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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03100	A newe discourse of morall philosophie, entituled, The kayes of counsaile Not so pleasant as profitable for younge courtiours. Optima est patientia victor.	Heron, Haly.	1579 (1579)	STC 13228; ESTC S108570	49,052	150

a mastye at a Deare a Greyhounde at a Beare Surely no more fitte and conueniente is it for a man to liue cōtrary to his own natural disposition It is harde to striue against the streame hop againste an hill and spurne againste the prick So the force of nature is inuincible which though she be resisted manye times for good cause yet she will neuer suffer hir self to be vanquyshed and quite ouercome And is it not reason that she which is the Authour of life shoulde giue counsayle in the order and good maintenance of the same should not the mother instruct hir childrē or doth not the opinion of the Iudge beare chiefe credite in the cause yes no doubte and so muche the sooner to be accepted by howe muche the more it séemeth to giue light and chiefe euidence to the truth of the matter but you will say the nature is corrupt therfore not méete to sit in place of iudgement in déed this reason is not light in other matters which séemeth harder to be confuted than maintayned if the consequente be true I coulde wishe it were nowadayes generally practised and approued but in this case I denye that nature of it self is corrupt nor vicious but custome nor hurtefull by anye meanes vnto it selfe and therfore not to be refused and it is manifest that discorde is in all things the authour of mischiefe wée sée that a kingdome diuided wythin it selfe cannot stande much lesse the man that is continuallye vexed with contrarie thoughtes and affections in his actes and operations can prosper Ther be diuerse parts and members of the bodie but the minde guideth them all into one kinde of motion Let vs take for an example that honourable state of mariage whiche by reason séemeth to be the firste steppe of Stabilitie for compassed by leasure and aduisemente it resembleth the ioyes of heauen and rashly enterprised it is equall with the tormentes of Hell it is only the treasure or discommodities prosperity or aduersity the only felicity or vnhappinesse of life wherein truely there is nothing so daungerous as the inequalitie of estates in such a stedfast knot and firme coniunctiō of two bodies for what likelyhood of condition can there be betwéen two of diuerse dispositions or what consent or agréemēt cā be foūd in ij cōtrarie natures whē one shal be lowly and the other lofty one ambitious the other curteous one chast the other incontinent one couetous and the other by nature churlishe And as the Wolfe cannot leaue to be rauenous nor vnthankefull swine learne to be curteous so the haughty Lion is merciful by kind the silly Lamb by nature innocent But we sée there is hard familiaritie betwéene any of these creatures bycause their natures be contrarie and therfore commōly they séeke one anothers destruction And as vnequal oxen can not wel drawe togither in one yoake so the match is marde where the mates are not like disposed and consequētly nothing els prosperous inuita Minerua to say nature not consenting And now to the second point of this deliberation there belongeth a dutiful regard in following the chiefe schoolemastresse experiēce vnto whose discipline instructiō wée haue bin longest accustomed For it is an olde saying Rome was not builded in one daye neither is any serious matter to be attēpted with ouermuche haste nothing is so hardly won which is more easily lost the strong hold or fortresse whose bulwarkes séeme to be inuincible at length with hard perilous aduētures is entred yet perhaps againe by slight policies in a momēt lost and recouered And next vnto Nature hir self Custome chalēgeth a large prerogatiue whiche in processe of time maketh hirselfe almost equall with Nature in force conditiōs For if we cōsider the whole regiment of the world which is by antiquitie of times principally directed in good things we shal find almost nothing in so large an Empire that is no subiect to the rule of custome first the generall fruite and propagation of kinde is by custome naturallye increased maintained by custome Emperours and kings are crowned by custome Knightes and Lordes created and by custome Iustice administred truth exalted dueties regarded Desertes rewarded mighte encouraged and to be shorte all kynde of good vertues easilye attayned and worthyly embraced the seruauntes of custome are these thrée Arte Vse and exercise and as these are by custome specially maintayned so by them al things also are vsually atchieued and from these commeth also experiēce which in any facultie or trade of life is most necessarie and herein appeareth the imperfection of vnskilfull youth whiche being ignoraunte of affaires sometimes enterprise to reach by a superficiall kind of knowledge vnto the practise of high mysteries too far aboue the slight consideration of their gréene capacities and in the ende in rewarde of counterfayte skill and presumption and fained holynesse they receiue the iust punishment of shameful reproch and confusion It is a common prouerb amongst vs he that maries in hast shal repent at leasure indéed a man can not be too chary in that choyce nor too circumspect in electiō of that trade wherein he meanes steadfastlye to run the whole course of his life if we doe entende to win friendship with any man sée howe circumspect we are in finding out his vain how curious in considering his cōditions and how nyce in fauouring his nature but doth it not stand vs more vpon in the maintenance of life to behold our owne properties and conditions for no man is borne wise nor any man can suddainely become happie but euen as in the spring time the naturall sappe and moysture of the trée breaketh out first into the blooming buds frō buds into blossoms and then frō blossoms by little and little into a more harder substance whereby it is better able to withstand the hurtfull blastes and bitter colde vntill at last it softneth agayne by the vertue of the Sunne when it commes to the perfectiō and ripenesse of the fruite so the naturall disposition of mankinde is first moued with affection to séeke knowledge then cunning is desirous to imitate the practise of vertues by the example of others that were famous and thus experience by custome bringeth a man at last to the full perfection of wisedome therefore the regard of cōtinuall experience in the choyse of mans life is most necessary Thirdly it behoueth man to be armed at all assayes against the change of tymes and mutabilitie of fortune for nothing in this life is stadfast permanent no countrey so rich that warres hath not wasted no quiet peace and tranquility so durable that discord hath not dissolued no beautie so diuine which by cloudes of care is not eclipsed no courage so stoute whiche by crooked age is not qualified and lastly no mirth no ioy no pleasure no pastime no loue no lust no kind of commoditie so perfect and permanent whiche is not by sorrowe care troubles enuie wrath mischiefe or misfortune made subiect to some change and alteration so that the minde is only constant whiche is content that man séemeth most happie that is patient as riches health honour alone without singular vertues maketh not fortunate so truth courage equitie bountie suche like without perfect rest and contentation of the mind cannot lay the plot foundation of Stabilitie for can we call hym riche that is couetous or courteous that is proude or noble that is scorneful no more can he be constant that is furious and fantasticall neyther ought any man to estéeme the choise of faculties trades of liuing to be the onely suertie stedfastnesse of life Sith that the giftes of nature and fortune both richlye possessed are not sufficient to the maintenance of felicitie for he is not to be accompted happie that is not absolute and perfecte of him selfe and coueteth more to encrease or feares any thing to be diminished And therefore Solon beyng demaunded of the rich Kyng Craesus what letted him to be called happie answered bicause he was yet alyue meaning that no estate of lyfe is frée from the bondage and yoake of sorrowe for neither Kings nor Princes can assure them selues stedfastly to stande in the good grace and fauour of fortune which by the example of Policrates was manifestly prooued whose estate was long tyme prosperous and so beautifully furnished with health wealth and pleasure that he began to be at defiaunce with fortune hir selfe and dispised the fawning fauour of Neptune that sent him his Kyng againe in the bowels of a Fishe which he had before wilfully caste into the sea being of great price to trye the friendshyppe of fortune But as the Sunne being at the highest must néedes decline by his naturall course againe So the blinde Goddesse whose lookes are like vnto brittle glasse that is not so bryght but it is assoone broken now beganne to shake the chaire of proude Policrates and assoone ouerwhelmed him in the paynes of helf whom shée had before hoysed vp into the ioyes and pleasures of heauen For of a King he became a captiue and of a happie man a most miserable wretche and so died at mischiefe And thus we sée by thys onelye example which maye be matched with innumerable of like sort that no life is certaine none estate stedfast and no cōdition nor any kynde of callyng without continuall cares troubles and aflictions And therfore I conclude that Pacience is the strongest armour of proofe to withstande the spitefull force of inconstant and variable Fortune FINIS Summum bonum Obediētia Pacientia Bias. Socrates Aristotl Hercules Hidaspis Fortitudo Comitas Antisthenes Psal. Poetae Philosophi Modestia Heliod Philautia Diogenes Simile Simile Hercules