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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01682	The praise of a good name The reproch of an ill name. Wherin euery one may see the fame that followeth laudable actions, and the infamy that cometh by the contrary. With certaine pithy apothegues, very profitable for this age, by C.G.	Gibbon, Charles, fl. 1589-1604.	1594 (1594)	STC 11819; ESTC S113889	37,552	56

hee did well afterward hee fell to all wickednesse so had Iudas for at the first he was chosen for an Apostle in the end he was conuicted of treason So that it is distance of time that doth distinguish the déedes of men and the end of theyr dayes that geueth iust p●●●e of reports Plato calleth him happy that may attayne in his last age so wisedome and good life Comparatiue considerations Is a good Name so excellent that it is better then any riches more pretious then costly oyntmentes more estim●ble then length of dayes more durable then the best frendes then let vs e●●er into this comparatiue consideration What is he that will leaue any paynes vndertaken that may make to his enriching Suauis est odor lucri the scholler will imploy his arte the souldior his armes the marchant will crosse the seas the Lawyer will tosse his books the tradesm●n be ●●●peth his trauell and most men their time to get earthly treasure What is he that would not séeke all the best oyntmentes 〈◊〉 they neuer so pretious all the best salues bee they neuer so so●eraigne both of them be they neuer so déere to 〈◊〉 g●d if hée were in daunger What is he that were at the point of death that 〈◊〉 not geue all his mucke vse all the meanes su●●●r any misery to prolong his life we read of Asa and Ahazariah how in their 〈…〉 sought onely to Phisitions 〈…〉 the other to witches and forsooke God because 〈…〉 ●●th to dye What is he that hath ●●ther h●manity or 〈◊〉 that 〈◊〉 not doo much for an vnfayned fre●● a man 〈…〉 yet he wil not let to giue th●● to do his 〈…〉 pretious yet he 〈…〉 it for hi● frendes sake as appéeres in Damon and Pithias Then if riches oyntmentes life and frendes are so pretious who would not practise all the wayes apply all the best meanes and aduenture all he hath to purchase that which is farre better then any of them A good Name How to get a good Name It is an easie matter to get a Name to bee spoken of Traytors rebels and most malefactors are not without a Name as Absalom and Iudas for treason Corah Dathan and Abiram for rebellion Achitophel Simon Magus and many other for theyr pestiferous Actions We haue had lamentable experience of the disloyall practises of too many within this lande whose Names are not yet forgotten though the Crowes haue deuoured theyr carkasses But as their déedes were detestable so their memoriall doth not turne to theyr prayse but reproach There be many that thincke it a credite to kill a man a matter of commendation to carrouse well a braue grace to blaspheme a great glory to boast of theyr beastlinesse but as they take all their pride in impiety so they shall be spoken of but how not to theyr glory but disgrace not to theyr credite but shame as the Lord threatned the people in Hoseas time that for their iniquity hee would chaunge their glory into shame Hosea 4.7 But to get a good Name as it is hard so it is honourable as it is rare so it is renowned as it is most pretious so it is most worthy of prayse Thinges of great price are not got without much payne the scholler must turne many leaues ere he become learned the souldier must suffer many conflictes ere he returne conqueror and hée that will haue a good Name must vse all industrious meanes to attayne it vt tales nos esse putamus vt iure laudemur There is no man sayth the Heathen man in whome there is not this desire rather to be praysed then ill spoken of Then let vs practise such thinges as deserue prayse for as Tully sayth vera gloria radices agit atque etiam propagatur The worst wretch that is dooth wish to bee well thought on though he neglect the meanes to manifest it Then if wée will obtayne glory and a good Name let vs follow that n●table saying of Socrates who teacheth this to be a direct and 〈◊〉 course Si quis ageret vt qualis haberi vellet talis esset ●●●ry one should labour to be indéede that which he loues to be accompted and that is commendable He that will haue a good Name must stretch his talent on the tayneters and make his giftes glister like gold in the eyes of other for the greatest prayse consisteth not in possessing but disp●nsing them If thou hast béene trayned vp in good litterature let thy profite appéere to others for as Plato sayth we are not onely borne for our selues but partly our country partly our frends clayme an interest in our natiuity and we haue examples of many who haue consumed the whole course of their liues in the distribution of their learning Diomedes wrote six thousand bookes concerning Grammer as Plutarch reportes Origen wrote seauen thousand bookes of many matters S. Augustine wrote so many bookes that no man is able eyther to read them or come by them as Tritenhemius beléeueth many heathen men haue bene so affected that way that some thought all theyr time lost that was not spent in learning as Scipio did others would rather starue then leaue their study as Chrysippus did If thou hast wealth in aboundant measure let thy saciety supply an others misery Lend mony and corne to thy distressed neighbours as Nehemiah did when the people were oppressed giue halfe thy goods to the poore as Zacheus did entertayne straungers as Lot did Liue vprightly as Iob did Geue to the mainetenance of schooles of learning be a furtherance to the forward Ministers of the worde erect Hospitals and Almeshouses for the reliefe of the impotent Resist not auctority persist in the trueth It were too long to dilate all the meanes that may pertayne to the purchase of a good Name considering it is got by euery laudable act by perfection in any good profession whether he be learned or lay man martiall or mechanicall artist or artificer hauing this distinction 1. that the more exce●●●nt the practise is the more famous is the report multo maiora sunt opera animi quàm corporis saith Cicero the giftes of the minde are farre more excellent then the actions of the body caedant arma togae although the valorous souldier is highly to be aduaunced yet the Poet sayth he must geue place to learning and good reason for without experience and learning the best Souldier shall haue bad successe For this cause Alexander that valiant warriour would neuer goe into the field without Calisthenes a learned Philosopher 2. That as there be many exquisite practitioners in this age so he that doth more excell is most to be exalted aboue others Euery dunsiuall must not haue equiualent commendation with a Doctor though both haue learning Euery coward must not haue equall prayse with a Captaine though both can fight nor euery bungler must not haue the like report as a good woorkeman though both can worke but he that is most rare in perfection