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Omnibus & singulis Affording matter profitable for all men, necessarie for euery man; alluding to a fathers aduice or last will to his sonne. Now published for the vse of all men, and particularly of those that doe inhabit Great Brittaine and Ireland.
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Scot, Patrick.
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magis expetenda Mente quam pura sociam iugalem semper amare Vita quae tandem magis est dolenda Vel magis cunctis fugienda quam qua Falsa suspecta probitate amici tollit amorem Nulla eam tollit medicina pesâ—em Nullamue emplastrum vel imago sanè Astra nec curant magicae nec artes Zelotypiam ex Solon in lâ—â—d sept Sapi. Canker that fretteth the quiet of the thoughts the Moth that consumeth the life of man and the Poyson specially opposed against the perfection of loue After the heart is once infected with Iealousie the sleeps are broken conuerted in Dreames and disquiet slumbers the thoughts are cares and sorrowes the life woe and miserie that liuing dies dying proloÌ„gs the life in worse content then death This foule and disgraced staine of Iealousie is as hurtfull to the heart as a Cockatrice to the sight or Hemlocke to the taste and as true Loue is Diuine with Loyaltie so is it Hellish with Iealousie proceeding from the fearefull misdoubting of not correspondence or excesse of Loue. It shortneth not only the life but oftentimes is the cause of most horrible Massacres If Fortune frowne in Loue we flye to patience if there happen Iarres louing and friendly brawles are but introductions to greater delight If Pouertie intervene wee relye vpon time knowing that all earthly things are subiect to vicissitude the lowest ebbe may haue his flow the deaddest neape his full tydes but as the fire consumeth Flax so this infernall plague of Iealousie rooteth and raceth out all true loue from the heart I cannot omit the aduice that long agoe a iudicious * Ex Relat. Flemin iouiall disposed Gentleman did giue to his frieÌ„d who was begunne to bee distempered with the burning ague of Iealousie and it was thus I perceiue said he you are much perplexed with some deep conceiued griefe yet not so deepe but I haue diued into it and if you will answere mee directly to a question that I wil propose I shall either cure your disease or confirme your folly to whom the other replied confessing that he was somwhat disturbed and as hee would answere his question so would he be glad to haue so skilfull a Physician Then said hee Put the case that Hornes you must haue whether will you make choice to haue them in your head or in your pocket The other answered In my pocket You haue answered rightly sayd his friend and I vnderstand partly by the report of others that haue taken notice by your owne disquietnes of your discontent and partly that I see you transported with that passion that a wise man neuer admits further entrance then to his pocket My aduice is that you wade not where the Foord hath no footing barke not with the Wolues of Syria against the Moone looke not to climbe to Olympus neither aime at impossibilities but pacifie that with patience which you cannot amend by being passionate and rather carelesly passe ouer or secretly smother that which without the hazard of your credit and stayne of your Posteritie cannot bee proclaymed then a Vt ignis vbi foenum vâ—l culmum arripuerit sine mora simulac materiaÌ„ at tigerit flammam lucidam accendit Ita zelotypiae ignis vbi animum attigit amorem omnem penitùs exurit Autor de Sing adde fire to such combustible matter that once kindled you are neuer able to quench SECT XVII ENuie is a base fretting griefe conceiued against the weale or good estate of others or a Hellish ioying at the fall or aduerse fortune of our Neighbours as it was the first weapon wherewith man receyued his deadly blow in Paradise so euer since hath it beene so charily preserued by that irreconciliable Enemie to man that he neuer doth impart it but to his a Inuidia non in alio quà m in minuto degeneri ieiuno animo sibi domicilium parat Cass deare friends or inthrald Slaues who once possest with this infernall fauor will rather like Aesops toad by enuying others greatnes thrust themselues out of their owne skinnes then any other shal be either partaker of their good thoughts or good words howsoeuer some-times yet seldome they hypocritically smother the b Detractio est stultorum thesaurus quem in lingua geruÌ„t Aug. in detr detracting smoke As I wish you neuer to entertayne the least coale of this selfe-consuming fire so because true vertue rests in it selfe eyther for reward or censure if you finde your selfe vpright c In hoc flectendi sumus vt omnia vulgi vitia nobis ridicula videantur nam vt virtus sualuce conspicua auxilium auersatur alienae commeÌ„dationis Ita vulgi opiniones parui facit Sym. Claud. let not false rumours neyther enuie of the base vulgar daunt you for as the least flye hath her spleene the small Ant her gall so no d Vt vmbra hominem sic inuidia virtuteÌ„ eius sequitur Tacit. man vertuous although neuer so meane but hath his enuie SECT XVIII REuenge beeing an inhumane thirst for the bloud of man or to do harm to others is so offensiue that commonly it hurteth both the e O stolide feroces qui dum in vindictam ruitis vitae huius aeternae discrimen incurritis nonne videtis vos specioso honoris titulo ad carnificinam duci nonne pudet vos singularis dementiae nonne poenitet vos alae periculosi certaminis vbi vigor ille animi praestantia ingenij Christop de cap. fon in Monomachos Offrer and Suffrer as in the Bee the patterne of fond spightfulnesse who in her anger inuenometh the flesh and euer after liueth a Drone This vindictiue passion affecting reuenge f Ille nefarius sine gente nibuque mihi esto qui cupit ferum execrabile bellum Hom. Il. 2. ciuill dissention and priuate quarrells hath beene the ouerthrow of many ancient Estates Families and worthie Personages if they had not beene tainted with the infamous note of barbarous Crueltie Sedition and foolish maintenance of false reputation g Alterius perditio tua sit cautio Isidor folil 1. Therefore let others harmes preuent your danger and account h Optima iniuria vltio est obliuto Nobile vincendi genus est patientia Iuue. it a Vertue to remit a wrong and applaud it for true and Christian valour that you may hurt and will not keeping that Golden Meane in the remitting of wrongs that you neither incourage others to offer theÌ„ nor induce God to retaine yours SECT XIX KEepe a meane in your Ioyes Hopes Feares Sorrowes and because euerie man hath his i Quem dies videt veniens superbum hunc dies videt fugiens iacentem Aus turne of sorrow before it come prepare for it when it comes k Nihil mihi videtur infoeâ—icius eo cui nihil euenit aduersi Senec. Ignotae tantum foelicibus Arae Stat. l. 12. welcome it when it goes take but halfe a
amicos quaerere deceâ— qui extremo â—n periculo veletiam â—ost mortem veri amici permancaÌ„t Val. Max. time nor fortune can corrupt In friendship abandon as an infectiue poyson suspicious Iealousie and y Cum amico omnes cogitationâ—â— omnes curas misce Sâ—n. Quibus est commâ—nis amor annon necesse est hos ipsos cum voluptate se mutuo aspicere beneuole colloqui fidem â—utuam habere Xen in conui communicate not onely your minde but your most waightie affaires to your friend and if sometime you keepe vp any thing from him let it be to auoid suspicion of facilitie Vse not your friends like Sutes of Apparrell in wearing them thred-bare and then call for new but remember thou owest him foure dueties z Existimabam quo enim magis in rebus aduersis iuuissem tantô fore mihi in prosperis amiciorem Xen Paeda l 7. Sincerae fidei amici praecipue in aduersis coâ—noscuntur V. Max. with thy purse with thy person with thy comfort and counsell In true friendship patience is specially required for there is no man that hath not somewhat to bee misliked and shall not iustly mislike something in you if your friends faults bee few swallow and digest them if many smother them to others but louingly notifie them to himselfe Let nothing but death villainie diuorce you from your friend but still follow him so farre as is eyther possible or honest and then a Affabilitas comitas res sunt nullius impendij amicitias tamen multas conglutinant exhibitae dissoluunt praetermissa Cic. leaue him with sorrow In your gesture and words be a Affabilitas comitas res sunt nullius impendij amicitias tamen multas conglutinant exhibitae dissoluunt praetermissa Cic. courteous to all men by this means you shal procure loue and keep friendship fast SECT XII FOr the better mayntayning this friendship attayning to that perfection that is demanded in the true vse of societie you must haue diligent care b Nescit poenitenda loqui qui proferenda suo tradidit examini Quintilian what you speak and how you discourse I doe confesse it is an excellent thing to speake well yet for auoyding of habituall Hypocrisie I doe aduise you preferre good thoughts before good words speake what you think and so your thoughts being good you cannot but speake well and thinke it euer the safest way to c In omnibus Timanthis operibus plus intelligitur quà m pingitur sapientis est suam celare sentenniam Tynd. speake little and thinke more wee doe see dayly basest things most plentifull In your silence auoid the censure of AffectatioÌ„ of Sullennesse and Ignorance and then care not how little you speake but how well it was a good saying Not that which is much is well but that which is well is much d Essayes Do. Fran. Ba. nunc Angliae Cancell All discourse ought to be like a Field without comming home to any man vse discourse of your selfe sparingly of others as sparingly neyther speaking euill of others nor good of your selfe Affect better discretion in discourse then Eloquence and to speake agreeable to them you deale with then in good words or good order e Quintil. instit Orac. l. 7. Vse not many circumstances before you come to the matter for that begetteth wearinesse and for eschewing of bluntnesse vse some preamble f Non est bonum ludere cum dijs Ans Priuiledge euer from your Discourse Religion matter of State great Persons any mans present businesse of importance and all causes that deserue g Crudelis est animi aâ—â—nis malis gaudere non miserere communem naturam V. Max. pittie euer putting difference betwixt h Nemo videtur sibi tam vilis vt irrideri mereatur Fast saltnesse and bitternesse in your Discourse SECT XIII SOmetimes lookers on see more then Players submit thy selfe to others in what thou art i Omnis reprehensio vel meliores vel cautiores nos reddit Sen. So reprehendi agâ—efers reprehendenda â—e feceris Aus reprooued but in what thou art praised bee thy owne Iudge euer accounting better of a sharpe reproofe then a smooth deceit When you reprooue others obserue that all reproofe and admonition ought to be louingly mildly secretly freely and in a fit time hauing no other end then the loue of our Friend or Neighbour Before you reprooue any man know him well some men are like thornes which easily toucht hurt not but hardly and vnwarily draw bloud from the hand others as Nettles if they be nicely handled sting and pricke but roughly pressed hurt not SECT XIIII IT is not possible but a selfe-conceyted man must be a Foole k Ingeniosi sumus ad fallendum nosmetipsos Plin. in Paneg. Ante omnia necesse est teipsum existimare quiae plus nobis videmur posse quà m possumus Sen. de tranquill animi l. 9. for that ouer-weaning opinion he hath of himselfe excludes all oportunitie of getting knowledge Thinke thy selfe but so bare l O quà m contempta res est homo nisi supra humana se erexerit putredo in exortu bulla in omni vita esca vermium in morte Theoph. Alexand. in Pashal as thou art and more thou needest not and rather confesse thy ignorance then professe the knowledge thou hast not it is no shame not to know all things and more dangerous to surfet vpon wit then want it SECT XV. ALl passions or perturbations of the Soule as Iealousie Enuie Reuenge Hopes Feares Ioyes Sorrowes Ambition Couetousnesse Lust c. are so violent that they driue the Soule from the Seat of Iustice and doe proceed either from Ignorance Inconsideratenesse or from a false perswasion that the good or ill is greater then it is therefore when any affection begins to mooue stay it and compel it to giue way to Reason euer vse your passions as m Magni Imperatores cum vident malè parere milites aliquo labore compescunt expeditionibus detinent V. Max. wise Princes doe those they misdoubt for faction hold them downe keepe them bare that their impotencie and remissenesse may afford you securitie SECT XVI AMong all the passions to which we are subiect there is none more hurtfull and more to be eschewed then Iealousie from whence many other vehement perturbations doe proceed When we haue once swilled in the Nectar of Loue either contracted by a conceyued fauour to our friend or Matrimoniall Couenant we are so chary that we can indure no Corriuall of our thoughts neyther admit partaker of our fauours From this feare proceedeth the furie that men call Iealousie which is a secret suspicion that eyther our friend hath not loyally discharged the confidence wee had in him or that others should inioy that excellency wee haue chosen sole and singular to our selues This is the * Vita quae tandem magis est iucunda Vel viris doctis