Meditations, and resolutions, moral, divine, politicall century I : written for the instruction and bettering of youth, but, especially, of the better and more noble / by Antony Stafford ... ; there is also annexed an oration of Iustus Lipsius, against calumnie, translated out of Latine, into English.
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           Meditations
           ,
           and
           Resolutions
           ,
           Moral
           ,
           Divine
           ,
           Politicall
           .
        
         
           Century
           1.
           
        
         
           Written
           for
           the
           instruction
           and
           bettering
           of
           Youth
           ;
           but
           ,
           especially
           ,
           of
           the
           better
           and
           more
           Noble
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Antony
             Stafford
          
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           There
           is
           also
           annexed
           an
           Oration
           of
           
             Iustus
             Lipsius
          
           ,
           against
           Calumnie
           ;
           translated
           out
           of
           Latine
           ,
           into
           English
           .
        
         
           AT
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             H.
             L.
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Thomas
             Saunders
             .
             1612.
          
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           FRANCIS
           ,
           Countesse
           of
           Hertford
           (
           Daughter
           to
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           Thomas
           ,
           Vicount
           Bindon
           )
           Antony
           Stafford
           ,
           wishes
           the
           effects
           of
           her
           wishes
           .
        
         
           VVHat
           I
           had
           a
           long
           time
           sought
           for
           in
           
           others
           (
           excellent
           Lady
           )
           and
           could
           neuer
           find
           ,
           of
           my selfe
           ,
           at
           last
           I
           found
           in
           you
           .
           I
           meane
           ,
           Madame
           ,
           a
           true
           definitiō
           of
           Honor
           :
           Which
           ,
           as
           I
           first
           found
           in
           you
           ;
           so
           at
           last
           I
           honoured
           you
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           will
           do
           to
           my
           last
           .
           And
           should
           I
           not
           ,
           I
           were
           as
           worthlesse
           as
           you
           are
           worthy
           ;
           sith
           I
           neuer
           in
           any
           ,
           but
           in
           you
           ,
           discover'd
           the
           height
           of
           Blood
           ,
           of
           Beauty
           ,
           of
           
           Vertue
           ,
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           (
           which
           vvonder
           at
           World
           ,
           or
           thou
           thy selfe
           wilt
           be
           wondred
           at
           )
           with
           all
           these
           ,
           the
           height
           of
           lowe
           Humility
           :
           Of
           Humility
           ,
           Madame
           ,
           in
           you
           to
           bee
           admired
           ;
           not
           to
           be
           imitated
           :
           or
           if
           to
           bee
           imitated
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           equalled
           .
           I
           know
           ,
           your
           Ladishippe
           (
           in
           whom
           Mildness
           and
           Modestie
           haue
           made
           a
           Mariage
           )
           will
           rather
           mislike
           than
           admit
           
           these
           prayses
           .
           Pardon
           me
           ,
           Madam
           ;
           you
           should
           not
           doe
           so
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           Vertue
           cānot
           be
           ouerpriz'd
           ;
           no
           more
           can
           she
           euer
           be
           ouer-prais'd
           .
        
         
           Were
           it
           not
           the
           world
           would
           thinke
           that
           Partialitie
           did
           prompt
           mee
           ,
           I
           would
           yet
           ad
           to
           yo
           r
           praises
           ;
           not
           that
           you
           might
           reade
           them
           ;
           but
           that
           after
           Ages
           ,
           by
           them
           ,
           might
           knowe
           howe
           faire
           was
           the
           
           fairer
           part
           of
           fairest
           you
           ;
           and
           knowing
           it
           ,
           admire
           it
           ;
           &
           with
           admiration
           ,
           imitate
           it
           .
           It
           would
           be
           long
           (
           incōparable
           Ladie
           )
           it
           wold
           be
           very
           long
           ,
           before
           wee
           shold
           win
           any
           one
           to
           belong
           to
           Vertue
           ,
           vvith
           the
           meer
           praysing
           her
           in
           abstract
           ,
           should
           vve
           not
           praise
           her
           in
           som
           person
           gracious
           in
           Gods
           eye
           ,
           and
           the
           Worlds
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           ,
           Madame
           ,
           I
           
           shall
           bee
           prays'd
           for
           praising
           you
           ;
           &
           disprays'd
           for
           offring
           to
           expresse
           the
           infinite
           honour
           and
           seruice
           I
           owe
           you
           ,
           vvith
           so
           poore
           a
           present
           ,
           so
           little
           a
           labour
           ,
           as
           this
           vnlicked
           Work.
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           that
           finding
           my
           Booke
           to
           haue
           little
           spirit
           ,
           or
           life
           in
           it
           ,
           I
           made
           vse
           of
           your
           Name
           to
           make
           it
           liue
           .
           For
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           liue
           long
           ,
           without
           your
           euer-liuing
           
           vertues
           to
           relieue
           it
           .
           I
           am
           so
           farre
           from
           expecting
           thanks
           ;
           as
           that
           I
           humbly
           craue
           pardon
           ,
           for
           presuming
           so
           much
           to
           abuse
           your
           Name
           ,
           as
           to
           sette
           it
           before
           so
           weake
           a
           Worke.
           If
           I
           liue
           ,
           most
           woorthy
           Lady
           ,
           I
           heer
           promise
           you
           and
           the
           Age
           ,
           a
           farre
           greater
           ,
           and
           a
           farre
           better
           .
           If
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           I
           die
           ,
           I
           die
           infinitely
           indebted
           .
           Thus
           ,
           with
           my
           
           vncessant
           prayers
           for
           your
           Ladiship
           ,
           and
           your
           thrice
           honorable
           Lord
           ,
           I
           rest
        
         
           
             Your
             Honors
             humble
             ,
             loyall
             Servant
             ,
             and
             vnwoorthy
             kinsman
             ,
             Antony
             Stafford
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           Vnderstander
           .
        
         
           VNderstander
           (
           for
           ,
           to
           euery
           Reader
           I
           write
           not
           )
           beholde
           this
           Booke
           with
           a
           gentle
           eye
           ,
           and
           entertaine
           it
           with
           fauour
           .
           It
           was
           penn'd
           by
           him
           who
           had
           rather
           say
           ,
           
             Est
             iudicium
             in
             nobis
          
           ,
           than
           
             est
             furor
             in
             nobis
          
           .
           Winke
           therefore
           at
           the
           want
           of
           witte
           thou
           shalt
           finde
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           a
           worke
           
           of
           iudgement
           onely
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Asses
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           I
           care
           as
           little
           for
           their
           censures
           ,
           as
           their
           companies
           .
           Though
           they
           can
           pick
           out
           good
           sense
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           not
           ;
           contrarie
           to
           the
           equity
           of
           a
           Reader
           ;
           who
           ,
           in
           a
           place
           doubtful
           ,
           should
           striue
           to
           vnderstand
           ,
           before
           he
           cry
           out
           ,
           Non
           sense
           .
           They
           little
           knovve
           ,
           that
           hee
           ,
           who
           writes
           in
           euery
           thing
           properly
           ,
           shall
           neuer
           vvrite
           anie
           thing
           pleasingly
           .
           If
           I
           were
           disposed
           to
           carpe
           ,
           I
           doe
           not
           thinke
           there
           are
           ten
           lines
           in
           any
           booke
           extant
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           I
           would
           not
           pick
           somthing
           
           to
           cauill
           at
           .
           My
           greatest
           comfort
           is
           ,
           I
           neuer
           yet
           saw
           any
           carper
           that
           had
           any
           iudgement
           .
           VVhich
           vvhosoeuer
           wants
           ,
           lacks
           the
           very
           salt
           of
           wit
           :
           without
           which
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           is
           read
           ,
           lies
           ravve
           ,
           and
           vndigested
           .
           But
           ,
           that
           which
           makes
           mee
           most
           merrie
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           some
           of
           our
           printed
           puppies
           thinke
           themselues
           worthy
           to
           bee
           compared
           vvith
           the
           most
           authenticke
           ,
           auncient
           Authours
           ;
           vvhose
           vvittes
           they
           come
           as
           short
           of
           ,
           as
           of
           their
           vvorkes
           .
           I
           haue
           heard
           some
           of
           them
           censure
           Authours
           ,
           vvhome
           
           they
           doe
           as
           little
           vnderstand
           ,
           as
           they
           doe
           themselues
           .
           If
           they
           had
           but
           some
           small
           deale
           of
           matter
           vvith
           their
           manie
           vvordes
           ,
           they
           might
           (
           I
           confesse
           )
           rubbe-out
           reasonably
           vvell
           ,
           amongst
           coxcombes
           ,
           that
           are
           capable
           of
           no
           higher
           matters
           than
           themselues
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           I
           vvould
           intreate
           them
           to
           content
           themselues
           vvith
           their
           Iigge-learning
           :
           in
           which
           when
           they
           haue
           knowne
           all
           they
           can
           ,
           they
           then
           knowe
           iust
           nothing
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           Seneca
           saith
           ,
           
             operosè
             nihil
             agunt
          
           .
           I
           write
           
           not
           this
           out
           of
           Spleene
           ,
           for
           the
           wrong
           they
           haue
           done
           mee
           :
           for
           ,
           my
           spirite
           is
           pearcht
           so
           farre
           aboue
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           fling
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           to
           hit
           it
           .
           Doe
           not
           I
           knowe
           ,
           that
           these
           Times
           let-loose
           literatores
           ,
           to
           set
           vpon
           literatiores
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           yes
           :
           I
           knowe
           it
           ;
           and
           haue
           put-on
           a
           resolution
           to
           beare
           both
           vvith
           the
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           the
           stoliditie
           of
           the
           Times
           .
           Farewell
           ,
           Vnderstander
           ,
           and
           vse
           mee
           wel
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
         
         
           The
           Authors
           request
           to
           the
           vnderstanding
           Reader
           .
        
         
           THe
           materiall
           Faults
           ,
           escaped
           ,
           are
           here
           vnderwritten
           .
           Do
           me
           the
           fauour
           ,
           to
           correct
           them
           with
           thy
           penne
           ,
           before
           thou
           read
           on
           .
        
         
           Page
           64.
           
           Line
           14.
           for
           lowest
           ,
           read
           least
           .
           p.
           124.
           l.
           17.
           for
           some
           ,
           read
           Sense
           .
           p
           163.
           l.
           5.
           for
           not
           ,
           read
           nay
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         MEDITATIONS
         MORAL
         ,
         DIVINE
         ,
         POLITICALL
         .
         (
         *
         ⁎
         *
         )
      
       
         
           WHen
           I
           consider
           in
           what
           estate
           Man
           was
           created
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           thinke
           of
           his
           folly
           ;
           who
           ,
           through
           a
           false
           hope
           of
           knowing
           good
           and
           euill
           ,
           lost
           the
           enough
           of
           good
           hee
           had
           ,
           and
           found
           too
           much
           euil
           .
           This
           makes
           mee
           call
           to
           
           minde
           the
           vaine
           ambition
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           seeke
           to
           prie
           into
           that
           vnreuealed
           (
           and
           therefore
           inscrutable
           )
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Deity
           :
           vppon
           whom
           GOD
           looking
           down
           ,
           saies
           in
           a
           pitifull
           derision
           (
           as
           hee
           did
           to
           
             Adam
             )
             Beholde
             ,
             the
             men
             are
             become
             as
             one
             of
             vs.
          
           This
           meditation
           stretcheth-out
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           biddes
           mee
           also
           consider
           the
           arrogancie
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           scorne
           to
           erre
           ,
           or
           to
           bee
           reprehended
           for
           their
           errours
           ,
           not-withstanding
           that
           they
           see
           Man
           to
           haue
           erred
           
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Innocencie
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           seeke
           to
           knowe
           my selfe
           (
           the
           next
           and
           surest
           way
           to
           knowe
           GOD
           )
           and
           by
           an
           humble
           Confession
           ,
           begge
           Remission
           of
           my
           faults
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           will
           confesse
           them
           vnto
           God
           ;
           not
           boast
           of
           them
           to
           Man.
           
        
      
       
         
           2
        
         
           When
           I
           thinke
           who
           made
           me
           ,
           and
           wherfore
           hee
           made
           me
           ,
           I
           hold
           my selfe
           a
           glorious
           creature
           :
           when
           I
           consider
           of
           what
           hee
           made
           mee
           ,
           I
           then
           thinke
           my selfe
           corruptible
           and
           miserable
           .
           I
           will
           
           therefore
           temper
           the
           former
           with
           the
           later
           :
           so
           shal
           I
           neuer
           grow
           too
           proud
           ,
           nor
           too
           abiect
           .
        
      
       
         
           3
        
         
           When
           I
           behold
           Beauty
           ,
           it
           puts
           me
           in
           minde
           of
           my
           Glorification
           :
           but
           withall
           ,
           I
           find
           ,
           that
           it
           hindereth
           much
           my
           Mortification
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           ,
           as
           neere
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           neuer
           fix
           mine
           eye
           vpon
           Beauty
           ;
           least
           by
           being
           neuer
           mortified
           ,
           I
           neuer
           be
           glorified
           .
        
      
       
         
           4
        
         
           When
           a
           man
           is
           borne
           ,
           hee
           beginnes
           to
           die
           :
           but
           when
           the
           iust
           man
           dies
           ,
           
           hee
           then
           but
           beginnes
           to
           liue
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           in
           my
           beginning
           thinke
           of
           my
           end
           ;
           that
           in
           my
           end
           ,
           I
           may
           reioyce
           in
           my
           better
           and
           neuer-ending
           beginning
           .
        
      
       
         
           5
        
         
           Iob
           made
           a
           couenant
           with
           his
           eyes
           ,
           least
           at
           any
           time
           they
           should
           looke
           vpon
           a
           Mayde
           :
           but
           ,
           since
           I
           cannot
           make
           a
           couenant
           with
           mine
           eyes
           ,
           least
           at
           any
           time
           they
           look
           vppon
           a
           Maide
           ,
           I
           will
           trie
           if
           I
           can
           make
           a
           couenant
           with
           my
           heart
           ,
           least
           at
           any
           time
           it
           desire
           a
           Maide
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           6
        
         
           GOD
           made
           Heauen
           for
           the
           good
           ,
           Hell
           for
           the
           badde
           :
           but
           ,
           he
           made
           earth
           for
           both
           .
           This
           shewes
           vs
           ,
           that
           while
           wee
           liue
           heere
           ,
           wee
           must
           of
           necessity
           conuerse
           with
           both
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           lay
           mine
           eares
           open
           to
           all
           ;
           but
           ,
           my
           heart
           to
           few
           .
        
      
       
         
           7
        
         
           Our
           Master
           hath
           left
           vs
           two
           Sacraments
           .
           One
           of
           which
           tell
           's
           vs
           that
           wee
           are
           Christians
           :
           
           the
           other
           biddes
           vs
           liue
           like
           Christians
           .
           This
           later
           is
           that
           Tree
           of
           Life
           ;
           the
           passage
           whereto
           is
           guarded
           by
           no
           Cherubin
           ,
           nor
           by
           any
           brandished
           Sword
           :
           but
           whosoeuer
           will
           ,
           may
           come
           thither
           ;
           and
           ,
           eating
           worthily
           ,
           may
           liue
           for
           euer
           .
           VVhen
           therefore
           I
           eate
           of
           this
           Tree
           ,
           I
           will
           remember
           out
           of
           whose
           bloud
           it
           sprang
           .
           The
           memory
           whereof
           will
           suggest
           vnto
           mee
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           eate
           not
           this
           fruit
           worthily
           ,
           I
           am
           vnworthy
           to
           be
           a
           branch
           of
           the
           Tree
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           if
           I
           eate
           
           not
           his
           body
           worthily
           ,
           I
           am
           then
           vnworthy
           to
           be
           a
           member
           of
           that
           body
           whereof
           he
           is
           the
           head
           .
        
      
       
         
           8
        
         
           The
           first
           murtherer
           of
           all
           mankinde
           ,
           was
           also
           the
           first
           Lyer
           ;
           two
           horrible
           vices
           ,
           and
           alike
           bloudy
           .
           For
           ,
           a
           man
           had
           better
           bee
           murthered
           ,
           then
           belyed
           ;
           haue
           his
           person
           slaine
           ,
           then
           his
           fame
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           flie
           from
           a
           Lyer
           ,
           as
           from
           an
           Aspe
           :
           the
           poyson
           of
           whose
           tongue
           is
           mortall
           .
        
      
       
         
           9
        
         
           Besides
           our
           internall
           ,
           
           originall
           ,
           and
           actuall
           sinnes
           ,
           wee
           haue
           externall
           &
           accidentall
           crimes
           layed
           vpon
           vs
           by
           our
           families
           ;
           but
           ,
           in
           my
           conceit
           ,
           very
           vniustly
           :
           for
           ,
           wee
           haue
           enough
           to
           answere
           for
           the
           first
           man
           ;
           and
           are
           no
           way
           liable
           to
           the
           debts
           of
           his
           successors
           .
           VVhy
           should
           man
           lay
           more
           vpon
           man
           ,
           than
           GOD
           himselfe
           doth
           ?
           As
           with
           him
           the
           vertues
           of
           my
           House
           cannot
           saue
           me
           ,
           no
           more
           can
           the
           vices
           of
           it
           damne
           mee
           .
           The
           Law
           of
           God
           shall
           be
           with
           me
           ,
           aboue
           the
           Law
           of
           Armes
           ,
           or
           the
           Law
           
           of
           Nations
           .
        
      
       
         
           10
        
         
           Those
           that
           serue
           God
           only
           vpon
           Sundayes
           ,
           are
           like
           seruants
           extraordinarie
           ;
           who
           come
           to
           waite
           vpon
           their
           great
           Lords
           ,
           onely
           vpon
           great
           dayes
           :
           But
           I
           will
           make
           euery
           day
           my
           Sabbath
           ;
           and
           will
           follow
           my
           Lord
           in
           ordinary
           ,
           making
           Charitie
           my
           Cognizance
           .
        
      
       
         
           11
        
         
           VVhile
           the
           Papists
           and
           wee
           contend
           which
           of
           vs
           erre
           most
           in
           matters
           of
           faith
           ,
           wee
           striue
           who
           shall
           erre
           most
           in
           
           matters
           of
           life
           :
           so
           that
           wee
           studie
           at
           once
           ,
           who
           shall
           beleeue
           best
           ,
           and
           who
           shall
           liue
           worst
           ;
           not
           who
           shall
           bee
           most
           vertuous
           ,
           but
           who
           most
           enuious
           .
           My
           chiefest
           care
           therefore
           shall
           bee
           ,
           to
           liue
           well
           :
           so
           shall
           I
           euer
           bee
           sure
           to
           fare
           better
           ,
           than
           hee
           who
           beleeues
           well
           ,
           and
           liues
           ill
           .
        
      
       
         
           12
        
         
           Two
           sortes
           of
           men
           I
           loathe
           ,
           and
           detest
           ;
           a
           Foole
           ,
           and
           a
           Carper
           .
           Yet
           ,
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           I
           would
           make
           choyce
           to
           holde
           discourse
           with
           the
           
           Carper
           :
           for
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           be
           misunderstood
           in
           all
           ,
           then
           not
           to
           bee
           vnderstood
           at
           all
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           onely
           beware
           of
           the
           one
           :
           but
           I
           will
           scorne
           the
           other
           .
        
      
       
         
           13
        
         
           Laughing
           is
           onely
           proper
           to
           man
           ,
           amongst
           all
           liuing
           creatures
           :
           whereas
           indeede
           he
           ought
           euer
           to
           be
           weeping
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           euer
           sinnes
           ;
           &
           the
           beasts
           euer
           laughing
           ,
           to
           see
           man
           so
           much
           abuse
           his
           so
           much
           reason
           .
           O!
           if
           a
           man
           knew
           before
           hee
           came
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           what
           hee
           should
           endure
           
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           hee
           would
           feare
           his
           first
           day
           ,
           more
           than
           his
           last
           .
           I
           will
           therfore
           weepe
           at
           mine
           owne
           misery
           ,
           and
           neuer
           laugh
           but
           at
           mine
           owne
           folly
           :
           and
           since
           my
           Master
           was
           
             Vir
             dolorum
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             griefes
             ,
          
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           said
           that
           I
           am
           
             Vir
             voluptatum
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             mirth
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           14
        
         
           Valour
           hath
           many
           servants
           going
           vnder
           her
           name
           :
           but
           few
           of
           them
           are
           her
           true
           fauorites
           .
           Some
           snatch
           courage
           from
           her
           ;
           and
           ,
           wanting
           wisedome
           to
           rule
           it
           ,
           are
           disclaimed
           by
           her
           .
           Others
           
           are
           Giants
           in
           their
           wordes
           ,
           and
           Dwarfes
           in
           their
           deedes
           .
           She
           hates
           him
           ,
           who
           speakes
           more
           than
           he
           dares
           doe
           ;
           and
           makes
           him
           her
           Champion
           ,
           who
           dares
           do
           more
           than
           he
           dare
           speake
           .
           I
           ,
           I
           :
           hee
           is
           the
           man
           with
           her
           ,
           who
           wounds
           his
           enemy
           with
           his
           sword
           ;
           not
           with
           his
           word
           .
           Yet
           ,
           Christianity
           vnhorses
           euen
           Valour
           her selfe
           ;
           and
           ,
           deposing
           her
           ,
           makes
           new
           lawes
           ,
           and
           proclaimes
           him
           the
           brauest
           combatant
           ,
           who
           can
           conquer
           himselfe
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           who
           can
           ascend
           so
           high
           aboue
           Nature
           ,
           
           as
           to
           descend
           belowe
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           to
           offer
           seruice
           where
           hee
           owes
           reuenge
           .
           I
           will
           inuoke
           GOD
           to
           endue
           mee
           with
           this
           supernaturall
           gift
           ;
           and
           ,
           withall
           ,
           to
           deliuer
           mee
           from
           a
           valiant
           drunkard
           ,
           and
           a
           valiant
           foole
           .
        
      
       
         
           15
        
         
           VVhen
           my
           memory
           lookes
           back
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           she
           can
           see
           ,
           me
           thinks
           it
           is
           but
           yesterday
           :
           &
           yet
           I
           know
           ,
           by
           course
           of
           Nature
           ,
           my
           life
           cannot
           bee
           trebbl'd
           .
           Now
           ,
           I
           haue
           indured
           so
           much
           misery
           in
           my
           one
           Yesterday
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           affraide
           
           to
           thinke
           of
           the
           two
           To-morrowes
           .
        
      
       
         
           16
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           woonder
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           childish
           whining
           we
           now-adayes
           vse
           at
           the
           funeralls
           of
           our
           friends
           .
           If
           we
           could
           houl
           them
           back
           againe
           ,
           our
           lamentations
           were
           to
           some
           purpose
           :
           but
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           they
           are
           vaine
           ,
           and
           in
           vain
           .
           If
           therfore
           my
           friend
           be
           good
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           glad
           that
           he
           is
           rid
           of
           the
           world
           :
           if
           hee
           bee
           bad
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           bee
           sorry
           that
           the
           world
           is
           rid
           of
           him
           :
           but
           ,
           that
           so
           wofull
           a
           world
           is
           like
           to
           receiue
           him
           .
           If
           I
           haue
           a
           friend
           ,
           
           whose
           soule
           ioyn'd
           with
           mine
           ,
           makes
           but
           one
           minde
           ;
           and
           that
           at
           his
           death
           ,
           I
           see
           ,
           my
           teares
           must
           burst
           out
           ,
           or
           my
           heart
           within
           ;
           I
           may
           then
           perhaps
           yeeld
           to
           the
           infirmity
           of
           the
           flesh
           :
           yet
           not
           so
           much
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           left
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           hath
           left
           mee
           in
           it
           .
        
      
       
         
           17
        
         
           He
           is
           the
           most
           miserable
           of
           men
           ,
           who
           fashions
           his
           body
           and
           minde
           according
           to
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           vulgar
           ;
           and
           he
           the
           happiest
           ,
           who
           conforms
           his
           life
           to
           the
           lawes
           of
           a
           true
           iudgement
           .
           This
           
           mā
           knows
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           heare
           with
           many
           ,
           but
           decree
           with
           few
           ,
           &
           ioyning
           forces
           with
           two
           or
           three
           braue
           retired
           spirits
           ,
           hee
           bandies
           with
           a
           legion
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           .
           Hee
           lookes
           downe
           with
           pitie
           on
           the
           poore
           Plebeians
           ;
           &
           (
           like
           Xerxes
           )
           bewailes
           their
           hard
           hap
           ,
           in
           that
           none
           of
           their
           names
           shal
           liue
           after
           a
           few
           yeares
           .
           Knowing
           that
           the
           eternall
           substance
           of
           his
           soule
           was
           breath'd
           into
           him
           ,
           by
           the
           Eternall
           ,
           he
           cares
           for
           nothing
           which
           is
           not
           able
           to
           hold-out
           with
           Eternity
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           despise
           
           things
           momentary
           :
           and
           since
           I
           haue
           ful
           assurance
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           liue
           in
           the
           other
           world
           ,
           my
           deedes
           shal
           do
           their
           best
           to
           make
           me
           liue
           in
           this
           .
        
      
       
         
           18
        
         
           Now-a-dayes
           the
           clothes
           are
           spoken
           to
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           men
           :
           and
           few
           haue
           regard
           to
           the
           riches
           of
           the
           breast
           ;
           but
           ,
           of
           the
           backe
           .
           He
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           fashions
           differs
           ,
           and
           degenerates
           most
           from
           his
           ancestours
           ,
           is
           held
           the
           most
           generous
           Gentlemā
           .
           The
           world
           is
           grown
           so
           sensuall
           ,
           that
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           body
           are
           preferr'd
           
           before
           those
           of
           the
           mind
           ;
           so
           that
           to
           say
           ,
           
             He
             is
             a
             man
             of
             good
             parts
             ,
          
           is
           as
           much
           to
           say
           ,
           as
           He
           is
           a
           man
           of
           good
           members
           .
           Christ
           sayes
           that
           the
           body
           is
           more
           worth
           then
           the
           raiment
           :
           but
           some
           of
           our
           Gallants
           make
           them
           clothes
           more
           worth
           then
           their
           bodies
           .
           With
           me
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           a
           good
           argument
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           will
           weare
           this
           ,
           because
           it
           becomes
           me
           ;
           but
           ,
           I
           will
           weare
           this
           ,
           because
           it
           becomes
           a
           man
           :
           and
           he
           that
           speakes
           to
           my
           clothes
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           me
           ,
           shall
           bee
           answered
           by
           my
           clothes
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           me
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           19
        
         
           Some
           are
           neuer
           well
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           are
           vnpacking
           their
           bosomes
           with
           wordes
           ,
           and
           whispering
           their
           thoughts
           in
           the
           eares
           of
           their
           reputed
           friends
           :
           &
           at
           length
           ,
           thorough
           the
           perfidiousnes
           of
           som
           fals
           brother
           ,
           they
           are
           brought
           either
           to
           die
           shamefull
           deaths
           ,
           or
           to
           liue
           the
           like
           liues
           .
           If
           therfore
           I
           find
           my
           tongue
           to
           be
           so
           laxatiue
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           cannot
           holde
           ,
           but
           must
           needes
           bewray
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           locke
           my
           secrets
           deepe
           in
           my
           hart
           :
           &
           if
           my
           tongue
           vnlocke
           my
           heart
           ,
           I
           will
           
           bite
           it
           ,
           and
           beate
           my
           heart
           for
           not
           tying
           my
           tongue
           .
           I
           will
           not
           doe
           GOD
           so
           great
           a
           dishonour
           ,
           as
           to
           demy-deifie
           Man
           ,
           in
           making
           him
           priuy
           to
           my
           heart
           and
           thoughts
           .
        
      
       
         
           20
        
         
           Nothing
           giues
           vs
           delight
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           but
           Beauty
           .
           We
           take
           pleasure
           in
           beholding
           heauē
           when
           it
           is
           faire
           ,
           and
           cleere
           :
           but
           when
           it
           is
           ouer-cast
           ,
           our
           minds
           are
           clouded
           ,
           and
           our
           bodies
           ill
           disposed
           .
           Wee
           loue
           Vesta
           better
           ,
           when
           her
           face
           is
           smooth
           ,
           and
           her
           colours
           fresh
           ,
           
           than
           when
           her
           beauty
           is
           blasted
           ,
           and
           her
           visage
           wrinkled
           .
           For
           ,
           in
           Summer
           euery
           man
           lies
           ,
           with
           ,
           &
           vpon
           his
           first
           mother
           ,
           nuzzles
           himselfe
           in
           her
           lap
           ,
           and
           playes
           with
           her
           dainties
           ;
           whereas
           in
           the
           Winter
           euery
           mā
           keeps
           his
           house
           :
           and
           yet
           if
           that
           be
           not
           neate
           and
           sweete
           ,
           we
           loath
           that
           too
           .
           One
           and
           the
           samething
           ,
           being
           young
           ,
           delights
           ;
           beeing
           old
           ,
           displeases
           .
           I
           wil
           therfore
           ioy
           in
           nothing
           ,
           more
           thā
           in
           Beauty
           ;
           nor
           admire
           any
           thing
           ,
           more
           than
           her
           :
           yet
           since
           she
           is
           such
           an
           Inchantresse
           ,
           my
           bodily
           
           eye
           shall
           neuer
           beholde
           her
           ,
           but
           withall
           my
           spirituall
           eye
           shal
           be
           fixt
           vpon
           hir
           Maker
           ;
           who
           made
           her
           to
           feede
           the
           sense
           ,
           not
           to
           bewitch
           the
           soule
           :
           who
           left
           her
           vs
           ,
           to
           make
           vs
           conceiue
           how
           much
           more
           excellent
           is
           that
           inconceiueable
           fairness
           of
           the
           celestiall
           Canaan
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           shee
           is
           but
           a
           corruptible
           type
           of
           an
           incorruptible
           treasure
           .
           And
           as
           Christ
           shal
           consume
           Antichrist
           with
           the
           brightnes
           of
           his
           glory
           :
           so
           shall
           the
           blasing
           beauty
           of
           the
           other
           world
           ,
           blast
           the
           fading
           fairness
           of
           this
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           21
        
         
           More
           then
           many
           there
           are
           ,
           to
           whom
           Superstition
           dictates
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           pleasing
           to
           GOD
           to
           weare
           squalid
           ,
           and
           vncleane
           clothes
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           wellfare
           of
           the
           soule
           consists
           in
           the
           foule
           keeping
           of
           the
           bodie
           .
           Others
           there
           are
           ,
           whom
           Hypocrisie
           leades
           the
           same
           way
           .
           They
           both
           erre
           :
           the
           former
           ,
           by
           not
           knowing
           the
           Scriptures
           ;
           the
           later
           ,
           by
           transgressing
           against
           thē
           :
           for
           ,
           Christ
           commands
           vs
           not
           to
           looke
           soure
           ,
           as
           the
           Hypocrites
           ,
           who
           disfigure
           their
           faces
           ,
           that
           they
           
           may
           seeme
           vnto
           men
           to
           fast
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           wash
           my
           handes
           ,
           and
           face
           ,
           and
           anoint
           my
           head
           ;
           that
           my
           head
           my
           bee
           anoynted
           with
           the
           oyle
           of
           gladnes
           .
           And
           since
           I
           cannot
           endure
           to
           see
           the
           lodging
           of
           my
           body
           durty
           ,
           I
           will
           much
           more
           haue
           a
           care
           ,
           to
           keepe
           the
           chamber
           of
           my
           soule
           cleane
           .
           When
           my
           soule
           is
           sadde
           ,
           my
           countenance
           shal
           be
           merrie
           :
           neither
           wil
           I
           so
           much
           care
           to
           cast
           vp
           mine
           eyes
           to
           heauen
           ,
           as
           to
           lift
           vp
           my
           heart
           to
           God
           ;
           not
           so
           much
           respecting
           the
           throne
           ,
           as
           the
           inthron'd
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           22
        
         
           Many
           there
           are
           ,
           who
           neuer
           serue
           God
           ,
           but
           whē
           hee
           serues
           their
           turne
           .
           Hence
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           the
           Sea-man
           mutters
           against
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           not
           a
           good
           winde
           ;
           &
           the
           Plough-mā
           ,
           when
           he
           hath
           badde
           weather
           .
           All
           this
           proceedes
           from
           nothing
           ,
           but
           the
           imprudency
           of
           man
           ;
           which
           accuseth
           the
           Prouidence
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           Improuidency
           .
           Before
           there
           was
           any
           raine
           at
           al
           ,
           what
           did
           God
           then
           ?
           Did
           hee
           not
           send
           a
           mist
           vp
           from
           the
           earth
           ,
           which
           watered
           all
           the
           
           earth
           ?
           Hee
           will
           not
           haue
           his
           power
           tied
           to
           any
           ordinary
           meane
           ;
           but
           ,
           will
           shew
           vs
           what
           hee
           is
           ,
           by
           what
           he
           can
           doe
           .
           When
           therefore
           mine
           owne
           meanes
           faile
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           relie
           vpon
           God
           :
           who
           is
           as
           able
           to
           giue
           mee
           something
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           me
           of
           nothing
           ;
           to
           keepe
           me
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           me
           at
           the
           first
           .
        
      
       
         
           23
        
         
           He
           that
           striues
           to
           please
           the
           intoxicated
           multitude
           ,
           labours
           as
           much
           in
           vaine
           ,
           as
           he
           that
           sought
           to
           put
           the
           winds
           in
           a
           bagge
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           please
           the
           godly
           and
           vngodly
           ,
           the
           judicial
           and
           the
           vnjudiciall
           ,
           the
           sensible
           &
           the
           senselesse
           ,
           both
           at
           once
           .
           Neyther
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           his
           fore-runner
           could
           please
           them
           .
           For
           ,
           Iohn
           came
           neyther
           eating
           nor
           drinking
           ;
           and
           they
           said
           ,
           He
           had
           a
           diuell
           .
           The
           Sonne
           of
           Man
           came
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ;
           and
           they
           said
           ,
           Behold
           a
           glutton
           ,
           and
           a
           drinker
           of
           wine
           ,
           a
           friend
           to
           Publicans
           and
           sinners
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           take
           my
           Sauiours
           counsel
           ,
           &
           seeke
           to
           iustifie
           my
           iudgement
           to
           the
           children
           of
           VVisedome
           ,
           
           of
           whom
           she
           is
           iustified
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           fooles
           ,
           by
           whom
           shee
           is
           daily
           crucified
           .
        
      
       
         
           24
        
         
           As
           many
           haue
           hungry
           stomackes
           ;
           but
           ,
           few
           disgesting
           :
           so
           many
           haue
           apprehending
           wits
           ;
           but
           ,
           few
           iudging
           .
           Hence
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           some
           are
           wise
           in
           words
           ,
           &
           fools
           in
           actions
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           it
           should
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           one
           of
           the
           iudgements
           of
           the
           town
           ,
           then
           that
           I
           am
           one
           of
           the
           wits
           of
           the
           towne
           .
        
      
       
         
           25
        
         
           Diuers
           men
           propound
           
           vnto
           themselues
           diuers
           ends
           .
           One
           makes
           honor
           his
           end
           ;
           another
           ,
           riches
           :
           a
           third
           hunts
           after
           both
           :
           a
           fourth
           seeks
           to
           purchase
           to
           himselfe
           the
           name
           and
           fame
           of
           a
           Schollar
           ;
           a
           fift
           ,
           of
           a
           Souldier
           ,
           &c.
           
           As
           for
           me
           ,
           I
           wil
           make
           the
           honor
           of
           God
           mine
           end
           .
           So
           shall
           I
           be
           sure
           that
           mine
           end
           shall
           not
           be
           dishonourable
           .
        
      
       
         
           26
        
         
           I
           haue
           often
           wonder'd
           with
           my selfe
           ,
           to
           thinke
           that
           Schollars
           are
           the
           most
           poore
           of
           all
           others
           ;
           notwithstanding
           that
           they
           haue
           the
           best
           wits
           of
           all
           
           others
           .
           And
           my
           wonder
           neuer
           left
           mee
           ,
           till
           I
           considered
           ,
           that
           they
           car'd
           not
           for
           the
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           which
           the
           Mothe
           &
           Canker
           could
           corrupt
           ;
           but
           ,
           laid
           vp
           their
           treasures
           in
           the
           other
           world
           :
           whereas
           they
           ,
           who
           knew
           nothing
           ,
           but
           the
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           carkt
           and
           car'd
           most
           for
           the
           world
           .
           Some
           say
           ,
           that
           because
           Salomon
           vs'd
           the
           riches
           hee
           had
           so
           ill
           ,
           therfore
           God
           would
           neuer
           since
           blesse
           Schollars
           with
           them
           :
           But
           ,
           that
           is
           false
           :
           for
           ,
           wee
           see
           Kings
           Philosophers
           ,
           and
           Diuines
           .
           
           I
           wil
           beseech
           God
           ,
           to
           giue
           mee
           an
           estate
           equally
           distant
           from
           abundance
           ,
           and
           penury
           .
           So
           shall
           I
           neuer
           rise
           so
           high
           as
           presumption
           ,
           nor
           fall
           so
           low
           as
           despaire
           :
           yet
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           haue
           nothing
           than
           know
           nothing
           ;
           that
           my
           body
           should
           want
           ,
           than
           my
           soule
           .
        
      
       
         
           27
        
         
           The
           Hermits
           are
           reprehended
           ,
           for
           sequestring
           themselues
           from
           the
           world
           :
           and
           it
           is
           the
           opinion
           of
           many
           reuerend
           Diuines
           ,
           that
           hee
           is
           most
           valiant
           ,
           who
           grapples
           
           with
           the
           enemy
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           who
           talkes
           face
           to
           face
           with
           the
           wicked
           .
           Yet
           too
           much
           relying
           vpon
           this
           Maxime
           ,
           hath
           brought
           many
           into
           the
           iawes
           of
           danger
           ;
           but
           ,
           hath
           fetcht
           few
           out
           .
           To
           be
           a
           good
           man
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           Sodome
           ,
           to
           bee
           abstemious
           in
           Germany
           ,
           to
           bee
           chaste
           in
           Italy
           ,
           all
           these
           are
           hard
           and
           rare
           things
           ;
           we
           seeing
           many
           returne
           absolutely
           vitious
           from
           thence
           ,
           that
           almost
           went
           absolutely
           vertuous
           thither
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Christ
           kept
           company
           with
           Publicans
           :
           but
           ,
           as
           
           true
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           hee
           was
           without
           the
           leauell
           of
           temptation
           .
           We
           see
           one
           man
           change
           nature
           with
           another
           ,
           and
           put
           on
           the
           disposition
           of
           him
           ,
           with
           whom
           hee
           conuerses
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           not
           onely
           shun
           euil
           ,
           but
           the
           meanes
           to
           come
           to
           it
           ;
           &
           to
           auoid
           hurt
           ,
           I
           will
           keepe
           my selfe
           out
           of
           shot
           :
           neyther
           will
           I
           presume
           ,
           being
           but
           a
           man
           ,
           to
           follow
           my
           Master
           in
           that
           which
           he
           did
           as
           God.
           
        
      
       
         
           28
        
         
           Man
           consists
           of
           two
           parts
           ;
           the
           body
           and
           the
           minde
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           saith
           Lactantius
           ,
           
           of
           heauen
           and
           earth
           .
           I
           will
           therfore
           not
           grudge
           to
           let
           my
           earth
           go
           to
           earth
           ;
           that
           my
           heauen
           may
           go
           to
           heauen
           .
        
      
       
         
           29
        
         
           The
           greatest
           and
           most
           common
           care
           men
           haue
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           
             passe
             away
             the
             time
          
           .
           They
           desire
           most
           to
           passe
           away
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           most
           pretious
           .
           O!
           if
           they
           knew
           what
           treasure
           Time
           offers
           to
           their
           soules
           ,
           they
           would
           looke
           with
           a
           iealous
           eye
           vpon
           the
           houre-glasse
           ,
           and
           sigh
           at
           the
           dropping
           of
           euery
           sand
           .
           They
           abuse
           &
           lose
           Time
           ,
           the
           mother
           of
           Experience
           ;
           
           and
           so
           ,
           lose
           Experience
           ,
           the
           Mother
           of
           Wisedome
           .
           It
           is
           a
           hard
           case
           ,
           when
           a
           dying
           man
           shall
           think
           with
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           left
           nothing
           behind
           him
           ,
           wherby
           posterity
           may
           knowe
           ,
           hee
           did
           once
           liue
           .
           If
           that
           this
           man
           (
           saith
           Seneca
           )
           inhabit
           this
           world
           a
           thousand
           yeeres
           ,
           yet
           can
           wee
           not
           truly
           say
           ,
           
             Hic
             vir
             diu
             vixit
          
           ,
           This
           man
           liu'd
           long
           ;
           but
           ,
           
             Hic
             vir
             diu
             fuit
          
           ,
           This
           man
           was
           long
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           the
           cōpany
           would
           passe
           away
           ,
           then
           the
           time
           ;
           except
           it
           be
           such
           company
           ,
           as
           may
           
           helpe
           mee
           to
           
             redeeme
             the
             time
          
           .
           And
           while
           I
           liue
           heere
           ,
           I
           will
           studie
           so
           to
           vse
           Time
           ,
           as
           that
           I
           may
           come
           to
           liue
           there
           ,
           
             where
             is
             no
             time
          
           .
        
      
       
         
           30
        
         
           In
           these
           times
           ,
           when
           mē
           wil
           lay
           an
           imputation
           vpō
           one
           ,
           they
           will
           say
           ,
           
             He
             is
             Morally
             honest
          
           .
           Certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           hee
           ,
           who
           is
           at
           no
           time
           morally
           honest
           ,
           can
           neuer
           be
           religiouslie
           good
           .
           God
           shewes
           that
           hee
           is
           our
           Father
           by
           his
           works
           ,
           in
           ,
           and
           for
           vs
           :
           &
           we
           should
           shewe
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           his
           children
           by
           our
           works
           ,
           to
           his
           ,
           &
           for
           him
           .
           
           It
           is
           not
           enough
           ,
           to
           say
           with
           the
           thiefe
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             remember
             mee
             ,
             when
             thou
             cōmest
             into
             thy
             kingdome
             ,
          
           vnlesse
           wee
           remēber
           him
           here
           .
           To
           belieue
           Christ
           ,
           is
           not
           enough
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           enough
           to
           beleeue
           in
           him
           :
           for
           ,
           wee
           ought
           as
           well
           belieue
           in
           his
           commaundements
           ,
           that
           wee
           must
           doe
           them
           ;
           as
           in
           his
           promises
           ,
           that
           wee
           shall
           haue
           them
           .
           Wee
           reade
           ,
           that
           wee
           should
           declare
           our
           faith
           by
           our
           workes
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           our
           invisible
           belief
           by
           our
           visible
           life
           :
           but
           ,
           we
           no
           where
           read
           ,
           that
           wee
           should
           shewe
           our
           workes
           
           by
           our
           faith
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Scripture
           bids
           vs
           ,
           not
           to
           giue
           almes
           
             sonante
             tuba
          
           ,
           vvith
           our
           tongues
           talking
           of
           that
           wee
           giue
           ;
           but
           ,
           with
           our
           harts
           thinking
           for
           whom
           we
           giue
           .
           No
           ,
           no
           :
           he
           that
           glories
           in
           his
           works
           ,
           shall
           neuer
           bee
           glorified
           for
           thē
           .
           The
           Publican
           could
           not
           haue
           done
           a
           work
           so
           acceptable
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           was
           the
           disclaiming
           his
           owne
           workes
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           we
           haue
           nothing
           ,
           but
           from
           God
           :
           so
           God
           will
           haue
           vs
           confesse
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           do
           nothing
           without
           him
           .
           I
           wil
           haue
           mercie
           
           on
           my
           neighbor
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           haue
           mercy
           on
           mee
           ;
           and
           saue
           him
           from
           momentarie
           misery
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           be
           saued
           frō
           eternall
           .
           Yet
           ,
           in
           so
           doing
           ,
           will
           I
           knowe
           what
           I
           doe
           ;
           &
           wil
           tell
           ,
           that
           I
           doe
           it
           for
           the
           discharge
           of
           my
           duty
           ,
           and
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ;
           who
           hath
           promised
           to
           make
           mee
           a
           great
           one
           in
           heauen
           ,
           if
           I
           relieue
           but
           one
           of
           his
           little
           ones
           on
           earth
           .
        
      
       
         
           31
        
         
           Wee
           reade
           ,
           that
           Alphonsus
           ,
           and
           Fridericus
           ,
           Kings
           of
           Spaine
           and
           Sicily
           ,
           recouered
           their
           long
           
           lost
           health
           (
           being
           giuen-ouer
           by
           the
           Physicians
           )
           by
           reading
           historie
           :
           Alphonsus
           by
           reading
           
             T.
             Liuius
          
           ;
           and
           Fridericus
           by
           reading
           
             Q.
             Curtius
          
           .
           Two
           Christian
           Kings
           were
           healed
           by
           profane
           historie
           .
           O!
           if
           vaine
           ,
           and
           vncertaine
           Annales
           haue
           such
           a
           miraculous
           operation
           :
           what
           haue
           those
           sacred
           pages
           ,
           penned
           by
           the
           hands
           of
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           Apostles
           ;
           &
           wherin
           the
           Spirit
           of
           GOD
           hath
           expressed
           the
           maiestie
           of
           God
           ?
           All
           you
           that
           are
           sick
           ,
           come
           you
           hither
           ;
           &
           read
           heere
           ,
           where
           Comfort
           
           her selfe
           offers
           to
           cure
           you
           .
           Come
           hither
           Lambes
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           wade
           :
           come
           hither
           Elephants
           ,
           &
           you
           may
           swim
           .
           Come
           hither
           Children
           ,
           and
           feed
           on
           milke
           :
           come
           hither
           you
           tooth'd
           vnderstandings
           ,
           &
           you
           shal
           feed
           on
           hard
           meat
           .
           Lord
           let
           mine
           eyes
           lose
           their
           light
           ,
           in
           beholding
           this
           light
           :
           and
           let
           mee
           reade
           that
           till
           I
           die
           ,
           which
           can
           make
           mee
           liue
           ,
           neuer
           to
           die
           .
        
      
       
         
           32
        
         
           Nothing
           torments
           a
           man
           more
           then
           ambition
           .
           She
           is
           the
           only
           enemy
           
           to
           Content
           ,
           and
           Rebel
           against
           Reason
           .
           Shee
           is
           borne
           with
           her
           eyes
           cast
           vp
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           comparing
           her selfe
           with
           those
           ,
           that
           are
           aboue
           her
           .
           If
           shee
           cast
           her
           eyes
           downe
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           in
           scorne
           of
           those
           that
           are
           belovve
           her
           .
           If
           shee
           should
           bee
           pearcht
           vpon
           the
           verie
           toppe
           of
           heauen
           ,
           yet
           shee
           vvould
           desire
           to
           clime
           higher
           .
           That
           I
           may
           not
           bee
           subiect
           to
           this
           aspyring
           diuell
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           contrary
           to
           her
           ;
           and
           neuer
           compare
           my selfe
           ,
           but
           with
           my
           Inferiours
           .
           And
           if
           I
           see
           no
           man
           more
           contemptible
           
           than
           my selfe
           ,
           I
           vvill
           yet
           retaine
           the
           maiestie
           of
           a
           Man
           ;
           and
           thinke
           that
           I
           am
           placed
           Lord
           ,
           and
           King
           ,
           ouer
           the
           Beasts
           .
        
      
       
         
           33
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           durable
           in
           this
           vvorld
           ,
           but
           grief
           .
           As
           for
           the
           word
           reioyce
           ,
           it
           requires
           ,
           in
           most
           toongs
           ,
           an
           
             Ablatiue
             Case
          
           ;
           and
           is
           taken
           away
           before
           it
           be
           throughly
           enioyed
           .
           Griefe
           is
           a
           firme
           and
           neuer-flitting
           companiō
           of
           Man
           :
           and
           it
           neuer
           forsakes
           him
           ;
           though
           all
           his
           friends
           do
           .
           The
           first
           note
           man
           sings
           ,
           is
           howling
           ;
           and
           his
           last
           ,
           groning
           .
           
           I
           will
           therefore
           moralize
           vpon
           this
           ,
           and
           think
           that
           the
           all-griefe
           wee
           haue
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           is
           but
           a
           figure
           of
           that
           all-ioy
           we
           shall
           inioy
           in
           the
           next
           world
           ;
           &
           as
           a
           sowre
           Preparatiue
           ,
           to
           make
           vs
           relish
           that
           sweet
           food
           the
           better
           .
        
      
       
         
           34
        
         
           Friends
           are
           threefold
           ;
           
             profitable
             ,
             delightful
             ,
             vertuous
          
           .
           The
           two
           former
           are
           imbraced
           in
           this
           world
           ;
           the
           later
           ca●sierd
           .
           The
           name
           of
           an
           honest
           man
           is
           growne
           odious
           :
           and
           the
           reputation
           to
           be
           such
           a
           one
           ,
           is
           a
           clogge
           to
           a
           mans
           rising
           .
           And
           therefore
           
           as
           one
           saies
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           rather
           be
           rich
           ,
           than
           be
           accoūted
           so
           :
           so
           a
           man
           had
           better
           be
           honest
           ,
           thā
           be
           reputed
           so
           .
           In
           these
           gayish
           times
           ,
           the
           outward
           appearance
           is
           more
           looked
           into
           ,
           th●n
           the
           inward
           essence
           〈◊〉
           that
           of
           Seneca
           is
           〈…〉
           
             Annulis
             magi●●
             quam
             animis
             creditur
          
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           make
           choice
           of
           a
           friend
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           all
           those
           three
           accidents
           vnited
           in
           him
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           profit
           ,
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           vertue
           .
           But
           of
           what
           profession
           shall
           this
           my
           friend
           bee
           ?
           A
           knowing
           ,
           doing
           scholar
           .
           
           Hee
           is
           the
           true
           profitable
           friend
           ,
           the
           onely
           delightfull
           ,
           the
           most
           trulie
           vertuous
           .
           That
           he
           is
           profitable
           ,
           appeares
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           in
           exchanging
           vvith
           him
           a
           demand
           for
           an
           answere
           ,
           a
           man
           shall
           gaine
           a
           secret
           ,
           worth
           a
           Signiory
           .
           That
           he
           is
           delightfull
           ,
           no
           man
           will
           deny
           ,
           that
           hath
           his
           vnderstanding
           but
           once
           tickled
           with
           his
           discourse
           .
           That
           hee
           is
           the
           truliest
           vertuous
           ,
           is
           easily
           prooued
           ;
           in
           that
           other
           men
           are
           in
           loue
           with
           vertue
           onely
           by
           relation
           :
           wheras
           the
           Scholar
           ,
           with
           his
           vnderstanding
           part
           ,
           
           pries
           into
           her
           fairest
           partes
           ,
           and
           loues
           her
           for
           her selfe
           onely
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           base
           respect
           .
           A
           Merchant
           loueth
           a
           Merchant
           ;
           as
           hoping
           to
           gaine
           by
           him
           .
           A
           Souldier
           loueth
           a
           Souldier
           ;
           as
           expecting
           to
           be
           rescued
           by
           him
           :
           but
           ,
           a
           Schollar
           loueth
           a
           Schollar
           ;
           as
           desiring
           to
           be
           better
           instructed
           by
           him
           .
           I
           ,
           I
           :
           this
           is
           loue
           indeed
           ;
           and
           this
           is
           a
           friend
           indeed
           :
           &
           he
           that
           loues
           not
           such
           a
           friend
           ,
           hates
           himselfe
           .
        
      
       
         
           35
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           thing
           worthy
           obseruation
           ,
           how
           the
           
           vulgar
           feedes
           vpon
           false
           opinions
           .
           For
           example
           ;
           if
           a
           man
           seduce
           a
           woman
           to
           commit
           what
           should
           be
           omitted
           ,
           he
           is
           little
           or
           nothing
           defam'd
           therby
           ,
           but
           shee
           :
           the
           seducer
           is
           not
           so
           much
           blam'd
           ,
           as
           the
           seduced
           .
           If
           a
           child
           consent
           with
           a
           man
           to
           cōmit
           a
           villany
           ,
           I
           would
           faine
           know
           ,
           whether
           the
           child
           ,
           or
           the
           man
           deserue
           the
           sharper
           censure
           .
           If
           the
           stronger
           vessell
           ouerturn
           the
           weaker
           ,
           which
           of
           thē
           causeth
           the
           fall
           ?
           Some
           obiect
           ,
           that
           a
           woman
           should
           haue
           more
           modestie
           than
           a
           man
           ;
           &
           therefore
           
           is
           held
           more
           culpable
           in
           the
           breach
           thereof
           .
           That
           a
           woman
           should
           be
           more
           shamefac't
           than
           a
           man
           ,
           I
           grant
           ;
           that
           more
           shame-minded
           ,
           I
           denie
           .
           A
           man
           should
           not
           haue
           a
           ●earefull
           blush
           :
           but
           ,
           hee
           should
           euer
           retaine
           an
           honest
           shame
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           whosoeuer
           should
           maintaine
           (
           against
           all
           Ethicks
           )
           that
           modestie
           is
           cōmon
           (
           though
           not
           alike
           common
           )
           to
           euery
           age
           ,
           and
           sex
           ,
           he
           should
           on
           his
           side
           haue
           probabilitie
           :
           out
           of
           which
           ,
           absurditie
           neuer
           yet
           issued
           .
           I
           haue
           seene
           a
           fellow
           blush
           ,
           whose
           face
           
           Age
           had
           pleighted
           ,
           and
           whose
           eyes
           could
           neither
           send
           out
           light
           ,
           nor
           receiue
           it
           in
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           common
           to
           euery
           man
           ,
           to
           blush
           for
           error
           in
           manners
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           life
           .
           Some
           will
           answere
           ,
           There
           are
           men
           ,
           whom
           nothing
           can
           make
           blush
           .
           To
           whom
           I
           reply
           ,
           that
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           both
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           whom
           Impudencie
           her selfe
           hath
           trained
           vp
           ;
           and
           ,
           sitting
           on
           their
           faces
           ,
           beats-backe
           the
           blushing
           bloud
           .
           Amongst
           all
           the
           vulgar
           errors
           ,
           that
           of
           extenuating
           
           mans
           offence
           is
           the
           grossest
           :
           and
           I
           would
           I
           could
           with
           reason
           murther
           this
           opinion
           .
           Howsoeuer
           ;
           if
           I
           cannot
           beat
           the
           vulgar
           from
           it
           ,
           yet
           I
           will
           be
           sure
           the
           vulgar
           shal
           neuer
           beat
           it
           into
           mee
           .
        
      
       
         
           36
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           Aphorisme
           in
           Physick
           ,
           that
           we
           consist
           of
           those
           things
           by
           which
           wee
           are
           nourisht
           :
           So
           also
           falls
           it
           out
           with
           the
           soule
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           she
           feed
           vpō
           gross
           ●nd
           vncleane
           conversation
           ,
           shee
           proues
           impure
           :
           if
           the
           conversation
           bee
           choice
           and
           good
           ,
           shee
           growes
           faire
           and
           louelie
           .
           
           Howsoeuer
           my
           bodie
           fare
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           careful
           that
           my
           soule
           sucke
           her
           sustenance
           out
           of
           vvhat
           is
           sweet
           and
           good
           :
           if
           it
           bee
           otherwise
           ,
           shee
           shall
           not
           once
           chew
           it
           ;
           much
           lesse
           digest
           it
           .
        
      
       
         
           37
        
         
           As
           at
           som
           times
           ,
           meats
           ;
           so
           at
           som
           times
           ,
           discourses
           are
           out
           of
           season
           .
           To
           discourse
           in
           matters
           of
           policie
           ,
           or
           of
           controuersie
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           women
           ,
           is
           altogether
           as
           much
           out
           of
           season
           ,
           as
           Oisters
           in
           Iuly
           .
           Let
           me
           therefore
           consider
           how
           ,
           vvhen
           ,
           and
           to
           whom
           I
           
           speak
           :
           and
           if
           I
           can
           speak
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           I
           will
           (
           if
           I
           can
           )
           hold
           my
           tongue
           to
           some
           purpose
           .
        
      
       
         
           38
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           such
           laughing-stock
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           the
           worldling
           :
           Hee
           saith
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             God
          
           ;
           and
           liues
           therafter
           :
           &
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           God
           saith
           ,
           hee
           is
           not
           his
           child
           ;
           and
           therefore
           giues
           him
           ouer
           to
           his
           lusts
           ,
           and
           permits
           him
           so
           to
           liue
           .
           Hee
           thinkes
           the
           ioy
           to
           come
           vncertaine
           ;
           and
           therfore
           prefers
           a
           present
           certaine
           sorrow
           before
           it
           ;
           beeing
           afraid
           to
           let
           his
           body
           put
           
           off
           his
           infirmities
           .
           Lord
           take
           me
           thither
           ,
           where
           I
           shall
           not
           conceiue
           the
           griefe
           I
           doe
           heere
           :
           by
           taking
           mee
           from
           hence
           ;
           where
           I
           cannot
           conceiue
           the
           ioy
           ,
           I
           shal
           haue
           there
           .
        
      
       
         
           39
        
         
           I
           cannot
           but
           laugh
           at
           the
           vaine
           wishes
           of
           men
           .
           One
           vvishes
           that
           hee
           might
           neuer
           want
           mony
           ;
           another
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           euer
           enioy
           health
           ;
           a
           third
           ,
           that
           hee
           might
           neuer
           die
           .
           Not
           one
           of
           my
           desires
           shall
           fight
           against
           necessitie
           :
           but
           ,
           I
           wil
           rather
           wish
           for
           that
           which
           must
           bee
           ,
           than
           wish
           ,
           that
           that
           
           may
           not
           bee
           ,
           which
           must
           bee
           .
        
      
       
         
           40
        
         
           All
           opinions
           are
           not
           to
           be
           told
           ;
           but
           onely
           such
           ,
           as
           either
           learned
           men
           ,
           or
           else
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           haue
           held
           before
           vs.
           To
           leaue
           antiquitie
           ,
           &
           cleaue
           to
           our
           own
           opinions
           ,
           argues
           a
           selfe-opinion
           ,
           and
           no
           wisedom
           .
           Some
           there
           are
           ,
           who
           care
           not
           hovv
           raw
           their
           opinions
           be
           ,
           so
           they
           be
           rare
           .
           I
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           had
           rather
           wander
           with
           cōpany
           ,
           than
           alone
           ;
           make
           another
           mans
           iudgment
           my
           ground
           ,
           than
           ground
           my selfe
           vpon
           
           mine
           owne
           iudgement
           :
           for
           I
           had
           rather
           that
           my
           Author
           should
           be
           laughed
           at
           ,
           than
           my selfe
           .
        
      
       
         
           41
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           diuerse
           complaints
           of
           men
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           so
           ordinarie
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           Age
           :
           but
           ,
           especially
           womē
           are
           vext
           with
           this
           old
           vnwelcom
           guest
           ;
           &
           had
           rather
           cease
           to
           be
           ,
           than
           cease
           to
           be
           young
           .
           Hee
           that
           tells
           a
           woman
           ,
           shee
           hath
           a
           wrinkle
           in
           her
           face
           ,
           giues
           her
           a
           woūd
           in
           the
           hart
           .
           If
           her
           complexion
           faile
           neuer
           so
           little
           ,
           her
           spirit
           falls
           with
           it
           .
           Shee
           feares
           not
           Death
           awhit
           ,
           
           but
           his
           ordinarie
           forerunner
           ,
           Age.
           Many
           men
           also
           become
           vvomanish
           ;
           &
           haue
           hermaphroditicall
           minds
           .
           If
           a
           verdit
           of
           vvomen
           once
           pronounce
           them
           ill-fauor'd
           ,
           they
           streight
           sequester
           themselues
           from
           the
           world
           ;
           as
           ,
           vnworthy
           of
           the
           world
           .
           I
           care
           not
           if
           my
           corruptible
           part
           rot
           ,
           so
           my
           fairer
           part
           fade
           not
           :
           nor
           passe
           I
           so
           much
           for
           the
           beautie
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           glorious
           splendour
           of
           the
           inclosed
           Image
           .
        
      
       
         
           42
        
         
           Many
           trauell
           :
           but
           ,
           few
           
           deserue
           to
           be
           stiled
           Trauellers
           .
           To
           fetch-home
           apish
           gestures
           ,
           queint
           fashions
           ,
           new
           vices
           ,
           is
           now
           becom
           the
           proposed
           end
           of
           a
           Traueller
           .
           There
           is
           no
           better
           sport
           ,
           than
           to
           read
           some
           of
           their
           written
           Obseruations
           .
           One
           sets
           downe
           ,
           what
           delicate
           Wines
           ,
           and
           Salats
           haue
           been
           subiect
           to
           the
           command
           of
           his
           palate
           .
           Another
           discouers
           strange
           stratagems
           in
           a
           gun-hole
           .
           A
           third
           ,
           writes
           out
           all
           superscriptions
           of
           Hospitals
           ,
           &c.
           
           Phy
           vpon
           it
           ;
           that
           a
           man
           should
           goe
           from
           home
           ,
           to
           goe
           from
           
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           returne
           destitute
           of
           the
           little
           wit
           he
           caried
           out
           with
           him
           .
           The
           wisest
           of
           Grecians
           esteemed
           him
           wise
           ,
           who
           had
           seene
           many
           Cities
           ,
           and
           the
           diuers
           manners
           of
           men
           .
           Euery
           Carrier
           can
           see
           many
           Citties
           ,
           &
           the
           different
           natures
           of
           Nations
           :
           but
           ,
           to
           discern
           betwixt
           them
           ,
           &
           pick
           wisdome
           out
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           requires
           the
           man
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           man
           did
           Homer
           require
           .
           The
           reason
           why
           wee
           trauell
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           all
           happy
           wits
           raigne
           not
           vnder
           one
           Climate
           ;
           and
           therfore
           are
           to
           be
           hunted
           
           out
           .
           Who
           would
           not
           wade
           a
           million
           of
           miles
           ,
           to
           enterchange
           discourse
           with
           a
           Scaliger
           ,
           a
           Lipsius
           ,
           or
           a
           Causabone
           ?
           My
           mind
           therefore
           shall
           trauel
           more
           than
           my
           body
           ;
           when
           the
           later
           rests
           ,
           the
           former
           shall
           labour
           :
           and
           my
           care
           shal
           be
           greater
           to
           please
           my
           Vnderstāding
           ,
           than
           my
           Sense
           .
        
      
       
         
           43
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           common
           saying
           ,
           that
           a
           continuall
           companion
           is
           a
           mans
           shadovv
           .
           This
           saying
           is
           neuer
           so
           true
           ,
           as
           when
           a
           substantiall
           fellow
           hath
           an
           Asse
           ,
           and
           a
           shadowe
           to
           associate
           
           him
           .
           And
           as
           shadows
           cannot
           be
           seene
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           but
           by
           light
           ;
           no
           more
           can
           darke
           and
           dull
           vnderstandings
           discerne
           this
           shadow
           frō
           this
           substance
           :
           for
           ,
           that
           cannot
           bee
           discouer'd
           without
           the
           light
           of
           some
           bright
           Intellect
           .
        
      
       
         
           44
        
         
           An
           Hypocrite
           thinkes
           himselfe
           the
           vvisest
           of
           men
           :
           but
           ,
           at
           last
           he
           finds
           it
           otherwise
           .
           He
           thinks
           ,
           that
           his
           knauerie
           is
           vnseene
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           vnpunisht
           :
           but
           ,
           hee
           is
           deceiued
           .
           For
           ,
           not
           onely
           the
           searcher
           of
           hearts
           sees
           
           him
           ,
           but
           also
           men
           (
           who
           can
           guesse
           at
           hearts
           )
           will
           at
           length
           espie
           him
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           hee
           that
           weares
           another
           mans
           garment
           ,
           will
           at
           length
           bee
           discouered
           either
           by
           the
           ouer-length
           ,
           too
           shortnesse
           ,
           or
           ouer-widenesse
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           default
           of
           the
           raiment
           :
           so
           he
           that
           puts
           on
           an
           outward
           habite
           of
           sincerity
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           neuer
           had
           the
           lowest
           inward
           tincture
           ,
           will
           in
           time
           bee
           found
           faulty
           through
           the
           want
           of
           some
           thing
           ,
           or
           other
           ,
           requisite
           to
           such
           a
           holy
           professor
           .
           I
           will
           not
           therefore
           dissemble
           ,
           either
           
           with
           God
           ,
           or
           man
           ;
           but
           ,
           professe
           that
           liuing
           ,
           which
           I
           will
           pronounce
           dying
           .
        
      
       
         
           45
        
         
           Some
           will
           imitate
           Great
           men
           thogh
           it
           be
           in
           the
           greatest
           vices
           .
           These
           are
           miss-led
           by
           opinion
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           a
           golden
           rule
           ,
           being
           crooked
           ,
           cānot
           measure
           a
           thing
           ,
           so
           well
           ,
           as
           a
           plaine
           straight
           stick
           :
           so
           neither
           can
           wee
           square
           our
           actions
           by
           the
           vnruly
           liues
           of
           Princes
           so
           fitly
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           plain
           ,
           euen
           ,
           and
           vertuous
           courses
           of
           the
           Poor
           .
           I
           will
           honor
           Greatnesse
           :
           but
           ,
           I
           will
           both
           
           honour
           &
           imitate
           goodnes
           ;
           and
           will
           not
           hold
           him
           good
           who
           is
           great
           ,
           but
           him
           great
           who
           is
           good
           .
        
      
       
         
           46
        
         
           A
           drunkard
           is
           no
           good
           secret-keeper
           .
           It
           is
           the
           property
           of
           a
           drunkard
           ,
           to
           disgorge
           his
           bosome
           ,
           with
           his
           stomak
           ;
           to
           empty
           his
           minde
           ,
           with
           his
           maw
           .
           I
           will
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           not
           tell
           a
           bibber
           what
           I
           would
           not
           heare
           againe
           ;
           least
           I
           heare
           of
           it
           againe
           ,
           from
           those
           to
           whom
           I
           dare
           not
           auouch
           it
           againe
           .
        
      
       
         
           47
        
         
           Some
           say
           all
           they
           hear
           ;
           
           &
           report
           that
           with
           confidence
           ,
           which
           was
           related
           to
           them
           with
           doubt
           .
           These
           alwayes
           purchase
           laughter
           ;
           and
           now
           and
           then
           peril
           .
           I
           wil
           not
           ,
           therfore
           ,
           tell
           all
           I
           heare
           :
           but
           ,
           I
           will
           heare
           ,
           againe
           and
           againe
           ,
           that
           which
           I
           tell
           .
        
      
       
         
           48
        
         
           Curiosity
           ,
           and
           Inquisition
           ,
           are
           two
           great
           enemies
           to
           Wisedome
           One
           being
           demaunded
           what
           Caesar
           whispered
           in
           his
           eare
           ,
           made
           answere
           ,
           that
           Caesar
           tolde
           him
           ,
           hee
           would
           inuent
           a
           very
           strange
           punishment
           for
           such
           as
           pried
           into
           his
           
           words
           ,
           and
           actions
           .
           This
           Vice
           is
           very
           incident
           to
           young
           Courtiers
           :
           who
           inquire
           after
           the
           discourses
           and
           courses
           of
           Ioue
           &
           Iuno
           ;
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Queene
           .
           I
           will
           not
           aske
           what
           I
           should
           not
           aske
           ;
           least
           I
           hear
           what
           I
           would
           not
           heare
           .
        
      
       
         
           49
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           so
           much
           to
           bee
           desired
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           as
           health
           ;
           Without
           it
           ,
           the
           body
           cannot
           trauell
           ;
           nor
           the
           soule
           well
           discourse
           .
           Without
           it
           ,
           Kings
           esteem
           themselues
           more
           miserable
           than
           Beggers
           ;
           
           and
           would
           giue
           their
           Kingdomes
           for
           an
           houre
           of
           ease
           .
           I
           will
           vse
           health
           ,
           as
           I
           do
           my
           dearest
           friend
           .
           whome
           I
           detaine
           by
           all
           meanes
           I
           can
           :
           and
           ,
           going
           away
           ,
           I
           straight
           deuise
           how
           to
           get
           him
           againe
           .
        
      
       
         
           50
        
         
           No
           vice
           gets
           a
           man
           so
           many
           enemies
           ,
           as
           Pride
           .
           The
           humble
           loath
           the
           proud
           man
           ,
           because
           hee
           is
           so
           farre
           different
           from
           their
           straine
           :
           and
           the
           haughtie
           hate
           him
           ,
           because
           hee
           would
           equall
           them
           .
           If
           I
           bee
           proud
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           it
           shall
           bee
           of
           my
           humilitie
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           51
        
         
           Some
           make
           their
           bellies
           their
           gods
           ;
           and
           pray
           to
           him
           that
           feedes
           the
           Foule
           of
           the
           Aire
           ,
           to
           feed
           them
           with
           the
           Foule
           of
           the
           Aire
           .
           They
           are
           not
           so
           much
           solicitous
           what
           they
           shall
           weare
           to-morrow
           ,
           as
           what
           they
           shall
           eat
           to-morrow
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           as
           I
           will
           looke
           to
           my
           bellie
           ,
           that
           it
           sterue
           not
           ;
           so
           I
           will
           looke
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           stretch
           not
           .
        
      
       
         
           52
        
         
           No
           humane
           study
           is
           so
           profitable
           ,
           as
           morall
           Philosophie
           .
           
             No
             other
             study
          
           ,
           saith
           
             Seneca
             ,
             can
             diminish
             
             greefes
             ,
             and
             subdue
             Passions
             ;
             nor
             make
             a
             man
             more
             liberall
             ,
             more
             iust
             ,
             more
             temperate
             .
             Seneca
          
           might
           haue
           also
           added
           ,
           that
           no
           other
           study
           can
           fit
           a
           man
           with
           manners
           ,
           and
           a
           faire
           behauior
           .
           Ferdinand
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           making
           a
           speech
           in
           a
           publike
           assembly
           ,
           by
           chance
           gaue
           Priscian
           a
           fillip
           or
           two
           .
           Which
           a
           Bishop
           hearing
           ,
           started
           vp
           ,
           and
           said
           ;
           
             Caesar
             ,
             you
             haue
             forgotten
             your
             Grammar
             :
          
           to
           whom
           
             Caesar
             ,
             And
             you
             haue
             forgotten
             your
             Ethicks
             ,
             Bishoppe
             .
          
           The
           reply
           was
           good
           ;
           but
           ,
           not
           rough
           enough
           
           for
           an
           admonitiō●o
           rude
           .
           From
           ,
           hence
           it
           is
           that
           Schollars
           ,
           defectiue
           in
           this
           studie
           ,
           are
           tearmed
           ,
           by
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           
             Meer
             Schollars
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Pure
             ●uppies
          
           .
           Before
           I
           seeke
           to
           know
           other
           things
           ,
           I
           will
           ●eeke
           to
           knowe
           my selfe
           .
        
      
       
         
           53
        
         
           Constancy
           is
           no
           vertue
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           (
           might
           I
           so
           speak
           )
           devoted
           to
           vice
           .
           Change
           ,
           in
           the
           vitious
           ,
           is
           as
           great
           a
           vertue
           ,
           as
           Constancie
           in
           the
           vertuous
           .
           I
           wil
           therfore
           be
           incōstant
           to
           Vice
           ,
           who
           is
           incertaine
           and
           instable
           of
           her selfe
           ;
           &
           constant
           to
           Vertue
           ,
           who
           is
           
           euer
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           her selfe
           .
        
      
       
         
           54
        
         
           They
           say
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           kind
           of
           resemblance
           between
           Sleepe
           and
           Death
           .
           As
           therefore
           hee
           that
           is
           wearied
           with
           the
           dayes
           toyle
           ,
           doth
           not
           grudge
           to
           goe
           to
           bed
           ,
           as
           hoping
           to
           rise
           againe
           :
           So
           I
           ,
           opprest
           with
           the
           excesse
           &
           cares
           of
           many
           dayes
           ,
           wil
           gladly
           sleepe-out
           that
           long
           ,
           slowe-pas't
           Night
           .
           Neither
           will
           I
           think
           much
           to
           goe
           to
           my
           earthly
           bed
           ;
           as
           knowing
           that
           I
           shall
           rise
           againe
           ,
           and
           put-on
           an
           incorruptible
           raiment
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           55
        
         
           Mariage
           was
           ordained
           by
           God
           for
           mans
           comfort
           :
           and
           yet
           man
           often
           times
           abuseth
           it
           to
           Gods
           dishonour
           ,
           and
           his
           owne
           discomfort
           .
           The
           reason
           heerof
           is
           ,
           because
           al
           bodies
           are
           not
           of
           one
           constitution
           :
           and
           therefore
           soules
           ,
           following
           the
           humors
           of
           their
           bodies
           ,
           haue
           not
           all
           one
           disposition
           .
           VVhen
           therefore
           two
           differing
           natures
           meet
           ,
           &
           see
           they
           are
           tied
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           they
           will
           cut
           the
           very
           thred
           of
           life
           ,
           to
           be
           loose
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           
           soules
           .
           Parents
           ,
           therfore
           ,
           do
           ill
           ,
           to
           match
           those
           together
           ,
           betwixt
           vvhom
           Nature
           hath
           placed
           an
           Antipathy
           ,
           &
           a
           loathing
           .
           What
           a
           cruell
           part
           is
           it
           of
           a
           Parent
           ,
           to
           marry
           his
           childe
           to
           him
           that
           hath
           most
           ,
           whē
           shee
           hates
           him
           most
           ?
           I
           pray
           God
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           doe
           not
           one
           day
           giue
           a
           deare
           account
           of
           some
           deare
           soules
           ,
           whose
           faire
           bodies
           they
           haue
           begotten
           ;
           doing
           perpetuall
           penance
           ,
           for
           placing
           wealth
           aboue
           woorth
           .
           Had
           I
           a
           child
           ,
           that
           loath'd
           the
           man
           that
           I
           lik't
           ,
           I
           would
           sooner
           send
           her
           to
           
           the
           Church-yard
           to
           bee
           buried
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Church
           to
           be
           married
           ;
           and
           should
           thinke
           ,
           I
           did
           her
           a
           greater
           courtesie
           ,
           to
           wed
           her
           to
           a
           Graue
           ,
           than
           to
           Griefe
           .
        
      
       
         
           56
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           that
           man
           at
           once
           glories
           in
           ,
           and
           grudges
           at
           ,
           but
           Seruice
           .
           Hee
           is
           proud
           ,
           when
           hee
           thinks
           himselfe
           the
           servant
           of
           God
           :
           and
           hee
           is
           abiect
           ,
           when
           hee
           considers
           that
           hee
           is
           subiect
           to
           his
           fellow
           subiects
           .
           Hee
           mutters
           against
           God
           ,
           accusing
           him
           of
           iniustice
           ,
           for
           that
           hee
           dimmes
           his
           
           bright
           beginning
           ,
           with
           a
           base
           succession
           ;
           &
           made
           him
           not
           only
           to
           his
           own
           glory
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           augmēt
           the
           vaine
           glory
           of
           men
           .
           The
           very
           name
           of
           King
           ,
           is
           as
           an
           allarum
           to
           stir
           &
           rouse
           vp
           his
           envy
           :
           and
           he
           feares
           him
           with
           the
           same
           feare
           ,
           that
           he
           does
           the
           diuell
           .
           Man
           is
           deceiued
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           Deity
           is
           serued
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           Deity
           ,
           but
           in
           Magistrates
           ,
           in
           Parents
           ,
           in
           Tutors
           ;
           &
           in
           all
           those
           ,
           whom
           hee
           ,
           that
           is
           aboue
           all
           ,
           hath
           placed
           aboue
           vs.
           I
           will
           not
           therefore
           think
           I
           serue
           God
           onely
           ,
           when
           I
           immediatly
           obey
           his
           
           will
           ;
           but
           also
           ,
           when
           I
           obey
           the
           wills
           of
           those
           ,
           whom
           hee
           wills
           me
           to
           obey
           :
           &
           I
           wil
           make
           a
           holy
           vow
           ,
           of
           an
           idle
           complement
           ;
           vowing
           my selfe
           the
           servant
           of
           his
           seruants
           .
        
      
       
         
           57
        
         
           As
           there
           are
           few
           good
           Physicians
           for
           the
           body
           :
           ●o
           there
           are
           not
           many
           for
           the
           soule
           .
           As
           those
           of
           the
           bodie
           let
           many
           die
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           skill
           :
           so
           those
           of
           the
           soule
           let
           manie
           perish
           ,
           because
           they
           knowe
           not
           how
           to
           apply
           themselues
           vnto
           them
           .
           I
           haue
           seene
           an
           Empirick
           prescribe
           
           a
           cold
           remedy
           for
           a
           colde
           disease
           ;
           like
           those
           who
           seek
           to
           cure
           the
           desperation
           of
           Gods
           mercie
           ,
           with
           the
           declaration
           of
           his
           iustice
           .
           As
           therfore
           the
           Physician
           of
           the
           bodie
           is
           not
           esteemed
           ,
           except
           hee
           can
           giue
           a
           reason
           for
           what
           hee
           does
           ;
           no
           more
           is
           the
           Physician
           of
           the
           soule
           to
           be
           valued
           ,
           vnlesse
           hee
           can
           giue
           a
           reason
           of
           that
           hee
           saies
           .
           GOD
           hath
           left
           to
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           weapons
           to
           wound
           ,
           and
           balmes
           to
           heale
           ;
           Keyes
           to
           open
           ,
           &
           keyes
           to
           shut
           :
           but
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           wanting
           theological
           prudencie
           ,
           
           manage
           these
           things
           amisse
           .
           As
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           knowing
           the
           constitution
           of
           mine
           owne
           body
           ,
           I
           will
           giue
           the
           Physician
           direction
           in
           som
           things
           :
           so
           ,
           knowing
           well
           the
           ill
           estate
           of
           mine
           own
           soule
           ,
           I
           will
           in
           some
           things
           supply
           the
           defect
           and
           ignorance
           of
           my
           ghostly
           Physician
           .
        
      
       
         
           58
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           common
           speech
           ,
           that
           
             Euery
             man
             is
             either
             a
             foole
             or
             a
             Physician
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           knowes
           ,
           what
           does
           him
           good
           ,
           and
           takes
           it
           ;
           and
           look
           what
           does
           him
           hurt
           ,
           hee
           refuses
           it
           .
           It
           
           fares
           not
           so
           in
           matters
           of
           the
           soule
           .
           For
           ,
           in
           those
           ,
           most
           are
           fooles
           :
           and
           few
           are
           Physicians
           ;
           like
           childrē
           ,
           coueting
           that
           which
           harmes
           them
           ,
           and
           flying
           that
           which
           helps
           them
           .
           I
           care
           not
           if
           I
           be
           a
           foole
           in
           my
           bodily
           diet
           ,
           so
           I
           be
           a
           Physician
           for
           the
           health
           of
           my
           soule
           .
        
      
       
         
           59
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           thing
           worthy
           the
           consideratiō
           ;
           that
           thogh
           the
           soule
           be
           her selfe
           imprisoned
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           yet
           shee
           cannot
           endure
           that
           her
           prison
           should
           be
           imprisoned
           .
           Of
           this
           there
           is
           a
           two-folde
           reason
           :
           first
           ,
           
           because
           shee
           loues
           not
           to
           be
           double
           walled
           in
           ;
           and
           ,
           secondly
           ,
           this
           brings
           to
           her
           mind
           ,
           her
           owne
           imprisonment
           ,
           vvith
           the
           thraldome
           ,
           and
           subiection
           shee
           liues
           in
           to
           the
           Sense
           .
           Yet
           withall
           ,
           t
           is
           a
           thing
           remarkable
           in
           her
           ,
           that
           shee
           is
           neuer
           so
           glad
           ,
           as
           when
           shee
           hath
           giuen
           her
           body
           the
           slip
           ,
           &
           left
           it
           imprisoned
           in
           the
           Graue
           :
           though
           at
           Natures
           first
           motion
           ,
           she
           was
           loth
           to
           part
           from
           it
           ;
           as
           hauing
           dwelt
           so
           long
           in
           it
           .
           Lord
           ,
           let
           my
           bodie
           goe
           to
           his
           earthly
           prison
           ,
           that
           my
           soule
           may
           enioy
           that
           heauenly
           
           liberty
           .
           So
           shall
           she
           bee
           free
           of
           Heauen
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           Earth
           .
        
      
       
         
           60
        
         
           Examples
           ,
           taken
           from
           Great
           men
           ,
           hurt
           more
           ,
           than
           if
           they
           were
           taken
           from
           Poore
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           adversitie
           makes
           a
           man
           know
           him selfe
           ;
           whereas
           prosperity
           makes
           him
           knowe
           himselfe
           too
           well
           .
           Now
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           safe
           to
           follow
           him
           ,
           that
           knowes
           him selfe
           ,
           than
           him
           that
           does
           not
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           a
           true
           knowledge
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           truth
           ,
           is
           the
           beginning
           of
           diuine
           wisedome
           :
           so
           a
           true
           
           knowledge
           of
           a
           mans
           selfe
           ,
           is
           the
           beginning
           of
           humane
           .
           I
           will
           therfore
           sooner
           imitate
           those
           whō
           misery
           hath
           tamed
           ,
           than
           those
           whom
           ioyes
           haue
           made
           wilde
           .
        
      
       
         
           61
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           great
           follie
           ,
           to
           write
           ,
           and
           print
           things
           foolish
           .
           Things
           foolish
           I
           call
           things
           lewd
           ,
           &
           void
           of
           sense
           .
           T
           is
           strange
           ,
           that
           man
           should
           not
           bee
           content
           ,
           that
           onely
           the
           present
           generation
           should
           call
           him
           foole
           ;
           but
           ,
           that
           posterity
           also
           shold
           prick
           &
           picke
           him
           out
           for
           one
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           
           impart
           that
           knowledge
           to
           any
           man
           ,
           which
           may
           make
           him
           forget
           himselfe
           ;
           and
           (
           when
           hee
           comes
           to
           remember
           himselfe
           )
           may
           make
           him
           knowe
           that
           I
           forgot
           my selfe
           .
        
      
       
         
           62
        
         
           All
           flatterers
           are
           odious
           ,
           and
           dangerous
           ;
           and
           aboue
           all
           others
           ,
           the
           Creeper
           .
           The
           first
           and
           most
           pernitious
           that
           euer
           was
           ,
           was
           a
           Creeper
           ,
           &
           beguiled
           the
           Woman
           ;
           vvho
           thoght
           that
           such
           a
           crawler
           could
           not
           haue
           such
           craft
           ,
           as
           afterward
           shee
           found
           he
           had
           .
           Such
           Flatterers
           are
           poyson
           to
           
           Princes
           ,
           and
           oftentimes
           a
           bane
           to
           the
           best
           disposed
           .
           Flattery
           is
           now-a-dayes
           admitted
           into
           the
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           :
           nay
           ,
           into
           the
           bosome
           of
           Princes
           ;
           not
           cōsidering
           that
           though
           her
           ward
           below
           ,
           yet
           shee
           aymes
           high
           ,
           and
           hits
           those
           soonest
           vvho
           lie
           highest
           .
           Those
           Courts
           are
           as
           happy
           that
           want
           her
           ,
           as
           those
           are
           cursed
           &
           vnhappy
           that
           haue
           her
           .
        
      
       
         
           63
        
         
           As
           the
           stomack
           if
           it
           be
           fedde
           a
           long
           time
           with
           one
           meate
           ,
           at
           length
           loathes
           the
           same
           :
           so
           the
           soule
           despises
           ordinary
           
           &
           accustomed
           discourse
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           feede
           my
           soule
           with
           varietie
           ;
           but
           ,
           not
           with
           confusion
           .
        
      
       
         
           64
        
         
           Euery
           man
           thinks
           ,
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           opposed
           to
           the
           extreamest
           of
           his
           griefes
           ,
           to
           be
           mans
           chiefe
           felicity
           .
           The
           poor
           man
           iudges
           riches
           ,
           the
           sicke
           man
           health
           ,
           the
           prisoner
           liberty
           ,
           to
           bee
           the
           highest
           happinesse
           .
           I
           my selfe
           ,
           when
           I
           haue
           been
           discontented
           (
           as
           I
           haue
           beene
           often
           )
           haue
           thought
           content
           to
           be
           the
           best
           blisse
           :
           and
           I
           often
           fall
           into
           the
           relapse
           ,
           and
           imbrace
           
           that
           opinion
           .
           Hence-forward
           ,
           I
           will
           place
           my
           felicity
           in
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           may
           bring
           me
           to
           that
           neuer
           fading
           felicity
           :
           and
           if
           my
           soule
           haue
           content
           heere
           ,
           I
           will
           thinke
           that
           shee
           is
           contented
           with
           this
           world
           ;
           and
           so
           hath
           lost
           the
           only
           marke
           of
           her
           immortality
           .
        
      
       
         
           65
        
         
           God
           lookes
           for
           most
           honour
           from
           those
           ,
           to
           whom
           hee
           hath
           giuen
           greatest
           honor
           .
           As
           Princes
           haue
           the
           highest
           place
           vpon
           Earth
           ;
           so
           should
           they
           do
           the
           greatest
           homage
           to
           Heauen
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           66
        
         
           Nothing
           in
           this
           life
           is
           so
           vnsauory
           as
           Old-age
           .
           The
           sadnes
           of
           mans
           last
           dayes
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           to
           pay
           him
           for
           the
           folly
           of
           the
           first
           .
           The
           neerer
           Age
           comes
           to
           her
           growth
           ,
           the
           neerer
           Beauty
           is
           to
           her
           bane
           .
           For
           ,
           in
           this
           pensiue
           time
           ,
           euery
           thing
           withers
           ,
           and
           groweth
           old
           ,
           but
           Euill
           :
           and
           that
           retaines
           his
           full
           vigour
           .
           Lord
           ,
           let
           my
           soule
           then
           flourish
           when
           my
           body
           fades
           :
           and
           let
           the
           concord
           of
           my
           minde
           fight
           against
           the
           discord
           of
           my
           body
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           67
        
         
           Nothing
           is
           so
           terrible
           to
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           mortality
           ,
           as
           Death
           .
           This
           little
           leane
           dwarfe
           will
           beard
           a
           Monarch
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           Army
           ;
           making
           him
           shake
           ,
           that
           whilome
           shook
           Towers
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Earth
           it selfe
           tremble
           with
           the
           weight
           of
           his
           Hoaste
           .
           Great
           Alexander
           was
           a
           little
           childe
           in
           this
           :
           and
           though
           he
           had
           often
           met
           Death
           face
           to
           face
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           he
           turned
           his
           back
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           would
           haue
           hid
           himselfe
           from
           him
           ;
           as
           hoping
           to
           be
           inuisible
           to
           
           his
           inuisible
           Enemy
           .
           What
           an
           absurdity
           is
           it
           in
           a
           man
           to
           seek
           to
           choak
           Nature
           !
           or
           to
           grudge
           her
           the
           voyding
           of
           her
           excrements
           !
           As
           when
           I
           was
           borne
           ,
           another
           died
           :
           so
           I
           will
           consider
           ,
           that
           when
           I
           die
           ,
           another
           is
           borne
           .
           If
           Nature
           bee
           wearie
           of
           mee
           ,
           I
           will
           bee
           weary
           of
           my selfe
           :
           I
           were
           a
           foole
           if
           I
           should
           not
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           no
           man
           can
           play
           vpon
           a
           broken
           instrument
           ;
           no
           more
           can
           any
           soule
           recreate
           her selfe
           with
           a
           bad
           instrumentaliz'd
           body
           .
           If
           ,
           therefore
           Life
           flie
           from
           me
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           flie
           from
           
           Death
           .
        
      
       
         
           68
        
         
           When
           men
           are
           calumniated
           ,
           they
           growe
           angry
           :
           and
           if
           they
           be
           reprehended
           for
           any
           predominant
           vice
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           seeke
           to
           excuse
           and
           extenuate
           it
           .
           I
           will
           not
           do
           so
           ;
           but
           ,
           will
           hearken
           to
           Epictetus
           :
           who
           wils
           mee
           ,
           not
           to
           deny
           the
           sinnes
           mine
           enemy
           taxes
           mee
           with
           ;
           but
           ,
           to
           reproue
           his
           ignorance
           :
           in
           that
           ,
           being
           vnacquainted
           with
           the
           infinitie
           of
           my
           crimes
           ,
           he
           layes
           only
           two
           or
           three
           to
           my
           charge
           ;
           whereas
           indeede
           I
           am
           guilty
           of
           a
           million
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           69
        
         
           As
           Sin
           sold
           the
           world
           to
           Death
           :
           so
           Death
           bought
           the
           world
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           Sinne
           ;
           it
           being
           the
           will
           of
           the
           heauenly
           Father
           ,
           with
           the
           death
           of
           one
           to
           buy
           euerlasting
           life
           for
           all
           .
           Blessed
           be
           he
           then
           ,
           that
           died
           the
           cursed
           death
           of
           the
           Crosse
           ,
           that
           wee
           may
           lead
           a
           blessed
           life
           without
           crosses
           .
        
      
       
         
           70
        
         
           Christ
           himselfe
           sayes
           ,
           that
           
             Many
             are
             called
             ,
             but
             few
             are
             chosen
             .
          
           Many
           are
           call'd
           Christians
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           chosen
           to
           liue
           with
           Christ
           .
           Many
           
           are
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           and
           many
           visible
           members
           there
           are
           ,
           which
           belong
           not
           to
           the
           inuisible
           body
           ;
           nor
           receiue
           their
           motion
           from
           the
           inuisible
           Head.
           We
           ,
           whose
           soules
           look
           vpon
           others
           throgh
           the
           dimme
           spectacles
           of
           Sense
           ,
           doe
           often
           times
           take
           a
           Iudas
           for
           a
           Nathana●ll
           ,
           and
           (
           contarily
           )
           a
           
             Simon
             Peter
          
           ,
           for
           a
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           .
           Let
           vs
           then
           spare
           to
           iudge
           ;
           least
           wee
           be
           iudged
           to
           bee
           vniust
           ,
           by
           that
           iust
           Iudge
           ,
           at
           the
           dreadful
           day
           of
           Iudgment
           .
           I
           ,
           I
           :
           this
           is
           a
           〈◊〉
           
           course
           ;
           and
           this
           wil
           I
           obserue
           :
           because
           I
           knowe
           not
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           ,
           the
           Saul
           I
           see
           novv
           ,
           may
           proue
           a
           Paul
           to-morow
           .
        
      
       
         
           71
        
         
           The
           world
           delights
           in
           those
           ,
           that
           delight
           in
           it
           .
           The
           reason
           therfore
           ,
           why
           the
           world
           cōtemnes
           me
           ,
           is
           because
           it
           is
           cōtemned
           of
           mee
           .
           So
           then
           there
           must
           be
           a
           mitigation
           on
           both
           sides
           .
           To
           a
           mitigation
           I
           may
           be
           brought
           ;
           to
           a
           subiection
           ,
           neuer
           .
        
      
       
         
           72
        
         
           The
           diuell
           is
           neuer
           so
           busie
           ,
           as
           when
           a
           man
           is
           idle
           .
           Hee
           hath
           no
           so
           fit
           
           instrument
           to
           worke
           by
           ,
           as
           by
           Sloth
           :
           which
           is
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           the
           mother
           of
           vice
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           abandon
           this
           mother
           ;
           least
           in
           time
           she
           bring
           mee
           to
           that
           father
           .
        
      
       
         
           73
        
         
           Many
           pray
           :
           but
           ,
           fewe
           pray
           aright
           .
           Some
           presume
           to
           beg
           that
           ,
           which
           God
           in
           his
           iustice
           cannot
           grant
           :
           and
           others
           againe
           despaire
           to
           craue
           that
           ,
           which
           God
           in
           his
           mercy
           will
           not
           deny
           .
           I
           will
           not
           therefore
           begge
           all
           that
           which
           I
           would
           ;
           but
           ,
           all
           that
           which
           I
           should
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           74
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           shunne
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           Basenesse
           :
           yet
           many
           run
           into
           it
           ,
           because
           few
           know
           the
           true
           definition
           of
           it
           .
           Opinion
           styles
           many
           things
           base
           ,
           which
           Vertue
           calls
           bright
           ,
           and
           glorious
           .
           We
           see
           Gentlemen
           asham'd
           ,
           and
           hang
           downe
           their
           heads
           ,
           when
           they
           looke
           vp
           to
           the
           place
           ,
           vvhere
           their
           Ancestors
           sate
           .
           And
           why
           doe
           they
           this
           ?
           Because
           they
           doe
           not
           think
           it
           any
           disparagement
           ,
           to
           decline
           from
           the
           vertue
           of
           their
           Ancestors
           ;
           but
           ,
           
           from
           their
           riches
           .
           If
           Pouertie
           take-vp
           her
           residence
           in
           mee
           ,
           or
           change
           beings
           with
           me
           ;
           yet
           shall
           she
           neuer
           make
           me
           think
           my selfe
           base
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           Vertue
           leaues
           mee
           anie
           one
           sparke
           of
           her
           brightnesse
           .
        
      
       
         
           75
        
         
           The
           basest
           griefe
           of
           all
           ,
           is
           that
           ,
           which
           receiues
           his
           birth
           frō
           the
           death
           of
           a
           Horse
           or
           a
           Cow
           ;
           or
           from
           the
           losse
           of
           the
           two
           too
           high-priz'd
           Metalls
           .
           Phy
           vpon
           it
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           should
           hurt
           his
           internall
           substāce
           ,
           for
           the
           want
           of
           externall
           .
           If
           the
           Sun
           and
           
           Moone
           shine
           vpon
           mee
           ,
           I
           shall
           thinke
           they
           doe
           me
           a
           sufficient
           fauour
           ;
           without
           presuming
           to
           implore
           their
           descension
           in
           to
           my
           pockets
           :
           but
           ,
           if
           the
           Sunne
           and
           Moone
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Gold
           &
           Siluer
           ,
           vouchsafing
           to
           make
           my
           pockets
           their
           Spheres
           ,
           shall
           afterwards
           (
           out
           of
           their
           Planeticall
           inconstancie
           )
           skippe
           out
           ,
           and
           wander
           frō
           me
           ;
           I
           wil
           not
           mourn
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           I
           haue
           lost
           them
           :
           but
           ,
           that
           I
           haue
           rendred
           ,
           and
           sent
           them
           backe
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           sent
           ,
           and
           gaue
           them
           vnto
           mee
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           76
        
         
           Pouertie
           lyes
           begging
           in
           the
           streets
           ,
           and
           no
           man
           pitties
           her
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           against
           the
           nature
           of
           man
           to
           pittie
           a
           cōmon
           enemy
           to
           Mankind
           .
           Man
           should
           consider
           ,
           that
           though
           Pouertie
           bee
           his
           worldly
           enemy
           ,
           yet
           she
           is
           his
           spirituall
           friend
           .
        
      
       
         
           77
        
         
           Euery
           thing
           hath
           his
           fit
           application
           :
           but
           ,
           few
           find
           it
           .
           Some
           ,
           by
           the
           extraordinary
           application
           of
           a
           thing
           common
           ,
           will
           bring
           the
           Reader
           both
           into
           admiration
           and
           delight
           .
           
           Others
           againe
           ,
           by
           an
           vnwittie
           application
           ,
           make
           non
           Sense
           ;
           and
           infuse
           lothing
           into
           the
           nice
           stomack
           of
           the
           Reader
           I
           wil
           apply
           nothing
           ,
           which
           may
           not
           imply
           something
           .
        
      
       
         
           78
        
         
           All
           men
           cry-out
           for
           plaine
           dealing
           :
           but
           ,
           fewe
           loue
           the
           trade
           .
           It
           is
           an
           old
           Prouerb
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           vseth
           it
           long
           ,
           shall
           die
           a
           beggar
           .
           Sure
           I
           am
           ,
           that
           hee
           ,
           who
           vseth
           it
           euer
           ,
           shall
           die
           rich
           :
           Hee
           that
           ●aw
           him
           in
           secret
           ,
           wil
           reward
           him
           in
           secret
           .
           Hee
           shall
           enter
           ,
           and
           inhabite
           
           heauen
           ,
           and
           partake
           of
           that
           true
           treasure
           ;
           wheras
           the
           hypocrite
           leaues
           his
           wealth
           behind
           him
           ,
           and
           carries
           his
           woe
           with
           him
           .
        
      
       
         
           79
        
         
           Eating
           ,
           and
           drinking
           too
           much
           ,
           are
           two
           great
           vices
           .
           Yet
           ,
           of
           the
           two
           ,
           too
           much
           eating
           is
           the
           greater
           .
           To
           drink
           too
           much
           ,
           comes
           often
           times
           from
           constraint
           :
           but
           ,
           to
           eat
           too
           much
           ,
           proceeds
           from
           a
           mans
           inordinate
           appetite
           .
           Hee
           that
           is
           a
           drunkard
           ,
           may
           iustlie
           blame
           others
           :
           but
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           a
           glutton
           ,
           can
           iustly
           blame
           
           none
           but
           himselfe
           .
           I
           wil
           ,
           therfore
           ,
           make
           my
           appetite
           conformable
           to
           my
           digestion
           :
           so
           shal
           I
           be
           sure
           neither
           to
           eat
           too
           much
           ,
           nor
           too
           little
           .
        
      
       
         
           80
        
         
           Some
           fearing
           their
           names
           should
           die
           ,
           build
           houses
           ;
           to
           make
           posteritie
           know
           ,
           that
           they
           once
           were
           ,
           and
           were
           wealthy
           .
           This
           indeede
           tells
           the
           world
           that
           they
           had
           purses
           ;
           but
           ,
           not
           that
           they
           had
           pates
           .
           He
           is
           the
           man
           ,
           who
           trusts
           not
           to
           oftentripping
           Tradition
           ;
           but
           pleads
           his
           owne
           Cause
           to
           Posteritie
           ;
           making
           her
           
           confesse
           ,
           that
           hee
           was
           a
           man
           of
           deeds
           ,
           thogh
           not
           a
           man
           of
           drosse
           .
        
      
       
         
           81
        
         
           A
           great
           mans
           fauor
           is
           hardly
           got
           ,
           &
           easily
           lost
           .
           Hee
           keeps
           a
           man
           to
           serue
           his
           turne
           ;
           but
           ,
           not
           to
           obserue
           his
           turnings
           .
           The
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           followers
           ,
           are
           like
           his
           horses
           :
           they
           carry
           him
           ;
           and
           hee
           guides
           them
           .
           That
           hors
           which
           offers
           to
           fling
           him
           ,
           or
           that
           is
           not
           tēdermouth'd
           ,
           hee
           puts
           off
           ,
           as
           a
           head-strong
           Iade
           .
           It
           is
           better
           therefore
           to
           serue
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           voyd
           of
           all
           accidents
           ,
           and
           humors
           ;
           
           than
           man
           ,
           who
           by
           them
           is
           made
           voide
           of
           reason
           :
           and
           hee
           that
           is
           most
           vnfit
           to
           obserue
           man
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           fit
           to
           serue
           God.
           
        
      
       
         
           82
        
         
           The
           Church
           militant
           ,
           labours
           to
           bee
           vnited
           to
           the
           triumphant
           ;
           and
           the
           triumphant
           longs
           for
           the
           vnion
           .
           Lord
           then
           ioyne
           them
           ;
           and
           let
           sorrow
           seuer
           them
           no
           longer
           .
        
      
       
         
           83
        
         
           Nature
           binds
           men
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ;
           but
           ,
           neuer
           so
           fast
           as
           when
           she
           chains
           them
           together
           with
           the
           linkes
           of
           vertue
           .
           Nature
           
           may
           make
           mee
           loue
           my
           kinred
           :
           but
           ,
           Vertue
           will
           make
           mee
           doe
           more
           .
        
      
       
         
           84
        
         
           Hee
           that
           hates
           a
           man
           ,
           because
           he
           hath
           some
           notorious
           vices
           ,
           is
           rash
           and
           vnaduised
           :
           for
           ,
           if
           hee
           did
           but
           looke
           into
           the
           same
           man
           ,
           he
           should
           find
           some
           eminent
           vertues
           in
           him
           .
           I
           will
           not
           shunne
           his
           presence
           that
           hath
           a
           good
           nature
           ,
           and
           but
           one
           vertue
           ;
           as
           knowing
           my selfe
           to
           be
           all
           vitious
           .
        
      
       
         
           85
        
         
           It
           is
           an
           vsuall
           speech
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           saide
           ,
           vvhich
           hath
           not
           beene
           
           said
           before
           .
           If
           it
           be
           meāt
           ,
           that
           no
           words
           are
           spoke
           ,
           which
           haue
           not
           beene
           spoke
           before
           ,
           that
           is
           false
           :
           and
           if
           the
           meaning
           bee
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           thought
           ,
           vvhich
           hath
           not
           beene
           thought
           before
           ,
           that
           is
           false
           too
           .
           For
           ,
           we
           see
           that
           euery
           day
           reveales
           a
           new
           secret
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           that
           for
           neuer
           heard-of
           thinges
           ,
           wee
           are
           faine
           to
           faine
           neuer
           heard
           of
           words
           .
           I
           will
           rather
           think
           all
           braines
           are
           exhausted
           ,
           than
           Nature
           .
        
      
       
         
           86
        
         
           Vertue
           is
           placed
           euen
           in
           the
           middest
           of
           Vice.
           
           Liberalitie
           ,
           is
           placed
           betwixt
           Auarice
           and
           Prodigality
           ;
           Valour
           ,
           betwixt
           Cowardise
           &
           Rashnesse
           ;
           Mercie
           ,
           betwixt
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           a
           fond
           Lenity
           .
           Take
           courage
           ,
           Vertue
           :
           thou
           shalt
           once
           shake-off
           thy
           priuation
           ;
           and
           put-on
           a
           habit
           ,
           without
           reiterated
           actions
           .
        
      
       
         
           87
        
         
           Hee
           that
           meets
           with
           a
           contentious
           foole
           ,
           doth
           wisely
           in
           granting
           all
           hee
           obiects
           :
           for
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           policie
           ,
           to
           gaine
           a
           friend
           without
           trouble
           ,
           than
           a
           foe
           with
           it
           .
        
      
       
         
           88
        
         
         
           The
           same
           holdes
           with
           GOD
           ,
           that
           does
           with
           great
           Lords
           :
           he
           loues
           to
           be
           well
           followed
           and
           attended
           .
           But
           ,
           neither
           desert
           ,
           nor
           great
           friends
           ,
           can
           preferre
           a
           man
           to
           him
           :
           onely
           those
           whom
           hee
           likes
           ,
           hee
           chooses
           .
           I
           had
           rather
           follow
           him
           ,
           than
           go
           before
           Emperours
           .
        
      
       
         
           89
        
         
           A
           yong
           man
           is
           like
           a
           wilde
           horse
           ;
           who
           ,
           if
           hee
           want
           a
           curbe
           ,
           will
           runne
           himselfe
           to
           death
           .
           Those
           parents
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           are
           wise
           ,
           who
           ioyne
           correction
           ,
           with
           direction
           ;
           and
           keepe
           those
           in
           ,
           who
           else
           
           would
           lash-out
           .
        
      
       
         
           90
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           thing
           difficult
           ,
           to
           finde
           out
           the
           humors
           of
           men
           ;
           because
           many
           dissemble
           their
           dispositions
           .
           This
           businesse
           requires
           a
           crafty
           ,
           and
           experienced
           wit
           :
           for
           ,
           deceit
           is
           neuer
           so
           soon
           discouer'd
           as
           by
           the
           deceitfull
           .
        
      
       
         
           91
        
         
           Passion
           is
           the
           onely
           enemy
           to
           Wisedome
           .
           He
           that
           conquers
           this
           enemy
           ,
           makes
           Wisedome
           his
           friend
           .
        
      
       
         
           92
        
         
           A
           lingring
           hatred
           is
           
           badde
           .
           Gods
           children
           are
           angry
           ,
           yet
           sinne
           not
           .
           My
           wrath
           shall
           go
           down
           with
           the
           sunne
           :
           but
           ,
           my
           loue
           shall
           endure
           longer
           than
           the
           sunne
           it selfe
           .
        
      
       
         
           93
        
         
           Affectation
           makes
           a
           wise
           man
           a
           foole
           ;
           but
           ,
           if
           it
           meete
           with
           a
           foole
           ,
           it
           makes
           him
           an
           intolerable
           Asse
           .
           In
           these
           later
           ,
           lame
           times
           ,
           we
           see
           many
           affect
           defects
           ;
           and
           to
           bee
           proud
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           indeede
           they
           should
           bee
           asham'd
           of
           .
           Since
           Nature
           hath
           made
           me
           somwhat
           better
           than
           a
           foole
           ;
           let
           mee
           beware
           ,
           that
           affectation
           
           make
           mee
           not
           worse
           than
           a
           foole
           .
        
      
       
         
           94
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           question
           worth
           the
           inquiring
           into
           ,
           whether
           or
           no
           ,
           all
           ostentation
           bee
           to
           be
           auoided
           .
           The
           Philosophers
           cried-out
           ,
           
             Sume
             superbiam
             quaesitā
             meritis
             :
             Assume
             a
             pride
             proportionable
             to
             thy
             merits
             .
          
           And
           indeede
           ,
           both
           Morality
           ,
           and
           Policy
           ,
           perswade
           it
           ;
           for
           ,
           generally
           ,
           wee
           see
           those
           vnderualued
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           who
           vnderualue
           themselues
           .
           Yet
           ,
           the
           word
           of
           God
           is
           to
           be
           obserued
           ,
           before
           the
           obseruations
           of
           men
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           95
        
         
           Cōmines
           obserues
           this
           in
           Lewis
           the
           XI
           .
           that
           hee
           would
           euen
           toile
           ,
           to
           gain
           any
           man
           that
           might
           either
           profit
           ,
           or
           hurt
           him
           This
           is
           an
           excellent
           policie
           ;
           and
           little
           or
           nothing
           (
           or
           rather
           ,
           in
           nothing
           )
           repugnant
           to
           diuinity
           .
        
      
       
         
           96
        
         
           Religion
           is
           often
           made
           a
           cloak
           to
           villany
           .
           But
           ,
           at
           one
           time
           or
           other
           ,
           Villany
           will
           cast-off
           her
           cloak
           :
           and
           he
           that
           is
           wise
           ,
           will
           perceiue
           and
           detest
           it
           .
           I
           wonder
           ,
           that
           men
           do
           not
           tremble
           (
           as
           being
           before
           God
           )
           when
           they
           
           dissemble
           before
           men
           .
        
      
       
         
           97
        
         
           Nothing
           should
           so
           neerely
           touch
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           moue
           a
           Prince
           ,
           as
           a
           base
           report
           of
           his
           predecessour
           ;
           though
           hee
           were
           his
           vtter
           enemy
           .
           For
           ,
           though
           he
           himselfe
           lead
           the
           life
           of
           a
           blessed
           Angell
           ;
           yet
           ,
           from
           some
           mouthes
           wherein
           Calumny
           cloysters
           her selfe
           )
           as
           much
           imputation
           shall
           bee
           laied
           vpon
           him
           ,
           as
           can
           be
           cast
           vpon
           the
           Diuell
           ;
           which
           ,
           his
           Successour
           ,
           in
           imitation
           of
           him
           ,
           will
           winke-at
           .
           How
           many
           ministers
           of
           
           hell
           ,
           now-adayes
           not
           only
           reuile
           Gods
           on
           Earth
           ,
           with
           words
           ,
           but
           with
           written
           wordes
           also
           ?
           Historiographers
           may
           lightly
           touch
           the
           faults
           of
           Princes
           :
           but
           ,
           if
           they
           raile
           at
           their
           persons
           ,
           they
           cease
           to
           bee
           Historians
           ,
           and
           become
           maleuolent
           Oratours
           .
           Princes
           ,
           therfore
           ,
           should
           not
           imagine
           that
           their
           present
           fame
           wil
           be
           permanent
           ;
           but
           ,
           should
           take
           this
           prescribed
           ,
           or
           som
           other
           course
           :
           by
           which
           ,
           they
           may
           as
           well
           stoppe
           the
           mouthes
           of
           the
           reuealers
           of
           their
           vices
           ,
           and
           reuilers
           of
           their
           
           persons
           ;
           as
           let-loose
           the
           tongues
           that
           trumpetout
           their
           vertues
           .
        
      
       
         
           98
        
         
           As
           ,
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           it
           sauours
           much
           of
           indiscretion
           ,
           to
           remember
           a
           man
           of
           any
           thing
           by
           which
           hee
           hath
           either
           done
           himselfe
           disgrace
           ,
           or
           receiu'd
           it
           frō
           others
           :
           so
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           point
           of
           Wisdome
           ,
           to
           put
           one
           in
           minde
           of
           any
           action
           of
           his
           brauely
           performed
           ;
           of
           any
           speech
           of
           his
           vtter'd
           with
           the
           astonishment
           of
           the
           audience
           ▪
           or
           of
           any
           Office
           in
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           
           which
           hee
           hath
           vndergone
           with
           honour
           ,
           and
           with
           augmentation
           of
           his
           reputation
           .
           Hee
           that
           delights
           to
           displease
           men
           ,
           will
           at
           length
           reape
           no
           great
           pleasure
           .
        
      
       
         
           99
        
         
           Humility
           may
           bee
           without
           honour
           :
           but
           ,
           honour
           cannot
           be
           without
           humility
           :
           if
           it
           bee
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           bastard
           .
           There
           is
           no
           surer
           way
           than
           this
           ,
           to
           finde-out
           bastards
           ,
           father'd
           vpon
           the
           Nobility
           .
        
      
       
         
           100
        
         
           It
           is
           foolish
           ,
           to
           bragge
           of
           riches
           ,
           or
           any
           external
           
           thing
           ,
           in
           the
           company
           of
           others
           .
           For
           ,
           the
           better
           sort
           will
           thinke
           it
           done
           in
           enuy
           ,
           and
           emulation
           of
           them
           :
           and
           the
           worse
           will
           take
           it
           done
           ,
           in
           contempt
           of
           them
           .
           He
           that
           brags
           of
           things
           without
           ,
           hath
           but
           little
           within
           .
        
      
       
         
           101
        
         
           If
           the
           Miser
           did
           but
           looke
           into
           what
           he
           does
           ,
           hee
           would
           neuer
           bee
           so
           miserable
           .
           He
           is
           euer
           solicitous
           ;
           and
           hath
           scarce
           one
           happy
           houre
           in
           the
           course
           of
           his
           whole
           life
           .
           He
           hoords
           and
           layes-vp
           ,
           not
           knowing
           who
           shall
           enioy
           it
           :
           and
           oftentimes
           
           they
           enioy
           it
           ,
           who
           lay
           it
           out
           as
           fast
           ;
           not
           caring
           what
           become
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           it
           plainly
           appeares
           ,
           the
           whole
           life
           of
           an
           Vsurer
           is
           nothing
           but
           misery
           and
           vexation
           .
           O
           that
           a
           Cormorant
           did
           knovve
           ,
           how
           many
           beautiful
           bodies
           starue
           ,
           &
           how
           many
           substantiall
           soules
           faint
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           his
           cash
           !
           hee
           would
           not
           onely
           willingly
           part
           with
           all
           his
           pelfe
           ,
           but
           sel
           his
           owne
           body
           to
           solace
           their
           soules
           .
           But
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           so
           much
           to
           be
           blamed
           :
           because
           ,
           whereas
           charity
           begins
           at
           home
           in
           others
           ,
           crueltie
           
           beginnes
           at
           home
           in
           him
           :
           &
           he
           almost
           starues
           himself
           ,
           that
           others
           ,
           whō
           hee
           suffers
           to
           starue
           ,
           may
           not
           take
           exception
           .
           Euery-one
           is
           not
           guilty
           of
           this
           Vice.
           The
           Prodigall
           hath
           such
           vse
           for
           his
           mony
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           put
           none
           to
           vse
           abroad
           .
           Some
           get
           by
           the
           vse
           of
           their
           mony
           :
           he
           loseth
           by
           the
           vse
           of
           his
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           Vertue
           .
        
         
           O
           Great
           ,
           &
           glorious
           Goddesse
           of
           the
           good
           ;
           thou
           suter
           ,
           and
           thou
           vvooer
           of
           the
           vvicked
           ;
           thou
           ,
           without
           whō
           the
           mightiest
           Monarchs
           are
           but
           poore
           ,
           &
           miserable
           ;
           and
           with
           whō
           the
           basest
           Begger
           is
           great
           ,
           and
           mighty
           :
           thou
           Mistres
           of
           so
           many
           mild
           Martyrs
           ;
           thou
           Gouernesse
           of
           all
           sweet
           dispositions
           ;
           thou
           beginner
           ,
           cōtinuer
           ,
           
           &
           perfecter
           of
           all
           honorable
           actions
           ,
           Vertue
           ;
           to
           thee
           I
           consecrate
           this
           little
           languishing
           Work
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           the
           humble
           indeauors
           of
           my
           soule
           .
           Gracious
           Mistresse
           ,
           as
           thou
           hast
           hitherto
           hardned
           mee
           against
           all
           the
           buffets
           of
           hard-fisted
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           armed
           mee
           against
           the
           kicking
           of
           Asses
           ,
           and
           the
           hissing
           of
           Geese
           :
           so
           giue
           me
           still
           encouragements
           to
           maintaine
           thy
           cause
           against
           thy
           black-visag'd
           enemy
           ,
           Vice.
           And
           seeing
           thou
           art
           a
           Mistres
           of
           many
           seruants
           ,
           I
           must
           not
           
           only
           remember
           my self
           ,
           but
           beseech
           thee
           also
           ,
           to
           remember
           all
           those
           that
           suffer
           for
           thy
           sake
           .
           Giue
           an
           end
           to
           their
           miserie
           :
           least
           misery
           cause
           their
           end
           ;
           and
           so
           thou
           be
           destitute
           of
           seruants
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           next
           Age
           (
           take
           the
           word
           of
           thy
           deuoted
           )
           will
           not
           afford
           thee
           many
           .
           Make
           much
           therefore
           ,
           make
           much
           of
           those
           ,
           vvho
           by
           thee
           are
           made
           more
           than
           earthly
           :
           let
           them
           adorne
           earth
           yet
           a
           while
           ;
           and
           let
           vs
           a
           little
           longer
           triumph
           in
           them
           heer
           ,
           before
           they
           themselues
           triumph
           in
           heauen
           .
           The
           world
           hath
           
           need
           of
           them
           ,
           bright
           Empresse
           :
           The
           world
           hath
           neede
           of
           them
           ;
           in
           that
           pretious
           precepts
           neuer
           shine
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           vvhen
           they
           are
           set
           in
           examples
           ;
           nor
           examples
           ,
           as
           vvhen
           they
           are
           sette
           in
           curious
           creatures
           .
        
         
           The
           Philosopher
           saith
           ,
           that
           ,
           if
           the
           vvorld
           had
           the
           full
           view
           of
           thee
           ,
           thou
           wouldest
           so
           dazle
           the
           eyes
           of
           Mortalitie
           ,
           that
           admiration
           vvould
           lay
           it
           in
           a
           transe
           .
           But
           ,
           some
           cannot
           behold
           thy
           essence
           :
           and
           therefore
           ,
           we
           were
           much
           to
           blame
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           not
           honour
           
           thee
           much
           in
           those
           ,
           in
           whom
           wee
           see
           euen
           a
           little
           of
           thee
           .
           But
           ,
           if
           we
           see
           almost
           all
           thee
           ,
           in
           som
           other
           selfe
           of
           thine
           ;
           then
           pardon
           vs
           ,
           if
           we
           giue
           you
           both
           alike
           worship
           .
           As
           I
           began
           ,
           so
           I
           end
           with
           my selfe
           ;
           and
           beseech
           thee
           once
           more
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           be
           no
           more
           :
           I
           meane
           ,
           that
           my
           massie
           part
           may
           fall
           ,
           before
           my
           ethereall
           fall
           into
           any
           thing
           base
           ,
           or
           belowe
           the
           height
           of
           that
           blood
           ,
           which
           hath
           runne
           through
           the
           veines
           of
           so
           many
           valiant
           &
           truly
           honorable
           persons
           .
           If
           thou
           grant
           this
           ,
           great
           Goddesse
           ,
           
           I
           vvill
           then
           make
           this
           my
           Motto
           ,
        
         
           Virtute
           tutè
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           An
           Aduertisement
           from
           the
           Translator
           ,
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           VVHosoeuer
           shall
           come
           to
           the
           reading
           of
           this
           Oration
           ,
           let
           him
           know
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           translated
           like
           
             Quae
             genus
          
           ,
           to
           teach
           any
           man
           to
           construe
           .
           I
           haue
           not
           rendred
           
             verbum
             verbo
          
           :
           but
           ,
           
             verba
             verbo
          
           ;
           and
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           
             verbum
             verbis
          
           .
           As
           in
           Printing
           ,
           many
           faults
           vsually
           escape
           in
           the
           first
           Proofe
           :
           so
           many
           errors
           in
           the
           first
           Edition
           .
           
           I
           confesse
           ,
           through
           haste
           ,
           I
           haue
           not
           alwayes
           closely
           followed
           the
           Authors
           steppes
           .
           If
           euer
           it
           be
           reprinted
           ,
           all
           shall
           bee
           redressed
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           it
           may
           bee
           vvell
           vnderstood
           ,
           though
           it
           bee
           ill
           translated
           .
           I
           had
           neuer
           vndertaken
           it
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           written
           against
           Calumny
           :
           who
           hath
           wronged
           mee
           ;
           and
           may
           heereafter
           ,
           more
           ,
           than
           euer
           Fortune
           did
           ,
           or
           can
           doe
           .
           No
           ,
           no
           :
           I
           had
           rather
           contemplate
           a
           thousand
           lines
           ,
           than
           turn
           one
           ;
           the
           taske
           beeing
           more
           noble
           :
           Sith
           ,
           as
           Aristotle
           saith
           ,
           
             Deus
             ,
             si
             qua
             felicitate
             
             gaudet
             ,
             gaudet
             contemplatione
             .
          
           Besides
           ;
           I
           plainely
           see
           ,
           that
           the
           only
           thing
           which
           hath
           brought
           Scholars
           out
           of
           request
           ,
           hath
           been
           Translating
           .
           Let
           these
           suffice
           .
        
      
       
         
           An
           Oration
           of
           Iustus
           Lipsius
           ,
           against
           Calumny
           .
        
         
           THis
           day
           ,
           this
           day
           ,
           am
           I
           to
           speake
           of
           Calumny
           ,
           and
           to
           draw
           and
           lugge
           this
           Vice
           into
           the
           light
           .
           Thou
           God
           ,
           who
           art
           goodnesse
           ,
           brightnesse
           ,
           and
           all
           loue
           ,
           
           bee
           a
           light
           to
           the
           steps
           of
           my
           dimme
           Intellect
           ,
           and
           lead
           me
           against
           a
           vice
           ,
           of
           all
           vices
           the
           greatest
           enemy
           to
           thee
           .
           Moue
           my
           minde
           and
           tongue
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           instill
           innocency
           and
           humanity
           into
           Humanity
           ;
           winning
           men
           to
           shew
           honesty
           ,
           peace
           ,
           &
           charity
           ,
           in
           their
           liues
           ,
           discourses
           ,
           and
           writings
           .
           Calumny
           I
           heere
           define
           to
           be
           ,
           
             a
             guilefull
             ,
             priuie
             wounding
             ,
             and
             diminishing
             of
             anothers
             fame
             ,
             either
             in
             word
             ,
             or
             with
             penne
             .
          
           Calumny
           is
           so
           called
           
             a
             caluendo
          
           :
           which
           (
           being
           an
           olde
           ,
           
           and
           obsolete
           word
           )
           implied
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           
             to
             abuse
          
           ,
           or
           deceiue
           .
           For
           ,
           Calumny
           ,
           in
           generall
           ,
           lieth
           ,
           and
           beguileth
           (
           as
           heereafter
           I
           will
           shew
           )
           and
           deriues
           her
           authority
           frō
           lying
           ,
           and
           deceiuing
           .
           The
           Graecians
           named
           her
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           verie
           properly
           :
           because
           shee
           pearces
           ,
           stickes
           ,
           &
           strikes-through
           ,
           with
           the
           all-harming
           dart
           of
           her
           venom'd
           tongue
           .
           So
           that
           Calumny
           hath
           two
           proposed
           ends
           :
           the
           one
           ,
           to
           deceiue
           ;
           which
           the
           Latines
           consider'd
           :
           the
           other
           ,
           to
           hurt
           ;
           which
           the
           
           Graecians
           oft
           obserued
           .
           O
           Vice
           of
           Vices
           !
           and
           yet
           in
           these
           Times
           what
           is
           more
           frequent
           ?
           what
           more
           inseparable
           companion
           of
           publique
           ,
           and
           priuate
           ruines
           ?
           I
           may
           yet
           adde
           ,
           and
           ask
           ,
           what
           hath
           beene
           more
           neglected
           by
           moderne
           ,
           and
           antient
           Writers
           ?
           Wherefore
           ,
           since
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           found
           (
           to
           my
           knowledge
           )
           who
           hath
           written
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           against
           it
           ;
           I
           hope
           ,
           this
           Treatise
           of
           it
           will
           not
           bee
           vnprofitable
           to
           you
           ,
           nor
           inglorious
           to
           mee
           ,
           who
           first
           beginne
           to
           lay
           it
           open
           ,
           and
           to
           explane
           
           it
           with
           my
           plaine
           stile
           .
           Three
           principall
           things
           then
           there
           are
           ,
           from
           which
           the
           present
           discourse
           must
           be
           deriu'd
           .
           First
           ,
           I
           will
           shew
           how
           filthy
           ,
           and
           loathsome
           Calumny
           is
           ;
           secondly
           ,
           how
           pernicious
           ;
           thirdly
           ,
           how
           to
           be
           auoided
           .
           Whilst
           I
           seuerally
           discourse
           of
           these
           ,
           somewhat
           amply
           ,
           and
           acutely
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           this
           faire
           Audience
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           lend
           mee
           their
           minds
           ,
           but
           their
           eares
           ;
           and
           to
           fill
           and
           guide
           the
           sailes
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           of
           my
           Oration
           ,
           with
           the
           Zephyrus
           ,
           or
           gentle
           gale
           
           of
           their
           loue-breathing
           thoughts
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           filthiness
           of
           Calumny
           ,
           it
           cannot
           bee
           more
           cleerely
           prooued
           ,
           than
           by
           this
           two-folde
           argument
           :
           to
           weet
           ,
           that
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           in
           whom
           it
           dwels
           ,
           are
           most
           loathsome
           .
           The
           persons
           ,
           that
           harbour
           it
           ,
           are
           branded
           with
           these
           three
           markes
           ;
           base
           ,
           idle
           ,
           pratling
           :
           So
           truely
           ,
           by
           mee
           termed
           base
           ,
           that
           I
           deny
           not
           only
           any
           good
           ,
           but
           any
           indifferently
           good
           ,
           or
           lofty
           spirit
           ,
           euer
           to
           haue
           been
           blemisht
           with
           this
           blot
           .
           Examine
           the
           
           olde
           ,
           and
           these
           our
           moderne
           Times
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           neuer
           reade
           ,
           see
           ,
           or
           heare
           ,
           that
           any
           haue
           beene
           prone
           to
           this
           vice
           ,
           but
           onely
           sad
           ,
           and
           maligne
           natures
           ,
           envying
           others
           and
           distrusting
           themselues
           ;
           whom
           melancholy
           Saturne
           hath
           blasted
           with
           his
           starre
           .
           Did
           you
           neuer
           see
           little
           ,
           cowardly
           dogs
           barke
           at
           guests
           ,
           that
           durst
           not
           bite
           beasts
           ?
           Why
           ,
           such
           are
           these
           worser
           sort
           of
           men
           ;
           who
           are
           borne
           onely
           to
           hurt
           and
           vexe
           the
           harmelesse
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           they
           are
           borne
           to
           that
           end
           ;
           because
           they
           
           doe
           so
           leane
           ,
           and
           incline
           to
           this
           vice
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           neuer
           quiet
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           haue
           made
           others
           vnquiet
           .
           Their
           second
           marke
           is
           Idlenesse
           :
           than
           which
           nothing
           is
           more
           apparent
           ;
           since
           the
           first
           sparke
           ,
           and
           tinder
           of
           Calumny
           ,
           is
           Sloth
           :
           for
           ,
           no
           man
           will
           haue
           leasure
           to
           enquire
           into
           other
           mens
           affaires
           ,
           who
           is
           deteined
           by
           his
           owne
           .
           In
           sluggish
           ,
           and
           dronish
           people
           ,
           this
           godlesse
           Goddesse
           takes-vp
           her
           lodging
           ,
           and
           there
           laies
           the
           foundation
           of
           her
           kingdome
           .
           Hee
           that
           denies
           this
           ,
           let
           him
           but
           a
           
           little
           frequent
           the
           Palaces
           of
           Princes
           ,
           and
           places
           of
           Pleading
           :
           in
           which
           ,
           occasion
           &
           matter
           of
           Calumny
           is
           daily
           ,
           and
           aboundantly
           ,
           sowen
           by
           those
           ,
           who
           make
           this
           their
           only
           businesse
           ,
           
             To
             walke
             and
             talke
          
           .
           VVhatsoeuer
           is
           publikely
           ,
           or
           priuately
           done
           ,
           is
           there
           censured
           ,
           and
           scourged
           .
           The
           Prince
           ,
           &
           his
           Counsellours
           are
           said
           to
           doe
           amisse
           :
           one
           man
           is
           said
           to
           haue
           done
           this
           ;
           another
           man
           to
           haue
           spoken
           that
           .
           To
           conclude
           ;
           no
           report
           of
           any
           man
           can
           stand
           with
           them
           vnblemisht
           ,
           
           and
           vnslandred
           .
           And
           if
           wise
           ,
           and
           experienced
           men
           did
           this
           ,
           I
           could
           the
           better
           beare
           with
           it
           :
           but
           ,
           now
           ,
           men
           not
           only
           most
           idle
           ,
           but
           also
           most
           ignorant
           ,
           do
           busie
           themselues
           in
           those
           things
           ,
           to
           whose
           height
           ,
           their
           sense
           ,
           and
           vnderstanding
           will
           not
           reach
           .
           As
           in
           a
           ship
           an
           vnskilful
           passenger
           is
           not
           to
           bee
           endur'd
           ,
           that
           teaches
           ,
           &
           chides
           the
           Mariners
           ,
           when
           he
           himselfe
           will
           lend
           hand
           neither
           to
           the
           Rudder
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           Ore
           :
           so
           also
           ,
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           these
           emptie
           vessells
           must
           needes
           bee
           molestfull
           ,
           
           which
           sound
           most
           ,
           and
           haue
           least
           liquor
           in
           them
           .
           To
           be
           briefe
           ;
           their
           last
           marke
           is
           prattling
           .
           And
           ,
           indeede
           ,
           how
           should
           they
           be
           other
           ?
           since
           it
           is
           proper
           to
           these
           babblers
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           speak
           much
           ,
           but
           much
           euill
           .
           Haue
           any
           of
           you
           at
           any
           time
           ranked
           your selues
           with
           those
           head-strong
           vntamed
           people
           ,
           who
           haue
           ,
           as
           Pindar
           saith
           ,
           vncurbed
           mouthes
           ?
           If
           you
           haue
           ;
           tell
           me
           ,
           was
           not
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           their
           talke
           not
           onely
           of
           some
           body
           ,
           but
           against
           some
           body
           ?
           surely
           ,
           it
           was
           .
           For
           ,
           they
           
           vent
           things
           ,
           both
           heard
           ,
           and
           vnheard
           ;
           mingling
           things
           true
           and
           certaine
           ,
           with
           things
           vaine
           ,
           and
           vncertaine
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           lake
           of
           Iudaea
           ,
           call'd
           Asphaltes
           ,
           nothing
           sinks
           ;
           but
           vvhatsoeuer
           is
           cast-in
           ,
           swimmes
           vpon
           the
           surface
           of
           the
           water
           :
           so
           ,
           nothing
           goes
           to
           the
           bottome
           of
           their
           bosomes
           ;
           all
           things
           keep
           the
           toppe
           ,
           and
           slote
           ouer
           .
           But
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           how
           should
           they
           fauor
           others
           ,
           when
           they
           cannot
           spare
           themselues
           ?
           For
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           nature
           of
           this
           disease
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           raile
           against
           
           themselues
           ,
           when
           they
           haue
           nothing
           to
           speake
           against
           others
           .
           As
           in
           an
           extreame
           &
           long
           dearth
           ,
           our
           bodies
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           nourishment
           ,
           feede
           vpon
           themselues
           :
           so
           falles
           it
           out
           with
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           haue
           now
           sufficiently
           discoursed
           vnto
           you
           of
           the
           Minions
           of
           Calumny
           :
           I
           will
           therefore
           (
           as
           order
           requires
           )
           bring
           her selfe
           vpon
           the
           Stage
           ,
           with
           her
           owne
           true
           coūtenance
           .
           I
           confesse
           ,
           all
           vice
           to
           be
           detestable
           ,
           vglie
           ,
           and
           loathsome
           ;
           but
           ,
           this
           aboue
           all
           other
           :
           vvhich
           doth
           not
           onely
           
           reigne
           in
           filthy
           people
           ,
           but
           is
           also
           begotten
           ,
           and
           borne
           of
           loathsome
           Parents
           .
           The
           Poets
           faine
           their
           Chimaera
           to
           haue
           three
           bodies
           .
           They
           fain
           :
           but
           ,
           I
           dare
           sweare
           ,
           that
           to
           the
           composition
           of
           Calumny
           ,
           the
           mixtion
           of
           three
           vices
           is
           necessarie
           .
           For
           ,
           Lying
           ,
           and
           Enuy
           are
           her
           Parents
           ;
           and
           Curiositie
           ,
           her
           Nurse
           .
           Consider
           ,
           with
           your selues
           ,
           vvhat
           a
           faire
           infant
           this
           must
           needes
           bee
           ,
           which
           receiues
           her
           beeing
           from
           three
           such
           foule
           vices
           .
           I
           said
           ,
           and
           said
           truly
           ,
           that
           Lying
           was
           her
           father
           ;
           because
           
           it
           inspires
           and
           animates
           Calumny
           :
           which
           without
           Lying
           ,
           languisheth
           ,
           hauing
           neither
           life
           nor
           soule
           .
           What
           Backbiter
           was
           euer
           yet
           content
           with
           the
           naked
           truth
           only
           ?
           which
           of
           them
           vvas
           euer
           yet
           pleased
           to
           call
           a
           figge
           a
           figge
           ?
           And
           ,
           indeede
           ,
           hee
           cannot
           choose
           but
           doe
           so
           ;
           in
           that
           hee
           hath
           no
           power
           to
           hurt
           ,
           nor
           can
           attaine
           to
           his
           proposed
           end
           ,
           if
           he
           keep
           himselfe
           within
           the
           limits
           of
           truth
           .
           Therefore
           hee
           addes
           to
           euery
           thing
           and
           as
           that
           sound
           of
           neighbouring
           Valleies
           (
           which
           
           wee
           call
           Eccho
           )
           returnes
           wo
           or
           three
           words
           ,
           for
           one
           :
           so
           he
           doubles
           things
           heard
           ,
           and
           seene
           .
           Haue
           I
           in
           a
           word
           or
           two
           complained
           of
           any
           man
           ?
           hee
           wil
           say
           ,
           I
           haue
           sharply
           accused
           him
           .
           Haue
           I
           made
           doubt
           of
           any
           thing
           ?
           hee
           will
           say
           ,
           I
           haue
           carped
           at
           all
           .
           Haue
           I
           my selfe
           some
           doubtfull
           speach
           ,
           or
           sentence
           ,
           hee
           wil
           choose
           the
           worse
           sense
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           as
           the
           Physicians
           say
           of
           their
           cupping
           glasses
           ,
           that
           they
           draw-out
           nothing
           but
           the
           most
           impure
           blood
           of
           all
           :
           so
           I
           may
           more
           truly
           say
           of
           a
           
           Slanderer
           ,
           that
           he
           neither
           attracts
           ,
           nor
           receiues
           any
           thing
           vnto
           him
           ,
           or
           into
           him
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           euill
           .
           But
           ,
           I
           would
           hee
           did
           detract
           onely
           :
           for
           ,
           oftentimes
           ,
           he
           addes
           ,
           and
           reports
           those
           things
           to
           haue
           been
           done
           ,
           &
           spoke
           by
           vs
           ,
           which
           we
           neuer
           so
           much
           as
           dream'd
           of
           .
           As
           Spiders
           ,
           with
           a
           woonderfull
           Art
           ,
           bring-foorth
           threds
           and
           cobwebs
           ,
           out
           of
           their
           bodies
           :
           so
           ,
           hee
           begets
           ,
           and
           weaues
           subtle
           snares
           with
           his
           wit.
           I
           haue
           truly
           &
           sufficiently
           shewed
           ,
           that
           Lying
           is
           the
           Father
           of
           Calumny
           :
           it
           
           now
           resteth
           that
           I
           proue
           Envy
           to
           be
           her
           Mother
           ;
           who
           in
           the
           malignant
           wombe
           of
           her
           wit
           ,
           conceiues
           ,
           beares
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           brings
           forth
           this
           impious
           infant
           .
           This
           is
           easily
           proued
           ,
           by
           the
           maners
           and
           deeds
           of
           Calumniators
           :
           for
           ,
           they
           sildome
           drawe
           that
           fame-defacing
           weapon
           vpon
           base
           people
           ,
           &
           men
           of
           their
           owne
           coate
           ;
           but
           ,
           vpon
           those
           vvhom
           they
           see
           to
           excell
           others
           in
           vertue
           ,
           in
           learning
           ,
           or
           in
           some
           other
           thing
           worthy
           admiration
           .
           As
           Runners
           doe
           not
           looke
           backe
           for
           the
           laggers
           ,
           but
           striue
           
           to
           out-strip
           the
           formost
           :
           so
           ,
           Calumny
           pursues
           the
           better
           sort
           .
        
         
           It
           vvas
           obserued
           in
           the
           sportes
           of
           old
           ,
           that
           Bulls
           would
           roare
           ,
           and
           wex
           enrag'd
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           any
           redde
           ,
           or
           purple
           thing
           ;
           which
           ,
           notwithstanding
           are
           the
           most
           faire
           of
           all
           colours
           :
           the
           like
           may
           be
           seene
           in
           these
           men
           ;
           whose
           rancor
           is
           stirred
           vp
           by
           Vertue
           .
        
         
           Last
           of
           all
           ,
           I
           added
           ,
           that
           Curiositie
           was
           the
           Nurse
           of
           Calumny
           .
           And
           that
           ,
           very
           truly
           ;
           sith
           she
           seeds
           and
           fosters
           this
           Damsell
           with
           the
           long
           sought-for
           
           meat
           of
           speeches
           and
           rumors
           .
           Take
           her
           frō
           Calumny
           ,
           and
           what
           can
           she
           doe
           ?
           Shee
           will
           straight
           wex
           weak
           ,
           faint
           ,
           &
           emptie
           ;
           hauing
           more
           will
           ,
           thā
           power
           to
           hurt
           .
           For
           ,
           shee
           hath
           matter
           ministred
           to
           her
           ,
           by
           Curiosity
           :
           who
           ,
           dwelling
           neuer
           at
           home
           ,
           but
           ranging
           alwaies
           abroad
           ,
           enters
           not
           onely
           the
           houses
           ,
           but
           the
           minds
           of
           all
           men
           ;
           beeing
           euer
           watchful
           ,
           neuer
           sleeping
           .
           It
           is
           she
           ,
           it
           is
           she
           ,
           that
           gathers
           reports
           together
           ,
           &
           vents
           them
           to
           him
           that
           next
           accosteth
           her
           ,
           saluting
           him
           thus
           :
           Giue
           me
           
           your
           hand
           .
           What
           news
           ?
           What
           's
           done
           at
           Court
           ?
           How
           stand
           the
           affaires
           of
           England
           ?
           Hovv
           ,
           of
           France
           ?
           What
           doth
           Titius
           ?
           What
           doth
           Seius
           ?
           These
           things
           ,
           &
           other
           of
           like
           nature
           ,
           dooth
           she
           pry
           into
           ,
           &
           meddle
           with
           ;
           yet
           neuer
           growes
           ful
           ,
           nor
           satisfied
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           a
           putrid
           and
           scabbed
           limbe
           delights
           to
           bee
           scratcht
           ,
           and
           rubb'd
           :
           so
           she
           itcheth
           for
           sharpe
           and
           opprobrious
           speeches
           .
           Neither
           onely
           hath
           shee
           itching
           ,
           and
           greedy
           eares
           ,
           but
           quicke
           &
           pearcing
           eyes
           :
           which
           when
           shee
           opens
           ,
           
           what
           is
           it
           shee
           sees
           not
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           euen
           those
           things
           which
           shee
           sees
           not
           .
           She
           thē
           searcheth
           into
           things
           revealed
           ,
           and
           vnreuealed
           .
           Tiberius
           ,
           the
           Emperour
           ,
           is
           reported
           to
           haue
           beene
           so
           quick-sighted
           ,
           that
           he
           could
           see
           as
           well
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           day
           :
           but
           ,
           this
           may
           more
           fitlie
           bee
           said
           of
           Curiosity
           ;
           in
           that
           ,
           neither
           darknesse
           ,
           nor
           solitude
           ,
           can
           keepe-out
           her
           all-searching
           sight
           .
           Doost
           thou
           shut
           thy
           doores
           ?
           she
           will
           pearce
           throgh
           them
           .
           Doost
           thou
           tie-vp
           thy
           tongue
           ?
           shee
           will
           prie
           into
           thy
           bosome
           .
           Doost
           
           thou
           shun
           the
           societie
           of
           men
           ?
           shee
           wil
           neuerthelesse
           find
           thee
           out
           .
           As
           Flies
           ,
           and
           such
           little
           creatures
           ,
           can
           by
           no
           meanes
           be
           kept-out
           ;
           no
           more
           can
           shee
           ,
           by
           any
           Art.
           Shee
           is
           sole
           Queen
           of
           that
           Familie
           of
           the
           Curio's
           ,
           whom
           the
           Comick
           Poet
           verie
           wittily
           thus
           paints
           forth
           ;
           
             They
             haue
             a
             great
             care
             of
             other
             mens
             affaires
             .
             They
             would
             seeme
             to
             knowe
             all
             things
             ;
             but
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             know
             nothing
             .
             They
             know
             what
             the
             King
             whisperd
             in
             the
             eare
             of
             the
             Queene
             ;
             and
             what
          
           Ioue
           
             discoursed
             of
             with
          
           Iuno
           .
           
             Nay
             ,
             which
             
             is
             more
             ;
             they
             know
             things
             which
             neuer
             were
             ,
             nor
             euer
             shall
             be
             .
          
        
         
           By
           this
           time
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           ,
           you
           euidently
           perceiue
           the
           vglinesse
           of
           Calumny
           ;
           which
           lodgeth
           in
           base
           ,
           filthy
           persons
           ,
           and
           hath
           like
           Parents
           ;
           begottē
           by
           Lying
           ,
           brought
           forth
           by
           Envy
           ,
           &
           broght
           vp
           by
           Curiositie
           .
           Come
           on
           now
           ,
           and
           follow
           mee
           to
           the
           Mischiefe
           that
           attends
           her
           :
           which
           I
           thoght
           good
           to
           make
           the
           second
           part
           of
           my
           race
           .
           And
           before
           I
           runne
           it
           ,
           pause
           with
           mee
           awhile
           ,
           and
           refresh
           your
           minds
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Mischiefe
           in
           Calumny
           ,
           is
           Forcible
           &
           Variable
           :
           &
           that
           so
           great
           (
           I
           auerre
           it
           seriously
           ,
           without
           an
           Hyperbole
           )
           as
           I
           find
           the
           like
           in
           no
           other
           vice
           .
           I
           say
           ,
           Forcible
           ,
           because
           she
           wounds
           deeply
           ,
           &
           priuily
           .
           Variable
           ,
           in
           that
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           )
           she
           neither
           leaues
           any
           thing
           ,
           nor
           any
           body
           ,
           vntouched
           .
           Let
           vs
           handle
           euery
           one
           of
           these
           by
           themselues
           .
           That
           she
           wounds
           deeply
           ,
           the
           holy
           Prophet
           wil
           witnes
           with
           mee
           ,
           crying-out
           ;
           
             Their
             teeth
             are
             darts
             and
             arrowes
             :
             and
             their
             tongue
             is
             a
             sharpe
             sword
             .
          
           Neither
           
           is
           there
           any
           great
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           words
           of
           this
           diuine
           man
           ,
           &
           of
           that
           Spartan
           ,
           who
           being
           demaunded
           whether
           ,
           or
           no
           his
           sword
           were
           sharp
           enough
           ,
           replyed
           ,
           
             More
             keene
             than
             Calumny
          
           ;
           intimating
           therby
           ,
           that
           no
           edge
           of
           iron
           and
           steele
           ,
           could
           compare
           in
           keenenesse
           with
           the
           edge
           of
           the
           tongue
           .
           VVhat
           cannot
           this
           touch
           ?
           or
           what
           toucheth
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           toucheth
           not
           to
           the
           quick
           ?
           As
           that
           subtill
           force
           of
           Lightning
           pearceth
           through
           euery
           thing
           :
           so
           ,
           nothing
           can
           be
           so
           closely
           shut
           ,
           nor
           
           so
           far
           remooued
           ,
           but
           Calumny
           wil
           burn
           through
           it
           .
           And
           this
           she
           doth
           the
           more
           effectually
           ,
           in
           that
           shee
           doth
           it
           priuily
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           I
           added
           )
           by
           treachery
           .
           How
           can
           a
           weapon
           bee
           avoided
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           seene
           ?
           The
           clowds
           forewarne
           vs
           of
           the
           ensuing
           tempest
           ;
           smoake
           of
           the
           ensuing
           fire
           ;
           a
           Spy
           ,
           of
           the
           approach
           of
           the
           Enemy
           :
           but
           ,
           the
           mischiefe
           that
           comes
           from
           a
           Calumniator
           ,
           is
           sudden
           ,
           and
           vnexpected
           .
           Doost
           thou
           thinke
           hee
           threatens
           ?
           he
           then
           flatters
           .
           Doost
           thou
           take
           him
           for
           thine
           enemie
           ?
           
           he
           will
           induce
           thee
           to
           belieue
           that
           hee
           is
           thy
           friend
           ;
           and
           will
           first
           tie
           thee
           with
           the
           snaring
           praises
           of
           his
           tongue
           ,
           and
           then
           with
           the
           same
           will
           wound
           thee
           .
           And
           as
           a
           Scorpion
           ,
           if
           thou
           handle
           him
           ,
           will
           seeme
           to
           play
           with
           thee
           ,
           till
           hee
           get
           opportunitie
           with
           the
           winding
           of
           his
           taile
           to
           sting
           thee
           :
           so
           ,
           when
           thou
           fearest
           little
           hurt
           from
           a
           Calumniator
           ,
           hee
           hath
           thē
           already
           harmed
           thee
           .
           O
           detestable
           deceite
           !
           which
           my
           Historian
           (
           as
           from
           an
           Oracle
           )
           notes
           ,
           when
           hee
           saith
           ,
           
             A
             mans
             
             greatest
             enemies
             are
             his
             greatest
             praisers
             .
          
           Giue
           me
           poyson
           openly
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           beware
           of
           it
           :
           but
           ,
           if
           you
           cunningly
           mingle
           it
           with
           my
           meate
           ,
           or
           drink
           ,
           how
           can
           I
           shun
           it
           then
           ?
           The
           same
           may
           bee
           said
           of
           Calumny
           :
           which
           may
           truly
           be
           called
           ,
           poysoned
           hony
           .
           
             It
             is
             not
             a
             thing
             difficult
          
           (
           saith
           singular
           
             Salust
             )
             to
             a
             stout
             and
             valiant
             man
             ,
             to
             conquer
             an
             assaulting
             enemy
             ;
             but
             ,
             good
             men
             neuer
             suspect
             ,
             and
             therfore
             neuer
             go
             about
             to
             shun
             hidden
             &
             vnknown
             dangers
             .
          
           How
           Forcible
           and
           violent
           the
           Mischief
           
           is
           which
           proceeds
           from
           Calumny
           ,
           hath
           sufficiently
           beene
           proued
           :
           you
           shall
           now
           heare
           how
           Variable
           or
           diuers
           it
           is
           .
           It
           doth
           hurt
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           in
           most
           matters
           ,
           and
           to
           most
           persons
           ;
           a
           thing
           more
           remarquable
           in
           Calumny
           ,
           than
           in
           any
           other
           vice
           .
           It
           hurts
           not
           one
           ,
           or
           two
           ;
           but
           ,
           many
           :
           If
           I
           be
           lustfull
           ,
           two
           only
           are
           contaminated
           with
           the
           impurity
           of
           the
           crime
           .
           Say
           ,
           I
           am
           couetous
           :
           it
           may
           be
           I
           cheate
           three
           ,
           or
           foure
           of
           their
           money
           .
           If
           I
           be
           drunke
           ,
           perhaps
           I
           wrong
           some
           
           man
           with
           blowes
           ,
           or
           with
           words
           .
           But
           ,
           with
           Calumny
           it
           is
           far
           otherwise
           :
           for
           ,
           shee
           spares
           no
           Age
           ,
           sex
           ,
           nor
           order
           ;
           and
           may
           rightly
           be
           called
           a
           publique
           calamity
           ,
           and
           the
           Phaeton
           (
           if
           I
           may
           so
           say
           )
           of
           the
           Earth's
           circle
           .
           Who
           was
           euer
           so
           happy
           ,
           or
           so
           wise
           ,
           that
           could
           brag
           hee
           was
           safe
           from
           her
           reach
           ?
           There
           was
           neuer
           any
           .
           Her
           tearing
           teeth
           are
           whetted
           to
           hurt
           all
           men
           ;
           but
           ,
           those
           most
           ,
           who
           are
           of
           most
           merit
           .
        
         
           He
           that
           excells
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           is
           sure
           to
           be
           troden-downe
           by
           her
           .
           As
           
           they
           ,
           who
           pull-downe
           houses
           ,
           doe
           first
           take
           a
           way
           the
           pillars
           :
           so
           ,
           Calumny
           (
           desiring
           to
           destroy
           Mortality
           )
           first
           seekes
           to
           supplant
           those
           ,
           vpon
           whom
           the
           publique
           good
           is
           builded
           .
           Prudent
           ,
           honest
           ,
           and
           learned
           men
           ,
           are
           her
           proclaimed
           enemies
           :
           whose
           fame
           shee
           sometimes
           shakes
           with
           the
           engines
           of
           reproach
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           ,
           againe
           ,
           seekes
           to
           ouerthrow
           it
           with
           the
           cunning
           vndermining
           of
           suspicion
           .
           Neither
           onely
           doth
           she
           iniure
           &
           wrong
           sundry
           men
           ;
           but
           ,
           in
           sundry
           
           matters
           also
           .
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           thing
           deare
           and
           pretious
           to
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           she
           will
           be
           sure
           with
           her
           wiles
           either
           wholly
           to
           bereaue
           him
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           very
           much
           to
           empaire
           it
           .
           Doe
           riches
           delight
           thee
           ?
           She
           will
           ,
           if
           she
           can
           ,
           dispossesse
           thee
           of
           them
           .
           Dost
           thou
           reioice
           in
           great
           titles
           ,
           and
           honours
           ?
           Of
           those
           shee
           will
           depriue
           thee
           .
           Dooth
           any
           man
           place
           his
           felicity
           in
           his
           friends
           ?
           Here
           shee
           will
           imploy
           her
           vttermost
           art
           ,
           and
           strength
           ;
           and
           will
           seuer
           Laelius
           from
           
             Scipio
             ,
             Pylades
          
           from
           Orestes
           .
           
           What
           is
           so
           pretious
           to
           a
           man
           ▪
           as
           his
           fame
           ?
           which
           to
           good
           men
           is
           aboue
           all
           goods
           ,
           and
           life
           it selfe
           .
           For
           ,
           riches
           ,
           and
           life
           ,
           are
           things
           brittle
           ,
           and
           flitting
           ;
           our
           goods
           going
           often
           away
           before
           vs
           ,
           &
           our
           liues
           alwaies
           with
           vs
           :
           but
           ,
           our
           fame
           is
           that
           which
           doth
           eternize
           vs
           ;
           that
           only
           remaines
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           rotten
           .
           Why
           ,
           this
           fame
           ,
           this
           treasure
           of
           the
           wise
           ,
           this
           life-enlightning
           gemme
           ,
           Calumny
           dooth
           daily
           seeke
           to
           obscure
           ,
           and
           vtterly
           to
           deface
           .
           For
           ,
           because
           shee
           cannot
           hurt
           Vertue
           it self
           
           (
           the
           Chiefe-good
           in
           vs
           )
           she
           seekes
           to
           ouer-cloud
           ,
           and
           lessen
           vertuous
           actions
           :
           which
           are
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           the
           shadowes
           ,
           not
           the
           very
           images
           of
           Vertue
           .
           But
           ,
           why
           talke
           I
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           humane
           affaires
           ?
           O
           good
           God!
           shee
           neither
           spares
           thee
           ,
           nor
           thy
           heauen
           .
           For
           shee
           will
           finde
           in
           diuine
           matters
           also
           something
           to
           debate
           of
           ;
           by
           which
           she
           may
           offend
           not
           only
           thine
           ,
           but
           thee
           .
           It
           is
           thy
           decree
           ,
           thy
           sanction
           ,
           that
           
             the
             secrets
             of
             the
             minde
             be
             reserued
             for
             the
             moderatour
             of
             the
             minde
             :
          
           neither
           are
           the
           
           strings
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           to
           be
           plaied
           vpon
           by
           any
           ,
           but
           by
           him
           that
           made
           them
           .
           But
           ,
           Calumny
           violates
           this
           Law
           :
           for
           ,
           now-a-dayes
           (
           O
           hatefull
           daies
           !
           )
           shee
           directs
           her
           eyes
           ,
           and
           tongue
           hither
           ;
           prying
           into
           this
           inmost
           Temple
           .
           Shee
           cries-out
           ,
           that
           this
           man
           is
           not
           vpright
           in
           his
           gouernement
           ;
           that
           a
           second
           is
           not
           valiant
           ;
           that
           a
           third
           is
           a
           close
           fellow
           ,
           and
           not
           open
           enough
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ;
           what
           remaines
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           thoughts
           ,
           &
           meaning
           of
           our
           mindes
           be
           summon'd
           to
           appeare
           before
           this
           calumniating
           
           Iudgement
           seate
           ?
           Homer
           ,
           the
           true
           Prince
           (
           in
           my
           iudgement
           )
           not
           of
           Poets
           onely
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           other
           men
           (
           I
           vnderstand
           Profane
           )
           faines
           a
           certaine
           Goddesse
           ,
           which
           he
           calleth
           Ate
           ;
           from
           whom
           all
           offence
           &
           mischiefe
           took
           their
           sourse
           and
           deriuation
           .
           Vnder
           the
           couer
           of
           which
           fiction
           ,
           I
           assure
           my selfe
           (
           as
           certainely
           as
           I
           now
           speak
           and
           breathe
           that
           he
           intēded
           to
           touch
           &
           twitch
           Calumny
           .
           For
           ,
           thus
           he
           describeth
           her
           :
        
         
           A
           mischieuous
           Goddesse
           
             (
             I
             interprete
             him
             summarily
          
           )
           
           vvhich
           offendeth
           all
           :
        
         
           Which
           toucheth
           not
           the
           earth
           ;
           but
           ,
           walks
           vpon
           the
           heads
           of
           men
           ,
        
         
           And
           hath
           hurt
           Iupiter
           himselfe
           .
        
         
           Answer
           me
           now
           truly
           ,
           and
           on
           your
           word
           .
           Was
           there
           euer
           any
           Painter
           ,
           with
           a
           curious
           and
           artificiall
           pencill
           ,
           or
           Oratour
           with
           plentifull
           Rhetorick
           ,
           who
           vvith
           more
           light
           and
           propriety
           ,
           hath
           marked-out
           the
           true
           genuine
           forme
           of
           odious
           Calumnie
           ?
           I
           thinke
           ,
           neuer
           any
           .
           Hee
           telleth
           you
           ,
           
           that
           
             shee
             offendeth
             all
          
           .
           Iust
           my
           doctrine
           ;
           that
           all
           men
           ,
           in
           all
           places
           ,
           are
           endangerd
           by
           her
           .
           
             She
             toucheth
             not
             the
             earth
          
           .
           True
           :
           for
           ,
           shee
           sildom
           aimes
           〈◊〉
           base
           ,
           earthy
           ,
           and
           lowecreeping
           spirits
           :
           but
           ,
           as
           it
           followeth
           in
           the
           verse
           ,
           
             shee
             walks
             vpon
             the
             heads
             of
             men
          
           ;
           to
           wit
           ,
           shee
           directs
           her
           flight
           to
           the
           highest
           matters
           ,
           &
           most
           eminent
           persons
           .
           In
           conclusion
           ;
           
             shee
             hurts
          
           Iupiter
           himselfe
           :
           (
           VVho
           makes
           question
           of
           it
           ?
           )
           either
           in
           casting
           Calumnie
           and
           aspersion
           vpon
           diuine
           and
           holy
           actions
           ;
           or
           in
           not
           
           suffering
           Religiō
           herselfe
           to
           goe
           free
           and
           vntoucht
           of
           her
           venomed
           tooth
           .
           These
           are
           but
           the
           villanies
           ,
           wherewith
           shee
           sports
           her self
           in
           priuate
           ;
           beeing
           nothing
           in
           comparison
           of
           those
           vvhich
           she
           commits
           publiquely
           ,
           &
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           .
           For
           ,
           here
           is
           her
           proper
           &
           true
           throne
           :
           heere
           shee
           plaies
           the
           vvanton
           ,
           and
           curuets
           within
           her
           circle
           .
           But
           ,
           time
           so
           straitens
           mee
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           chase
           &
           pursue
           this
           subiect
           in
           all
           particulars
           .
        
         
           Briefely
           ,
           thus
           :
           Whatsoeuer
           deceit
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           
           or
           villanie
           hath
           beene
           in
           any
           Age
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           Court
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           it
           flowed
           first
           from
           this
           head
           ,
           from
           this
           fountaine
           .
           What
           was
           it
           ,
           that
           allured
           Alexander
           to
           murther
           so
           many
           of
           his
           deer
           friends
           ,
           but
           Calumnie
           ?
           that
           banished
           Socrates
           from
           his
           naturall
           life
           ,
           Rutilius
           from
           his
           natiue
           Cittie
           ,
           but
           Calumny
           ?
           that
           fed
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           vvith
           nevv
           blood
           ,
           and
           gaue
           life
           to
           
             Tiberius
             ,
             Caligula
          
           ,
           and
           Nero
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           monsters
           of
           Kings
           ,
           but
           this
           hateful
           Calumny
           ?
           And
           ,
           
           not
           to
           speake
           onelie
           of
           former
           Times
           ,
           this
           Age
           ,
           this
           miserable
           Age
           ,
           doth
           sufficiently
           testifie
           ,
           that
           those
           flights
           ,
           those
           slaughters
           ,
           those
           generall
           calamities
           ,
           those
           Seas
           ,
           &
           inundations
           of
           miserie
           ,
           vnder
           which
           wee
           grone
           ,
           haue
           no
           other
           birth
           ,
           sourse
           ,
           nor
           Generation
           ,
           but
           from
           the
           Riuerets
           of
           Court-Calumnie
           .
           Are
           your
           soules
           grieued
           ,
           that
           these
           arrowes
           of
           sedition
           stick
           in
           the
           bowels
           of
           the
           Common-vveale
           ?
           Calumny
           fixt
           thē
           there
           .
           That
           the
           fire
           of
           Ciuill
           
           warres
           hath
           burned
           ,
           now
           so
           many
           yeers
           ?
           Calumny
           did
           first
           kindle
           it
           .
           And
           we
           neuer
           see
           ,
           or
           haue
           seene
           ,
           any
           wickednesse
           whatsoeuer
           ,
           but
           infused
           and
           diffused
           from
           this
           poysning
           Fountaine
           .
           Subiects
           against
           their
           Princes
           ,
           Princes
           against
           their
           subiects
           ,
           are
           first
           stirred-vp
           ,
           kindled
           ,
           prouoked
           ,
           &
           enflamed
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           by
           this
           fanne
           of
           words
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Seas
           ,
           naturally
           calme
           ,
           by
           the
           wind
           grow
           swoln
           and
           enraged
           :
           so
           ,
           many
           Princes
           ,
           of
           good
           &
           gentle
           dispositions
           ,
           are
           set
           on
           fire
           by
           these
           matches
           .
        
         
         
           You
           see
           now
           the
           Forcible
           &
           Variable
           Mischief
           ,
           attēding
           Calūny
           .
           Which
           mee
           thinks
           our
           old
           Christians
           did
           well
           vnderstand
           ,
           when
           they
           named
           the
           father
           of
           all
           sinnes
           ,
           or
           rather
           Sinne
           it selfe
           (
           that
           Monster
           from
           Hell
           )
           by
           a
           Greek
           word
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ;
           a
           Detractor
           ,
           or
           one
           which
           is
           accustomed
           to
           calumniate
           :
           thinking
           (
           it
           seems
           )
           that
           our
           most
           malitious
           enemy
           could
           not
           bee
           made
           known
           by
           a
           word
           of
           more
           malice
           .
           Neither
           did
           the
           ancient
           Lawgiuers
           ,
           with
           less
           iudgemēt
           ,
           consider
           her
           vnbridled
           
           and
           ouer-mastering
           violence
           .
           Who
           ,
           when
           they
           restrained
           all
           other
           vices
           with
           lawes
           and
           punishmēts
           ;
           to
           this
           one
           (
           which
           I
           wonder
           at
           )
           they
           made
           waie
           for
           her
           Cariere
           ;
           giuing
           her
           free
           scope
           to
           be
           hurtfull
           .
           For
           ,
           number
           vp
           all
           the
           Nations
           in
           the
           world
           ;
           I
           am
           deceiued
           ,
           if
           you
           name
           one
           ,
           that
           (
           with
           any
           sanction
           or
           penall
           Law
           )
           hath
           bridled
           &
           supprest
           it
           .
           The
           Athenians
           ,
           I
           confesse
           ,
           were
           wont
           to
           inflict
           Pecuniary
           punishments
           vpon
           such
           offenders
           :
           the
           Romans
           burnt
           them
           in
           the
           foreheads
           
           heads
           with
           the
           letter
           K.
           But
           ,
           let
           not
           this
           lead
           anie
           man
           into
           error
           :
           for
           ,
           they
           were
           onely
           such
           as
           practic'd
           it
           in
           Courts
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           and
           in
           publike
           accusations
           .
           What
           then
           ?
           were
           they
           either
           so
           blind
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           see
           this
           mischief
           ?
           or
           so
           foolish
           ,
           as
           seeing
           it
           ,
           to
           giue
           it
           allowāce
           &
           approbation
           ?
           Neither
           of
           these
           :
           but
           ,
           with
           great
           iudgement
           &
           discretion
           they
           held
           any
           vice
           vnpunishable
           ,
           which
           they
           thought
           vncurable
           .
        
         
           Small
           Riuers
           are
           withstood
           with
           bayes
           and
           sluces
           :
           but
           ,
           what
           Mountaines
           
           can
           resi●t
           a
           cōmon
           Deluge
           ?
           Calumny
           hath
           made
           an
           inundation
           ouer
           all
           the
           earth
           :
           and
           lurkes
           close
           in
           the
           marrow
           of
           ill
           dispositions
           and
           wicked
           natures
           ;
           beeing
           no
           longer
           esteem'd-of
           as
           a
           fault
           ;
           but
           as
           a
           custom
           .
           What
           shold
           they
           do
           then
           ?
           VVhy
           ,
           like
           wise
           and
           discreet
           Physicians
           :
           which
           do
           not
           rashly
           handle
           with
           their
           fingers
           a
           Canker
           ,
           or
           the
           Plague
           .
           So
           as
           the
           greatnesse
           and
           diffusion
           of
           the
           euill
           ,
           hath
           giuen
           it
           this
           freedome
           and
           enlargement
           :
           neither
           was
           it
           euer
           tolerated
           ,
           but
           through
           
           despair
           ,
           But
           ,
           least
           I
           shold
           weary-out
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           detain
           you
           with
           too
           long
           an
           Oration
           ,
           I
           will
           guyde
           my
           ship
           to
           her
           Port
           or
           Hauen
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           the
           third
           and
           last
           part
           ;
           namely
           ,
           the
           Auoyding
           of
           Calumny
           :
           which
           if
           any
           man
           so
           vnderstand
           ,
           as
           hoping
           to
           be
           secur'd
           against
           all
           Calumny
           ,
           he
           deceiues
           himselfe
           ,
           &
           requites
           that
           of
           mee
           ,
           which
           was
           neuer
           in
           the
           power
           of
           man.
           Let
           not
           Thales
           onely
           ,
           that
           Fauorite
           of
           Wisdome
           ,
           but
           euen
           Wisdome
           her selfe
           ,
           vndertake
           this
           task
           ,
           they
           can
           neuer
           performe
           
           it
           .
           What
           shall
           wee
           doe
           then
           ?
           I
           can
           onely
           succor
           thee
           with
           two
           bucklers
           ,
           to
           repulse
           and
           giue
           abatement
           to
           the
           violence
           of
           her
           charge
           .
           The
           first
           of
           which
           is
           Innocence
           :
           the
           other
           ,
           Patience
           .
           Whosoeuer
           would
           avoid
           the
           bytings
           of
           this
           mischiefe-breathing
           Goddesse
           ,
           let
           him
           aboue
           any
           thing
           arme
           himselfe
           with
           Innocence
           :
           and
           indeed
           they
           ,
           which
           liue
           in
           integritie
           of
           life
           ,
           warines
           of
           speech
           ,
           modestie
           of
           actions
           ,
           why
           should
           they
           fear
           her
           ?
           For
           as
           no
           filth
           doth
           easily
           adhere
           to
           smooth
           &
           wel
           polished
           
           places
           :
           so
           ,
           no
           abusiue
           speeches
           can
           settle
           thēselues
           on
           vnblemisht
           deedes
           .
           This
           hath
           bin
           oftentimes
           a
           good
           remedie
           :
           I
           shouldly
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           say
           alwaies
           .
           I
           know
           well
           that
           Tully
           writes
           ,
           as
           fire
           cast
           into
           water
           ,
           is
           in
           an
           instant
           extinguished
           :
           so
           ,
           a
           false
           accusation
           on
           a
           chast
           life
           .
           I
           wold
           to
           God
           ,
           those
           wordes
           were
           as
           true
           ,
           as
           wittie
           :
           for
           ,
           how
           manie
           men
           ,
           euen
           of
           the
           purest
           and
           most
           immaculate
           conuersation
           ,
           haue
           beene
           wounded
           by
           this
           Calumny
           ,
           and
           will
           euer
           be
           so
           !
           How
           many
           haue
           beene
           
           wounded
           ,
           euen
           to
           the
           letting-out
           of
           the
           best
           blood
           ,
           and
           iuice
           of
           their
           reputation
           !
           Neither
           is
           it
           any
           maruaile
           .
           For
           ,
           Calumny
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           supports
           her selfe
           by
           Lying
           .
           And
           she
           may
           doe
           it
           safely
           ;
           because
           shee
           hath
           but
           one
           iudge
           :
           and
           that
           one
           ,
           such
           ,
           as
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           )
           neuer
           enquires
           further
           ;
           but
           ,
           belieues
           at
           first
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           a
           certaine
           flatterer
           of
           a
           King
           ,
           saw
           further
           into
           this
           matter
           ,
           than
           did
           the
           forenamed
           Orator
           :
           who
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             nothing
             was
             to
             bee
             spoken
             against
             
             any
             man
             :
             for
             ,
          
           said
           hee
           ,
           
             though
             the
             wound
             may
             be
             healed
             ,
             the
             scarre
             will
             remain
             .
          
           A
           shrewd
           speech
           :
           but
           (
           belieue
           mee
           )
           very
           wittie
           ;
           and
           which
           takes
           his
           originall
           ,
           and
           credite
           from
           our
           owne
           natures
           .
           For
           ,
           it
           is
           grafted
           in
           the
           dispositions
           of
           many
           men
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           giue
           open
           ,
           but
           credulous
           eare
           ,
           to
           al
           whispering
           reports
           :
           and
           the
           more
           willinglie
           ,
           if
           they
           treat
           of
           any
           wrōg
           done
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           done
           .
        
         
           Hee
           ,
           whose
           chance
           it
           is
           to
           be
           spotted
           ,
           will
           hardly
           wash
           himselfe
           cleane
           againe
           :
           for
           ,
           the
           suspicion
           
           will
           remaine
           ,
           though
           the
           crime
           doe
           not
           .
           And
           therfore
           I
           did
           not
           vnwisely
           ,
           to
           paint
           out
           Patience
           for
           the
           buckler
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           innocent
           might
           defend
           themselues
           .
           The
           vse
           of
           Patience
           consists
           in
           bearing
           vneuitable
           Calumnies
           courageously
           ,
           &
           with
           a
           high
           crest
           .
           Varro
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           of
           an
           ill
           wife
           ,
           
             That
             either
             a
             man
             must
             endure
             her
             ,
             or
             ridde
             himselfe
             of
             her
             .
          
           Do
           thou
           the
           same
           heere
           ;
           tolerating
           ,
           what
           cannot
           be
           taken-away
           .
           What
           said
           I
           ?
           thou
           shouldst
           bear
           them
           ?
           nay
           ,
           rather
           despise
           them
           .
           
           As
           a
           courageous
           Souldier
           scorns
           the
           weak
           darts
           ,
           that
           (
           like
           haile
           )
           make
           a
           light
           ratling
           round
           about
           his
           Helmet
           :
           So
           doth
           the
           wise
           ,
           and
           fortified
           man
           ,
           all
           scoffes
           ,
           and
           derisions
           .
           For
           ,
           what
           can
           they
           take
           frō
           him
           ?
           His
           good
           name
           ?
           That
           will
           euer
           be
           good
           ,
           amongst
           good
           men
           .
           Can
           they
           robbe
           him
           of
           his
           Vertue
           &
           his
           Wisedom
           ?
           Those
           are
           no
           way
           subiect
           to
           the
           will
           of
           man.
           To
           conclude
           ;
           when
           all
           these
           carping
           detractours
           haue
           spoke
           ,
           and
           done
           their
           vttermost
           ,
           this
           man
           of
           men
           (
           with
           a
           true
           and
           
           lofty
           courage
           )
           cries-out
           ,
           
             All
             that
             is
             mine
             I
             carry
             with
             mee
             .
          
           But
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           reply
           ,
           that
           the
           meere
           colour
           and
           appearance
           of
           Infamie
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           .
           If
           thou
           be
           guilty
           ,
           feare
           it
           :
           if
           not
           ,
           why
           fearest
           thou
           ?
           Apply
           it
           not
           to
           thy selfe
           ;
           and
           all
           is
           well
           .
           Diogenes
           ,
           the
           Cinicke
           (
           a
           man
           of
           a
           towring
           wisedome
           ;
           who
           therin
           not
           only
           exceeded
           men
           ,
           but
           almost
           equalled
           euen
           the
           Gods
           themselues
           )
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           when
           the
           people
           mockt
           him
           ;
           
             They
             deride
             me
             :
             yet
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             derided
             .
          
           Do
           thou
           the
           like
           :
           and
           so
           heare
           all
           
           those
           scoffes
           and
           iests
           ,
           broken
           (
           directly
           )
           vpon
           thee
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           aymed
           at
           some
           other
           .
           Calumniatours
           neuer
           lightly
           cōtemne
           or
           scorn
           any
           man
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           first
           contemn'd
           himselfe
           .
           
             Marcus
             Cato
          
           (
           that
           Roman
           Socrates
           )
           hauing
           receiued
           a
           blow
           from
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           party
           comming
           afterwards
           to
           giue
           him
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           to
           intreat
           pardon
           ▪
           he
           sent
           him
           away
           only
           with
           this
           answere
           ;
           
             I
             assure
             thee
             ,
             I
             remember
             no
             such
             matter
             .
          
           O
           worthy
           man
           ,
           beyond
           other
           men
           !
           who
           thought
           
           it
           a
           greater
           glory
           ,
           not
           to
           regard
           an
           iniurie
           ,
           than
           to
           pardon
           it
           .
           And
           ,
           indeede
           ,
           if
           wee
           iudicially
           examine
           them
           ,
           how
           smal
           are
           those
           things
           ,
           that
           do
           so
           much
           trouble
           vs
           !
           For
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           no
           deeds
           at
           all
           ;
           but
           onely
           a
           fewe
           trifling
           wordes
           ,
           whose
           chiefest
           strength
           consists
           altogether
           in
           the
           interpretours
           construction
           .
           Refuse
           to
           vnderstand
           them
           ;
           and
           ,
           withall
           ,
           the
           scoffer
           hath
           lost
           the
           whole
           purpose
           and
           fruit
           of
           his
           contumely
           .
           These
           (
           gentle
           Auditours
           )
           are
           the
           safest
           weapons
           against
           Calumny
           :
           
           not
           those
           ,
           which
           the
           vulgar
           fight
           withall
           ;
           Memory
           ,
           and
           Reuenge
           .
           As
           in
           trauelling
           ,
           if
           a
           dogge
           ,
           or
           horse
           dash
           mee
           ,
           I
           am
           nothing
           mov'd
           at
           him
           ,
           nor
           striue
           to
           doe
           the
           like
           to
           him
           ;
           but
           rather
           ,
           rubbe
           it
           off
           :
           so
           should
           wee
           doe
           here
           ;
           accounting
           of
           them
           as
           of
           Curres
           ,
           and
           Iades
           :
           whose
           iniuries
           proceede
           not
           from
           iudgement
           ;
           but
           ,
           from
           froward
           passion
        
         
           But
           ,
           here
           I
           ende
           ;
           taking
           down
           ,
           and
           folding
           together
           ,
           the
           sailes
           (
           as
           I
           may
           say
           )
           of
           my
           Oration
           .
           You
           haue
           heard
           three
           things
           concerning
           this
           
           Vice
           :
           the
           Filthinesse
           of
           it
           ;
           the
           Mischiefe
           ;
           and
           the
           Remedy
           against
           it
           .
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           immortall
           God
           ,
           to
           banish
           farre
           from
           your
           tongues
           ,
           and
           eares
           ,
           this
           infectious
           plague
           .
           For
           ,
           he
           offends
           ,
           not
           onely
           that
           vtters
           Calumnies
           ;
           but
           ,
           he
           that
           heares
           them
           with
           approbation
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           handle
           hot
           iron
           ,
           with
           out
           harme
           ,
           and
           danger
           :
           the
           like
           also
           befalls
           vs
           ,
           in
           giuing
           assistance
           to
           these
           fierie
           tongues
           .
           I
           knowe
           well
           ,
           they
           will
           insinuate
           ,
           and
           fawne
           vpon
           you
           ;
           making
           
           a
           shevv
           of
           Ioue
           in
           their
           countenance
           ,
           &
           of
           mildnesse
           in
           their
           words
           :
           but
           ,
           belieue
           mee
           ,
           they
           are
           Aspes
           ,
           and
           Vipers
           ;
           which
           blowe-in
           their
           poyson
           ,
           through
           soft
           and
           deceitfull
           kisses
           .
           These
           I
           hold
           not
           worthy
           of
           admonition
           ;
           but
           rather
           ,
           of
           dire
           imprecation
           :
           and
           therefore
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           with
           DAVID
           ;
           
             Confound
             the
             lying
             lippes
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             that
             speake
             against
             the
             Righteous
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .