should not be blind It is not to be avoided It is not to be refused How can it be avoided How can it be refused Can it be avoided refused but self-love will be blind It must needs be It cannot but be It cannot otherwise be How should it otherwise be but that self-love should be blind Paroemia The Wolfe shall marry the Sheep A Locust shal bring forth an Elephant The Sea shall bring forth Vines The Snayl shall out-run the Hare and the Tortoyse the Eagle Brambles shall bring forth Violets and Thorns Roses The Rivers shall be carried towards their Fountains before any thing be found blinder then self-love The Fountains themselves shall thirst The Earth shall fly The Beetle shall make honey and the Gnat milk The Crabs shall go forward The Nightingale shall cease to Sing The Owle shall sing like the Nightingale The Heaven shall fall The Earth shall ascend above the Skie Mountains shal be transplaced The Mule shall bring forth Water and Fire shall agree together The Fire shall be kindled with Snow A Tempest shall be calmed with a song The Earth shall be bored thorough The Sun shall change his course The Loadstone shall turn from the North when any thing is so blind as self-love Groves shall grow on the Waves Sea-weeds shall be found on the Mountains The Stars shall fall The motion of each starr shall be irregular Day shall be turned to night The waters of the Sea shall leave their saltness The Sea shall be plowed A Crop shall be reaped from the Sand Past moments shall be recalled The Meadows shall never more have flowers The Heavens shall want Stars Day shall want Light No sweetness shall be in Roses The Fish shall burn in the Ocean No Joy shall be in Heaven nor Pain in Hell The Flames shall descend when self-love receiveth sight The Mountains forgetting their weights shall fly like Atoms through the skie The Heavens shall rest The Sun and Stars shall shine together The Pibbles shall mount up to the Stars The Earth shall be adorned with Stars The Flocks shall invite the Lions to their folds The Skies shall endure the heavy plough The Water shall give flames and Fire waters The Sun shall rise in the West The Ants shall leave their industry The Bees shall forget to make Honey Maenalian Hounds shall fly from the Hare Nature shall become preposterous No Element shall keep his proper seat Fire shall be cold and Water give heat Summer shall give Snow Does shall fright Lions Crows shall fly through the Air whiter then Snow Swans shall be as black as pitch Oxen shall cut the Aire with their wings Marbles shall be softer then Wax The Chickens shall prey upon the Kite and Geese upon the Fox if ever self-love see or judg aright Confirmatio à perpetuitate veritatis ubi obiter variantur Perpetuò Semper Whilst Sun and Stars shall run their course While Stars shall embellish Heaven and Flowers the Earth Whilst Neptune's arms shall embrace the earth Whilst Cynthia shall renew her Horns Whilst Lucifer foretells th' approaching Morn Whilst Arctos shuns the Sea Whilst Mountains give their shades Whilst Streams their tribute to the Ocean pay ever will self-love be blind Whilst Day hath Light and Night succeeds the Day Whilst Summer follows the Spring and Autumn succeeds Summer Whilst the Sun casts light or the Earth shadows Whilst the Land bounds the Sea and Aire the Land Whilst the Rivers carrie Waters or those waters Fishes Whilst the Earth hath Trees Whilst the Bore loves the tops of Mountains Whilst Bees love thyme and Bears honey ever will self-love be blind Till time and memory shall be no more Till time shall have no plumes Till time shall be as bald before as he is behind Till time shall be swallowed up by Eternity Till Lachesis have no more thread to draw will self-love be void of sight Till Time that gives all things their end shall also have his own End To the last Syllable of recorded Time †Note that all those Proverbial phrases which signify Never will also signify Ever by prefixing Till or Vntil Till the Woolfe shall marry the Sheep Till the Sun shall change his Course Till the Sun shall rise in the West self-love will want his eies Conclusio Peroratio Had Self-love all Argus his Eyes yet could they not restore his Sight and had I as many Tongues yet could not I fully describe his Blindness Lest therefore I speak so long of the Blindness of Self-love that I seem so blind my self as not to see time to make an End I will here conclude with my first Opinion Self-love is blind Sentence III. Honour nourisheth Arts. Amplificatio per Synonymiam simplicem Heterôsis sive Mutatio Activorum Passivis ARts are nourished by honour Honour nurseth Arts Arts are nursed by honour Honour feedeth the Arts Arts are fed by honour Honour fostereth Arts Arts are fostered by honour Honour cherisheth Arts Arts are cherished by honour Honour maintains Arts Arts are maintained by honour Honour encourageth Arts Arts are encouraged by honour Honour advanceth the Arts The Arts are advanced by honour Honour promoteth Arts Arts are promoted by Honour Honour exalts the Arts The Arts are exalted by honour Honour excites Arts Arts are excited by Honour Heterosis seu Mutatio numeri Honours nourish art Art is nourished by honours Fame cherisheth Art Art is cherished by Fame Glory animates sciences Sciences are animated by glory Metaphora Existimation whets on Sciences Sciences are whetted on by Existimation Glory spurs on Sciences Sciences are spurred on by glory Glory suckles the Arts Heterôsis seu Mutatio Nominis cum Verbo Metaphora à Relatis Arts are suckled by glory Honour is the patron of Arts Arts are the clients of honour Honour is the nurse of Art Art is the nursling of honour Honour is the tutour of Arts Arts are the pupils of Honour Honour is the foster-father of art Art is the foster-child of honour Honour is the spur of Arts. Heterôsis seu mutatio Affirmativorum negativis Erotêsis seu Interrogatio There are no arts which are not nourished by Honour There is not any art which is not cherished by honour What nourisheth Arts Honour What nourisheth Arts but honour What nourisheth Arts if not honour What doth not honour nourish Arts What more nourisheth Arts than honour What can more nourish Arts than honour Can any thing nourish Arts more than honour How should any thing nourish Arts more then honour Is there any thing that so nourisheth Arts as honour doth Hath the wide World any thing that nourisheth Arts more then honour In what dark and blind corner lyeth that Art that is not nourished by-by-honour What from East to West so nourisheth Arts as Honour In what secret and unknown region lieth that Art which honour doth not nourish What is that at last which so nourisheth Arts as Honour Where shall
to their full ripeness and perfection Epizeuxis It honour honour is that whets the Arts. Anadiplôsis Honour alone encourageth the Arts Arts those ingenions Nymphs of knowing Souls Anaphora Honour doth feed Honour doth cherish Arts Honour puts courage in their drooping hearts Epistrophe What Arts can live if Honour lends not breath Arts needs must die if Honour lends not breath Symploce Honour alone doth breed and nourish Arts Honour alone doth feed and cherish Arts. Art's honour's client Fames delight Epanalepsis is Art Epanodes Art's honour's child Honor's Art 's tender mother The mother 's good the child can be no other Epiphonèma Nothing doth Honour hold too dear whereby she may promote and advantage the Arts so great so singular is her courtesy to them Epanorthôsis Honour nourisheth Arts what did I say nourisheth yea gives them life and liveli-hood being and well-being Aposiopèsis So much do the Arts depend upon the beams of Honour's favour that but I will not put the Arts to a blush Apâ—strophe O Honour with what courtesy doest thou embrace the Arts with what indulgence doest thou further their increase and perfection Synoeceiâ—sis Arts are not arts which Honour doth not nourish Oxymoron Arts would be art-less if Honour did not cherish them Tell me O Diomedes Aldus Anacoenosis Communicatiâ— Phocas Priscian Linacre Despauterius and all you other Captains of Grammar's Army What made you to write such great Volumes and to set out the Art which you did profess so fully and plainly Was it not that Honour that should survive your ashes What Cicero made thee take such unwearied pains in Reading Translating and Imitating the Greek Orators Was it not the glory of the Romane Forum and the unanimous applause of all the Senate Anathora Let me begg leave to ask thee O Demosthenes What was it that induced thee so soon to leave thy bed to contend with the Mechanicks who should first be up in a morning to cut the hair on one side of thy head that being a shamed to comeforth thou mighst be more intent to thy studies Was it not Honor was it not the applause of the Athenian theater was it not a desire to bear away the victory from all other Orators especially thine envious and emulous adversary Aeschines Paralipsis Honour doth nourish the Arts to pass in silence that she gives them their portion and patrimony and in them their chiefest nerves strength and vigour Pleonasmus I have heard with these Ears and seen with these Eies many professours of Arts who have protested that they would not spend one hour more in the Study of their Arts if the hope of Honour and Reward did not intise them Parenthesis I believe nor is my belief vain that nothing nourisheth the Arts more then Honour I hold and judge and why may I not openly profess it that the Arts would perish if it were not for Honour Aporia Addubitatio What shall I doe what shall I at last resolve on I know neither well how to begin nor beginning how to end if I should undertake to relate how much the Arts are obliged to Honour Pâ—osâ—poâ—â—eia Me thinks I see and hear all the Arts squealing like so many hungry Infants and Honour standing by them like a tender Mother with her breasts laid forth and bare and thus speaking to them Come my children dearer to me then life it self draw out from these nipples that nectareous juyce which alone can preserve your life Every milk will not fit your stomach nor will any nâ—urishment adde strength and vigour to your bodies No no they are these milk-bottles that contain your genuine nutriment draw them dry then and spare not that when they are empty I may replenish them with that liquor which abounding to you you grow apace and which fayling you decay as fast Which said the Arts with a wonderful greediness each one in their order even wearied her with lugging her breasts Invâ—â—siâ— But me-thinks I hear some man say Honour doth not always encrease and nourish the Arts for many times Arts as they are invented out of poverty and want so are they encreased by the hope of wealth and plenty To which I answer that therefore doth Honour nourish the Arts because they are encreased out of hope of wealth and plenty for wealth and plenty is a kind of Honour and they that live in wealth and plenty live in much Honour and Esteem above the poor and needy So that this argument notwithstanding this Truth remains firm and certain that Honour nourisheth the Arts. Amplificatio per Impossibile ubi obiter variantur Impossibile Nunquam It is Impossible It is not possible How is it possible It cannot be Can it be How can it be It can by no means be but that the Arts are nourished by Honour All things may sooner be than that Honour should not nourish the Arts. It is not to be avoided It is not to be refused How can it be avoided How can it be refused Can it be avoided refused but that the Arts must owe their nourishment to Honor. It must needs be It cannot but be It cannot otherwise be but How should it otherwise be but that Honor feeds the Arts. Paroemia The Wolfe shall marry the Sheep A Locust shal bring forth an Elephant The Sea shall bring forth Vines The Snayl shall out-run the Hare and the Tortoyse the Eagle Brambles shall bring forth Violets and Thorns Roses The Rivers shall be carried towards their Fountains The Fountains themselves shall thirst The Earth shall fly The Beetle shall make honey and the Gnat milk The Crabs shall go forward before any thing be found that more nourisheth the Arts then Honor. The Nightingale shall cease to Sing The Owle shall sing like the Nightingale The Heaven shall fall The Earth shall ascend above the Skie Mountains shal be transplaced The Mule shall bring forth Water and Fire shall agree together The Fire shall be kindled with Snow A Tempest shall be calmed with a song The Earth shall be bored thorough The Sun shall change his course The Loadstone shall turn from the North Groves shall grow on the Waves Sea-weeds shall be found on the Mountains The Stars shall fall when Arts live and flourish not nourished by Honour The motion of each starr shall be irregular Day shall be turned to night The waters of the Sea shall leave their saltness The Sea shall be plowed A Crop shall be reaped from the Sand Past moments shall be recalled The Meadows shall never more have flowers The Heavens shall want Stars Day shall want Light No sweetness shall be in Roses The Fish shall burn in the Ocean No Joy shall be in Heaven nor Pain in Hell The Flames shall descend The Mountains forgetting their weights shall fly like Atoms through the skie when the arts shal not be beholden to Honour
we find that thing that nourisheth Arts as honour is wont What unfound Land doth contain that Art which honour doth not cherish What new America not yet discovered hath any thing that more nourisheth Arts then honour What unknown Land amongst the Antipodes containeth any thing which so nourisheth the Arts as Honour Ecphonesis seu Exclamatio O the great O the strange O the wonderful O the incredible O the unspeakable O the unexpressible O the inconceivable O the singular O the innumerable O the infinite benefits bestowed by honour upon the Arts Admiratio cum Isodynamia periphrastica Good God! how doth honour nourish Arts Good gods how are the Arts nourished by honour Immortal God! how indulgent is honour to Arts Immortal gods how doth honour favour Arts Good lack how dear are the Arts to honour Metaphora O how honour carries the Arts in her bosom O how true is that old saying Honour nourisheth Arts O ye Gods above what a singular friend is honour to the Arts Oh ye Gods and Goddesses all how much are the Arts beholden to honour Adjuratio Let me not live Let me die Let me not enjoy my health Let me perish miserably If I do not think it most true that Honour nourisheth Arts. So let the Muses love me So may the Gods favour me So may the Heavens be propitious to me So may I ever be master of my desire As I think it most true that Honour nourisheth Arts. Commiseratio Alass how little can the Arts do without the help of honour Ah the Arts pine away and die if honour do not cherish them Woe is me it irketh me to think how the Arts would hang their heads if honour did not raise them up I do much doubt whether there be Dubitatio any thing which nourisheth the Arts more than honour I do much doubt whether there is any thing whose care of the Arts is equall to that of Honour I am not certain whether there be any thing in the whole World that nourisheth Arts so much as Honour Abominatio Fie upon his intolerable blindness that doth not see that honour nourisheth Arts. Allegoria Out upon the gross ignorance of him that doth not know that by Honour's dew the Arts grow O shame can any man be ignorant of this that Honour adds wings and spirits to the Arts. Collatio ad minus The Indulgent mother doth not so embrace and cherish her Infant as Honour doth the Arts. What careful Nurse can with more love and diligence suckle and bring up her nursling than Honour the Arts The dew doth not so fecundate the grasse nor Favonius so favour the flowers as Honour the Arts. The breath of honour is the Zephyrus Metaphord the Favonius of the Arts. Allegoria The Arts grow under the drippings of Honour's tree The fountains and the springs do not so irrigate and moysten the earth that it may be fruitful as honour the Arts. The rain doth not so with timely showers ripen the Corn as Honour the Arts. The Sun by his cherishing-heat doth not so enliven and amplify all things as honour by her fructifying beams doth encrease and augment the Arts. Distributio partium The liberal Sciences ascribe all they have to honour and the Mechanical arts are not so rustick and without art as not to acknowledge the same Grammatica Grammar complains of the want of words to express how much she is obliged to honour Rhetorica Rhetorick confesseth that she received her tongue from Honour and could not speak a word till Glory gave her Language Logica Logick and all Philosophy confess that their followers are all Creatures of Glory and as much desirous of Glory as Wisdome for all their talking i. e. whatsoever they talk Musica Musick confesseth that she could never have reached neither so sweet nor so high strains if honour had not scrued up i. e. extended her strings Honour is the rozen of Musick's-fidlestick and it is honour that gives breath to all her Wind-Instruments Aâ—ithmetica Arithmetick is counting that infinite number of thanks she owes to Honour but is not yet come nor will ever come at the totall summ Geometria Geometry feels the weight of those Obligatons wherein she stands bound to honour and is scarce able to stand under the burden Astronomia Astronomy never thinks of honour but she looks upon her Stars and every one represents some benefit received from her Collectio Illatio Inductione Argum. à Majore And if the Liberal Arts acknowledge with such gratitude the courtesy of honour certainly the Mechanical cannot be so ungrateful as not to †Imitate second follow them Hirmos Asyndeton Dialyton Honour makes the Arts active couragious industrious quick nimble lively sedulous diligent indefatigable sagacious and what not Asteismus He that can count the Stars of the Skie or the Sands on the Lybian shore let him go count the thanks which the Arts owe to Honour Obiter variatur Multi The courtesies of Honour towards Collatio ad minus the Arts are more then the Sands of the Sea Stars of the Skie Auxesis Hyperbolica Hairs of the Head Drops of Rain Pellets of Hail Flakes of Snow Drops of Dew Leaves of Trees Boughs of Forrest Blades of Grass Ears of Corn Birds of the Air Fishes of the Sea Flowers of the Spring Apples of Autumn Summer's Flies Summer's Ants Motes in the Sun Bees of Hybla Billows of the Carpathian Sea c. Hyperbole Honour nourisheth the Arts with a juyce far sweeter then Nectar and much more pleasant then the Ambrosia of the gods They must be very strange Arts which honour doth not nourish I do not know that Art which honour doth not nourish Confirmatio Amplificatio per Hyperbolicam praefationem formas generales Who can express What tongue can express No words can express Who can count No Tongue can count Auxesis No Arithmetick can number the benefits of Honour towards the Arts. I am not able to express No Eloquence is able to express It is not to tell It is wonderfull to tell It is not to be believed It is beyond belief It transcends a strong belief to credit It is not to think No man can in minde conceive You can scarce believe how much Honour doth nourish Arts. Even to a Proverb It hath the place of a Proverb It is instead of a Proverb It is become a Proverb It hath obtained the force of a Proverb It hath crept into the number of Proverbs It is an Adage of a received authority It is a saying as true as old Honour nourisheth Arts. I will never again believe mine own nor the judgment of all the Ancient if honour do not nourish Arts. If honour doth not nourish Arts I know not what doth Cave credas Never believe there is any thing nourisheth Arts more then honour
ConfirmatiÌ„o Confutatio Nothing is more frequent in Orators Poets Historians than None is so ignorant but knows Honour nourisheth Arts. None but the most impudent man in the World can deny 〈◊〉 Let him affirm with that doting Philosopher that Snow is black who denies It were better to deny all things than this one He should be cudgell'd into belief and confuted with club-Arguments who denies One Democritus will not suffice to laugh at his Folly who denies that honour nourisheth Arts. An acre of Hellebore will not cure him that denies Give him some Hellebore to purge his Brain that will not confess He understands little that doth not know Paradiastole He doth not speak but bray like an Ass that denies No man's Nose is so stopt but he easily smels out this Send him to Bedlam as a man that hath a Vertigo in his Brain that denies Rubb over your Forehead and dare to deny that the Arts are stirred up by honour Confirmatio per Interrâ—gationem Who is so blind as not to see Who is so impudent that he dares deny What impudence is it not to confess Who doth not understand Who but a Mad-man would deny Who lives in such Cymmerian darkness that he doth not see and confess Paroemia his * Cerebrâ—m in calcaneis Who except he have Brains in his Heels will deny that honour is the nurse of Arts. Paroemia his soul only as †To keep his body from stinking Who except he have salt will deny Can Impudence so put off all shame as to deny that honour is the patron of Arts. Confirmatio per Asseverationem It is a Truth approved by the consent of all men It is a Truth manifest even to blind men It is a thing so plain as nothing can be plainer so certain as nothing can be more certain Paradiastole Metaphora It is a Truth so apparent and evident that it seems writ not with Ink but with the Beams of the Sun It is a matter out of question and needs no dispute It is a Truth approved of by the Testimony and Judgment of the whole World that honour is the whetstone of the Arts. It is as true as either Jove's or Apollo's Oracle It is as true as the Ammonian Dodonean or Delphiâ—k Oracle It is a Truth that requires not many words or a long Oration to confirm it It appears more clearly then the mid-day-Sun that honour is the whetstone of the Arts. The Sun needs no other light that it may be seen nor a Trumpet to proclaim the brightness of his Beams so is it in this evident Truth He lights a Candle in the Sun-shine that goes a bout to explain this Truth It is a Truth than which what can be more certain what more plain Asteismus It is a Truth so out of all Controversy that he that would prove it may go tell men The Sun shines when he triumphs in his meridian-Glory He must be either of Enantiôsis very great boldness or very little wit that denies Hypothesis Suppositio He that seriously considers it is blind if he do not see obstinate if seeing he do not confess Confirmatio per Confutationem They are but as Sibyll's leaves whatsoever are objected against this Truth Collatiâ— The Arguments against this Truth are lighter and vainer than the leaves of the Sibylls that the Arts are Honor's darlings Metaphora They are but Ropes of sand Towers of Lamia Old-wive's Tales vain Dreams that men prattle against this Truth Metaphora There is neither crumb nor drop of sense or reason in those things that are spoken against this Truth Collatio à simili As one said of the Nightingal she was a Voyce and nothing else so they are words and wind and no more that are objected against this Truth Paradiastole It comes not from Apollo's Tripos but the Old-Wive's Trivet whatsoever is babbled against this Truth Epitrope Let him be rich let him be noble let him be great let him be what you will fool he must needs be and fool-hardy too who dares to open his mouth against this Truth Metaphora I could wish my self a Squinancy to stop his saucy chaps which dare bark against this Truth that the Arts are Honor's favourites Hypothesis Ironica If he be not blind enough make him blinder that doth not see and acknowledge this palpable Truth He must either shut his eies or put them out to whom the light of this Truth doth not clearly shine that Arts are perfected by Honour He is hardened against all Truth that denies this manifest Truth Asteismus Let him go deny Principles that will not confess this Maxim He must have a Forehead of Brass a Brain of Lead and a Tongue of Iron that dares contradict so confessed a Truth that Arts are perfected by Honour Confirmatio ab Exemplo There were no good Physitians at Athens because there were no rewards nor Honours for Physitians At the same Athens Honour and the applause of the Citizens nourished the Art of Eloquence in Demosthenes to the highest perfection So in Cicero at Rome The same may be said of Aristotle Archimedes and divers other famous Philosophers Confirmatio à Testimonio Where there is no rewards there is no Art saith Aristophanes that Prince of Comick Poets amongst the Grecians Tâ—st Every thing that is honoured is increased and that which is contemned is diminished saith Jamblicus a most ancient Authour Test to Flaccus saith O Flaccus let there be but †Favourers of Arts. Mecoenas's there will not want * Learned Poets Martiaâ— that witty Poet writing Maro's and your own grounds will give you a Virgil Well therefore did the Ancient feign †Honour râ—nown Euphemia the mother of the Arts. Apodosis and as it were blowing upon the Arts makes them which otherwise would be * Paronomasia Even as a prosperous Wind filling Confirmatio per Similitudinem Protasis the Sayls of the Ship makes it pass through the Waves with a triumphant speed which otherwise is carried with a slow languid and uncertain motion so Honour animating resty and rusty to move with an happy and chearful Progress till by degrees they arrive at the Haven of perfection Ironia It is not honour that nourisheth the Arts no by no means the Arts are not at all beholden to honour nor depend upon her vain and uncertain breath very true forsooth Honour doth not disregard the Arts. Tapinôsis Meiôsis Litotes Honour is no enemy to the Arts. Honour wisheth not ill to the Arts. Climax Incrementum Subjectio seu Anthypophora Doth honour love the Arts Yea shee feeds them cherisheth them embraceth them kisheth them bears them in her bosome brings them up with much care and indulgence
The Heavens shall rest The Sun and Stars shall shine together The Pibbles shall mount up to the Stars The Earth shall be adorned with Stars The Flocks shall invite the Lions to their folds The Skies shall endure the heavy plough The Water shall give flames and Fire waters The Sun shall rise in the West The Ants shall leave their industry The Bees shall forget to make Honey Maenalian Hounds shall fly from the Hare Nature shall become preposterous No Element shall keep his proper seat Fire shall be cold and Water shall give heat Summer shall give Snow Does shall fright Lions if Arts die not when Honour refuseth to nourish them Crows shall fly through the Air whiter then Snow Swans shall be as black as pitch Oxen shall cut the Aire with their wings Marbles shall be softer then Wax The Chickens shall prey upon the Kite and Geese upon the Fox Confirmatio à perpetuitate veritatis ubi obiter variantur Perpetuò Semper The Hare shall chase the Hound and the Dove the Hawks if Arts die not when Honour refuseth to nourish them Whilst Sun and Stars shall run their course While Stars shall embellish Heaven and Flowers the Earth Whilst Neptune's arms shall embrace the earth Whilst Cynthia shall renew her Horns Whilst Lucifer foretells th' approaching Morn Whilst Arctos shuns the Sea Whilst Mountains give their shades Whilst Streams their tribute to the Ocean pay ever will the arts depend upon Honour Whilst Day hath Light and Night succeeds the Day Whilst Summer follows the Spring and Autumn succeeds Summer Whilst the Sun casts light or the Earth shadows Whilst the Land bounds the Sea and Aire the Land Whilst the Rivers carrie Waters or those waters Fishes Whilst the Earth hath Trees Whilst the Bore loves the tops of Mountains Whilst Bees love thyme and Bears honey ever will the arts depend upon Honour Till time and memory shall be no more Till time shall have no plumes Till time shall be as bald before as he is behind Till time shall be swallowed up by Eternity Till Lachesis have no more thread to draw ever will the arts bemuch obliged to Honour †Note that all those Proverbial phrases which stand for Never may by prefixing Till or Vntil stand for Ever as appears by these Examples Till the Woolfe shall marry the Sheep Till the Sun shall change his Course Till the Sun shall rise in the West Till Time that gives all things their end shall have it self an End To the last Syllable of recorded Time ever wil the Arts be much obliged to Honour Conclusio Epilogus Peroratio But since I have made mention of the End of Time it puts me in mind that it is time to make an End of my Discourse lest by my prolixity I draw into suspicion this evident truth Honour nourisheth the Arts. Sentence IV. Fortune is Vnconstant Synonymia simplex per Heterôsin contraâ—ii Substantivi Adjectivi Fortune is not constant Fortune is a thing of great inconstancy Fortune is a thing of the least constancy Fortune is a thing of no constancy Fortune is uncertain Fortune is not certain Fortune is a thing of great uncertainty Fortune is a thing of the least certainty Fortune is a thing of no certainty Fortune is mutable Fortune is not immutable Fortune is a thing of incredible mutability Fortune is a thing of the least immutability Fortune is a thing of no immutability Fortune is unstedfast Fortune is not stedfast Fortune is a thing of unspeakable unstedfastness Fortune is a thing of the least steadfastness Fortune is a thing of no stedfastness Fortune is leight Fortune is not grave Fortune is a thing of wonderful levity Fortune is a thing of no gravity Fortune is a thing of the least gravity Fortune is changeable Fortune is not unchangeable Fortune is a thing of notable changeableness Fortune is a thing of the least unchangeableness Fortune is a thing of no unchangeableness Fortune is various Fortune is a thing of much variety Fortune is voluble Fortune is a thing of an uncertain volubility Fortune is slippery Fortune is a thing of a dangerous slipperiness Fortune is instable Fortune is not stable Fortune is a thing of unexpressible instability Fortune is a thing of the least stability Fortune is a thing of no stability Fortune is perfidious Fortune is not faithful Fortune is a thing of odious perfidiousness Fortune is a thing of the least faithfulness Fortune is a thing of no faithfulness Fortune is deceitful Fortune is fallacious Fortune is not true Fortune is a thing of great deceitfulness Fortune is a thing of subtle fallaciousness Fortune is a thing of the least truth Fortune is a thing of no truth Fortune is vain Fortune is a thing of manifold vanity Fortune is desultorious Fortune is transitory Fortune hath no constancy Fortune wants certainty Fortune is without steadfastness Fortune is destitute of stability There is no faith or fidelity in Fortune Fortune is deprived of all gravity Fortune abounds in inconstancy Fortune wants not uncertainty Fortune is not without unstedfastness Fortune is not destitute of instability Fortune is well furnished with perfidiousness There is deceit and fallaciousness enough in Fortune Fortune is frail Fortune is a thing of miserable frailty Hyperbole Fortune is unconstant even to wonder above all things Great is the inconstancy of Fortune even to wonder above all things Fortune is a thing in all the world least of all constant Fortune stands not long in a place Fortune reteyns not always the same mind Heterôsis Affirmativorum negativis Notâ—ing is inconstant if not Fortune Nothing is more inconstant then Fortune Nothing in the World can be more inconstant then Fortune There is nothing but is more constant then Fortune Nothing can be more unconstant then Fortune There is not any thing can be less constant then Fortune There is nothing but is less inconstant then Fortune Nothing is constant if Fortune be not unconstant There is nothing so unconstant as Fortune Heterosis Actâ—vi Passivo Nothing surpasseth Forune in inconstancy Fortune is surpassed by nothing in inconstancy Nothing overcomes Fortune in uncertainty Fortune is overcome by nothing in uncertainty Nothing is so easily changed as Fortune Nothing is more easily changed then Fortune Nothing is with more ease changed then Fortune Nothing is changed oftner then Fortune What is unconstant Fortune Erotâ—sis seu Interrogatio What is inconstant but Fortune What is inconstant if not Fortune What Is not Fortune inconstant What is more inconstant then Fortune What can be more inconstant then Fortune Can any thing be more inconstant then Fortune How should any thing be more inconstant then Fortune Is there any thing so unconstant as Fortune Hath the wide World any thing so unconstant as Fortune In what dark and blind corner lyeth that thing that is so inconstant as Fortune What from East to West is so inconstant