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             Humane prudence, or, The art by which a man may raise himself and fortune to grandeur by A.B.
             De Britaine, William.
          
           
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           Humane
           Prudence
           :
           OR
           ,
           THE
           ART
           By
           which
           a
           MAN
           may
           Raise
           HIMSELF
           and
           FORTUNE
           TO
           Grandeur
           .
        
         
           By
           A.
           B.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Second
             Edition
          
           ,
           with
           the
           Addition
           of
           a
           Table
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Lawrence
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           near
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           .
           M.DC.LXXXII
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           BOOKSELLER
           TO
           THE
           Reader
           .
        
         
           I
           Have
           had
           these
           few
           Sheets
           so
           long
           by
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           (
           who
           is
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           Modesty
           and
           Worth
           )
           has
           ev'n
           almost
           forgot
           them
           ,
           and
           left
           it
           to
           me
           to
           recommend
           them
           to
           the
           publick
           ;
           though
           indeed
           they
           may
           very
           well
           expect
           a
           welcome
           from
           you
           ,
           without
           the
           compliment
           of
           an
           ushering
           Preface
           .
        
         
         
           Upon
           the
           Credit
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           some
           ingenious
           Persons
           who
           have
           viewed
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           I
           dare
           be
           bold
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           he
           who
           is
           willing
           to
           be
           improved
           by
           Reading
           ,
           shall
           find
           so
           much
           contracted
           in
           this
           little
           Manual
           ,
           as
           by
           ordinary
           Reflection
           and
           Application
           ,
           may
           be
           extended
           to
           the
           several
           Uses
           and
           Qualities
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           if
           he
           intend
           to
           spend
           it
           in
           Vertue
           ,
           and
           expects
           Reputation
           from
           his
           Actions
           ;
           and
           to
           such
           onely
           Counsel
           is
           to
           be
           given
           and
           Reward
           proposed
           .
           Prudence
           (
           in
           general
           )
           I
           am
           told
           ,
           like
           Truth
           ,
           consists
           in
           a
           single
           and
           individual
           point
           (
           and
           that
           is
           in
           doing
           always
           what
           is
           best
           to
           be
           done
           )
           though
           the
           kinds
           of
           it
           may
           be
           various
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           matter
           to
           which
           it
           is
           applied
           
           is
           diversified
           by
           the
           circumstances
           of
           Times
           ,
           Places
           and
           Persons
           ;
           for
           there
           are
           indeed
           ,
           many
           who
           would
           be
           thought
           prudent
           ,
           that
           often
           take
           very
           different
           Methods
           in
           pursuing
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Design
           ;
           because
           reason
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           their
           Guide
           ,
           either
           out
           of
           Weakness
           mistakes
           the
           way
           ,
           or
           by
           Prejudice
           ,
           Interest
           ,
           or
           other
           deluding
           Considerations
           ,
           is
           diverted
           into
           By-Paths
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           necessary
           that
           Vertue
           and
           Integrity
           do
           carry
           the
           Light
           ,
           else
           Conscience
           it self
           may
           err
           and
           mislead
           Men
           in
           the
           dark
           ;
           as
           being
           often
           swayed
           by
           prevailing
           Passions
           ,
           and
           forced
           forward
           by
           Pride
           ,
           Whimsey
           ,
           Prejudice
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Regards
           that
           influence
           the
           Frailties
           of
           Man
           :
           Nay
           Knavery
           and
           Cunning
           pass
           sometime
           
           for
           Prudence
           ,
           and
           true
           Wisdom
           for
           Silliness
           and
           Simplicity
           ;
           but
           the
           Success
           does
           in
           some
           Mens
           minds
           ,
           determine
           the
           Nature
           of
           an
           Action
           ;
           yet
           he
           that
           Acts
           with
           most
           Sincerity
           and
           Uprightness
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           best
           measures
           he
           can
           attain
           to
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           not
           the
           most
           prudent
           in
           the
           esteem
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           he
           is
           certainly
           the
           honestest
           Man
           ;
           and
           Honesty
           is
           the
           greatest
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
           It
           's
           upon
           this
           Principle
           alone
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           has
           founded
           the
           following
           Sections
           ,
           and
           discoursed
           of
           many
           things
           (
           for
           no
           man
           can
           treat
           of
           every
           thing
           )
           so
           succinctly
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           much
           sententious
           perspicuity
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           carries
           this
           little
           book
           about
           him
           in
           his
           Pocket
           ,
           and
           being
           willing
           to
           learn
           ,
           opens
           it
           at
           a
           
           venture
           ,
           when
           he
           has
           nothing
           else
           to
           do
           ;
           shall
           I
           dare
           affirm
           shut
           it
           again
           with
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           meet
           not
           with
           something
           in
           it
           at
           a
           superficial
           glance
           ,
           which
           may
           give
           him
           hints
           as
           to
           his
           Conduct
           ;
           yet
           he
           will
           certainly
           find
           that
           his
           patience
           hath
           not
           been
           baited
           with
           tedious
           and
           magisterial
           Documents
           .
        
         
           For
           those
           who
           are
           Vertuously
           inclined
           ,
           but
           think
           themselves
           wise
           enough
           already
           (
           as
           there
           are
           many
           who
           do
           so
           )
           this
           little
           Treatise
           ,
           if
           it
           do
           them
           no
           good
           ,
           it
           will
           certainly
           do
           them
           no
           harm
           ,
           nevertheless
           it
           is
           no
           presumption
           to
           advise
           such
           not
           too
           hastily
           to
           leave
           off
           Trade
           ;
           seeing
           ,
           though
           their
           Stock
           may
           at
           present
           seem
           sufficient
           ,
           yet
           many
           Casualties
           of
           Losses
           and
           Times
           ,
           may
           bring
           them
           
           to
           want
           a
           new
           supply
           ;
           and
           let
           them
           think
           on
           the
           saying
           of
           the
           old
           Poet.
           
        
         
           —
           Semper
           tibi
           pendeat
           hamus
           ,
           Quo
           minime
           modis
           gurgite
           ,
           piscis
           erit
           .
        
         
           For
           such
           as
           are
           of
           an
           understanding
           and
           humble
           mind
           ,
           this
           little
           Book
           (
           as
           I
           have
           said
           )
           cannot
           miss
           of
           being
           an
           useful
           Vade-Mecum
           ,
           because
           it
           gives
           pertinent
           tho
           general
           Directions
           for
           the
           conduct
           of
           most
           part
           of
           any
           Mans
           Life
           ,
           the
           Actions
           of
           whom
           are
           not
           onely
           the
           subject
           of
           the
           Manual
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           the
           Ethicks
           and
           large
           Volumns
           of
           Morality
           that
           have
           been
           written
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           but
           lest
           I
           should
           offend
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           worthy
           Author
           (
           who
           asserts
           Brevity
           )
           by
           the
           
           Prolixness
           of
           a
           Preface
           ,
           that
           sutes
           ill
           with
           the
           bulk
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           I
           shall
           add
           no
           more
           ,
           onely
           wish
           the
           Reader
           benefit
           in
           perusing
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           bid
           him
           ▪
        
         
           Farewel
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             Sect.
             1.
             
             Generall
             Heads
             for
             one
             about
             to
             begin
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             we
             commonly
             speak
             ,
             to
             act
             well
             the
             allotted
             part
             ,
             to
             avoid
             vain
             ,
             and
             embrace
             useful
             studyes
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             discouraged
             .
             p.
             1.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             2.
             
             Of
             Religion
             ,
             p.
             4.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             3.
             
             
               Of
               Religion
            
             ,
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             4.
             
             
               Of
               Loyalty
            
             ,
             p.
             9.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             5.
             
             
               Of
               Conversation
               ,
               Behaviour
               ,
               Civilty
               ,
            
             p.
             11.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             6.
             
             Of
             Conversation
             .
             Of
             talk
             and
             silence
             .
             Of
             Reservedness
             of
             Secrets
             ,
             p.
             15.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             7.
             
             Of
             modesty
             and
             humility
             in
             disputes
             .
             Of
             the
             weakness
             of
             Humane
             knowledge
             ,
             p.
             18.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             8.
             
             
               Of
               Reputation
            
             ,
             p.
             21.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             9.
             
             Of
             boasting
             Of
             being
             too
             open
             .
             Of
             speaking
             ill
             of
             persons
             .
             Of
             bearing
             reproaches
             .
             Disoblige
             none
             ,
             p.
             22.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             18.
             
             Of
             Passion
             .
             Of
             passing
             by
             Injuries
             ,
             p.
             27.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             11.
             
             
               Of
               Vertue
               and
               Bounty
            
             ,
             p.
             32.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             12.
             
             
               Of
               Friends
               and
               Friendship
            
             ,
             p.
             34.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             13.
             
             
               Of
               Wealth
            
             ,
             p.
             37.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             14.
             
             Of
             Riches
             and
             Honour
             .
             Of
             the
             Contempt
             ,
             and
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             p.
             40.
             
          
           
             
             Sect.
             15.
             
             
               Of
               going
               to
               Law
            
             ,
             p.
             46.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             16.
             
             
               Of
               Gaming
            
             ,
             p.
             50.
             
          
           
             Sect
             ,
             17.
             
             
               Of
               Marriage
            
             ,
             p.
             51.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             18.
             
             Of
             Justice
             in
             dealing
             .
             Of
             Promises
             .
             Borrowing
             .
             Fidelity
             .
             Considerations
             and
             Resotions
             ,
             p.
             54.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             19.
             
             Of
             Industry
             and
             Diligence
             .
             Of
             temporising
             .
             Of
             Secrecy
             and
             celerity
             .
             Of
             vain
             confidence
             in
             undertakings
             .
             Of
             circumspection
             .
             Of
             chance
             and
             caution
             in
             affairs
             ,
             p.
             59.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             20.
             
             Of
             Opportunity
             .
             Of
             Nicetyes
             ,
             and
             wise
             compliance
             in
             affairs
             .
             Of
             concealing
             ones
             Prudence
             .
             Of
             fair
             words
             and
             promises
             .
             Not
             to
             rely
             too
             much
             on
             anothers
             honesty
             .
             Of
             prudential
             diffidence
             .
             Of
             trust
             ,
             Self
             Centre
             ,
             over
             officious
             persons
             .
             Stand
             upon
             your
             Guard
             ,
             p.
             64.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             21.
             
             A
             Diary
             of
             your
             actions
             .
             The
             experience
             of
             our
             own
             errors
             is
             the
             best
             instructor
             ,
             p.
             68.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             22.
             
             Of
             Complacency
             .
             Of
             laying
             hold
             on
             Opportunity
             ,
             Against
             Singularity
             ,
             p.
             66.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             23.
             
             The
             dangers
             attending
             Vertue
             .
             What
             conduct
             to
             use
             in
             time
             :
             of
             danger
             :
             And
             of
             faction
             .
             Of
             state
             factions
             .
             Not
             to
             be
             neuter
             in
             popular
             .
             Commotions
             .
             Sit
             not
             still
             under
             an
             extraordinary
             misfortune
             .
             Be
             not
             disturbed
             at
             things
             out
             of
             your
             power
             ,
             p.
             72.
             
          
           
             
             Sect.
             24.
             
             In
             preferments
             ,
             Mony
             and
             the
             favour
             of
             great
             men
             more
             usefull
             than
             merit
             .
             Persons
             of
             worth
             often
             purposely
             neglected
             and
             oppressed
             .
             Not
             the
             modesty
             of
             Wisedom
             ,
             but
             the
             Confidence
             and
             Ambition
             transact
             the
             business
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             p.
             76.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             25.
             
             In
             adversity
             men
             betake
             themselves
             to
             a
             Wife
             and
             Virruous
             man.
             Honour
             and
             preferment
             seldom
             the
             reward
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             but
             the
             issue
             of
             pleasure
             and
             interest
             .
             Vertue
             a
             reward
             to
             it self
             ,
             p.
             79.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             26.
             
             Of
             Ambition
             .
             Of
             moderation
             and
             privacy
             .
             A
             rising
             person
             must
             Study
             the
             humour
             of
             the
             Prince
             :
             Not
             to
             monoplize
             his
             Ear.
             Beware
             of
             too
             great
             services
             .
             Study
             the
             Interest
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             .
             Be
             ready
             to
             give
             an
             account
             of
             your
             management
             .
             p.
             81.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             27.
             
             Be
             humble
             ,
             and
             of
             easy
             access
             .
             A●ainst
             Rigour
             in
             Religion
             .
             How
             to
             be
             in
             prosperity
             .
             To
             make
             goodness
             accompany
             greatness
             ,
             p.
             88.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             28.
             
             Age
             flatterers
             .
             To
             Worship
             the
             rising
             Sun.
             To
             sweeten
             denials
             .
             Advice
             in
             managing
             designes
             ,
             and
             in
             case
             of
             enemies
             ,
             p
             91.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             29.
             
             Of
             Libells
             and
             Pasquils
             .
             Of
             new
             Favorites
             ,
             of
             the
             pretence
             of
             Publick
             good
             ,
             how
             useful
             ,
             to
             establish
             ones
             self
             in
             a
             Princes
             favour
             .
             Directions
             in
             Negotiations
             .
             Of
             Councel
             .
             Of
             matters
             of
             great
             concern
             ,
             who
             to
             be
             in
             your
             Cabal
             .
             How
             to
             act
             in
             dangerous
             attempts
             :
             And
             in
             doubtful
             matters
             .
             Where
             Wisdom
             misses
             ,
             mony
             hits
             ,
             p.
             93.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             30.
             
             To
             intermix
             Wisdom
             with
             Innocence
             ,
             p.
             98.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             31.
             
             Of
             Honour
             .
             To
             retire
             to
             solitude
             if
             Fortune
             frown
             .
             The
             Mind
             must
             not
             vary
             with
             the
             Fortune
             ,
             the
             advantage
             of
             hope
             and
             benefit
             of
             Affliction
             ,
             p.
             100.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             32.
             
             
               The
               Happiness
               of
               Contentment
            
             .
             p.
             102.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             33.
             
             Of
             Contentment
             and
             Submission
             .
             Only
             Heaven
             valuable
             .
             Piety
             the
             only
             Wisdom
             ▪
             and
             Happiness
             ,
             
               p.
               104
               ▪
            
          
           
             Maximes
             to
             be
             observed
             by
             Statesmen
             ,
             p.
             108.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           HUMANE
           PRUDENCE
           .
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Know
             you
             are
             Ingenious
             and
             Industrious
             ,
             the
             Conjunction
             of
             two
             such
             Planets
             in
             your
             Youth
             doth
             presage
             much
             good
             unto
             you
             .
          
           
             You
             are
             now
             entring
             upon
             the
             Theatre
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             where
             every
             one
             must
             act
             his
             part
             ;
             what
             part
             you
             shall
             act
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ▪
             but
             if
             it
             be
             your
             fortune
             to
             act
             that
             of
             a
             Begger
             ,
             do
             it
             with
             as
             much
             grace
             and
             comeliness
             as
             you
             can
             .
          
           
           
             Never
             perplex
             your
             Head
             with
             the
             Schools
             ,
             whether
             a
             Myriad
             of
             Angels
             can
             dance
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             a
             Needle
             ;
             nor
             spend
             time
             in
             the
             finding
             out
             of
             the
             proportion
             between
             the
             Cylinder
             and
             the
             Sphere
             ,
             though
             the
             Invention
             highly
             pleased
             Archimedes
             .
          
           
             Neither
             will
             it
             become
             you
             to
             quarrel
             the
             Orthography
             of
             a
             Word
             ,
             and
             whether
             we
             should
             write
             Foelix
             or
             Felix
             ,
             but
             get
             to
             be
             so
             .
          
           
             It
             will
             be
             an
             instance
             of
             great
             Prudence
             in
             you
             ,
             to
             study
             Things
             which
             may
             be
             of
             Solid
             use
             ,
             and
             come
             home
             to
             Business
             ;
             the
             whole
             province
             of
             Learning
             is
             infested
             with
             Frivolous
             Disputations
             and
             Vain
             Impostures
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             the
             Speeulations
             of
             the
             Metaphysicks
             (
             which
             are
             nothing
             but
             the
             Needle-Work
             of
             Curious
             Brains
             )
             are
             exceeding
             pleasant
             :
             but
             pleasure
             without
             profit
             ,
             
             is
             a
             Flower
             without
             a
             Root
             .
          
           
             And
             all
             the
             Philosophy
             in
             Aristotle
             and
             Plato
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Sublime
               Theorems
            
             of
             the
             Schools
             ,
             will
             not
             pay
             one
             Debt
             ,
          
           
             Add
             to
             your
             own
             Stores
             from
             Observation
             and
             Experience
             ,
             a-Way
             of
             Learning
             as
             far
             beyond
             that
             which
             is
             got
             by
             Precept
             ,
             as
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             a
             Traveller
             exceeds
             that
             which
             is
             got
             by
             a
             Mapp
             .
          
           
             
               The
               whole
            
             Universe
             
               is
               your
            
             Library
             ,
             Conversation
             ,
             Living
             Studies
             ,
             and
             Observations
             ,
             your
             best
             Tutors
             .
          
           
             The
             
               New
               World
               of
               Experiments
            
             is
             left
             to
             the
             
               Discovery
               of
               Posterity
            
             ;
             but
             it
             hath
             been
             the
             
               unhappy
               fate
            
             (
             which
             is
             
               great
               pity
            
             )
             of
             
               New
               Inventions
            
             to
             be
             undervalued
             ;
             witness
             that
             
               Excellent
               Discovery
            
             of
             Columbus
             ,
             with
             the
             great
             neglect
             which
             he
             under-went
             before
             and
             after
             it
             .
          
           
           
             But
             let
             nothing
             discourage
             you
             ;
             Worth
             is
             ever
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             carrieth
             its
             own
             welcome
             with
             it
             :
             your
             own
             Vertues
             will
             innoble
             you
             ,
             and
             a
             gallant
             Spirit
             will
             make
             you
             Cosin-german
             to
             Caesar
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             LInk
             not
             your self
             with
             any
             Parties
             on
             Design
             ,
             but
             with
             all
             Christians
             in
             Communion
             ;
             for
             you
             will
             find
             it
             true
             in
             some
             persons
             ,
             that
             ,
             
               Maxima
               pars
               studiorum
               ,
               est
               studium
               partium
               .
            
          
           
             For
             my self
             ,
             I
             wish
             the
             
               Christian
               World
               Unity
            
             in
             the
             few
             Fundamentals
             ,
             which
             are
             
               Necessary
               ,
               liberty
            
             in
             things
             indifferent
             ,
             and
             Charity
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             there
             are
             many
             things
             obtruded
             upon
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             
               Oracles
               of
               Heaven
            
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             but
             the
             accustomed
             
               Cheats
               and
               Delusions
               of
               Impostors
            
             .
          
           
           
             But
             Wise-men
             cannot
             be
             content
             to
             be
             abused
             with
             Umbrages
             ,
             nor
             is
             the
             World
             any
             longer
             to
             be
             entertained
             with
             Dark
             Lanthorns
             ,
             since
             God
             hath
             said
             ,
             
               Fiat
               Lux.
            
             
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             I
             have
             not
             Faith
             enough
             my self
             to
             swallow
             Camels
             ,
             nor
             can
             I
             perswade
             my
             Reason
             to
             become
             a
             Dromedary
             ,
             to
             bear
             the
             whole
             Luggage
             of
             Humane
             Tradition
             ,
             or
             the
             Impostures
             of
             the
             Alcoran
             .
          
           
             That
             Religion
             to
             me
             seemeth
             best
             ,
             which
             is
             most
             rational
             ;
             especially
             if
             we
             consider
             ,
             how
             much
             of
             Interest
             and
             the
             strong
             impressions
             of
             Education
             ,
             there
             is
             in
             that
             which
             many
             call
             Religion
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             speak
             this
             ,
             that
             you
             should
             try
             the
             Articles
             of
             your
             Creed
             by
             the
             Touch-stone
             of
             Aristotle
             .
          
           
             Be
             content
             with
             a
             true
             Faith
             in
             God
             ,
             the
             Comforts
             of
             a
             Good
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             hopes
             of
             a
             better
             upon
             true
             Repentance
             ;
             and
             take
             the
             rest
             upon
             
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
           
             In
             things
             necessary
             go
             along
             with
             the
             Ancient
             Church
             ,
             in
             things
             indifferent
             with
             the
             present
             .
          
           
             Though
             you
             have
             some
             Opinions
             and
             Motions
             of
             your
             own
             ,
             yet
             yield
             (
             as
             the
             Orbs
             do
             for
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Universe
             )
             to
             the
             Great
             Wheel
             of
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             LET
             not
             your
             Faith
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             stand
             firm
             upon
             a
             sure
             Foundation
             ,
             lean
             over
             hardly
             ,
             on
             a
             well-painted
             ,
             yet
             rotten
             Post
             .
          
           
             If
             in
             Scripture
             some
             Points
             are
             left
             unto
             us
             ,
             less
             clear
             and
             positive
             ,
             be
             content
             ,
             it
             is
             that
             Christians
             might
             have
             wherewith
             to
             exercise
             Humility
             in
             themselves
             ,
             and
             Charity
             towards
             others
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             design
             to
             make
             your self
             happy
             ,
             look
             to
             your
             thoughts
             
             before
             they
             come
             to
             desires
             ;
             and
             entertain
             no
             thoughts
             which
             may
             blush
             in
             words
             .
          
           
             Be
             assured
             he
             hath
             no
             serious
             Belief
             of
             God
             or
             the
             World
             to
             come
             ,
             who
             dares
             be
             wicked
             .
          
           
             Instead
             of
             a
             Cato
             ,
             set
             before
             you
             a
             GOD
             ,
             whose
             Eye
             is
             always
             upon
             you
             ;
             and
             therefore
             keep
             your
             Eye
             always
             upon
             him
             .
          
           
             Fear
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             against
             that
             God
             whom
             thou
             lovest
             ,
             and
             thou
             wilt
             not
             love
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             against
             that
             God
             whom
             thou
             fearest
             .
          
           
             Let
             your
             Prayers
             be
             as
             frequent
             as
             your
             Wants
             ,
             and
             your
             Thanksgivings
             as
             your
             Blessings
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Morning
             think
             what
             you
             have
             to
             do
             ,
             for
             which
             ask
             God
             blessing
             ;
             at
             Night
             what
             you
             have
             done
             ,
             for
             which
             you
             must
             ask
             pardon
             .
          
           
             Take
             an
             exact
             account
             of
             your
             Life
             ,
             be
             not
             afraid
             to
             look
             upon
             the
             Score
             ,
             but
             fearful
             to
             increase
             
             it
             ;
             to
             despair
             because
             a
             Man
             is
             sinful
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             worse
             because
             he
             hath
             been
             bad
             .
          
           
             In
             all
             our
             Actions
             aim
             at
             Excellency
             ;
             that
             Man
             will
             fail
             at
             last
             ,
             who
             allows
             himself
             one
             sinful
             Thought
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             that
             dares
             sometimes
             be
             wicked
             for
             his
             advantage
             ,
             will
             be
             always
             so
             ,
             if
             his
             interest
             require
             it
             .
          
           
             Consider
             the
             Shortness
             of
             your
             Life
             and
             Certainty
             of
             Judgment
             ,
             the
             great
             reward
             for
             the
             Good
             ,
             and
             severe
             punishment
             for
             the
             Bad
             ;
             therefore
             make
             even
             with
             Heaven
             by
             Repentance
             at
             the
             end
             of
             every
             day
             ,
             and
             so
             you
             shall
             have
             but
             one
             day
             to
             repent
             of
             before
             your
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             4.
             
          
           
             NExt
             your
             Duty
             to
             God
             ,
             I
             advise
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             be
             Loyal
             to
             your
             King
             ;
             never
             sell
             Honour
             to
             purchase
             Treason
             .
          
           
             A
             secure
             and
             happy
             Subjection
             is
             more
             to
             be
             esteemed
             than
             a
             dangerous
             and
             factious
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             Government
             is
             the
             greatest
             security
             of
             freedom
             ;
             for
             as
             Obedience
             in
             Subjects
             is
             the
             Princes
             Strength
             ,
             so
             is
             the
             same
             their
             own
             Safety
             :
             Therefore
             they
             who
             weaken
             the
             Sovereign
             Power
             ,
             weaken
             their
             own
             Security
             .
          
           
             Never
             suffer
             the
             Dignity
             of
             his
             Person
             to
             be
             slurred
             ;
             for
             the
             most
             effectual
             Method
             of
             Disobedience
             ,
             is
             ,
             First
             to
             sully
             the
             Glory
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             and
             then
             to
             overthrow
             his
             Power
             .
          
           
             As
             Rebellion
             is
             a
             Weed
             of
             hasty
             growth
             ,
             so
             it
             will
             decay
             as
             suddenly
             ;
             
             and
             that
             Knot
             which
             is
             united
             in
             Treachery
             ,
             will
             easily
             be
             dissolved
             by
             Jealousies
             .
          
           
             Great
             Crimes
             are
             full
             of
             Fears
             ,
             Delays
             ,
             and
             frequent
             Change
             of
             Counsels
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             in
             the
             Projection
             seem'd
             full
             of
             its
             Reward
             ,
             when
             it
             comes
             to
             be
             acted
             ,
             looks
             big
             with
             danger
             .
          
           
             And
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             the
             Ends
             of
             the
             Common
             People
             ,
             if
             nusled
             up
             in
             a
             Factious
             Liberty
             ,
             are
             much
             different
             from
             the
             Designs
             of
             Sovereign
             Princes
             .
          
           
             Submission
             to
             your
             Prince
             is
             your
             Duty
             ;
             and
             Confidence
             in
             his
             Goodness
             will
             be
             your
             Prudence
             .
          
           
             Let
             no
             pretence
             of
             Conscience
             render
             you
             disobedient
             to
             his
             Commands
             ;
             for
             Obedience
             to
             your
             Prince
             is
             part
             of
             your
             Duty
             towards
             God.
             
          
           
             And
             Conscience
             is
             not
             your
             Rule
             ,
             but
             your
             Guide
             ;
             and
             so
             far
             only
             can
             Conscience
             justifie
             your
             
             actions
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             it self
             justified
             by
             God
             and
             his
             Sacred
             Word
             .
          
           
             Remember
             alwayes
             that
             Kings
             have
             long
             hands
             ,
             they
             catch
             afar
             off
             ,
             and
             their
             Blows
             are
             dangerous
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             5.
             
          
           
             LET
             your
             Conversation
             be
             with
             those
             ,
             by
             whom
             you
             may
             accomplish
             your self
             best
             ;
             for
             Vertue
             never
             returns
             with
             so
             rich
             a
             Cargo
             ,
             as
             when
             it
             sets
             sail
             from
             such
             Continents
             ;
             Company
             ,
             like
             Climates
             ,
             alter
             Complexions
             .
          
           
             Keep
             Company
             with
             Persons
             rather
             above
             than
             beneath
             your self
             ;
             for
             Gold
             in
             the
             same
             Pocket
             with
             Silver
             ,
             loseth
             both
             of
             its
             colour
             and
             weight
             .
          
           
             Retain
             your
             own
             Vertues
             ,
             and
             by
             Imitation
             naturalize
             other
             Mens
             ;
             but
             let
             none
             be
             Copies
             to
             
             you
             longer
             ,
             than
             they
             do
             agree
             with
             the
             Original
             .
             Study
             to
             gain
             Respects
             ,
             not
             by
             little
             Observances
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             constant
             fair
             Carriage
             .
          
           
             Hear
             no
             ill
             of
             a
             Friend
             ,
             nor
             speak
             any
             of
             an
             Enemy
             ;
             Believe
             not
             all
             you
             hear
             ,
             nor
             speak
             all
             you
             believe
             .
          
           
             Give
             not
             your
             Advice
             or
             Opinion
             before
             required
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             to
             upbraid
             the
             others
             Ignorance
             ,
             and
             over-much
             to
             value
             your
             own
             parts
             :
             Neither
             accustom
             your self
             to
             find
             fault
             with
             other
             Mens
             Actions
             ,
             for
             you
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             weed
             their
             Gardens
             .
          
           
             Never
             commend
             any
             Person
             to
             his
             face
             ,
             but
             to
             others
             ,
             to
             create
             in
             them
             a
             good
             Opinion
             of
             him
             :
             Nor
             dispraise
             any
             man
             behind
             his
             back
             ,
             but
             to
             himself
             ,
             to
             work
             a-Reformation
             in
             him
             of
             himself
             .
          
           
             Over-great
             Encomiums
             of
             any
             Person
             do
             not
             suit
             with
             Prudence
             ;
             
             for
             it
             's
             a
             kind
             of
             Detraction
             from
             those
             with
             whom
             you
             do
             converse
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             express
             arrogance
             in
             you
             :
             For
             he
             that
             commends
             another
             ,
             would
             have
             him
             esteemed
             upon
             his
             Judgment
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             will
             gain
             you
             more
             reputation
             with
             the
             people
             ,
             than
             an
             humble
             and
             serene
             Deportment
             .
          
           
             A
             rude
             and
             morose
             Behaviour
             in
             Conversation
             ,
             is
             as
             absurd
             ,
             as
             a
             round
             Quadrangle
             in
             the
             Mathematicks
             .
          
           
             Urbanity
             and
             Civility
             are
             a
             Debt
             you
             owe
             to
             Mankind
             :
             Civil
             Language
             and
             Good
             Behaviour
             ,
             will
             be
             like
             perpetual
             Letters
             Commendatory
             unto
             you
             :
             Other
             Vertues
             have
             need
             of
             somewhat
             to
             maintain
             them
             ;
             Justice
             must
             have
             Power
             ,
             Liberality
             ,
             Wealth
             ,
             &c.
             but
             this
             is
             set
             up
             with
             no
             other
             Stock
             than
             a
             few
             pleasant
             Looks
             ,
             good
             Words
             ,
             and
             no
             evil
             Actions
             .
             It
             's
             an
             easie
             purchase
             ,
             when
             Friends
             
             are
             gained
             by
             Kindness
             and
             Affability
             .
          
           
             Let
             your
             Behaviour
             ,
             like
             your
             Garment
             ,
             be
             neither
             streight
             nor
             loose
             ,
             but
             fit
             and
             becoming
             .
          
           
             Catch
             not
             too
             soon
             at
             an
             Offence
             ,
             nor
             give
             too
             easie
             way
             to
             Anger
             ;
             the
             one
             shews
             a
             Weak
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             a
             Perverse
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Avoid
             in
             Conversation
             idle
             Jests
             and
             vain
             Complements
             ,
             the
             one
             being
             
               Crepitus
               ingenii
            
             ,
             the
             other
             nothing
             but
             Verbal
             Idolatry
             .
             Vertue
             ,
             like
             a
             rich
             Stone
             ,
             is
             ever
             best
             when
             plain
             set
             .
          
           
             By
             Trifles
             are
             the
             Qualities
             of
             Men
             as
             well
             discovered
             ,
             as
             by
             great
             Actions
             ;
             because
             in
             Matters
             of
             Importance
             they
             commonly
             temporize
             ,
             and
             strain
             themselves
             ,
             but
             in
             lesser
             things
             they
             follow
             the
             current
             of
             their
             own
             Natures
             .
          
           
             You
             will
             meet
             with
             many
             Persons
             (
             as
             I
             my self
             have
             done
             )
             
             which
             are
             wise
             in
             Picture
             ,
             and
             exceeding
             formal
             ;
             but
             they
             are
             so
             far
             from
             resolving
             of
             Riddles
             with
             Oedipus
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             very
             Riddles
             themselves
             .
          
           
             You
             must
             have
             a
             care
             of
             these
             ,
             for
             a
             Pedant
             and
             a
             Formalist
             are
             two
             dangerous
             Animals
             ;
             but
             to
             the
             Solons
             and
             Heroes
             of
             the
             Times
             ,
             out
             of
             Duty
             you
             must
             pay
             them
             the
             Debt
             of
             an
             Honourable
             regard
             and
             memory
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             meet
             with
             a
             Person
             subject
             to
             infirmities
             ,
             never
             deride
             them
             in
             him
             ;
             but
             bless
             God
             that
             you
             have
             no
             occasion
             to
             grieve
             for
             them
             in
             your self
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             6.
             
          
           
             BE
             not
             futile
             and
             over-talkative
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             Fools
             Paradice
             ,
             but
             a
             Wise-mans
             Purgatory
             :
             It
             will
             express
             a
             great
             weakness
             in
             you
             ,
             and
             doth
             imply
             
             a
             believing
             that
             others
             are
             affected
             with
             the
             same
             vanity
             .
          
           
             Speak
             well
             or
             say
             nothing
             ;
             so
             if
             others
             be
             not
             better
             by
             your
             silence
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             be
             worse
             by
             your
             Discourse
             .
          
           
             By
             your
             Silence
             you
             have
             this
             advantage
             ,
             you
             observe
             other
             Mens
             Follies
             and
             conceal
             your
             own
             ;
             and
             he
             discovereth
             his
             Abilities
             most
             ,
             that
             least
             discovereth
             himself
             ;
             not
             that
             I
             would
             have
             you
             over-reserved
             ,
             that
             's
             a
             symptome
             of
             a
             sullen
             Nature
             ,
             and
             unwelcome
             to
             all
             Society
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             your
             Discourse
             be
             solid
             ,
             not
             like
             a
             Ship
             that
             hath
             more
             Sail
             than
             Ballast
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             Man
             that
             talketh
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             wise
             ,
             but
             you
             may
             gain
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             none
             that
             is
             silent
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             not
             a
             care
             ,
             but
             you
             may
             lose
             by
             him
             :
             If
             you
             must
             speak
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             prudence
             in
             you
             always
             to
             speak
             last
             ;
             and
             so
             you
             will
             be
             
             Master
             of
             others
             strength
             ,
             before
             you
             discover
             your
             own
             .
          
           
             Reservedness
             will
             be
             your
             best
             security
             ,
             and
             slowness
             of
             belief
             the
             best
             sinew
             of
             Wisdom
             :
             Never
             impart
             that
             to
             a
             Friend
             ,
             which
             may
             impower
             him
             to
             be
             your
             Enemy
             .
             Your
             Servants
             (
             which
             usually
             prove
             the
             worst
             of
             Enemies
             )
             you
             may
             admit
             into
             your
             Bed-Chamber
             ,
             but
             never
             into
             your
             Closet
             .
          
           
             A
             Secret
             ,
             like
             a
             Crown
             ,
             is
             no
             Estate
             to
             be
             made
             over
             in
             trust
             ;
             and
             to
             whomsoever
             you
             do
             commit
             it
             ,
             you
             do
             but
             inable
             him
             to
             undo
             you
             ;
             and
             you
             must
             purchase
             his
             secresie
             at
             his
             own
             price
             .
          
           
             Consider
             how
             precarious
             and
             unhappy
             your
             Life
             and
             Fortune
             will
             be
             ,
             which
             depends
             upon
             so
             slender
             a
             Thread
             as
             anothers
             pleasure
             ;
             therefore
             let
             me
             advise
             you
             always
             to
             carry
             two
             eyes
             about
             you
             ,
             the
             one
             of
             wariness
             upon
             your self
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             observation
             upon
             other
             Men.
             
          
           
           
             
               Parca
               lingua
               ,
               aperta
               frons
            
             ,
             and
             
               clausum
               pectus
            
             ,
             are
             the
             best
             ingredients
             of
             Wisdom
             ;
             and
             that
             made
             the
             Italian
             say
             ,
             
               Gli
               pensiere
               streti
               ,
               &
               el
               viso
               sciolto
            
             ;
             Keep
             your
             Thoughts
             close
             ,
             and
             your
             Countenance
             loose
             .
          
           
             Never
             trust
             twice
             ,
             where
             you
             have
             been
             deceived
             once
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             makes
             himself
             an
             Ass
             ,
             it
             's
             fitting
             Others
             should
             ride
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             7.
             
          
           
             BE
             not
             Magisterial
             or
             too
             Affirmative
             in
             any
             Assertion
             :
             for
             the
             bold
             maintaining
             of
             any
             Argument
             doth
             conclude
             against
             your
             own
             Civil
             Behaviour
             :
             Modesty
             in
             your
             Discourse
             will
             give
             a
             lustre
             to
             truth
             ,
             and
             an
             excuse
             to
             your
             error
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             desire
             to
             know
             how
             short
             your
             Understanding
             is
             in
             Things
             above
             ,
             consider
             how
             little
             you
             know
             
             of
             your self
             ,
             what
             the
             Soul
             is
             ,
             of
             what
             Members
             your
             Body
             is
             inwardly
             compacted
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             the
             use
             of
             every
             Bone
             ,
             Vein
             ,
             Artery
             ,
             or
             Sinew
             :
             which
             no
             Man
             understands
             ,
             as
             Galen
             himself
             confesseth
             .
          
           
             Protagoras
             
               hath
               delivered
               to
               us
            
             ,
             That
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             Nature
             but
             doubt
             ;
             and
             that
             a
             Man
             may
             equally
             dispute
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             of
             that
             also
             ,
             whether
             all
             things
             may
             be
             equally
             disputed
             of
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             pay
             much
             reverence
             to
             the
             humility
             of
             
               Plato
               ,
               Democritus
               ,
               Anaxagoras
               ,
               Empedocles
               ,
            
             and
             all
             the
             New
             Academicks
             ;
             who
             positively
             maintain
             ,
             
               That
               nothing
               in
               the
               World
               could
               be
               certainly
               known
               .
            
          
           
             And
             Socrates
             was
             by
             the
             Oracle
             adjudged
             the
             Wisest
             Man
             living
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             wont
             to
             say
             
               (
               I
               know
               onely
               this
               )
               I
               know
               nothing
               .
            
             Yet
             Archiselaus
             was
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             That
             
             not
             so
             much
             as
             that
             could
             be
             known
             ,
             which
             Socrates
             said
             he
             knew
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             
               that
               he
               knew
               nothing
            
             .
          
           
             Much
             of
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             the
             Arts
             we
             profess
             ,
             we
             have
             been
             instructed
             therein
             by
             the
             very
             Beasts
             and
             other
             Creatures
             :
             Of
             the
             Spider
             we
             learn
             to
             Spin
             and
             Sew
             ,
             of
             the
             Swallow
             to
             Build
             ,
             of
             the
             Nightingale
             Musick
             :
             Of
             divers
             Creatures
             Physick
             ,
             the
             Goats
             of
             Candia
             ,
             being
             shot
             with
             an
             Arrow
             ,
             do
             chuse
             from
             out
             of
             a
             Million
             of
             Simples
             ,
             the
             Herb
             Dittany
             ,
             and
             therewith
             cure
             themselves
             .
             The
             Tortoise
             having
             eaten
             of
             a
             Viper
             ,
             doth
             seek
             for
             Wild
             Marjoram
             to
             purge
             her self
             :
             The
             Dragon
             clears
             her
             Eyes
             with
             Fennel
             :
             The
             Cranes
             with
             their
             Bills
             do
             minister
             Glisters
             of
             Sea-water
             unto
             themselves
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             as
             amongst
             Wise-men
             ,
             He
             is
             the
             wisest
             ,
             that
             thinks
             he
             knows
             least
             ,
             
             so
             amongst
             Fools
             ,
             He
             's
             the
             greatest
             ,
             that
             thinks
             he
             knows
             most
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             BE
             studious
             to
             preserve
             your
             Reputation
             ;
             if
             that
             be
             once
             lost
             ,
             you
             are
             like
             a
             Cancelled
             Writing
             ,
             of
             no
             value
             ;
             and
             at
             best
             ,
             you
             do
             but
             survive
             your
             own
             Funeral
             ;
             for
             Reputation
             is
             like
             a
             Glass
             ,
             which
             being
             once
             cracked
             ,
             will
             never
             be
             otherwise
             than
             crazy
             .
             It
             will
             beget
             a
             contempt
             of
             you
             ,
             and
             Contempt
             ,
             like
             the
             Planet
             Saturn
             ,
             hath
             first
             an
             ill
             Aspect
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             destroying
             Influence
             .
          
           
             A
             noble
             Reputation
             is
             a
             great
             Inheritance
             ,
             it
             begetteth
             Opinion
             ,
             (
             which
             ruleth
             the
             World
             ;
             )
             Opinion
             Riches
             ,
             Riches
             Honour
             .
          
           
             Chi
             semina
             virtu
             fama
             raccoglie
             .
          
           
             but
             howsoever
             be
             careful
             to
             keep
             
             keep
             up
             the
             Reputation
             of
             your
             Parts
             and
             Vertue
             with
             the
             Vulgar
             ;
             for
             it
             will
             be
             more
             advantage
             to
             you
             to
             be
             accounted
             .
             Vertuous
             and
             Learned
             by
             the
             Ignorant
             ,
             than
             Ignorant
             by
             the
             Learned
             ;
             for
             the
             Ignorant
             are
             many
             ,
             but
             the
             Learned
             are
             few
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             Principle
             in
             
               Julius
               Caesar
            
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             eminent
             amongst
             the
             
             Magnifico's
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             chief
             amongst
             Inferiors
             .
          
           
             
               Thy
               Credit
               wary
               keep
               ,
               't
               is
               quickly
               gone
               ;
            
             
               Being
               got
               by
               many
               Actions
               ,
               lost
               by
               one
               ,
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             NEver
             magnifie
             your self
             ,
             or
             boast
             of
             your
             great
             Actions
             (
             that
             is
             Pedantry
             )
             and
             as
             in
             Falconry
             ,
             so
             take
             it
             for
             a
             truth
             ,
             That
             those
             of
             the
             weakest
             Wing
             are
             commonly
             the
             highest
             Fliers
             .
          
           
           
             Make
             not
             your self
             a
             Body
             of
             Chrystal
             ,
             that
             all
             Men
             may
             look
             through
             you
             ;
             but
             (
             as
             Wise-men
             ought
             to
             do
             )
             be
             like
             Coffers
             with
             Double
             Bottoms
             ,
             which
             when
             others
             look
             into
             ,
             being
             opened
             ,
             they
             see
             not
             all
             they
             hold
             on
             a
             sudden
             and
             at
             once
             .
          
           
             Let
             your
             Discourse
             of
             others
             be
             fair
             ,
             speak
             not
             ill
             of
             any
             ;
             if
             you
             do
             in
             his
             absence
             ,
             it
             's
             the
             property
             of
             a
             Coward
             to
             stab
             a
             Man
             behind
             his
             back
             ;
             if
             to
             his
             face
             ,
             you
             add
             an
             affront
             to
             the
             scandal
             :
             Every
             Man
             thinks
             he
             deserves
             better
             than
             indeed
             he
             doth
             ,
             therefore
             you
             cannot
             oblige
             Mankind
             more
             ,
             than
             to
             speak
             well
             :
             Man
             is
             the
             greatest
             Humourist
             and
             Flatterer
             of
             himself
             in
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             observed
             ,
             That
             no
             Men
             are
             so
             ready
             to
             sully
             the
             Honour
             and
             Reputation
             of
             others
             ,
             as
             those
             which
             do
             deserve
             the
             worst
             themselves
             ;
             yet
             I
             have
             so
             much
             Charity
             
             for
             them
             ,
             that
             many
             times
             they
             do
             it
             not
             so
             much
             out
             of
             a
             Principle
             of
             Malice
             ,
             as
             thereby
             to
             gain
             a
             Reputation
             (
             as
             they
             think
             )
             of
             being
             Vertuous
             and
             Just
             themselves
             ;
             therefore
             if
             any
             person
             shall
             speak
             ill
             of
             you
             ,
             I
             advise
             you
             not
             to
             disquiet
             your self
             ;
             but
             endeavour
             to
             live
             so
             vertuously
             ,
             as
             the
             World
             shall
             not
             believe
             that
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             is
             reported
             of
             you
             .
             And
             you
             must
             understand
             ,
             That
             many
             speak
             ill
             ,
             because
             they
             never
             learned
             to
             speak
             well
             .
          
           
             Your
             own
             Innocency
             will
             be
             a
             Back
             of
             Steel
             unto
             you
             ,
             and
             a
             clear
             Soul
             ,
             like
             a
             Castle
             ,
             against
             all
             the
             Artillery
             of
             depraving
             Spirits
             ,
             is
             Impregnable
             .
             Howsoever
             it
             will
             be
             your
             Wisdom
             to
             carry
             a
             Counter-pest
             or
             Antidote
             in
             your
             Ears
             against
             the
             poison
             of
             Virulent
             Tongues
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             an
             instance
             of
             great
             Prudence
             in
             the
             Earl
             of
             Carnarvan
             ,
             
             when
             discourfing
             with
             a
             Doctor
             of
             Physick
             ,
             the
             Doctor
             told
             him
             he
             lied
             :
             The
             Earl
             (
             though
             a
             Person
             of
             much
             Honour
             and
             Courage
             )
             without
             any
             Passion
             replied
             ,
             
               That
               he
               had
               rather
               take
               the
               Lye
               of
               him
               twenty
               times
               than
               Physick
               once
               .
            
             This
             was
             a
             Noble
             Gallantry
             of
             Spirit
             ,
             for
             a
             Lye
             ,
             like
             false
             and
             counterfeit
             Money
             ,
             though
             a
             Good
             Man
             may
             receive
             it
             ,
             yet
             ought
             he
             not
             in
             Justice
             to
             pay
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             not
             much
             concerned
             if
             the
             Plebeian
             Heads
             take
             me
             for
             the
             Image
             of
             a
             Flie
             ,
             a
             Nullo
             ,
             a
             Cypher
             ;
             nay
             if
             they
             tell
             me
             I
             am
             a
             Fool
             ,
             I
             can
             have
             the
             same
             Sentiments
             with
             that
             great
             Chancellour
             ,
             who
             when
             Cardinal
             Wolsey
             told
             him
             he
             was
             the
             veriest
             Fool
             in
             the
             Council
             ;
             
               God
               be
               thanked
            
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             
               that
               my
               Master
               hath
               but
               one
               Fool
               here
               .
            
             I
             do
             desire
             to
             honour
             my
             life
             not
             by
             other
             Mens
             opinions
             ,
             but
             by
             my
             own
             Actions
             and
             Vertues
             .
          
           
           
             Si
             vis
             beatus
             esse
             ,
             cogita
             hoc
             primum
             contemnere
             ,
             &
             contemni
             ,
             nondum
             es
             felix
             si
             te
             turba
             non
             deriserit
             .
          
           
             Howsoever
             disoblige
             none
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             no
             person
             so
             contemptible
             ,
             but
             it
             may
             be
             in
             his
             power
             to
             be
             your
             best
             Friend
             or
             worst
             Enemy
             :
             If
             you
             do
             Courtesies
             to
             a
             hundred
             men
             and
             disoblige
             but
             one
             ,
             that
             one
             shall
             be
             more
             active
             to
             your
             ruin
             than
             all
             the
             other
             shall
             be
             to
             serve
             you
             :
             Therefore
             if
             you
             will
             gain
             respect
             ,
             turn
             Usurer
             ,
             and
             make
             all
             men
             enter
             into
             Obligations
             to
             you
             .
             The
             World
             is
             a
             Shop
             of
             Tools
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Wiseman
             onely
             is
             the
             Master
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             NEver
             be
             so
             below
             your self
             as
             to
             let
             any
             Passion
             be
             above
             you
             :
             Be
             assured
             when
             Passion
             enters
             in
             at
             the
             Fore-gate
             ,
             Wisdom
             goes
             out
             at
             the
             Postern
             .
          
           
             He
             who
             commands
             himself
             ,
             commands
             the
             World
             too
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             Authority
             you
             have
             over
             others
             ,
             the
             more
             Command
             you
             must
             have
             over
             your self
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             but
             admire
             at
             the
             temper
             of
             that
             Persian
             ,
             who
             in
             his
             fury
             threatned
             the
             Tempest
             and
             whipt
             the
             Sea.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             sorrow
             to
             me
             ,
             to
             see
             a
             passionate
             Man
             scourge
             himself
             with
             his
             own
             Scorpions
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             innocent
             Contentments
             fondly
             to
             give
             himself
             Alarms
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             the
             Infelicity
             of
             many
             Men
             ,
             to
             sally
             into
             the
             greatest
             passion
             upon
             the
             least
             occasion
             :
             Not
             unlike
             
             that
             Gentleman
             (
             though
             learned
             ,
             yet
             none
             of
             the
             wisest
             )
             when
             seeing
             his
             Man
             at
             Plow
             ,
             fell
             into
             a
             great
             Distemper
             ,
             and
             was
             much
             incensed
             against
             him
             ,
             because
             he
             did
             not
             plow
             ,
             
               secundum
               Artem
            
             ,
             in
             drawing
             his
             Furrows
             mathematically
             ,
             and
             
               in
               Linea
               Recta
            
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             :
             A
             Friend
             of
             his
             standing
             by
             ,
             told
             him
             that
             he
             had
             little
             reason
             to
             be
             displeased
             ,
             if
             he
             considered
             the
             small
             difference
             between
             errare
             and
             arare
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             not
             pleased
             ,
             if
             I
             see
             a
             Butter-flie
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             cannot
             catch
             it
             .
          
           
             Be
             you
             like
             the
             
               Caspian
               Sea
            
             ,
             which
             is
             said
             never
             to
             ebb
             or
             flow
             .
          
           
             Have
             not
             to
             do
             with
             any
             Man
             in
             his
             Passion
             ,
             for
             men
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Iron
             ,
             are
             worst
             to
             be
             wrought
             upon
             when
             they
             are
             hot
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             more
             Prudence
             to
             pass
             by
             Trivial
             Offences
             ,
             than
             to
             quarrel
             for
             them
             ;
             by
             the
             last
             you
             are
             even
             with
             
             your
             Adversary
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             first
             above
             him
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             have
             an
             Injury
             done
             you
             ,
             you
             do
             your
             Adversary
             too
             much
             honour
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             think
             too
             meanly
             of
             your self
             to
             revenge
             it
             :
             Let
             me
             advise
             you
             ,
             to
             dissemble
             an
             Injury
             ,
             when
             you
             have
             not
             the
             power
             to
             revenge
             it
             ,
             and
             generously
             to
             forgive
             it
             ,
             when
             you
             have
             the
             means
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             a
             noble
             way
             of
             Revenge
             ,
             to
             forget
             and
             scorn
             them
             ;
             for
             Resentment
             doth
             but
             encourage
             that
             Malice
             which
             neglect
             would
             dissipate
             .
             Lewis
             the
             Twelfth
             of
             France
             being
             advised
             by
             some
             of
             his
             Council
             to
             punish
             such
             as
             were
             Enemies
             to
             him
             when
             he
             was
             Duke
             of
             Orleans
             ,
             answered
             like
             a
             Prince
             ,
             
               That
               it
               did
               not
               suit
               with
               the
               glory
               of
               a
               King
               of
            
             France
             
               to
               revenge
               the
               injuries
               done
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
            
             Orleans
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             be
             displeased
             with
             every
             
             Peccadillo
             ,
             you
             will
             become
             habitually
             forward
             :
             Learn
             to
             be
             patient
             ,
             by
             observing
             the
             inconveniences
             of
             impatience
             in
             other
             Men.
             
          
           
             If
             you
             have
             an
             infelicity
             upon
             you
             ,
             by
             your
             impatience
             you
             super-add
             another
             to
             it
             :
             He
             who
             submits
             to
             his
             Passions
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             is
             a
             Slave
             to
             many
             Tyrants
             .
             I
             prefer
             the
             freedom
             of
             my
             Mind
             and
             the
             serenity
             of
             my
             Soul
             (
             not
             clouded
             with
             Passions
             )
             before
             the
             Empire
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             It
             will
             be
             the
             test
             of
             Prudence
             in
             you
             ,
             without
             any
             Passion
             to
             indure
             the
             Injuries
             and
             Follies
             of
             other
             Men
             :
             If
             you
             cannot
             indure
             them
             in
             others
             ,
             you
             may
             make
             them
             your
             own
             :
             For
             first
             you
             lose
             your
             Judgment
             ,
             and
             then
             offend
             your Self
             ;
             and
             so
             Passion
             will
             praecipitate
             you
             into
             that
             Ill
             which
             you
             would
             avoid
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             Man
             doth
             me
             an
             Injury
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             disturbed
             ,
             but
             must
             pity
             
             him
             ;
             for
             he
             is
             the
             first
             offended
             ,
             and
             receives
             the
             greatest
             damage
             ;
             because
             in
             this
             he
             loseth
             the
             use
             of
             Reason
             .
          
           
             Every
             day
             I
             meet
             with
             Bravo's
             ,
             false
             and
             perfidious
             Persons
             ,
             but
             they
             can
             do
             me
             no
             harm
             ,
             because
             it
             's
             not
             in
             their
             power
             to
             disquiet
             me
             or
             to
             make
             me
             act
             any
             thing
             dishonourable
             ;
             neither
             am
             I
             angry
             nor
             disaffected
             toward
             them
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             by
             Nature
             near
             unto
             me
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             all
             my
             Kinsmen
             by
             participation
             of
             the
             same
             Reason
             and
             Divine
             Particle
             :
             If
             at
             any
             time
             I
             have
             an
             injury
             done
             me
             by
             them
             ,
             I
             convert
             it
             to
             my
             own
             advantage
             ,
             I
             know
             how
             to
             avoid
             them
             ;
             and
             they
             discover
             to
             me
             my
             own
             Weakness
             ,
             where
             I
             may
             be
             assaulted
             ;
             therefore
             I
             study
             to
             fortifie
             that
             place
             :
             And
             if
             an
             Ass
             doth
             kick
             me
             (
             as
             many
             times
             he
             doth
             )
             I
             never
             use
             to
             put
             him
             into
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
           
             I
             speak
             this
             to
             you
             ;
             not
             that
             I
             would
             have
             you
             without
             sense
             ,
             for
             
               Chi
               la
               fa
               Pecora
               il
               Lupo
               la
               mangia
               :
            
             He
             who
             maketh
             himself
             a
             Sheep
             ,
             the
             Wolf
             will
             devour
             him
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             Maxime
             worthy
             of
             
             Caesar's
             Gallantry
             ,
             
               Nec
               inferre
               nec
               perpeti
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             11.
             
          
           
             I
             Shall
             commend
             unto
             your
             practice
             that
             Excellent
             Precept
             of
             
               Pythagoras
               ,
               Nil
               turpe
               committas
               ,
               neque
               coram
               aliis
               ,
               neque
               tecum
               ,
               maxime
               omnium
               verere
               teipsum
               :
            
             And
             believe
             it
             ,
             a
             good
             Man
             will
             blush
             as
             much
             to
             commit
             a
             Sin
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
             as
             upon
             a
             Theatre
             :
             The
             less
             the
             occasion
             of
             Sin
             ,
             the
             greater
             is
             the
             Nature
             of
             it
             :
             And
             to
             justifie
             a
             Fault
             is
             a
             greater
             Sin
             than
             to
             fall
             into
             it
             :
             And
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             Sin
             is
             Masculine
             ,
             and
             begets
             the
             like
             in
             others
             ;
             
             and
             many
             times
             like
             Venom
             it
             infects
             the
             Blood
             ,
             when
             the
             Viper
             is
             dead
             ,
             which
             gave
             the
             Wound
             :
             Therefore
             take
             care
             that
             the
             bright
             Lustre
             of
             your
             Vertues
             may
             inlighten
             the
             whole
             Sphere
             wherein
             you
             move
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             not
             have
             you
             like
             a
             Sun-Dyal
             in
             the
             Grave
             ,
             of
             no
             use
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             Acts
             of
             Charity
             and
             Vertue
             ,
             let
             not
             your
             heart
             be
             a
             narrow
             Island
             ,
             but
             a
             large
             Continent
             ;
             be
             your
             own
             Almoner
             ,
             and
             dispose
             of
             your
             own
             Charity
             :
             but
             as
             to
             Favours
             and
             Kindnesses
             ,
             imitate
             the
             Wise
             Husbandmen
             ,
             who
             when
             they
             sow
             their
             ground
             ,
             do
             not
             throw
             all
             their
             Seed
             in
             one
             place
             ,
             but
             scatter
             it
             ;
             and
             believe
             me
             ,
             small
             and
             common
             courtesies
             do
             more
             oblige
             than
             great
             favours
             :
             And
             whereas
             others
             are
             made
             poor
             by
             Oppression
             ,
             make
             you
             as
             many
             Beggars
             as
             you
             can
             by
             your
             Bounty
             :
             And
             if
             you
             design
             to
             gain
             
             all
             Interests
             ,
             make
             all
             Interests
             Gainers
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             OUt
             of
             your
             Acquaintance
             chuse
             Familiars
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             those
             pick
             Friends
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             me
             advise
             you
             never
             to
             make
             a
             Coward
             your
             Friend
             ,
             or
             a
             Drunkard
             your
             Privy-councellor
             ;
             for
             the
             one
             upon
             the
             approach
             of
             the
             least
             danger
             ,
             will
             desert
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             will
             discover
             all
             your
             secrets
             ;
             both
             dangerous
             to
             Humane
             Society
             .
          
           
             Friendship
             is
             a
             sacred
             thing
             ,
             and
             deserves
             our
             dearest
             acknowledgments
             :
             A
             Friend
             is
             a
             great
             comfort
             in
             solitude
             ,
             an
             excellent
             assistance
             in
             business
             ;
             and
             the
             best
             protection
             against
             injuries
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Kindness
             of
             my
             Friend
             ,
             I
             sweeten
             the
             Adversities
             of
             my
             Life
             ;
             by
             his
             Cares
             I
             lessen
             my
             own
             ,
             
             and
             repose
             under
             his
             Frienship
             :
             When
             I
             see
             any
             good
             befall
             him
             I
             rejoyce
             ,
             and
             thereby
             increase
             my
             own
             happiness
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             I
             cannot
             but
             hug
             the
             Resolution
             of
             that
             Philosopher
             ,
             who
             when
             he
             was
             dying
             ,
             ordered
             his
             Friend
             to
             be
             inventoried
             amongst
             his
             goods
             .
          
           
             A
             Friend
             ,
             like
             a
             Glass
             ,
             will
             best
             discover
             to
             you
             your
             own
             Defects
             .
          
           
             But
             never
             purchase
             Friends
             by
             Gifts
             ,
             for
             if
             you
             leave
             to
             give
             ,
             they
             will
             leave
             to
             love
             .
          
           
             Love
             is
             built
             upon
             the
             Union
             of
             Minds
             ,
             not
             the
             Bribery
             of
             Gifts
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             you
             give
             ,
             the
             fewer
             Friends
             you
             will
             have
             .
          
           
             An
             Enemy
             is
             better
             recovered
             by
             Kindness
             ,
             than
             a
             Friend
             assured
             .
          
           
             Have
             a
             care
             in
             making
             any
             Man
             your
             Friend
             twice
             ,
             except
             the
             Rupture
             was
             by
             your
             own
             mistake
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             done
             Penance
             for
             it
             .
          
           
           
             When
             you
             have
             made
             choice
             of
             your
             Friend
             ,
             express
             all
             Civilities
             to
             him
             ;
             yet
             in
             prudence
             I
             would
             advise
             you
             to
             look
             upon
             your
             present
             Friend
             ,
             as
             in
             possibility
             to
             be
             your
             future
             Enemy
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             have
             forsaken
             my
             Friend
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             hath
             first
             forsaken
             himself
             and
             Vertue
             (
             which
             was
             the
             True
             Lovers
             Knot
             which
             first
             united
             us
             ;
             )
             and
             if
             at
             any
             time
             I
             renounced
             his
             Familiarity
             ,
             yet
             in
             respect
             of
             my
             former
             intimacy
             ,
             I
             retained
             an
             Affection
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             wished
             him
             well
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             profess
             my self
             a
             Citizen
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             have
             such
             an
             Aversion
             to
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             unkind
             ,
             that
             I
             look
             upon
             an
             injury
             done
             to
             another
             ,
             as
             done
             to
             my self
             .
          
           
             And
             many
             times
             when
             I
             have
             heard
             that
             my
             Friend
             was
             dead
             ,
             I
             have
             bemoated
             my
             Eyes
             with
             Tears
             ,
             and
             could
             as
             passionately
             
             have
             wept
             over
             his
             sacred
             Urn
             ,
             as
             that
             Graecian
             Matron
             did
             for
             the
             loss
             of
             her
             Mother
             :
             But
             when
             I
             had
             considered
             ,
             it
             was
             more
             Kindness
             in
             me
             than
             Prudence
             ;
             for
             I
             might
             as
             reasonably
             have
             wept
             that
             my
             Friend
             was
             born
             no
             sooner
             ,
             as
             that
             he
             should
             live
             no
             longer
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             STudy
             not
             only
             to
             preserve
             your
             Estate
             ,
             but
             justly
             to
             increase
             it
             :
             Mony
             is
             the
             Heir
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Paramount
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             Riches
             are
             the
             Keys
             to
             Greatness
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             access
             to
             Honour
             more
             easie
             and
             open
             .
          
           
             A
             Man
             without
             Money
             is
             like
             a
             Wall
             without
             a
             Cross
             ,
             for
             every
             Man
             to
             draw
             upon
             ,
             
               El
               senner
               dinero
               par
               un
               gran
               Cavallero
               .
            
          
           
             It
             's
             storied
             ,
             That
             a
             Noble
             Man
             of
             Venice
             made
             his
             Address
             to
             
             
               Cosmo
               de
               Medicis
            
             Duke
             of
             Florence
             ,
             and
             signified
             to
             him
             that
             he
             understood
             his
             Highness
             had
             the
             Philosophers
             Stone
             ,
             and
             desired
             to
             see
             it
             .
          
           
             
               It
               's
               true
            
             ,
             saith
             the
             Duke
             ,
             
               but
               my
               Elixir
               is
               this
               ,
               Never
               to
               do
               that
               by
               another
               which
               I
               can
               do
               my self
               ;
               Not
               to
               do
               that
               to
               morrow
               ,
               which
               I
               can
               do
               to
               day
               :
               Not
               to
               neglect
               the
               least
               things
               .
            
             The
             Venetian
             thanked
             his
             Highness
             ,
             and
             took
             his
             leave
             of
             him
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             Observation
             hereof
             became
             the
             wisest
             and
             the
             Richest
             man
             in
             Venice
             .
             If
             you
             purpose
             to
             be
             Rich
             and
             Wise
             take
             this
             Elixir
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             a
             generous
             Man
             least
             regards
             Money
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             hath
             it
             not
             ,
             he
             wanteth
             it
             most
             ;
             and
             the
             most
             Excellent
             Person
             without
             an
             Estate
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             Ship
             well
             rigged
             ,
             but
             cannot
             sail
             for
             want
             of
             Wind
             :
             If
             your
             Estate
             be
             but
             small
             ,
             come
             seldom
             into
             Company
             ;
             but
             when
             
             you
             do
             ,
             let
             your
             Mony
             go
             freely
             .
          
           
             Have
             a
             care
             you
             do
             not
             imitate
             his
             Fortune
             ,
             who
             labouring
             to
             buoy
             up
             a
             sunk
             Ship
             of
             anothers
             ,
             bulged
             his
             own
             Vessel
             .
          
           
             Those
             Men
             which
             have
             wasted
             their
             own
             Estates
             will
             help
             you
             to
             consume
             yours
             .
             These
             are
             like
             the
             Fox
             in
             the
             Fable
             ,
             who
             having
             lost
             his
             Tail
             ,
             perswaded
             others
             to
             cut
             off
             theirs
             as
             troublesome
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             read
             there
             was
             a
             Goddess
             fasten'd
             to
             an
             Oak
             in
             a
             Grove
             ,
             who
             for
             a
             long
             time
             had
             many
             Worshippers
             ;
             but
             when
             the
             Tree
             was
             ready
             to
             fall
             ,
             none
             would
             come
             within
             the
             Shadow
             of
             her
             Statue
             .
          
           
             Love
             and
             Respect
             are
             rarely
             found
             in
             lost
             Fortunes
             ,
             and
             Adversity
             seldom
             meets
             with
             the
             returns
             of
             Friendship
             .
          
           
             The
             World
             hath
             no
             Kindness
             or
             Affection
             but
             Interest
             ;
             and
             though
             you
             have
             many
             persons
             
             allied
             to
             you
             ,
             yet
             you
             will
             find
             them
             most
             a-kin
             to
             their
             own
             Interest
             .
          
           
             And
             Charity
             ,
             though
             a
             Saint
             ,
             is
             yet
             without
             an
             Altar
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             you
             will
             meet
             with
             many
             Men
             ,
             which
             have
             much
             of
             the
             Heliotrope
             in
             them
             ,
             which
             open
             in
             the
             Sun-shine
             of
             Prosperity
             ;
             but
             towards
             the
             Night
             of
             Adversity
             ,
             or
             in
             stormy
             seasons
             ,
             shut
             and
             contract
             themselves
             .
          
           
             And
             believe
             me
             ,
             none
             will
             be
             so
             severe
             Enemies
             to
             you
             in
             Adversity
             ,
             as
             those
             ,
             that
             in
             Prosperity
             have
             been
             your
             Friends
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             I
             Am
             not
             by
             my
             Constellation
             destinated
             to
             be
             rich
             ,
             neither
             do
             I
             much
             care
             ;
             for
             the
             more
             a
             man
             hath
             ,
             the
             more
             he
             wanteth
             .
          
           
             And
             Riches
             were
             to
             be
             sought
             
             after
             above
             all
             things
             ,
             if
             they
             brought
             Content
             as
             well
             as
             Content
             bring
             them
             ;
             if
             they
             be
             for
             real
             uses
             ,
             then
             it
             followeth
             ,
             he
             who
             hath
             not
             need
             of
             so
             many
             things
             as
             another
             ,
             is
             richest
             of
             the
             two
             ;
             and
             be
             assured
             ,
             he
             who
             needeth
             least
             ,
             is
             most
             like
             God.
             
          
           
             External
             Fortunes
             may
             befal
             the
             unworthiest
             persons
             ,
             but
             a
             Man
             's
             own
             solid
             worth
             is
             that
             which
             begets
             him
             glory
             .
             Nobility
             and
             Riches
             are
             reputed
             to
             make
             Men
             happy
             ,
             yet
             deserve
             not
             much
             to
             be
             commended
             ,
             being
             derived
             from
             others
             .
             Vertue
             and
             Integrity
             ,
             as
             of
             themselves
             they
             are
             lovely
             ,
             so
             do
             they
             also
             give
             a
             singular
             lustre
             to
             the
             most
             Excellent
             Person
             .
          
           
             Crassus
             accounted
             him
             a
             Rich
             Man
             ,
             who
             had
             an
             Estate
             to
             maintain
             an
             Army
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             hath
             an
             Estate
             to
             maintain
             an
             Army
             ,
             had
             need
             have
             an
             Army
             to
             keep
             his
             Estate
             .
          
           
           
             Get
             all
             the
             Possessions
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             yet
             if
             you
             measure
             your
             own
             shaddow
             (
             as
             Archidamus
             told
             Philip
             of
             Macedon
             )
             he
             should
             not
             find
             it
             longer
             than
             before
             .
          
           
             Bias
             made
             himself
             rich
             ,
             by
             abandoning
             his
             Goods
             ;
             and
             his
             
               Omnia
               mea
               mecum
               porto
            
             ,
             hath
             raised
             him
             a
             glorious
             Pyramid
             of
             Honour
             to
             all
             Posterity
             .
          
           
             The
             Rich
             Man
             lives
             happily
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             he
             useth
             his
             Riches
             temperately
             ;
             and
             the
             Poor
             Man
             who
             patiently
             endureth
             his
             wants
             is
             rich
             enough
             .
          
           
             Methinks
             when
             I
             see
             a
             poor
             Man
             drink
             out
             of
             his
             Hand
             ,
             I
             could
             with
             Diogenes
             ,
             throw
             away
             my
             Dish
             .
          
           
             And
             many
             times
             wish
             with
             Crates
             ,
             that
             the
             Stones
             were
             Bread
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Water
             Drink
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             have
             a
             certain
             Provision
             by
             Nature
             .
          
           
             What
             is
             beyond
             that
             which
             is
             
             purely
             necessary
             to
             me
             ,
             is
             useless
             :
             If
             my
             Cloathes
             be
             sufficient
             to
             defend
             me
             from
             Heat
             and
             Cold
             ,
             or
             my
             House
             from
             Wind
             and
             Rain
             ,
             I
             expect
             no
             more
             :
             If
             I
             find
             any
             thing
             beyond
             ,
             I
             can
             behave
             my self
             with
             indifferency
             .
             I
             value
             not
             the
             Treasures
             of
             the
             Samnites
             ,
             or
             the
             Delicasies
             of
             Apicius
             :
             Neither
             would
             I
             (
             if
             it
             were
             in
             my
             power
             )
             with
             Dyonisius
             the
             Sicilian
             ,
             reward
             those
             who
             could
             invent
             any
             new
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             not
             ambitious
             with
             Scipio
             to
             be
             Magnus
             ,
             or
             with
             Fabius
             to
             be
             Maxim●●
             ;
             Nor
             do
             I
             affect
             great
             Riches
             or
             Honours
             ,
             but
             look
             upon
             them
             as
             pretty
             little
             Toys
             and
             Nuts
             ,
             which
             Fortune
             throws
             out
             to
             men
             ,
             just
             as
             we
             do
             to
             little
             Children
             ;
             pleasing
             my self
             with
             tasting
             now
             and
             then
             one
             ,
             which
             some
             accident
             hath
             slung
             even
             to
             me
             ,
             too
             ,
             whilest
             that
             others
             are
             struggling
             and
             contending
             who
             shall
             get
             the
             most
             .
          
           
           
             I
             am
             not
             much
             delighted
             with
             the
             Regalio's
             or
             Gaiety
             of
             the
             World
             :
             I
             can
             do
             by
             them
             ,
             as
             Princes
             do
             by
             great
             Banquets
             ,
             look
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             touch
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             away
             :
             There
             was
             no
             Magick
             in
             that
             Beautiful
             Face
             of
             
             Darius's
             Lady
             ,
             which
             could
             have
             inchanted
             me
             ;
             neither
             could
             the
             Eyes
             of
             Cleopatra
             have
             triumphed
             over
             the
             powers
             of
             my
             Soul
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             over
             Caesar
             and
             Anthony
             ;
             for
             this
             I
             am
             beholden
             to
             my
             Stars
             ;
             Saturn
             was
             Ascendent
             in
             my
             Nativity
             ;
             I
             am
             but
             slow
             and
             dull
             :
             yet
             I
             can
             say
             at
             any
             time
             with
             a
             good
             heart
             that
             Verse
             which
             Cleanthes
             hath
             made
             famous
             .
          
           
             
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               .
            
             
               Quocunque
               voles
               Jupiter
               ,
               me
               ducito
               ,
               tuque
               necessitas
               .
            
          
           
             For
             a
             Wilderness
             to
             me
             is
             as
             pleasant
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Land
               of
               Promise
            
             ,
             
             my
             Mind
             can
             find
             a
             Hermitage
             every
             where
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             most
             numerous
             Assemblies
             of
             Men
             in
             the
             greatest
             Cities
             ,
             I
             very
             frequently
             find
             my self
             in
             a
             Desart
             .
          
           
             When
             I
             hear
             the
             Nightingale
             singing
             in
             a
             Wood
             (
             where
             I
             often
             retire
             )
             I
             do
             envy
             her
             happiness
             ,
             because
             she
             is
             perched
             on
             the
             Pinacle
             of
             her
             highest
             Felicity
             ;
             free
             from
             Care
             and
             Toil
             ,
             and
             entertaining
             her self
             ,
             in
             her
             Solitudes
             ,
             with
             her
             own
             Musick
             and
             Warbling
             Notes
             .
          
           
             Of
             all
             persons
             I
             look
             upon
             them
             to
             be
             happy
             ,
             who
             have
             their
             Estates
             in
             their
             own
             hands
             (
             I
             mean
             Labourers
             )
             for
             as
             they
             never
             gain
             much
             ,
             so
             they
             are
             sure
             never
             to
             want
             but
             little
             .
          
           
             However
             let
             me
             advise
             you
             ,
             to
             make
             use
             of
             your
             Estate
             while
             you
             live
             ;
             for
             when
             you
             die
             ,
             you
             shall
             leave
             it
             to
             the
             greatest
             Enemies
             you
             have
             ,
             who
             wished
             your
             Death
             when
             you
             were
             living
             .
          
           
           
             And
             when
             you
             are
             dead
             ,
             you
             are
             no
             more
             concerned
             in
             that
             you
             shall
             leave
             behind
             you
             ,
             then
             you
             were
             in
             that
             which
             was
             before
             you
             were
             born
             ;
             therefore
             get
             well
             to
             live
             ,
             and
             then
             study
             to
             live
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             IF
             you
             design
             to
             your self
             happiness
             and
             an
             improvement
             of
             your
             Estate
             ,
             let
             me
             advise
             you
             to
             avoid
             Suits
             in
             Law
             ;
             if
             you
             engage
             in
             any
             ,
             you
             put
             your self
             into
             a
             House
             of
             Correction
             ;
             where
             you
             must
             labour
             stoutly
             to
             pay
             your
             Fees.
             
          
           
             If
             the
             Case
             shall
             go
             for
             you
             ,
             there
             are
             those
             who
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             That
             Victory
             is
             a
             fair
             Game
             ,
             but
             you
             must
             give
             them
             leave
             to
             divide
             the
             Stakes
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             shall
             be
             your
             misfortune
             to
             engage
             in
             any
             ,
             have
             a
             care
             of
             a
             
             rich
             Fool
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             dangerous
             ,
             as
             to
             mischief
             ,
             than
             a
             rich
             obstinate
             Fool
             ,
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             a
             Cunning
             Knave
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             two
             Lawyers
             very
             passionately
             pleading
             their
             Clients
             Case
             ,
             to
             their
             great
             satisfaction
             ;
             when
             the
             Case
             was
             done
             ,
             the
             Lawyers
             came
             out
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             hugged
             each
             other
             ;
             the
             Clients
             much
             admiring
             their
             Behaviour
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             asked
             his
             Lawyer
             ,
             
               How
               they
               could
               be
               Friends
               so
               soon
               ?
               Tush
               Man
               ,
            
             faith
             the
             Lawyer
             ,
             
               we
               were
               never
               Foes
               ;
               for
               we
               Lawyers
               are
               like
               a
               Pair
               of
               Sheers
               ,
               if
               you
               open
               them
               ,
               and
               then
               pull
               them
               down
               ;
               they
               seem
               to
               cut
               one
               another
               ;
               but
               they
               only
               cut
               that
               which
               cometh
               between
               them
               .
            
          
           
             You
             remember
             the
             Epilogue
             of
             the
             Vulture
             ,
             sitting
             upon
             a
             Tree
             to
             see
             the
             Lion
             and
             the
             Bear
             fight
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             prey
             of
             him
             which
             fell
             first
             ;
             have
             you
             a
             care
             you
             do
             not
             make
             the
             Moral
             .
          
           
           
             I
             speak
             not
             this
             to
             reflect
             upon
             that
             Honourable
             Profession
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             shall
             ever
             pay
             the
             greatest
             Tribute
             of
             my
             Service
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             there
             are
             many
             excellent
             Persons
             towards
             the
             Law
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             your
             Fortune
             to
             meet
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             will
             be
             sure
             at
             every
             Market
             in
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             to
             find
             some
             Fairies
             ,
             Elves
             ,
             and
             little
             Spirits
             ,
             with
             Hawking
             Bags
             or
             Snapsacks
             by
             their
             sides
             ,
             wherein
             they
             have
             their
             Familiars
             ;
             some
             with
             Green
             Coats
             ,
             others
             with
             Yellow
             Vests
             ,
             which
             they
             send
             forth
             to
             the
             disquiet
             of
             good
             Men
             ,
             as
             Aeolus
             did
             the
             Winds
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             gotten
             into
             his
             Bottle
             ,
             to
             the
             Disturbance
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             Certainly
             these
             Elves
             are
             much
             of
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Ant
             ,
             very
             good
             for
             themselves
             ,
             but
             exceeding
             pernicious
             in
             the
             Garden
             of
             a
             Common
             Wealth
             .
          
           
           
             If
             ever
             you
             should
             flie
             to
             these
             for
             succour
             ,
             as
             the
             Sheep
             do
             to
             the
             Bushes
             ,
             in
             a
             Storm
             ,
             you
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             leave
             a
             good
             part
             of
             your
             Coat
             behind
             you
             .
          
           
             These
             ,
             like
             a
             Quartane
             Ague
             ,
             will
             never
             leave
             you
             ,
             as
             long
             as
             any
             humour
             be
             left
             in
             you
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             shall
             have
             need
             to
             make
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             they
             will
             stirr
             no
             more
             without
             their
             Fee
             ,
             than
             a
             Hawk
             without
             a
             Lure
             .
          
           
             My
             Advice
             to
             you
             is
             ,
             that
             you
             seriously
             imploy
             your self
             in
             the
             Study
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             this
             Nation
             (
             being
             the
             most
             excellent
             for
             their
             Justice
             and
             Wisdom
             )
             if
             not
             to
             practise
             the
             Law
             ,
             yet
             to
             gain
             so
             much
             knowledge
             therein
             ,
             as
             to
             defend
             your self
             and
             estate
             from
             the
             Robbin-good-fellows
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             be
             not
             so
             disposed
             ,
             you
             must
             lay
             up
             one
             third
             part
             of
             your
             Estate
             to
             preserve
             the
             other
             two
             ,
             or
             else
             you
             will
             be
             assuredly
             undone
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             NExt
             Suits
             in
             Law
             (
             which
             are
             but
             
               jactus
               aleae
            
             )
             avoid
             Gameing
             ;
             it
             hath
             no
             satisfaction
             in
             it
             ,
             beside
             a
             sordid
             coveting
             of
             that
             which
             is
             anothers
             ,
             or
             a
             prodigality
             of
             that
             which
             is
             your
             own
             :
             It
             's
             a
             Madness
             beyond
             the
             cure
             of
             Hellebore
             ,
             to
             cast
             a
             Die
             whether
             your
             Estate
             shall
             be
             your
             own
             or
             not
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             not
             a
             care
             (
             I
             can
             without
             an
             Augure
             tell
             what
             will
             be
             your
             Fate
             )
             this
             like
             a
             Quick-sand
             ,
             will
             swallow
             you
             up
             in
             a
             moment
             ;
             and
             Goods
             which
             are
             so
             gotten
             ,
             are
             like
             Pyramides
             of
             Snow
             ,
             which
             melt
             away
             and
             are
             dissolved
             with
             the
             same
             ill
             Husbandry
             that
             did
             beget
             them
             ;
             and
             believe
             me
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             it
             more
             chargeable
             to
             you
             than
             the
             Seven
             Deadly
             Sins
             .
          
           
           
             Remember
             that
             one
             Crown
             in
             your
             Purse
             will
             do
             you
             more
             honour
             than
             ten
             spent
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             17.
             
          
           
             THere
             is
             one
             step
             more
             to
             make
             your
             Life
             comfortable
             ,
             and
             to
             advance
             your
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             well
             to
             dispose
             of
             your self
             in
             Marriage
             ;
             certainly
             a
             business
             which
             requireth
             grave
             consideration
             .
          
           
             Ride
             not
             post
             for
             your
             Match
             ,
             if
             you
             do
             ,
             you
             may
             in
             the
             period
             of
             your
             journey
             ,
             take
             Sorrow
             for
             your
             Inn
             ,
             and
             make
             Repentance
             your
             Host
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             marry
             ,
             espouse
             a
             Vertuous
             person
             ;
             a
             Celebrated
             Beauty
             ,
             like
             a
             Fair
             ,
             will
             draw
             Chapmen
             from
             all
             parts
             .
          
           
             Never
             marry
             so
             much
             for
             a
             great
             Living
             as
             a
             good
             Life
             ;
             yet
             a
             fair
             Wife
             without
             a
             Portion
             ,
             is
             
             like
             a
             Brave
             House
             without
             Furniture
             ,
             you
             may
             please
             your self
             with
             the
             Prospect
             ,
             but
             there
             's
             nothing
             within
             to
             keep
             you
             warm
             .
          
           
             Be
             sure
             you
             love
             her
             Person
             better
             than
             her
             Estate
             ;
             for
             he
             who
             marrieth
             where
             he
             doth
             not
             love
             ,
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             love
             where
             he
             doth
             not
             marry
             .
          
           
             Remember
             there
             's
             a
             great
             difference
             between
             a
             Portion
             and
             a
             Fortune
             with
             your
             Wise
             :
             If
             she
             be
             not
             Vertuous
             ,
             let
             her
             Portion
             be
             never
             so
             great
             ,
             she
             is
             no
             Fortune
             to
             you
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             you
             be
             able
             to
             live
             of
             your self
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             Debt
             ,
             and
             design
             to
             Marry
             ,
             have
             a
             care
             you
             make
             not
             too
             great
             a
             Joynture
             out
             of
             your
             Lands
             ;
             especially
             if
             you
             have
             Children
             by
             a
             former
             Wife
             :
             If
             you
             do
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             more
             Fatal
             and
             Calamitous
             to
             your
             Family
             than
             any
             Debt
             .
          
           
           
             If
             you
             have
             Children
             ,
             it
             's
             better
             to
             leave
             them
             a
             Competent
             Estate
             with
             a
             Profession
             ,
             than
             great
             Riches
             without
             it
             ;
             for
             in
             the
             one
             there
             is
             a
             place
             for
             Industry
             ,
             but
             the
             other
             ,
             like
             a
             Lure
             ,
             will
             bring
             all
             Birds
             of
             Prey
             to
             devour
             them
             .
          
           
             Have
             a
             regard
             to
             a
             good
             Bishop
             to
             satisfie
             your
             Conscience
             ;
             for
             an
             Honest
             Lawyer
             to
             settle
             your
             Estate
             ;
             and
             marry
             into
             a
             good
             Family
             ,
             to
             keep
             your
             Interest
             .
          
           
             Chuse
             such
             a
             Wife
             as
             may
             sympathise
             with
             you
             in
             your
             Afflictions
             ;
             for
             Marriage
             is
             just
             like
             a
             Sea
             Voyage
             ,
             he
             that
             enters
             into
             this
             Ship
             ,
             must
             look
             to
             meet
             with
             Storms
             and
             Tempests
             .
          
           
             Methinks
             the
             Zeal
             of
             that
             Priest
             did
             trespass
             upon
             his
             Discretion
             ,
             when
             in
             a
             Wedding
             Sermon
             he
             much
             commended
             Marriage
             ,
             but
             compared
             the
             Women
             to
             a
             Grave
             .
          
           
           
             For
             as
             every
             Grave
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             hath
             a
             
               Hic
               jacet
            
             ,
             so
             when
             you
             come
             to
             marry
             ,
             
               Hic
               jacet
            
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             
               Solomon
               ,
               Hic
               jacet
            
             the
             Valour
             of
             
               David
               ;
               Hic
               jacet
            
             the
             Strength
             of
             Sampson
             .
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             I
             ever
             had
             a
             Noble
             Affection
             for
             that
             Excellent
             Sex
             ,
             as
             great
             Instruments
             of
             good
             ,
             and
             the
             prettinesses
             of
             Society
             ;
             and
             ever
             thought
             ,
             that
             of
             all
             Follies
             in
             Man
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             more
             excusable
             than
             that
             of
             Love
             ;
             but
             I
             find
             by
             my self
             that
             Passion
             will
             grow
             old
             ,
             and
             wear
             out
             in
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             VVHen
             You
             come
             upon
             the
             Stage
             of
             Action
             ,
             as
             it
             's
             your
             Duty
             ,
             so
             it
             will
             be
             your
             Glory
             ,
             to
             deal
             justly
             with
             all
             Persons
             .
          
           
             Clear
             and
             round
             Dealing
             is
             the
             Honour
             of
             Man's
             Nature
             :
             Hate
             nothing
             
             but
             what
             is
             dishonest
             :
             Fear
             nothing
             but
             what
             is
             ignoble
             ,
             and
             love
             nothing
             but
             what
             is
             just
             and
             honourable
             .
          
           
             To
             stoop
             to
             any
             sordid
             low
             action
             ,
             is
             to
             imitate
             the
             Kite
             ,
             which
             flieth
             high
             in
             the
             Air
             ,
             yet
             vouchsafes
             to
             condescend
             to
             Carrion
             upon
             the
             Ground
             .
          
           
             Do
             Injury
             to
             none
             ,
             for
             by
             so
             doing
             you
             do
             but
             teach
             others
             to
             injure
             you
             .
          
           
             Innocency
             will
             be
             your
             best
             Guard
             ,
             and
             your
             Integrity
             will
             be
             a
             Coat
             of
             Mail
             unto
             you
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             less
             difficult
             and
             more
             safe
             ,
             to
             keep
             the
             way
             of
             Honesty
             and
             Justice
             ,
             than
             to
             turn
             away
             from
             it
             ;
             yet
             commonly
             our
             Passions
             lead
             us
             into
             By-paths
             .
          
           
             And
             be
             assured
             ,
             He
             that
             in
             any
             one
             Affair
             relinquisheth
             Honesty
             ,
             banisheth
             all
             Shame
             in
             succeeding
             Actions
             ;
             and
             certainly
             no
             Vice
             covereth
             a
             Man
             with
             so
             much
             
             Shame
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             found
             false
             or
             unjust
             .
          
           
             Whatsoever
             I
             act
             ,
             I
             endeavour
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             it
             were
             my
             last
             act
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             do
             it
             with
             Care
             and
             Integrity
             ;
             I
             think
             on
             no
             longer
             Life
             ,
             than
             that
             which
             is
             now
             present
             .
             I
             forget
             all
             that
             is
             past
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             future
             (
             with
             a
             humble
             submission
             )
             I
             refer
             my self
             to
             providence
             :
             What
             others
             shall
             say
             or
             think
             of
             me
             ,
             or
             shall
             act
             against
             me
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             so
             much
             as
             trouble
             my
             Thoughts
             with
             it
             .
             I
             fear
             nothing
             ,
             I
             desire
             nothing
             ,
             I
             admire
             nothing
             :
             Yet
             I
             do
             even
             reverence
             my self
             ,
             when
             I
             have
             done
             a
             Just
             and
             Vertuous
             Action
             :
             But
             to
             inrich
             my self
             by
             any
             sordid
             means
             ,
             I
             dare
             not
             ;
             for
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             I
             distrust
             Providence
             ,
             and
             be
             come
             an
             Atheist
             .
          
           
             Keep
             touch
             in
             lesser
             Matters
             ,
             not
             to
             deceive
             in
             greater
             ,
             but
             the
             better
             to
             dispose
             your self
             to
             perform
             
             things
             of
             Weight
             and
             moment
             :
             A
             Promise
             is
             a
             just
             Debt
             ,
             which
             you
             must
             take
             care
             to
             pay
             ,
             for
             Honour
             and
             Honesty
             are
             the
             Security
             .
          
           
             Borrow
             before
             you
             have
             need
             ,
             and
             pay
             before
             the
             time
             you
             promised
             ;
             it
             will
             gain
             you
             Credit
             :
             Breaking
             your
             Faith
             may
             gain
             you
             Riches
             ,
             but
             never
             get
             you
             Glory
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             well
             said
             by
             Monsieur
             
               D'
               Georgius
            
             a
             French
             Captain
             ,
             who
             having
             burnt
             many
             of
             the
             Churches
             of
             the
             Spaniards
             in
             Florida
             ,
             and
             being
             asked
             ,
             Why
             he
             did
             so
             ?
             Told
             them
             ,
             
               That
               they
               which
               had
               no
               Faith
               ,
               needed
               no
               Churches
               .
            
          
           
             Before
             you
             act
             ,
             it
             's
             Prudence
             soberly
             to
             consider
             ;
             for
             after
             Action
             you
             cannot
             recede
             without
             dishonour
             :
             Take
             the
             Advice
             of
             some
             Prudent
             Friend
             ;
             for
             he
             who
             will
             be
             his
             own
             Councellour
             ,
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             have
             a
             Fool
             for
             his
             Client
             .
          
           
           
             Resolutions
             are
             the
             Moulds
             wherein
             Actions
             are
             cast
             ;
             if
             they
             be
             taken
             with
             over-much
             haste
             or
             too
             mueh
             affection
             ,
             seldom
             do
             they
             receive
             good
             success
             .
          
           
             When
             you
             have
             fully
             resolved
             what
             course
             to
             take
             in
             any
             Action
             ,
             you
             must
             not
             after
             repent
             ,
             or
             fear
             any
             difficulty
             ;
             for
             such
             things
             will
             lessen
             the
             Gallantry
             of
             your
             Mind
             .
          
           
             And
             although
             some
             Difficulties
             do
             happen
             to
             arise
             ,
             yet
             you
             must
             believe
             that
             every
             other
             Course
             would
             have
             been
             accompanied
             with
             the
             same
             or
             greater
             Impediments
             ;
             yet
             many
             times
             it
             's
             more
             Prudence
             to
             follow
             the
             Direction
             of
             a
             present
             good
             Fortune
             ,
             than
             the
             first
             Resolutions
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Conduct
             of
             Affairs
             ,
             you
             may
             shew
             a
             Brave
             Spirit
             in
             going
             on
             ,
             but
             your
             Wisdom
             will
             most
             appear
             in
             securing
             your
             retreat
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             come
             off
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             such
             incertainty
             in
             all
             Humane
             Affairs
             ,
             
             that
             that
             Course
             to
             me
             seemeth
             best
             ,
             which
             hath
             most
             passages
             out
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             it
             was
             well
             observed
             by
             one
             ,
             that
             the
             Turks
             ,
             who
             made
             an
             Expedition
             into
             Persia
             ,
             and
             because
             of
             the
             Streight
             Jaws
             of
             the
             Mountains
             of
             Armenia
             ,
             the
             Bashaws
             consulted
             which
             way
             they
             should
             get
             in
             ;
             one
             that
             heard
             the
             Debate
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               Here
               is
               much
               ado
               how
               we
               shall
               get
               in
               ,
               but
               I
               hear
               no
               body
               take
               care
               how
               we
               shall
               get
               out
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             IN
             Business
             be
             active
             and
             industrious
             ,
             for
             many
             Men
             of
             large
             Abilities
             ,
             relying
             wholly
             upon
             their
             Wit
             ,
             and
             neglecting
             the
             use
             of
             ordinary
             Means
             ,
             suffer
             others
             ,
             less
             able
             ,
             but
             more
             active
             and
             industrious
             ,
             to
             go
             beyond
             them
             .
          
           
           
             Diligence
             alone
             is
             a
             fair
             Fortune
             ,
             and
             Industry
             a
             good
             Estate
             .
             Idleness
             doth
             waste
             a
             Man
             as
             insensibly
             as
             Industry
             doth
             improve
             him
             .
          
           
             Chi
             ha
             arte
             ,
             ha
             parte
             ,
             chi
             non
             corre
             non
             ha
             il
             pallio
             .
          
           
             
             Aesop's
             Fisher
             could
             catch
             no
             Fish
             by
             his
             playing
             upon
             his
             Flute
             ,
             but
             was
             necessitated
             ,
             to
             preserve
             his
             being
             ,
             to
             cast
             his
             Nets
             and
             his
             Tackling
             into
             the
             River
             .
          
           
             And
             you
             may
             observe
             ,
             That
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             the
             Moving
             Planets
             are
             of
             much
             greater
             Consideration
             than
             those
             that
             are
             fixt
             and
             do
             not
             stir
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             If
             Success
             of
             Business
             doth
             not
             at
             first
             answer
             your
             expectation
             ,
             let
             no
             Fumes
             of
             Melancholy
             possess
             you
             ;
             use
             other
             Expedients
             and
             Addresses
             :
             For
             he
             that
             constantly
             makes
             head
             against
             the
             Assaults
             of
             
             Fortune
             ,
             shall
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             Victorious
             and
             attain
             his
             Ends.
             
          
           
             Every
             Thing
             hath
             two
             Handles
             ,
             if
             the
             one
             proves
             hot
             and
             not
             to
             be
             touched
             ,
             you
             may
             take
             the
             other
             ,
             that
             is
             more
             temperate
             .
          
           
             Howsoever
             ,
             in
             doing
             Business
             apply
             your
             Thoughts
             and
             Mind
             seriously
             to
             it
             ,
             but
             be
             not
             too
             eager
             ,
             nor
             passionately
             ingage
             your
             Affections
             in
             it
             ;
             nor
             promise
             your self
             Success
             :
             By
             this
             means
             you
             will
             have
             your
             Understanding
             clear
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             disturbed
             if
             you
             miscarry
             ;
             which
             you
             must
             make
             account
             will
             often
             happen
             to
             you
             .
          
           
             When
             a
             Business
             may
             turn
             to
             disadvantage
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             your
             Wisdom
             to
             temporize
             and
             delay
             ,
             and
             get
             what
             time
             you
             can
             by
             deferring
             ;
             because
             time
             may
             occasion
             some
             accident
             which
             may
             remove
             the
             danger
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             it
             be
             for
             your
             advantage
             ,
             Delays
             are
             dangerous
             ,
             and
             you
             
             must
             act
             with
             secrecy
             and
             celerity
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             two
             Wheels
             ,
             upon
             which
             all
             great
             Actions
             move
             .
          
           
             The
             Noblest
             Designs
             are
             like
             a
             Myne
             ,
             if
             discovered
             ,
             prove
             ineffectual
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             spend
             that
             time
             in
             a
             grave
             gaze
             on
             Business
             ,
             which
             might
             serve
             for
             a
             speedy
             Dispatch
             of
             it
             ,
             is
             to
             imitate
             that
             Musician
             ,
             who
             spent
             so
             much
             time
             in
             the
             Tuning
             his
             Instrument
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             none
             left
             to
             exercise
             his
             Musick
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             Matter
             you
             undertake
             be
             doubtful
             ,
             warrant
             your
             own
             Diligence
             ,
             but
             keep
             no
             Office
             of
             Assurance
             to
             warrant
             the
             Success
             :
             Remember
             the
             Italian
             makes
             it
             part
             of
             the
             Character
             of
             an
             Englishman
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             to
             undertake
             any
             thing
             ,
             presently
             he
             saith
             
               I
               'll
               warrant
               you
            
             ,
             but
             when
             he
             misseth
             of
             his
             Undertaking
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Who
               would
               have
               thought
               it
            
             ?
             
             However
             use
             Circumspection
             in
             all
             your
             Actions
             ,
             for
             he
             who
             intendeth
             what
             he
             doth
             is
             most
             likely
             to
             do
             what
             he
             intends
             :
             Half
             doing
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             is
             worse
             than
             no
             doing
             ;
             and
             a
             middle
             course
             in
             case
             of
             Extremity
             ,
             of
             all
             is
             the
             worst
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Excellent
             Advice
             of
             
               Tiberius
               Caesar
               ,
               Non
               omittere
               caput
               rerum
               ,
               neque
               te
               in
               casum
               dare
               :
            
             Follow
             safe
             Courses
             by
             Reason
             rather
             than
             happy
             by
             Chance
             .
          
           
             Yet
             some
             things
             must
             be
             ventured
             ,
             and
             many
             things
             which
             exceed
             the
             Prudence
             of
             Man
             ,
             are
             often
             by
             Fortune
             disposed
             to
             the
             best
             .
          
           
             Certain
             it
             is
             ,
             That
             he
             who
             will
             commit
             nothing
             to
             Fortune
             ,
             nor
             undertake
             any
             Enterprize
             ,
             whose
             Event
             appeareth
             not
             Infallible
             ,
             may
             escape
             many
             Dangers
             by
             his
             wary
             Conduct
             ,
             but
             will
             fail
             of
             as
             many
             Successes
             by
             his
             unactive
             Fearfulness
             .
          
           
           
             All
             that
             a
             Wise
             Man
             therefore
             can
             do
             ,
             is
             to
             attempt
             with
             Prudence
             ,
             pursue
             with
             Hope
             ,
             and
             support
             intervening
             Accidents
             with
             Patience
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             IT
             will
             be
             great
             Prudence
             in
             you
             ,
             rightly
             to
             take
             hold
             on
             Opportunities
             ,
             for
             Opportunity
             admits
             of
             no
             other
             Game
             ;
             and
             those
             that
             have
             lost
             their
             first
             Hopes
             ,
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             future
             seems
             best
             .
          
           
             In
             management
             of
             Affairs
             stand
             not
             upon
             niceties
             and
             punctilioes
             of
             Honour
             ,
             but
             by
             fair
             Compliance
             gain
             your
             ends
             :
             Heat
             and
             Precipitation
             are
             ever
             fatal
             to
             all
             Businesses
             ;
             a
             sober
             Patience
             and
             a
             wise
             Condiscention
             ,
             do
             many
             times
             effect
             that
             which
             Rashness
             and
             Choler
             will
             certainly
             ruin
             and
             undoe
             .
          
           
           
             Keep
             Formality
             above
             Board
             ,
             but
             Prudence
             and
             Wisdom
             under
             Deck
             ;
             for
             nothing
             will
             give
             a
             greater
             stop
             or
             remora
             to
             your
             Affairs
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             esteemed
             Wise
             by
             them
             with
             whom
             you
             are
             to
             Deal
             ;
             it
             will
             beget
             Jealousies
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             your
             Wisdom
             will
             be
             but
             as
             an
             Alarm
             to
             them
             never
             to
             come
             unprovided
             ,
             when
             they
             have
             any
             concern
             with
             you
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             are
             to
             negotiate
             a
             matter
             with
             any
             Persons
             ,
             observe
             their
             Temper
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             far
             as
             Prudence
             and
             Discretion
             will
             give
             leave
             )
             comply
             with
             their
             Humour
             ;
             suffer
             them
             to
             speak
             their
             Pleasure
             freely
             ,
             rather
             than
             interrupt
             them
             ;
             provoke
             them
             to
             speak
             ,
             for
             they
             will
             out
             of
             Ignorance
             or
             Inexperience
             ,
             let
             fall
             something
             which
             may
             be
             for
             your
             advantage
             .
          
           
             Give
             fair
             Words
             ,
             and
             make
             large
             Promises
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             the
             most
             powerful
             Engines
             to
             work
             your
             Ends.
             
          
           
           
             Converse
             with
             all
             Men
             as
             Christians
             ,
             but
             if
             you
             have
             to
             do
             with
             any
             Stranger
             ,
             look
             upon
             him
             as
             one
             that
             may
             be
             unjust
             (
             it's
             severe
             but
             it
             will
             be
             your
             own
             safety
             )
             if
             he
             proves
             otherwise
             ,
             he
             doth
             but
             fail
             your
             expectation
             ;
             for
             believe
             me
             (
             and
             I
             have
             found
             it
             to
             my
             cost
             )
             nothing
             will
             undo
             you
             more
             than
             to
             rely
             too
             much
             upon
             the
             Honesty
             of
             other
             men
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             possible
             order
             your
             affairs
             so
             ,
             that
             he
             with
             whom
             you
             are
             to
             deal
             ,
             perform
             first
             ,
             when
             that
             is
             done
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             deceived
             ,
             you
             may
             thank
             your self
             .
          
           
             If
             at
             any
             time
             you
             shall
             be
             overmuch
             pressed
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             hastily
             ,
             be
             careful
             ,
             Fraud
             and
             Deceit
             are
             always
             in
             haste
             :
             Diffidence
             is
             the
             right
             Eye
             of
             Prudence
             ,
             
               Cavendo
               tutus
            
             .
          
           
             In
             all
             great
             Actions
             take
             many
             (
             if
             you
             please
             )
             to
             your
             Assistance
             ,
             but
             few
             to
             your
             Trust
             .
          
           
           
             When
             you
             have
             a
             present
             good
             in
             prospect
             ,
             which
             may
             turn
             to
             Advantage
             ,
             decline
             it
             not
             by
             the
             importunity
             of
             others
             ,
             if
             you
             do
             ,
             you
             will
             make
             work
             for
             Repentance
             ;
             let
             the
             Business
             of
             the
             World
             be
             your
             Circumference
             ,
             but
             your self
             the
             Center
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             meet
             with
             a
             Person
             that
             is
             more
             Compliant
             or
             Officious
             unto
             you
             than
             usual
             ,
             have
             a
             care
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             some
             design
             upon
             you
             ;
             and
             he
             either
             hath
             or
             doth
             intend
             to
             deceive
             you
             .
          
           
             Never
             put
             your self
             into
             the
             power
             of
             any
             Person
             how
             he
             will
             deal
             with
             you
             ;
             if
             you
             come
             to
             depend
             upon
             the
             Charity
             of
             others
             ,
             you
             are
             undone
             ;
             therefore
             always
             stand
             upon
             your
             guard
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             21
          
           
             KEep
             an
             exact
             Diary
             of
             all
             your
             Actions
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             memorable
             Passages
             you
             hear
             or
             meet
             with
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             in
             the
             conduct
             of
             your
             Affairs
             you
             have
             been
             deceived
             by
             others
             ,
             or
             have
             committed
             any
             Error
             your self
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             Discretion
             in
             you
             to
             observe
             and
             note
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             the
             Defailance
             ,
             and
             the
             Means
             or
             Expedients
             to
             repair
             it
             ;
             it
             will
             make
             you
             more
             Prudent
             and
             wary
             for
             the
             future
             .
          
           
             For
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             No
             Man
             is
             truly
             Wise
             but
             he
             who
             hath
             been
             deceived
             ;
             and
             your
             own
             Errors
             will
             teach
             you
             more
             Prudence
             than
             the
             grave
             Precepts
             or
             Examples
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             At
             a
             time
             there
             was
             a
             great
             Contest
             between
             Folly
             and
             Prudence
             which
             should
             have
             the
             Precedence
             ;
             
             the
             Difference
             grew
             so
             high
             ,
             that
             they
             agreed
             to
             refer
             it
             to
             Jupiter
             ,
             who
             hearing
             what
             could
             be
             said
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             at
             the
             last
             gave
             this
             Judgment
             ,
             
               That
               folly
               should
               go
               before
               ,
               and
               Prudence
               follow
               after
               .
            
          
           
             Let
             all
             your
             Observations
             and
             Remarks
             be
             committed
             to
             Writing
             every
             Night
             ,
             before
             you
             Sleep
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             a
             short
             time
             you
             will
             have
             a
             Dictionary
             of
             Prudence
             and
             Experience
             of
             your
             own
             making
             .
          
           
             For
             Wise
             Men
             now
             begin
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             content
             to
             inhabit
             the
             World
             only
             ,
             but
             to
             understand
             it
             too
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             22.
             
          
           
             IT
             will
             be
             great
             Prudence
             in
             you
             well
             to
             study
             the
             Art
             of
             Complacency
             ,
             certainly
             an
             Art
             of
             excellent
             use
             in
             the
             conduct
             of
             Affairs
             .
          
           
             For
             there
             are
             so
             many
             Circumstances
             
             in
             the
             way
             to
             an
             Estate
             or
             Greatness
             ,
             that
             a
             Morose
             or
             Peremptory
             Man
             ,
             rarely
             attains
             either
             .
          
           
             Make
             Sail
             while
             the
             Gale
             Blows
             ;
             follow
             the
             Current
             whilst
             the
             Stream
             is
             most
             strong
             ;
             for
             if
             Fortune
             be
             followed
             ,
             as
             the
             first
             doth
             fall
             out
             ,
             the
             rest
             will
             commonly
             follow
             .
          
           
             Never
             violently
             oppose
             your self
             against
             the
             torrent
             of
             the
             times
             you
             live
             in
             ,
             thereby
             to
             hazard
             your
             Fame
             or
             Fortune
             ;
             but
             by
             fair
             Compliance
             attain
             your
             safety
             .
          
           
             Plato
             compares
             a
             Wise
             Man
             to
             a
             good
             Gamester
             ,
             which
             doth
             accommodate
             his
             Play
             to
             the
             Chance
             of
             the
             Die.
             
          
           
             So
             should
             a
             Wise
             Man
             accommodate
             the
             Course
             of
             his
             Life
             to
             the
             Occasions
             which
             do
             often
             require
             new
             Deliberations
             .
          
           
             You
             must
             imitate
             
               M.
               Portius
               Cato
            
             ,
             who
             was
             of
             such
             a
             Temper
             ,
             
             that
             he
             could
             fashion
             himself
             to
             all
             Occasions
             ;
             as
             if
             he
             were
             never
             out
             of
             his
             Element
             .
             A
             Wise
             Pilot
             always
             turns
             his
             Sails
             according
             to
             the
             Wind.
             
          
           
             Be
             not
             singular
             but
             observe
             the
             Humour
             and
             Genius
             of
             the
             times
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             with
             the
             Camelion
             cannot
             change
             Colour
             with
             the
             Air
             he
             lives
             in
             ,
             must
             with
             the
             Camelion
             be
             content
             to
             live
             only
             on
             the
             Air.
             
          
           
             I
             must
             confess
             I
             am
             by
             the
             Malignity
             of
             my
             Stars
             ,
             very
             Morose
             and
             Tart
             ;
             I
             cannot
             asservile
             my self
             to
             the
             Humour
             of
             other
             Men
             ;
             I
             cannot
             with
             Anaxagoras
             maintain
             Snow
             to
             be
             Black
             ,
             nor
             with
             Favorinus
             a
             Quartan
             Ague
             to
             be
             a
             very
             good
             thing
             ;
             but
             must
             appear
             without
             any
             Disguise
             ,
             and
             declare
             my
             Judgment
             according
             to
             my
             own
             Sentiments
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             no
             Sol
             in
             me
             ,
             nor
             am
             I
             Ductile
             ;
             I
             cannot
             mould
             my self
             
             Platonically
             to
             the
             Worlds
             Idea
             :
             I
             had
             rather
             lose
             my
             Head
             than
             stoop
             to
             any
             low
             and
             un-becoming
             Action
             .
             In
             my
             Solitudes
             ,
             I
             can
             bless
             my self
             when
             I
             contemplate
             the
             Felicity
             that
             my
             Ashes
             will
             meet
             with
             in
             the
             Urn.
             
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             23.
             
          
           
             HE
             that
             in
             a
             Wicked
             Age
             will
             endeavour
             to
             do
             that
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             or
             to
             study
             to
             be
             truly
             Vertuous
             and
             Just
             (
             which
             I
             wish
             you
             ever
             to
             be
             )
             will
             thereby
             hazard
             his
             Fortune
             and
             his
             Safety
             ,
             and
             believe
             me
             ,
             more
             Men
             are
             undone
             for
             their
             Vertues
             than
             for
             their
             Vices
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Man
             is
             more
             in
             danger
             than
             a
             bad
             .
          
           
             A
             Plebian
             moved
             in
             the
             Senate
             of
             Athens
             to
             have
             Aristides
             banished
             ;
             being
             asked
             what
             displeasure
             Aristides
             had
             done
             him
             ,
             he
             
             replied
             ,
             
               None
               ,
               neither
               do
               I
               know
               him
               ,
               but
               it
               grieves
               me
               to
               hear
               every
               body
               call
               him
               a
               just
               man.
               
            
          
           
             Theodorus
             ,
             the
             Patriarch
             ,
             was
             scoffed
             at
             by
             the
             Grecian
             Court
             ,
             as
             an
             Antick
             for
             using
             Goodness
             when
             it
             was
             out
             of
             fashion
             ,
             and
             adjudged
             Impudent
             for
             being
             Vertuous
             by
             himself
             .
          
           
             In
             elder
             story
             it
             passed
             for
             an
             Oracle
             of
             Prudence
             ,
             that
             Honesty
             was
             the
             best
             Policy
             ,
             but
             in
             Modern
             practice
             you
             will
             find
             that
             policy
             is
             the
             best
             Honesty
             :
             To
             deal
             justly
             looks
             like
             a
             piece
             of
             Knighterranty
             ,
             and
             a
             good
             Man
             is
             but
             Apuleus
             .
          
           
             Vertue
             and
             Integrity
             when
             inversed
             Men
             were
             Good
             and
             Innocent
             ,
             were
             great
             Securities
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             depraved
             State
             they
             are
             but
             as
             traps
             to
             ensnare
             those
             who
             do
             profess
             them
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             it
             shall
             be
             your
             infelicity
             to
             live
             in
             bad
             times
             (
             as
             I
             wish
             you
             the
             
             best
             )
             I
             hope
             you
             may
             be
             the
             better
             for
             them
             by
             an
             Antiperistasis
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             times
             be
             perilous
             ,
             you
             must
             as
             a
             discreet
             Pilot
             ,
             play
             with
             the
             Waves
             which
             may
             indanger
             you
             ;
             and
             by
             giving
             way
             thereunto
             avoid
             the
             hazard
             :
             So
             the
             Tempest
             may
             shake
             ,
             but
             not
             rend
             your
             Sails
             .
          
           
             In
             all
             Factions
             carry
             your self
             with
             moderation
             ,
             and
             so
             you
             may
             make
             use
             of
             them
             all
             .
          
           
             And
             herein
             
               Pompontus
               Atticus
            
             was
             so
             happy
             ,
             that
             all
             Factions
             loved
             him
             ,
             and
             studied
             to
             do
             him
             kindness
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             them
             lived
             in
             Peace
             and
             Prosperity
             .
          
           
             Factions
             in
             State
             never
             long
             hold
             their
             ground
             ,
             for
             if
             they
             be
             not
             suppressed
             by
             the
             power
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             they
             will
             be
             ruined
             by
             some
             Distempers
             rising
             in
             their
             own
             Party
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             Popular
             Commotions
             ,
             if
             
             you
             stand
             Neutral
             ,
             you
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             run
             the
             fortune
             of
             the
             Bat
             ,
             to
             be
             picked
             by
             the
             Birds
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             bitten
             by
             the
             Mice
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             of
             that
             boon
             Courage
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             rather
             be
             devoured
             by
             a
             Lion
             than
             stung
             to
             death
             by
             Flies
             .
          
           
             Neither
             can
             I
             suit
             my self
             with
             those
             Persons
             who
             act
             for
             their
             advantage
             ,
             like
             the
             Bird
             whereof
             
               Leo
               Affricanus
            
             makes
             mention
             ,
             which
             when
             the
             King
             of
             Birds
             demanded
             Tribute
             would
             always
             rank
             himself
             amongst
             Fish
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             King
             of
             Fishes
             required
             his
             Service
             ,
             would
             be
             always
             with
             the
             Birds
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             any
             signal
             infelicity
             shall
             happen
             to
             fall
             upon
             you
             ,
             the
             only
             way
             is
             ,
             not
             to
             sit
             still
             ,
             but
             to
             resolve
             upon
             action
             ;
             for
             so
             long
             as
             nothing
             is
             done
             ,
             the
             same
             accidents
             which
             caused
             your
             misfortune
             do
             still
             remain
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             act
             something
             ,
             you
             may
             deliver
             your self
             :
             However
             you
             express
             a
             
             brave
             Spirit
             ,
             that
             you
             durst
             attempt
             it
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             which
             is
             out
             of
             your
             power
             let
             it
             be
             out
             of
             your
             ear
             :
             you
             may
             if
             you
             think
             fit
             ,
             give
             your self
             much
             trouble
             ,
             but
             leave
             God
             to
             govern
             the
             World
             as
             himself
             pleaseth
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             will
             live
             comfortably
             ,
             let
             God
             alone
             with
             his
             Providence
             ,
             and
             Men
             with
             their
             Rights
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             IF
             you
             aim
             at
             advancement
             ,
             be
             sure
             you
             have
             
               Jovem
               in
               Arca
            
             ,
             otherwise
             your
             flight
             to
             Preferment
             will
             be
             but
             slow
             without
             some
             Golden
             Feathers
             .
          
           
             You
             must
             study
             to
             enworthy
             your self
             into
             the
             favour
             of
             some
             great
             Person
             ,
             upon
             whom
             you
             must
             lean
             rather
             than
             upon
             your
             own
             Vertues
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             you
             will
             be
             like
             a
             Hop
             without
             a
             Pole
             ,
             for
             every
             one
             to
             tread
             upon
             .
          
           
           
             Though
             Vertue
             be
             a
             Patient
             for
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Preferments
             ought
             to
             be
             an
             encouragement
             for
             Worth.
             Yet
             in
             the
             Epoche
             and
             Account
             of
             Times
             ,
             we
             have
             observed
             that
             Men
             of
             the
             greatest
             Abilities
             are
             on
             Design
             supprest
             ;
             and
             they
             deal
             with
             Persons
             of
             the
             best
             Accomplishment
             as
             the
             Birds
             in
             Plutarch
             did
             ,
             who
             beat
             the
             Jay
             for
             fear
             in
             time
             she
             might
             become
             an
             Eagle
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             hath
             been
             the
             unhappy
             sate
             of
             many
             Vertuous
             Persons
             ,
             who
             like
             the
             Axe
             after
             it
             hath
             hewed
             out
             the
             hard
             Timber
             ,
             to
             be
             hanged
             up
             against
             the
             Wall
             unregarded
             ;
             or
             like
             a
             Top
             which
             hath
             been
             for
             a
             long
             time
             scourged
             and
             run
             well
             ,
             yet
             at
             last
             to
             be
             lodged
             up
             for
             a
             Hobler
             .
          
           
             But
             methinks
             it
             's
             great
             pity
             to
             see
             the
             Courtain
             drawn
             between
             a
             Vertuous
             Person
             and
             Preferment
             .
          
           
           
             Yet
             I
             cannot
             with
             Carneades
             maintain
             that
             Injustice
             is
             to
             be
             preferred
             before
             Justice
             ;
             or
             that
             it
             's
             better
             to
             be
             a
             Knave
             than
             a
             Vertuous
             Honest
             Man.
             
          
           
             But
             many
             times
             I
             am
             under
             such
             a
             Paroxism
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             almost
             induced
             to
             think
             that
             it
             's
             better
             to
             be
             Fortunate
             than
             Wise
             or
             Just
             ,
             and
             cannot
             but
             with
             Brutus
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               virtus
               colui
               te
               ut
               rem
               ,
               at
               tu
               nomen
               es
               inane
               .
            
          
           
             Therefore
             if
             you
             design
             to
             rise
             and
             become
             great
             ,
             I
             would
             not
             advise
             you
             to
             accomplish
             your self
             overmuch
             ,
             or
             study
             to
             be
             very
             Learned
             or
             Wise
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             observed
             that
             Wisdom
             many
             times
             gives
             a
             check
             to
             Confidence
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Scale
             and
             Rundle
             by
             which
             many
             climb
             up
             to
             the
             Pinacle
             ;
             and
             I
             find
             by
             experience
             ,
             that
             under
             
             Heads
             and
             narrow
             Souls
             by
             Industry
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             Ambition
             and
             Covetousness
             ,
             work
             Wonders
             ,
             and
             do
             the
             Business
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             A
             little
             good
             Fortune
             is
             better
             than
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Vertue
             ;
             and
             the
             least
             Authority
             hath
             advantage
             over
             the
             greatest
             Wit.
             
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             25.
             
          
           
             BUt
             let
             nothing
             disquiet
             you
             ,
             a
             Vertuous
             Person
             will
             at
             one
             time
             or
             another
             be
             thought
             good
             for
             something
             ;
             and
             a
             Wise
             Man
             will
             once
             in
             an
             Age
             come
             in
             fashion
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             much
             pleasd
             with
             the
             Remarks
             of
             Themistocles
             upon
             the
             Atheneans
             ,
             who
             resembled
             himself
             to
             a
             Plane-tree
             ,
             the
             Leaves
             and
             Boughs
             whereof
             Men
             break
             off
             in
             fair
             Weather
             ,
             and
             run
             under
             it
             for
             shelter
             in
             a
             Storm
             .
          
           
           
             You
             must
             know
             that
             Honours
             and
             Preferments
             are
             rarely
             the
             reward
             of
             Vertue
             ,
             but
             the
             Issue
             of
             Pleasure
             or
             Interest
             :
             Is
             it
             not
             strange
             to
             observe
             a
             Person
             raised
             to
             the
             Dignity
             of
             a
             Constable
             of
             France
             ,
             for
             having
             taught
             Magpies
             to
             fly
             at
             Sparrows
             .
          
           
             To
             what
             Grandeur
             do
             you
             think
             such
             another
             Person
             as
             Domitian
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             lived
             in
             that
             Princes
             time
             ,
             would
             have
             advanced
             himself
             unto
             who
             was
             so
             excellent
             at
             catching
             of
             Flies
             ?
             But
             let
             Honour
             be
             your
             Merit
             ,
             not
             your
             Expectation
             ;
             and
             attain
             to
             Preferment
             ,
             not
             by
             Winding
             Stairs
             but
             by
             the
             Scale
             of
             your
             own
             Vertues
             :
             If
             you
             miss
             of
             it
             ,
             you
             must
             be
             content
             ;
             there
             is
             a
             Reward
             for
             all
             things
             but
             for
             Vertue
             .
          
           
             And
             it
             's
             sometimes
             a
             greater
             Honour
             to
             fail
             of
             the
             Reward
             of
             Merit
             ,
             than
             to
             receive
             it
             ;
             the
             glory
             and
             highest
             recompence
             of
             Noble
             
             Actions
             ,
             is
             to
             have
             done
             them
             ;
             and
             Vertue
             out
             of
             it self
             ,
             can
             find
             no
             Retribution
             worthy
             of
             her
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             26.
             
          
           
             BEware
             of
             Ambition
             (
             that
             over-rides
             without
             Reins
             )
             lest
             you
             catch
             a
             Fall.
             
          
           
             God
             gives
             Wings
             to
             the
             Ant
             ,
             that
             she
             may
             destroy
             her self
             the
             sooner
             .
          
           
             And
             many
             Men
             ,
             like
             sealed
             Doves
             ,
             they
             study
             to
             rise
             higher
             and
             higher
             ,
             they
             know
             not
             whither
             ,
             little
             considering
             that
             when
             they
             are
             mounted
             to
             the
             Solstice
             of
             their
             Greatness
             ,
             every
             step
             they
             set
             is
             paved
             with
             Fate
             ,
             and
             their
             Fall
             ,
             how
             gentle
             soever
             ,
             will
             never
             suffer
             them
             to
             rise
             again
             .
          
           
             Let
             it
             be
             your
             Ambition
             to
             be
             Wise
             ,
             and
             your
             Wisdom
             to
             be
             Good
             :
             Reject
             Opinion
             ,
             and
             you
             are
             like
             a
             Ship
             in
             the
             Harbour
             safe
             :
             
             It
             's
             the
             unhappiness
             of
             many
             Men
             ,
             to
             covet
             the
             greatest
             things
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             enjoy
             the
             least
             .
             The
             Desire
             of
             that
             which
             we
             neither
             have
             nor
             need
             ,
             takes
             from
             us
             the
             true
             use
             and
             fruition
             of
             that
             we
             have
             already
             .
          
           
             A
             Wise
             Man
             ,
             like
             Empedocles
             Sphere
             ,
             is
             round
             ,
             and
             all
             like
             it self
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             a
             Sober
             Man
             hath
             to
             do
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             is
             to
             make
             his
             life
             comfortable
             .
          
           
             Ever
             think
             ,
             it
             's
             the
             best
             living
             in
             the
             Temperate
             Zone
             ,
             between
             
               nec
               splendide
               nec
               misere
            
             .
          
           
             If
             Heaven
             shall
             vouchsafe
             me
             such
             a
             Blessing
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             enjoy
             a
             Groat
             or
             a
             Mole-hill
             with
             content
             ,
             I
             can
             look
             upon
             all
             the
             great
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             as
             so
             many
             little
             Birds
             Nests
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             can
             in
             such
             a
             Territory
             prune
             my self
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             Alexander
             did
             ,
             when
             he
             fancied
             the
             
             whole
             World
             to
             be
             one
             great
             City
             ;
             and
             his
             Camp
             the
             Castle
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             were
             advanced
             to
             the
             Zenith
             of
             Honour
             ,
             I
             am
             at
             the
             best
             but
             a
             Porter
             ,
             constellated
             to
             carry
             up
             and
             down
             the
             World
             a
             vile
             Carcass
             :
             I
             confess
             my
             Mind
             (
             the
             Nobler
             Part
             of
             Me
             )
             now
             and
             then
             takes
             a
             Walk
             in
             the
             large
             Campagne
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             there
             I
             contemplate
             the
             Universe
             ,
             the
             Mysterious
             Concatenation
             of
             Causes
             ,
             and
             the
             Stupendious
             Efforts
             of
             the
             Almighty
             :
             In
             Consideration
             whereof
             I
             can
             chearfully
             bid
             adieu
             to
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             Depone
             hoc
             apud
             te
             ,
             nunquam
             plus
             agere
             sapientem
             ,
             quam
             cum
             in
             conspectu
             ejus
             divina
             atque
             Humana
             venerunt
             .
          
           
             You
             will
             find
             by
             Experience
             (
             which
             is
             the
             best
             Looking-glass
             
             of
             Wisdom
             )
             that
             a
             Private
             Life
             is
             not
             only
             more
             pleasant
             ,
             but
             more
             happy
             than
             any
             Princely
             State.
             
          
           
             I
             can
             easily
             believe
             ,
             That
             Dioclesian
             after
             his
             Retreat
             from
             the
             Empire
             ,
             took
             more
             content
             in
             exercising
             the
             Trade
             of
             a
             Gardiner
             in
             Salona
             ,
             than
             in
             being
             Emperour
             of
             Rome
             ;
             for
             when
             
               Maximianus
               Herculius
            
             went
             to
             him
             to
             resume
             the
             Empire
             (
             which
             he
             had
             with
             much
             felicity
             governed
             for
             twenty
             years
             )
             he
             returned
             this
             Answer
             ,
             
               That
               if
               he
               would
               come
               unto
            
             Salona
             ,
             
               and
               observe
               the
               rare
               Productions
               of
               Nature
               ,
               and
               see
               how
               well
               the
               Coleworts
               which
               he
               had
               planted
               with
               his
               own
               hands
               did
               thrive
               and
               prosper
               ,
               he
               would
               never
               trouble
               his
               Head
               with
               Crowns
               ,
               nor
               his
               Hands
               with
               Scepters
               .
            
          
           
             And
             sometimes
             I
             think
             ,
             that
             Dyonisius
             took
             as
             great
             pleasure
             in
             commanding
             his
             Scholars
             in
             Corinth
             ,
             as
             in
             reigning
             over
             Syracuse
             .
          
           
           
             This
             made
             Scipio
             ,
             after
             he
             had
             raised
             Rome
             to
             be
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             almost
             the
             whole
             World
             ,
             by
             a
             voluntrary
             Exile
             to
             retire
             himself
             from
             it
             ;
             and
             at
             a
             private
             House
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             a
             Wood
             near
             Linternum
             ,
             to
             pass
             the
             remainder
             of
             his
             glorious
             Life
             ,
             no
             less
             gloriously
             .
          
           
             The
             tallest
             Trees
             are
             weakest
             in
             the
             tops
             ,
             and
             Envy
             always
             aimeth
             at
             the
             Highest
             .
          
           
             Those
             who
             have
             been
             bad
             ,
             their
             own
             Infelicity
             praecipitates
             their
             Fate
             ;
             if
             good
             ,
             their
             Merits
             have
             been
             their
             ruin
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             have
             been
             fortunate
             abroad
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             undone
             at
             home
             by
             Fears
             and
             Jealousies
             .
          
           
             If
             unsuccessful
             ,
             the
             Capricio's
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             are
             counted
             their
             Miscarriages
             ,
             and
             their
             Unhappinesses
             esteemed
             for
             Crimes
             .
          
           
             Howsoever
             a
             Vertuous
             Honest
             Man
             (
             as
             I
             wish
             you
             ever
             to
             be
             )
             
             though
             his
             Bark
             be
             split
             ,
             yet
             he
             saves
             his
             Cargo
             ,
             and
             hath
             something
             left
             towards
             his
             setting
             up
             again
             .
          
           
             But
             if
             it
             be
             your
             Fortune
             to
             rise
             and
             become
             a
             Favourite
             to
             a
             great
             Person
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             have
             some
             hopes
             in
             Eutopia
             ;
             for
             I
             have
             heard
             Men
             are
             advanced
             there
             for
             their
             Merit
             and
             Worth.
             
          
           
             You
             must
             understand
             there
             are
             many
             Doors
             which
             open
             to
             Preferment
             ,
             but
             the
             Prince
             keepeth
             the
             Keys
             of
             them
             all
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             be
             sure
             to
             study
             well
             the
             Alphabet
             of
             his
             Humour
             ;
             and
             observe
             his
             Inclinations
             ,
             as
             the
             Astronomers
             do
             the
             Planet
             Dominant
             ,
             and
             the
             Mariners
             the
             North
             Star.
             
          
           
             For
             Great
             Persons
             accompt
             them
             the
             Wisest
             Men
             ,
             that
             can
             best
             suit
             themselves
             to
             their
             Humour
             ;
             and
             usually
             they
             tye
             their
             Affections
             no
             further
             than
             their
             own
             Satisfaction
             ;
             
             and
             to
             deal
             truly
             with
             you
             ,
             the
             life
             of
             those
             who
             wait
             upon
             great
             Persons
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             Art
             of
             Fencing
             .
             He
             that
             on
             the
             right
             or
             left
             hit
             their
             Humour
             ,
             win
             and
             partake
             of
             their
             Bounty
             ,
             but
             not
             he
             that
             useth
             much
             Skill
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             as
             Princes
             have
             Arts
             to
             govern
             Kingdoms
             ,
             so
             Favourites
             must
             have
             Arts
             by
             which
             they
             must
             govern
             their
             Prince
             .
          
           
             Desire
             not
             to
             monopolize
             his
             Ear
             ,
             for
             his
             Misadventures
             will
             be
             imputed
             to
             you
             ;
             and
             what
             is
             well
             done
             ,
             will
             be
             ascribed
             to
             himself
             .
          
           
             Too
             great
             Services
             will
             be
             oversights
             and
             weakness
             in
             you
             ;
             that
             Merit
             to
             which
             Reward
             may
             easily
             reach
             ,
             doth
             ever
             best
             .
          
           
             To
             study
             the
             Humour
             of
             a
             Prince
             may
             for
             the
             present
             advance
             ,
             but
             to
             understand
             the
             Interest
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             is
             alwayes
             secure
             .
          
           
           
             He
             that
             serves
             a
             Princes
             private
             Interest
             is
             great
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             but
             he
             is
             always
             so
             who
             is
             careful
             of
             the
             publick
             good
             .
          
           
             Be
             ready
             to
             give
             an
             account
             ,
             if
             required
             ,
             of
             all
             your
             Transactions
             :
             for
             he
             is
             like
             Gold
             which
             hath
             too
             much
             allay
             that
             feareth
             the
             touch
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             27.
             
          
           
             IN
             all
             your
             Deportments
             be
             humble
             and
             of
             easie
             access
             ;
             a
             Favourite
             is
             like
             Coin
             ,
             to
             which
             Vertue
             may
             give
             the
             Stamp
             ,
             but
             it
             's
             Humility
             must
             give
             the
             Weight
             .
          
           
             A
             high
             Fortune
             ,
             like
             great
             Buildings
             ,
             must
             have
             low
             Foundations
             .
          
           
             Pride
             doth
             ill
             become
             any
             Person
             ,
             and
             though
             no
             Man
             be
             thereby
             injured
             ,
             yet
             it
             doth
             move
             in
             others
             an
             offence
             ;
             for
             none
             can
             indure
             an
             excessive
             Fortune
             any
             where
             so
             ill
             ,
             as
             in
             those
             who
             have
             been
             in
             an
             equal
             degree
             to
             themselves
             .
          
           
           
             You
             must
             be
             
               Minimus
               in
               summo
            
             ,
             like
             the
             Orient
             Stars
             ,
             the
             higher
             they
             are
             the
             less
             they
             appear
             ;
             
               Honoris
               bonum
               sine
               clavi
               &
               sera
            
             ;
             It
             's
             like
             the
             Rose
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             Evening
             makes
             its
             Tomb
             of
             the
             Scarlet
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             Morning
             it
             made
             its
             Cradle
             :
             To
             be
             proud
             of
             Knowledge
             is
             to
             be
             blind
             with
             Light
             ;
             to
             be
             proud
             of
             Vertue
             is
             to
             poison
             your self
             with
             the
             Antidote
             ;
             to
             be
             proud
             of
             Authority
             is
             to
             make
             you
             raise
             your
             Downfal
             .
          
           
             A
             Country
             Man
             in
             Spain
             coming
             to
             an
             Image
             enshrined
             ,
             the
             first
             making
             whereof
             he
             could
             well
             remember
             ,
             and
             not
             finding
             that
             respectful
             Usage
             which
             he
             expected
             ,
             
               You
               need
               not
            
             (
             quoth
             he
             )
             
               be
               so
               proud
               ,
               for
               we
               have
               known
               you
               from
               a
               Plum-tree
               :
            
             Have
             a
             care
             you
             do
             not
             find
             the
             Mythology
             in
             your self
             .
          
           
             To
             be
             humble
             to
             Superiors
             is
             Duty
             ,
             to
             Equals
             Courtesie
             ,
             to
             Inferiors
             
             Nobleness
             ,
             to
             all
             Safety
             .
          
           
             Be
             careful
             not
             to
             exasperate
             any
             Sect
             of
             Religion
             ;
             Rigor
             seldom
             makes
             ill
             Christians
             better
             ,
             but
             many
             times
             it
             makes
             them
             reserved
             Hypocrites
             :
             Zeal
             doth
             well
             in
             a
             private
             Breast
             ,
             and
             Moderation
             in
             a
             publique
             State.
             
          
           
             Never
             do
             that
             in
             Prosperity
             ,
             whereof
             you
             may
             repent
             in
             Adversity
             .
          
           
             Ever
             think
             Goodness
             the
             best
             part
             of
             Greatness
             ;
             when
             Honour
             and
             Vertue
             are
             in
             Conjunction
             ,
             it
             's
             a
             noble
             Aspect
             ,
             and
             Jupiter
             is
             Lord
             of
             that
             Ascendent
             .
          
           
             But
             greatness
             without
             Goodness
             ,
             is
             like
             the
             Colossus
             of
             Rhodes
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             to
             be
             admired
             for
             its
             Workmanship
             ,
             as
             its
             huge
             Bulk
             ;
             therefore
             make
             Goodness
             like
             a
             Diamond
             set
             in
             Gold
             ,
             a
             support
             to
             Greatness
             .
          
           
             Greatness
             may
             build
             the
             Tomb
             ,
             but
             it
             's
             Goodness
             must
             make
             the
             Epitaph
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             28.
             
          
           
             GIve
             things
             the
             right
             Colour
             ,
             not
             varnishing
             them
             over
             with
             a
             false
             Glass
             :
             A
             Flatterer
             is
             a
             dangerous
             Flie
             in
             a
             State
             ,
             yet
             they
             thrive
             and
             prosper
             better
             than
             the
             most
             worthy
             and
             brave
             Men
             do
             .
          
           
             
               I
               have
               much
               of
               the
               Genius
               of
               that
               Courtier
               in
               me
               ,
               who
               being
               asked
               by
            
             Heliogabalus
             ,
             How
             he
             durst
             be
             so
             plain
             ?
             Because
             I
             durst
             die
             ,
             
               said
               he
            
             ,
             I
             can
             but
             die
             if
             I
             am
             Faithful
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             die
             if
             I
             Flatter
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             would
             advise
             you
             to
             have
             so
             much
             of
             the
             Persian
             Religion
             in
             you
             ,
             as
             to
             Worship
             the
             rising
             Sun
             ;
             you
             must
             learn
             to
             translate
             into
             English
             ,
             
               Neminem
               tristem
               demittere
            
             ;
             and
             when
             you
             cannot
             give
             Men
             satisfaction
             in
             that
             they
             desire
             ,
             entertain
             them
             with
             fair
             
             Hopes
             ;
             Denials
             must
             be
             supplied
             with
             civil
             Usage
             ,
             and
             though
             you
             cannot
             cure
             the
             Sore
             ,
             yet
             your
             Prudence
             may
             abate
             the
             sense
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             have
             any
             Vertuous
             Design
             in
             projection
             ,
             it
             's
             Prudence
             before
             you
             come
             to
             Action
             ,
             sometimes
             to
             give
             things
             out
             on
             purpose
             ,
             to
             see
             how
             they
             will
             take
             ;
             by
             that
             means
             you
             will
             discover
             the
             Inclinations
             of
             the
             People
             ;
             if
             it
             hath
             no
             fair
             reception
             presently
             check
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             no
             farther
             progress
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             desire
             that
             the
             Designs
             you
             labour
             with
             ,
             may
             not
             prove
             Abortive
             ,
             do
             not
             assign
             them
             a
             certain
             day
             of
             their
             Birth
             ,
             but
             leave
             them
             to
             the
             Natural
             Productions
             of
             fit
             Time
             and
             Occasions
             ;
             like
             those
             curious
             Artists
             in
             China
             ,
             who
             temper
             the
             mould
             this
             day
             ,
             of
             which
             a
             Vessel
             may
             be
             made
             a
             hundred
             years
             hence
             .
          
           
           
             If
             you
             have
             Enemies
             ,
             as
             you
             must
             expect
             many
             ,
             being
             great
             in
             your
             Masters
             Favour
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             establish
             your self
             ,
             is
             privately
             to
             give
             out
             false
             Libels
             and
             Reports
             ,
             tending
             to
             your
             own
             Disgrace
             ;
             your
             Enemies
             like
             Powder
             will
             fire
             at
             the
             first
             touch
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             know
             what
             you
             have
             to
             do
             :
             And
             to
             deal
             plainly
             with
             you
             ,
             the
             greatness
             of
             one
             Man
             is
             nothing
             but
             the
             ruine
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             their
             Weakness
             will
             be
             your
             Strength
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             29.
             
          
           
             BUt
             if
             any
             Pasquils
             or
             Libels
             shall
             be
             vented
             against
             you
             by
             others
             (
             as
             the
             most
             excellent
             Persons
             many
             times
             are
             insested
             with
             them
             )
             it
             's
             more
             Prudence
             to
             bury
             them
             in
             their
             own
             Ashes
             ,
             than
             by
             confuting
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             give
             them
             new
             Flames
             ;
             for
             Libels
             neglected
             will
             presently
             find
             a
             Grave
             .
          
           
           
             But
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             As
             false
             Rumors
             and
             Libels
             are
             not
             always
             to
             be
             credited
             ,
             so
             are
             they
             not
             always
             to
             be
             condemned
             ;
             it
             being
             no
             less
             vain
             to
             fear
             all
             things
             ,
             than
             dangerous
             to
             doubt
             of
             nothing
             .
          
           
             And
             we
             have
             Learned
             by
             Experience
             ,
             that
             Libels
             and
             Pasquils
             (
             the
             only
             weapons
             of
             some
             unhappy
             Persons
             )
             have
             been
             proemial
             to
             the
             Ruin
             and
             Destruction
             of
             the
             bravest
             Men.
             
          
           
             You
             must
             be
             careful
             to
             keep
             an
             Ephemerides
             ,
             to
             know
             how
             the
             great
             Orbes
             of
             the
             Court
             move
             ;
             and
             if
             any
             new
             Star
             shall
             arise
             out
             of
             the
             East
             ,
             and
             Men
             begin
             to
             worship
             it
             ,
             you
             must
             study
             either
             to
             eclipse
             or
             suppress
             it
             ;
             therefore
             it
             will
             be
             prudence
             to
             cut
             off
             all
             steps
             by
             which
             others
             may
             ascend
             to
             height
             or
             grandeur
             ,
             for
             if
             you
             leave
             any
             stairs
             standing
             others
             will
             climb
             up
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             it
             's
             more
             
             safe
             at
             Court
             to
             have
             many
             Enemies
             of
             equal
             Power
             ,
             than
             one
             false
             and
             ambitious
             Friend
             who
             hath
             absolute
             Command
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             case
             any
             shall
             get
             up
             ,
             you
             must
             by
             your
             Sagacity
             remove
             him
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             under
             pretence
             of
             some
             honourable
             Employment
             or
             otherwise
             ;
             when
             that
             is
             done
             ,
             you
             know
             how
             
               Augustus
               Caesar
            
             dealt
             with
             
               Mark
               Anthony
            
             when
             he
             got
             him
             from
             Rome
             into
             Aegypt
             .
          
           
             It
             hath
             been
             the
             practice
             of
             some
             ,
             like
             the
             Fox
             ,
             to
             thrust
             out
             the
             Badger
             that
             digged
             and
             made
             room
             for
             him
             ,
             but
             this
             must
             be
             left
             to
             your
             Discretion
             .
          
           
             In
             all
             Business
             ever
             pretend
             the
             publick
             good
             ,
             that
             will
             make
             you
             popular
             ,
             and
             so
             you
             may
             with
             more
             safety
             and
             security
             drive
             on
             your
             own
             private
             Interest
             ;
             and
             let
             me
             advise
             you
             to
             be
             so
             faithful
             a
             Servant
             to
             your
             Master
             ,
             
             that
             whatsoever
             you
             do
             your self
             ,
             you
             suffer
             no
             others
             to
             deceive
             him
             .
          
           
             Study
             what
             you
             can
             to
             partake
             of
             his
             Bounty
             ,
             the
             more
             you
             obtain
             from
             him
             the
             greater
             is
             your
             security
             ;
             for
             he
             will
             look
             upon
             you
             as
             his
             Creature
             and
             by
             him
             raised
             ,
             and
             so
             will
             endeavour
             to
             preserve
             you
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             propose
             any
             thing
             which
             you
             are
             afraid
             will
             hardly
             be
             accepted
             or
             granted
             ,
             offer
             it
             by
             parcels
             ,
             that
             one
             piece
             may
             be
             digested
             before
             the
             other
             be
             presented
             .
          
           
             In
             all
             your
             Negotiations
             you
             must
             have
             an
             indiscernable
             way
             of
             Intelligence
             ,
             as
             Angels
             have
             of
             Communication
             :
             
             Gyges's
             Ring
             will
             be
             of
             great
             use
             unto
             you
             ,
             for
             he
             observeth
             best
             ,
             who
             is
             least
             observed
             himself
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             you
             design
             your
             own
             safety
             ever
             speak
             Truth
             ,
             for
             you
             will
             never
             be
             believed
             ;
             and
             by
             
             this
             means
             your
             truth
             will
             secure
             you
             if
             questioned
             ,
             and
             put
             those
             you
             deal
             with
             (
             who
             will
             still
             hunt
             counter
             )
             to
             a
             great
             loss
             in
             all
             undertakings
             .
          
           
             It
             will
             be
             Prudence
             in
             you
             to
             oppose
             in
             Council
             all
             Resolutions
             as
             to
             Business
             of
             Importance
             in
             Dubious
             Matters
             ;
             if
             the
             thing
             designed
             succeed
             well
             ,
             your
             advice
             will
             never
             come
             in
             question
             ,
             if
             ill
             (
             whereunto
             great
             undertakings
             are
             subject
             )
             you
             may
             make
             advantage
             ,
             by
             remembring
             your
             own
             Counsel
             .
          
           
             But
             in
             great
             Concerns
             it
             will
             be
             your
             Wisdom
             not
             to
             rest
             in
             the
             dull
             Counsels
             of
             what
             is
             lawful
             ,
             but
             to
             proceed
             to
             quick
             Resolutions
             of
             what
             is
             safe
             .
          
           
             Admit
             none
             to
             be
             of
             your
             Cabal
             but
             such
             as
             have
             their
             Fortunes
             solely
             depending
             upon
             you
             .
          
           
             In
             dangerous
             Attempts
             put
             others
             before
             you
             to
             Act
             ,
             but
             ever
             
             keep
             your self
             behind
             the
             Curtain
             .
          
           
             In
             doubtful
             Matters
             you
             must
             be
             always
             provided
             with
             some
             cunning
             Stratagems
             ,
             either
             to
             baffle
             your
             Enemies
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             secure
             your self
             and
             your
             own
             party
             .
          
           
             If
             by
             Wisdom
             you
             cannot
             attain
             your
             Ends
             ,
             use
             
               Argenta
               tela
            
             ,
             they
             never
             fail
             ;
             for
             
               Virtutem
               &
               sapientiam
               vincut
               ,
               Testudines
               :
            
             And
             as
             Men
             have
             a
             Touch-stone
             to
             try
             Gold
             ,
             so
             Gold
             is
             the
             Touch-stone
             to
             try
             Men.
             
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             30.
             
          
           
             I
             Have
             hinted
             these
             unto
             you
             ,
             not
             that
             you
             should
             act
             any
             thing
             against
             Honour
             ,
             or
             the
             Dignity
             of
             your
             Religion
             .
          
           
             Prudence
             is
             an
             Armory
             ,
             wherein
             are
             as
             well
             Defensive
             as
             Offensive
             Weapons
             ;
             of
             the
             first
             you
             may
             make
             use
             of
             upon
             all
             Occasions
             ,
             
             but
             of
             the
             other
             only
             upon
             Necessity
             .
          
           
             We
             know
             that
             the
             Apocrypha
             is
             allowed
             to
             be
             digested
             into
             one
             Volumn
             with
             the
             Sacred
             Word
             ,
             and
             read
             together
             with
             it
             ,
             but
             where
             it
             thwarts
             that
             which
             is
             Canonical
             ,
             it
             's
             to
             be
             laid
             aside
             .
          
           
             Policy
             and
             Religion
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             well
             together
             ,
             so
             they
             do
             as
             ill
             asunder
             ;
             the
             one
             being
             too
             cunning
             to
             be
             Good
             ,
             the
             other
             too
             simple
             to
             be
             Safe
             ,
             therefore
             some
             few
             Scruples
             of
             the
             Wisdom
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             mixt
             with
             the
             Innocency
             of
             the
             Dove
             ,
             will
             be
             an
             excellent
             Ingredient
             in
             all
             your
             Actions
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             31.
             
          
           
             BUt
             I
             have
             stained
             too
             much
             Paper
             ▪
             I
             must
             with
             
               Apelles
               Manum
               de
               Tabula
            
             ;
             if
             you
             be
             mounted
             on
             the
             Pyramid
             of
             Honour
             ,
             you
             must
             know
             it
             hath
             but
             one
             Point
             ,
             and
             the
             least
             Step
             may
             hazard
             your
             Fall.
             
          
           
             If
             you
             should
             chance
             to
             lose
             your self
             in
             the
             Empire
             of
             Greatness
             ,
             return
             to
             your
             own
             Solitudes
             and
             Privacy
             ,
             and
             there
             you
             may
             find
             your self
             again
             .
          
           
             Let
             no
             condition
             surprize
             you
             ,
             and
             then
             you
             cannot
             be
             afflicted
             in
             any
             :
             A
             noble
             Spirit
             must
             not
             vary
             with
             his
             Fortune
             ;
             there
             is
             no
             Condition
             so
             low
             but
             may
             have
             Hopes
             ,
             nor
             any
             so
             high
             that
             is
             out
             of
             the
             reach
             of
             Fears
             .
          
           
             In
             your
             worst
             estate
             hope
             ,
             in
             the
             best
             fear
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             be
             circumspect
             ;
             Man
             is
             a
             Watch
             which
             must
             be
             
             looked
             too
             and
             wound
             up
             every
             day
             .
          
           
             It
             no
             less
             becometh
             the
             worthiest
             Persons
             to
             oppose
             Misfortunes
             ,
             than
             it
             doth
             the
             weakest
             Children
             to
             bewail
             them
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             the
             temper
             of
             a
             brave
             Soul
             always
             to
             hope
             ;
             Adversities
             are
             born
             with
             greater
             Glory
             than
             deserted
             :
             For
             such
             are
             the
             Comforts
             of
             unhappy
             Vertues
             and
             innocent
             Souls
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             rare
             temper
             of
             Eumenes
             ,
             whose
             Courage
             no
             Adversity
             ever
             lessened
             ,
             nor
             Prosperity
             his
             Circumspection
             .
             One
             month
             in
             the
             School
             of
             Affliction
             will
             teach
             you
             more
             ,
             than
             the
             grave
             Precepts
             of
             Aristotle
             in
             seven
             years
             ;
             for
             you
             can
             never
             judge
             rightly
             of
             Humane
             Affairs
             ,
             unless
             you
             have
             first
             felt
             the
             blows
             and
             deceits
             of
             Fortune
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             SECT
             .
             32.
             
          
           
             I
             Am
             not
             (
             I
             bless
             my
             Stars
             )
             disturbed
             at
             any
             thing
             ,
             neither
             doth
             Passion
             disquiet
             me
             :
             I
             hate
             nothing
             except
             it
             be
             Hatred
             it self
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             no
             more
             troubled
             for
             the
             want
             of
             any
             thing
             I
             have
             not
             ,
             than
             I
             am
             because
             I
             am
             not
             the
             Sophy
             of
             Persia
             ,
             or
             the
             Grand
             Signiour
             :
             He
             is
             a
             happy
             man
             that
             can
             have
             what
             he
             will
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             profess
             my self
             to
             be
             ,
             because
             I
             will
             nothing
             but
             that
             I
             can
             have
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             much
             delighted
             with
             the
             pleasant
             humour
             of
             Thrasylus
             ,
             and
             can
             in
             my
             own
             conceit
             make
             my self
             as
             rich
             as
             the
             Indies
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             a
             little
             World
             ,
             and
             injoy
             all
             things
             within
             my
             own
             Sphere
             :
             Honour
             and
             Riches
             ,
             which
             others
             do
             aspire
             unto
             ,
             I
             do
             now
             possess
             and
             enjoy
             them
             in
             my self
             :
             Health
             is
             the
             temperate
             Zone
             of
             my
             Life
             ;
             
             and
             my
             Mind
             is
             the
             third
             Region
             in
             me
             ;
             there
             I
             have
             an
             Intellectual
             Globe
             ,
             wherein
             all
             things
             subsist
             ,
             and
             move
             according
             to
             my
             own
             Idea's
             .
          
           
             Doth
             any
             Man
             rob
             you
             of
             your
             Goods
             ,
             consider
             that
             God
             by
             that
             Man
             takes
             back
             what
             he
             hath
             only
             lent
             you
             ;
             the
             thing
             you
             fore-saw
             is
             come
             to
             pass
             ,
             and
             what
             should
             amaze
             you
             ?
             That
             which
             hath
             happened
             out
             ,
             't
             is
             but
             that
             which
             you
             have
             often
             seen
             and
             known
             .
          
           
             All
             things
             ,
             by
             Nature
             ,
             in
             the
             Universe
             ,
             are
             subject
             to
             alteration
             and
             change
             :
             How
             ridiculous
             then
             is
             it
             ,
             when
             any
             thing
             doth
             happen
             ,
             to
             be
             disturbed
             ,
             or
             wonder
             ,
             as
             if
             some
             strange
             thing
             had
             happened
             ?
          
           
             I
             must
             own
             my self
             as
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             be
             displeased
             with
             any
             thing
             that
             happens
             to
             my
             particular
             share
             ;
             for
             nothing
             which
             is
             good
             to
             the
             whole
             ,
             can
             be
             hurtful
             to
             that
             which
             is
             part
             of
             it
             .
          
           
           
             However
             
               Innocens
               sit
               Animus
               iniratâ
               fortunâ
            
             ;
             for
             Vertuous
             Persons
             ,
             like
             the
             Sun
             ,
             appear
             greatest
             at
             their
             setting
             :
             And
             the
             Patient
             induring
             of
             a
             necessary
             evil
             ,
             is
             next
             unto
             a
             voluntary
             Martyrdom
             .
          
           
             Adversity
             overcome
             ,
             is
             the
             highest
             Glory
             ,
             and
             willingly
             undergone
             the
             greatest
             Vertue
             ;
             Sufferings
             are
             but
             the
             tryal
             and
             touch-stone
             of
             gallant
             Spirits
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT
             .
             33.
             
          
           
             ANd
             though
             you
             are
             fallen
             from
             your
             Princes
             Favour
             ,
             yet
             you
             may
             be
             a
             
               Rex
               Stoicus
            
             ,
             a
             King
             in
             our
             own
             Microcosme
             ;
             and
             he
             who
             knoweth
             how
             to
             rule
             that
             well
             ,
             may
             despise
             a
             Crown
             :
             Thrones
             are
             but
             uneasie
             Seats
             ,
             and
             Crowns
             nothing
             but
             splendid
             Miseries
             .
          
           
           
             A
             quel
             les
             Rey
             ,
             que
             nunca
             vio
             Rey.
             
          
           
             The
             change
             of
             your
             Fortune
             may
             diminish
             your
             hopes
             ,
             but
             it
             will
             increase
             your
             quiet
             ;
             you
             must
             understand
             that
             Favourites
             are
             but
             as
             Counters
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             great
             Persons
             ;
             raised
             and
             depressed
             in
             valuation
             at
             pleasure
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             constancy
             either
             in
             the
             Favour
             of
             Fortune
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Affection
             of
             great
             Persons
             ;
             so
             that
             no
             wise
             Man
             can
             trust
             the
             one
             or
             depend
             safely
             upon
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             But
             whatsoever
             the
             Traverses
             of
             Fortune
             are
             ,
             let
             no
             discontent
             surprize
             you
             ;
             if
             the
             thing
             be
             within
             your
             power
             ,
             manage
             it
             to
             your
             content
             ;
             if
             not
             ,
             it
             's
             weakness
             in
             you
             to
             be
             disquieted
             .
          
           
             Do
             your
             best
             ,
             that
             the
             best
             may
             happen
             out
             ;
             if
             that
             do
             not
             yet
             think
             it
             best
             :
             However
             it
             will
             be
             but
             Piety
             in
             you
             to
             submit
             to
             Divine
             Providence
             .
          
           
           
             A
             humble
             Soul
             ,
             like
             a
             White
             Sheet
             ,
             must
             be
             prepared
             to
             receive
             that
             which
             the
             hand
             of
             Heaven
             shall
             imprint
             upon
             it
             .
          
           
             Never
             antidate
             your
             own
             Misfortune
             ,
             for
             many
             times
             Men
             make
             themselves
             more
             miserable
             than
             indeed
             they
             are
             ;
             and
             the
             Apprehension
             of
             Infelicity
             doth
             more
             afflict
             them
             ,
             than
             the
             Infelicity
             it self
             .
          
           
             Hope
             will
             be
             your
             best
             Antidote
             against
             all
             misfortune
             ,
             and
             Gods
             Omnipotency
             an
             excellent
             means
             to
             fix
             your
             Soul.
             
          
           
             If
             you
             be
             not
             so
             happy
             as
             you
             desire
             ,
             it
             is
             well
             you
             are
             not
             so
             miserable
             as
             you
             deserve
             ;
             if
             things
             go
             not
             so
             well
             as
             you
             would
             they
             should
             have
             done
             ,
             it
             's
             well
             they
             are
             not
             so
             ill
             as
             they
             might
             have
             been
             .
          
           
             If
             you
             seriously
             consider
             ,
             you
             have
             received
             more
             good
             than
             you
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             done
             more
             evil
             than
             you
             have
             suffered
             .
          
           
             Measure
             not
             Life
             by
             the
             enjoyment
             
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             preparation
             it
             makes
             for
             a
             better
             ,
             looking
             forward
             what
             you
             shall
             be
             ,
             rather
             than
             backward
             what
             you
             have
             been
             :
             Believe
             me
             ,
             he
             that
             anchoreth
             one
             thought
             upon
             any
             thing
             on
             this
             side
             Heaven
             ,
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             be
             a
             loser
             in
             the
             end
             .
          
           
             To
             serve
             God
             ,
             and
             keep
             his
             Commandments
             ,
             is
             the
             onely
             Wisdom
             ,
             and
             will
             at
             last
             ,
             when
             the
             account
             of
             the
             World
             shall
             be
             cast
             up
             ,
             be
             found
             to
             be
             the
             best
             Preferment
             and
             highest
             Happiness
             :
             And
             so
             farewell
             ;
             remember
             your
             Mortality
             and
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Sententiae
           Stellares
           ,
           OR
           Maximes
           of
           Prudence
           To
           be
           observed
           by
           ARTISONS
           of
           STATE
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           THat
           Government
           is
           best
           tempered
           ,
           where
           a
           few
           drams
           of
           fear
           are
           blended
           with
           the
           Peoples
           love
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           the
           interest
           of
           Princes
           to
           make
           Acts
           of
           Grace
           ,
           peculiarly
           their
           own
           ;
           because
           they
           which
           have
           commonly
           the
           Art
           to
           please
           the
           People
           ,
           have
           commonly
           the
           power
           to
           raise
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           He
           who
           putteth
           off
           his
           Hat
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           giveth
           his
           Head
           to
           the
           Prince
           ;
           for
           the
           immoderate
           Favour
           of
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           as
           it
           can
           do
           a
           Man
           no
           good
           ,
           so
           it
           will
           undo
           so
           many
           as
           shall
           trust
           to
           it
           .
           It
           was
           said
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Sussex
           ,
           that
           he
           
           was
           grown
           so
           popular
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           too
           dangerous
           for
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           times
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           He
           that
           gives
           a
           Prince
           Counsel
           by
           his
           desires
           ,
           sets
           Interest
           which
           cannot
           err
           ,
           by
           Passions
           which
           may
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           It
           may
           sometimes
           be
           the
           Interest
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           remove
           Grievances
           ,
           by
           doing
           what
           is
           desired
           ,
           but
           even
           Jealousies
           by
           doing
           something
           which
           is
           not
           expected
           :
           For
           when
           a
           Prince
           does
           more
           than
           his
           People
           looks
           for
           ,
           he
           gives
           them
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           is
           not
           sorry
           for
           doing
           that
           they
           desired
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           In
           popular
           Tumults
           many
           times
           nothing
           is
           more
           safe
           than
           speed
           ,
           and
           greater
           advantages
           accrew
           by
           Expedition
           than
           Delays
           ;
           for
           while
           some
           are
           in
           fear
           ,
           some
           in
           doubt
           ,
           others
           ignorant
           ,
           all
           may
           be
           reduced
           to
           the
           limits
           of
           Obedience
           ;
           and
           Fury
           when
           the
           first
           blast
           is
           spent
           ,
           turns
           commonly
           to
           Fear
           ;
           and
           those
           Persons
           which
           are
           the
           Heads
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           
           whom
           the
           People
           honour
           and
           admire
           at
           first
           ,
           are
           at
           last
           plentifully
           repayed
           with
           scorn
           and
           contempt
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           When
           a
           Prince
           seeks
           the
           love
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           he
           shall
           find
           in
           them
           enough
           of
           fear
           ;
           but
           where
           he
           seeks
           their
           fear
           he
           loses
           their
           love
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           Denial
           from
           Princes
           must
           be
           supplied
           with
           gratious
           usage
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           cure
           not
           the
           Sore
           ,
           yet
           they
           may
           abate
           the
           Sense
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           best
           it
           is
           that
           all
           Favours
           come
           directly
           from
           themselves
           ,
           Denials
           and
           things
           of
           bitterness
           from
           their
           Ministers
           .
           Therefore
           if
           a
           Prince
           resolve
           not
           to
           answer
           a
           Request
           ,
           the
           least
           offensive
           way
           is
           ,
           not
           to
           use
           direct
           Denial
           ,
           but
           by
           delays
           prolong
           the
           time
           ;
           and
           so
           in
           place
           of
           effect
           ,
           afford
           good
           expectation
           .
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           of
           France
           was
           so
           courteous
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           would
           not
           answer
           a
           Petitioner
           ,
           he
           always
           so
           obliged
           him
           with
           some
           good
           word
           ,
           that
           he
           always
           went
           away
           satisfied
           .
        
         
         
           9.
           
           The
           more
           a
           Prince
           weakneth
           himself
           by
           giving
           ,
           the
           poorer
           he
           is
           of
           Friends
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           Equal
           Authority
           with
           the
           same
           power
           ,
           is
           ever
           fatal
           to
           all
           great
           Actions
           ;
           and
           therefore
           one
           wise
           General
           having
           but
           a
           thousand
           Men
           ,
           is
           more
           to
           be
           feared
           than
           twenty
           of
           equal
           Authority
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           commonly
           of
           divers
           Humours
           ,
           and
           judging
           diversly
           ,
           do
           rarely
           what
           is
           to
           be
           done
           :
           And
           lose
           time
           before
           Resolutions
           can
           be
           taken
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Reward
           and
           Punishment
           justly
           laid
           ,
           do
           ballance
           Government
           ,
           but
           it
           much
           concerns
           a
           Prince
           ,
           the
           hand
           to
           be
           equal
           that
           holds
           the
           Scale
           ;
           therefore
           if
           any
           Subject
           doth
           deserve
           never
           so
           highly
           of
           his
           Prince
           ,
           if
           he
           becomes
           afterwards
           a
           Malefactor
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           made
           an
           example
           of
           Justice
           ,
           without
           regard
           of
           his
           former
           Merit
           .
           
             Manlius
             Capitolinus
          
           ,
           though
           by
           Valour
           he
           had
           delivered
           the
           Capitol
           of
           Rome
           from
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           
           beleaguered
           it
           ;
           yet
           afterwards
           growing
           seditious
           ,
           was
           thrown
           down
           from
           the
           Capitol
           ,
           which
           by
           his
           great
           Renown
           he
           had
           formerly
           delivered
           .
        
         
           12.
           
           That
           Prince
           which
           scrues
           up
           the
           Pins
           of
           Power
           too
           high
           ,
           will
           break
           the
           Strings
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           Wise
           Princes
           make
           use
           of
           their
           Prerogative
           ,
           as
           God
           Almighty
           doth
           of
           his
           Omipotency
           ,
           upon
           extraordinary
           occasions
           .
        
         
           13.
           
           The
           Prince
           is
           the
           Pilot
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           the
           Laws
           are
           his
           Compass
           .
        
         
           14.
           
           Reversionary
           Grants
           of
           Places
           of
           Profit
           and
           Houour
           by
           Princes
           ,
           are
           the
           bane
           and
           ruin
           of
           Industry
           ;
           but
           acts
           of
           Grace
           and
           Bounty
           are
           the
           golden
           Spur
           to
           Vertuous
           and
           Generous
           Spirits
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           In
           Holy
           things
           he
           that
           strikes
           upon
           the
           Anvil
           of
           his
           own
           Brain
           ,
           is
           in
           danger
           to
           have
           the
           sparks
           flie
           in
           his
           face
           .
        
         
         
           16.
           
           A
           Kingdom
           is
           like
           a
           Ship
           at
           Sea
           ,
           whose
           Ballast
           should
           be
           the
           Princes
           Coffers
           ;
           which
           if
           they
           be
           light
           and
           empty
           ,
           she
           doth
           nought
           but
           tumble
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           nor
           can
           be
           made
           to
           run
           a
           direct
           and
           steady
           Course
           :
           Therefore
           it
           's
           the
           interest
           of
           Princes
           to
           have
           a
           good
           Treasure
           against
           all
           Extremities
           ;
           for
           Empty
           Coffers
           give
           an
           ill
           sound
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           That
           Prince
           ,
           who
           upon
           every
           Commotion
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           rusheth
           presently
           into
           Open
           War
           ;
           is
           like
           him
           who
           sets
           his
           own
           House
           a
           fire
           to
           rost
           his
           Eggs.
           
        
         
           18.
           
           That
           State
           which
           goeth
           out
           of
           the
           Lists
           of
           Mediocrity
           ,
           passeth
           also
           the
           Limits
           of
           Safety
           ;
           while
           Sparta
           kept
           her self
           within
           those
           boundaries
           that
           Licurgus
           presented
           unto
           her
           ,
           she
           was
           both
           safe
           and
           flourishing
           ;
           but
           attempting
           to
           enlarge
           her
           Territories
           by
           new
           acquists
           of
           other
           Cities
           in
           Greece
           and
           Asia
           ,
           she
           every
           day
           declined
           .
        
         
         
           19.
           
           Rather
           than
           the
           least
           dishonour
           shall
           fall
           upon
           the
           State
           ,
           it
           's
           prudence
           ,
           sometimes
           to
           preserve
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Publique
           ,
           to
           cast
           the
           Male
           Administration
           upon
           some
           Favorite
           or
           Councellor
           ,
           and
           offer
           him
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           Justice
           .
        
         
           20.
           
           Charles
           the
           Fifth
           laid
           the
           loss
           and
           dishonour
           he
           received
           in
           the
           invasion
           of
           France
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Provence
           ,
           to
           
             Anthony
             de
             Leva
          
           .
           The
           Spaniard
           ,
           to
           cover
           the
           Dishonour
           they
           received
           in
           their
           attempt
           against
           England
           in
           Eighty
           Eight
           ,
           cast
           it
           upon
           the
           Duke
           of
           Parma
           in
           his
           not
           joyning
           with
           them
           in
           convenient
           time
           .
           So
           did
           Charles
           the
           Sixth
           of
           France
           ,
           upon
           the
           Duke
           of
           Berry
           ,
           in
           his
           Design
           of
           Invading
           England
           ,
           as
           many
           Wise
           Princes
           and
           States
           had
           formerly
           done
           .
        
         
           21.
           
           Reputation
           abroad
           ,
           and
           Reverence
           at
           home
           ,
           are
           the
           Pillars
           of
           Safety
           and
           Soveraignty
           .
        
         
           22.
           
           Taxes
           which
           the
           Soveraign
           
           Levies
           from
           the
           Subject
           ,
           are
           as
           Vapors
           which
           the
           Sun
           exhales
           from
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           doth
           return
           them
           again
           in
           fruitful
           Showers
           .
        
         
           23.
           
           Too
           great
           a
           City
           in
           a
           Nation
           ,
           is
           like
           a
           bad
           Spleen
           in
           the
           Body
           Natural
           ,
           which
           swells
           so
           big
           as
           makes
           all
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Body
           lean
           ;
           therefore
           some
           sober
           persons
           have
           conceived
           that
           it
           's
           more
           Prudence
           to
           have
           three
           Cities
           of
           equal
           Power
           ,
           that
           in
           Case
           one
           should
           Rebel
           ,
           the
           other
           too
           might
           Ballance
           or
           give
           Law
           to
           the
           Third
           .
           A
           great
           City
           is
           the
           fittest
           Engine
           to
           turn
           an
           Old
           Monarchy
           ,
           into
           a
           New
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           24.
           
           That
           State
           which
           doth
           not
           Subsist
           in
           Fidelity
           ,
           can
           never
           continue
           long
           in
           Potency
           .
        
         
           25.
           
           Wise
           Princes
           must
           sometimes
           deal
           with
           Mutinous
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           did
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Passengers
           Cloak
           ,
           not
           as
           the
           ruffling
           Winds
           ,
           to
           blow
           him
           down
           .
        
         
         
           26.
           
           There
           is
           nothing
           which
           doth
           more
           impoverish
           a
           Prince
           ,
           than
           Imprests
           of
           Mony
           at
           great
           usance
           ,
           for
           thereby
           a
           Prince
           is
           brought
           to
           one
           of
           these
           two
           Extremities
           ,
           either
           to
           overthrow
           his
           Dominions
           and
           Finances
           ,
           whereof
           the
           French
           Kings
           are
           Examples
           ,
           or
           else
           to
           play
           Bankrupt
           ,
           and
           pay
           none
           ,
           as
           King
           Philip
           of
           Spain
           hath
           done
           to
           the
           Merchants
           of
           
             Genoa
             ,
             Florence
             ,
             Ausburgh
          
           ,
           and
           almost
           to
           all
           the
           Banks
           in
           Christendome
           .
        
         
           27.
           
           Tumults
           may
           be
           raised
           by
           Men
           of
           little
           Courage
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           maintained
           by
           Hazard
           ,
           and
           ended
           with
           the
           Loss
           of
           the
           most
           Valiant
           .
        
         
           28.
           
           In
           Popular
           Tumults
           it's
           safer
           for
           a
           Prince
           with
           some
           yielding
           ,
           to
           condescend
           to
           Peace
           ,
           than
           by
           staning
           upon
           high
           Points
           of
           Honour
           ,
           to
           Hazard
           the
           Issue
           of
           a
           Battle
           ,
           wherein
           the
           King
           cannot
           win
           without
           his
           weakning
           ,
           nor
           lose
           without
           danger
           of
           his
           undoing
           .
           Lewis
           XIII
           .
           of
           France
           was
           a
           sad
           and
           mournful
           instance
           hereof
           .
        
         
         
           29.
           
           When
           any
           mischief
           grows
           in
           a
           State
           ,
           and
           becomes
           formidable
           ,
           it
           's
           many
           times
           more
           Prudence
           to
           temporize
           with
           it
           ,
           than
           by
           force
           to
           attempt
           the
           redress
           of
           it
           :
           For
           they
           who
           go
           about
           to
           quench
           it
           ,
           kindle
           it
           the
           more
           ,
           and
           suddenly
           plucks
           down
           that
           mischief
           upon
           their
           Heads
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           but
           feared
           from
           them
           :
           By
           Courting
           or
           dissembling
           the
           mischief
           ,
           if
           it
           doth
           not
           remove
           the
           evil
           ,
           at
           least
           it
           's
           put
           off
           for
           a
           longer
           time
           .
        
         
           30.
           
           Charles
           the
           Fifth
           (
           even
           he
           who
           was
           Surnamed
           the
           Wise
           )
           of
           France
           ,
           at
           such
           time
           as
           he
           was
           Regent
           in
           France
           ,
           his
           Father
           at
           that
           time
           being
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           England
           ,
           by
           evil
           Counsel
           of
           some
           ,
           being
           ignorant
           in
           matters
           of
           State
           ,
           at
           once
           suspended
           all
           the
           Officers
           of
           France
           ,
           of
           whom
           he
           suppressed
           the
           greatest
           part
           ,
           appointing
           Fifty
           Commissioners
           for
           the
           hearing
           such
           Accusations
           ,
           as
           should
           be
           laid
           against
           them
           
           for
           Extortation
           and
           Bribery
           by
           them
           committed
           ;
           whereupon
           all
           France
           was
           in
           such
           a
           Tumult
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           number
           of
           such
           as
           were
           Male-contents
           )
           as
           that
           shortly
           after
           ,
           for
           Remedy
           thereof
           ,
           he
           by
           Decree
           in
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           in
           Paris
           ,
           was
           forced
           to
           abrogate
           the
           former
           Law.
           
        
         
           31.
           
           It
           's
           a
           noble
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           absolutely
           necessary
           for
           a
           Prince
           ,
           to
           believe
           none
           of
           his
           Subjects
           more
           worthy
           than
           himself
           ,
           nor
           more
           fit
           to
           govern
           ;
           when
           he
           hath
           not
           this
           good
           opinion
           of
           himself
           ,
           he
           suffers
           himself
           to
           be
           governed
           by
           others
           ,
           whom
           he
           believes
           more
           fit
           than
           himself
           :
           and
           by
           this
           means
           falls
           into
           many
           infelicities
           .
           This
           was
           the
           unhappiness
           of
           Philip
           the
           Third
           of
           Spain
           ,
           though
           a
           Prince
           of
           eminent
           parts
           ,
           yet
           suffering
           himself
           to
           be
           governed
           by
           the
           Duke
           of
           Lerma
           ,
           he
           became
           of
           so
           little
           esteem
           with
           his
           People
           ,
           and
           had
           
           no
           ways
           to
           free
           himself
           from
           those
           Indignities
           which
           were
           cast
           upon
           him
           ,
           but
           by
           becoming
           a
           Church-man
           and
           a
           Cardinal
           .
        
         
           32.
           
           A
           Wise
           Prince
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           obliged
           to
           make
           War
           ,
           ought
           to
           make
           it
           powerful
           and
           short
           ;
           and
           at
           first
           to
           astonish
           his
           Enemies
           with
           formidable
           Preparations
           ,
           because
           by
           this
           means
           it
           returns
           to
           good
           Husbandry
           ;
           and
           the
           Conquests
           made
           through
           fear
           of
           Arms
           ,
           reacheth
           farther
           than
           those
           made
           by
           the
           Arms
           themselves
           .
        
         
           33.
           
           Punishment
           and
           Reward
           are
           the
           two
           Pillars
           where
           on
           all
           Kingdoms
           are
           built
           ;
           the
           former
           serves
           for
           restraining
           of
           vile
           Spirits
           ,
           the
           latter
           for
           the
           encouragement
           of
           the
           generous
           :
           The
           one
           serves
           instead
           of
           a
           Bridle
           the
           other
           of
           a
           Spur.
           
        
         
           34.
           
           The
           love
           of
           the
           Subject
           is
           the
           most
           sure
           Basis
           of
           the
           Princes
           Greatness
           ;
           and
           Princes
           are
           more
           secure
           and
           better
           defended
           by
           the
           
           love
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           than
           by
           many
           Troops
           and
           Legions
           .
           Every
           Wise
           Prince
           must
           suppose
           that
           times
           of
           Trouble
           may
           come
           ,
           and
           then
           will
           be
           necessitated
           to
           use
           the
           service
           of
           Men
           diversly
           qualified
           ;
           therefore
           his
           care
           and
           study
           must
           be
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           so
           to
           entertain
           them
           ,
           that
           when
           those
           storms
           arise
           ,
           he
           may
           rest
           assured
           to
           command
           them
           :
           For
           whosoever
           perswades
           himself
           by
           present
           Benefits
           to
           gain
           the
           good
           will
           of
           Men
           ,
           when
           Perils
           are
           at
           hand
           ,
           shall
           be
           deceived
           .
        
         
           35.
           
           It
           's
           not
           safe
           for
           a
           Prince
           to
           commit
           his
           Secrets
           to
           his
           greatest
           Favourite
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           that
           is
           concerned
           will
           give
           ,
           the
           Prince
           is
           certainly
           betrayed
           .
        
         
           36.
           
           It
           concerns
           a
           Prince
           to
           contain
           his
           best
           Friends
           within
           a
           moderate
           and
           convenient
           Greatness
           ,
           as
           to
           weaken
           and
           depress
           his
           greatest
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           37.
           
           Forreign
           Succours
           are
           most
           
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           must
           be
           the
           last
           resolve
           of
           every
           wise
           State
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           seldom
           gotten
           out
           but
           by
           the
           undoing
           that
           State
           which
           received
           them
           ;
           or
           else
           ,
           as
           most
           commonly
           it
           happens
           out
           ,
           they
           make
           themselves
           Masters
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           38.
           
           In
           all
           Distempers
           in
           a
           State
           ,
           
             Pilae
             Aureae
          
           ,
           are
           the
           best
           Physick
           ;
           for
           they
           ever
           work
           safely
           .
        
         
           39.
           
           Those
           People
           which
           by
           Arms
           do
           endeavour
           to
           deliver
           themselves
           from
           Oppression
           ,
           do
           many
           times
           change
           the
           Tyrant
           ,
           but
           not
           the
           Tyranny
           ;
           and
           after
           a
           Rebellion
           is
           suppressed
           ,
           the
           King
           is
           more
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Subject
           more
           Subject
           .
        
         
           40.
           
           The
           chief
           Wisdom
           and
           Happiness
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           is
           to
           know
           well
           to
           enjoy
           the
           Soveraignty
           of
           his
           Power
           ,
           with
           the
           Liberty
           of
           his
           Subjects
           :
           Love
           ,
           Fear
           ,
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           are
           the
           three
           Ligaments
           which
           tie
           the
           Hearts
           of
           the
           Subjects
           
           to
           their
           Soveraign
           :
           Let
           the
           Prince
           have
           the
           first
           in
           height
           ,
           the
           second
           in
           good
           measure
           :
           And
           of
           the
           last
           so
           much
           as
           he
           can
           .
        
         
           41.
           
           That
           State
           which
           doth
           affect
           Grandeur
           ,
           or
           the
           Preservation
           of
           its
           Interest
           ,
           must
           be
           bold
           and
           daring
           ;
           in
           the
           mean
           there
           is
           no
           safety
           :
           And
           those
           attempts
           which
           begin
           with
           danger
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           are
           crowned
           with
           Glory
           ,
           and
           end
           in
           Honour
           .
        
         
           42.
           
           That
           State
           which
           will
           preserve
           it self
           in
           Puissance
           ,
           must
           prevent
           Divisions
           ,
           to
           which
           States
           are
           subject
           ;
           and
           where
           People
           are
           Factious
           and
           apt
           to
           Divisions
           ,
           it
           's
           Prudence
           to
           soften
           them
           with
           Pleasures
           ;
           for
           where
           they
           are
           subtile
           and
           proud
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           made
           voluptuous
           ,
           so
           their
           Wit
           and
           Malice
           will
           hurt
           the
           less
           .
           It
           's
           some
           security
           that
           a
           Faction
           is
           deboshed
           ,
           for
           it
           's
           not
           safe
           to
           suffer
           sober
           Men
           to
           come
           to
           undo
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
           
           As
           in
           a
           Tempest
           each
           Wave
           striving
           to
           be
           highest
           ,
           rides
           upon
           the
           Neck
           of
           that
           which
           hasted
           to
           the
           Shore
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           is
           it self
           suppressed
           by
           a
           following
           :
           So
           it
           happens
           in
           a
           Civil
           Tempest
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           each
           Party
           strive
           to
           suppress
           the
           other
           ,
           till
           a
           third
           undiscerned
           assaults
           and
           suppress
           the
           Conqueror
           .
        
         
           43.
           
           When
           a
           Nation
           is
           at
           War
           within
           it self
           ,
           it
           's
           not
           safe
           for
           any
           State
           or
           Prince
           to
           attempt
           the
           Invasion
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           it
           will
           certainly
           reunite
           them
           .
        
         
           44.
           
           Whatsoever
           a
           Prince
           doth
           ,
           it
           's
           to
           be
           presumed
           that
           it
           was
           done
           with
           great
           Reason
           :
           If
           he
           commandeth
           any
           thing
           ,
           every
           one
           is
           bound
           to
           believe
           that
           he
           hath
           good
           reason
           to
           command
           the
           same
           ;
           his
           Actions
           are
           manifest
           ,
           but
           his
           Thoughts
           are
           secret
           .
           It
           's
           our
           Duty
           to
           tollerate
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           murmur
           against
           the
           other
           ;
           for
           the
           
           Books
           of
           Kings
           are
           written
           in
           dark
           Characters
           ,
           which
           few
           can
           uncipher
           ;
           and
           their
           Actions
           like
           deep
           Rivers
           ,
           whereof
           we
           see
           the
           course
           of
           the
           stream
           ,
           but
           know
           not
           the
           source
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           45.
           
           When
           a
           State
           is
           jealous
           of
           the
           Obedience
           and
           Loyalty
           of
           the
           Metropolis
           ,
           or
           Chief
           City
           in
           its
           Dominions
           ;
           the
           only
           means
           to
           secure
           its
           Obedience
           ,
           is
           to
           borrow
           great
           sums
           of
           Money
           of
           them
           ;
           for
           by
           that
           means
           they
           will
           not
           easily
           break
           out
           into
           any
           Action
           or
           Rebellious
           Attempts
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           losing
           their
           Money
           .
           Edward
           the
           Second
           of
           England
           ,
           being
           deprived
           by
           his
           own
           Subjects
           of
           his
           Royal
           Diadem
           ,
           had
           never
           been
           restored
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           indebted
           to
           the
           Citizens
           of
           London
           ,
           who
           upon
           his
           coming
           up
           to
           London
           ,
           purchased
           him
           the
           Favour
           and
           Friendship
           of
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           of
           which
           being
           Master
           ,
           his
           Power
           encreased
           ,
           and
           
           thereby
           became
           so
           strong
           ,
           that
           he
           subdued
           most
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           thereby
           recovered
           his
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           46.
           
           Eumenes
           understanding
           that
           divers
           Noble
           Men
           sought
           occasions
           to
           kill
           him
           ,
           to
           prevent
           their
           Malice
           against
           him
           ,
           pretended
           that
           he
           had
           need
           of
           great
           sums
           of
           Money
           ,
           which
           he
           borrowed
           of
           them
           who
           hated
           him
           most
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           they
           might
           give
           over
           the
           seeking
           of
           his
           Death
           ,
           whereby
           they
           were
           assured
           to
           lose
           all
           their
           Money
           .
        
         
           47.
           
           He
           who
           groweth
           great
           on
           the
           sudden
           ,
           seldom
           governeth
           himself
           in
           the
           change
           :
           Extraordinary
           Favour
           to
           Men
           of
           weak
           or
           bad
           defects
           ;
           doth
           breed
           Insolency
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           Discontentment
           in
           others
           ;
           two
           dangerous
           Humours
           in
           a
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           48.
           
           Great
           Persons
           must
           not
           at
           all
           be
           touched
           ,
           but
           if
           they
           be
           ,
           they
           must
           be
           made
           sure
           from
           taking
           Revenge
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           
           dangerous
           than
           to
           bring
           a
           great
           Courage
           to
           the
           place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           and
           then
           grant
           him
           his
           Pardon
           ;
           for
           he
           will
           always
           remember
           the
           Affront
           and
           forget
           the
           Pardon
           .
        
         
           49.
           
           Sudden
           Resolutions
           are
           always
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           no
           less
           Peril
           ensueth
           of
           slow
           and
           doubtful
           delays
           .
        
         
           50.
           
           It
           's
           the
           Interest
           of
           Princes
           ,
           that
           their
           Servants
           fortunes
           should
           be
           above
           Temptation
           ;
           for
           many
           times
           new
           Officers
           to
           Princes
           ,
           are
           like
           fresh
           Flies
           ,
           bite
           deeper
           than
           those
           which
           were
           chased
           away
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           51.
           
           Princes
           strike
           their
           Enemies
           more
           smartly
           with
           the
           Head
           than
           with
           the
           Hand
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           much
           to
           be
           feared
           for
           their
           Prudence
           ,
           as
           for
           their
           Valour
           .
        
         
           52.
           
           A
           good
           Magistrate
           must
           be
           like
           the
           Statue
           of
           Apollo
           ,
           which
           had
           a
           Lance
           in
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           a
           Harp
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Resolution
           to
           awe
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           
           Sweetness
           to
           oblige
           on
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           53.
           
           A
           Prince
           hath
           more
           reason
           to
           fear
           Money
           that
           is
           spent
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           is
           hoarded
           up
           ;
           because
           it
           's
           easier
           for
           Subjects
           to
           oppose
           a
           Prince
           by
           Popularity
           ,
           than
           by
           Arms.
           
        
         
           54.
           
           Outward
           Esteem
           to
           a
           Great
           Person
           ,
           is
           a
           Skin
           to
           Fruit
           ;
           which
           though
           a
           thin
           Cover
           ,
           yet
           preserves
           it
           .
        
         
           55.
           
           No
           Man
           can
           be
           Merry
           ,
           that
           hath
           more
           than
           one
           Woman
           in
           his
           Bed
           ,
           more
           than
           one
           Faith
           in
           his
           Heart
           .
        
         
           56.
           
           What
           wants
           a
           Soveraign
           (
           says
           a
           flattering
           Courtier
           ?
           )
           Truth
           ,
           said
           a
           serious
           King.
           
        
         
           57.
           
           A
           sound
           Faith
           is
           the
           best
           Divinity
           ,
           a
           good
           Conscience
           the
           best
           Law
           ,
           and
           Temperance
           the
           best
           Physick
           .
        
         
           58.
           
           A
           good
           Magistrate
           must
           be
           made
           up
           of
           Craterus
           and
           Hephestion
           ,
           who
           must
           love
           the
           Kings
           Interest
           and
           his
           Person
           :
           For
           he
           that
           loves
           not
           his
           Interest
           ,
           hath
           no
           kindness
           for
           his
           Person
           .
        
         
         
           59.
           
           He
           that
           entertains
           a
           dangerous
           Design
           ,
           puts
           his
           Head
           into
           a
           Halter
           ,
           and
           the
           Halter
           into
           his
           Hands
           to
           whom
           he
           first
           discovers
           it
           .
        
         
           60.
           
           The
           dis-esteem
           of
           Religious
           Ceremonies
           ,
           argues
           the
           decay
           of
           the
           Civil
           Government
           .
           Pious
           Princes
           have
           first
           kept
           their
           People
           Religious
           ,
           and
           thereby
           made
           them
           Vertuous
           and
           United
           .
        
         
           61.
           
           Heresies
           and
           Errors
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           are
           rather
           to
           be
           suppressed
           by
           Discipline
           ,
           than
           increased
           by
           Disputations
           ;
           for
           in
           many
           Cases
           it's
           Impiety
           to
           doubt
           ,
           and
           Blasphemy
           to
           dispute
           .
        
         
           62.
           
           The
           Riches
           of
           the
           People
           are
           the
           Princes
           Safety
           ,
           but
           their
           Poverty
           his
           Calamity
           ;
           for
           they
           being
           Rich
           will
           not
           easily
           attempt
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           For
           fear
           of
           loss
           ;
           whereas
           being
           poor
           and
           beggerly
           ,
           will
           upon
           every
           discontent
           be
           apt
           to
           break
           out
           into
           Action
           ;
           for
           such
           will
           think
           being
           poor
           ,
           
           that
           they
           cannot
           be
           worse
           ,
           but
           by
           bold
           Attempts
           they
           may
           be
           better
           .
        
         
           63.
           
           Great
           Men
           are
           the
           first
           that
           find
           their
           own
           Grief
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           that
           find
           their
           own
           Faults
           .
        
         
           64.
           
           Discontent
           is
           the
           greatest
           weakness
           of
           a
           generous
           Soul
           ,
           which
           is
           always
           so
           intent
           upon
           its
           unhappiness
           ,
           that
           it
           forgets
           its
           remedies
           .
        
         
           65.
           
           There
           is
           a
           time
           when
           you
           may
           say
           nothing
           ,
           and
           a
           time
           when
           you
           may
           say
           something
           ,
           but
           never
           a
           time
           when
           you
           should
           say
           all
           .
        
         
           66.
           
           Emulation
           amongst
           Favorites
           is
           the
           security
           of
           Princes
           .
        
         
           67.
           
           The
           Lord
           Chancellor
           worthily
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           not
           have
           his
           Servants
           gain
           by
           his
           Livings
           or
           Decrees
           ,
           because
           the
           first
           were
           Gods
           ,
           the
           second
           the
           Kings
           :
           To
           honest
           Men
           your
           places
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           are
           enough
           ,
           to
           Knaves
           too
           much
           .
        
         
           68.
           
           
             When
             a
             Cousin
             of
             Justice
             Sir
          
           John
           Fitz-James
           ,
           
             urged
             him
             for
             a
             kindness
          
           ,
           Come
           to
           my
           House
           
             (
             saith
             the
             
             Judg
          
           )
           I
           will
           deny
           you
           nothing
           ;
           come
           to
           the
           Kings
           Court
           and
           I
           must
           do
           you
           Justice
           .
        
         
           69.
           
           The
           two
           main
           Principles
           which
           guide
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           are
           Conscience
           and
           Law
           ;
           by
           the
           former
           we
           are
           obliged
           in
           reference
           to
           another
           World
           ,
           by
           the
           latter
           in
           reference
           to
           this
           .
        
         
           70.
           
           Two
           things
           break
           Treaties
           ,
           Jealousie
           when
           Princes
           are
           successful
           ,
           Fear
           when
           they
           are
           unfortunate
           .
        
         
           71.
           
           Inconveniences
           which
           happen
           to
           Government
           ,
           are
           sudden
           and
           unlooked
           for
           ;
           therefore
           a
           Prince
           must
           be
           provided
           in
           
             Omnem
             Eventum
          
           .
        
         
           72.
           
           It
           's
           safer
           for
           a
           State
           by
           Death
           to
           extinguish
           the
           Power
           ,
           or
           by
           Pardon
           to
           alter
           the
           Wills
           of
           great
           Offenders
           ,
           than
           to
           put
           them
           to
           Exile
           or
           Abjuration
           ;
           therefore
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           of
           France
           ,
           being
           advised
           to
           banish
           Marshal
           Byron
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             That
             a
             burning
             Fire-brand
             casts
             more
             Flame
             and
             Smoke
             out
             of
             a
             Chimney
             ,
             than
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Catalogue
           of
           some
           Books
           sold
           by
           John
           Lawrence
           ,
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           Cornhill
           ,
           near
           the
           Royal
           Exchange
           .
        
         
           THe
           Works
           of
           the
           famous
           
             Nicholas
             Machiavell
          
           ,
           Citizen
           and
           Secretary
           of
           Florence
           ,
           conteining
           his
           History
           of
           Florence
           ,
           Art
           of
           War
           ,
           Discourses
           on
           
             Titus
             Livius
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           Written
           Originally
           in
           Italian
           ,
           and
           thence
           newly
           and
           faithfully
           Translated
           into
           English
           ,
           in
           Folio
           .
        
         
           
             Gell's
             Remains
          
           ,
           being
           sundry
           ,
           Pious
           ,
           and
           learned
           notes
           and
           observations
           on
           the
           new
           Testament
           ;
           opening
           and
           explaining
           it
           :
           Wherein
           
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           as
           yesterday
           ,
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           for
           ever
           ;
           is
           Illustrated
           by
           that
           Learn'd
           and
           Judicious
           Man
           Dr.
           
             R.
             Gell
          
           ,
           late
           Rector
           of
           St.
           
             Mary
             Aldermanbury
             ,
             London
          
           ;
           in
           two
           Vollumes
           ,
           in
           Folio
           ,
           1l
           ,
           10s
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Jesuits
             Catachisme
          
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Ignatius
             Loyola
          
           ,
           Quarto
           ,
           price
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           The
           Priveledges
           and
           Practises
           of
           Parliaments
           in
           England
           .
           Collected
           out
           of
           the
           Common
           Laws
           of
           this
           Land.
           Commended
           to
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           Quarto
           ,
           price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           A
           Collection
           of
           Letters
           ,
           for
           the
           Improvement
           of
           Husbandry
           and
           Trade
           .
           Number
           1
           ,
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           and
           intended
           to
           be
           still
           continued
           by
           
             John
             Houghton
          
           ,
           Fellow
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           ,
           Quarto
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Merchant
             Royal
          
           ,
           a
           Sermon
           preached
           before
           the
           King
           at
           the
           Nuptials
           of
           an
           Honourable
           Lord
           and
           his
           Lady
           ,
           Quarto
           ,
           price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           The
           Admired
           
             Satyr
             against
             Hypocrites
          
           ,
           Quarto
           ,
           price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           The
           Ruine
           of
           Papacy
           ,
           or
           a
           clear
           display
           of
           simony
           of
           the
           Romish
           Clergy
           ;
           with
           a
           Circulatory
           letter
           to
           the
           Fathers
           of
           those
           Virgins
           that
           desert
           their
           Families
           to
           turn
           Nuns
           :
           By
           the
           Learned
           
           Pen
           of
           that
           famous
           Divine
           
             Peter
             Du
             Moulin
          
           ,
           Oct.
           
        
         
           
             Indiculis
             Vniversalis
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Universe
           in
           Epitome
           :
           Wherein
           almost
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           ,
           of
           all
           Arts
           and
           Sciences
           ,
           with
           their
           most
           necessary
           Terms
           ,
           are
           in
           
             English
             ,
             Latin
          
           and
           French
           ,
           methodically
           ,
           and
           distinctly
           digested
           ,
           and
           Composed
           at
           first
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