Saint Augustine reproueth Varro Pontifex Scaeuola vvho were of opinion that it vvas very expedient men shoulde bee deceiued in Religion because that there is no felicitie or certaine rest but in the ful assurance thereof and in an infallible truth without diuinitie and the doctrine of GOD none can take any principle at all in the discipline of manners Polybius vvriteth that nothing so much aduaunced the Romaines as theyr Religion albeit it were not pure The VVorde is a medicine to a troubled spirit but being falsely taught it prooueth a poyson Bern. Religion is like a square or ballance it is the canon and rule to liue well by and the very touch-stone vvhich discerneth truth from falshood The auncient Fathers haue gyuen three principall markes by which the true Religion is known first that it serueth the true God secondly that it serueth him according to his VVord thirdly that it reconcileth that man vnto him which followeth it The true worshyppe of God consisteth in spyrit and truth Chrisost. VVhere religion is Armes may easily bee brought but where Armes are without religion religion may hardly be brought in There can bee no surer signe of the ruine of a kingdome then contempt of religion There can bee no true Religion vvhere the word of God is wanting Those men are truly religious which refuse the vain transitory pleasures of the world and wholy sette theyr mindes on diuine meditations Hee which is negligent and ignorant in the seruice of his Creator can neuer be careful in any good cause Religion doth linke and vnite vs together to serue with willingnes one God almighty It is the guide of all other vertues and they who doe not exercise themselues therein to withstand all false opinions are like those souldiers which goe to warre vvithout weapons The Romaines allowed the seruice of all Gods and to that end builded a Temple to all Gods called Pantheon yet woulde they neuer receiue the true God to wit Iehouah the Lord God of the Hebrues The principall seruice of God consisteth in true obedience which the prophets call a spirituall chastitie not to swarue there-from nor to thinke that whatsoeuer wee find good in our owne eyes pleaseth him The knowledge of true religion humilitie and patience entertaineth concord August If men dyd knowe the truth and the happinesse which followeth true religion the voluptuous man woulde there seeke his pleasures the couetous man his wealth the ambitious man his glory sith it is the onely meane which can fill the hart and satisfie theyr desire it serueth vs also for a guide to leade vnto God whereas the contrary dooth cleane with-hold vs from him No creature is capable of religion but onelie man Basil. The first precept that Socrates gaue to the Prince Demonicus was Tima ton Theon feare God The first law that should bee giuen to men should be the increase of religion and pietie The chiefest oath that the Athenians tooke was this In defending religion both alone with others will I fight against my foes The auncient Romaines through the instinct of Nature dyd so reuerently thinke of Religion that the most noble men of Rome sent theyr sonnes into Hetrurio to learne the manner of seruing God It is a very hard matter to change religion VVhere no religion resteth there can be no vertue abiding August True Religion is to be learned by fayth not by reason Religion is in truth not in falshood Religion is the stay of the weake the Mayster of the ignorant the phylosophie of the simple the oratory of the deuout the remedie of sinne the counsaile of the iust and the comfort of the troubled Pure religion vndefiled before God the Father is thys to visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in theyr aduersity and for a man to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world Philosophia pernosci non potest siue Christiana veraque religione quam prelucentem si tollis fateor ecce et clamo ludibrium illa vanitas delirium Oportet principem anté omnia esse deicolam Country or Commonweale Defi. Our Country is the region or clime vnder which we are borne the Common mother of vs all which wee ought to holde so deere that in the defence thereof wee should not feare to hazard our liues THere can bee no affinitie neerer then our Countrey Plate Men are not borne for themselues but for theyr Countrey parents kindred friends Cicero There is nothing more to be desired nor any thing ought to bee more deere to vs then the loue of our Country Children parents friendes are neere to vs but our Country challengeth a greater loue for whose preseruation wee ought to appose our liues to the greatest dangers It is not enough once to haue loued thy Country but to continue it to the end Plut. VVhere soeuer wee may liue well there is our Country The remembrance of our Country is most sweet Liuius To some men there country is their shame and some are the shame of theyr country Let no man boast that he is the Cittizen of a great Citty but that he is worthy of an honourable Country Arist. VVe ought so to behaue ourselues towards our Country vnthankful as to a mother The profit of the country extendeth it selfe to euery Citty of the same Stobaeus Our Country saith Cicero affoordeth large fields for euery one to runne to honor So deere was the loue of his Country to Vlisses the he preferred his natiue soyle Ithaca before immortality Our country first challengeth vs by nature The whole world is a wisemans country Necessity compelleth euery man to loue his country Eurip. The loue which we beare to our country is not pietie as some suppose but charity for there is no pietie but that which we beare to God and our Parents Many loue theyr Countrey not for it selfe but for that which they possesse in it Sweet is that death and honourable which we suffer for our Country Horace If it be asked to whom we are most engaged and owe most duty our Countrey and parents are they that may iustly challenge it The life which we owe to death is made euerlasting beeing lost in the defence of our Countrey Giue that to thy country which she asketh for nature will constraine thee to yeeld it Happy is that death which beeing due to nature is bestowed vpon our Country Happy is that common-wealth where the people doe feare the law as a tyrant Plato A cōmon-wealth consisteth of two things reward and punishment Solon As the body without members so is the common-wealth without lawes Cicero Peace in a common-wealth is like harmony in musick Aug. Men of desert are least esteemed of in their owne Country Erasmus Coriolanus beare vnkinde Armes against his Countrey Plut. Nascia was most woorthily renowned for the defence of his Country Appian Q. Mutius Scaeuola Curtius deserued euerlasting memory for louing their country Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine cunctos Allicit et memores non sinit
deterret sapientem mors quae propter incertos casus quotidie imminet et propter breuitatem vitae nunquam longé potest ab esse Tria sunt generamortis vna mors est peccati vt anima quae peccat morte morietur alter a mistica quando quis peccato moritur et Deo viuit tertia qua cursum vitae buius explemus Aug. Of Time Defi. Time is a secrete and speedie consumer of howers and seasons older then any thing but the first and both the bringer forth and waster of whatsoeuer is in this world THere is no sore which in time may not bee saued no care vvhich cannot bee cured no fire so great vvhich may not bee quenched no loue liking fancie or affection vvhich in time may not eyther bee repressed or redressed Time is the perfit herrald of truth Cic. Time is the best Orator to a resolute mind Dailie actions are measured by present behauiour Time is the herrald that best imblazoneth the conceits of the mind Time is the sweete Phisition that allovveth a remedie for euery mishap Time is the Father of mutabilitie Time spent without profit bringeth repentance and occasion let slip vvhen it might be taken is counted prodigalitie There is nothing among men so entirelie beloued but it may in time bee disliked nothing so healthfull but it may bee diseased nothing so strong but it may be broken neyther any thing so well kept but it may be corrupted Truth is the Daughter of Tyme and there is nothing so secrete but the date of manie dayes will reueale it In time the ignorant may become learned the foolish may â—e made wise and the most wildest wanton may be brought to be a modest Matron Biâ—s The happier our time is the shorter while it lasteth Plinie Say not that the time that our fore-fathers liued in was better then this present age Vertue and good life make good dayes but aboundance of vice corrupted the time Ierom Nothing is more precious then time yet nothing lesse esteemed of Bern. As oyle though it be moist quencheth not fire so time though neuer so long is no sure 〈…〉 t for sinne As a sparkle raked vp in cinders vvill at last begin to glowe and manifest flame so treachery hidde in silence and obscured by time will at length breake foorth and cry for reuenge VVhatsoeuer villanie the hart doth thinke and the hande effect in proces of time the worme of conscience will bewray Tyme draweth wrinkles in a fayre face but addeth fresh colours to a fresh friend Things past may bee repented but not recalled Liuius A certaine Phylosopher being demaunded what was the first thing needfull to winne the loue of a vvoman aunswered opportunitie Beeing asked what was the second he answered opportunitie and beeing demaunded what was the third hee still aunswered opportunitie Delayes oftentimes bring to passe that hee which should haue dyed doth kill him which should haue lyued Clem. Alex. Procrastination in perrill is the mother of ensuing misery Time and patience teacheth all men to liue content Take time in thy choyce and bee circumspect in making thy match for nothing so soone gluts the stomacke as sweet meate nor sooner fills the eye then beautie Oportunities neglected are manifest signes of folly Time limitteth an end to the greatest sorrowes Actions measured by time sildome prooue bitter by repentance Reason oft-times desireth execution of a thing which time will not suffer to bee done not for that it is not iust but because it is not followed Many matters are brought to a good end in time that cannot presently be remedied with reason Time is lifes best counsellor Antist Time is the best gouernour of counsels Tyme tryeth what a man is for no man is so deepe a dissembler but that at one time or other he shall be easily perceiued Time maketh some to be men which haue but childish conditions A little benefit is a great profit if it bee bestowed in due time Curtius Times dailie alter and mens minds doe often change Time is so swift of foote that beeing once past he can neuer be ouer-taken The fore-locks of time are the deciders of many doubts Time in his swift pace mocketh men for theyr slownes Non est crede mihi sapientis dicere viuam Sera nimis vita est crastina viue hodie Omnia tempus edax depascitur omnia carpit Omnia sede mouet nec sinit esse diu Of the World Defi. This word worlde called in greeke Kosmos signifieth as much as ornament or a wel disposed order of things HE that cleaueth to the customes of the world forsaketh God Cicero and the Stoicks were of opinion that the world was wisely gouerned by the Gods who haue care of mortall things The world is vain worldly ioyes do fade but heauen alone for godly minds is made He that trusteth to the world is sure to bee deceiued Archim The disordinate desire of the goods of thys world begetteth selfe-loue Our honours and our bodily delights are worldly poysons to infect our soules The worlde seduceth the eye with varietie of obiects the sent with sweete confections the taste with delicious duties the touch with soft flesh precious clothing and all the inuentions of vanitie Hee that mortiâ—ieth his naturall passions is sildome ouer-come with worldlie impressions Greg. No man that loueth the world can keepe a good conscience long vnâ—orrupted The worldly man burneth in heate of desire is rauished with the thought of reuenge inraged with the desire of dignity briefely neuer his owne 〈…〉 he leaue the world Thys world thoâ—gh neuer so well beloued cannot last alwayes Thys worlde is the chaine vvhich fettereth men to the deuill but repentance is the hand which lifteth men vp to God Thys world is but the pleasure of an houre and the sorrowe of many dayes Plato The worlde is an enemy to those whom it hath made happy Aug. The world is our pryson and to lyue to the world is the life of death The delights of this world are like bubbles in the water which are soone raysd and suddainly layd The world hateth contemplation because contemplation discouereth the treasons and deceits of the world Erasmus VVee may vse the world but if wee delight in it we breake the loue wee should beare to him that created it Hee that loueth the worlde hath incessant trauaile but hee that hateth it hath rest Man hath neuer perfit rest or ioy in thys world neither possesseth he alwayes his own desire The world hath so many sundry changes in her vanitie that shee leadeth all men wandering in vnstedfastnes He which seeketh pleasures from the world followeth a shadow which when hee thinketh he is surest of it vanisheth away and turneth to nothing Socrat. The world the flesh and the deuil are three enemies that continually fight against vs we haue great need to defend vs from them The vanities of thys worlde bewitch the mindes of many men God created thys world a place
inter euersae vrbis manubias varia sub specie migrauit ad graecos Of Couetousnes Defi. Couetousnes is a vice of the soule wherby a man desireth to haue from all parts with out reason and vniustly with-holdeth that which rightly belongeth vnto another body it is also a sparing and niggardlinesse in giuing but open-handed to receaue whatsoeuer is brought without conscience or any regard whether it be well or ill attained THe property of a couetous man is to liue like a begger all dayes of his life and to be founde rich in money at the houre of his death Archimed Gaynes gotten vvith an ill name is great losse Couetous men little regard to shorten their lyues so they may augment their riches Treasures hoorded vp by the couetous are most commonly wasted by the prodigall person Gold is called the bait of sinne the snare of soules and the hooke of death which being aptly applyed may be compared to a fire whereof a little is good to warme one but too much will burne him altogether The chariot of Couetousnes is carried vppon foure vvheeles of vices Churlishnesse Faint-courage contempt of God forgetfulnes of death Drawn by two horses called Greedy to catch and Holdfast the Carter that dryueth it is Desire to haue hauing a whip called Loth to forgoe A couetous man is good to no man and worst friend to himselfe The couetous man vvanteth as vvell that which he hath as that which he hath not He that coueteth much wanteth much There is greater sorrowe in loosing riches then pleasure in getting them Publius Couetousnes is the roote of all euill from whence doe proceed as from a fountaine of mishap the ruine of Common-weales the subuersion of estates the wrack of societies the staine of conscience the breach of amity the confusion of the mind iniustice bribery slaughters treasons and a million of other mischeeuous enormities Aurel. All vices haue theyr taste saue onely couetousnes The gaine of golde maketh many a man to loose his soule A couetons man passeth great trauailes in gathering riches more danger in keeping them much law in defending them great torment in departing from them The excuse of the couetous man is that he gathereth for his children Apollonius The couetous minded man in seeking after riches purchaseth carefulnes for him-selfe enuy for his neighbours a pray for theeues perrill for his person damnation for his soule curses for his chyldren and lavve for his heyres A couetous rich man in making hys testament hath more trouble to please all then himselfe tooke pleasure to get and possesse all A couetous mans purse is called the deuils mouth Dionisius comming into a Temple vvhere Images were couered in costly coates of siluer and gold These garments quoth hee are too heauie for sommer and too colde for vvinter and so taking them away with him hee cloathed them in Linsey-wolsie saying these are more light for sommer and cooler for the winter VVee feare all things like mortall men but wee desire all thinges as if wee were immortall Seneca Couetousnes in olde men is most monstrous for what can be more foolish then to prouide more money and victuals vvhen he is at his iourneyes end Couetousnes is a disease vvhich spreadeth through all the vaines is rooted in the bowels and being inueterate can not be remooued Tully To fly from couetousnes is to gaine a kingdome Publius Gold guides the globe of the earth and couetousnes runnes round about the world Most couetous is hee vvhich is carefull to get desirous to keepe and vnwilling to forgoe By liberality mens vices are couered by couetousnes layd open to the world Aug. A couetous mans eye is neuer satisfied nor his desire of gaine at any time suffised The gluttons minde is of his belly the leacher of his lust and the couetous man of his gold Bernard The couetous man is alway poore August Ardua res haec est opibus non tradere mores Et cum tot Croesos viceris esse Numam Vsque adeo solus ferrum mortemque timere Aurinescit amor pereunt discrimine nullo Amissae leges sed pars vilissima rerum Certamen mouistis opes Of Vsurie Defi. Vsurie of the Hebrues is called byting it is an vnlawfull gaine gotte by an vnlawfull meane and that cruelty which doth not onelie gnaw the debter to the bones but also sucketh out all the blood and marrow from them ingendering mony of money contrary to nature and to the intent for which money was first made VSurie is compared to fire vvhich is an actiue and insatiable element for it burneth and consumeth all the wood that is laid vpon it so the Vsurer the more hee hath the more he desireth and lyke hell gates hee is neuer satisfied A vsurer is a filching and corrupt Cittizen that both stealeth from his neighbours and defraudeth himselfe The intent of vsury bewraies the crime Vsury is the nurse of idlenes idlenes the mother of euils Vsurie makes the noble man sell his land the lawyer his Iustinian the Phisition his Gallen the souldier his sword the Merchant his wares and the world his peace Vsury is an auntient mischiefe and cause of much ciuill discord A litle lewdly come by is the losse of a great deale well gotten Vsurie is like a vvhirle-poole that swalloweth what soeuer it catcheth Crateus He that with his gold be gets gold becomes a slaue to his gold Inordinate desire of vvealth is the spring of vsurie and vsurie subuerteth credite good name and all other vertues Couetousnes seeketh out vsurie and vsurie nourisheth couetousnes An vsurer can learne no truth because hee loatheth the truth Vsurie taketh away the tytle of gentry because it delighteth in ignobility Vsury oftentimes deceiues the belly altogether liues carelesse of the soules safety As the greedy Rauens seeke after carren for their food so doth the couetous vsurer hunt after coyne to fill his coffers Philo. Plutarch sayth that no kinde of people in the world are so notorious lyuers nor vse so much to falsifie theyr fayth in all practises as vsurers Appian in his first booke of ciuill wars writeth that by an auncient Law at Rome vsurie was forbidden vpon very great paine As he which is stung vvith an Aspe dyeth sleeping so sweetly doth hee consume himselfe which hath borrowed vpon vsury A vsurer is more dangerous then a theefe Cato Vsury is most hated of those whom she doth most pleasure Vsury maketh those that were free-borne bondslaues Publius Vsury is the manifest signe of extreame impudencie Chrysost. To be a vsurer is to be a manslayer Cato Vsurers were not suffered to enter the temple of sparing and well ordered expence Asellius was slayne for making a law against vsurers Appian By vsury money is brought forth before it be gotten Vsurie is the daughter of auarice and ambition turpia lucra faenoris et velox inopes vsura trucidat Nō sunt facienda mala vtinde eueniant bona Of Deceit Defi. Deceit or
to the vse of vertue Men are not borne for themselues but for their country parents and neighbours Cic. All things on earth are created for men and men created to worshyp God and ayde one another VVhosoeuer will follow nature must loue his neighbour and maintaine societie That man liueth most happily that lyueth least his owne and most his neighbours He which liueth to himselfe onely seperats profit from honestie Themistocles selling certaine land made it be proclaimed that it had a good neighbour Plutarch No man may slaunder or lye for his profit because such gaine is his neighbours indignitie Dutie and profit are two distinct things seperated belonging to our neighbours and our selues VVe must esteeme our neighbours loue as deerely as the purest gold It is more praise-woorthy to releeue one neighbour then to kill many enemies VVe must frame all our actions to the glory of God to the loue of our neighbors and to the profit of the Common-wealth The tydings of a badde mans buriall comes neuer too soone to the eares of his neighbor The enuie of a bad neighbour is worse then the sting of a serpent He that lyues alone liues in danger societie auoydes many perrills Gold is proued in the fornace and a neyghbours loue tried in time of trouble That neighbour is to bee well thought of which is ready in good will to helpe according to his power A rolling stone neuer gathers mosse nor a fickle minded man loue amongst his honest neighbours A flattering neighbour is a certaine enemy but a faythfull friend neuer dissembles The loue of neyghbors is the strongest pyllar to support the Common-wealth He is carelesse and vncharitable which will play at Cardes whilst his neighbours house is burning Good turnes doone to vnthankfull neyghbours is like water poured into open siues Necessity ingendereth in a man vvarre against himselfe and malice to hurt his neighbour Vt in re rustica non satis est teipsum bonum esse colonum sed magni refert cuiusmodi habeas et vicinum Sic in vita non satis est si teipsum integrum virum praestes sed refert cum quibus habeas consuetudinem Nunc ego illud verbum experior vetas aliquid mali esse propter vicinum malum Plau. Prouerbs Defi. Prouerbs are the onely sententious speeches of autentique Authors or the vsuall phrases begot by custome A Little streame serueth to dryue a lyght Myll a small summe will serue to pay a short reckoning a leane fee is a fit reward for a lazie Clark Perfit felicitie is the vse of vertue Arist. Bitter wordes proceedes rather from a foe then a friend sooner from an ill mind then from a good meaning It is a great shame for any man to reprooue those faults often in another which hee neuer seeketh to reforme in himselfe He that desireth to make a good market of his ware must watch opportunitie to open his shop VVhere the foundation is weake the frame tottereth and where the roote is not deepe the tree falleth VVhere the knot is loose the string slyppeth and where the water is shallow no vessell will ride VVhere sundry flyes bite the gall is great and where euery hand fleeceth the sheepe goe naked Demost. Loue is the refiner of inuention Bare words are no lawfull bargaines Poeticall fictions will not bare out folly nor the quirks of the law excuse apostacie Questions are sooner propounded then answered and demaunds in fewe wordes scant absolued with many One Swallowe brings not a Sommer neyther is one perticuler example sufficient proofe for a generall precept VVhite siluer drawes blacke lines fire is as hurtfull as healthfull and water is as dangerous as commodious Credit ought rather to be giuen to the eyes then to the eares VVhere many wordes are spoken truth is held in suspition Stobaeus He that goeth a borrowing goeth a sorowing A friend in the Court is better then money in thy purse Hee gyues twise that giueth quickly He that spareth to speake spareth to speed Seruice willingly offered is commonly refused and suspected A mans owne manners doth shape him eyther good or bad fortunes A neere friende is better then a farre dwelling kinsman Anger is the cradle of courage A noble cause dooth much ease a greeuous case S. P. S. Feare breedeth wit Ease is the nurse of poetry If the body be ouer-charged it may be holpen but the surfit of the soule can very hardly be cured The height of heauen is taken by the staffe the bottome of the sea sounded with Leade and the farthest Coast discouered by compasse He that talketh much and doth little is like vnto him that sayles with a side vvinde and is borne with the tide to a wrong shore It is hard to bring inward shame to outward confession S. P. S. Eagles â—â—ye alone and they are but sheepe that alwaies flock together The meane man must labour to serue the mighty and the mighty must study to defend the meane Standing streames gather filth and flowing riuers are alwayes sweet He that holds not himselfe contented vvith the light of the sunne but lyfts vp his eyes to measure the brightnes is made blind He that bytes of euery weede to search out the nature may light vpon poyson and he that loues to be sifting of euery cloude may be smitten with a thunder-stroke Blazing marks are most shotte at glittering faces chiefel marked looking eyes haue liking harts and liking harts may burne in lust A wanton eye is the dart of Cephalus that where it leueleth there it lighteth vvhere it hits it woundeth deepe It is hard to driue the corruption out of the flesh which is bred in the bone where the roote is rotten the stocke can neuer be newe grafted In little medling lyeth much rest Discipulus prioris posterior dies Dulce bellum inexpertis Of Sentences Defi. Sentences are the pithy sweete flowers of wit compiled in a ready deliuer braine and vttered in short and elegant phrases PIdgions after byting fall to bylling and pretty quips are messengers of pretty pastimes Sweet meate hath commonly sower sauce and pleasant mirth is accompanied vvith the traine of lothsome sorrowes Depth of wisedom height of courage and largenes of magnificence get admiration Truth of worde meeâ—nes curtesie mercie and liberality styr vp affection S. P. S. There is no man â—odainly excellent good or extreamely euill but growes eyther as he holds himselfe vp in vertue or lets himselfe slide to vice It is as badde a consequence to call a King proude for his treasure as a begger humble for his want It is better to deserue euerlasting fame with noble Fabius which saued his Country vvith delayes then to perrish with shamefull Callicratides which lost a goodly fleet of the Lacedemonians through his ouermuch hast Cunning to keepe is no lesse commendable then courage to commaund The court of affection is held by the racking steward Remembrance S. P. S. It profiteth little for a man
to compasse all the worlde by wit and to destroy himselfe for want of wisedome As lyfe without learning is vnpleasant so learning without vvisedome is vnprofitable It is an auncient custome amongst vanities chyldren not to honor him that to the common wealth is most profitable but to reuerence him who to the Prince is most acceptable Thinke with consideration consider with acknowledging acknowledge with admiration S. P. S. Hee properly may be called a man that in his behauiour gouerneth himselfe like a man that is to say conformable vnto such things as reason willeth and not as the motions of sensualitie wisheth There is no man so iust nor of so cleane a iudgement that dooth not shewe himselfe fraile in matters which touch his owne interest Examples of the dead that were good doe profit men more to liue vvell then the counsaile of the wicked that be lyuing doe interre and bury all those that are now aliue Farre better it is to be a tennant of libertie then a Land-lord of thrall Hee that makes himselfe a sheepe shall bee eaten of the VVolfe Too much familiarity breeds contempt He that looseth fauour on Land to seek fortune at Sea is like him that stared so long at a starre that he fell into a ditch Small helps ioyned together wax stronger He is vnworthy to be a maister ouer others that cannot master himselfe Phocion A maister ought not to bee knowne by the house but the house by the maister A busie tongue makes the minde repent at leysure By repentance vvee are drawne to mercie without vvhose vvings wee cannot flye from vengeance VVhere the demaund is a iest the fittest aunswere is a scoffe Archim Tis better to doe well then say well Tis pleasant to play but displeasant to loose VVhen doggs fall a snarling Serpents a hissing and women a weeping the first meanes to bite the second to sting and the third to deceiue VVhere sinne is supported by authoritie men grovv worse and worse and vvhere punishment is restrained there insolency commaundeth the lawes A good VVoolfe will neuer hunt too neere his owne denne To know and not be able to performe is a double mishap Such as be borne deafe or blind haue commonly their inward powers the more perfit Hee that helpeth an euill man hurteth him that is good Crates VVheÌ„ that thing cannot be done that thou wouldest then seeke to compasse that which thou knowest may be brought to passe Contempt is a thing intollerable for asmuch as no man can thinke himselfe so vile that he ought to be despised Suddaine motions and enforcements of the minde doe often break out eyther for great good or great euill Homer Many men labour to deliuer themselues from contempt but more study to be reuenged thereof The eye can neuer offend if the mind wold rule the eye Fame shall neuer profit the wicked person nor infamy hurt the good It is more easie to allow wise counsaile then to deuise it Men ought as vvell to be thankfull for that vvhich they haue not as they haue cause to giue thanks for that which in their own possession they haue in keeping As things fall out so doth the common sort iudge esteeming things fondly by the euent and not looking on the cause Negligence in priuate causes are very dangerous Solitarines is the sly enemy that doth most seperate a man from doing well S. P. S. He that mindeth to conquer must be carefull Money borowed vpon vsury bringeth misery although for a time it seeme plesant For a short pleasure long repentance is the hier Xenocrates Priuate losse may be holpen by publique paines Immoderate vvealth causeth pride pride bringeth hatred hatred vvorketh rebellion rebellion maketh an alteration and changeth kingdoms The kinde of contemplation that tends to solitarines is but a glorious title to idlenes Liking is not alwayes the child of beauty Iealousie is the harbinger of disdaine S. P. S. All is but lip-wisedome that wants experience VVho will resist loue must eyther haue no wit or put out his eyes Prologenes Loue is to a yeelding hart a King but to a resisting a tyrant S. P. S. Shee is not worthy to be loued that hath not some feeling of her owne worthines Feare is the onely knot that harteneth a tyrants people to him which once being vntied by a greater force they all scatter from him like so many birds whose cages are broken S. P. S. Ambition and loue can abide no lingering Grosse capacities for that theyr ordinarie conceit draweth a yeelding to their greater haue not witte to learne the right degrees of duty S. P. S. No â—hraldome to the inward bondage The right conceite of young men is that they thinke they then speake wisely vvhen they cannot vnderstand themselues He that wil needs stirre affections in others must first shew the same passion in himselfe Things lost by negligence must be recouered by diligence Myson As rewards are necessary for well-dooers so chastisements are meet for offenders Vertue like the cleare heauen is vvithout clouds S. P. S. He that will blame another must first bee blamelesse himselfe especially in that matter which he blameth another for No outward vtterance can commaund a conceite Suspition breedeth care and the effects of cruelty stirre vp a new cause of suspition It is best dealing with an enemy when he is at the weakest Aurelius The better sort eschew euill for shame but the common people for feare of punishment Lawes not executed are of no value and as good not made as not practised It is better for euery man to amend one in dooing his dutie then euerie one to seeke faults in others vvithout amending errors in himselfe Things that are wrongfully gotten haue no certaine assurance Not as men would but as men may and as the nature of things doe require so should they deale VVhere flatterers beare rule things come to ruine Pompeius Such is the man and his manners as his delight and study is By diligence and paines taking all may be amended that is a misse VVhen things are in extreamity it is good to be of good cheere and rather indeuour to amend them then cowardly to faint and dispaire of all Negligence and vvant of care dooth cause much woe To thinke vvell and doe well ought continually to be kept in remembrance They that trust much to theyr friendes know not how shortly teares be dried vp Countries and states are the rewards of valiant and couragious personages God and Nature doth set all things to sale for labour Great is the value of order fore-sight to gouerne things well Discord want of knowledge causeth confusion Man can better suffer to be denied then to be deceaued Lingering is most lothsome when necessity requireth hast Quinâ—il The carefulnes of the vvicked quickneth the godly to looke about them All passages are open to the stout and valiant minded man Flying tales and flattering newes doe neuer good to any state Tis better to fight vvith an enemie at