſemblances ta play the braggart,
&lay open what ſhe thinks efher own
reſolution, which'faſhion of a ſouldier
bindes him to cntertaine all fortunes
alike, For the high. words and bigge
that vic hath made tolerable in this life
would adde deformity to his'yeedling
tcares orcoplaints, but eſpecially here,
———Creſcitinaduerſis Virtus |
Taere is the alteration which the
frownes of Fortune ſhould breede in
him ,. beeing rather an Alarum for
the ſummoning of his ſpirites , thena
terrour driuing them away , which X
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power, Nature hath giucn to the Ele-

ments by inflin&,but a more excellent
power hath the giuen to man, namely
reaſon , with which if hee dooth not
more then thoſe more meanly indow-
ed,it is his fault,not natures,for in rea-
{on and diſcourſe, the abilities of man; Ma
there is more then an Antiperitaticall Fe
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Attontus matore met —

So feare ought euery way to bee re-

mote fromthe life of a Souldiour , for
neither is it handſome, nor ſafe, ſo flu-
pifying his vnderfianding, that neither
the danger, his honour,
hisCountry,or
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his life is in,are eyther defended or re-
garded, |But this baniſhed makes nor
yalour but fury,
for Juſtice muſt be mat-
ched with daring,or elſc it is not Forti-
tude;the cauſe muſt reconcile the eftet
to vpright truth,or elle;

Hen quantum pen miſeris, mens conſ-

cia donat?

Were guiltinefſe remooued from

puniſhment, ©yet to wreſt the vnder-
Randing againſt Tuftice ,- is full of ter-
rour,the conſcience beeing an inſcpe-
rable companion which neither cor-
"py
 © "Bf. Aye
ruption not feare can make filent, Tn
no courſe is in more behouefull then
in the life ofa Sonldier , for armes tak-
' ethypon it to corre& the diſorder of
Peace ; It is the Phiſitian of aftate, the
Juſticer of a tate , the Divine of a
ate, for his inforcement is the Phy-
ficke, the execution, the:Counnfaile ad=
minifired to thoſe obſtinacies vntrac-
table,but by computation. Taſſs doth
alſo yeeld many plentifull rules lea-
ding,to tae preſeruation of life, and af-
ter that of honour. |

E par lieto merry poſcia che Icruds,

Totila evisto,o /alua it caro [cudd.

Cowards feele not death , but the me-

ditation of death, for that concluder of
mortalitic isno more cruel to.the cow- ſ

ard,then to the valiant, the difference

reſts onelyin their opinions, as it is in
many other things of this world; What .&MS
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els,are by others determined<xxifles : as
theſe outward thinges , ſo the chulers,
of theſe the affeRions, are according
to their poſſeſſor : for a cowards feare,
is in a wiſe man prouidence; lauiſh ioy,
ſolid contentment : appetite 98
choiſe, wiſhes intents, making hope
fruition, Thus certaine doth wiſedomes
. reſolution performe his iourney with-
out halting , tiring , or traying. E per
beto morir, No doubtbut toa minde
that can inwardly relate a well-runne
courſe, itcannot but be joy to be taken
yp,for with glory he ends, and remai-
ning longer he could not end better,
therefore longer life could haue becne
bur ſuperfluous,perhaps dangerous:for
many yeares well followed haue do-
ted before their ends, and ſo corrupted
their worke ſairely begun. E /abuozl ca-
ro ſexdo. In this ſhield I holde the pre-
ſcruation of
honour, care of his Coun-
trey,and honeſt life,
fordetraQtion can-
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leaued ſhield: but this ſhield imbraced,
enuic itſ{elfe cannot wound, but death
appeares like a gratefull Maſter, relea-
ſing his ſeruant from trauell,

E temps e ben che qualche nobul opra,

De la noftra virtu ae homai ſiſcopra.
So lazie, andfluggiſh are our natu-
rall inclinations, that I wiſh theſe ver-
ſes the perpetuall obie& of my eyes,
and if Iſhould wiſh all men the ſame
medicine beeing ficke of the ſame dif- I
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eaſe, T ſhould doe them no harme. Who

thinks of the”infinite capacity of man,
of his admirable 'imention , of his im-
mortalizing the whole volume of ab-
frac, and motſiformes : of thefertile-
nefle of his braine , where thinges are
continually in concetuing, & bringing
forth new;and they new.I cannot t ink
of any thing which hee hath done that
might not be excelled, 'conſidering his
abilities, his works are mcane & ſlight,
oy and
 Of E [ages and Bookes.
and their perfections ſo imperfet,, as
they are not. worthy to bee called rhe
children ofhis loynes,
E tempo bet———
Is it re, fo ſoone as onr breathing
hath ſer a ſcotchvpon Time: what can
I ſpeake of this time, but as of the light
giuen vsto live by , which. who ſpen-
deth idlely, or (as ill) luxuriouſly, is
worthy te goe to bed darkling, which
is,to die without bcing able xo produce
any. matter worthy, of his life, which ya-
cuity of vertueat that time will breede
more terrour to him, then darkneſſe to
children, It js, time to doe: that wee
came for;for thoſe imployedto be vigi-
lage,to the flouriſhing oftheir country:
tothole priuate- to be an example to 0-
thers, and ſafety to themſclues, in ta»
king the direchway of right... 1
—————cbe qualche nobll opray -:
.lamnort9 preciſe to call no Aftions
noble, thar: carry nut with them a ru=
mour, or a glittering: to my. meaning
Re

| _nobk.
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nobility and honeſty meane al one, and
thus maya paineful Artiſan be noble,if
he follow his vocation painefully and
conſtantly,he is honeft, and ſo noble,
being a Limme of a ſtate, though no
maine Organ ,and his beeing in right
teyper, {ofarre as his firength goeth,
a preſeruatiue to the whole. To know.
this he ought to temper the hotenes of
} ambition,for it is not the greatnes , but
the goodneſſe of ari ation that makes
it worthy, which who ſo knoweth,and
yet proſeeuteththe violence of that hu-
mor; ought to be cut oft,fornothing is
more fatalltoa ftate then innovation,
ncitheris there any thing ſo faſt draw-
jng to iniouationas ambition , it be=
mg innouations minoritie, flike a pum-
ple the childes age of aſore;
De la mwſtra urtude bomai |;ſcopra,
Here is the whole power of man
taught,the right vie , which we haue a
cominon ſpeech no lefſe illuſtrates
when weecall the quality of thinges
| their
 Of Eſſiyes andBookes,
their vertue,bywhich wee inforce the
ftrengthof each thing to workebythe
line of vertue:tothis center ſhould all
the diamertricall parts of men tend , for
they arcbur like the rayes of the ſun,
which borrow their beauty frem the
Sun,for without vertue all the abilities
of man are in darkenefle, performing all
things doubrfully,& perniciouſly:ſs co-
ra. |
I do not thinke there can beconcea-
led verrues, for though 1 hate oftenta=
tion, yetvertucayming at nothing but
the ha? min *herfelinto good-
neſſe;and the excellenci- of goodnefſe
reſting in. her communicating power,
vertue iS not come to herperfe&tio,vne
til it come to the perfeRis of goodnes.
. Dwce ſeit, non ſumplice Guerriers,
Publico-fora,e non privato i l«llo,
Here doth he ſhow the office of a ge-
nerall , whoſe iudgement , not body,
ought to bee imployed - Nature hath
raught this to eucry man, for ſhce hath
made
 made his armes to giue blowes, and
defend his head to teach his armes, and .
to be ſure, wee ſhould not vie it out of
the right kinde, ſhce hath. giuen it nei-
thec nimbleneſle, nor ſtrength, but di-
region to-tcach the other parts that
vic. More neede not be faid of this, for
common experience makes it euecry
mans. I will ſpeake now of no more
Poers, though there be more of vſe t
onely thus' much of the auncient Saty-
riſts, I holde them not meetefor cuery
mans reading, for they chide vice, and
ſhow it both together,. beſides their
darkneſſc,andperſonallmeanings;take
- yp moretime, then knowne, they are
worth : of ather bookes though I haue
already commended P/ara,
yet ſpeaking
of bookes , I muſt againe mention.him
for his cotMmentors fake,,who dothtex-
cellently iUuftrate him, Which hee per=
formes with as little delay,' and as fewe
idle ſpeeches ,. as the vnderftanding re-
ceiues knowledge from the fight of
E things
 Of Eſſages andBookes.
thinges which deliver themſelues true-
ly and ſimply vnto her. 1 know: not
EO
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OY whether I ſhould ſpeake of
Philoſophi-
call bookes ——_ ifthe reader be
not a Phiſitian , or ah Herbarjſt, they
breed in him curiofitie rather then vſc,
for 1 account theſe wordes ofPlats
Peritia «fficit vt wita noſtra per /irtens
incedzt, wnperitia vero vt per fortunan
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Ss. temert circummagetwr, to tend rather to
the knowledges pertin2nt to an ijn-
tended life , thegto her vniuerſall bo-
dy:for ſhould a Indge talke of the ob-
ſeruations of an vrine, when hee is a=
bout inatters of life and death , who
would not determine his 5kill vnneceſ.
faric and ridiculous, lince his Arte cures
the mind, Phihck the body? nam medics
Mo
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Q enrant corpora , Pane Animam. Whar
Bookes,or art medles with a doQtine
remote from.the vſe of life,is a buſjc1I-
dlenes,and a couer of an vnprofitable
mind , hke fidlers vndertaking the vis
of an Infirument to keepe them fig
Ii am
 Eſſay. 45.
' a morelaborious trade:Lefſe Aftrono-
my then will: mike # Kalender , will
ſerue my turne : onely ſo much is ſuf-
ficient in a gentleman,as' ſeeing the re-
uolutions of the heavens, hee may ſee
them without diſmaiednes,s and vic his
knowledge to the comfort of his igno-
rant charge: As Dion going againſt
Dyoniſius the tirant, an Eclipſe hapned,
which aſtoniſhed the multitude , bur
he conuerted it ts the Eclipſe of their
enemies heigth , which fortified, and
perſwaded the feare, and blindnefle
of his ſouldiours : the Eclipſe(I thinke)
wonld have fallen out, though Diox
had beene at home quietly in his cham-
'ber,and I doubt nor but this friend of
Platothought ſo to, but yet the mindes
not able to iudge of truerhes , muſibee
held with the expoſition of theſe cele-
ſiall apparances , and bee;perſwaded
that the heauens worke thus , onely to
» *ExSncourage and harten them on. For
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 OfEſſayes and Bookes.
Gyz4mmer, tobe much longer then, it
iy/in the armesofour nurſe, is nought,
[account it a pittifull fight to ſeea fel.
ow at ſixty yeare olde, learning to
ſpeake:to know the names of thinges
without the things is vaprofitable , as
z power to repeatethe Alphabet by a
tllow altogether illiterate, Ilike well
to ſpeake , rather then to make hgnes,
and to bee carefull of joyning the no-
minatiuecaleto the verbe, as my ſcr-
uants & friendes may vnderſtand what
I would, -but to be Prentile of 7oxus
and Sore for 4 life time, 1s as necdce
lefſeas ro make new clorhes when one
lyesa dying.for wordes are but cloths,
matters lubſtance.Rechorickes Cooke.
ry,is the vomit ofa Pedant, which to
make ſaleable, he imitated the Dyer,
whoſe Fat working ill, hee makes a-
mendes. by ciuing thoſe ill colours /
new names; ſo this venting bis infinitie
of words with calling it eloquence,
and
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diuifions. Rhetorice ſnadet , non docet
If ſhe could perfwade what were wor-
thy to be taught, and bring that wor-
thy with her, it were better : but the
ſlippery glibnes of che rong giuerh ſuch
afacility to ſpeake , as commonly it
runs witheur reaſon, and fo is as fruit-
lefle as a meſſenger without anerrand.
I might ſay of thoſe remaining , that
they hold more concluſions then are
needfull for euery man, but I will goe
no farther then this taſk, Againe of
bookes,moralitie hath very il lnck now
a daies, for many haue medled with her
with il ſuccefſe:] wilnot name them, for
they are vnhappy enough to bee defti-
"- natedto waſt Paper. Thoſe of Com-
mon-wealthes,came as much ſhort, but
itisno mauaile , for commonly they
are ſchollers that never knew more
of gouernement , then it pleaſed Arr-
fotlesPolitickes, or ſome ſuch,rich on-
ly in the names of Oeconomens , De-
Fporicucgand Polurcxs,and then todefine
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the three ſeuerall gouernements , but
they were to blame, for the Theoricke,
and PraRticke of no Art nor ſubict
difter ſo much,as that of Common-
wealthes, and State buſinefſe. -Sencce
ofmoralitie isthe beſt, Petrarchde re-
medgsviriuſque fortune doth well , but
hee was a ſharper Poet then a Philoſo-
pher, there beeing a more excellent
quicknes in his Sonets then Dialogues,
There is now left Hiſtorie , which
reſembles Counſailours that aduiſe
nothing but what they themſclucs
haue done , which ſtudy is not with-
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phers mingled with the valour of P/u.
rerks Captaines cannot chuſe but make
an exact man, Tacitzs alreadie hath res
ceiued his ſentence frem me,but T muſt
againe fay,he js more wiſe , then ſafe,
but that is not his fault : for the Pain-'
ter isnot to be blamed though his pic-
ture be ill fauoured,ifhis paterne were
ſo,nor Tacitus thought ill, becauſe 7i-
berims was 1 tyrant, Claudius a foole,
Nevo vicious, Bur neuer was there {o
wiſe an author ſo il handled by com»
menters, for where as I am firehee
meant ſtill wiſely, ſome of them hauc
So powdred him with moralitie, that
they conuert his juice into as little
ns variety or good vie, as beware by mee
good people; or if more gently , like
e£ſops talking creatures , that haue
'moralls tyed to their tailes, The reſt
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is ſentences out of their pages, aduen-
tures a bemyring, Comznes is a good
Hifſtoriographer, he knew much of the
met part of ſtate —_— , but]
old Guicciardine a better ſcholler, and
more ſ{ententious,as when he ſaith, /s-
rutte te attioni hnmaine , et nella guerra
maſſimamente hi/ogna ſpeſſo accommoda»
res conſigl alla neceſſita. For the mar-
ſhalling aduiſe more cannot be faid,for
it teacheth an aduifer to take his marke
ſo ſureas hee cannot miſle:for reſpects
appearing waighty in the time of the
health of a ſtate , muſt not be redeemed
in her ſickneſſe,forpreſeruation is ro be
preferred before. comelinefle. There
are many bookes by mee omitted pre-
cious enough, if Time will giue vs
leaue to digeſt theſe: for 1 am of
Senecaes minde concerning this va-
riety of Bookes, who compares an
vnſctkd reader,to a traueller,that hath
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many Hoſtes and few friendes. There
are more,but wine is but an Eflay, not
a CatalSgue, I thinke well of theſe
Bookes named, and the better becauſe
they teach me howto mannage my
ſelfe: where any of them grow ſub-
tile, or intend high matters, I give my
' memory leaue to looſe them,
There are none thatI]ſcratch with
my Pen that doe not fatherly counſaile
me to the way of Vertue. 1 like mnch
betterto doe well, then to ralke well,
chufing to bee beloued rather then ad-
mired,afpiring to no more height then
_ thecomfort ofa good conſcience, and
doing good to ſome, harme to none.
If my Efſayes ſpeake thus , they ſpeake
asI would haue them , for I thinke
not of making moralitie full of im-
brodery, cutworkes , but to cloth her
in trueth , and plainenefle : nor if they
firay doe I ſecke ro amende them,
for I profeſſe not method , neither will
. I:chaine my ſelfe to the head of my
4 Chapter.
 F ofEſſaes and
Chapter. Ifthere be any yetſo ignorant
as may profit by them, Iam content:
if vynderſtandings of a higher reach
diſpiſe them,nor difeontent, forI mo.
derate thinges plcafing vpon that con-
dition,not to be —_—_— with thinges
diſpleafing , who accounts them datke
and obſcure let them not blame mee,
for perhaps they goe about to reade
them in darkenefle without alight,and
- then the faulr is not mine,
but the dim-
neſle of their owne vnderftanding : If
there be any ſuch, let them ſnutfe
their light, and looke where
the fault of their failing
relies.
 E[9-46.
E//ay. 46.

The Inſtruments ofa

States-man.
N Fac Anim opus e/Enca, nunc pec-
tore 6rmo.
Againftno life doth the force of vice
oppole her ſelfe,and make fo firong a -
preparati6,as againtt the life of a ſtateſ-
man :for in apriuare courſe thee pre-
pares her ſci}te but ypon fome fewe
places left vnfortified by Nature, and
transformes her ſelfe into ſome vncon-
quered affeCtions,but here ſhee aſſaults
' with the weapons of Power, Selfe-loue
Ambirion,Corruption,Reuenge , and
Feare: all whichthough in all States,
yet no where fo forcible , as where
greatnefle obſerues reaſon wirh flatte- my-

| Hic,and happinefle determines ſucceſſes landpop

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 The Inſtruments ofa Stateſman.
fetched out of his owne merites, In his
riuate courſe, euery man may allot
fimſelfe his company, his imploiments,
his ſuccefſe, which hardly can fall our
ſo contrary to his expeRation,that cy=
ther his owne negligence , or neceſſity
ſhall not mitigate his paſſhon:but here
multitudes of purpoſes,of imploiments
of company, of occafions,ſo rowle and
tumble one vpon another , as like a
Swimmer in the boyſterous Ocean,
doth he neuer {6 ſtrongly part one bil-
low,another oucrwhelmes him,and his
whole life is as troubleſom and painful,
as a body ſweltred ina crowde: Bur
howſocuer troubleſome with becing a
maine piller of a ſtate, howſocuer dan-
gerous with beeing ourwardly ſubject
to hateand enuie , and inwardly per-
plexed with his naturall ill aftetions
made obftinate by Fortune: yet theſe
vanquiſhed , or at leaft wiſe one |
refifted, he becomes of all liuing my
the happicf}, and the mol{ innocen
 Eſſay. 46.
miſpending the benefit oflife.Itis with
man , as with the pureſt thing in cfti-
mation, which while it ſelfe , receiues
reſpe& from the fight and imagination
inrecompence of the pleaſures & con-
tentment that the ſight and imagina-
tion recciue from the obie& : bur if
ſpotted or deformed,althe other beau-
ties turne into blemiſhes, and are wit-
nefles of the diſgrace,from which fight
the ſenſes turne away , as knowing
this intelligence would be vnwelcome
to the minde, as the moſt abhorred
thing of Nature.
Man muſt then keepe his minde,
(the infuſed preciouſneſle that makes,
him man)ascleanlinefſe keepes white,
or rather as virginitie, virginitie : for e-
ſtimartion is the ſharpeſt encmie, ifloſt,
and ſeperated fromour friendſhip. To
all men belongs vertue, for hee cannot
deale iuſtly with himſelfe withour ver-
we; for affection chuling groſly and
partially, willierue the minde to m
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 The Inſtruments ofs Statesman.
the ſenſes, and perhaps ſome of them
to ſurfet others. He we that muſt di-
firibure rightly to others without Ver-
rue,he ſhallbe vnſenſible , becauſe af-
feion knoweth onely what ſhee fee-
leth : to bee juſt then, hee muſi bee ver-
tuous,to be wiſc he muſi bee vertuous,
for wiſedome is but truth, and vertue is
tra th : to be good he muft be vertuous,
ro bee honett hee muſt bee vertuous,
for vertue is honeſiy : in a word to bee,
he muſt be vertuous, for her contrary is
bur corruption, which killes and de-
formes,bur is not 'to be ſeene ſeparated
from her conqueſt, Vertue is the rocke
wherupon the cxpert ArchiteRt of life
muttbuild , if hee meane to reconcile
thoſe heauenly adorners of thinges,
, beauric,and laſting Ir is the foundation
1 or ftemme , that all particular graces
C are rooted in,for this plant ſo obferued
as but or ce living inthe ſoyle of man,
| the labour is over, and the hands that
- lbuurcd at the ſctring, ſhall bee.now
- renin. -
 Eſ/a). 46. *
recompenced withthe gathering of all
the ſorts of wholeſome truits,'Honeſly,
goodnefle,trurh, and wiſedome,becing
all che indiuiduallparts of Vertue , and
yertue all them. To the obtayning ver-
tue, which wee baue naturally == in
poſſibilitic,then poſſeſſion : there is no
courſe, bur as Socrates ſaith;Bona mala-
g, diſtmguere. In the knowledge and
choice oftheſe,refis the vttermoſt hap.
pinefle of man, for Summum bonum eſt,
goa _ eft,c* quod magis admire-
T74,onum bonum et , quod boneſtum eſt,
ceterafalſa, & adiilterma bonaſunt. To
-ſee how to make this ſeperation let vs
-takethe vvo bodies including all the
-courſes of man, which are profit and
pleaſure:this firſt, the ſeducer of man-
kinde, what is it but the adulterate iſſue
of the ſenſes ? whoſc opinion, or per=
ſwaſfion doe wee vie inthe receiuing
theſe but our ſenſes?whoſe earthly ca-
citic is to00 bale a Counſailour to di-
re& him,for whom the carth was made
[Et E neither
as "The Infiruments
of Stateſman.

neither can they determine ofthe ſub..

ftanciall partes of things , their powers
reaching! but to the accidents of ſub-
Rances,as what is white,& what ſweer,
but how to vie them they know nor,
De boms,& matis ſenſusnon tndicat;quid
wviile ſit,quid mutile, ignorat, Theplea-
ſures of theſe thinges are touched , and
dead at an inſtant , theeſtimation of
which, hath made mee repugne that
ordinary ſpeech, and opinion of the
worldes, Hee is aglad man,hee hatha
ſonne:or his ſonne is come home:or he
hath an vnexſpeRted inheritance befal-
len him, rruly I will nor deny but theſe
occurrentes will breed a tickling kinde
of pleaſure,bur of ioy they cannot , for
itis xmore ſolid thing,and ariſeth from
anvnderſtanding that is able to iudge,
ſuch contentments eternall, which .
circuit of a narrow imagination can
by no meancs grant to theſe, Offfeaſts, _
aſſemblies , and delights purchaſed by _
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full” of vetation, ' and difquierneſſe,
whathn vixdiſcreete* choice dooths hee
make ofhis companiotis ?To performe
this farely;let him' 6bſcrue others;
and eſpecially thoſe whoſe neareneſſe
offaſhion and life, ſeeitie 46 confeſle- a
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ſohd wiſedowe , hut deciphercd by.-my
pen,it whuldberthought a Goaſt, for! |
may iocke ſex;-on the taimter-hogkes,
can-giue it biit-ſhape, not ſubſiance. .It
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p- 4 and mettalls > and mineralls n 'and the
7 = riftofthe Chimicke ranke ;arefetched
from ſome 1.2 07.3 fimples and. are
8 ' good for one, or two thinge mn they.
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moſt eftigzation withme )makes lighe
obſeruations continually beget ſerious
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like Comedians,for though heee makes »
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that Aches; and fckenefſe thre beſt
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'Ceſar with a fallingfickfieſe
ws no
Jonger idlethert ſenfelefle: cheyinſitut
firefieft that zreboch repreſented; and
rewarded intheÞe holders ſighe.11 doe
not thinke th&c'is fo leaden;andcoun-
rerfer a ſpirit Iiung, that would'nox
re his hand for Scevolasattion;who
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kill kim. Where is this force in
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Fradeh7M ro butne of His hat;
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and 'wanton -Diffolutenefle bee con-
tent $6 bee throwne 'out of their
Kingdome with Ners, to bee difpiſed
of the' whole world, to couer his
face from- the eyes of men; not to dare
' to live; andyer affraide to die, to
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without any note, or obſeruatian : bug

ifthis goeth fo too, there is left anly the
medecine of cxpericnce-which(as Phi-
- furians fay) in Rates deſperate, either
: kils, or cures, Queſtionleſle from the
| livesofmen there are great matters'to
bee fetched :It is a liuing Booke, by
which Princes & great menmay with
leaſt difficultie gather inftruQions
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the managing Bir lives, butit is tobe
done carefully in matters particular,for
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— _- Heng, and relied: Itis a profeſſion re-
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the ciuil warresof bis owne, refillance ,
and that finges a poſſibilitie. of beeing
x laſt victorious, ſhall doe well tp per-
ſcuer :fqr there can bee; no life Fife,
o which. if not yrholy the ; cnemie .of
hopc,andfeare, yet that borrowes not
ſomerulesfrom their prece pts , Ts
eſtſapiens avimus , quali; mugs ſtatus
ſuper Lunam ,ſemper iliicſerenys eſt,
Who would not buy this hapines with
thinking ofeuery thing. truely as.ic 15?
no other way; doth he obrainc-it, for
hedoth bur buy thinges as they are ,,
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them: Vertue being his marke ,other” #7
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meanetodoe well, forbeeing 2 great
Gamifter in the world, nyin thoſe”
either gaines', or lofles,ſhould hee
-thinkethem fond be eyther throwne
downe, or lifted' vp vpon the ſac-"
ceſle, His" life would bee diftracted,
and beableto'ds nothing for hiscotn--
try,for laughing,,or chafing. Butwhen
truth, & vertue aue rooted themſelues:
in him; when his diſcerning fhall bee
come to that perfe&tion that hee ſeerh
Map ofNature to the life as ir is:
when his difcourſe ſhall bee come” to
b that flrerigrh,that ir ſceth the inward
be
2M| graces of the minde are. fo ful, and
Fn Spin,;that they can rake no 4dditi.
4 on otn the world :and that againe
7 theyare ſo ſolid, andfirme ; aSbyno
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dimi-
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= _ ame yceld his country his firengrh, &
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uffc hinavp ,cerenendregrig deieR

= : he lendes himſclfe ,andother,not
itty but aſfiftance,and weepes:nor
bois owne lofles felt,no' more then
for Heenbaes ,ſecne in a picture Sa —
hath met withan excellent workeman
and . is ſquared, falling ( howſocuer
vas ht , and fume This is Ver-
rue, om thoughI never ſaw fo
faſtened torany man, as (lending not
a little partialitie to trueth) Os
call him a vertuous man : yet weel
divers that haue done well,and . * Sa
we had not, yet in our gr 0
(where things liue in their | A
rity,and floriſhing)we can _
ut mi that iscapable of ——= DOIN
ay all other things, (doing any.thi
adn wahht the _ ' a
tina, a word giuen vstoo (Ix ke)b
thename. of iftin.: for itis hikes + X pn
wrafllers fauing a fall with a ng _—
for we takin ypon YS.to bee wraftle ;
with the"oy cries of Nature glove of
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gree of Tgnorance more guilty then
plainc ignorance; for here 'it is impu-
dent ; and faues ir ſelfe with a word, SS
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not reaſon. Thaue yer ſpoken of vertue or
in groffe,itis now time to fpeake of her
particular workings , how ſhee man=-
nageth theſeuerall occafiens that doe &5
a
=
betalther : and firſt to the meanes of
riſing: It is not now the world , where
the ſating a Romaine Citizen ſhall bee
rewarded with a Crowne of honour:
and fill bcare a token ofhis defert a
= benthim,and bythe helpeof that im-
= print his ation more deepely in the
= * memorics ofmen :nor is there ſich ar
equatnefſe in Rates that al mens aQi-
art feone with a like judgement; Hz
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@epittic itwere ſo now, for Pride
_ -____ Wobfdriine all ina moment : the hu-.
>< On! perrring our country before
"6 any thing elſe is ſpent, the world af-
=> "A fordesnota Cirtmna : we hold moft of
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The Inſtr aments of «State-maan.
: } ces,andkept
them in awe, wehauenot
*n | Shame,Honour, anda noblenefleinall .
u- their cuſtomes, wherewih the Grecian
d; | end Rommcommon wealths wrought
ue |} theirgreateſt wonders, are now like a
er morning mift overcome by the rayes
n= of wit .Our time is the noone time of
oe | the world, theirs breakeofday , or the
of praymorning,as we call it, You ſhall
| ardly finde a father now a dayes, that +:
es | will carerather how his ſonne is dead,
Ir: then dead, tht priſeth his valor dearer
2 | thenhis life, yer in times paſt, mothers
1n- | -had thathardines that they hated more:
he | that+hee ſhould bee wounded in the
art | backe,then dead.ltis not ſonow, not
tis | Ithitike it not neceſſary, for the ſpirits
it; of theſe times loyned with their de« 8
de | fſertfWoild beger roo good a partieus "8
v- | | hropinion , which would —_ .- 4 =; *
Fl
re g nds
gouernment, whole flouriſhin
af yponthe motion of the inferior Orbes p +" a
of | intfeir rightplace, obedience note AN «
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vi | emination being their deſtined files# .

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tions.It Randes. not withtheiuflice of ©

a ſlate, to. draw the reward of Vertue
from higcountry,it being not fo perti-
nent that the deſert of one be. honou-
red;as the examination what the ſub-
ict is ypon whom this is laide : formay
this reward increaſc his eſtimation be-
youd the powerofſuppreſfing,what ſo
eyer hedoth,that hee oy doe much, ndi—_

' ntry that dare proteſt this, .,and

' Ini too.mercenary to bee of worth.
r.we are ohliged to our country,
hagynder the Enfgne of her auchori-
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we may-exerciſe/our vertuey foronly

in her behoofe;
or quarrel]; ir is tau
full for vs to ſpend our:timie +, andad:
venture our lives ::for-in another /ſtats
hee is an bicrling, :and his indeuours
belong to couctouſneſle; or vaine+glo-
. Two Germaine Princes,the one'iof
x6 a ſeruant of :the Romaine flate
the other their enemy:, meeting vpon
an enteruciw,of the Romane party,be-
ing demaunded by the other how. hee
lofthis eye,aunſivered ;/in:the quarrell
ofthe Romanes : being asked how re.
compenaeed,he told of Garlandes of
victory, and other: liberties graunted
himzthe other laughed. arthe baſeneſſe
oftits brother that ſolde [his bloud for
ſuchtrifles. Had he loft it in the ſcruice
of hisrountry,this mouth of reproach
had beene flopped , it beeing an adon
ſo iuft, and ſo worthy ,-as farre oueryas Ws
lueth eyther an. eye or a life, A vertus oY
ous maide needes: no perſwaſian:'ts
this, ix beeing the xr= ofvertde _#
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to-her diſciples,to flie a mercenary ga-

Ping after rewarde,ſo indifferent ſhee
ſtands for the applauſe or honour of
the world, recciuing outward teftimo-
nies of gratuitie, rather to fatisfie the
giuer,andnot to ſerme a defpiſer of his
fauour, then needing giftes, honour, or
riches-ſo for, her 'imployment -labpu-
ring truely where ſhee is ſet,not apoin-
ting the world, which roome is mce-
tel for her. confefle a Rrangenefle in
this pofition,;and'that from ſome minds
I take hereby cuen the very ſpirit of
their indeuours : but fuch mids know
how wauecring- and perplexed they
live, ſo cruſhed and battered with gi-
uing libertie to hope and feare, as their
life isno life, but the harborer of liuing
gricfes , or aſhip of glaſſe nanigating
mthe {ca of errors;as the Poet faith;
O wita,vita non;ma vino Affanmo,
Name di vitro in mar as cieco errore;
Sotto pigegia ds Pianto,et as dolore;': -
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Che ſempre creſce con vergogna,es dammo,
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 The Inſtruments of 4States-man.
' Thereticedes no great exaininatio??
of this :.for euen their" very behauiou®
iuves purblinde fights knowledge of
= continuall ſuffering, which, who
can getvertue to remedy,and to be his
champion ,. againft theſe hatefult bes
reauers of contentment, he will ſhort-
lycry out," |

O felice quel di the [grauc giogs,

Scmo far liens.

I wiſh to-a mind that defires to cary

his life euery way graciouſly,not vndet
the coloar of recreation ,-to giue any
ſportes1eaueto poſleſſe him too much,
I remember Terence makes a Father
commend: his Sonne, that all thoſe

thitips of tos light a colour te be wor

by gravitie , they ſpend much tins,
2 thitipnor of the leaſtice
 for either himſelfe or his Countrey ill
needs it, itlightens the minde,ard fills
it with thoughts of pleaſure and ga-
ming:it isthe entrance of corruption,
for who reliftes riches,isoften taken by
2 meaner thing fitting his pleaſure.
IſT ſhould tell you, that the fighting
game at Quailes was Anthomes
e oucr-
throwe, it would bee thought fercht a XX
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greate way abour: but it is truth 'thar

Auguſius overcomming him in thoſe oo
»y
wagers, gaue an entrance to the per-
ſwaſion of his flatterers, that his ſpirite
was, obſcured by. Ceſars,and: that hee
ſhould ſpeed better wheii more remote
ſo that hee left Rome, and went into
e/Epipt, left temperance and fell ro ſen-
ſualiry , which if you will not graunt
this the cauſe of ; yet can it not bee de- M2
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nied for a motive more attractive then
the occaſion was worthy of. The body
muſt haue recreation,but its to have it |
"my opinion, bur as Phiſick forneceſ-
. Inj lake But:we muſt goeno farther
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 The Inſtrumpntsofaflateſman.
inthis then the auoyding;which with-
out 4 great power in himfelfe none can
do, it being naturally in men, viokently
to run from one extreame to another;
Let not this ſhunning pleaſure defiroy
affability:grauity is not bound to frown
and bite his lip : this becomes _
ritie the-deftroyer of the loue of others:
neither ſo Aricly is the life to be orde»
_ red,as ſhall make men flye your imita-
tion.Good is to be done in a common-
weakh , not onely- by iuftice, but by
perſwaſhon's to meete the: humours of
men ſometimes, gaines men : and the
purting of authoritie,and _——_—
ritie,pteuailes as much,as the bloodieſt
ſentence of luſtice, whoſe ſeueritie oe
makes offendours' obflinate , which
choggh it endes with the ſmart of the
accuſed, yet doth it diſcredit gouerne-
ment 'as much to have many 'pur'to
death,as'it doth a Phiſition to havema-
ny Patients periſh vnder his cure. -Of FY
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tinated diſcaſe- killing greatueſſe ,cue-'
ry one can ſpeake,though few: auoyde.)
The good Awgufins that manhaged,
rincipality as fairely,as it was: polſi-:
ble for 2 man ynaſlified by Divmnitie,”
was. taken heete,, but the fafeſt that.
might be, I cannot find thathe ſuffered.
it to lay holde of his wiſedome, ot;g0-
ucrnemebt , but it catched him þythe
eyes,for hee loued well that other. eyes
ſhould confefle a weakneſle to. his,and
not be able to behold them long: Gen-
debat i quisfri acrings contnenti,guaſi.ad
fulgotew ſolu valtum ſubmitteret. The.
extremitie of this ſeldome comes ;but
from meane eſtates, whom ifthey barre.
from ſuch a liberty of ſpeaking,as: may
giue opportunitie to adulation,they
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may* prevent this danger: 1fj4;eome
from ſuch as we :holde friendesg,;their
life, and honeſly examined, will tell
what they meane.' Anthowy whore 1
. | late mentioned , was, decejued by fach
4 would tell himofhis faults /, but {6 wm
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of Stateſman.
little”
of"them mixed' with 16 maiiy
” prayſes;25theit reprofes' ſeemed” Bir
F like ſharpefauce,toniake himidettoure
their commendatiors more hmgetly.
Bur this'was a cunnin# trick. arid thoſe
Fs
F
lefle cunniitie are hardly auoyded, fince
.
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—
they meete 1d right with-rhe generall
inclination 6fman;ſift-loue; as com-
monly they ſpeake rio more then wee
thinke:The laſtahd beſt* remedy thark
Wy
umm_

knows that which” was'swuen mee by

the worthieſtfriend Thiue, by way' of
aduiſe': When ;cormended', examine
vnpartially your owriedeferts, where if
you finde not what is laide to yolix
i.
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charge.fiote that tongue for the inflru-
ment of flatrery.” I cannot thinke'of a
better remedy,only I mit fay, it'ts not
to be done without vertue , for all the
examinations of vice ard partial '8&66r. *
rupt. Fot fttendes there 48 tho ſafety but.
_—

in hone *men , 'for *vthers will*/be-

tray' V$'if not'by out” felues yet
with himſelfe , for becomming
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nor the | er-ought keepe
r+ſ:0m perilingeavith Fi 1 holde
i.noleflc: vnſafe to. chooſe. one-onely
for greacnefle,forwe. make choice of
thembur for.our owne lakes, which
they are apt,cngugh to finde,and a5.apt
to,make vie of vs.to their ——
we-may fallwith theſe, bur our riſing is
in-cheir power: thus the friendes of Ses-
«w4,when Tibern had dilcrycd him,
paide deerely fortheir neareneſle, Here
a power 'to, diſcry into the natures of
men,is of great importance , jbut.it is a
poorer as difticult,few being worthy of
knowledge,that withall haue not an a-
bilityto obſcure their defeRts z where-
ypon one faith; arriay'45:

Giowe tm defti par chigriſegnab,,

Onde { argents, et [orſs {copre, ':
Ala neſſun Segno 1 human corpo appare,

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To
"P The Inſflraments of,4Stateſ-man. TT
- Fo find ourthe ſecret patſagesof's
mans nattire, I defire not to talke.fo
Ow
AQ much: with him-as. with bis man : his
chamber aRtions diſcouer more ,then
bis PREArance inaſlemblies.I like yo»
thing better in Afonrargne, then his.de=
fire of
knowing Brains private ations,
wiſhing more to know what hee did in
Tent, thenin batraile; for there becin
bimſclfe,
notouer-awed by reſpeRt F
company,he ſpreads himſelfe open, and
in this. corner giues/a diſcerning eye 2
more liberall view,then when it ſands
vpon the allowance of the general Gghr
AWDof men.Of ſeruagts nowlI hold jtnecel-
IOe
LLmANL
mA
farje to ſpeake ; an aſſiſtance well yſcd
lungs ut to be handled carefullly, &
tobe. choſcn with as great regard : for
thegmploying theſe, ſhewesrh& many
ings, whic. were it-poſſible tobring
_ toeffe&withour their knowledg, were
the better,Ihaue elſewhere mentioned
their yſe ;now I will {peake of three
things concerning them, The hull
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thediſpoſing them according'to'their

narures. | WII
Tra noi non naſce huom, ch'ogni coſd Jap-
pa, i i ;

D mefto t buono ad rn meſtier, quello, ad

ws altro, | 6h,
Tſai la ſpada oprar,quelo il confighio.
Of this with nothing ſo excelletit'an
happineſſe am Table to ſpeake, as doth
that Mafter-peece of Englifh', which
in a light Hiftory meanes 'the moſt
grave matter, T meane the Arcadin,
where the beſieged Amphialins
e teach-
eth the vſe of ſeruants & inferiors mol?
cxatYy: there ſhall you finde conflitu-
tions fitted with' charges and imploy-
ments according to their nature, & the
difabilitie of one man for al places.The
ſecond care muſtbe, that their iniptoy-
ments, be not matters of the greateſt
conſequence, referue theſe for your
ſclugs* for not to. be able to mannage
matters of waight breedes pride in the
imployed,and to thelookers on, dero-
gates

XUM
W- The Inſrunents ifaStateſman.
gates froti-your authority;
The la add
not leaſt of -importance; is.the carriage
of your-rewards and puniſhinents : this
is the thing that-giuerh, Lorcs goodfer-
uants or þad:Ilike well.to letthem{ee
all their faultes,hardly,letall be impats
donable though not punithed-with aus
Rerjtie.; :Ja:capirall offetices chide not
but ler-rhem feele ſharpely,whar it is40
be diſobtdient or rebellious. Talke not
with them but vpon occaſion: let them
atno time hay jdlc. talker; beea good
Maſter,nota familiar: & let them haug
all their due largely,but payed with the
hand of ſeverity. For. rewards it is the
le of their action , and they muſt beg
taughttodo well thus, but let theminot
know how much they. haue done bug
extenuate;the ſcruice as, much as fafely
you-may,and rewardithem not preſeuga
liebut rathet when it:{hall looke alrg-
getherlike your bounty, Of oldeſery
vants make great accoupt,& giue theit,
bruſed.honts meanes t9liueg their afrey
C6: | Cc
 lfe
inreſt: Ido religiouflyhold this,for
we 'owe him much that piues vs his
yourh:and ſurely there is'no greater in-
umanity,then to make vic ofthe freſh
time of man, and turne him out in the
cold;and wititer of his age. This Ifind
generally to be the force of vertue, that
all her proceedings fall out moſt ſafely:
for ingratitude a lim of her' concrary,
leaues deſtitute them that are knowne
fo barrentifthe earth ſhould bee fo to
the paines of the /husbandmai, weſhold
ſtarue:if riuers,ſo to their father the O-
cean,his liberalitic to the thirſhie earch
would make her poore:but nature hath
made her creatures mere louing,and aſ-
fiſting ro one atiother, therefore is the
viigratefull man to be tearmed a mon-
Ker. Pitty arid humanitie, where bene-
fits bind not, muſt binde : thus come all
the ynder (tates'of a ſtatesſman to chal-
lenge his aide, the plenty of vnderſtan-
ding,and riches, wherin he ſurmounts
ele,is giuen him, becauſehe _—_—
Ww
PF rhemfrenemnefa Stam.
how to-imploy them beſt, they are pit
in his hands not to keepe
fro them,
to keepe them from excefle, that igno-=
rance would fall into,if at his owne di»
rection, Theſe need onely iuftice,andro
be kept from want, which is the charge
of high fortunes ,- but then it muſt bee
done meerely for their benefit , not xo
purchaſe popularitie , which is a hu«
mour full ofdaunger , and no profit za
breeder of Vaine-glory inhimſelfe,and
ſuſpition.in others, The priuace com-
munication of great men with their
Prince,js the laſt for outward matters:
the kt: becauſc-1-will ſpeake ofno
more:for otherwajes the turnings and
occahzons of this life are ſo infinite,that
ifeyeryman that bath writcen of the
matte,werea milion of authors, andall
ſo imploiet,more could yet be ſpoken;
Howſoeuer his maſters famuliaritie
maypromiſe a liberty of behaujour;yet
neuertro approach him without due re=
uerence :what ciicr hee is, yet beipga
Prince
 # r ww
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LIES, % & \<4< » Fy % SS % 4

Prince he-is to be reuerenced; and not

bepractifed againſt, asa wiſe 'authour
faith; Good Princesareto bee defred,
buthowlſocuer theyare, tobe obeyed,
Iris-the duety of a faithfull ſeruant ro
tell his maſter of his faultes;F meane of
fuch'ſeruants, as a Prince thinkes meer
far their wiſedome,to be aflifters of his
government, but he muſt watch fit op-
portunity, ;
Þcs,5) Afcolla,e tacs, '
-' Ps mou a tempo le parole andaci.
:'-Plazo holdes him a worthy Coanſai-
tour; that is adorned with theſe three
qualities, honeſty, wiſedome, and bold-
ncs:that his aduiſebe ſafe,
he muſt haue
honey; that ſound , wiſedome; that
gracious, boldnes.Neuer is aduife to be
miniftred ; in therzme of the fraition of
what you meane to inueigh againſt,
butthen when the {mart of the 'ertour
ioyneth with you in perſwaſion;: This
tault was Clhtzs in,when he openly in-
ucighed again(t drankennefle in the
J53:t mid-
_ The Inſlr amentcof
uState-man..
middefl of Alexanders quaffings ;hee
dyed for'it , which though Alexander
lamentedin his ſobriety , yetcould not
that revive him'againe, bur is anexam-
ple, how circumipeRtlya feruant muſt
deale with his Prince. Now to the in-
warde-minde', by the which asbythe
fertileneſſe,and heate of the ſoile; rhe
children of her weombe flouriſh: All
vaine hopes are to be abandoned, asthe
perſwaders vnto all vncertainety and
perill.I am not moued againſtNeysfor
any thing'more( excepting his Quiri-
Kers oTcupation) then at his credence
given toafcllowe , that tolde him of
greattreafures that layhidden in Affri-
ca,vpon hope of which hee diffolutely
conſumed thoſe he poſleſled, Certain-
ly theſe hopes can neuer enter but n=
ro a vicious breſt, which often”'veſiftes
reaſon;when ſhe would looke into it}
with theſe vaine hopes. Ambitiotvak
ſo: -buildes:vpon ſuch groundes*jand
thinkes/' not ypon any chingiahat bg
would ©
 05.00 EN) "EfſÞye"46- + Ao «to "I 5:4 ;

—_ but it beleeues'it ſhall; Whoſe

reaſons were they laide open-, would
appeare ſuch feeble impotent, hinges,
as. the. meaneſt reach would rather
laugh art,then feare,

Denig, Auarities, et honorums cara Cu-

\prdo,
Que miſeror howines cogunt tranſcen-
- . dere (nes
Plurieyetinterdum ſocio: ſeelerim, argue
ros,
Natles atque Des mitt preflenti labore,
: Ad ſumma envergere opes+bee owners
|, Wa,
Non miniman pave wmortss
6 fermidn
aantur.

"Beſides the reſtof the HI of man

thatcemcs from thence, Feare the moſt
terrible and abhorred thing of Nature
hach-here her originall, which with his
inward tremblingg,and diftraged moti-
[> ons;hinders alſo all proceedings and
ans
 incenes: for-feare makes euery thing
looke like himſelfe, to auoid which, he
heapes miſchiefe ypon miſchiefe, blood
vpon blood;

Vande homines dum ſefalſo terrore coatls,

Refuge volunt lounge Jongeque receſſe,
me cial; rem conflant: amtitiaſque
G5o uw anidi,cede carat accumulates
ne Thus intermixt, and intangled with
all horrors, are thoſe liues,that are con-
tent to entertaine the defires of vndi-
rc& aſpiring: theſe hopes neuer goe
without feares,and they neuer withou®
ill effects: thus doth hee outwardly
heape vpon himſelfe the deteliation off
the world, and his owne theyghaed
make him deteſt
,
himſelfe. ” ©
is

Le dubbie ſpenix ulpianto, el GAY

1 penſer folli,etle rails ng >
Ee le querele indarno 4 | ventaJUIES.
ſpe 2«

AA banno a me toltoet poſts |

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E,
;
Eſſay."g6. ALLY
;

- To woide this, Iknow no _—_

Vertue,which ſo filles, as where ſhe is,
nothing elſe is ſought : rake from , or
adde to her, ſheis till her ſelfe , like
a circle whoſe bignefle or littlencfle
alters not his forme , but his ſpace.
Beſides, where as the defets of men
intimes paſ! to vpholde their reputati-
ons, were faine to perſwade the world
falſely of their communication with
the Gods, and tobely their mothers
with the adulrery of /apiter , herefti-
mation ſhall not need theſe deceits, for
the life of her pofleſſor will ſhew, hee
| I8diuinely diſcended, and her counſells
ſhallbe held ſo fincere , as they ſhall
be accepted. without the ſubornation
af the Numph Egeria,

of
>
 Eſſay. 47+.
Of} UUordes.
Like no Relation ſo-well, as what
mine eye telleth me: for there isin
ſpeech,as in ſumptuous building, many
entries, landing places, and Lucomes
commended more for formalities
fake, then for conueniency:{o ands,and
ifs,and many ſounding words ſtuffe yp
empty periods with winde. Natural»
ly we carry matter better then wordes,
in which nature telles vs, ſhee vſeth
words but for an interpretour , becauſe
our ignorance v nderflandes -not ber
Language , which puttes vs toagreat
deale of paine,and makes vs goagreat *'
way about in our inquifition know.
of
ledge:for there is lefle drofſe inthe ters
ters of Nature,then in wordesthadub. , |
M m2 flance .
. A = 1. '
'® ”. * EE
 WO
france ofBookes : ſer the apparition of
natural obieQtes carries not ſuch acom-
®ak

pany of circumſtances : for the eare is

more deceiued* with ſoundes then the
eye with colours, That ſame Empho-
nie gratia,the maintainer of pratling,
what is it butto feed the auditory,with
Diſhes dreffed by the —_ , not the
Cooke? for they. may lay they are ſatis-
fied, when examined what they had, ic
proues a painted ſhoulder of mutton?
faſcia ſolne multum maliſub ills later. It
may proue ill, but ifnot ſo,Anatomize hos
tha
OS
wan
WS
we
ho
it
ba
b_
a>.

the wordes of theſe adorers of words,

and they prooue nothing, whichisthe
next degree to ill, Seneca commendes
his friend that hee heares nothing of
him, nod plerig, ex his quos mterroge,
me/cium quid agas : To my friende, I
would 1ay that they know not what
thou thinkeſt, becauſe ſeldome ſpea-
king: for my thoughtes are dearer to
me then-any ations; performing any
thing; it is the giving thoughtes bo- c
ne
1
A
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M
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r
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6 BN 8 . Rd Pn 0.2 -M
FER: I... .- * es > 4x (N
6 CO 5 + OR IS: 2 *
- oO $ x 0 : »
Diete.9a4 PTR 3 a;
 Of Wor des. *
dies,and ſending them into the world;
There was a Knight'of Rome pur to.
death for tranſlating a dreame of his
wy —_— , had hee not berterhaine'
ed his daungerous imagina-'
ay and taught 70x. thonefit to
haue killed this, then to haue throwne
it out of his breaſt by the violence of
his tongue?l darebe bound his mother
ifſhe were alive at that day, wiſhed hee
could neuter have ſpoke ; for Mothers
like nothing in their children ſo'well as
life : but his puniſhment was too ſe
uere , his tongue had beene lofſſe en
ough , for that had beene'the Capicall
Traitour. Is not this a dangerous _ -
ment that berrayes the whole life for
the treſpaſſe of one lim*had it not been
better for him to haue ved the rongue
for a taſter, *then a diſtributour? yes
queſtionlefſe,, For ſpeech lefle davin-
crous then this ,' is good for nothing
ut to pult-ſpeech froin others: for i
willingly
(werethecompany fit)moſt |_| |
Li
 Eſſay. 47-
ofmy wordes ſhould be interrogation,
but when Iwere atthis charge,I would
be.glad to meete with thoſe, whoſe ex-
pence of matter ſhould cquall their
number of wordes, Trueth hath fallen
ypon it ſo often, and ſo commonly, that
it.is a receiued/precept. , not. to truſt a
great talker with.your ſecrets, for they
haue ſuch a diſcaſe of wordes,, that Pu
as
ug
wo
Mw
U=®
4
Awu

like fier they will feede. vpon, them-

ſclucs, if they .want ſuſtenance: ſo
that you muſt. feede him continual-
ly like .a Woolfe , or elſe hee de-
uours you. , and after .himſelfe , for wes
ht
ms
hs

hee loues nothing ſo wellas.wordes,

Ithee had performed it without divul-
ging, Iſhould hauec liked. the cuſtome hp
my
ai
of Pallas, the manumized ſlaue
of Clay-
das , who proteſted Nikhil vngquam /e
dom ni/7nuth, ant mary fignificaſſe : It
was a good courſe: for wordes to infe-
riours,and feruants ,draw on familia-
_ rity , and familiaritic robbes maſiers
and Lords of their dominion, and me r
_
A
of

he

be £ Sit;
44, <E.
*. 5, SN
 Of war des.
Ifweewerenow, as wee Were once,
though ſpeech ſhould bee ſuperfluous
(for all ſhould haue beene good ,andI
thinke then , all knowledges ſhould
haue ſcene trueth in a like quantitie)
yet it had not beene ſo dangerous : for
oar vices are the Ocean, our Wordes
the Barkes tranſporting,and trafficking
finwith finne, and imperfeion with
imperfeRion:ſ{o that multitudes , and
Aſſemblies ( where talke turnes the
mindeoutward are as perilous -to an
honeftminde, as to receiue education
in/-a-Bordello. -Hardly ſhall a man
meete with a tongue in. theſe places
gong either honeſtly or temperatly,
oreither ſpeaking ill,or too well,takes
vpall men,flattery or ſlaunder ingroſ-
ſing the whole body of ſpeech:& eyther
hee js a worthy fellow, for Iam mich
beholding to him; or very vnworthy, «..
becauſe I am not beholding to him, -
5.
JU
A0
_—.
tt
io
MF
W
»
5X
an
:ww
27
5
'www,
7 Wharan irapud&ey
of the world isthis,
where men dare proteſt the Summeof 3
 Eſſay. 47-
vertues;;or vices,
reſts in mens confor-
ming themſclues to their humours?
whatis this but the confounding ofall
goodnefle,and benefit of ſocieties with
1nc/udiag in themſclues the eftimati-
on of all, and allowing nothing thar
workes not for their private fatisfacti- -
on ? methinkes other creatures wane
ting this, are as happy as a licentious
diſpolition wanting wealth: forby
t#w
Ac
Dm
oe£
as
an
A

this meanes they know but their

owne infirmitics , and goe no farther
then natures infuſion giues them leaue,
1:5
2 but men'by the heipe of ſpeech draw
corruption of others into them
bsby
<2

eh | —_ ad to their natural infirmities

millions of imperfeQions. I heare men
ſpeake dayly, bur nota day ina month
finde my ſelfe bettered by their ſpeech,
but contrarily haue euery day ſuch
2 company of ragges throwne into/
my braine, that I wiſh my ſelfe deafe
all the weeke long but on Sundaies :
for then deuotion , and the Booke im
; | > a Di-
. 15 IF >f
7B ad. 0 (is
 Ofwordes.
aDiuines hand , and his beeing-a Di-
nine, draw me to worke ſomewhat
out of my hearing , bee hee neuer ſo
lame in his funtion. How often baue
I ſcene occaſion offer company an vſe
of their rongue, that might hauc bette=
red their minds, but as often almoſi re(-
pedted, and inforced vnderſtandings
able ro haue mounted higher, to goe
with them in the durt,&made the wea«
ther,the ſcaſon, or ſome chaunce-con-
fume the preciouines of time, & ſo bro=
ken vp with ouerladen Rtomacks and
empty heades to the ſhame, of reaſon,
and her ſeruant ſpeech? where the.
ſoulesof men are more ſtrong ,. and Þ — *
Skilfull , there bath vanity. fo plyed.
them, as many there are/of pretty
abilities , that truſt as much tothe
ſounding, of their wordes;, as ſome
women. doe to white and red , for
the painting of their faces , and ende
no petition, wichout:a compelli
the company to applaude-ip:g* with
| mr.
bo 6 ie vs
*% E,

a I"a aRa
Deng
Pe
4 \ 4L
 "Efay.47:
| rurning theireyesto the lookes of their
auditory, LS
©" Was itnot this that made Demoſ-
thenes put Rones in his mouth to a-
mend ſome iarring noiſe of his voice,
and to talke to himſelfe in Vaultes?
What afolly was this of a 'wiſe'man?
or ifnot folly, wickednefſle , for either
he meant to feduce the people with the R”E
#5
me
melody of his tongue, or ifnot; hee
thought ſmooth ſpeaking 'of more
price then it is:for ſure among wiſe mE
where ſpeech isto moſt purpoſe , the
hcour is not refuſed becaiiſe in earth or-
wood , forreafon'is reaſon , as well
fqueaked 'as ſung. I doe” tiot thinke
But Demoſthenes when his voice was
moſt cracked, ſpake as ſweetely as Ba-
laawes Aſſe,
yet he being*giuen ſpecch
by the giuer of all things, and reaſon
by the giverof all reaſon' , his ſpeech
was to purpoſe; and ſo no queſtion,
might Demoſthenes vntunable voice
haue beene without ballaſting his
p +. , mouth,
%
ak I: % & x
+ F F, YT ©- .

* va ral OE
Pl” "3 224K?
Roc yr
—bo
ofore
mouth. Butthis is not againſt ſpeech,
but ſpeakers : for ſpeech may bi
home good Marchandize, ifin a nite
Ls Merchants beſtowing, and is without
queſtiona Touch-ſtone , diſcouering
*W
7
as well wiſe men as fooles : marryI
thinke fooles ſpeake more then wiſe-
men:to ſhun which name I will doe my
beſt,and therefore will ſay no more.
—
—

Sou
0ON,
""E
Eſſay. 48.

Of Fuſlice,
Nall, 1 thinke, whom honour and 5. _;
ood opinio haue left without. note, ©
there is a naturall touch of iuſtice, they
cagnot .determine-lafety to themſelues
without it. The plant of aparticular
preſeruation ſet by nature , becony
after
the tree of Jullice in the, {oile ©
pallicic
;the fiſt regarde giues.$8..Ji
”

ax
p 9
 Ef. 48.
the laſt growth and flouriſhing; ſelfe-
loue inuiting him to loue , reaſon mak-
ing his loue generall. When the world
in his greeneft time lay in the armes
of ignorance,thus much was knowne;
they then meaſured thinges by the
touch,and ſacrificed themfclues to ex-
pcrience,they had no preſidents before
thern, whoſe diligent obſeruation hath
giuen power to theſe" laſt begotten a-
ges,to prophecie of cuents , andro lee
them, long before they fecle them, It
was then but rough hewen, it is now
poliſh,itwas nor then, becauſe regard
tooke charge bur of one,it is now , be-
cauſe their loues are commixt,
and eue-
Ty one ventures in the barke of the
common good : Thus farre of Tuflice
naturall parentage.Her other fide is
i-
uine,cuen ſo farr fitting the conftitutt-
on of menzas he of a ſoule and a body,
Sſhee of profit and honeſty .
” The other that would beholde no-
" nsching withthat care tharhimaſclfe Dy
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this istaughtto regard a more noble -
profic, that is honeſtie, to giue cuery
man his due,being full of the diuinitie
ofthe heauenly nature. Profitisdeui-
ded into the eluiaing peace,and plen-
tie, Peace (the nouriſhing ww
by whoſe rayes fates firetch our their
armes,and enioy a perpetuall Summer)
liues not without the nouriſhment of
Tuſtice,and by Iuftice lives without the
. drophie of excefle ; for armesare taken,
when equitie is refifted , and exceſle
purged by diſcipline, |
Different arc the courſes of Juſtice,
berwcene the offences forreine and
domeſhque : on theſe without ſhee
muſt ſale , vpon thoſe at home looke
plainely, Standipg on the rancke of
companions,they muſtbe perſwaded:
for where ſtrengths are equall , itis ſa-
fer to aduenture the witte , then theſe
forces that once ouerthrowne are not 4
eahly repaired. | > Bo
Plenty
istobee wiſhed —_ - * 0

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after , to defende forraigne inuaſjons,
211d to efchew home diſcontentments ;
for the name of power is the beſt Ora-
tor to perſwadepeace,and plenty takes
away the yenome incident to men in
need, for there is no poyſon ſe ſtrong
and fatall toa ſtate, as ro haue many
poore, To the ſupreame and higheſt
part of inſtice, there belongs a power
co diſcerne truth,to bee able to pene-
trate into the ſecret and couered ai-
ons ofmen, after to goe according to
that knowledge free from partialitie,
The firſtmuſt be jioyned to an honeſt R
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inclination,or elſe he hath but one eye, _—

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bey then gouerne,hemay doe well, but
it ſhall be well by chance: a compaſle
too vncertaine for Tuſtice to faile by,
- This knowledge hath rwo limmes,
the knowledge ofthe lawes,the know-
ledoe to moderate lawe. For thoſe
written opinions of Inſtice , are often
ſoiffccbled by time, or conftrution,
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2s for a!l their faire pretence, they kill
inſtced ofcuring, But anabilitie robe-
hold things ambiguous with the true
Hght,giues the time, theperſons, and
other circumſtances, leaue to expound
themſelues ; and reconciles the expo+
ſition of the lawe-and queſtion,by boy-
ling them together inthe fire of a wiſe
vnderſtanding, Partialitie may come
from feare , loue, or gaine; but fince
they meete in the diſeaſe, and bring
forth all one fickenefle , it ſhall bee my
furtheſt to ſay , it confoundes all the
beauty and happineſſe of ſocicties, be.
ins the *diffoluer of thoſe bands and
affiings,char gaue _ to the paſs
ſengers of the world , which by this is,
rent in peeces, and the whole number.
ofher inhabitants are drowned in rhe
gulfe of calamitie.
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Eſſay. 49.

Of Flattery, Diſstmula-
tion, and Lying.

kfJay is hafdly a fellow,though he

can miniſter no furrher then the
tooth-ake , but will giue Antidotes
2gainſi the plague, I would they could
finde out ſome drugge, or drudges fel-
lowe that a man might handle vice
withour infeQion.I dehire it, for feare
the drawing this picture be not of the
pature of ill eycs, that make ſound, ill;
' and diuel-wiſe labour for noching Yor
to make all ſoules leuell with theirs.
I'muſtconfefle Iam the verieſt bung-
ler at this flattery that euer welded
topgue;and not hauing natures good-
Willto
{etvp, I haue ſhunned to bee
[obs | pren-
 ofFlattery,Difomwlation and Lying
prentiſc to it , becauſe 1 regarde no”
thing (that exaQtes. not regard)with
that. teruencie, thar I doe liberty, -Buc
ſince Iam fallen into an. Inckpor , and
that.theſe papers I vie onely ro make
me «lcane, 1will ſpeake of flattery as
a thing that I haue heard ſpoken ofbur
was ncuer acquainted with, The heart
is the tongues maſter , in her trauailes
ſhe vſeth this inſtrument for interpre-
ter;by the helpe of this ſhee traſhcques
with the world, and trauailes thorovw
the ſundry regions of diſpoſitions. All
this time itis well, but now when the
thoughts goe Eaſt, and tongue Weſt,
there 3s tae diſeaſe, This is plainely
ſprung from afaint hearted cowardiſc,
= is the head of this pudle, and from
that head comes theſe three , Flatrery,
Diffimulation and Lying.Plztarch ſaith
that, the flattered haue the diſcaſe of
ouerliking,or elſe they could neuer bee
{urpriſed;& 1 thiake ſo too, for an exaQ, '
' andfi Judge of hinſclfe fmels them
blot Nn ſtraight. Fs
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ſtraight, Tt is thefalſe reflexion of our
owne thoughts that abuſeth vs. Whar
neede then eo they (that defte not
to amend,
bur paint over their conſti-
cutions) to hire any other workeman
ſaue thcir owne ſweete imaginations
cenainely they neede not , excepr they
defire witneſſes of their folly, and fo
callinthoſe breath-ſellers , aud perfu-
mers. Apeople certainely that earned
their fauours dearely, being the baſeſt,
and moſt groucling mindes that it is
poſſible for the honeſt imagmartion
to deicend to,that ſuffer gaine to tranſ-
forme them into allſhapes, tooke how
you will,ifyou will, he will fooke like
ou ; doe what you will, and warrant
fim that heſhalnor be called to an ac.
count before the generall account ,hee
will doe it:ſhallT make an ende of this
picture quickly? They are creatures that
will not end,alrop of loue vpon any
burthemſclucs, they are creatures that
haue no other God batpleaſure, &haue
.
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ſoNd their ſoules fot cloths, and nieate, *
artd contenuance,not'natures children,
but'dame Needs and baſe defires;' 'The
ſubie&ofthis venome , that hath eyes,
andyet ſceth not ,is- in a worſe ftate,
for beſides that he is a looſer by'time,
by whom diſcretion in ſpight of his
hart is a gainer ; (for wiſdome is more
precious then youth) he looſeth the vſe
of himſelfe,for he cannot goe without
his trumpeter , a counterfait fame.
He $roweth dull if he be not houre-
ly'new whetred by his flatterer , out of
countenance if hee borrowes not the
rougue of men to Þoe a journey of his
praiſe in a word, a ſubſtance that fer-
clieth his merite from the ſhaddow of
valhe-plory;and a zie workeman that
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his worke, But to make this /monſter
more portable,it is beſt to cut him into
&ralfpeeces. | dn
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There i3'2-felfe* ffatteter ja Rattes

irofethesiniope of game', thre
 Eſa age. vol
ters by exchange; then, Flattery for
Princes, for the vulgar, for rich men.
' The molt ſubie& to {clfe flattery, are
ſcholiers before they are fledge
;for
there is no ſuch cheriſher of the: umagi-
nation as are letters, this proceeds from
a little witte and no judgement, [They
are like beggars that a ſmall ſum makes:
in opinion infinicly rich; but time reco- TP
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uers them from the molt part,for either

they are not worthy to beare thac litile,
or elſe they betray nor their riper yeres
to this enemy of reformation. Some.
times meaner profeſſions get it. , but
it is ſeldome,exceptthey be. rich, and
the rich commonly keepe ſeruantes MM
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which befades their other offices, nay

now-and then ſcratch their maſters
itching mindes,and not leaue the bur- ©&
&
den anely to himſelfe,

with abermfelix p2up2rtas Aur 1 as 5 Fr

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odious,and then looke vpon them for
theeflentiall parts of verrue ; the eaſieſt
reaſons that can be are by them-recei-
ued,not looking into the reaſon/; bur
whether their reaſon be content to a-
low of their courſes, The next that are
not borne fit for the intertainement of
this ' ambition of the halfe blood,
worke journey worke, and 4 aad an o0-
ther the-wware ,/ and truſt theraſelnes
onelyto their hire; they extolt, and
commend all,there ſhall not be ſo vile
a weede belonging to Aeceras, that
he giues not excellent quallties to,and
oildes not ouer as trimme as a' Brides
roſe-mary. Tho

$1 bene rutabu,ft reflum minxit amis,

Si trulla inuer(0 crepitit4 abit aurea jndo.
' But who would bes content to draw
ſuch vile formes * had 1 not madea
match 'with the world, that 1 would
not ſpare any part of het crackt ihhabi-
rants Iwould cuen here beginnetore..
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pent with ending;but I haue promiſed,

and will through And becauſe I loue
to ſuffer as well as \exccute -., Lhaue
written; letthem take ny papers, and
doe with them,what they will. Syffe-
rances. of ſome: kinde. arc . hoteſomer
then reuenge, Now the laſt. are like
hortfes that rub opeanother by.conſent
not {o able as wilbng. to mainetaine a
flattexer;they admire one another and
darne'vp their wants with a mutuall
ſeruice; he callesbim wiſe , : the.qther
him yaliant , hee ſ{weares , the other
ſwcares, and ſo ouercome with the.o+
ion. of their plot, they paſle afſem-
lies, increaſing the number. of their
follies, not praiſes, Eaſily cannot ſo-
ueraignty diſtinguiſh betweene. hu-
militic, and flattery; for ſubic6ts that
ought to proſtrate. themſelues in the
loweſt kinde to.make their. ſpeeches
follow :full of reucrence and reſpect, Hs
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haue ynder this afit opportunity to.co-

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is not, When one.comes moxe particu-
larly,and perſonally onyjs the danger of
which Princes muſt he ſo careful, as of
procuring an enemy that can. ſtrike
him and goe inuiſfible, The yulgar that
build ypon the breaths of one another,
and know-no more, howto examine,
then tg Ioue conſtantly, arc like an af-
ter game at Iriſh , that is wonge and
loft divers times in an inſtant, they are
vnmcthodicall,hardly to be caught b
one formme,any in truth will do it,Sp
them fajre:and begin, courteous rea-
der,if you ſpeake,brethren & compant-
Ons ofmy fortune,if you will fay , gen-
tlemen,it may doc well , for a Pelant
reading it will thinke you meant-him,
Amiable lookes and faire wordes. will
goe farre cnough,flattery of the cour-
eſt kinde will ſerue them, beceing won
commonly more by lucke then cuns
ning.Diſſimulation. is more tolerable;
in ſome courſes neaallary , as if a man
be fallen vpon a wife that hee cannot
loue,
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loue, yet he muſt vſc her well,and ifhe

cannot 'performe the exprefle com-
maundement , yet at leaſt ro come as
neare as hee can, Other times it may
come very neafe honeſty ro difſem-
ble a mans intentions,3s in caſes of re-
ucnge, where it giues a pauſe,and that
paufe makes roome' for contideration,
that inthe heat of blood is etier devy-
edaudience ;and if it neuer came to
that perfeCtion, yet it makes oppattu-
nitic of his count ho faſhionsa re-
uente that he may bea ſauer by. This
Diffimulation is a yery pretty worke-
man,and not ſobaſe minded a3 flatte-
rie,he'cals not night day,: not badde,
£y-$4
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and beares himſelfe as cunningly., and
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ſwallow without faith. The Vanity of
theſe is vapardonable, giuing precious
truth, for baſe leafings,One more there
is that tel vatruths,and yet are preſer=
ued fronilying,by the. adequation be-
eweenertheir tongue and heart, theſe
are onely hurtful to the credulous,
ſuffering in 'themſclues. no other then
the -imputation of raſh ignorance.
For all my difallowance of Flattery ,'1
am notſonice,that ( if Thad any thin
abotitme worth the praying ) I wou
nor'be content to haue it' allowed,I ts
wy face allowed, I woul&be contene,
ever my felfe I thinke "might ſpeake
ir without -oftentathofy,/ for truch''
truth,
—_ inſpight
| of cuflemes heart, ''Bur
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ble to ouercome this receiued opinion?
and for mine owne part I like it well»
and fo doe more; for our. weakeneſle
s concealed, becauſe the diſconery of a
mans owne vertueis called arrogancy.
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Of Adnerfitre
Tis true that when-wee are become
of the world,we are throwne into.a
troubleſome Inne,where reipeR goeth
ypon the leggs of riches, but this is our
delicacie, Narnte for her part isnot. to
bee blamed ,far ſhee. gaue. vs leaue to
chuſe our owne occupatiog,.it is cuſ.
tome and the faftneſlſe of our metralls,
atd opinion is nor an acceffary, buta
principal! in the fiealing the hearts of
men , for cucr ſince neceſſities baniſh-
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ment,thexe is a new:account, & he that
hath: olt,too muc ppt akae, Can
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that prof
p ſing realcy
On, wo beſt when
Cana Phe that1; isbore a beggar,
eats
the Philoſo her,he that fro rich
ecomes Poore ,the> yoOMmAn:they are
now inqne Rate why not ini one cotinu
ALICE >fortooth |becauſe once in aboug-
dance: who ſhold lament his corrupter
thus?it jist00 pirtiful,fo ſpend teares on
{o trecherous an enemie, The Hiftorio-
graphers diſputing abour the calinelfe
oft e Ealterne ep attribute it
to the efferminateucſle of the met,thelr
FOE aan to the climate , mee
thinkes,and 1am ſure,that w ealth bach
the ame, operation, forherpoſſefſors
grow. weakelings , itie 1 progued, often
amonghly vsHor from ous parents
comes a flothfilll ard'd!Tecra ks
and this 1hold. nor Natures fault),
the heate offHeir ab8ndant hey,
alfeions, hichchokes;theit t
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and conſumes their bodies, how many
thoufand of thinges haue we intituled
precious,that in themſclues are merit-
fefle? and how many more difpiſed , to
"hich eſtimation is dne?from ourtrou-
ble,for had Tudgement the ſuruey of
ourdefires,we ſhould go more braue-
L hasworke,and if weepe , . weepe for
ſhame,for vhat a madnefle is it,to giue
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avpetites , ts have our countenances
gouerned by the Oibe of Vanity, and
-which is worſe to binde our,reaſon
Prentiſe to theſe tranſitory things, they
"thatthinke thus, fecle no Aduerſitie : it
"was onely ordained to puniſh the diſ-
ciples of Fortune, who will needes fell
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bo, ke not oTowe , but as their coun-
:tenance is vpward ſo their intentions,
Os bemini ſublime dedit calwumg, theri,
'thisis to be aman, the other haue bur
the ſhape,fince we are made to no 0-
ther
 Of.Adwerſitie.
ther purpoſe, but. to witneſſe the.ins,
comprehenſible power, of the Diuine,
efſence.lt is beſides the reſt, cuen diſho-
neſt not to pay for our making;if itbee
his pleaſure I ovld f erue- him . ins
meane place,] will:if he like to try me
with aiterations,be it ſo,he hath done
mee no wrong, for he hath giuen mee
reaſon andpatience,qualities able borh,
to performe his pleaſure , and comfort
my trauailes, he that carryes this. ahoy
him, 1s ſafe: and now, hee ma Til
other thinges fitte) come out-o Ke
fudy intothe world ; hee is armed..if
Au”
NAnGgyvY nat to.refiſt,, to ſuffer : jt is no:martes
how often he bee hit, fince hee feeles ic
nor,ifhe findes oppoſition, he reſifts it,
ifit ouercomes, not him but his For.
tune: the man is ſafe, for his reckning
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is inward, how many reuolutions, tur-
nings, and reformings, haue wee read,
heard and ſcene? Empires, Kingdomes,
States,nay cuen the whole world hath
endured alterations of all kindes : wee
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rirnenotouer this without great plea”

fure,and if we would rake, pleafire in
our profit, we ſhould arme our ſelues
with theſe exaihples , and indvure our
fortunes without grutching, ſince wee
cannot doubr of ' his wiſedome which
gouetnes, nor that our weaknes ought
to glory in anything more then obedi.
ence,whar is it now, that melts vs into
tcares,or throws vs into exchtnations?
the falſe fier of opinion, flarid vp man it _—
,

canngor hurte thee;if thou beeſt a man,

Wherefore let none complaine of Ad.
verfitic , but thole that will 'confeſſe
themſelues ſlaucsto her glirtettig con-
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| 4-Phiſitions is one hey meddle bur
with the humours of men,they; will
confeſle they cure no ſoules,if they do,
Iwill mainetaine that thoſe foules-are
turned al humor, the ſoulc loues horſes
bread aſwell as Capon, it is lowe this
compatiſon,and yet it may ſerue foras. _
much as ſhee hath to doe with. Ifthey
thinke their teares will prooue mee ly».
er thatcondolc herfrownes, I anſwere
thoſe motions are nor Legitimate ,the
ſoule begor the not, her iſſue
Kate more grayitic,\And tel
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[No man to teares,If I had beene of

Counſaile with the Romaines ,-they
ſhould not haue honoured Fortune
with a Temple;forbeſides the deifying
ofa humane inuention, they ſer vp an e-
nemy againſt conhideration & infli{try,
rather to neceſſity, ſhould it hahe been
dedicated, for-it-is that nothing that
hath made the world ſomething,bur
though not the tore ſhame, 'yet a
ſhame, for beaſts worke at the inſtigati-
on of Appetite, -Man hath a more Di.
uine prouocation, ifhehath not loſt it
for want of vie,ſheis the very Mother
of floth , for her adorors fleepe open
mouth , and when any -thing falles
.-in their chawes they get it by thaunce,
maintaine it by chance, vſe it by chance
they are neuer hauened, and their An-
ehors hold not, but come home, alas
poore world that loueſt nothing'but
riches;and yet amidfi thy Barued' affec-
tiohs, and yet thou wilt necdes' chaſe
andchuſc tobe the ;q ,uant ofthis'im-
© kl f . porent
potent yanitie, from whompull butthe
attire of opinion,and you haue ſerued
nothing but the diſtemperature of 1-
magination-bur let me nor fight thus'
with a Chimera,allow her but 'a body
and a power,and what then ?ſhall man
that is the Lord ofthe earth beg almes,
at the hande of a blinde firumpert ; and
of her that giueth tono other end but.
to entice him out of the hold of reaſon,
rather ifthere be no remedy , bur that
riches & ſuch trifles muſt be the marke,
ſerue a precntiſhip with induſtry , and
getthem truely, verily though I would. E
eas I talke(and that 1s more Philoſo- 38
phicaily and to the mind ward)yet ſine&. _
we muſt fetch eſtimation from ovr fats.” we
nes that way,let vs carne it on Gods
nine, bur iflightnefle would giue me
leaue, Iwould try if I could perſwally.
my ſelfe and my reader to other intel
tions,he that laughs muſt weep,he tht”
loues riches , muſt hate wante ,” hes þ. Oe
, 2”.on" ruff
that hoho| urs opini rhe poet108
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ueſt of
her to them all;firſt to.what an
CONT incertainties haue we giuen
our ſelues , with what lofle. haue wee
bought mirth, which beſides her lauiſh
wanton behauiour , makes vs capable
of her contrary, that woundes and bat-
ters without peraduenture, who is hee
that knows loue to be the only medium
betweene. ys and the recouery of our
firlt perfetions, and will beſtow the
ſame vpon one of the children of our ws
es
red
We
fee
a,
hn
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ry
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malady:for riches, he that defires them P

for his owne ſake, flandes euen with t]
thoſe creatures that fat themſclues on= fl
lyfor the flaughter,ifhe ſaith for others V
hys example in abating their price, with
his contempt is much more profitable,
foropinion whole is it but. the multi-
tudes, and ſhall Vertues goodlineſſe
dreflc her ſelfe in the puddle? legthem
learne to iudge , and I will fearetheir-
&nſure,but ſo long as they can ſay no-
thing, bur my opinion is thus,Iwillnot
bring my Aions to. be ſcene. and al-
© 24

| lowed,

a8
 Of Fortune and her Children.
lowed, but my conſcience and the pre-
ſidents of other times,ſhall be my dirc-
ors : all this time(for anything 1 ſee)
we haue ſpent in trifles, and ſo but in
reſt,but4t runnes on , and in, the, .cnde
brings the, crowne of wiſedome gray
haires which infteede of a rewarde
prooucs a puniſhment , for it mocke$
our negligence, This is the reaſon why
menwiſh for age, and when it comes,
loathe the accompliſhment of their
prayers becauſe they cannot comfort
the debilitie of their bodics with the
ſtrengrh of their mindes:all this time
we haue beene vnder the hand of For-
tune,and what hath ſhee done , marry
many thinges troubleſome enough,for
the -entertainement ,of her. fauour is
not without danger and alteration:but
how ended? bur with our Jiues deliye- L
| to the cenſure ofopinionated igno= * i
rance,our ſoules priſoners to our purſe. 3
and our bodies to all manner of difea- =
ſes. Now to herchildren ,when I fee 1%
Ooz2 _ ahand-. 67
a Cc byCIS
 | Eſſay. 5T.
a handſome and 'goodly pifture, mine
eyes giues theartribute to the worke-
man for the pecce, I hold it buta peece
of houſhold fuffe , let the children of
Fortune'doc what they can, they are
but Fortunes pictures fanding her
pleafure,and rafed againe at the ſame,
what 2 mockery is it, to bee contented
thus to bee and not to bee; like thoſe
things that come vnder the pleaſure of
the hand,nay they are more huppy,for
they feele not their alterations, wher
2s thisSe is ſtill laboring in extremi-
ties. Could men iudicially determine
whether a ſetled contentment,or to ſa-
crifiſe wiſhes to fortune, were the beſt,
ſhortly they would looke vpon the ex-
amples ofher fauour, with as much de-
teſtation, as now licouriſhnefle.I , ler
the furtheſt ende ofeach man bee ſuch
as not to bee aſhamed , 1 will firte
him, Is it. wealth >Why ? for con«
tentment? if there bee more with- £2,
=
0M
oy
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om
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outit,gocth not hee the fartheſt way

hy about
"” OfFortune andhen
Children.
abour, that ſecketh it by wealth, fince.
he may affoone ariue at contentment
asto that he meanes for a.meanes, Is it
honour ?Vertue is her Mother, and,
ſhee ſcornes to beſtowe her daughter
vpon anecarthling: doth. the continuall
company of ambitionpleaſe,why ſceke
to be an example to the world of tem-
perance and Fortitude, marry now if
you come to. me for a contentment,
choſen by a n: w fangled afteRion,you
are ficke,and more neede of a Leech
then of ſatisfaction, Who would. not
laugh to ſee how heartely a fellow
will figh, that hee. hath tyred his
ſe before hee. can ouertake the
Faſhion , and another that iudgeth.
himſelfe highly wronged., that his
advancement excceedes his flattery.
This is a. wrong account, the wel
cannot put ona brauery ofmore price
then the ſoule, it is inwarde the
riches : therefore when. I ſee a fellaw
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leaue the vper end
of the table where
* the diſcourſe lights either vpon clow-
j nery orpleaſure,and betake himſelIfe to
? athredbare companion in black;Might
Tchufe,I would rather giue him boore
then not to be ofhis ſide, for the one
ſheakes, the other reaſons, I muſt cons
feſle they haue the ſtartthat are borne
great, but he that ouertakes hath the
honour, yet this 'ambition muſt bee
moderated,let him thirſt after the de-
{ert,not the reward, he is in good caſe
that hath obtained ſo much. The other
is but a circumftance, I goe not with
thoſe fellows that Tong for other mens
buſinefſe, Ihaue enough of mine owne,
. though Ineuer goe out of my ſtudy:
andno trifles neither, I conuerfe with
Princes, Law-makers, Confſtitutors of
Sociecties,Philoſophers,theſe are better
company with me, then the common
rout-liuing, forthey are fo poore, or
= ſoproud,ful of by-matters, little to the
=, purpoſe , wherefore Pederentum m
WS, = an
 OfFortavt aillkvy Children.
any Bond
herefr
attdf6ftly* "03m # apit fepe fortung

in a folitary obſcure life, more precious

then any commodity that reſts in the
handes ofthoſe ftriversfor- the world,
and that ismine,andT'thinke it ſhal be,
forTabuſc it not, bur goe'on plainly,
and my attbiriqn reacheth"no Firthes,
then to fayro nature, Recipeanimam me-
am meliorem quam detifts, He that puts
out his Candle thus cleanly, ir will ner
ner {mell;and he that can_make ſo,c-
ten a reckoning, is nane_ of the worſt
Accomprers conſidering whar a tumber
of rebells we harbor, that would faine
betray vs'vnto Vanity, birt more ſenſi-
bly;men of another cut ,'finding their
Nature that way plyanteſt , may giue
themſelues to matters of other fon If
Coblers loued reaſon more then two
Groates,wee ſhould goe bare foote, e'
uery man hath not more ſenſe of Na-
tures myſteries then mans, therefore of.
1 that”:
their owne : all that Lentreag *
ay

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bd
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. men would ſecke their defires;ayþere
they might finde-them,and nor lazely
call!
ypon Fortunein their beds,
bur vp-
pon themſclues to deſerue aduance-
ment. 1wonder how weecan rightly
determine of ſome thinges, and miſle
other of the ſame nature, theſe Fortune
mongers , would ſcorne two pence in
the way of charitie,and cal itbaſeneſſe:
it isno lefle to take promotion and ad-
uancement without deſcruing, if you
bring merit,you owe no man for |ad
place,if deſertlefſe,the beggar and you
differ but in the quantitie, and the
worſt part is his, that takes
ya hauing the more
_ toanſwere for.

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 Eſſay. 52.

Ofthe admirable Abili-

ties ofthe mind,
"Hat ſtates men become morc et-
, a and ſingular then other men,
isbecauſe they rule men:{chollers that
are in thenextrancke, be inferiour,
be-
cauſe their knowledges are limited ,
for none confeſſe themſclues ſo
throughly in their bookes as liues,eue-
ry man in theſe later dayes are wary e-
nough,bur in their ations there ſlipps
from them a more perfeRt figure. of
themſclues' , thence commeth- wiſe-
dome.” 1 like, praiſe, and allow-many
thinges, but, admire nothing but.che
A I the minds admirable Abil t
for though
there may bean vie,amen
 reſt, yet they are grofle and flouenly
to the cleanly and curious dexterity of
the other,
how far can ſhe ſee beyonde
the ſenſe of ſeeing : hence preuention,
how ſhe can finde out the hidden drifts
of ſubrtilty, hence apprehenſion, how
ſhe can purchaſe aduantage by ſuffe-
rance,hence patience,how fhecan fetch
ſafety out of the middeſt of daunger,
hence Fortitude, and enen then when
ſhe is leaſther ſelfe.as when ſhee is*in-
forced about ſenſuall imployments,
-how pretily ſhe will behaue her ſelfe
-to obtaine her purpoſe , as in matters
of loue: the hare huntes not more cun-
ningly to deceiue her encmies,then ſhe
to.delude ſuſpition, and ifſhe be taken
isnot yet without a faire plea for al-
lowance, this hath ſweetned the incon-
-uenience of multitudes, for to' obſerue
the working of each ſeuerall/ſoule re-
- compenceth the ref, there is not one of
2 theſe&increaſers of the crowde, but
Bs will ſhew ſome aRiuitie, for be hath ſer O
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 Of the Abilities ofthiminak.
vp ſomething for themarke;8& how he
makes his approach; and courts his de=
fires, how he windes occaſion, and
on her finding, transferreth himſelfe ins
to a likenefſe fitting the time, how ſafe-
ly he attempteth to win, and if not, to
{aue:;how he turnes and returnes, and
in ſpight of the vigor of his affeRtion
lookes another way, is not withour a
pleaſant profit,
forbe he and his deſites
of neuer ſo:courle a ſort, hee will ſerue
for a foole,ifnot for. a Counſellour , I
like not thoſe ſpirits that dare not ap=-
proach any thing but wiſedome , when
thinges arc indifferent, I giue occaſion
the bridle,& if ſhe cary me into an Ale-
houſe,itſhal go hard, but I wilget ſom-
i thing there,it nothing edible; at leaſt
medicifiable./& then it is a ſauing voy=-
age. lata ho /herbah(i,not curious about
flowers and weeds, but the ſame abou
men,to touch, taſt, lamp, ery that creat.
ture is another mannes of -vecupationg
for ſomething ſhall bee had for the- '
pI...

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 Eſp. 52.
mendment of ones owne maners,
ſome
what ſhunned, ſomewhat imbraced,
thereſt lyeth for occahion,and ifit hap-
pen that you traffick thither,you know
what commodities are there, and what
to bring. This ſhortly auowes this lear-
ning without exception, ſince no man
js without ſomewhat, and beſides it is
euer ready,no place is vnpeopled , and
ſonoplace without exerciſe , How is +6
=
$a
w_
oa

the ponertie of theſe poore plants, that :

ow in the (ſhadow, blefled by this A. \
ilitie, ſince greatneſſe cannot fo ouer- t
drip them,burt that they may ſee and r
cenſure. And as dwarfes can make T

thcir eyes climbe as high as the talleſt b

man, ſo mens mindes to the higheſt t
Fortunes.I care not for the mentionin t
the outward rare inuenti6s of the __ e
for they are but hereby tothe cunning n

of man and man, but there ſhee is vn- b

- - der faile , when like a wraſtler ſhee 1s
| | givesanaduantage for a vantage, and ©
+” xeadily. trices the others greedineſle: h
-$ co b
Es
 OftheAbilities oftheminds.
to ſee how. like other creatures
that one another , and
like Pos Frommcert it-: ſee the
viurer and the yonker, they ftrive in
courtefic , and ende like the play be
rweene the Cat and Mouſe, the Inamos
rato and the Curtifan , he maſter & the
ſeruant,and ſothrough all ſortes there
is a dependancy betweene one and-a«
nother,which though bur a counterſait
agreement ,-yet it keepes the worli'F.
walking,and is ſo done to the life,as ">
till the parting blow , no man would ©
take it 2 a:bargaine. Though I com-
mend not this imployment of the mind
yet the-beholding is profitable;
for
tbeſe ill proccedingshatjeas/ much-wit
though not ſoa much honeflyagthe bet-
ter,and\who can let our choiſe, + The -
medicine of experiences nota fwple; Bo HY
buta compoſi of many ſottes,& thas
is it that makes me iudicial;
forto talke
%VT
YoY.
wn
WS:
ben
7Vo
3UB”
ho
vo
ood
bioSY
WH
{1
5Þ
hls only is but a trifle.
The furney-hitherts
0.8
hath bin of thoſe,nort wholy to beeim- x
W.
braced,as not whey ſound,nenker
are
ws ba 2-

Na
POOR ” I.
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2 y E 4 n
 ': Eſſay: 52> s. |
ſo iuſtproportioned, as tofit another
| 2G ſee how often creatures
aue ſundry wayes of preſeruation: the
Lyon defends, the Foxe ſhifts, the Hart
runnes,and yet thoſe ſundry bumours,
2» meet ar the place of ſafety, bur per-
"_ formes them variably, becauſe their
| | mneanes ſhall fir their conſtitutions: as
| monly Nature beftowes a haire
of futabletothe complexion: Ourftates
| SQucations, Abilities , proportions, li-
S&” mits,our behauiours, and proceedings,
9 nd whatſocuer we know, yet we muſt
offer the eyes of.men nothing vncorre-
Fpondenr tothe peculiar grace of our
| callings. and: lives, if Alexander had
beene a Careghe had never bene ſur-
named-greatzand yet Cars: was the ho-
nefter ."man; if Ceſar an Alexandcr
the Romane Commonwealth vſurped,
und
ne magnanimitie, ſtate
abſolutenes, are qualities worth the
4 ling,bur1not all for all men:thar is
ENT, but if a good and a wife
%
{oule
Fre” Of the. 4
tres ofthemind. .
ſoule come in the way, how much are
we beholden to his examples , which
like the Sunne giues light to the tra-
uells of the more obſcure and flraight-
ned vnderſtandings,he like argils E-
olus commaundeth the tempelts and
ſuddaine guſts of aftetion, and luſtily
meetes all occurrencesin the face, and
they turne not him,but hee them. Hee 1
hath Adercaries Caduceus and char- 4-4
meth all to obey reaſon, others mayi@l of
themſeclues pleaſant, others proficable,”
others witty,bur this is the migde*that : |
challengeth ſoliditieand none bur thiss +. ©. ©©
whereloreitiun inrendeth this,is as © *
happy, .and as worthy as any other” __
ms Folate NES Wo
of their Journey. . =o .»
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VPON SENECA
THE TxzxaczDpian
BY
St WiLLIiAaM Cornt-
VALLEYS the Yon-
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—0 dia gniniminus met, .<

Regnare neſtit :Regua cuſtodit —_ %B

Hough common
rience doth -mani
and naturall reaſon ll,
tifie'sthat States in an
equalitic of degree, vp.
beld byperſonsknowing no prehemie! - 7
nenee , cannot ſtand, nor promiſe con Þ3 4
tinuance-yet cannot the aſpiring<ot
ſitution ofman-, with patience behold + HD
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ever obtained :.ſo,ifhee cannotreach

them with equalitie , he will -with- en-
uie, whoſe effe88 Would be dangerous ,
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did notfeare bridle them, Then muſt

Soueraigntic nouriſh feare'in ſubic&ti-
on ;fer out of ſubieRs feare ,, graweth
ee=__ET77TT7 75
. Buthowthisawe isto be obtained,
reſts the Art ; for feare hath two addi-
3 tions, that makes itgaod or bad; from.
Ez ſome feare comes hatred , from ſuch
8 feare ruine: from ſome feare loue;from
2 thispreſeruation.Soueraignty with:this
= is Gouernment, with the other Tyran-
<8 ny. The power of 4 Prinee breeds teare;
: his ations hatted: or loue : from his
"> ations then.muſi hee draw his flonri-
=+ _ſhing, which illeftrates the nobleneſle
&= -:: \ofthe minde ;for ſhee commands ouer
EEE ne , whoſe power ftretcheth! no
2 = > Alther,then to lay open vertue; meane
E Mates beeing therefore miſerable , be-
: . xtcae- wanting fiuffe to ſhew
, their
"FN <a wo rke-
 Seneca theTragedian,
workemanſhip;for liberalitie conſiſt. SY
ing onely in meditation, is inuiſible: ©»
Temperance with pouerty hath not |
much to doe,and ſo of the reſt,

wm Odia qui nimium timet,

Regnare neſcu,

There isno affeRion ſo vnnaturall

to Princes,
as feare; the limits of their
proceedings, muſt be bounded by o-
ther reſpects : For rightly hath this Au- -
thour Cr » Who feares hatred
too much,knowes not how to raigne,
It is impoſſible for one perſon to ; 4 ;
bour Maicſtic and feare ; for they are =
oppolite,differing as mich,asto cofi=
mand and obey. Feare begets obedi- =Y
ence, Maieftic doth'whac hee doth yn, +,
compelled:for campulfion and infyrce-" =}
ment killes authority:but thathe isyn», ©
reſtrained by feare,giues him not alalſyle 27
lefle liberty ; chouh he wants inforce-. ©
ment,he doth nor perſwaſion;which in;& 2
Pp4 »
all” h _ A: -
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SR. >
 D:/courſes upon
all noble natures , preuailes more the?
compulſion ; he is fot vrged by feare, |
>
but in feares ſlead bath Iuſtice, hath the
ſight ofhis owne place,hath the know-
ledge,that vpon his ſhoulders reſts the
whole body of the foundation ; which
reſpectes curbe Princes, vnreſtrained
by feare, More particularlytothe Tra-
gedians meaning, —O dia qui ni-
min timer ; It belongs to, a Prince to
ſhunne the deſeruing hate; not to feare
hatred : feare,as it.is ſaid , belongs not
to them; and if in them; baſtardizeth c<<
B
BB
8c
their natures, and corrupts them, The
vniuſt partialitie of ſome Natures,abu-
ſed by ſelfe-loue, will hate the executi-
onof iuffice;and not vnderſtanding the
intent of lawes, thinke iniurioufly of
their executors, This muſtnot bee rce- oor
o&@
oy
-- garded byPxjnces , nor top their well
© Inteudedcourſes. The fatisfation of fg

His conſcience is Mithridate cxpellin

* - thepoylonof ill tongues ,and himſelte
—_ flading he hath performed his office
with
 Senecathe Tragedban.
with iudgemenrt,ſhall be firong inough
torefift vulgar thoughts, which live 1n
opinion. The hatc of theſe-is feeble,
and howſocuer common it is-to the
worſt meanings, to giue them hand-
ſomecolours, yet cannot theſe preſent
their griefes ro iudiciall men, ſo ſha-
dowed, asnot to be diſcerned faulty:
ſo cannot the way of truth beger hate,
able to doe harme; malice and ſpleene
from ſome particularitmay , but they
are too weake euer to doe hurt. But
were there perill inthe performance of
the true all ofa Prince , yet muſt ir
not dilvade him ; for ſhuns he the ex-
ecution of his duety for feare of hate ,
he explaneth his regalitieto be an of-
fice vadertaken, topleaſe himalelfe, -nor
to profit his country,then which mind,
there.is not any more monſirbus and
deteftable. The iudgemerr-of all cau-.
ſes,the deciding all controuetfies,, the”
cenſure of all men, the ſentenſe deray-"
mining 2Ul aQtions,arc his, and iy theſe ©
 Diſcomferopon ©
nces reſts the very ſoule of the
fate,and the life of a lates flouriſhingy?
in which ſhall feare of hate make him
ſwarue, he ruinates and depopulates
his kingdome : for this puſillanimity
will bring confuſion, when the vertu-
ous and vicious, well deſeruers and ill,
the accuſer and the accuſed , ſhall goe
indifferently reckoned of. ;

It is the deſtinated affeion to ſer

uile natures,fcare; andit is well, for
they are not ſo firaightly bound to bee
good as are higher torrunes, Twoare
the bandes , whercby the diuine wiſe-
dome preſcrueth the world : Loue of
vertue , and feare of puniſhment: and
thus areſome (Tam afraid moſt)kept
from the extremitie of ill ; Therefore
. mchepreſeruation of Kingdomes,feare
> hath,and ought to hauca great hand.
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executions,that purchaſcth this; thogh
a offenders ſuflcring , and according to
| the fat, rigorqus execution, is whole.
; ſome to the body ofa late: and that I
| verely IIB: --hanging of one man
-- | © to worke better fe among men,
then twenty made into mummie; yet
that feare amongſt fubicRts, that .
ueth the kingdome, hath his originall,
not from this , but from the Princes
life - for thoſe ſtates onely are inriched
with the blefſednefſe of Vertue , and
tranquilitie, where the Prince vſeth his -
authoritie to chaſtice offences , not to
authorize his own offences; for though
he hath the oddes of being aboue the
law, yet ifhe giue hisſubics euill ex-
ample,they will follow him ; albeit hee
ſeeke to quench the fire of their vici=
ouſneſſe, with neuer ſo much of their,
blood. It was a common tricke among
the heathen Princes, to fetch their,
digree fromthe Gods; Ida.noxthinke;” *
their foruaes_ bad {o belotted | them,”,-
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25to thinke ſo themſclues ,but oneſy
nouriſhr the opinion to draw the more
awe and obedience from their Sub.
ies. They ſhould haue imitated the
Diuine powers in the purity of their
lives, and ſo haue beene nearer the
gods,and more feared of men : for no-
thing produceth true feare from Sub-
ies to their Prince,but the worthines
of his own perſon, His power,his ſplen-
dor,his fortune, his gards , and other
circumſtances, (without vertue )do ra-
ther ſtirre vp difdaine againſt him and
his Fortune, then awfull regard :the vie
ofall theſe thinges will bee conuerted
_ Intodeteſtable names ; his power ty-
ranny , his ſplendor |tw =p his
forrune curſed, his gard termed the in-
{firaments of oppreſſion, his other ſig-
nals of authority , the deckings ofa
corrupt minde: vnder which name,
when the people ſhall behold them,
-theybring his authority to contempt, '
and being once brought to that decly-
 Senecethe Tragedian.
ing,theyneuer leaue rolling , vnrill
IA to the bottome of vnhappi.
neil Regna cnſbodit metie,——But
that feare muſt come from the vertue
- of the Prince, notfrom his power, or
elſc it holdes not : for without vertue,
it hath.
no vertue,

Vpon theſe verſes.

O Regnorum magnis fallex
Fortuna bonisgnprecipits
Dubioque nimis excelſa loca;
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Diademe, meerely w__ Wn
the pgatoums of the place, c 5.
ſo rndiſcreetly, as hay the content=.
ment of the mind, for colours to RS.
the body. All the Sates,andEflates-of® © *'#
the world, being founded andoriginals
lydiſcended from man,nuft neceſlasi
accompany his tranſitorines, the
though we know,and ſce dayly <>
 -— Diſcowrſe upon
| ces of 'mutabilirie ae before vs,
-yet when any thing isembraced by ys,
rather forour owne vie, then the righr
wvſqzneither can reaſon,experience , nor
the cuery daies hapning of ſuch things,
perſwade vs to part with-it as wee as
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ought, Thus of that higheſt degree a-

mongſ men , were it mannaged by a
hand iuſtly adminiſtringto all, and as
he is a head,ſo content to take the leaſt
pleaſure, and yer to- rake-care for all,
neither wovld rhey complaine of for-
tune,nor hold this great good deceiuve-
able. Itis the erronious opinion of the
world thatdeceiues the yyorld:it is net
leaſure to do whatwe fit, butneuet to =
y fromwhat we ſhould, forT rhink al
good rafls wil indge it more ſweet, to
wel,then to be able rodo il withour
controkement, This done, principality
excelleth ali fares in happinefle ;for it
- "xeſembleth the Divine flate \ whoſe
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is it m the office of a
Prince, which-makes it without excep-
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men, nor is-it- fabicQ to fortune;
nothing can periſh , that hath truerh
and rate for the foundation.

. Dwbioque niwic excel/a locas.

- Thatitis
ni'ALC9
DO fituated by, and fubieet to
dr——
= the moſi headleny downtall,me thinks
tels them the nature of their place,
which is aduice, keeping them from
danger :itis meete they ſhould fiand
thus ticklely, for the minde of man is
not to bee truſted with a life of that
power and -preeminence, ſeperated
from care and doubt: for were he, his
once falling would make him fall onee
more... Doubtbelongs to Princes, but
not bythe name of doubt, bur proui.
dence;this iogs him, if vaine pleaſufes
lull him in ſenſualicie; this v biſpew in
his cares, beware;& ſharpneth his ſight
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to looke into the courſes of his owne
life, and toamend his errors ; this gard-
eth him from outward and inward in-
uaſtons :both which ſtrengthning and
quickning his vnderſtanding, to pene-
trate into:the moſi ſecret driftes of his
aduerſaries , to conclude,this proui-
dence or doubt, is the mother of coun-
ſell,induſtry , and doing well.
Dabwgue amis.” But too much donbt,
argueth toe much guiltineſle, which
this too niuchſuſpition confeſleth: vice
vncommitted may make vs belicue ſhe
is pleaſant, but once taſted, ſo powerful
a vertue is inſtice, as though doth
not publikely chaſtice en, yetne-
ver doth ſhe omit, inwardly to prooue
they are offenders,and after proofe not
to puniſh : ſo much of iuftice hath eue-
ry particular body in it ſelfe: who ther,
fore will not doubt too much, muſt not
doc ill too much;for they are inſepera-
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Miſerrimum eſt timere cum ſperes
mb.

Tis an obſervation worthy of regard

to contemplate how the body of
man is equally poyzed with affeCti-
Ons; he hath hope and feare, loue and
hate, and ſo the reſt, euery contrary
hath his contrary,but in ſuch an equali-
tie,as ke goerh right vp in theſe extrea-
mities; and the minde doth well a-
mongſt theſe ; as the bodies con-
ſtirution ,conſiſting of difſenting ele
ments, ſo long hath health, as theſe
parts of his are without an extraordina-
ry preeminence : but when any affei-
on inthe minde, or any humour in the
body, vſurps an oner-ſwaying authori-
tie,the body languiſherh, and the mind
thinkes it ſelfe miſerable ;for miſerri-
mum ofttimere cum ſperes nihil,
-. AMiſerrmmumeſf timere ,—=
T haue often {ſpoken of this feare
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and yet neceflarily muſt heere ſpeake
of it againe. There isno affeRtion, that
afliteth the mind vpon the firft appre-
henſion, bur feare, Yet fo ſtrangely
powerful are al affe&ions,as they make
the poſſeſſed body delight in his tor-
ment, and proſecute thoſe infeted WEa
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thoughts,though with the loſle of his —

whole contentment and quiet; yet is it

moi miſerable to feare : for that is mi-
ſerableſi,that is moſt remote from con-
rentment, Infinite are the occaſions of
vexation that encounter vs without
ſecking them, but feare addes both rhe
number and force of griefes, and be-
leeues them both more and more ter-
ible then they are : therefore did the
Tragedian end with m1i/errimum eff15-
were, he ſhould end with trueth :forI
hold feare the moſt afliting puniſh-
ment , that accompanyed the fall of
man. Cam ſperesnibil, —=
Whether itbee,that this life, beeing
bur a counterfair of life, diſpleaſeth the
. ſoule, TT”
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ſoule , (to mitigate which anguiſh ſhee
adminiftreth hope to her ſelfe for a cor-
diall,) or whether the poflefhon of
things comes ſhort of the intended {a-
tisfaRion; certaine it is, that the moſt
pleafing and moſt conuerſant thoughts
of the beſt contented mindes,, are deſ-
cended from hope, which hope doubr-
lefſe is the vnſpotrted iffue of the ſoule,
being little a kinro the bodie, though
behoouefull ro the body;for the a&ts of
the body are more profle and heauy,
which euery man may eaſily diſcerne,
.
Ws.
—
if he obſerues his intendments, before
execution, For whiles only in the brain
they carry a much more delightfull re-
preſentation, then after, when they
come vnder the cenſure of the eye, our
lifeisnothing bur a life of hope, which
if we-cannot haue with a poſlibilitie,
we will without; for wee cannot liue
without it,what ſhift ſocuer we rake.
The moſt plenteous poſleſſed creature
of contentment that euer was , annex-
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 . Diſcomrſeswpon ..
eth hope to his ample fruition,andis
content with that he hath, becauſc hee
hath hope. Itneuer leaues vs, no,not
when we lyc a dying:men vnaſſiſted
by Chriſtianity, at this time, euen by
nature are taught, to hope of another
life, from which,neither ignorance nor
impiouſneſle can driue them: but when
they cannot build hope vpen their awn
deſerts and knowledges, they will
ground it vpon mercic and hope,and fo
die imbracipg it, avd neuer leaue ho-
ping.till they haue left breathing.

CHMiferrimum eff timere cum

ſperes null,

It is moli miſerable to feare when

wee cannot hope.it is, for feare vnbal-
lanced by hope ,. is deſperation, then
which both by diuine and humane vn.
derſlandings,there cannot be a greater
curſe : into ſuch extremityes runne the
aicQions of man, when not curbed by
mY reaſon,
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 Seneca the Traged/an
reaſon,or counterpoyzed by a contrary
affeQion : for the body and mind agree
mreceiuing ſafety from a mediocrity,
which is cafily diſcerned, fince no part
of man holdes out in extremes, bur
thereby is driuen into the greateſt dan-
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gers, being violently carried into dit-
caſes and death,

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Proſperum,ac falix ſcelus
virtus wocarnr; ſortibus parent bow,

'J OW much outward proſperity

reuailes over iudgement , how
willingly we ſufter the glitering of for-
m_
tune to dazell our ynderſtandings how
we couzen our ſclues of the dierning
þ
we
trueth, with looking vpon euery thing
through thefalſe glaſſes of wealth or
want, by him thart is yet ſober, and not
drunke with th:ſe parrtiall affeRions,
cahnot chuſe but moone him to much 7
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Commiſeration , and to pitty ,. 2Let

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 "Diſcourſes vpou
and ſhunne the ſociety of the world.
Taking the laſt of things, and becing
led by eucnts,we know nothing origi-
nally,nor doe we inour liues any thing
bur lift vp them,already vp ; and throw
lower the already ouerthrowen. How
often haue I heard the weakeſt benr
bowes of reaſon, ſhooteat the higheſt
actions?No,this is nothing ſo common
as the vulgar cenſure vpon the matters
of molt importance, in which they will
as boldly vadertake to commend and
diſpraiſe,as ifthey had beene comter-
fant in the ſcriouſeſt counſels : but thus
goeth their attributing praiſe or dil-
praiſc;he hath praiſe that winnes ; who
loſeth,loſeth not only his deſignes, but
withall loſeth the opinion of hauing
yo wiſedome or vertue. To whom
ould I lay this fault,but to our owne
follies, who lay the chicfe eſtimation,
not vpon vertue,but fortune , and per-
haps,our folly is permitted by the di-
uine hand,toabate the pride of higher
*Þ | perſons,
 Seneca theTraged/an.
ons,that cannot with al their grea-
nes,defend themiſelues from the blowes
of ignorance and indiſcretion. So are
the Lene both ofhigh and low puni-
ſhed;the low,inamored of wealth, are
depriued of wiſedome ; the high , ſub-
ww.to theſe vniudiciall cenſures , haue
their high attempts ſoyled and made
contemptible, with being pulled tho —_ V
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row theſe common gutters of mire and

pollution.
en Proſperum,as fel ſcelns,
UIrIMS VOCALRY.
Proſperous and happy wickednes, a
js called vertue:wickednes can neither
au
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be proſperous nor happy. Proſperitie
is a word deſtnated to the world , and
by that word wee vnderſtand wealth, :
honor,eſtimation and ſuch; bur al theſe
being but the 4dherents of a tranſitory
life,& that life depeding vpon another
of much more excellency!who obtaines
this proſperity with wickednes, loſeth
that;zwho loſeth the beſt for the wort,
prof- .
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 Diſcourſes pou c
proſpereth not, who proſpers not,is no
in proſperity : neither can I call it prof”
perity,to be accounted ſo by the worlds
and in the meane time to haue that
moſt ynquiet companion,an exclaming
conſcience, which as certainely follows
diſhoneſt attempts obtained , as defire
prouoks before obtaining :betweene
which two,the vnſatiable mind is per-
petually tormented.
—Faelxſjcelus.
The contrariety of theſe two words,
illuftrates how much our ſeruile na-
tures are content to debaſe themfelues
to loſe truth, the higheſt part of reaſon,
I,ſenſe the loweſt part of man: happy
wickednefſe,an Epithite due,not tofhe
beſt of our aQtions,yet are wee content
to beſtowit on the worſi of our ations
of wickednes,Can any thing ſubieto
the frailty of time be happy?no,notpo-
ſible appincs is not of this world :
we may be in the way of happines, whe
by a good life we are in the way to hea-
ven
 Seneca the F raged/an.
uen,but cannor here bee happy#orno-'
thing that is tranſitory is happy, happi-
nes being due to expreſle only the igies
of zternitie ;for no pleaſures canreach
happines, thar toope ſo low as time,
Then can ir not be due to wickednefle,
whoſe grouecling earthly minde neuer |
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lookes ſo high, buc ſlicks faſt in the i-
magination ofthe vile pleaſures ofthe
world;and hath his beſt contentments
of no more continuance, then the ſen-
ſes pleaſure, which raftand fwallow, in
an inſtant. virtusYocatur,
1t ſeemes vertue once had the Em-
pire of the world, for antiquity ſhewes
many coynes ofher ſtampec, and een
this age {o feares her power,, as euecty.
one will wearg her Livery, though few
do her ſeruice, The worſt, though they
loue vice, yet adorne their ilwith the
colinterfer colour of vertuc:fo ſtrong is
ſhe yet, and fo feebleis vice ; {eemin
ate now ſoi/ght,beings thought ſuper=
flous;the labor 6f moſtmif® now adaies
+3snot to obtaine truths , bur opini-
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ons warrant : ſo are moſi ofthe ations
of theſe laſt ages;but painted with coun-
terfeite colours , which laſt no longe?
thechemſclues liue,ſolong perhaps fear©
or flattery makes them hold ; but they
taken away by time, they are either de-
uourcd by obliuion, or diſcouered to
be without all worth, or truth. Yet
canI not but commend their policies,
that intitle vertue to their particular
ations ; for nothing elſe gocth withſo
enerall applauſe: fayles hee here?hee
Thatbe ſupplyed by them, that no other
re{pe& hath laid hold of, wants he that?
he = yet Fitty, wel wiſhers,and good
opinion:ſo hath it beene already obſcr-
ued by the world, fince no great ation
hath paſſed without the name offuppre-
fling tyranny;chaſtifing-the irreligious,
or the common good. This ispolicie;bur
that I ſpeake of now, baſeneſle : ſo mi-
ſcrable arc the mindes as wel as for.
runes dfthe vulgar, that no ation of
\ greatneſſe paſſeth without commenda-
tion
 Seneca the Tragedia.
tion:doth he meane to catch thepeople
in his Cap, and makes courtefie intrap
their ſimple vnderftandings,they auow
him to be humilitie it ſelfe, Doth pride
and a ſelfe-opinion make him looke
biggehe carricth himſelfe like a Prince
to whoſe place it belongeth not to loſe
of his height,by declining to familiari-
ty - doth he ſpend ? he reckons not his
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own eſtate, A he may ſupply the wants
of others: doth he ſaue?ir is nobly done
not to vndoe his poſterity : Loues hee
warres? magnanimitic and fortitude
ſhines in himzis it peace ? no common-
wealths men are ſo worthy as the pre -
ſeruers of peace : In a word, doth hee
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what he wil,he doth vertuouſly;lethim
get proſperitie,and get it how he can,
he ſhall not wantvertue,for————
proſpernm ac falix ſcelus
VIT1MS UOCATRT,

Sontibu parent boni,

_ -; There s nota greater plague to bee
| in-
mhine© _ 5; 3h
 Diſcourſesvpors
inflicted vpon mortalitie,then this ; for
the ſubiects of wicked gouernors cinor
proſper: inferiours patticipace with the
natures of their betters,as birdswiththe
weather,they moue,as they mouc:Imi-
tation being the deſtinie of thoſe, that
are not by the Deſftinies allowed their
owne choiſe ; who ſubſcribes not ro
their licentioUſneſſe, with putting on
the faſhion of their life, periſheth by
the hand of tyranme ; & doth, by
the hand of the diuine Tuflice : So is
there no ſafetie ynder ſuch Magiſtrars,
fincerefuſing or obeying,ruines one ©
the two belt parts of man, The good -
obey the ill; it is worth the obſecruati-
©n,how the eternall wifedome applies
and ſuffers : ill is here made the touch-
'ſoncof good, and good obeys ill, to
tric goodneſle conſtancit 7 could the ill
ſoften or giue the leaft alteration to
the good, it were not, good, nor were
good then worthy of the preemincnce.
Thus doth hee make goodnefſe com-
bate
 Seneca theTragedian.
bate with his c6trarie;which contenti-
on endswith the excellecie ofhisjuflice
& wiſdom,hiswiſſdom in deſcrying by
this meanes hypocriſie ; his iuſtice, that
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vo
at the end of theſe warres, both parties
are made readiefor his ſentence, when
no excuſc or colour can mitigate or
darken his reward to the Vitor, and
puniſhment to the vanquiſhed, In the
time of life., againſt this oppreſsion
there is kardly any counſel to be giuen,
fince if he commeth to authoritie b
ſucceſsion or iuſt eleRion,itis not law-
full ro praRtiſe againſt him ; butif 0-
herwile, it is otherwiſe: and alife is
well ſold, that loofeth itin conſpiring
their ouerthrow : bur attayning it by
any of the two other meanes, howſo-
euer it prooues, hec muſt bee ſuffered :
for ſy' God hath appointed of the A-
nointed; and perhaps hce yfeth them,
for 2 ſcourge to the wicked, which hap
pens often, and then it is maeete : for it
ſeerns his peaſure is,thar
_ w—ſomtibus parent boni, Vpon
 Diſcour
ſesvpon
Vpon theſe verles,
=—Noſcere hoc promum decet:
Quid facere Vittor debeat,vitius _
Vaolenta nemo Imprria comtinuit du,
Aoderata durant.
oO

Va euery life, vnto cuery fortune

2 peculiar faſhion belongeth,
which whether it comes from the all
one working of fortune with all,and fo
the continuance and generality hath
made it cuſtome , or whether the alte-
ration brings with it an alteration of
behauiour,carrying in it ſelfe the aſpeR
fitting it (elfe;certaine it is, the world
hath beene long gouerned with cer-
taine ſet formes, which haue gone from
the father ro the Sonne; as the vanqui-
ſhed to loſe their mindes with their
fortunes,the Vitors to proclaime,
D uoacung, hbuit facere vitter licet. |
But how doth wiſedomes modera-
tion repine at this down-hill headtong |
courſe?ro what endexclaimes ſhe?Hath |
Nature giuen man reaſon,time, experi- |
ence,
 Seneca theTrazedian.
ence, fince he entertaines the changer
ofthe world, ſo ignorantly as if they
were ſtrangers to Fimbe falls not too
low, nor mounts not too dangeroufly
hie, whoſe reaſon and experience ma-
a) ried together, hath betweene them
brought forth their deftinated iflue,
b_—
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ling ſteps of hrmanity; this the vanqui-
ſher of fortune,& the true Counceller in
the managing all eſtates, — Noſcere
hoc promww decet.
Ifmanuall trades aske time and ex
perierice,to be expert in their faculties,
' needes muſt thoſe mindes that profeſle
the ſeruing of their colitries,with their
mindes haue a time of prentiſchood
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mended,or at the worl, there is butſo
much loſt: the effeAs of the mind can
hardlybce recalled , and if I
 Diſcourſes vpon ,
dangerous, Every man by theſtate
hee
. is borne in,may gefle in- what manner
he is to. do his country ſerifice,ſo ought
he toprepare himſelfe, eſpecially thoſe
nobly hifended which as they haue a
vreater portion of their countrey then
ordinary men,fo are they bound extra-
ordinarily to care for her preſeruation;
they are chicfe Actors vponthis ſage,
whoſe action if it doth not fit their part
whole part if forgotten or not learned,
the whole matter is diſgraced,&them-
ſelues more taxed then a Meſſenger or a
Mule,vpon whomfthe eycs of men have
ſoynonote,]t is thenthe office of a true,
ſcerner into things, not to vndertake
any place or office , in the managing
which,
he is yet ignorant , but to pre-
are himſelfe for that is likely tofollow,
' the firft l:flon of wiſedome is,
——Noſcere hoc pramum decet,
.Q nidfacere viflor debeat uiltus pati.
In generall, mercy belongeth to the
Conqueror;for ifthe fault be but ſlight,
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the conquered hath puniſhment
inough, to holde his life of any Lord
but God : beſides, his owne deſtinie is
vnknowne , which may come tothe
ſame point,
and then his clemencie may
procure him clemencie : more,it often
hapneth, commilerarion of the eſtate
of enemies hath conuerred them, and
made them pertc<t friends : heere then
the to be rigorous, were hisbwn loſle; v3
for there is no poſlefſion comparable
to that of friends. Bur particularly,
the cauſe of quarrell, the nature of the
people, their force, their diſtance muſt
produce the Viftors vie of his Con-
queſt, If they take vp armes being
SubicRs, and now become Rebels,ex-
ample mult teach them to know their
errours; ifa neighvour or confederate,
that hath committed treacherous a&ti-
ons, or proceeded contrarie to the Jaw
of nations ; rigour againe. If naw-
rally the people be. contentious, itisne-
ceflary to ſupprefle' their natures, with
7 Rr cut=

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 Diſconrſes pon
cutting off their ſtrength; iftheir forces
be apt toentice them to arms, to abate
their force, the cauſe of their intice=
ment ; if farre off, and yet meete to <S
ws
ak
p—

bee held in ſubiection, to remooue the

natural; likelyto practiſe, and to plant
Gouernours of tae Victors appoint-
ment, and to mingle the blood of the
Conquerours with the conquered, In
this firſt, the puniſhment muſt not ex-
ceede the offence, for then itis crucity:
forthe other, they mult bee accompli-
ſhed without much bloud, for the ſhed-
ding of blood without a verye iuſt
caulc, is inhumane. To threaten peo-
ple mult bee carefully ſhunned,for hee
thatgiueth his enewie deſperation, gi-
eth him a weapon more daungerous
then valure. From both rigour and
mercie, proccedc. great benefites toa
State, butthey mult bee vied according
to a Princes owne ftate; for if hee bee
yetto conquer them, his eſtimation of
clemencie ſofteneththeir ſpirits, and is
 Senees the Tragediay.
the only meanes to make them cow.
ards : ifalreadie in ſubieRion,their opi-
' nion of their Princes rigour keeperh
them in awe.
But Juſtice muſt reconcile this que-
ſion, of which, is molineceſlarie; for
by his warrant, to ſauce or kill is law-
full.

Vittns pati.

Aduerſitie hach no more to doe bur

this, a ſhort lcflon though hard, hard
through the cuſtome of ſympathizing
with our fortunes, a misfortune farre
more lamentable then the firſt; for be-
wayling then, drawes the minde to ar®
extreame baſeneſle, to an extream fol-
ly : for if our harmes be not paſt reco-
uery, yet was there neuer any helped
by this direion, many haue been de-
ſpiſed by this ; for from others there is
no aſsiſtancedrawn, except in the way
of charitie, which euery worthy nature
Rr 2 abherreth HpS
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 Diſcourſes pon
abhorreth ; but from the ſtrength
of
our owne either inward or outward
graces : the outward is alreadie loſt,
the inward loſt, if we bewaile the out-
wards loſe, which in the Victor flir-
reth vp cither contempt or pity , the
beſt of which in anoble minde is more
abhorred, then the worſt part of For-
tune, In the vanquiſhed, debarred
from all afſrRtance of outward things,
is there an opportunitie to ſhew their
owne worth, more then in any other
time ; for hee is then ſeperated from
thoſe things, that are woont to make
disfigured Monſters to looke hand-
fomely : though there bee a triall in
The moderation of high fortunes, yet
is ita thing much more caſte, it com-
meth nor fo neere the quicke : for hee
that endureth famiſhing without alte-
ration, hath a greater part of vertue,
th-n hee that commeth from a feaſt
withoura ſurfet,parience being a more
ſubſtanriall part of Vertue , then tem- LH
©.
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perance : this is left him, which ſhould

| | procure
 Seneca the Traceann
procure both patience and comforr;
the cxerciſe of the minde being to bee
referred much aboue the eaſe of the
odie, This meditation,'with a minde
iudicially determining -what ought to
be done, not what is moſt ordinarily
done, cannot chooſe but learne him in
calamitie, to weare that part with as
much caſe as hee did the other : the
firength of the minde is able to doe
more then'this, whoſe power, whole
worth, whoſe abilities, wee are igno-
rantand ſodeſtitute of, withfollowing
the beaten way of the idle vulgar,
Violenta nemo Imperia continuit din,
Aod:rrata durant. |
No extreame continueth ; an ordi-
nance of natures , to {uppreſſe conſpi-
racies,
formight the force of violence
continue, her faire worke would ſoone
bee confounded : ſhe hath giuen limits
to all things, and to all things courſes
ficting their natures, which gone be-
yond , and able to ruane on, would
TH beget
 Diſcourſes vpon
beget a new Chaos, turning all things
from their owne natures; there would Dh
h

be nothing, for combating againlt one

another,and ſetting their torces one a-
eainft another; the Victor would con-
vert all things to his owne nature, and
that would deftroy nature, whoſe glo-
rie is the multiplicitie of her infiru-
ments,and the'working them with one
another, Much more dangerous is it PA
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in men, whoſe reaſon is able to reſiſt

violence,and more fIrongly,whoſe rea-
ſon teacheth them to abhor violence.
The fiate of a Prince is vpheld by his La
o

ſubie&ts opinion,hisMaiefly begetteth

reuerence, ſo-long as his power fitteth 5
t
it ſelfe to juſtice ; his Royaltie main-
tained, ſolong as they find his wiſdom
and vertue gouetnes him, and he them
in peace:nothing afſiſteth another, that
is not againe by that aſſiſted, The vio-
lence among(t men is tyrannie, an hu-
mour begotten between ſelfe-Joue and
ipnorance ; it reſembleth ſelfc-loue
in
 Seneca the.Tragedian.
In prizing his owne fafetic aboue the
Hues or loues of his ſubieRts ; like ip-
norance, in fetching tke meanes of his
3
Swe
(US ſafetie from falſe grounds,an humor of
all humours the moſt vnſafe and moſt
diſpleaſing:for he is not ſafe, when he
is ſafe,
hisminde thinketh then of dan-
ger and treaſon, & for the bodies fafe-
tie without the minds, it little helpeth,
for the mind giueth quiet to the bodie, %
not the bodie to the minde ; moſt dif-
pleaſing it is, for it diſpleaſeth the
whole world, and with the world him- 1
ſelfe,for he raileth no contentment out
of his courſe, and that difpleaſeth,that
goeth without content:ment.
No State of this nature continueth :
if the Turkiſh Gouernment be enfor-
ced againſithis Axiome, it may be an-
{wered,It isa tyrannie,that gocth maſ-
ked vnde religion : for were it fo na-
ked, as the people might behold, they
{ſuffer by the bloudy hand of crueltie, 2

without the allowance of God, and

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that his actions were altogether vn-
lawfull, foone would that State bee Py
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brought within the compaſle- of this
Axiomec,no violence continucth, x
| —{ Megerata durant.
The whole world is vphelde by mode-
ration,fromtbe higheſt to the loweſt,
eſpecially man is beholding to her ; for
without her helpe,of all other, he is the
mol? deteſtable creature :without mo-
deration, affeftion conquers reaſon;
without moderation, the wit of man
qwil ſeru a wrong malter: without mode
ration,che body will rebcll againſi the
ſoule ; without moderation the ſoule
ycelds to the body;in a word vnmode-
rated, both ſoule and body periſheth.
This is ſhee that makes the diſtintion DSS
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betwixt vertue and vice;this is ſhe, that
makes courage valour , that without
smoderation would be anger , and then
fury;this is ſhe, that ſeparateth iuſtice, ©
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and cruelty;prouidence, from feare;
power , from tyranny ; maieſlic , from
pride:
 Seneca the Travedian.
pride : thisisſhe that keepeth tempe-
rance from (taruing her ſelfe,thrift from
couetouines, humility from baſeneſle;
this is ſhe that tempereth , and keepeth
in frame the whole frame of the world,
without whom violence and extreames
her contraries, would ouerthrow and
ruine all. Thus much owe wee to mo-
uw
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God, if wee would facrifice a ſerious
meditation to her excellency, our aQti-
ons would thriue the better: for no
man is wiſe nor vertuous,nor anythiug
worth, without moderation ; thus age
hath preeminence ouer youth: for their
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O ſubieR is the conſiitution of man
to follow the peruerſe counſel of his
body,as the obiect of his ſoule ; vertue
is calledhard,the bodies corrupt fatis-
faQion,pleaſure; weighed downe with
the groſnes of which, his aſcention to
the (tarres, to worthines, to heauen,
is difficvlty : ſo ouer ballanced are the
excellent defignes of the foule,with the
body and his aftections;but accounting
of this difficulty,as it rightly ought,and
as wee arc content in other things,
which haue efteeme for their rarcneile,
ſcarfity,and hard obtaining , and more
for this , then for themlclues bearing
price,itſhold not make the port of ver-
tue vnfrequented, it ſhould not wither
our indeuors, but rather harten our ſoils
& mak<e vs ſhoot vp, with the meditati-
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heauen;vice,theecarth and a- heauines,
finking and fill falling downeward :
from vertue we receiue two wings to
mount with, pleaſures refiſtance; ver=
tue applycd:from vice,two clogs,ſloth, }
and appetite;hcererelts the happineſle
and vnhappines of man, here reftt&e di-
ficulty of our exaltation, for neu ef ad
aſtramollis e terrus wia.
This body of vertue, which is the
harueſt of a wel-cnded life,is no other-
wiſe obtained , but by obeying the
ſoules connſell, whole diuine eflence
beholdech no other thing ,vvith con-
tentment, but vertue : tor neucr was
there ſoule ſo corrupted by comrauni=
cating with the body,asnot to offer me
good inſtructions, the fault hath bin in
the bodies ditobedience:for otherwiſe
vertue would be as fait fixed to man;
as life. The (irength of the beſt and
largeſt vaderſianding, is. too- weake
and too ſhort to incompaſie the fall
and exact lincaments of vertue :-wee
knoxw her,rather by ker contrary, then banked

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by her ſelfe : we neuer ſaw the picture
offortitude to the life ; wee neuer ſaw
temperance well placed, but cowardiſe
and exceſſe haue made imagination
geffe at vertue, with thinking he alto-
gether vnlike vice, Well may I then not
doubt of pardon, if Imifle in the deci-
phering this fanctified peece, who am a
man,and yong ; by both ſtates full y-
nough of errors and miſpriſion, eſpeci-
ally,the lalt,the ftrengrh of whoſe af-
fections, if they carry him violently
our of the way,is by cuſtome made ve-
nial. Then am I not compelled to work
aboue my ſtrength, who already haue
confeſſed my weakenefle : my puuerty
cannot tel you of acts, but of thoughts,
theſe papers are no Chronicles that
prooue certainely, but like Kalenders
that goe by gefle : I haue thought of
vertue,and this yerſ{e hath reviued that
meditation, of which in generall I' will
ſay ſomething. This onely ſubſtantial
pecce ofall things,poſlible to be com-
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preheded & poſſeſſed by man,was once

goodnes, when' goodnes was vnlabo-
red excellency:but when the heauen
fire infuſed , was quenched by earthly
concupiſcence, it became then labori-
ous and painefull ;with the change of ſ
our ſtate the Ancre-hold of man was
tranſlated out of goodnes into vertue,a
word expreſſing a poſſibility rather the
a poſlefſhon of grace. Vertue is not then
like the fortune of elder brothers,
whoſe patrimony falleth to them by
ſucceflion without further care , bur -
like yonger brothers ſtates, they muſt
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bodies pleaſure, to obſcrue his ſatisfac-
tion aboue any thing, is not the way,
this is cuery day to fall : bur he that af-
pireth to this flight to the ſtarres, muſt
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to purifie and make apt his groſle in-
cloſure of earth. Non eft ad aſtra
molly e terris via. In times palt, when
 + Diſcourſes vpon
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diſcouered , but their eleions drew
their force rather from a gallant induſ-
trious inclination ,ther' from grateful-
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the hope ofetervity;yet cuen then they _—

magnizied nor dcified none, but men

famous for atchiuements, orprofitable
inventions. Thus came the multiplici-
ty of the heathen gods, moſt of whom
were {o excellent,either in chinalry, or
in managing the ſtate of peace,as draue
thcir countrymen betweene the eftects
of admiration and vratefulnes, to pro-=
claime them gods, Thus Iupitegwho,
doubtleſſewas an excellent fouldier;
thus Bacchws, for tinding out the vie of
the \Wine;whoſe meanes though wee
haue ſported with many impurations,
no doubt they were extraordinary men
ofqualitic, whom the people of theſe
times made gods,though the Poets of
after ages made one a lecher, the other
adrunkard:butthart was not their faulr «a
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but a fault of the idlenes of Poeticall
faacies.Fromtheſe may de ſcene, thar
morall yertuesare not to be obtayned,
without the imployment of the minde
& body, layſines the pug brother
'of
idlenes,is one of the burthens of impe-=
diment,the ſoule is of too fine & quick
a mettall,to loue doing nothing ; ſhee
mv{t haue employment,otherwiſe ſhee
wil grow dul & heauy, & like priſoners —_
thact are debarred exerciſe, far and vn-
weildſome : in many things doth the
ſoule follow the bodies inclination , e-
uen asthe cie ſecth by the afſiftance of
a ſpeAacle, whoſe glaſſe,iffalſe, the eye
cannot fee truely; ifthicke, myllily: the
body by cheriſhing groweth not ablez *
bur Jike a pampered horſe, ſhort win=
ded,purfie,& vnſcruiceable, whoſe or-
ganes by this meanes growe vnapt to
performe their funQions , and the ſonle
depriued of ſhewing her dexterity, like
2 houſe vnhabired , grow«th deſolate
and ruinous,
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obſerued, recompenſeth her obſerucr, -
with amore large increaſe, then har-
j ueit doth the husbandman.
So for the firſt iourney to vertue,
there cannot be a truer way appointed,
then the ſubieRing the body , and gie
ving the ſoules motions liberty: for the +
, foule by cheriſhing flouriſheth,the bo-
{ dy cheriſhed,decayeth.
' Now of the wings enabling our
flight, the firſt is pleaſures refiſtance,
not the true pleaſure, but a wrong con-
ceiued:for the hope of the true , is the
life of all good actions , and atMl men
. |liue by the meditation of the obtay-
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And the maine difference of. vertue
and vice,that maketh.the one worthy
of imbracement, the other. of refuſail,
js vertues continuance in pleaſurczvices
ſodainc conuerfioninto dolour ad ca
lamitie, FOO Oy OT VERY
I cannot deny,but the alle ſolici,
tors for vice our ſenſes, bring a kind of
leaſure with their ſatisfaction; but ſo
ſhort it is,as every man, knoweth how
ſubie& ro end this ſurferting plealure
with griefes and, vexations., It is:the
ermanency ofpleaſure the,that makes
it worthy, which, though ic commetti
vnto ysnot by any immediate meanes,
we. mult not therefore refuſe, for.ſa
commeth allthinges tq.man ; which.js ®
thecauſe chat the life of,man muſt bee "I
laborious and painefull: for -{o are.
all |
things,that muſt vſe. ſecond and third
meanes;, for obtaining the firſt, ,and
chiefe. We reckon of Philitions, be.
cauſe the.end of them is health:of Laws +
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Sonldiers,
forthey purchaſe peace, Let
vs thinke thus
of vertue, and wee ſhall
be yerruous; temperance firſt aſpe&t is
n ot to be valued”, nor his abRtinence;
bur that the end of his abſtinence g1-
ueth pleaſure a Jonger continuance,
then appetite fatisfaction : to this end
Fortitude embraceth perill and paines,
that he may receive a contentment,
more full inScottiouel then a daſtar-
ly idlenefle:this is the reaſon of vertues
prohibition, becaufe ſhe would giue vs
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pleaſure and happineſſe more laſting
and ſolide:who then will not reftraine
the hnmorous wiſhes of vice, ſince by
that meanes hee ſhall obraine vertue,
and with her eternall contentment.
Bur yet hath; man gotten) bur one
wing, with which though he can flic-
ker,and hop, yet can hee nor flye : for
himſelfe, he hath enough to ſerue his
kurne,but he is borne to ſociety, and to
helpe others; to performe which , his
Sther wing is appointed , yertues ap-
4m plica-
 Seneer the Tragedian.
plication;this is the wing of ſplendor;
the other is profitable; 10 are the de-
fones for a mans ſelfe;but this leanerh
to the good of others, -andis therefore
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| commendable, 0g 7:* |
Who applyeth himſelfe ro his coun-
trey,with a mind applying all things to
vertue,he is ſo worthy, as nothing ori-
ginally of the world more worthy: firſt
he behokdeth the ſtate of the diſftrefled,
he redeemeth that, for commilerations
ſake:N=xt, he vieweth the liues of his
countrymen, whoſe fwaruing crooked-
nes he amenderh, both by counſell and
examplc: Laſtly,he beholdeth forraine
Stares, with the eye of preuention, that
no/inuafions,inchrochings, or confpi- *'
rades,difiurbe the ſafery of his Com-
cAavealth,
1call this laft, becauſeT
willwnder theſe three heades, mention _
whar Ithiake, not doubting of many #
morereſpedts that belong to this life,
norinforcing any man to irs e, that E
theſe three comprehend the ſumme of, =
; Sſ2 = then.
 Diſcourſes pon
their duties; butthus ſhall iny ſleighr
touch of theſe paſſe his iourny, |
Tocommiſerare the diftrefled eſtate
of others, needs no great perſwaſion,
| for all good natures bring it with them
from their cradles ; but T knowe not
how, great fortunes, and high-eſtates,
ſoalter the difpoſitions of men, as it
deſerueth a remembrance; for nothing
is more common, then the proſperous
to deſpiſe the diſirefled, This commi-
{eration hath two meanes of perfor.
ming his funion; to heipe the oppreſ-
ſed byviolence of men ; and the op-
preſſed by the malignitie of fortune :
theformer is juſtice, the laſt charitie. In
this firſt oucht there to bee a freedome
giuen to Suitors, to enter both into
vour gates and preſence ; mee thinkes
there cannot bee a more vnin{{ courſe,
then to profeſſe iuſlice, and to denie
ſuitours their preſence, How can hee
know the griefes of men without hea-
ing their complaints ? Who —_—_—
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his place, vnlefle readie to heare the
diftrefſedsperitions ? Bur theſe doe c-
uill, Who will doe well, let him giue
readie audience, and as ready diſpatch,
without any other reward,then the re-
membrance of his good deede; with
this hee muſtbe carctullof his ſeruants,
left his authoritie and their. couetoul.
nefle diſpoile not the poore, and- make
chem buy iuſtice at a deere rate.
For Charitie, ic befitterh weell
the life of abundance to hauc recourſe
hither, but how to difpoſe gifts, that
they may rightly deſerue the name of
Charitie, is the dithculty.It is nochari-
tic to giue {o violently as may wall the
maine of an cliate ;but what may bee
ſpared, by cutting off ſuperfluous delis
cates and outward pompe, to conuert
this to the poore diltreflzd ourcalis of
fortune, is true charitie. I like nor of
fealting thoſe that areable to fealt mee
avgaine,nor to keepe a table foralcome
mers: it is better to giue,one his dinugt
that knowes no: elſewhere to
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rhen twenty able to anſwere feaſt with
feaſt, 1] have often inueighed-agamft
our Engliſh ſecond courſes, which kill
many with ſurfeits, whiles ;as many
ftarne at their gates with famine:I can-
not thinke of an Honourabler eſtate,
then to haue much,andyetto live tem-
perately, depriuing themſelues of ex.
cefle to ſupply the wants of others,
which dive. whoſoeuer ſhall cater-
txife, ſhall encreaſe his vertue, keep his
bodie from diſcaſes , and his fortune
fromenuie, ;
To make his Country-men worthy
of enioying their countrey, and meete
topreſerue it,there aretwo meanes,re-
wards and puniſhment. 1 ſpake lately
of charitie, which is to giue them al.
together in want ; I ſpeake now of li-
beralitie, which is to giue to them rick
im vertues, bur poore in wealth: bur to
giue gifts as we vſc now adaies in hope
vf a greater, belongeth. neither to libe-
Igſitte nor charitie, |
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 Seneca the Tragedian.
Me thinks it becommeth Magiſtrates
to haue an cie aſwell to thoſe of deſerts
and to cheriſh them, as to bee inquiſi-
tive about offenders and their puniſh-
ment .It is not thus,and that it is nor, I
thinke hath beene the greateſt cauſe of
the decay of vertue : for by this neg-
leR, vertue hath lott one of her means
of perſwaſion, and many worthy ſpi-
rits haue runne out their Jiues ynpro-
fitably.
I poſleſſe as little of vertue, as the
moſt beggerly in that commoditie; yet
did I neuer ſce any limme of her body,
but I was enamoured of it. How much
it would raiſe the ſpirits of wortby fel-
lowes, and lift vp declining vertuc, to
haue great men lend them goud looks,
and withall to diſplace Buftoones, flat-
terers,. and vuprofitable pleaſures of
great charge, and to conuert that to
their vſc, the proofe will be better. be-
leeued thenI; yet in my opinion, this
man ſhould bco as profitable
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countrey,as the moſt vigilant, turning
his eyes to ſome other care.
For puniſhment, the Phiſicke of a
Stare, i ought with as mach regard
to bee looked into, as this former,
they are indeede to goe arme 'in
arme : of this part of juſtice fince the
dire& meane is hardly to be obtained,
I hold him the beſt Stateſ-man, that
leaneth rather to ſeuerity,then to much
lenicie ; for example, the vie of iuftice
dorh nothing ſo much harm with ſome
frict executions,as with letting offen-
ders eſcape without puniſhment : Law
is the Load-ftone, whereby iuflice ſai-
lth, and nuſt bee kept in a venerable
accompr: itthe crimes procuring them
——

bee but light, and not likely to im-

paire the Common-wealth much, it is
beter not to ſee them, then ſeeing
them, to ler them eſcape :for there is
not amore dangerous and diſgrace-
fall thing to a Common-wealth, then
toinakelawes,and then ſuffer them to 4.
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he vnprofitable without execution. For
forreine eſtates,their force, the natures
ofthe managers of thoſe forces, giueth
wv
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qu the ei of preuention the ſ{ureſt mdge-
ment; if their forces bee of roo great
ftrength, and to their firength added a
BW
is wiſe gouernour, there is molt danger x
if theſe meet not, no great peril: when
they doe,the breeding the ſame jealou-
fie in other bordering Countreys that
your ſelfe conceiues, is a meanes like-
ly to make your ſtrength able to en-
counter him, bur before this time it had
beene meete to hauc toreſcen this Can-
ver, there being no ſurer meanes to
preuent forrein inuaſions,then to keep _

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more low flyzth.my conceit,and tothie
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which it may be,my ſight can carry le-
uel as far as need requireth;burin theſe
thinges I am altogether purblind,
Now eſt ad aftira molly e terrss via.
It is not by the way of a downebed,
ſoft clothing,and delicacy;much more
on the right hand lyeth the way to hea
uen: which though thoſe tender tra-
uellers,thar ſhape their courſe through
ſenſuality, call hard,is not therefore to
beſhunned:for the obtayning ſer apart
which we allow painefull in the attay-
ning the ſlcighte{tmyltery , it is not
hard, but catic and a th, loyned
with ſuch a contentment and fatisfacti-
on,as is paſtthe power of any peunes
expreſſing for it can be knowneg nei-
ther by words nor any reſemblance,
but onely it ſclfe is able to expreſle it
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Yu giddy lightneſle, the vnreſol--
& ved motions, the vnſicady fraile
buildings of humane aQtions: fo fly, ſo
ſtagger,ſo ere, as no maruaile , ifthe
V_—_—
wI worke- which alwaies reſembles the
craft s,mans skil,be fuil of vncertaine-
ties and wauerings:for how can weak.
nes mannage matters of ſtrength? or
why ſhould tirength be blamed , if hee
produceth not wiſedome, fince nature
to preuent monſters, hath appointed e-
uery thing,to beget things of his own
likenes ? I cannot call the actions of
men monſters, though monſtrous : for
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Though we confift ofa ſoule as well ag
4 body,though his part be fo great in
vs,as by it onely we moue, liue,and vn-
derftand,though he bc full of diuinitie,
and loaden with the riches ofthe place
from whence he came;yet ſo much doth
the iffuc of theſe two reſemble the bo.
dy,as al our actions are called humane;
a word exprefhiag frailtie and death,
That they are thus called, and called fo
by their owne deſerts, proceedeth not
from neceſſity , nor can I fay in al,
through the malice of choice , bur
through the want of examining .and
weighing our intendments , thelight-
eltof which are of ſo much weight, if
they were duely reckoned of, the gra-
neſt and lighteſt, fo nere of our kinred,
_ andal ſoreadyrto lay open themfelues,
Fqueſtioned withby a confiderat indg-
Ment;as letting them paſſe thus carc-
kfly,ſhewes vs co be both vahtaturall
dynwiſe : for might the ſoulc bec
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laſtingaconſtitution , as. they. ſhould
be no longer called humane, bur diuine
actions. rh
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Fortunaregit.
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rightly called humane, here,is ;the reae
ſon; fortuhe-vouernes them 2 which
woord.though the fancy of Poets hath
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and a goddefle,
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defle;nok adeperated-eſlence: for.the
are mYlipns of fortunes, yea as many as
there are; tnen,cucry man his owne:for»
tync;but the word exprefſeth chaiinee,
andby ;chaurce wee are gouerned, for
ſo muſt they needes bee that allownot
their defzgnes | apy an without
order: it ,4$. a ſhift. to ſet. vp. fortune,
and the.impuration of fortunes prepo{-
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obic deſlinated 'ro their finRions,
without all 'choice or regard :ſo ſuffer
we our {elues to ingroſle the comman-
dements of luft'and appetite, to em-
brace everything that they ſee, and to
devour poylon, ſo it promiſeth bur
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may:for ſuperfluouſly taking the 'Sur-
uey. of things; not- penetrating the
depth, we neuer taſ{ of any thing but
theſcumme androp of things, : Hence
comethe cxclarndtions of 'the'warld,
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gifts blind,bythe meanes of the obtai-
ning, which is by aduenture;or ray
meane them blinde, in reſyeR of ther
impotent inſufficiencies; for ſo exami-
ned ſtraightly,muſt I corfefle theſe ie-
wels of the world to bee , fince-they
bring but themſelues, not their vſe, in
which conſifts the true ſpirit of the
worthineſle of things. Alas poore man,
how art thou decciued, that ſends thy
mind to attend theſe things,that ought
to be the attendants of thy mind? for
what's thy vſe of theſe things, without
a mind? and that thow haſt rot, for al.
ready it is conuerted into this drofle;
the ficknes of which ſurfer,is the =
wracke ofthe minde,vpon theſe roc
of earth, they difloluing the” ſubſtanti-
all-bsdy of humanity into licentiou{-
nefle,the pride raiſed from the opini-
on of wealth, prodipalities, looſeneſſe,
couetouſhes,cxtortion .Ir is meethere
alſo to tell thoſe weake eſtimations,
that glory in thoſe blinde giftes thar.
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into the vncertaine {ca of opinion , by
their blinde and doting election;
Perora fourns.
Its nomaruaile, ſince cuery thing
halleneth to the connexion of his own
kind,& thus earth to earthly minds;burt
that{pirit is of a more true ftampe , that
enuies & miſlikes, that the world is in-
groſled by theſe : both I miſlike and la-
m<tzfor not out of a mind that; contens
becauſe he cannot obt aine,bureuen fo
-neare.truth as to ſpeake what Ithinke,
Ihold humane. proſperity , the coyne
+ | ;Aurrant with ourmortall {tates,no.nea-
.rergoodnes, or happines,then huelcſle
things, whoſe motions belong .to'our
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a\Stage to the Commedians, ,which
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namg,making them apt for the eyes of
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V takes of the-glirtering barks
of men;what honor ſocgerthe daſc-infe
riorscalt ypon greatnes, with what pace
ſocatrhe weadeth, or: with-v hat pomp
foeuer hegoeth,yctis heimortall, ſub-
4eQto tune fdubicit to defite;ſubie4o
errors, fubie&to alltheancidents, mnei- .
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wer ſocorifidently to be trufled,;
as }
. ning yponthar pillar,the warres of the
worldcannot ftire vs ? Who velceueth
ſo,let him dehold Troy, let him behold
. Prieen;let hiin behold Helter,Citics arc
too weake to reſiſt rnine; Principai
notable to ſhunne the miſerable. part
of calamitic; Valure made thebouhol
ofthe Conquerer; Which examples if
eirher by age thought weake, 'or by
paſſing throngh the handes of aPoet,
a fition:let it ſerae to ſtirre vp our me- a
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6f theſe kindes more frefh, andto our
: knowledge more ſure, |
- Altthethingsof this world, bein -|
but the ſeftants-of the body, and the
bodieof the foule, how baſe are they,
7 that flie their 6wne authoritie , and
- ISS ſeruants to their | ſernants
S .- feruanga& howfooliſhare they that wil
7 *. make gheſe things deſtinated to this '2
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then mans life,to ac
countthe needfull helps; of ——
bodice, mmortall? theerrone-
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things aboue allrelpeRs3 cede-
grees ofthe world , henenbo yeaſts.
ment 'oftheir{oule,ſettingvppower
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the puritze of a.pood conſci-
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zol honour, 'aboue reall; the applauſe of
; if men, before the allowance of vertue;
by the hodic, 3boye the ſoule; villanie,
et, aboue goodnellc; confuſion , aboue
16- | tranquilitie, ; -
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Whole thoughts ſocuer ſhoors fo
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wil | his eflate,truthin his ſubies,nor
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fphnentt16h abthoritic: forpeace and
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eriginall from 'no- other ground; 'but
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trich in his fortans,fince hiwſetf is the
example of the contrarie? and m—_—
cin forbid thoſe meane fates the
lowing tlic courſes of theit Governor;
admonition &puniſhment-neuct pre«
vailing ouer example. Laſtly, the quiet
the ©mih@ iSnot within the cottpaſſe
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this with an ambitious humour, it ſwel-
| Ieth him; and at laſt burfis him 2>bue
| meeting witha diſcreet modeſtie,hee
4 Kknoweth from whence ir commeth,
and returgerh i thither again. The loue
of the people deſerucd, and in their
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of their loue, but -his ſhewing them
greatneſſe,jriss dangerous, Princts hate
c6petitors, and popularitic in ſubieQs
ſeems tobandy with the Prince in pow
er,of whichif Princesbe ſuſpitious;&
ca remouethe cauſe ofheir 4
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his owne health,”to Af theſe-perfor-©
mances, hee ſhouldentirle-his Prince,
andby allmeanes draw the people ta
acknowledge, from him onely com-
merh al their 'good & preſeruatias thus
ſhall the ws thePrince and
the people grow firm, from which iſſu-
eth the flouriſhing of a State; of which
hee hath not onely part, but withalbre-
ceiucth the: commendations tue: to.a
ſpeciall limmeof o faire abodie,
{No lefſe muſt theſc beware, of let-
ting their ptcterments out-runne their
deferts; Princes will growe wearie of
,cothemthat are (ill begging,
- arid wharſoener their bounties bee;yet
/ - | Erhinkeas Phifitions of blood-etting,
3 -ooeadg4 mkes, with that that.is
ſaperfluous, ſome of the vicall parts;
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| thcir gifts,gocth ſome of their
| > Joue, and the more that 1s taken, the
Ee O = xy abated: with this,
degrees
 Senoea theTragedhav.
degrees of honour mul} bemoderated;
whatſocuer you may haue,muſtnot be
reckoried, 'but what: isfie:-if. ſprung
fromaprogeny lately baſe'& obſcure,
high humours muſt by allmeanes bee.
ſhunned;.howſoeucr borne, ;'the fafe
riſing, isleaſurely'andby-degrees,ſo as
4 bigh fortune may not ſeeme'firange;
agba wondered at by the world,
When yqu make any ſuiss;40 Con-
ſider, whether it may not: he; offenſiue
to many, forinſuch ſuits there; is greas
lofſe and danger ; a/ modetation in
mn courteſie ;father for- courte- .
fies ſake then-your owne, and fill en+ #>&
ding all ations with your-face turned - 4
to-your Prince , doing good to-the
common-wealth, but defrring reputa+ K.
tion from no bodie-but , your; Souc+ .__ 2
raigne: howſocuer common-men,that -
| know nothing before. effected, are go- i” >
uerned by the enent of things, yetmuſi
2 indiciall Stateſ-man not
- build!/his
counſels vpor theſe conditions : that | |
cCangerous reſalutionspraipered onee,FN
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bility muſthe produce his aduiſe,
and fitting vpon his foundation, how-
oeverie Ria our;heis free of a de-
ferucd imputation:for man cannot di-
uine what end followeth beginning,
the neareſt is a likelyhood, which ma
faile without his fault;for ro x
not to'conclude,isthe deftiny of man,
To bewareof Counfclling any thing
zendingtoinnouation, ifthe profit 0-
ver-valuerh not the danger,the thoghts
of thewvulgar, thac gocth. no further
commonly then whar they feel and ſe,
the narrowneſie 'of whoſe diſcourſe ,
brings them nor acquainted with any
thing that they are not daily conuer.
fane with , vrrerly miſlike chonges of
umporrance, theythar donot, itmakes
thero delight -inthem too much , and
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not looking vpon any thing withſo
true adehire of. welbwiſhing , as vpon
our countrey and Princeg”': 1 |
Thus ſhartlyingenerall; ofparticu-
lars to mention all, wabld be too tedi-
ous ; to inention- forhe without: the
whole,zwould bothe pourtraiture ofra
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uerfitie,begets deſpaire,ſo dv our fraile
thoughts fit euery late with corrupt i- |
inations :: from no fortune” is the
tranquilitie of themind produced ; the
minde/manaygeth , obeyeth not the OTE
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mon opinion that accompanieth-fond
defires of determining, if the imagined
good werebbrayned, wee ſhould bee
ppy and at pexce,is ſo far from” truth
as with nothing ſo much -fatisfation,
we behold thingsin our powerzas they
far off, which we cannot reach with our
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how fooliſh isthis-choiee;; tirice wirh-
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arenet to beinioyed? for wrongs and
oppreſſion would fooneconfound me.
am & tnums: For no lawes of man , not
eſteemed depending vpon the law of
God,can bekeptvnuiolable :it is not
uue chartheraics of this lightare one-
lyrefletedvpon our ſoules': no ſure,
made bath body and-ſoule , arid
harh a care of
both: for ſuchare all the
| commandements giuen toman , as the
beft Politician for the vpholding Come
mon-wealths, cannot imagine rules
more proficable and ſafe, - There is no
fortune that can 'ftand without reg.
on,and withouta veneration and feats
| ofthe Diuirte powers ;the Totietics of
men willperiſh, yea, cuetredery man;
{ for 'were his thoughts able'to! ye'no
further then this life, the ſtoppe would
confound his vnderftanding”, which.
now though burin me hat he
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things ape to
bodetheke Bron?Nothing can rooe
ſand their obftinacies;for the corrupt
humour raignes, andreaſon is deſpiſed:
the negle& of whom, and the beleefe
oftheother is credulitie,, a ligbt truſt,
vnacquainted with judgement, Thus
the truſſ given ro the world and For=
tune, whoſetranſitorineſſe ,though all
the coumſellers and rulers ofour mor-
tall enderſtandings teflific and explain
can wefind contentment and plea-)
ure in their poſſeſſion, a diutini»
Eo =ee / yaaand they
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CE Cen men of x high-
eſt ercAcd States haue dyed, and ſome
of them moſt miſerably, ir auayles nor:
Laſily , though our owne experience
ſeeth death and deſtrution ruinating
all things,and all men, yer will wee nox
3. belecue but there is pleaſure and
contentment inthe giftes of fortune,
credulouſly giuing credit to the baſe
perſwaſion of our affeRions,

Animinng, rebus cr1dulum letis d dit.

ESPRYT
Mirth,
310
leaſure,and toy, differ much
A the credulity that theſe
—=
things are precious & of worth , mirth
[I
2 may beferched:Fom their vſe pleaſure;
ſo may mirth and pleaſure {-rue honeſt
mafters,for they are ruled by their go=
yernours; but ioy will not bee abuſed, Tai
>

nor euer attend any thing not trueiy

and indecede precious : then cannot
the lightnefſe of theſc beget ioy, who, | _—_

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and pleaſure they may : bur they are
pricelefle things,accompanyed with as
much mutability and tranſitorinefle as
, theirprocurer,
Me Videat5 10 TYemmmmmmm
OW
Behold two mothers, rich in theſe
poſſeſſions , in the ſmall fpace of tenne
yeeres made the moſt miſerable : be-
hold Heeuba,aprinceſle , in oryeud
made happy,with hauing magnificence
and principality,accompanied with her
youth:in her age poſlefled of mortall
immortallity , of all the graces that
raigne in man,in a ſmall ſpace , in lefle
then a moment reſpeing Eternity,
throwne from this eſteemed height,
- and made neither princefle nor mother
4 thus Troy, the famoulſcſt Citie of the
& 4, worldmoftabounding,defaced and ru-
E © jnatedandleftdeſolateof all but blood
and aſhes :this the vngouerned flattery
— of greatneſle procured: here is powers
F.. common generation, begetting ſenſua- .

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whoſe tranſitorinefle and cauſe of diſk
ſolution, be it a fiction, yet may we ga-
ther here. -
Non wnqan tulit
Decumenta fors maiora quam
fragililyco
Starent ſuperb
Since the mutability of the world is
ſ\uch,and that the world could not bee
a world,nor ſtand, were ſhe not ſupply-
ed by the tranſitorinefle of things , re-
ſoluing one thing into another : how
can our opinions bee ſo forcible, as to |
hold any of this rancke deare or preci= bo
ous?nay,how ſo monſtrous, as to per- Z
{wade ys to pride; a vice full of the
moſt dangerous effects? for to greatnes - be
it procureth hatred; to meane eſtates M
deriſion; to none ſafety : a lazy affeQi-
on,that taketh no pleaſure, but within
doores : a priceleſle aftection , for it is
currant with nonebut eur ſclues: an ef--
feminare affeion, for it is til looking' 8 *%
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affeftion,making vs vnſociable,and our
conuerſarion loathſome,
Standing in this vncertaine ſtate,
who would not gouerne and prepare
himſelfe fit for another ? This cannor
pride;for his lofty behauiour and fliffe
rebellious thoughtes cannot nimbly
ſhift-the fall of fortune : is is therefore
a vice of all others to be ſhunned. For
beſides it is a finne,and ſo contrayry to
goodnefle; and being contrary, muſt
needs be offenſfiuc,in this world it is al-
fo dangerous, ſe]dome going without
puniſhment and difiruction. {

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ner to himſelfe , are to bee choſens
which-hardly ſhall hee end before his
courſe be ended: fo much is there to be
read in himſelfe,. and about himſelfe.
Farre other wiſe hath it. happned with
ſome mindes , who thirſty ynough of
knowledge, haue fixed ther indirected
Leppes vpon artes vnprofitable , conſi-
dering the ſhortnes of our lives, whoſe
ſviftneſle giues vs warning to enter- .
taine the moſt profitable and ſooneſt
digeſted knowledges, both which are
things belonging to life otherwiſe we
may fall into their errors, that die good
Aftronomers,and euill men, Three are
the knowledges deſtinated to our vie,
the knowledge of our-{elues,the know
ledge of our fortune,the knowledge of
our countrey,when by the {mart of cx-
perience, for by counſellor good incli.
nation few attaine to it, neither is it ſo
much worth, for that. of counſell hath
too light an impreſſion, goodinclinatiy ©” 8
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ſuch as are of a dull heauy difpoſition:
but when expezience hath made vs feel
how ſubie& our courſes are to errors,
the beſt meanes is vnpartially to make
our heads take account of otir daies
progreſſions:this euery day,fo ſhal not
the number of our vices confound our
memories,and make the account diffi.
cult , - nor ſhall this age make them
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flrong and hardto vanquiſh , the be-.

ginning of things beeing within the
compaſle of curing , their continuance
incurable. Arno time is this Audit to
be better caſt yp, then when the dayes
circuit is finifhed:for in the Sunnes pre-
ſence, the conſcience dealeth not fo
forcibly with our offences , bur night
worketh vpon guiltinefle, and in darke-
nefſe the terror of an euill life is beſt
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finne commonly moſt remore, a time
yeelding the right opportunitie for a-
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f
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 SenecatheTragedien
dent tothar pleafire,is the true time of
conuerhan.
In this ſearch and examination of
our {elues,wemuſt beware of miſtak-
ing things:a thing carefully to bee re-
carded,fince louing our ſelues,and rich
in the commodities of names, we ſeeke
not to ſhelter cruelty in iuftice, coue-
touſnes in thrift , cowardice in' proui-
dence;this flattery of our {clues is like
the medicines of wandering Empy-
rickes, which cure not,but reſpit paine;
which time expired,
the paine and dan-
er is doubled, neither muſt we let the
Piceſſe blindfold vs; it'is an ionorant
account that is taken at the ende of
things : with the beginnings ler them
begin, that are fo valiant as to defye
fortune, for meaning well, the event +
cannot be euill:he thar armes his intent
with vertue, is inuincible-: the trauells .
uided by any other ſtarre;how ſuccel- © 7
IXſocuer for a time, yet end miſerably.
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teſt courſe is refiftance;the ſafeſt, ſhun-=
ning: but becauſe wee are notprinie to
all occurrents of the world, wee muſt
fetch this fafety from reſiſtance,and yer
when we can, to ſhunne cauſes of pro-
uocation.
1n the ſearch of our ſelues,when we
haue -found ſome, wee muſt not
leaue, for we haue many : nor when
wee hauefound many ; looke no fur.
ther ; for yeeres and the change of for-
tune, bring with them newe dangers,
which is dayly ſeene :many licentious
with ambitious ages;
| youths, ending
many humble poorz men hauing pro-
ued tyrannicall and proud in riches.
The laſt of our inward inquiſition,
| is,after the true ſight of our {lives to
*$ propoundno courſe beyond the power
> of our managing: if nature hath layd
—Y rect ſtrength vpog my armes, then
ad.] will confefle it, and frame my
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1s the fault,ifthere be a fault, natures&
not mine; if ambition carieth me be-
yond the compaſſle of vndetttanding,
For our (lates , if there were no
body wiſer thenTI, the Lawe of #
Common-wealth that bounds euerie
man to follow the fortune of his father
ſhould bee well thought of, ſo ſhould
the Common-wealth knowe to
whom to truſt, and her conſtitution be
more ſetled, then the piuing eutrie
man his choiſe, by which riches make
ſome lazie zpouertte ſome induſtrious;
wealth giueth eſtimation ; eftimatiori
is ſought too for their Counſaile , and
their wiſedomes lie onely in theit- by.
Inuentories, All this time vertue is not _—
thought of,nor their aduiſesare of mos 43
me for they are drown'din parſimony, |
I like well of thrift, and that wee. .,
ſhould knowthe ſecrets of our fortunig,
how much wee are able to { en
and how yee ought to ſpendyin nk
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Fallow not the living at the vttermoft :
iisa dangerous cuſtome, that becauſe
2 Gentleman or Noble, and of this li-
uving, we muſt go braue and entertaine
all,and ſauc nothing, I doe hate be-
ing at the appointment of others,cſpe.
cially to be bound to followeuil coun-
fell: there is liberalitic and charity to
performe , which euery man is bound:
to,and to performe which,other ſuper.
fAluous coſts muſt be omitted : it is b« t-
ter to keep pouerty from ſtaruing, then.
to fea(t knaues : which if it be miſliked:
for the vertue.,, ſhall fir ſome for the
thrift : fortic ſhillings goeth further a
miImpl(tthe poore , then. doubled fpent
in feaſting the rich, .
More of this I will not treat of, bur
%., _ onelyto reſtraine our minds from loo-
* king licoriſhly vpon any other eſtate,
= 5. _henthat our Aunceſtors lived mn: for
beſides, that the ſhortneſle of our life
£5©© 4 © gives vsnotleiſure,hauing buſinefle of
moteimportance todiſpatch firft,it be-
Pe os"9 mg
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 Seneca theTragethan.
ing better tobe an honeſt man'thena
greatman: it is too deerely bought:
[ for as faſt as they purſue promotion,
danger,enuic and death purſue them,
and not one among numbers , but is
ouertaken,
I doe not ſo often pray for raine and
faire weather , as I doe that my cout«
rrey-men ſhould deferue it: for we me
| fallen into the iawes of the Prouectbe,
Better fed then taught: an errour that
wilfallfovle vpon the higher degrees:
for ſpcaking generally of the watt...
tude, they are a people tractable, ard
* } readycnovghto bee better then they
; are, iftaught, which they cannot te=
ceiue by their education, becauſe the
k pouertic employes them about other
; bufineſle ; they that may , ſhould gime
p them the ſhort and ſure precepts f
y oood example, and ſo the ones educts
- ton ſhall ſhewit ſelfe aunſwerablets fp
his birth, the other berecompencedfat *
G their obedience,by being inſtructed” x
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Many times I haue thought of theſe
degrees of flate; of them wee call no-
ble and ignoble: and though my opini-
on iumpe with the allowance of de-
grees.and tirles,, yet am I ſory that the
rewards of the promoted ſhall bec an
inheritance, and the deſerts ſeparated 7
but in ſuch a fate is this earth, that the
fauour of time and continuance is abu-
ſicd,and the {milesof fortune nouriſh-
eth rhe worſt countell.
The knowledge of our Countrey, a
po
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as
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booke worthy to be read with atten=
tion,confifteth in theſe diuerſities : her
commodrics,her fituation, herpeople;
| though [ doubt not , but nature proui-
"MY d:d eucry Countrey of tufficient proui=
A fron for her owneburthen,
yec hath the
2 We delicacte of man, ftriven with nature,
= Tie that he might want: fo are our minds
kke emprie caskes ; as they full of
-* +. winde,fowe full of windy withes : and
E | Allike women with childe , like rio-
©: "> Shjngbur whatishard
*
to come by. Of
the commodities, the beſt is bullion
and munition , the worſt clothes and
victuall: fo may I fay for our Kingdom,
the worſt commodities that enter it
being the foode of wautonneſſe,not of
neceſsity,and clothes : the other bor-
rowed ſuperfluity , We haue little necd
of,our owne Countrey yeelding attire
both coole and warme : for theſe, wee
part with merchandize of no lefle im-
portance,and ſome of mare ; bur this
1$now to be talked of onely : for time
hath made it vnalterable, onely the ex.
cefle is to bee prenented , ard thoſe
things able to be dargerous , carefully
to be preſerued, leſt wemake our coun.
trey ſo vnhappy , as to beare children
that will ruine her. The f1tuation kno.
wen, recompenceth the knowledge , og
with:being able toprouide againſt all "M4
incatueniences : asto fitte our diets to #
as

the chmate, our forces to theftrength,

ous fpending3 to commings in, Thus *
ſhortly and gencrally for the partieus,
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ting the place, The knowledge of the
pope natures, is of much importance
hin the viing them vpon occaſion ,
_ and applying laws to them:both which
cannot be rightly executed , without
firſt their natures be knowne and mea-
fared. Thus important is the know-
ledge of our ſelues, and thoſe things
belopging to our ſelues, which who
neglectcth , deſeructh the Tragedians
tiele, being a creature altogether vn-
profitable and vnworthy.

Hagis hac timet quam maret anger

eſt opus :
e4bos parentes allogui luftn decet.

So are we gouerned by our affeRi-

©ns, 25 our intents ſpeake in face : fo
vagoucrned are our afteCtions,as what
they would ſhun ,they run mto : they
tee but themiſelues, and beholding nor
|oy, knowing nothing cls,do like theſclues,
£DC's cafily
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ealily diſcovering what they wiſh moſt
ſecret. Iris the diſcourſe of the minde
—_ onely , that isable ro ſee and ſhunne
danger atonce, the others ſee jirnor
<A
m——_
with diſcretion,but feare; whoſe nature
wiſheth a diſparch without -regard,
whether it be with a cut-throate or ſa.
fetie; feares furtheſt wiſh being bur to
be our of his paine, Since theſe affe&ti.
oF
4

ons are ſo fixed tomen, asthereis no

man without them; fince the ſuppreſ-
ſing of them is ſo rare , as hardly it be-
longeth to any man , there j5no ation
almofi, that can eſcape a wiſe obſerua-
tion; for he is led to them,bythem that
ſeeke moſt to keep them in couert: like
ynto the care that other creatures haue
of their young ones , which care carri-
eth their purſuer to their neſt or cane,
{ Forbe ir anattempt, wherin the m_
ter beleeucth great matters of profite
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willfollow : hope ovt-runnes ir ſelfe,
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ouer weizheth him, and being vnac-

cuſtomedto carry ſo highſayles; the-
 weth he bathdetetmined ſome ſtrange
things : thus feare , thus loue, thus ha-
tred,thus all make the faces ofmen, in
ſpite of thei hearts, goc to conſeſsion, STE
SET"
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Aegis bes trmet quam Art, —

There is no humane ation , that is

deliuexed to the world , without many /
£ircumliances : there is nu circum-
flance,but is a teppe,mounting the vn=-
derftanding to the truth, Wherefore,
the true Inquiſitor ought not tothinke
any thing impertinent, that is any way
ae

pertinent : for how he ſpake , how hee

looked how hec companied,and euen
lighter then theſe, may carry a reach, '
able to weigh theſe things, into the
molt ſecret part of the ſecret: for theſe
are threeds,lcading into theLabyrinth,
which who omitteth, and catcheth at
the body of an ation , without adioy-
ning an laying to oether the other cir-
, * cummfiances;ſhall as often mifle as hit , ——_—_—@_—_—_

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and
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ſhed purpoſe, _:iiiniv bi

Ingevis effopus...
There -needes- no-mare affeRion ,.
then will giuevs tafteofour purpoſes ;\
affeions vis like:thevie:of a whets
Gone fora knife, onelyto giueit edge;
and thei. lay it by,for vſe.ir continually
or oft-titmes;it:maketh the metrall thin
and weake;\and thus affeRiondoeth '
to men « what.can wee doe, whereof
done,we-ate;not aſhamed ,exceptmas
naged 'þy wiſedome , -+enen-from the
moſt, eriuialto/the maf}erious petfor-
mances,Jngenio eft opus, Which excel-
lent guide of our ations, Who defi-
reth to obtaine , mizf} not{uffertheale
lurements.of bis aftcetions to lay holde
on him, tox;thei they ſhall accompany
this vynhappy weake woman, |

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med and vnſafe. Run

Alios parentes allogua lnftn decent,

No where hath affe&tion chat po-

wer , nor any where doe they diſplay
themſclues ſo openly, as the affeions
of parents to theirchildren, they were
begottenby affeftion,and by affeion
they arc maintained; for let them bee
how they will, though deformed both
In minde andbodie, yet will they finde |
2 Jouelinefle 'in: their out-blemiſhes,
and tolerate their inward; which ifna-
ture hath not» appointed to keepe the 0 s
iacreaſe of the world from miſcarrying
certainely it is a fault: for ſincere truth
alloweth nothing that cannot produce
the graces of the minde for euidence,
I becommeth parents mourning , to,
ſpeake in no other faſhion : itbecom-:
t%, fs
> -- mcth parents that will be parents, and
£4.73 Pwiſe,not to-mourne at all; for there is
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no more allowed 'to,parents or- chil
dren; inthe cxaQ rules ofwiſedome,
then there is to caviſes further off ; but
ſpeaking of the exact ' commaunde-
ments'of wiſedome, cauſes ſand all in
a diſtance , there 1$- tibne neerer or
moreremote: fo ſhofld euery orie that
will dee well,” litnent” his neighbours
childe as much: as his owne : but. ney-
ther ſhould we for theirs'nor ours: fe
thatis weakeneſſe,, and thedefeQiue
parte of ournatures: we muſtfeeketo
reconerthem, which wee ſay arc in C3»
lamity : but rhe pittie of teares isro0
waterith to doe good, bewailing being
4 vnneceſfary ſſorhfill aMcQion,
— Gladirs + ſpet of metns,
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Sorscaca verſat : preminm inceroum

petre w-” W
Cermm ſcelus. —_——

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WLLMMA
 . Diſconrjec ypon
Rirengrh ,/an vatcaſonable andblinde
Judge, but that chance ſhould haue a
hand in the euent?. and where chance
hathany thing to doe, who ſeethnor,
that the vncerrainety ofthe concluſion
mult ncedes beger hope and, feare?
for ſuch thoughts alwaics follow at-
ternpts, where; the_iudgements of men
are barred of a certaine cenſure, .:
Warre is the remedy for a State ſur-
fetted with pegce,, it 15a medicinefor
Common-wealths,ficke of roo much
-eaſe andtranquility,but that it carrieth
a reforming nature , andis apart of iu-
Alicezyet itis better knowne then vicd,
berterto keepe.in awethen to puniſh;
for itcan hardly be taken vp or pacihi-
ed,fince it begets inGenerals the two SS
E a4
*. dangerous humours of reuenge and
BY. . ambition; inthe limmes obeying this
2 =. head,diflolnteneſle and ryot : between
=>, * Which, and the heate of contention,
= , the innocent periſh aſwell as the guilt
;Fic,and in ftead of reforming nations
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 SentettheTragedion
they depopulate them; yet theſe incon-
uceniehees make me not -wholly denie
warres ptofitable : for they were nioft
profitable,if the difirefled had bur the
opinion , that the recourſe to warres
would auailethem : for without this,
licentiouſnefle and tyranny would de-
uoure all, and without this;deſperation
would ſeize vpon all in calamity: for
deſpaire poſlefſeth nonethat can hane
recourſe 'to any remedie ,' but onely
thoſe that are withoutall refuge, Bur
warres beſt vie, is the ſame that nurſes
make ofRobin-good fellow, to terri-
fie, & the exarnple much nivre ſafe and
wholeſome that is raken'fromi the fight
of our neighbours , then (from our
owneexperience, * '

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.acertaine euil};theygisnothing ſhewgs
ame theviciouſneſicofman , ſo plaine
as this, yadertaking courſes ſo-deſpe-
zately and vainely, as if his intent were
nothing elfe, but to increaſe his ſinnes.
Ifee offenders dayly, and they ſee the
ſhame andbitterneſſe of puniſhment,
yet cannot this, perſiwade then; ſo that
I cannot ſay,looking into their- inten-
tions, without all reſpeR,bur-of their
_ gaine and lofle,,;that euer ] ſaw any,
whoſe profit,could recompente their
lofle. - -: 01 7007: 26 *
_, Omitting-petty matters;in thagexe-
crable wickedaetſe of Donny 2-
gainft Princes) wonder 'not-that ſuch
intendments finde Heades;for the pro-
fit of the gaine may corrupt 'men : but
how the.atherhanmes ate drawnean , I
maruaile, for they aduenture 1 much
as the principall , and ſet his defigne
come to paſſe, are voccrtaine, of their
* os tqard,yeaggt theitlife:for fuch bene- "=
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wonder then,& either theſe
nien Alatter
themſelyes with vaine hopes; firength-
ning which with their will, zhey reſif
the more reaſonable diſcourſe, .or elſe
heat with the allurement;of ſome af
fecion,runne into them without al ex-
amination; both of- which are ſo dans
gerous,as the day of
yndertaking, fuch
attempts,they may, without being de-
was, it-their- computatiory;; reckapt
the day of their ruine ;.for ix, js hgrd fo
idge,ofwhich lidehe isin, molt dans
ger, but of one yadpubredly heerſhal
ri ?iC1! iv 2911 9 'L
* lavhinend in allotier;the gaine is
41
|w vncertaine,the euilgertaine,which(me
thinkes) ſhould alongpexſwade vs;and
make allwickednefſegi{piſed:weretthe,
coudition,For the lofle ofthe one,here.
is the other, we werearerer. temptati-
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etherend, bur to withdraw all occaſi=
ons meer to'houriſh the corrupt hu-
mours of6urnatures,by which if wee
will notyct rake warning, buthunr our
kehidden frothvs, wee are vnworthy
Gow.
Joya,
ea,ofthe common pitey, that
the aheady ouerthrowne.

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true thould', weecatry fome-
times acorns: bearing a handſome
216M,but they reno neerer truth,the
a picture the life: what we ſhould ferch
from the vaderſtanding the mutability
ofthings,vedrwwfro the martowfrer-
ing ſore of enuiedwhat mightbea ver
ruebythe fulfering, 1is 2 vicefornotduf<
fering for the true cauſe: &thefrength
enduring adverfity,is not patience Hince
paricce is foirdet ittthe erucdiſtourſe of
3 "gp . = mind, thisſeechtfrom:the 'frght of
. others
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feeles hivowne afflitidhi't the afition

ofothers'is nomedicine curing his; yer
from the aduerſefortune'sf orthets can
we draw cdfort:whar helpes it vs'to'be
richly endowed withreaſ6,fince we vie
nothing bur fancy?for thisis fancy, and
this wy in moſt things, beting carried
yp and down with her ligntneff=, withs
out all reſt and permanence, A

Ferre , quam ſortem patinntitr omnes j1e+

wo recuſat, CEO?

What all ſuffers , no body refuſeth

to ſuffer:no'more ſhold we whar we a-
low;there is this onely good to be had Is <»

in aduerfity;the obſeryation how it be- V

fell:if by our own negligence, it begers

experience; ifpaſt our knowled oe, {o
much reſiſtance as leades to paricnce,is
allowed;but repining and ſorrow, vn-
profitable vexaticns, rather flirring the
diuine powers to amore ſharpe puniſh
| ment,
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here is nothing mthis-world wn

high as man ; ſanothing more ſub-
ieto fall :there isnothing ſo. illas
manztherefore moxedue.to him ,. then
to any : nothing ſo ſenſible ; therefore
nothing more apt to feel afflition; and
as for chance and fortune , they are
words founded ypon tia reaſons, fom-
times in excuſe, when welay our deſer-
ued affliftions ypon fortune : ſome-
times when the. diuine executions are
aboue mans, which though wee call
chance, yet doubtleſle is founded vpon
grounds of more excellent reaſon,
then wee can apprehend : ſo is
chance the iflug of fol- *
ly ot.ignorance. . "PP

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(JIE .3. Creon Ocdipusiin-
ſanus:
A.1.2.1 0dr quiuimitom timer, Repnare
neſcu,Regua cuſtecet meetnes.

Agamcmnon.chorus.z.
A.5.b.2.0 Regnoruns quit for-
194 bonis. pracypits
dubroyne nimss excelſa locas.

Hercules furens. AR. 2.Sc. 1,Megera.

B. 2. a. 3. Proſperum,ac fahx ſcelis vir
tus vocater; ſomibusparent bons.
Troas. AR.2.Sc.2.
B.7.4.4.Noſcere hoc prinzam decet:
Dd facere vitlor debeat wittus pats.
Tialenta nero 1.mperia continu dts:
Moderate durant.

Herenlps furens. Actus,2,Sc,z,Megera.

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Alunera Cara, peierafourns.
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ens
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Troas,
AR. 3.Vliſſes,
G.6.2.9. Magis bac trrt quam maret,
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Enmnes nemo recuſat.

FINIS.
'ESSAYES
SIR Wirrian
CORNEVVALLYES
THE YONGER,
KN1l1GHT,

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without all defence? Place two men in

equall fortunes,the one the ſeruant of
V<crtusand ofisCountrey, the other
of Idlenefſe,and pleaiure; faoles may
determine him happieſt that cares moſt.
- meat, and keeps moſt en: bur after
thcir deaths,the cies moſt bleared with
vicegcannot bur acknowledge whata
huge diſtance Fame makes betweene
their re monies,
] haue knowne the ex:remitic of
this 1.iic lite, and of the otherI haue
had ſome hitle raſtegand euen that talte
I !o much preferre,asIreckon not my
life from thetime of my birth, bur from
this day,how much rhey differ, what a_
tranquillitic there is inthe one , what
wretckedneſe jn the other, how plea-
fing a fight is che inward aſpeQro the
one,how horriblc and fearfull eo the os
tner,thar by mine owne experience 1
can aftirme, I was afraide ro thinke of
my ſeitc,z2nd never durlt aske account
of
 Of Cenſarive.
of my owne life:their diſcourſe and fa-
miliarity how vnlike,this life able to
better the Auditory, to ſet foorth Ver-
we in her faireſt colours , the others
motions: hike the pernnymotions able
toſtirre,and ſtare, and downe againe .
Wepatch & lengthen our hopes with
ſuch fraike and ſlender Ruffe , impu-
ting our misfortunes to our Defteny,
and to the time , like Tiberizes , as-
king aGard of the Romane Senators,
ſaying his loue had purchaſed the hate
ot the Common- wealth, when it was
his vnmeaſurable crueltie . Neither in
blike, nor in private lives,need we
ecin this aduenture, it is no bodies
fault but our owne: for Fortune hath
no power of Wiſedome, but of Sens
fuality , and of lives that \wimme
and nauigate without the Load-ftone
of Diſcretion, and Indoment, I am
brought in this Theame , to write
With more then an ordinary” vehe«
Mmency,
 E//ap. 12,
mency, fo certainly doo Iknow mis
happineſſe to reſt inthe managing his
owne time: Euery man may be blcſt,
and rich in perfeRion, if his own diſ-
ſoluteneſſey and vothriftineſſe, incurres
not the contrary . I wiſh we were all
ehus carefull, andif I can,] will begin,
which 1 ſhould the better performe,
if a generall- conſent of amendment
were in eucrie bodies minde . Let
vs one helpe another with laying 0+
pen our diſcaſes to one another: If
our titles in our lands be neuer ſo
lictle cracked, or ſeame-rent , wee
ſweate with our blacke boxes, wee
are diligent 1n ſearching ro recouer
them : bue our mindes are ſeam-rene,
cracked, and bawdie, but we aske | 8
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no belpey nor endeuour-to doo any
ching but to conceale them. For every
headache our vrines knocke at the
Phyſicions doore, and we are inquifi-
tive about the late of our bodies, bur
Our
 Of Cenſuring.
conſcience may exclaime, and cry out
to VS, how ficke,& famiſhed our ſoules:
Rate is, but we will not here her. Times
palt were not more carefull, but im-
ployed their care more worthily:I will
be bounde inthe Romane Common»
wealth , in the time of one mans con-
ſullhip more excellent deeds were
performed, then there is now throughe
out the worlde in many yeares. Who
can , match mee, Scevol/a burning his
hand without motion? Where is there
8 Ratilivee chat will prize his Common
wealth ſo dearly; as to run into the
hwes of torment, and death ? Ne,
ryee dravye not euevly, but are cars
ried avvaye vvith particular Hu -
moursz
Lavves & inforcements, muſt keep ys
from the extrernity ofill;what flauiſh
metcalls are we 'made ofin' the meane
timegthat chooſe to fear puniſhmer,ra
ther then to loue Vertue ?I blameno-
thing G 2 for
 Eſſay. 12.
for this but Cuſtome:Icis in her power
ifſhe will, co make ſhame ſmart as ill
as whipping.
Lawes keepe but the dregges of a
Common-wealth in obedience, and
' them only from being too 11, bur vp»
wards prouokes them not,nor any
thing bur Cuſtome,and the eſtimation
—_h
—_—

of Vertue,
All this time ]haue built bur che
bridge Imeane to travel vpon,and not
that annointed with a-finicall Exordi«
um. 1 trauaite where llIſt,and when\I
liſt,& will not bind my felfro more thE
Ilft-Letmy feete-be bounde to come
into the hall before the great chamber
my-head ſhall ſee: which I 1iſt firſt. -
I hace the dulnefle of my owne feet,
and my horſes, when [rrauel,8& cheriſh
che nimbvlenefle of my thoughts which
ca flie over the world in an afrernoone.
.T. am (determined to -ſpeake of
bookes next,zo whome if you would >»
ac
fy
om
©=
e
>24a
not
 of Conſuring..
notiſay 1 wereroo bookilh; I ſhould
givethe firft place”ofall things heete,
The beſt witte!ofman that euer was,
not affiſted by. ſuch |helps as. 'may
make my compariton blaſphemy , nee
ner brouoht-f6 much inco the world,
23 by their alliftance he hath had .
When 1 heare a naturall man ſpeake
in bis beſt, Þ can fay bur wittie , My
commendations are at-the fartheſt;
bur rhe tongue Reepedin the true vns
derſtanding incident to learning,hath
Witedome for his rewarde . Expes
rience doth much, but itis roo full
of ſcarres and- wounds,and is bought
with gray hajres , and danger: when
che other hath no- lefle that hath mra=
uailed but inhfs- Rudy .. In ia worde
propounde any-<courle {auing' eating,
and ſleeping, mid wanting this, you
are maimed: euch inthe lite of blows,
and warres,whete ſtrength feeres ro
beare more ſway then vaderſtandiog,
G 3 yet
 Fg. 1%;
yet Armor, Diſcipline, Marſhalling,
aduantage of number , and ſcituation
ofthe place,, ends with the well ty+
ned Harmony of an aeration; whoſe
| force bath often beene- as much as all
thereft, and with the {weerteneſle,ade
ded vigour tothe harſhneſle of Va«
lour. OtBookes, for both Philoſophies
] :onely eftceme Plato, who. doth. [o
cunningly weaue them together,as(me
thinkes:) he. faith he is conrenc to. giue
you knowledge , on condition you
ſhould bee honeſt. Inthe perſon of
his Socrates, he ſetreth downe one
of rhe moſt abſolute formes of life,
that is poſſible to be imogined.] doubr
whether he were ſo well as his piccure,
yet Plato telles it ſo with the cir-
cumftances , as I am afraide ſome -
timesby doubting, todo him wrong: 3A
ao.
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If he wanted not yery -much- hee 1s

worthy of admiration, jf very much, D
ofapplaulc, being the onely man that
cuer
 3s
”—
Of Cenſarivg.
euer T heard of, moſt innocenr of ene
rertaining a forced grace for ſome ſe #
cond cauſe. |
OfHiſtory if you will have mee
ſhow youthe beſt fuſt , Imuſt begin,
and ende with Tacitxs , fo grave a
ſtile, ſo; Iudiciall a Cenfure , and 1o
piercing aneye into the deſignes of
Princes, and States, never mer in one
man: he is ſo worthy ,thatI wiſh hee
were as rare,forIhold no eyc mcete
to wade in him,thatis not at the helme
of a State»
' For profitable Recreation,
thatNoble
French Knight,the Lord de CHontaigne
js moſt excellcat, whom though I haye
not been ſo much beholding to the
Frech as to ſe in his Originall,
yer divers
of nis peeces I have ſeen traflated:they
that vnderttid both languages ſay very
wel done,& Fam able toſay(ifyou wil
take the word of Ignorance) triflated
into a ſtike , admittivg as fewe Idle
words
 | Eſay. T Jo

words as our language will cndure: Ic

is well fitred in this new garmentgand
CHMontaigne ipeaks'now good Engliſh:
It is done by afcllow lefle behoiding
eo nature for his fortune then witte,
' yet lefler for bis. face then fortune;
the truth is, he lookes more like a
goodefellowe, then a wiſe-man, and
yet h:e is wile, beyond either his for«
rune , or education? but his Authour
ſpeakes nably , boneſtly, and wiſely,
with little method, but with much
judgement:Learned he was,and often
ſhowes it, bur: with ſuch a bappineſle,
as his owne following is not diſgraced
by his owne reading :Hee ſpeaks free»
ly,and yet wilcly; Cenſures ,and de-
eermines many things Tudicially,and
yet. forceth you not to attention
with a' hem, and a ſpitting Exordium:
In a word hee hath made Morrall
Philoſophic ſpeake couragiouſlly ,
and in eede of her gowne , &
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| giuen
 Of Cenſaring.
giuen her an Armpur; he hath put Pee
dautixail Scholleritzne out of counte-
nince, and made manitclt, that lear-
ning mingled with; Nobilicic, ſhines
molt clearcly, -; | '.
I haue done with bookes, and now
I will fit io judgement vpon allthoſe
that my. memory can readily protuce,
and itis no preſutpption, L events. ſpeſs
ſo e gindice non 1w#peritodelle coſe : See-
ing che beginniog,andending, the cit=
cumſtances fsll ea(ily into cucry head,
eſpecially conſidering my opioion pf
theſe things is nopart of my taith,ney-
ther doe I hold chem ſo obſtinately
thatT will not doe Reaſon reaſon, and
yeeld if I ſee cauſe, Ithinke Courage in
the time of «Alexander the greatswas a
great Gamſter,Pollicy at that time was
not his crafts-maſter ; ſome vnderſtan-
digthey had in'marſhalling an army,in
aduantaging theſelues by the ground,
butin more hidden points they were
not
 Pſa. 12:
pot then exerciſed 2 thus I thinke his
Conqueſts the lefſe miraculous :-bue -
yet from ſo young yeares, from ſolictle
experience , the heigth of his attempt
' was honourable, and his proceedings
admicable:to keepe ſo warlike a peop'<
inſo good a temper , argued a' great
Ktrengrh of vnderſtanding, yer To I
blefle no aRion of his more then the
faire viage of his female priſoners ,
conlidering thei beautie apt to pro
noke, his temper being fiery,not to ene
dure prouocation, one of theſe refiftans
ces ſhines beautifully, and as Cicero
faith of (ears clemency', is an ation
purchaſing glorie withouc ſharers : His
foundation was anſwerable to ſo high
an enterpriſe, ſharing out his particular
reuenewes among his followers,which
wonne their loue : for meanc for-
runes loue wealth, high Fortunes Glo»
ri. |
| Among theſe, Perdiccas ſpake tomy a.
So
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| liking
 Of (enſaring,
liking, who being offered an ample
Parrimany, asked his maiſter what he
would leaue ts bimlelfe , Alexander
ſaid Hope, hee deſired to relt there too#
excellently well plaied on both fides ;
hee was 8 rare young man,whom For-
tune followed, and with whomDeath
_ vood Fortune, forI thinke if be
ad liued, hee would hauc loſt by the
world, and growne downward: ſo ex-
cellenc was hisyouth:as I am afraid his
Age would not haue bene aniwerable,
and then his Coryet would haue fallen
euediſgracefully,therefore he did well
to dic.
If the Senate ef Rowe had ſcene Ces
ſar weepe chat hee was not vp aſloone
85 eAlexander, 1 thinke they would
haue curbd him ſhorter , but hee of-
fended worſe in that iourney, when he
proteſted among his Companions,thac
the firlt place in alittle Village, was ia
his eſtimation more worthic the the
ſecond
 Eſſay. 12:
ſecond in Rowe : I hike not this opene-
nefle, it was nor ſutable to («ſar hee!
played his (ame well, but there was no
caſt hike the reconciling of (aſſ#s, and.
| Pompey, it wonne him che wager: E
uen this one Action Jeſcrues a volume,
for chereis much in it, but I will chinke
the reft,and gjue it onely a ſcratch with
my pen : his Gouernment generally
was like Czar, onely there reſts two
things that / am determined torouch?
theone is ereRing againe the Statues of
Sylla, and Pompey throwne downe by
their misfortunes, it was too late for
their memories to hurthim, yec chis.
clemencie to his enemies, - made his
friends not doubr to ſpeed*well vnder
him, and thoſe indiffererit to findehim
a pood Lord : this was well done. The
other as ill, that hauing brought a go-
uerament free to a particular,and fore-
ſtalled all Dominion,not to be content
with the thing , but tothirſt after the
name
 of Cenſuring;.
game of a Monarch;itwas'vnſcaſona-
bly done, and in-my ofinionthe haſte-
ner of his death, This purs'me in mind
of the corrary'courſevſed by the houſe
of the Medics, who did pull the Raffe
of libertie ſo cafi'y out of the peoples
hands,thac they had it beforethey were
miſtruſtred 3 ſo by degrees did the ſon
get farther then the Father , and the
Grandchild farther then the Crandfa-
ther, as ifthejr ſoules before their com»
municating with cheir bodies had ſate
counlell about it.
eAnguſtus the heire of Ceſarslabours,
was borne fit ( in wy opinion) ro
ſettle a new ereted Empire, CM:/iters
Donis, Populnum annona, cuntlos dulce»
Hime Otts pellexit : hee tooke the right
courſe, for there is in the multitude a
ſtrength more then they know of,& in
this new world , ſcueritie might haue
brought ther to tricks of TeRtineſle,
able ro haue indangered their _
ut
 Efay. 13:
but he looſened them, and gave them
lawes, and reſtrained the exceſle ofthe
mighty,things acceptableto the people
and with theſe good innouatians, hee
turned their eyes from looking into
' times palt, or practiſing to recouer li-
bertic, But of all the Priaces that euer
my eyes haue met with in my reading
or my cars haue heard of by others,the
onely Policitian was Tibersnr; his bes
ginning was notill, but full of wiſdom,
and ſomewhat v-rtuous, yetſomewhat
the better (as it is thought) for feare to
be excelled hy Germanicus,whoſe pows
erin {ouldiers, wiſedometo mannage
great matters,aud loue to poſleſſe him?
{cife of great matters, was ſuch, as 75-
-yg
berius lined icalous aslong as Germwante
v7=I
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II cur liyed: there was no leſle honeſt po«
licy in Germanicus, who ſaw Trbermes,
yer was not able coſhunne him : After
2 great Conqueſt of the Germanes, HD
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 of Cenforing
rin: Was mentioned in the Inſcuſp-
ture, and the conquerour left out, for
hee knew well the coucrouſneſſc of Ty«
ravnie.
Tiberins courſe with Germenices was
full of ſaferie, 1 cannor ſay honeftie-
fiſt co remooue him from the gouern-
ment of Frexce, where hee was ſttong
in the loue, and multitude of his ſoul-
diers was vnder the cloake of rewar-
ding bis vertues with Triumph $ Af-
terwardes an inſurretion in the Eaſt
partes was acceptable ynto him , to -
ſupprefle which, he ſent Germenicns,
where hee Qight bee nearer daunger
remote from Loues & conuerſant with
Chaunce 3 to ecffe&t which, bee lene
thither Psſo, by baſc flatterie co winne
the Souldiours, and by oppoſing
himſelfe toGermenicns: to keepe fors
rayne Princes from yniting themſelucs
to him,
Germa-
 4)..12,
Ef;
Germanicus died there ( av it is
rhought ) poyſoned, which the people
defirous toreuenge,he lufferedto keep
himſelfe out of ſulpition, and yer wirh
ſuch hope to Pyſo , as kept him>fixdm
diſcouering the lecret « His ſpeech
( euen in lighe marters )) was ob«
ſcure, and ſubiet ro a double cons
ſ[trufion. |
In the government of forraine Pro»
uinces, he made choyle rather ofa flow
delicare people, then ot ſpirics of more
excellency : as Swetonzu laith he did of
Unellins, In infertorem Germaniam miſ-
(#s eſt, contemptu magis quam gratia eles
tus. In the end this courie made. him
rowdoubrfullz for ſuch people being
vncapable of thoſe places, indangered
the Empyre, and iuch as were wore
thje, hee thought. daungerous to his
. particular perſon : to auoid which, hee
choſe Gouernours of abilicie, which
exerciled their wits in their places with
the
 Of Genſuring.
the bodies. 'af-their Lieucenants , and
chemſclucs:hee kept neare him in per-
ſon. I make no Apologie
for his ver-
tyes (for hee was vnmeaſurably vici-
ous) bur hispollicie neuer' fayled him
but in his affeion 'to Seianns, who
ſurely had gone beyond him, had hee
not beene hindered by the peoples ha=
cred,and the number of his ſucceſſors,
rather then-by himlelfe, In'the end,let'
me end” with Death , which aft part
giues eyther luſtre, or 'blemiſhto our
memories : nothing heere can ſand,
therefore let vs make it in our powers
togoc out handhomely, -Feare ( mee
thinks ) is deſtinatedto 'more vncere
taine euents; and therefote ſhould not
diturbe our concluſion, ſaying truely,
I thould forbid it in all things, bue Di»
vinicie;for it hinders our intentions,and
2 ſeerning, makes ys doe things vabes
ſecrning,- | - "1 | y

B nip
 E[ag. 1%
\D wippe etenivs quam mula
164 1am fingere poſſant
Somme, que vite ratianes.
vertere poſſunt,
Fortunaſque twas omnes
turbare timore ?
T
acitus makes one of the Sermpronss
not Wwholely to degenerate from his
houſe for dying well, Conſtantia mortss
hand indigna Sempronio nomine, 1 know
not any thing ſo certainly in our power
that carrieth with it more maieſtie, and
begets a more eternall, and continuall
Honour 3nor any thing that wee may
prouide for fo certainly,and nor be de«
cciucd. Letys aGods name Hor agere,
When weliue, bues and when wee are
about death, tend our buſineſle.
Though we haye many examples no-
table in this kind among the Grzcians,
and that iewas fo conuerſant with the
Romanes, as nothing was more in fa-
(hioa: yerjl wil name only two of ſe-
J uerall
 a. Of Cenjlrmag. -
Jexes, it may be they may ingender a»
mong vs, and begetReſolution e I like
them the berter becauſe vnexpeRed,
therefore their manner of entertainin
it nor affeRed, ic was [nlins Ceſar, _
Olimpiathe mother of Alexander,they
died comely, and had euen then when
they were our of daunget of Reproofe,
g care notto commit any ill-beſeeming
Action.
There isa laft taſte of things, that
giues them the name of [weer,or ſoure:
from this we haue drawne a Mctaphor,
that nothing goeth with full applauſe,
that holdes not his perfetion to the
end, Of life, and his appurtenanceyg
Death is the laſt reliſh, which if it taſte
fearefully, and looke troubled, drawes
the Cenlure to determine it licour full
of the lees of Humours, rather then of
clearenellc,and puritie.

Hs Of
 ROBOWOROD?
Eſſay-I 3-

Of Feſts,and Feſters.
© [9 Thinke Teftes, and ſcabbes
bal EZ arc much alike, both the 2s
SJ WA boundance of ſuperfluous
humours, and this breaking
out more wholeſome then pleaſant, Ir
defends the wit & the body from ſick-
nefle. |
If the moſt natural! abilities bee thus
deformed, what becomes of the affec-
tions of this yaine, 'who irforce it in
themſelues? Surely if they determine
not tobeg withic, and fo to mooue
commiſeration,
put it onand nouriſh it
as Beggers doe broken ſhins, I knowe
not their vſe+ Jr is onely tollerable in
them whoſe patures muſt of force haue
that
 Eſa). 13.
that yent, which vſc ic as ſome bodies
do breaking of winde. But for them
that will chooſe to looſe a friend rather
then a Icſt, and deſire ro be admiited in
laughtcr,and are out of countenance if
their Teſtes take not, they be in my Opi=
nion {trange creatures. | |
There is -another ſort worfe then
theſe,that neuer vtter any ching of their
owne,but ger Iclts by heart, and robb
bookes,and men of prettie tales, and
yethope for this to haue a roome aboue
the Salc,l amtyred with theſe fellowes,
my eares ſuffer at this time, more then
at Parris Garden,
I would hauc a Ieſt neuer ſerued a-
boue once, when itis cold,the vigour,
and ſtrength of itis gone, I refuſe ro
weare buffe for the laſting,& ſhall 1 be
content to apparrell my braine in du-
rance? by no means. Ofthings of this
kinde, I would not de{ire to be doubly
| furniſhed, for by that time, one be
H 3 worneg
 Eſſay. 137
worne, it is out of falbion,
| There1s a kinde of harmeleſſe witty
mirth , at ſometimes not ill become»
ming, but the exccile 1s abhominable z
eſpecially to ſet the witon thetenter-
hookes for ſo baſe a purpoſe. Hee that
happens on his mediocr.rie hath no e-
uill chaunce, bur to rake paines, and
tocanca lcſt with labour , heeisin
worſe caſe then a Ballad-finger,

Eſſay. I4,

Of Youth,
Fe thinks this ſame Youth is
'/4 Þþ a very fickneſſe,a malady full
of diltemperatures like an
Ague, it wiſheth for what
would hurt it, is daungerouſly ficke,8
vst will cake no phlſicke-Ir
| is a ſtrange
thing
 of Youth.
thing,thatthe beginning
oflife ſhould
be deathsthus full of yncurable diſeaſes.
'* Thauelonglabourediin this infirmi=
tie,cuer fince I was borne, Iam not yet
cured :they ſay there is nothing good
for it but time, which I cannot yet gets
and therefore am ſtill icke,though not
{o ill as I was : (or I borrowed a little
of Experience, which hath done mee
onely this good to know Iam not wel,
-it hath made me ſenſible * fince I came
to which-my occupacion hath beene ro
obſerue my: ſelfe,& others, Andit itbe
not theetfeR of a cruel nature,it would
make a man laugh to ſee the dinetfitic
- oftheir firs, 'generally all madde , but
differinginthe mannerof their furies®
Their braines are all ſo horte, that they
'hauc no vſe of _ are allnumme,,
enly-their ſenſes are le t them,inwhoſe
{pleaſure they live, Some giuc all totheir
ſight,andloue to looke ypon nothing
that looks not faire, and yet they looke
in
one
 F[g. 14:
inthe Glaffets finde themſcluts,when
a more beaſtly fight they cannot finde
intheworld, Thus doe. they, attribute
-allt9heir.ſenſes, thaughthey differin
| allowing thepreheminence..; . | :
+, It is wkh them as with the Indians for
their (Gods,. ſome worſhip the Sunne,
ſamethe Moone, Beaſts, Fiſhes, and =<@
aw
ocs
..
oc
G&þ
oa
=

-Foules,
or whatſocuer el{e it pleaſeth
their fancies to preferre.Somcumes they
2 grow inconſtanc,& yary theirdclights.
«- Thereis mefthope of theſe;y; tor!
.. hold, that, /aconfiancie the: working
pf their ſoule,, who loatbing this lan-
- guageof carthwhich ſhe. voderſtands
. not, ſheweth'them beri@es the: end of
» their delights to be griefe,. . ©;//. © "+
nt
_wc
«A
#
&a»
- I hauc- noted when: theſe! ſencee
- -plenſers have, come. fromr any of their
- {ports,whar.2 naked diſcourſe bath fol-
lowed : how well /umba/l gauec;jt in
ſuch a dry.path,he hath a noſecries one
. like a Bragle;,- and yer a yery deepe
. mouth:
 Of Touth,
mouth : if verie deepe , deeper then
his head; for that is roo too ſhallow:
In this kinde paſle they all their time,
and ſome worſe : and yet theſe are
the .beſt forte of youth , there is
greate chope of theſe. : mee thinkes
there ſhould bee fo of their Dogges
too, for they receive all from them,
In 'the other lorte more riotous,
I can commend nothing but their re-
ſolution, ſurely they meditate much
on Deattr, and thinke not to live ull
to morrow, tor they take care onely
for to day.
', Thus much I know of Youth ,I
would-.I could: tell you the diſpofiti»
on of: Age too,for Iam weary of this
- life, |

of
 IE: Eſſay. 5+
Ae
|

. Of theobſeruation,and
wſe of things.

Come now from diſcourfing

With an Husband-mi,an ex=-

obſeruation, reſpeRtgor ciuilie

tic, bur nor without a great deale of
wit,if it were refined,& ſeperated fro
the durc that bags about ic.I baue ſold
him an houre of my time,& haue ware
for ic,zo0od ſound principles . in. eruch
becommines bercer fortunetThis time,
hath not beene loſt, for his experience,
his learning of Tradition, and i.us natus
rall witte hath enformed mee of many
things,]have picked out of him good
Philolophy,& Affftronomy, and other
obſeruas A.
ED
YO
..o.
OW
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<>
a©
.
c.
 ofthe olſernztiow Erwſe
ofthings.
ob ſcruations of Time
,& of the world:
all which thoogh hee imployes abour
durt, and-alvtteth to that endyhinders
not me from making a more worthy
ad vic of them.
There is not that thing yppon the
Earth , that well examined , yeeldes
rfing not ſomething worthy of knowledge:
1 ex that diuine artiſan that made them,
hout
neuer faſhioned any thing vnprofica»
iujlie
bly, nor cuer ſer forth any of his works
e of manſhip without ſome inward vertue,
1 fr6 Ido firſt preſcribe them that defire to
ſold proue excellentin diſtilling theſe fim=
ware
les,to lay in good ſtore of the fuell of
crutch earningtwhat{»euer he hath ofhis own
time,
pacural wit,is not ſufficier,it makes nor
ence, the fire hot enough:for there is a great
natus*
deale of tough vile ſtuffe to be drawne
nan out, before what is pure can be gotten;
nnd but cheE(T rell Tgnorice a miracle now )
he ſhal not ſe,nor touch that thinggthat
other
ſeruae will not adde to his wiſedome : for
things
 Eſa). 15.
thinges are a kinne to one another,
they come all out of one Fountaine,
and the knowing one, brings you ac«
quainted with an other, and ſo to 0+
| thers. All kinde of bookes are profica-
ble,cxcept printed Bawdery; they a
buſe youth: but Pamphlets, and lying
Stories, and News, and. twoo penny
Pocts I would kaow them, but beware
of beeing familiar with them:my cu+
ſtome isto read theſe,and preſently to
make vic of them,for they lie in my mo
_—_
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wm
ww
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mu
wu.
«a
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1

priuy, and when I come thither , and

- © haueeccafion to imploy
ir,Iread them,
halfe a fide at once is my ordinary,
which when I hau= read, /vſein that
kind, that waſte paper is moſt ſubieRt
ro0,but roa cleanlier profit;1 ſee in the
the difference of wits,8 diſpoſitions,
the alcerations of Arguments pleaſing
the world, andthe change of ſtjes:
this Ihaucindeſpight of him,be ne- >
ms
nw,
a=»,
My
O&
25
ST
9=
wer ſojenorant : and if hee hath any
thing
 ofthe obſeruation & ofeofthings,
eliing good among ſuch ſore of ill,
her,
ine,
why that is mine too, I haue not been
aſhamed to aduenture mine eares
1 Ace
| with a ballad-finger, and they haue
0 Ons
come home loaden to my liking,dou+-
fica*
bly ſatisfied, with profit, and with re-
y a® creation. The profit to ſee earthlings
ying ſatisfied with ſuch courſe uffe, to
nny
Nare
heare vicerebuked,& to ſce the power
cu»
of Vertue that pierceth the head of
y to
ſucha baſe Hiſtorian, and vile Audi.
toric«
my
and
The recreation to ſee how thorough-
em, lythe ſtanders bygare affeRed, whar
ſtrange geſtures come fromthem, what -
ary ,
firayned Ruffe from their Poet , what
that
YIieRt
ſhift they make to ſtand to heare, what
a the
extremities he is driuen to for Rime,
how they aduenture their purſes, hee
ons,
his wits, how well both their paines
ſing
are recompenced , they with a filthie
es: noiſe,
hee with a baſe reward. There is
> nc-
any not any ching retained in my memory
om
hing |
 F//ay. I9s 2 ; \

from
the firſt that profits me not:ſorms,
times / renew my nuries ſtories, and;
being now ſtreng,and able to diſgeſt
them,l tind them not withoutnouriſhs
ment, My after life ( though I la«
- ME the beſtoving ic, becauſe I ſhould
haue pur things more precious in
fuſt,
yer it) is oor withouc profic.1wag:
bound then to eArthar of Brittaineg
and things of that price:
formy knows
ledge was not- ableco rraffick with g«
ny thing more rich, Srowes Chronicle
was the kigiiet,yer I haue found good
vic of them, they haue added ro my
experience.My exerciſes, &recreationsg
orrather (as I then vſed chem)occupw
tions,[finde worth ſomwhat.I would
not looſe my knowledge of Hawkes,
and running Horſes for any thing ,
they are not without vie,Imeete of-
ten with peoplethat vaderſtand no 0s
ther language, and rhen they make
me ſociable , and not yopleaſing ro
| the
 \ Ofthe obſeruation &vofe ofthings
forme. thecompany.If our of theſe dregs therE
be good iuice to be gor, what is there
» and

ſpeſt out. of more noble obſeruations?*cruly

riſhs
an incredible knowledge: he chat can
I la-
ould
make vic of them , may leaue read-
1s in
ing , and profit nolefſeby theſe.If
|was:
out of theſe blotters of paper many
ane;
things may bee extraftcd pot vnwore
thy of note , what may wee expet
10W#
from Homer,Uirgil, and ſuch Poces?If
th a«
in e-27thwr of Brittaine, Huomolt Bure
nicle
deanx,and ſuch ſuppoſed chiualrie, 2
200d man may berter himſclfe,ſhall hee noe
| my
LONsg
become excellent with conuerſt
with Tacitus, Plutarch , Saluffthd'
-upa
_
fellowes of that ranke?Here Ray 'thy
ſelfe,& read with attemtion:Mee thinks *'
vkes,
ing ,
Plutarcher lives ſhould make every
man good that reades themyhe may
'e 5
take his choiſe of ſuch a niiberof cours
10 0®
nake
ſes,and: fir his nature with his. termpee
rature :Sorne onely the ſexuants of
14 co
Vertue, others viiog ber for their y_-
the
7
| ,
cy
/
 ER. \ Ig, As INJ

fakes:ſome ſwaycd with their fortunes,

others immoucable . Cicero ſhoweth
thee how to (peake well,and:ro hauea
cars of thy ſelte, Scipio onely lookes to
the flouriſhing of his Countrey. The «
' ewiſtocles burning with Ambitisgſleeps
not yncill he hath gotcen alifeanſwe-
table to his nature, eAlcibiader an; exe
cellenc patterne of wiſedome ro him
that will remporize . eAlexandey pro «
pheſics of himſeltc with weeping: at
his fathers Conqueſts, a teſtimony that
Vertue will ſhew it ſelfe before it hath
power to perſorme any thing. Itis ol
der thenthe bodie is,ready long before
it, Pyrrbus repreſentecthro vs the yns
certainty ofthe worlde,not holdings.
ny of his Conquefts ſure: /t may be an
aduiſe to ſome ſpirits ro make them
prefer a poore. certainty, before theſe
waucting fortunes, to which purpoſe
one ſaith, Beatior furt Fabritius anime,
quam Pirrbacregno, Itis trucy the in - en
w'
XX
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ward
 ' Of the obſeruation
and eo:
yard Riches are onely our owne, bue
rodedicate a life onelyto their vie, is
to enioy an inuifible commodity, to
buric wealth , Demetrius was a Come
mixeture of yertues, andyvices, and
{me thinks) his end declares his vices
onely to be naturally his,
forhis change
of fortune made him giue ouer Vertue,
he was content
to forget her, on the
condition not to remember his for-
tuoes , be betrayed Vertue, and died
a drunken dicer. Sa/uft is excellence
- in his deſcription of men , If thou
likeſt a ſcuere honeſt grauitie , looke
ypon Cato, this fellow ſure was natu-
rally good;bur ſomewhat roo well
contented to be thought ſo1 If 1were
not a Chriſtian I ſhould like well of
his dearh , eſpecially of the manner
of it: It is nothingto dye, bur that
night to ftudie carneftly , I do infie
nirely allowe + fince Imay notad-
mire him, 1 will pittie his death , end
I with
 .E/W; 156 1 4
and- withall , the feeling the: points
of the two ſwordes , that” was not
ſutable . I am afraide hee was afraid
of paine , I am ſorry. forthis , the
reſt was very good , his other calme-
nefle hall make me pardon this mo»
tion. |
From, Cateline may be taken ma.
ny oblcruations , but they are like
the man daungerous : then bur this,
All qualities without the direRion of
Yertue profic nor,but overthrow their
poſſeflours ,
. From Tac#tus conciſe Rile,there
are many Jewells to be gotten , he
begins wich the common Iudgement
that follgwes a crewell luxprious gos
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uerninent « All that I can ſay,ofNee .-
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ro, is, I blame him not for becing
Api
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PD
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atDE
xCeca
ae
" afraide of Death, it. was not hee,
ERIN
Sys
Ie
_—_
Breda
6i
+.
it was the remembrance of an, il life,
and riches , the berrayers of men to
cowardile, Galba teacheth ——__
taere
 Bfthe ob/eruation & fe ofthings}
oints there 1s daunger io truſting ſeruants
$ not too- farr?: he witneſſeth the indiſcres
fraid tion of the' people wiſhing for Nero
, the againe , becauſc hee was yong , and
Ime» handſome, and faire, whereas Galba
;mo» was riueld,and oldxheir cies are their
Judges,« -- |
1 1M4. I haue beene content totaſte Hi «
like ſtories , and their obſervations, that
this, Lmight tellchem that yer know ir not,
onof that there is yer ſomething'elſero be
their noted befides the Series of the Hiſto-
Jy. As out of theſe , ſo fromour living
chere Relations; from men, 2nd from their
n , he ations, of all which, Diſcretion will
ment wake -as much yſe,as an obſcruing fto-
s go» mack doth of meares aprecing,or dil-
}fNee agreeing With his diſpeſtion,
ecing
- hee,
11 life, I3 Eſjq9-
en to
Inces,
there
 Eſſay. 16.

Of Opinion.
5 69 T befalleth me now,to ſpeak
[9 of the firaungeft thing of
AL 1 the world,and yetit is no»
| thing, and for all that, ſca»
reth the moſt mightie; Itis a monſter,
halfe Truthe, and halfe Falſhood:lItrev
ceinesall formes, ſometimes raking red
ſemblances moſt pleafing, other times
moſt terrible:/ecleaues moſt ro great
Fortunes,& yer liueth vpon the breath
of the vulgar;It is defired,8 ſhunned; >_
=aaE
2 L
ſerued,& ſcorned:Sometimes it maketh
her ſeruars Induftrious, ſometimes tres
cherous. It is often a cauſe of things
looking like good,& fairc, more wy -
ma
f
>.
 Of Opimion
of wickednefle,and finne + In 2 wore
itſcemes to doo much,and doth nos
thing ;And allher followers looking
like ſpirit, and Reſolution,are the very:
efſenceof baſcneſle,, and cowardiſe :
are worſe then blind mE that haue
adog for their guide,for they dare do
nothing of themſclues , vnlefle they
firſt aske counſaile of Opinion: She is
much made loue too by baſe ArSiti-
on,by Thirſters after promotion:Some
attempt to win her with little ruffes,
ſhort haire, and a graue habit,decene
lookes, fewe words, and fobrictic >
Theſe would faine haue her ſay they
are graue, wiſe,ſober, temperate men,
worthy of promotion, mcerte to bee
parte of the racklings of a common-
wealth,
There is an other ſort court her with
fine ſpeeches, would bee thought wiſe,
& learned,
bur theſe never vtcer their
ware butingreat aſſemblies,
wher they
I3 may
 Fſav. JIG,

may hope certainly of-witnefſe. Tt ſom

times makes cowardiſe to :aduenture
ypon daunger, but they will ſeldome
makerriall of themſclues alone, they
| like nor nijghtileruices , nor Secret
Stratagems : A pitch'd field is roo lit
tle, and the eyc of the Generall
muſt
artend them , or elſe they: like it
not, G04 42% F731
Ittis wiſedome with them to looſe
no labour, and prodigalitie to con+
cealec ycrine,it is worſe'then to weare
cloath of gold inwardly , and fuſtian
eutwardly , they allowe of-ng ſecret
expence , it is wnthriftineſſe ; They
often goe like vertue , ſpeake like
Vertue, doo like Verruc, but that is'
where Vertue is in faſh!9g, for as ital-
ters, they alter, hey loue not her,but
Qpinion. Opinion 1s, the, mother of
Hipocrifie , who coynes- eounterfer;
money vader the {tap of Vertue;,which
- Lothing can diſproouc butthe touch -
ſtone
 Of Opinion,
ftone of both Fortunes: ny theſe
people oughr'to bee pirtied, forthey
take mote painesthen the yertuous;
far theſe laſt viter their ware as Occa-
fion giues them. leaue, and when. t'is
done,t'is done7the other are faine te
get company togither,to make frends,
and all the cime of their perfotming a-
ny thing, their mind is diſtrated:they
defire'to doo it well, and ere earneſt a-
bourthat, andas earneſtly are their
eyes and cares buſied abeur their, al-
lowance,which if they haue not, they
are throwne lewer in their imaginati-
ons,thenthe Center of the Earth:their
paines are thrice more » their reward
much 1:ſſc;the a!lowance of the people
the applauſe ofyncertaine Ignorance, .
which ifthey do not as much ro mor+
roww,is loſt; but the yertuous haue an
inward fatisfaQtion,and a ſure expeQs
arion'of an eternall reward, If at any
time the attempts of theſe Sea -
I4 rics
_ ſg. 16
ries of Opinion bee eſpied, and thar
the cauſe oftheir ſeeming god bee
knowne, they arc then the very pic-
tures of wretchednes ,more baſe then
a Spittle houſe, they lament,& howle,
' and chide Fortune bitterly: rhus is it
with them in their apprehenſion | of
misfortune, they are more ſubieR to
cake infection then the beſt complex-
ions , their imaginations mulciplye
griefes , they adde more terror then
it is poſlible they ſhould ſuffer: An
ill Dreame to them is worſe then
the ſwordof an Executioner to Re »
cc
..
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XA
LP
Dj
.a
a_
LL
ao
amc
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a

ſolution: In a worde , they knowe

nothing ; neither doo they thinkeof
any truly, bur the exceile of de +
lights, or gricfes worries them worſe
then a bawebennd to endure ten dogs,
Hee that loathes this life , ler hum
not belecue any ching raſhly,lethim
loue Vertue , let himaſpite to (#-
#0 his deſcription, of whome Self
ſaith
 Of Tonth.
faith , Efſe quam viders bonus males
bat. Let him neyther bee ſubieAto
yaine-glorie, nor flatterers , nor re-
(pet commendations, ner reproofes,
farther then they goe with Trueth :
If otherwiſe, let him defend his carcs
from their noiſe, and let them paſſe
without attention , for they arc bur
# fawning Dogges « This courſe
will defende him from being bewit-
ched with words, and beget iudge-
ment » the cauſc of all well perfor-
med AQiions, :

MASS
Eg Eg. 17.
O Diſcontentments.
DS; Hall wee robbe our ſclues of
;SEC - Contentment becauſe our
DY bodies are mortall ? or ſhall
we
 Efay.” 19
weeltceme it the beſt aſhſance of out
friend to weepe ? I ſhall doubt of- the
choiſeof my counſailor,if his Proenium
al
=_—_
_-
LED

-£Go
FERInt.
h
be bewailing,& his inſtruQions teares:
Our griefes originals are two, both ariſe
f:6 the bodie,the one the iſſue of Plca«
fure,the other of Griefes : the firſt is the
-:o 7
>———
—. Ry

EEC
AE
5
ee.
=>
—_
_
—
-
moſt honeſt, the laſt moſt fooliſh. Whe
IN:
—20v2P
our bodie hath rebelled,8& becommeth
the flaue of luſt, it is well done of the
dee
FE-"ak
<

ſoule co lament his obſtinate folly, but

ne

to ſ\mpathize with the bodies grietes,

and aches,and paines, to ſpend cxcla»
EI
nt
bench

mations vpon athing neccſliced,itis

molt ridiculous, rg
We haue many faire exaiyples bes
fore vs,tather to be followed, then ads
mired; for I thinke it not 1mpoffible to
put on this Habit of
Reſolutien, Iris an
armour ( mee thinks ) of excelle
proofe, to meditare of the Eternitie. o
our Wortiiieſt 'part,: and to thinke
this compa of the Elemencs muſt
ſuffer
 Of Diſcontentments.
pf out ſuffet a diſſolution. Whatſocuer God
df- the doth-by a Medium, muſt know an
71011008 endy what iminediatcly belongs to E-
cares. ternitie. Heere doth Philoſophy accor-
1 aliſe ding to Plato,giue the foule againe her
Pleas winges, and helpes for co blowethe
is the Cole of her fi:(t light, and makes her
:Whe todiftinguiſh berweene Earth ., and
meth her ewne Eflence:-and' when afy of
of the theſe Tooth-achesof the bodie come,
7, but ſhereatheth that they are to be enter-
iefes, tained; not as ftrangers, but as Fami-
-xCcla> liars that we haue long expeRted. Who
d,itis hath beene acquainted with this Phis
loſophicall life, cannot but end with
's bee Plata in bis eAviechns, Tantum abeſt
*n ads ut tyra mortem. Ui nunc etian te-
ble to wear Amore...
e Reſolued of this, mee
tis an thinkes; Thinges ſhort of this ſhould
elle lay no holdeof vs3 but alas wee are
te. 0 fovied ro this bewayling , as if wee
binke haus no cauſe for what wee feele,
muſt wee will for what-wee fee , for the
ſuffer | loffe
 Efuye v9; \-
loffe of money and things of that kinds
and if theſe bee nor readie > wee will
weepeat a tale, or at Puppet play. It
$killes not, ifthe bodic onely were at
. this expence, but our ſoules will ac-
company them» and bee ſo fooliſhly
kinde asto lament for that they never
knew. Writing of this, Centemples
tion deſires meto proteſt herthe onely
Curer of theſe Diſeaſes : and ſhe is ſs
indeed © There is no way to make this
ſeperation but by her:ſhe ſheweth her
ALES
ſeruants thoſe Terrours vnmasked ,
which are found to bee no other then
like "Chimeraes , begotten. betweene
Feare, and Darkenefle ,which yaniſh
with the Light,and areexpelled by the
eye-light ofKnowledge. |
Doeſt thou ſament for what is to
come? Why ? becauſe it is not come?
No, becauſe it is grievous» and wilt
thou double thy griefes with pulling
them on before they come ? why it is a—
oe
am
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i.
ia
co
cc

$6O
 of Diſcontentmentz,
too late ro weepe If thou wile doe any
thing, pn thy bodie with 2cttins
Cure:if ic be yncurable , Lameatati-
ons aze yaine: there reſtes nothing then
but co imitate cunning Porters , get
ſomewhat to ſaue thy shoulders, and
learne co catic itwith the greateſt eaſe.
Incuer yet faw griefc of ſo deepe a Dy,
that Time hath nor changed : were it
not better to be ones owne Phiſition ?
and chough we haue loft Friends, Re-
puration, and Riches, che houſchold-
ſtuffe of eſteem in the world, yet ifwe
holde Patience we are not poore: And
among the wiſe,the eſtimation will ra«
ther encreaſe then decreaſe with theſe
trials, Come then,let vs maintaine this
Fort reſolutely, there is no ſafctie but
heere, Nullns locms ef, quo non poſcit
Fortana proſequz, yes, heere ſhe cannot:
this place is diuine, and immortall,and
ſhe commaunds ouer nothing that is
hot ſenſible; for the other 5 Vitis af
fetus
 Eſſay. v9; -
lofle of money and things of that kinds
and iftheſe bee not readie » wee will
weepe at a tale, or at Puppet play. It
$killes not, ifthe bodic onely were at
. this expence, but our ſoules will ace
company them» and bee ſo fooliſhly
inde asco laments for that they neuer
knew, Writing of this, Centemplas
tion deſires meto proteſt herthe onely
Curer of theſe Diſcaſes : and ſhe is (@
indeed : There is no way to make this
ſeperation butby her:ſhe ſheweth her
' feruants thoſe Terrours vnmasked,
which are found to bee no other then
like 'Chimeraes , begotten | betweene
Feare, and Darkenefle ,which yaniſh
with the Light,and areexpelled
by the
eye-light ofKnowledge. |
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roo late ro weepe If thou wilt doe any
thing, pu_ thy bodie with ecttins
Cure:if it be yncurable , Lameatati-
ons aze yaine:there reſtes nothing then
but co imitate cunning Porters , get
ſomewhat to ſaue thy |vnranch and
learne co catic it with the greate(t caſe.
Incuer yet ſaw griefc of ſo deepe a Dy,
that Time hath nor changed : were it
not better to be ones owne Phiſition ?
and chough we haue loft Friends, Re-
puration, and Riches, che houſchold=
ſtuffc of eſteem in the world, yet ifwe
holde Patience we are not poore: And
among the wiſe,the eſtimation will ra«
ther encreaſe then decreaſe with theſe
trials. Come then, let vs maintaine this
Fort reſolutely, there is no ſafctic but
heere, Nul/n: locmr ef, quo now poſzit
Fortana proſequs, yes, heere ſhe cannot:
this place is diuine, and immortall,and
ſhe commaunds ouer nothing that is
not ſenſible ;for the other 5Uitii af
fetus
 Fſg9.-17. .
feftus proprims eftasſphicere ſibs : Behold
this workeman who hath made ys ſo
contrarie to vice, as we, nener taſte her,
but ſhec riſech in our ſtomackes , and
cbeckes our Intemperancys” _.....:
Heere are the belt motions that the
ſoule hath of the body , ſhe erretb nor
TEES
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ries more terrour with it. When qur in-
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all like it,a:2d itis ſpeedily bought + -
terward our conſcience m VS. onr
choyſe,when behoſd itis moſt ougly,&
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deformed : our ſenſes we crie out, haue
deceiued ys,but that will. not leiue; cur
once kiſſing it,makes it follow vs pete
petually.Here hath ſhecauſc ro weepes
ef
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ro remorſc,& anafter care with impreſ-
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th not
ble for Y cultome is about this time
eisno of day to {lcepe, to auoide
ledby which pow,Ichooſe to write
at Cat® ſo, ifthis bee a drowſie file,
Ju if andſleepily done, yerifir be not worſe
ſelight then ſleepe, I gocnot backward,for it
teh ſerues in ſleepes roome, This ſleepe is
Il 3, 7 to me in the nature that Dung is eo
VS_ our Ground,it makes the ſoile of my appres
iply,& kenſion more ſolid,& toughzit makes it
t,haue not ſo light,& pleaſant,& Iamplad ofit,
1e; cur forlfind my ſelfe too much ſubieRtto a
's Pete yerbal quicknes:thus Ithink ie goodfor
eepes me that Iam of a drie barraine mould,
ingv$ bur for others it may hap to make then
mpreſ- wateriſh:the cauſe of thisiscommon,
Of as
 Ef. 18.
as theeffeA, yer as ſome bodies are
more ſ\ubictroit then others,ſomeats
of one kinde ptauoke it more then a-
nother. This makes me often play the
Epicure, making my ftomacke a cows
' ard, to fight with Partridge, Pheſant,
and ſuch toule, whoſe Ayrie parts are
more fine, and poyſon not the Braine
with chicke yapours. The fouresfooted
Beaſtes are Jull and groſle, and fo is
. whar proceeds from them. Well , for
my part1will pur away this ſleepy hu+
mour, for it is an extrcame ſpeader,
When I come at the ende of a wecke
to reckon howT have beftowedit, in
that ſeauendaiesI finde nothing , but
lem in fleepe, Item in fleepe: Andin
the end Summa totalis, ſeuen nights,(e+
uen Afrernoones, befide halfe houres,
and quarters, at vnaccuſtomed times}
i.
as
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a
there is no proportion in this , eſpect-
ally co beftow ſo much of winking, I
capnot blame Alexander though hee
mifliked
 Of Sleepe.
$ ace mifliked it,and held thargand Luft, che
LEAs arguments of
Mortalitie:If he had vſed
en a/ eight of clocke=houres;the Per ian Em-
y the pire might yer haue ſtood. Not fo
COW much bur good Husbands hate it ;And
(ant, Pedantes haue made it a maine ſuppor-
$ are ter of their inſtru&ions. I would liken
raine it to Death, but that it is more teri»
voted ble , for it is idlenefle : yer thus ir
fo is is Death, for itkilles Eternitie, Fame
|, for tener knew a perpetuall Bedprefler,
y hu+ ' Is it not a pittifull ching to ſcea fellow
nder beftow halfe his Patrimonie in hobby
vecke horſes ? hen piric all, who hauing buc a
it, in litcle rime,dedicate that to ſleepes But
, but this isrhe effeR of our Bodics, who 1n
\ndin deſpight of our ſoules Diuinitie, will
irs,
ſc» follow theirnzcurall Inclinations, to lie
oures, long,and be ſencelefſelike their carthe
imes} lyOriginall, |
ſpect K. Of
ci1Ng% I
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Se oe
« Eſſay. 19.
Os
Of Life,and thefaſhions
ofLife.
Rere baue been great Contenti-
ons about. my Minde,aad my Bo-
die» about this Argument of Life;
they are both verie obſtinate-in their
Deſires: and I cannot blame them, for
which {o cuer preuailes, depriues the
other of the greatelt Authoritie, My
Soule extols tg, and per-
{wades me that way z my bodice ynder-
ſtands nor chat language, but is all for
ation. He rels me iris.ynproper,beins
ofthe world,nottoliurt ſo, and that I
am borne to my countrey,, to whom
imbracing this gontemplatiue life 1 am
ynprofitable: the other wants not rea-
ſons forcible , and czleſtiall. Ir hath
| beene
Jy
b of Life.
beene my continuall labour to worke
a reconciliation berweene them, for
I could not perfeft any courſe by
reaſon of this Diwſion.Earth and Hez=
ons uen cannot be made one,therefore im-
polsible ro ioyne them together :onely
thus much I have doone , they zre
tenti- content I ſhall rake my choyſe, All
Ba- this time I wasnot Miſterlefle, nor idle,
Tfe Iput the common phraſe out of faſhi-
their on 3he that ſaies of me onely well, He
Ms for lives, ſpeakes t00 fparivgly of me: for
»5 the Tliue to better my minde, and to cure
, My my bodie of his innate diſeafes. I muſt
d per- chooſe the atiue courſe, my birth co-
'nder- maunds me ro that : I am ſeraboue
all for many other in the Herralds buokes
zbeins not to ſic higheſt at a Table, nor to
that 1 be worſhipped with caps and knees,
whom but to haue a care of my countrey,
The
clam aduancer of my houſe firſt did certain=
ot rea* lyſee ſorne worth in predeceſſors meet
It hath to gouctneorat [caſt wiſe to be an cx-
beene K 2 am ple
 Eſſay. 19:
ample to lower degrees, to that egde
they were ereted higher then ordina-
rie,that eucric eye might behold the; If
their bloud were refined by the Prince
' on that condition, if I pay it not after
them,T am worthie to forfeit it, I will
then religiouſly obſerue the dooing my
Countrey ſeruice; If ſhe imploy mee
not,I finne not though I betake my
ſelfe to the ſecret betterer of mindes,
Contemplation : Howſoeuer , I mult
begin heere; for as Nurſes LeQures
infiru@ little Children by ſeucrall ob-
jects, to know ſenſible things, and: by
that little giue them the knowledge of
a Boy: Bcing palt that age, and come
tothenew life of a man , Philoſophy
muſt then be his Nurſe: and as his firtt
inſtitution raughrt him words, and 40
diſtinguiſh of things by words , this
es. reacheth him the meaning of rhoſe,
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|che;l1t teacheth him to pur together, and to
Prince inlarge this building , makes him cas
t after pable of vaiuerſalities, and the higheſt
, I will knowledges.
img my Non Radii ſolis,neque Iuciaa tela
»y mec Diet,
ke my Diſcutinnt animo:s [cd nature ſpecres
zindes, raluwgue,
I muſt Itis fo, hee gouernes by geſle thatis
eures not a Philoſopher, he is a daungerous
all ob- ſates-man 2for when vacontrowled =
nd by affc ions meete with a high fortune,
:dge of they beget Tyrannie and Oppreſsion-
] come Thaue not then altogither loft my time,
oſophy Ihaue beene adorning my houſe with-
his firſt in : i: is my defire not to haue it lie flo-
and £0 venly, I make it readic for Gueſtes,
s, this that is for imployment ; if they come
F thoſe, noe, itis no matter,itſhall bee the ber-
\caſon: ter for my ſelfeco live in. I care nor
by uw though ſome nice Braines taxe me of
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uice? deſtroy vs. 1 canno: blame a Beggers
15no. though he thinke more of his Dinner,
od, I then of the definition of Fortitude, or
r des the purchaſe of Glorie: he is violently
cients halcd co the vpholding of his bodie:
, and nor is it an ill commendanon fer a
ſome Ploughman, tobe faid co bee a prouis
profls dent man for the world, and to haue a
rcna- care to keepe his tamilie fromſtaruing;
as In but for him that alrcadic bach enough
», but to defend him from baleneſie, and mi-
hould ſerie, ſhail he oncly cate, and drake,
come. and make ancuen reckoning at the
1 Fly- yeares cnd? Fie, it is baler then baſes
e ſubs nefle; No, let him purchaſe Honour te
ouhe, his houſe, Me thinks Fathers ſhould
: Wec give their ſonos this Coualſaile,and it is
r CON» oddes bur they doe: if net, ſure chey
1O00*® thinke it,and would haue them finde it
plea- out. Iam afraid our much Eating, and
Ur ans litle exerciſcyis the cauſe ofthis our low
od, flying,& hcauines:ous many Crudities
yould | ſend
 Eſſay. 19.
ſend vp dul heanie vapours,that makes
vs like better of a bed , then of a (ſaddle.
I would we were ambitious : I wiſh
for vs, as for a flouenly Bey of mine
. owne, whom Iperſwaded to pride,
thereby co eſcape the contrarie; if I
could have obtained, I would haus
thought to haue ſhauen off his pride
in a {mall time.: and Jeft him onely
cleanlineſſe. Iknow Ambitton to be a
. fault, but they that will not vndergoe
Atons for Vertues ſake, will forAm«
bitions. I would propounde Fame,
Greatnes » Honour, Eſtimation : and
wading to finde theſe, we may happi-
ly meete with Honeſtic, Temperance,
Fortitude,and Patiencc: {o muſt ill Nos
macks haue wholſome things couered
ouer:let them be ſweet on Gods name,
ſo that the pleaſantnefle take not away
the good operation,
The next diaiſion after this choiſe, is
zo aduiſe & execute : my knowledge of =

| : rheſe
 of Life,
nakes theſe is by reading , not by experience,
ddie, yet did 7 once touch at the baye of
wiſh armes,but ſo ſhort was my (tay,thar ]
mine truſt moreto my reading then ro my
Yrides Experience . Plntarches Lives ate a-
- if] boundantly fiored with men of both
haue kindes. 1 allowe well of the Conſul!
pride Cicero; his wit and feare preuented a
onely daungerous conſpiracie: but yet] am
o be a much more rauiſhed with the lives of
ergot eflexander,( ofar, and fellows of that
Am= kinde. Me thinkes it becomes a Coun-
ame, ſellour well co aR his Advice, it agre-
:and eth with reaſon, for he vaderftands wel
appl- what ſhould be done when it comes
ance, from himſelie . There is a braue fatif-
1 Ros faftion in 2 minde that coucrieth with -
1ered Daunger ; hee doth rightly ſeruc his
ame, Countrey,whoſe Body execureth what
away his wiſedome plotteth. Sometimes
when I have read the life of Cicero, I
ſe, is thinke him a 200d, Oratour, he dcfer-
ge of ved his fce: bur {ar 15 ſo much be-
theſe holding
 Eſſay. 19.
holding to me,thac Iputhim on, &al
the time Iamreading of him, his hap»
pineſle is mine, his daunger is mine:
when am out of my dreame with c6+
mito 12,Erru Brete, i ſhould be very
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my comtort:/nthe meane time I will
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mend
al me« mo Fra [He firſt times had 9 great
Rea« MY & :duantace of vs ; all caine
, my I (3g from them we muſt now ſay,
orry 1 becauſe they gor the ſtart, ſpake before
itch , ys, and lived before vs . In tructh I
on of think they were more induſtrious; for
les, It out of their naturall wits,and obſcrua-
Enuy, tions,they founded arts,& Sciences in
defire which they were much more profound
o par- cer times,though we are aſsiſted
eaſech thelr trauails,& know whither wee
,that's ſhould go,& how to go by their me «
I will thodical! courſes.
We mult lay the faule
|reade to couctouſnes,& pleaſure,with whoſe
, inticemcnts we are diucrted,ſfo that we
Eſſay, chooſe
 Eſſay. 20:
chooſe now rather to be rich men,the
wiſe men.In tneſe trades they have
not outrun vs; our times may ſafely
brag with them,that we haue hunted
. out more faſhions to pleaſe the ſenſes,
and to get riches 4 the age after vs,that
ſhall ſce both,and muſt be our Judges,
j] am afraid, will determine che times
rfunde
recom
of old,times begetting .Philoſophers
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2en,the though ſhee offer herſelfe, and would
y haue be ours with lefle paines and expence.
ſafely All rhis time we are freg from imica-
zunted tion, yea from following the g00d, bur
ſenſes, in the apiſh kinde we are exact: for a
's,that new Congye,or proteftation we ſwal-
udoes, low preſently,and the faſhions of our
times Apparcl} runne among vs like a plague.
ophers I obſerve a people that will cell you
-ookes where they were laſt, by their beha-
t Vers» niour, and table-ralke, as wellas yp-
mirate on the inwardeſt acquaintance: If he
ato his bach bur ſeene Calhe,he cryes cut of
_ , are the- Engliſh Beere, and that with a
VOrine, ſhrug,and ſhaking ofthe head, as if he
; ( but knew more then he durft vtter,A year
rrow =» in 1:ely rakes him forger his Engliſh,
oly we and ſpeake it broken, and hifping:they
$3 Our rann away With all villanous cuſtoms,
caſion and thinke itfine to talke of Giulia and
;, and Lucretia the famous Curtizans » Me
ſhion, thinkes theſe fellows are hke Snowe=
ertuc, balles, that carry away part of the durt
hough they
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they are rowled ypon « Theſe are baſe
Imications begotten berweene the ſens
ces,and the tantaſie, baſtards vnknown
to the inward true diicerning ſoule,
' There are another kinde that will
holde theirnecks awry with e-2lexaxe
der, theſe are not wanton bur ſubtile
Apes, which ſceke to creepe into Prine
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1 rhen Onions , I can commend them |
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 Of Imitation.
re baſe his Behaniour,and accuſtomed Phra-
he ſen« ſes; In vertue it is very lavyfull , for
KNOWN that is neither his,nor mine; it carryes
ſoule, no marke of any owner,but of the re=
at will all poſſefſour of Eternity, whom ifwe
lex ane could imitate in the lealt perieRio, we
ſubtile were bleſſed,
0 Prin« There area preat ſort paſt,as wor -
ing Oh thy as any liuing, among whom I wil
ange - chooſe ſome one,by whom I would
|make be moſt governed , yet nor 1m all
es,they things , for I would not licence my
worle ſelfe-ro pur on his 1mperfeRions 2 I
| them hatie coo many of mine 6wne that
ps the were borne wirh me,]I haue no need of
(locks bis: 'but when he ſpeaks well , and
ſauing yertuouſly,I would think he ſpears to
blocks, me,and doe my endetour to execute
then his Aduice:the AQtions performed by
Orthier him1]hold like the Vaulters Inſtruc-
on, yet tions don firſt to ſhew me how to per-
Iuing, forme them with greateſt facilitie.
| his, as Weare bcholgiog to times paſt on
his aue
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haue ſhewed vs the ends of all Courles;
we may know Vertucs and Vices, as
lively by their Example, as Lycwrgw
- taught it the Lacedemonians in thic pets
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| flaues. If 1 find my ftrengrth able to
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tion of the Soule, dooth net
more lively cxprefſc her then
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 ' Of Behanionr;
ourles; Behauiour:for hers are Notions darke,
cS, Us and ob{curegtoo heany for euery head
curgua
to carry aWay:but this giues our ſen-
ſl pets
ces a fight ofthar Diuinity, and is the
ts their
yery piQture of the inward minde,Here
zble to
may be read the differences ofmen,
is Ver»
and a ſhort obſeruatien ſhall tell thee
ew leb
as much as along conference:!t canbe
others,
no other then a Rs of the ſoule,
1s {ml-
ſuch a ſweeteneſleit carryes with it,
nes the
ſo much comlineſle , ſomuch con»
adance,
tenement « The Bodyes reſpe& is
ultiply- oucrthrowne by this euidence , let
cd with his Beauries be neuer ſo excellent, if
not aſſiſted by Behauiour, they turne
Ny all co D:ſgraces, & his whitenecſſe doth
nothing bur make his ſportes more vi-
fible. Contrarily, Thaue ſcene defor-
med Bodyes, andill fauoured Coune
tenances , highly in mens eſtimations,
Inquiſt and dearely beloved, beeing accome
zoth net panied with a handſome, and diſcreet
her then government , This cannot bee pers
Beha y formed
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 Efſap. 21:
formed exaQtly, if the Soules rower,
and Diſcourſe be not regardedzwhich
makes me thinke the bodies thus hap-
Py, ſubſtances of Chriſtall tranſparet.
When 1 meete with a dull fellow that
hath no other teſtimony of his becing
awake, but that his eyes are open, I
determine him a fellow drowned in
fleeme, and puddle; for any thing 1
know hehath no ſoulc, for there ap-
peares nothing but a durty peece of |
fleſh , :
et me cum legerts tian formeſa
videbor |

Saith the Poer:this is co be compleat

when the eye ſhall be ſatisfied, & the
foule not diſpleaſed,There is hardly a-
nother thivg ſo abſolute,as to be able
to giuethem both entertainment toge-
ther. OfParticularities( me chioks )
courtefie chalengeth the chiefe place,&
would be diſpatched firſt:trucly amog
; all
 Of Behaniour.
Wes | allother vertues,except it be Liberali-
hich ty, [know none rewarded by men bur
haP- | this, andiffor nothing elſe,me rhinkes
art | itſhould be eſteemed for the preſent
/ that paiment: It payes a great ſort, and is
<<IN | never the poorer, ſatisfies euery man,
en 1 and leflens not the ſtocke:It is the true
ed IN | CharaRter of a good naturedDiſcreri-
ing 1 on,and fo powerfull,as the ſhadow
e ®P” | of it hathraiſed many men ro great
ce of | fortunes : but that's,the abuſe.I would
Vertue would put away patience, and
moſa | 1come chollerick, and revenge: ſhee
| neuer had more cauſe, being made a
Bawd to her ſelfe.
mpleat Euery man muſters himſelfe in the
& the |pndof Vertue,when thereis any pay
dly 2* |10 be taker, bur atrhe day of battaile
'< able (except it be ſome fellow out of 2
ItLOBE [hole ) Thee hath not a follower « 1
voks ) |riflike not a common Afffability, ſo
placey% |;reſerue the ſtate of the party, for os
j 4M Itherwiſe it isnot humility,itis baſenes,
owe L 3 ynteo
 Eſſay. 21,
ynto euery ran a Salutation,and like-
wiſe my Cap, but not familiarity, ex/
ceptIbe ſure his worthineſle deſerucs
it betray my ſclfe, There is a certain
maicftic in Behautour well-becoming,
without pride, or Affe&tation , for
they ſpoyle all, the leaſt dramme of
them makes all taſte of Indiſcretion:
no, this 1s the naturall Guarde ofVer-
tue,the fortiftcarion co reſiſt baſeneſſe,
and to keepe out ſawcy incrochers.We
muſt not be carclefle of theſe outward
matters, but ſecke to make them com:
pleate, yet there 1s an inward thing
whichvaleſle it be added to this, makes
all this to be nothing. a Schoole-mas
ſter had in his place of Exerciſe a glaſſe,
wherein he cauled his Schollers to be+
hold themſelues; If they vyere faire,
and handſome , he vyculd tell them
vyhat pitticit vyas, ſuch goodly bo -
dyes ſhouldbe poſlefled vvirk defec,
tiic minds:If foule, and ill-favoured:
tha
 Of Behauiony .
like? that they mighe make their bodies
_ EX9 faire with dreiiing their mind
Tues
ſomely; this was ſomewhat oem
rtain ” a Pedant . my Application; It his
Mings ehauioys be good, the adorning his
for minde doubles that Excellencyzif ul
ne of it will make ir good, when your mind
tion?
performeth what your body promi-
fVer- ſeth not, It is without exception
neſle, when tne Actions of the bodie are
's,. We lighted by the gifts of the minde.l al-
rward low not too lauiſh
a diſcourſe; it is as
1 com: ifone meant to ſell himſelfe $ he thac
thing will (till talke , aduentureth himſelfe
makes too much 3 Ir isnot valour bur foole-
le-mas hardineſſe, he depriues himſelſe of
| glaſſe, obſcruation. Ic were goodin this to
: tO bes» imicate cunning ſhop-keepers , who
P faire )
ſhew there ware in a halfe light. Vpon
1] chem
occafion I woutd ſpeak,but nigeard!
y bo « and rather ſtarue then ſurfer anyand>
b deſecs tory . Auoide AffeRation , avd loue
10ured, Vertue , and for outward geſtures
tha L 3 if
 Eſſay. 38:
of loue and obedience, and the bringer
in of reſtineſle and rebellion, it is to
bee fafelieft done, either by teaching
them the duety of cach ſtate, by ma-
king them vnderftand the worthineſle
of a life that runnes directly in his de.
ſtinated courſe, or elſe with ſhowin
them the effects of their labours , and
with them comparing the vnhappi-
nefle of the ations of diſobedience,
but natiires know fiot what they doe,
and yet doc herpleaſure , hee that can
finde inftruments of the ſame temper,
is likely ro make good worke: Allthe
rare and variable ations and formes of
Nature, are tempered and performed
onely by her folire ſeruants the Ele.
as 4 victh no more. A plaine de-
monſtration, not the multitude , but
the diligence and diſcipline bringeth
things to the wiſhed end; though C4
far could call all his fouldiers by their
names, yet I doubt whether hee were
perfeRin all their natures, itcould --
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 OfNatures Pollicie.
be,andyet might be, inthe courſe of
Armes it bred no danger : but when it
came to. counſell, I belecue hee would
not thinke their names aſſurance good
enough;but to ſpeake of the counlelles
ofpeace, which giue al exteriSr action
their ſhape,it is not meer they bee mas
ny, but ſeleed out of many, for the
ſoundeſt counſelles,proccede not from
lrgeneſſe of the companic, but from
largeſt vnderſtanding , for them that
viemany , as ſeruants, not counſel-
lours, itis notſo hurtfull , yet have
they ſo many windowes for paſlin-
gers to take it at, and to diſcouer
what they doe, Natures conſlitutes
but foure , vnder which number ſhee
hath reduced all the thinges of the
world,ſo ought a polititian that inteds
| the keeping the body of gouernement
ingood forme, to make euery crea-
tureofhis charge , belong to one of
the ordained ſtates of his ſigniory , by
which hee ſhall defend his Countrey
Aa from
 Eſſay. 38.
from idle firaglers, and ſuppreſſe one
of the meanes of innovation, Out
of theſe foure conſtituted bodies, hath
ſhee made all thinges , thete belonges
no moreto her whole frame, whoſe
fituation and whoſe number is an-
other lefſon', they are foure , ſoare
the difierent flates of a common
wealth in her exaReſt conſtitution,
The Prince, Nobilitie , Gentry ,Ple-
beians. Natures agree and diſagree in
qualitics, the-one in reſpect of theit
ſituation , the other of generation,
thinges altogether like , becing a
vnprofitable as letters without 4
vowell , ſo ought the degrees aboue
mentioned, for were they altogea- Princ
ther contrary, ther? could bee no klues
combination , if altogether a like
no generation , noorder , Natureof a {C ſe
hers hath giuen fire the prehemi- Skilful
nence , whoſe neighbour ayre is, and follow
they agree in heate, water 15 next ty of
water ten
the ayre , and they in moyſinefle,
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 6 Of N
tures Policre.
ne with the carth in coldnefle, the Princ®©
wt with the Nobilitie in mortalitie, th®
ath Nobles with the gentry in their refine
pes blood, the gentry with the Plebeiars,
ole in ſubieCtion,the fire is the moſt hie, the
All- moſt worthy,the ayre lefſe worthy but
are behoofeful, the water to be vied nor v-
non fng, the carth an immenſe and mon-
jon, ſrous body, whoſe worthines contiſis
Ple- only in his quantitie, Such muſt be the.
ein are of law giuers and founders of ſo-
heit cetics,as their incorporate body hath
10n, both their agreeing and difagrecing
=” qulities, by thoſe agreeing, to keepe
ut 4 themin amitie , which is alwaies the
Houe efet of an equall «intereſt , euen as
ped- Princes by alljance ſeeke to aſſure the-
e no clues of one another, by this diſagree-
like ngirohaue all the ſundry imployments
are of aſeate,fitted with managers meet &
1emi- kilful, After the creation oftheſe foure
and ollowes their imployment , the indul..
next ty ofNature,iswell ſeene in her chil-
\watrcr tento; whomfhi hath expreſly for-
with Aaz bid-
 Eſſay. 38.
bidden idleneſſe, to keepe which pre: | ,
cept ſhe hath made neede an ouerſcer, | ,
and correQor of the difobedient, her n
clementsare continually bufied eythet th
in compoſing bodies, orit ſingle in be. 3
ing afſiftant to bodies , if they bee not his
thus they ſuffer amutation, the moſt the
abhorred thing to their Natures, Trees
are continually buficd in conuerting hs
the ſweeteſt of the next adioyning,
earth into bowes, branches leaucs and
fruite,if they doc not they dye , beaſtes db
baue their foode to preuide, from
which if the deſeaſe of lazines or agt
diuerts them they ftarue , man the no.
bleſtcreature is not ſo ſharpely com- "hg
pelled, but by his gift of reaſon hath
his choice , which it hee dooth abuk,
ce becomes vnprofitable , a courk
much more tcrrible then the reſt, «
this idlenefle, comes many milchiefe,
as firſt his vnprofitableneſſe, next half,
ill example, and oft it prooues worl:
there becinog 'none ſo dangerou
thought
 Of tures
N Policie.
Pres
thoughts as thoſe that are bread un
cer,
this languiſhing ſlouth. Dracoes me-
her dicine for this was death,]I doubt whe-
ther they I ſhould condemne it for too
| bc= ſharpe,
for that execution disburdened
> not his Countrey and was likely to cure
moſt the beholders , but a more gentle
"rees medicine might haue ſerued as well:
rting beware ofthat., there beeing nothing
ning, more dangerous to a late, then to
; and
ieft with offenders, if you confefſc the
eaſtes debr, pay-it them, or you leaue them |
from worſe then, you found them, well , if
r ag?
itmuſt bee cruelty. , yerit is a pittifull
1e NO-
cruelty, and Dracoes lawes very good
COM
for the beholders whatſocuer they
1 hath were for the vndergoers. From whence
abuſe nature fetcheth the ſufte of her work-
court manſhip, is onely from her ſelfe, ſhee
t, U
hath fetched them from the pouentic
hie fe, ffnothing,and giuen them a becing, a
ext hs
neanes to holde them in their dueties,
worle Yrit binds them both by louc & feare,
erou
cholding the benefite ; gratefulneſle
ought
D Aa3 com-
 F/Jay. 38.
compels them to acknowledgement,if t
diſhoneſt and vngrateful, they are eafi- h
beſt ſuppreſled, whoſe obſcure original | ©
receiues their light not from themſelns, |
bur the aſſiſtance of others , but this
example muſt bee allayed, before it by
Comes to the practiſe of men , other. | 3
wiſe taken,it wil proouc poyſon,ſome- Mo
what there is in it, not vnprofitable,bu i
it muſt be carefully —_ for wee} ©
are pot fo early as before the begin ua
nings of thinges, we haue the pleaſur I,
of the vſe, not of the making,
to attep **
which,is not without apparent dange Th
it is not out of the way, to raiſe po r Dl
fortunes with rich mindes, neither wi > 8
they be vnprofitable ifregarded lig 6
ly, bur if ſuffered ro amount, they by c W
moſt dangerous, for as things natu buſe
colde,through force made hottc,bun we
moſt ardently, ſois there no ambitic DUn
ſo violent as the beygars ambitic Ng
There are examples enough of ſla Ana;
and ſcruants , that haue ftept berwee |
 Of atures
N Police.
their maſters and death, as many thax
haue aſpixed to their maſters autheri-
tie,here was the vſe and abuſe of thoſe
inferiour infiruments, |
Nature counſelles with no body
but her ſelfe, an inſtance not fitte for
man , becauſe the weakneſle of his
vnderſtanding needes the force of af.
fiance, but that they ſhould bee fewe,
and ſelected, is a wiſe and the neerci}
imitation that we can attaine vnto:the
reaſons are two, thoſe Counſells are
likely to bee kept ſecret, that are
committed to a few, it being an infal-
lible precept to lay a mans eſtate (if
neede requires ) vpon many , his
thoughts and weighty intents ypon
few, the other reaſon, there arc bur
few to be found ſo honeſt as not to a-
buſe this authority conuerting their
counſels to.their particular benefite,
Dm ſeo tentat/alient? pollice venam,
Candida per cauſam brachia ſepe tenet.
To counſcll is the belt office of a
Aa 4 friends
 Eſſo. 38.
friend , butlet him bee a friend with
whom we counſell, Omnia cum amico
dclibera,ſed dewþſoprivs. Since we muſt
vſchelpe, letvs bee ſure hee is fo, to
whom wee truſt, ſo the diſcretion by
nothing recciues ſo great a checke, the
eſtate ſo great
aloſle, the life fo great
a danger as by the choice of a diffem-
bler a foole or a coward for our friende
and counſellor, Tiberwe in his whole
courſe neuer prooued himfelfe honeſt,
bur neuer a foole , bur in his truſting,
Neither is this moſt powerfull Em-
preſſe lauiſh in her rewardes, ſhe hath
created things one aboue another and
= them degrees of preheminence,
utſhee currupts not Natures with a
prodigall heaping promotion, vpon
promotion,for well knoweth ſhee that
the inforcing thinges , beyond the l-
mites of their conceptions and eſſence,
wholly corrupts them,and makes them
as vnprofitable as age in' a ftrange
Countrey.But this denics not rewards
t
 OfNatures Policie.
the foode of a mortall goodnefle;
which it muſt haue, or elſe itſeldome
lueth , bur the tempter and the right
diftribution is the thing that Nature
teacheth vs, for in this aboundauce
doth the minde ſurfet, as doththe bo.
die by aboundance of meate, She hath
made nothing withoutan vſe, an ad-
uice,fitting high and low , whoſe che-
riſhing creatures without vie, markes
them at the end with anF. or B, to
make which impoſition to endure-ea-
fie,ſhee hath more things to ſet them
abour, then one , and fitterh diſpoſi-
tions with taskes anſwerable to their
dipoſitions, of this Ihaue ſpoken be-
fore, yet is it ſo certaine an effetreſle
ofthings proſperouſly; asto remember
itagaineis not ſuperfluous. Hauing
thus conſtitution her *gouernement,
ſhee deteſts nothing more then mon-
fiers,be they ueuer ſo excellent in ſome
things which ſhe hates, eyther becauſe
they are nothers but Fortunes,and _
WiuC-
 Eſſay. 38
wiſedome and Nature is to hie and ex.
cellent to mother that pedlers brartte,
or elle they arc rebelles that in diſpite
of her authoritie and skill will breake
out into the world and difgrace her
cunning , the fame reaſons ought
to make ſtates: no lefle abhorre the
monſters of ates, practiſers of inno.
uation , which whether it comes from
the humour ofFame or from che more
daungerous of ſurpriſing
his Country,
isto bee with all diligence ſuppreſſed;
bad,iftrheybe not too bad cuſtomes
becing more thet remedjes produ.
cing innouations, For i theſe troubles
the honeſt minde {lands amazed, the
ſeditious. that have long waited far
ſuchan opportunitic embracc it, woun-
ding the fate ih many places,while
her gouernors are either fecble throgh
diftraction, or their forces bent ano-
ther way, by the commaundement of
paſſion, - |
Oft time yas the Romane com-
mon
 Of Natares Polite.
nd ex, mon-wealth ſicke of theſe diſeaſes, fil-
bratte, dom cured of any,if (alued of one with
diſpite fuch a difaduantage, as the curious eye
breake of ſedition, found by that how to mo-
ce her leſther more dangeronſly ; euen asa
ought troubled tit'e of land , oft times brings
Tre the forth more with pleading for the right
f inno« and ſhewing the title, So apprchenfwe
»$ from and ſo piercing is the witte of man, thar
C 1nore ſpurred by his will, there is nothing too
2Untry, fecul that he dares not attempt and
eſſe erhaps vanquiſh, ſucha fury mooues
tomes bs will, with ſuch ſubtiltie his rea-
rodu- ſon, whercfore ſince the will backes
nv ill cauſes ſometimes , and that the
d, the reaſon is corrupted,by the violence of
ted for the wil,there is no hilarythrough theſe
WON intricate inany turnings, but the thred
whiles of vertue, whoſe light is the onely
throgh meanesto lay open theſe Juglers and
t an0- workers by ſtealth. To follow Natures
zent of progreſſions a little further , by this
time hauing laide the foundation of
e COM- her goodly building, itis tine co illu-
mon ſtrate
 Eſſay. 38.
rate the effets ofher excellence,
to arriueat ſome good end of her tra-
wailes ; nay,what is there, but is the
creature of her hand? An excellent
happinefle, ro equall which, thoughit
were a groundleſſe ambition for vs to
aſpire to, yetas like it as we come, isa
worthy defire, weare well pleaſedin
the attempting things, but things of
this rancke effeed, to haue preſerued
our country, to haue giuen her good
lawes, to have left her good/examples,
are ſuch things to behold, poſleflethys
with ſo ample and cternall ioyes, 4
not the imagination , the neerel}
neighbour to' mortality ,toimmortal
fate, cannot thinke of more diuine
joyes , then is here felt. I wonder not
at. Licwrpur wilfull exile, _—
the ———_ it was an vncertaine a
' dangerous ſtate, that he left his Ne-
phew, compared with thefruitionof
thoſe thoughts that accompanied his
baniſhment, his conſtitutions and or-
dinances
 OfNatures Pollicie.
dinances of the Lacenian Kingdome,
in my account farre ouer-valuing, the
poſſeſſion, Of the reſt of natures work-
manſhip , though there bee none bur
full of precious liquor , and that there
yet more then a mortall imaginati-
oncan graſpe, with that multitudeI
round an. , anddare goe no far-
ther then to ſhut vp what hath paſſed
my pen, there reſts but of her this then
that Idare venture pon; thefirſt how
liberally ſhee dealcth with the worlde
inher eftet, how ſparingly in laying
open her cauſes, well knoweth ſhe the
dpoſition of man, who ſfpurneth and
defiſerh all thoſe benefits that heyn-
derftands the reaſon of an excellent
leflon for ſoueraignty tolearne, whoſe
knowledge fetched from his gouerne-
ment rather then perſon , nouriſheth
&vpholds maieſtie,they being drawne
into more beautifull _—_ that the
eye ſeeing not, the imagination per=
formeth for her, theu thoſc things that
are
 . Eſſay. 38.
are the ordinary obietts of the eye and
familiar to our ſenſes. The vpholding
this miraculous frame, reſteth in the
hands of loue and neede , which doe
| preſerve all her creatures, which two,
are the maine pillars vpholding her
building, by loue her fock is renewed;
Omnibus incutiens blandam per pefle-
'. raamoren, |
Efficis, vt cupide generati.
By neede things diſagreeing in na-
ture, are yet kept from proclaymin
warres againſt one another, Sh
2nd Jous though by the effects th
may be parted by a diſtintion, yet is i
our loue needy, and none that is not
intereſted in our particular care: hows
Bate ought to apply this, is cuidenr, by
the whole world,it is determined, peo-
ple cannor live without gouernours,
there is their need, from his iuſtice and
true execution of his place procecdes
their loue; thus from loue and neede,
proceedes the preſeruation of focics
ries,
 Of N atures Policte.
ties, Itis all our Rates to neede, and a
mutuall ſupplying each others wants,
that makes vs compleat and full, being
otherwiſe lame & defeftiue , this mult
perſwade Subiefts willingly to con-
ribute to the charge of the Prince,and
not look only vpon their own charge,
but vpon his .expences to defend them
fom innouitions and troubles , this
doth nature more plainely: teach in the
ſunnes drawing vp moiſture from the
earth, which it doth not as needin
them, butto giue it againe to the __
more warme and more fatthen ſhe re=
ceiued it, in the ſame nature muſt wee
elceme Princes impoſttions,which1e-
turne vs them with a great encreaſe,
and more rich in ſubſtance then the
receiued them , thus doth: Nature ex-
cellently-vphold her worlde , thus ex-
cellently' ſhall theſe ares Gand that
proceede ſo impartialiy and wiſely as
to imitate her, for ;
Ratio eſtnature imitatio,
Of
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ci ATC. G
x t
Eſſay. 39. -
Of Concept. | "
| mie

To the Lady Withipoll. bu

|*ba your commaundements (ho- |oy
nourable Lady) are conceited : for mc
by your commaundement I haue en-f| to!
quired of conceit , which Ifinde ſolileff Co,
your ſelfe,as to reſembleit to your ſelf en
were a true and quicke deſcription;
bur it is in you mixed with iudgement,
without which it often goes, though
often goe with it, That it goe with
out, it makes it differ from you,
for you wha
cannot goe without iudgement , butlF ina
muſt ſpeake no more of you, Imulf lyto
then ſpeake of perfeRions, whoſe wailſ ties c
in the worlde makes imperfeR iudgeFſenſe
mentsdetermined comendations , ' doub
 Of Concert;
due prayſes,Poetry or Flattery. But ey-
ther conceit is two ſundry thinges, or
conceitis abuſed;for to duck, and to be
fuffed with apiſh tricks,to weare green
cut ypon yellow and to bee a yery me-
timent to their eyes, I haue heard tear-
med.conceit : when they are no other
but Taylour-like friskes of the ſenſes,
which they haue ſeene, allowed, with-
; (he-ff our asking councell euen of the com-
d: fot} monſenſe , the ware-houſe common
1e en-ſ tobea(ts,and to men. But the worthies
ſolilkef Conceite lcaues poſtes betweene the
ur ſe Þſenſes, and the fancie , which ſpeedily
tion: conuey intelligence , and are as ſpeedi-
lyanſwered:lr is a fruitfull land fowed,
andreaped at an inſtant ; it is a quicke
workman which ſendeth and receiueth
whatſoeuer is preſented in atime :1t is
Ina word,a fancy wel diſpoſcd,not on-
lyto her own facultie, bur to the abili-
ties of both neighbours , the common
iudgeFſenſe; and the memory :Her power is
3, 7 doubly ſera worke in words, and in
deeds.