what he sales in writing binds himselfe to lose his credit Eloquence was so forcible in Demosthenes that he had many times mony offered him to hold his peace when other men lookt for great rewards to debate the matter Eloquence was so much laboured amongst the Philosophers and Orators of Athens that Damonidas florishing in the time of Pisistratus the tyrant on a day he said vnto the Senate of Athens All men may freelie come speak with me in their affaires except the Philosopher Damonidas who may write vnto me but not come talke with me for he holdeth such efficacy in his words that he perswadeth to what he wil. Eloquence is rather the gift of God then the perfection of learning for many worthy men haue attaind to great knowledge who for want of elocution haue lost their honors and memorable renowne Eloquence applyed to purpose containeth great efficacy which king Philip Alexanders father knew very wel for besieging a certaine citie he came to this parlee that if they would suffer Theomastes to enter and make an Oration he then would depart and raise his siege Sure Theomastes had great eloquence in his words and forcible perswasion in his speech for they not onely rendred themselues and opened their gates but acknowledged king Phillip for their Prince as hee did the Orator for preuailing Thus had eloquence more force in words then the King in his Armies Eloquence hath secret enemies Folly and Ignorance the one cannot vnderstand the secret the other cannot learne the qualitie Eloquence and Wisedome are not alwaies companions for many times a ridiculous matter passeth in the eloquent deliuery weake thrusts pearcing the heart dispatcheth the combat Eloquence and discretion must needes be obserued in writing letters of importance and to a man delighted with varietie and volubility of speech Eloquence maketh a man desire glory and then he writeth with aduisement speaketh with iudgement and as you see the plough-man reuiew his furrow to straighten what is amisse so must a wise man examine his writings to make them seeme more meet and orderlie Eloquence in writing a letter is discouered when it is pleasant to read and discreet to be noted Eloquence and honesty are sometimes enemies for a wicked matter enforceth attention by perswading speeches and procureth dispatch by a timely compulsion Eloquence is no way auaileable with God for the simplest prayer of a good man shall be truly heard when the vaine Oratory of the brauest Philosopher shall not preuaile Enuy. I like the diuell nought but Good pursue Whereby I waste to naught yet Good eschew ENuy frets the heart and marres digestion in the stomack nay farther the fire of malice feedes on hellish furie Enuy of neighbours watch thy actions and make thee stand on a guard of circumspection Enuy cannot speake well of vertue nor endure to heare another commended especially in an enemy or in him vvith whom wee contend for superioritie or glory And if therein our aduersary preuaile we cannot sleepe in quiet nor eate with content Enuy and hate doe commonly goe together so that Timon vvho enuied good men because they were so good beeing asked why he hated all men answered I hate wicked men because of their wickednesse and I hate all other men because they hate not the wicked Enuy is somewhat contrary to othervices for they commonly extend to the hurt of others when the enuious man hurteth himselfe and then most chiefly when he cannot preuaile to doe mischiefe and faileth in practicing reuenge Enuy wrought the destruction of Pharoh and his host by his owne contempt against God the troubles of Ioseph by his brethren the death of Iohn Baptist by Herodias daughter and the crucifying of Christ by the Scribes and Pharises who knew that hee was the Sauiour and yet repined at his humilitie Enuy made Caine murther his brother Abel the Sodomites repine against Lot Saul murmure at Dauid Ioab kill Abner Shemei raile vvhen Absalom rebelled against his Father and the Diuell himselfe tempt the vvoman to bring all mankinde to destruction and ruine Enuy makes men vvorse then diuels for they beeing a legion yet agreed together in one man but two bretheren can scarce agree together in one house Enuy breedes a frowne in the forehead a leere in the eye vvrinkles in the face leannesse in the body malice in the heart and a mischiefe in the soule Enuy bred by the pride of Lucifer caused his fight contention with the Arch-angell but especiallie made the Diuell vvatch the Woman in the wildernesse to deuoure her child when she should be deliuered Enuy vvill doe him-selfe hurt to procure his aduersarie a greater mischiefe Which makes mee remember a storie of an Enuious and Couetous man vvalking together vvho at last met with Iupiter and had the fortune to haue their petitions granted with this prouiso That whatsoeuer the first man wished the other was sure to haue it doubled vpon him Wherupon the couetous man would not wish because hee would haue had all the good to himselfe and the enuious man durst not for dooing another double good But at last in casting of lots it fell to the Enuious mans turn to ask first and so hee desired to haue one of his eyes pulled out that the Couetous man might lose both which was immediatly effected and Iupiter wondred at the malice of the wicked man Enuy breakes the knot of amitie sowes the seed of sedition and brings forth the fruit of ruine and destruction Enuy loues no number but one no iudgement but partiall no power but absolute nor wisedome but will Enuy euen remaines in the graue for the Salamines buried their dead their backs turned against the Agarens which vvere their mortall enemies in such wise that their enmitie endured not onely in time of life but also when they were dead Enuy is of that property that it sometimes produceth a miracle For after Eâ—eocles and Polinices had killed one another in battaile and that their bones and bodies were to be burnt and sacrificed together the very flames diuided themselues asunder and shewed the enuy and disvnion of the malicious brethren Enuy is an incurable disease a torment of the minde a vexer of the spirit corrupter of the bloud canker of the flesh rust in the bones consumer of the very soule Enuy and malice haue no mercy in case of victory when weakenesse is forborne when it is vnder the power of true fortitude and valour and ignorance is instructed not derided by Christian wisedome Enuy maketh quarrells vpon cold bloud to the hazard both of body and soule and how-euer they be dangerous vpon sudden heats they be this way vnpardonable vpon premeditated malice Enuy is euer a supplanter of the vertuous who if they once rise to the fauor of Princes let them be sure of enuiors yea and peraduenture of such as flatter them to their faces Enuy produceth horrible effects for when Porrex had killed his brother Ferrex whom
ended is birth to eternity and a true faith purchaseth felicitie Death is not to be feared when it deliuers from misery 〈◊〉 be refused when it leads to endlesse felâ—â—ity Death of a good 〈◊〉 is the misâ—ry of a good seruant 〈◊〉 of a good father the ioy and reioycing of a reprobate childe but hee is not worthy to liue that is sick of the father Death both vntimely and shamefull is commonly the end of theeues and lechers For thé one furnisheth the hatefull gallowes and the other is commonly finished by lothsome surgery Death vndesired of age sheweth little feeling of grace as youth doth little signe of good nature or breeding that doth not loue and reuerence his elders and betters Death endeth the sorrowes of the righteous and beginneth the miseries of the wicked Deaths musick is sounded when wee beginne the song with sighs end it vvith sobs and keepe time with teares Death belongeth to him that killeth his enemie but hell to him that killeth himselfe Death is one and the same to all how-euer diuerse Nations differd in their seuerall burialls and sepulchers Death amoÌ„gst the Salamines Agarens had an extreame enmity for they were buried with their backs turned one against another so that if in life they were enemies after death they scarce remained friends Death amongst diuerse Nations had as diuerse entertainements For the Hircanes washed their dead friends bodies vvith wine and afterward annointed them with oyle which they kept to eate and drinke The Massagetes drew forth the bloud and did drinke it burying the bodies The Caspians burnt the bodies to ashes which they did afterwards drinke in wine so that the entrailes of the liuing was the sepulcher of the dead The Schithes buried no man without one aliue were ioyned with him which if any friend denied a slaue was bought to maintaine the custome And so in many other Nations according to the seuerall conditions of life they had as many deuises of buriall Yet death is but the priuation of life in all Death of good children woundeth the Parents harts but the life of a wicked wife is the woe and misery of marriage so that in such a case it were better to be honestly dead and worshipfully buried then liue to be continually tormented Death eternall and life abreuiated is the reward of the wicked and damned Death makes an end of all liuing creatures whereas derth destroieth but some kingdomes warres depopulateth but some countries fire coÌ„sumes but some cities Death is so much the more grieuous to the rich by how much they made more account of long life For when a man shall bid his soule to liue at rest what a terror is it to haue it taken from him that night But life is irksome to the miserable because they cannot liue as they should nor die when they would Death of sutes proceeds from denialls and they commonly come by corruption of bribes and delayes are the miâ—eries of hope vnkindnes the scourge of loue and combersomnes the breach of friendship Death and murther are wrought by vnskilfull Physitians and ignorant idle or ill-liuing Ministers the one receiues money to kill the body the other benefices to destroy soules either for want of good Sermons or by corrupt examples of their loose and lewd liues Death is often wrought by meere conceit of a faint heart as the fight of a drawn sword is formidable to a coward Death is sweet to a quiet conscience when life is irkesome to a distempred minde Death that is honorable is farre to be preferred before an ignominious life and life that is vntainted cannot but end with a glorious death in both necessity must preuent disquiet and hope of heereafter good extinguisheth the griefe of present bad Death is no way hurtfull in it selfe but the manner and the cause makes it most irkesome and odious Diseases The minde and body subiect are to sin And so to sicknesse but the worst's within DIseases amongst the Greeks were preuented without physick when they did gather sweet herbes in May were let bloud once a yeere did bathe once euery moneth and also did eate but once a day Diseases torment the flesh as sinne woundeth the soule patience applyed to the one and repentance to the other if applyed in time will preuent destruction Diseases vnfelt of the patient are like sinnes vnthought of by the reprobate Diseases at Ephesus were cured vvithout money or other instruction then their own experience and reading for the tables of medicines were hanged in the temple of Diana for euery man to read and such as had iudgement to practice Diseases are a bridle to the flesh and pull down the pride of lust yet sinnes that infect the soule are farre more dangerous Diseases are not easily and lightly cured when the patient is either inordinate or vnrulie the Physitian ignorant or vnfortunate and the medicine ill compounded or vntimely Diseases that continue are grieuous to nature as wants vnsupplied are wofull to reason Diseases are not cured in one body so soone as in another nor are the same medicines to be applyed to all constitutions alike at all times and vpon the same occasions Diseases most times are bred by gluttonie except such as growe from infirmity and when the appetite is choaked the stomack is made sick whereas hunger beeing orderly fed and nature moderatly supplied preuenteth that distemprature which shall tend to sicknes Diseases of cruelty are the gowt collick toothach stone and strangury but of senselesnesse loue and the lethargie Diseases haue had new names with new times and although in truth they haue been one the same yet are men so subiect to varietie that they must still say It is the new disease haue new physick and entertaine new Doctors Diseases are bred by infectious aire as a venomous tongue may procure death Diseases of the minde are bred by opinion which beguiles vs with a false taste of true happinesse for false opinion leads vs into vaine delight which is indeed the superfluitie of desire and enemy of nature Diseases are not cured without medicine nor fooles made wise without instruction which neglected the one may die in his griefe the other run mad in his folly Diseases are most dangerous that are not preuented betimes for if the bodie be corrupt they pull on still diuerse infirmities so that it many times chanceth that when a Physitian hath healed that disease which he was sent for yet the rest remaining bred by the former procure the ruine of the body Diseases and wounds are of one nature both resemble the conditions of sin for if diseases continue long putrifie they cannot be healed without corasiues and sharp burnings no more can a long sinner and corrupted heart come to heauen without true contrition or repentance troublesome afflictions Diseases weaken the body but sin ruines the soule Diseases of the body may be sometimes cured if the causes be apparant but the torment of a guilty
but displeasure not â—aste but torment not recreation but confusion when in the enamoured there is not youth libertie and liberalitie Loue according to the world enstructeth young men to serue the liberall to spend the patient to suffer the discreet to haue skill to talke the secret to keepe silence the faithfull to gratifie and the valiant to perseuer Loue the Bee for her hony and allow her a good hiue but trouble not her labours lest her sting be vnpleasant Loue is seene euen in creatures void of reason for the Pellicane makes her breast bleed yea sometimes to death to feed her young and the Stork is not vnkinde to feed her old one in age Loue of all passions is the sweetest and treason of all villany is the vildest Loue in youth is full of kindnes in age ful of trouble in folly full of vanity in ielouâ—e full of frenzie and in necessity ful oâ— misery Loue was an old nothing to exercise wit in idlenesse and is now a new nothing to feed â—olly with imagination Loue is begotten by the eyes bred in the braines walks in the tongue growes with the flesh and dies in an humor Loue doth trouble wit hinder Art hurt nature disgrace reason lose time spoile substance crosse wisedome serue folly weaken strength submit to beautie and abase honour Loue is wills darling patience triall passions torture the pleasure of melancholie the play of madnesse the delight of varieties and the deuiser of vanities Loue is the virgins crack the widowes crosâ—e the bachelers bane the maried mans purgatory the young mans misery and the ageds consumption a fained god an idle fancy a kinde of fury in some a frenzie Loue is the abuse of learning the ground of enuy the stirrer of wrath the cause of mischiefe the disquiet of the minde the distracter of the wit the disturber of the senses and destruction of the vvhole man Liberty I rather had abroad my selfe engage Then with the Larke liue in a golden cage LIberty is such a priuiledge of nature that the bird had rather flie in the open fieldes then sing in a siluer cage or princely banqueting house from which euen with gladnes if an escape can be made she flieth away Liberty hath bin so precious euen amongst Cities and Countries that many of them haue destroied themselues rather then be subiect to their conquering enemies Witnes Numantia who from her ancient originall of Greeks and immitation of their honorable maintaining their liberty set fire of all they had and after killed one another Liberty is so sweet a delight that it hath made kingdoms forsworne and Princes breake their vowes which necessity enforced witnes al the tributs that France England Denmarke and other Countries haue payd to one another and for vvhich whole Armies haue been leuied battailes fought thousands slaughtered Cities deuasted Countries ouer-runne and people brought to ruine and all to maintainâ— their libertie Liberty hath caused many rebellions and taught great Princes admirable lessons of magnanimitie For when Zenobia Queen of Palmira had lost her husband Odenatus shee raised warres in Syria against the Romans to maintaine her liberty but at last ouercome by Aurelianus the Emperour and carried in tryumph to Româ— shee there died in sorow for the losse of her libertie Liberty is a bewitching pleasure for it bringeth vs to pouerty for rather theâ— vvee will take paines or serue in some honourable attendancie we will be idle as vagabonds and abuse libertie in wicked and abhominable liues Libertie is cause of all disorder for if the licencious be not restrained by law terrified from offending by punishment and detained in obedience by denialâ— of libertie they would runne at randome to all vices and set open a larger fielde of intemperancie Liberty is the mother of wantonnesse and therefore as in a Citiâ— there be many watches Courts of gard gates defended rounds walking and Sentinells standing to keepe men within their houses at vnseasonable times so in the libertie of our liues there be diuerse vertues to suppresse our rebellious thoughts and as it were put in prison our impious cruptions of frailetie Liberty many times proceedeth from honorable respects and causeth losse of life before losse of reputation as in the story of Sophoâ—isba may appeare whom when Masinissa had promised Scipio to deliuer into his hands because hee would performe his word and defende her glorie from captiuitie hee caused her to poyson herselfe and so rendred the dead body to the Romans Libertie is the iewell of life and comfort of our verie soules For if wee be free it makes vs the Lords seruants and if wee be seruants it aduanceth vs to be the Lords free-men so still we must be at liberty from sinne to auoide the seruitude of Hell Liberty is a good mother of many bad children for sloth idlenes licentiousnes vanity wantonnes abuse of time pouerty and wants are many times the birth of her trauels and become monsters in the world through the abuse of libertie Libertâ—e in a young man is as dangerous as laciuious talke to an aâ—â—orous virgin for both tend to destruction and without speciall graces there is no preuention of ruine Libertie makes the deere leapâ— the horse neigh the calfe skippe the lambâ— play thâ— cony â—risk the dog wag his taile the â—ouirrell gamboll the ape mount the trees and all creatures reioyce for this benefite of nature Merchant I am if royall of that dignitâ—â— As bright by right makes my posteritie MErchant is a worthy coÌ„mon-wealths man for how euer priuate commoditie may transport him beyond his owne bounds yet the publicke good is many wayes augmented by mutuall commerce forren trading exploration of countries knowledge of languages encrease of nauigation instruction and mustering of sea-men diuersity of intelligences and preuention of forren treasons Merchant is onely traduced in this that the hope of wealth is his principall obiect whereby profite may arise which is not vsually attained without corruption of heart deceitfull protestations vaine promises idle oathes paltry lyes pedling deceit simple denials palpable leauing his friend and in famous abuse of charitie Merchant must bee cunning in diuers artes nay neede both learning and iudgement especially Arethmaticke Cosmography morallitie Rhetoricke vnderstanding to make vse of time and place and skill in his profession to knowe what is cheape to bee bought abroad and deerely soulde at home where ready money serues the turne and exchange of commoditie supplies the want how hee shall be entertained how long and how many times welcommed because in some places they are tied to precepts and limited to proclamations Merchant is no common freeman ouer the world as we suppose for euery countrey hath her seueral restraints he that trauels in the East may not goe into the streights he that goes into Indy cannot trade into Turkey not he that sends to Turkey haue busines in Stode or other places of our principall marts except he be free of those companies and
runne at randome and at last is cause that all is lost Negligence seeldome shutteth the doore brusheth the apparell fouldeth vp the linnen maketh the vessell handsome clenseth the garners sweetneth the chambers keepeth any good orders or maketh any good manners Negligence is a maruailous enemie to Princes pallaces and profits whose many officers might and would better husband their businesse if either they were to mannage their owne affaires or did tast of the wants in priuate houses Negligence is the onely aduersarie to all artes trades professiâ—n and vertue it selfe and although ignorance is a lamentable defect yet may it be inuincible and so lesse to be blamed then negligence which cannot be excused No body I am a matchlesse monster in all times Who haue no Body yet haue grossest crimes NO-body keepes such a rule in euery bodies house that from the mistresse to the basest made there is not 〈…〉 turne done without him 〈…〉 band â—â—ide his sâ—â—â—ie opened 〈…〉 who did it he shall finde No 〈…〉 good wise see her vtensels 〈…〉 demand who displast them 〈…〉 uery seruants reply will bee 〈…〉 the seruants discouer the 〈…〉 the chambers durtied it 〈…〉 when euery child is 〈…〉 children fall and breake their 〈…〉 scratch one anothers faces and 〈…〉 ther or nursse seeme angry and 〈…〉 hurt them they will 〈…〉 body toucht them and 〈…〉 cuse hath brought lying to a custome No-body many times maketh the 〈…〉 man cuckhold for though his 〈…〉 roso haue beene at home all day 〈…〉 aske who hath beene there she 〈…〉 suddenly no body who 〈…〉 say againe sweete hart No-body No-body and Maister Negligence may 〈◊〉 together for if a doore be open 〈…〉 chiefe done and a question bee made to finde out the offender aniwere 〈…〉 with No-body 〈…〉 the horses runne astray yet did no-body doe it No-body in a discomfiture runneth away nor disordereth the rancks for euery body layes his owne shame vpon another and demaund of euery one in particular and no-body began the disorder No-body resembleth Robin-goodfellowe and the spirits of old time who like Friers and couâ—ining knaues came in the night and swept the house for good cheere and yet no-body did it or it was done at least by inuisible fairies and diuels and so by no-body No-body at confession abuseth her husband though the men name so many women offenders the women recount how many times they haue abused their bodies yet when euery body examines his owne wife the returne is found with no-body No-body is an admirable vndershriefe for if he fauour the party or is feed extraordinarily though he goe downe with an execution of purpose yet is no-body at home nor nothing done No-body no thing and no where are excellent relatiues for aske who did such a thing and they answere no-body where haue you beene sirrah all this while forsooth no where or what are you doing all this while why nothing and thus with no all certainties indeed are put by No-body cut the cloth nicked the table scratched the windowes brake the glasses croumbled the bread spilled the drinke durtied the house tumbled the bed ranne downe staires made a noyse talked aloud let a fart and made a perfume No-body came to rob a man that nothing had and ranne away into no place and no-body came to looke him out and if they had found him it had beene no where doing nothing No-body telleth strange newes inuenteth lyes disperceth libels setteth friendes at varience and abuseth many millions for when a priuie search is made for the authors no-body is found to auoch the actions Nurture If Nature be not nurtured in men They will be rude or else most beastly then NVrture both helpes and beautifies nature as you may see in many an vnreasonâ—â—â— creature for though the Falkon will slâ—e in his kinde yet is she taught by high flying to stoope the better and so the Merlin by nurture and well manning will kill a Partridge almost as bigge againe as her selfe Nâ—rture is the mistresse of ciuilitie and adorneth all Common-wealths with that maiestie wherein Princes maintaine their estates for though Kings by nature haue diuers prerogatiues which breede obedience in their subiects yet doth nurture so sweeten their nature by sweetnesse that it allures mens loue much more and so there is pleasure and honour vnited together Nurture teacheth a Noble man affabilitie a Gentâ—curtesie an officer comlines a Iudge vprightnesse a Courtier hansomnesse a Citizen cleanlinesse a Merchant finenesse a countriman sobernesse and a Scholler ciuilitie Nurture keepeth a great Lady from pride an inferiour from nicenesse a Gentlewoman from rudenesse a mistresse from coynesse a dame from stoutenes a good wife from sluttishnesse a Damosell from rudenesse a child from boldnesse and a woman in generall from vnwomanhood Nurture instructeth a father to loue and yet correct a child to obey a maister to command a seruant to stand in awe a husband to begentle a wife to respect a house-keeper to prouide the household to saue a kinseman to obserue and a friend to endure Nurture which teacheth the true and easie disposition of worldly wealth maketh it a pleasure which otherwise breedes trouble and perplexitie to the vnskilfull and vnworthy owner for if we knowe not how to dispose of our goods when God doeth send them we are vnworthy of them and how can wee truely be saide to be wise or wealthy men if we knowe not or doe not make vse accordingly of our wealth by discretion and condition of our calling Nurture teacheth a schoole of good man-manners to salute our betters with reuerence our equall with loue our inferior in curtesie to speake orderly to giue the wall not to be angry without a cause and when there is cause to moderate the same to looke cheerefully to bee apparrelled cleanly to goe soberly to liue handsomly to conuerse without offence to entertaine with cheerefulnesse and to dismisse with freed liues Nurture purchaseth good report when rudenesse and inciuilitie keepe a man from respect nay make conuersation tedious and odious to all men Nurture is such a iewell in a nation that all others where it is not are called barbarous for lacke of ciuilitie besides the beastlinesse of conditions eate one another in necessitie or rather wantonly or wilfully only in sauage inhumanitie without necessitie Nurture is a handsome commendation and so farre from flattery that when we say he is a well mannered man we meane there is a great deale more to bee spoken in his commendations then we haue yet vttered whereas in all other praises we may quickly exceed and incurre suspition of hypocrisie or flattery Nurture teacheth vs to deale gently with women how euer men may be answered with ruder tearmes and manly contradictions Nurture and ciuility are in a manner all one for good manners is the ende and scope of their iourney and euery man must bee a scholler in that schoole or else he shall neuer be preferd to vertues accademy Oeconomick Who
at home of irreligious for abroad he must giue intelligence of his best friends and at home flatter his very enemies Statesmen must obserue the Court promise faire to the Citie fauour the countrey counterfet with the Nobles entise the Gentlemen pardon the factious keepe the mightie in league and detaine the commons in curtesie Scholer I striue for learning without strife that time With Fames faire wings may learn mee how to climbe A Scholer is for the time a prentise to Art and must serue out his yeeres before he can sue his freedome but heerein lies the difference betweene learning and riches when a tradesmans prentishippe is finished hee sets vp for himselfe when a scholers for others as a principle in Philosophy He liues not at all that liues not to the good of his country Scholers of all vices are not couetous for they care not how little they take for their money Scholers and souldiers must entertaine resolution to beare with all inconueniences tarry the time of preferment for otherwise if either start back as wearied with some hindrances he is anew to beginne againe yea peraduenture in as ill a case as hee that goes vp a ladder but slippeth off the rondells or when one breakes falls downe in great danger Scholers are euer learning for such is the excellencie of Art that the more they studie the more they may and the more knowledge they haue the lesse they seeme to knowe for comparing the hidden secrets with the apparant they seeme no otherwise then a candle in the sunne and a riuer to the sea Scholers ought to be penitent for nothing more then the losse of time for the Merchant complaines of shipwrack the Citizen of bad creditors the Souldier of ill pay-masters the Lawyer of long vacations the Artificers of slender setting on worke the Physitian of temperate times and diet the Countryman of wet haruests and the Scholers of ill imployed time and worse spent houres A scholer that makes mysticall Arts the abuse of wit and studies imployes his time ill to seeke preferment by the diuel who yet will neuer serue his turne but to bring his soule to destruction A scholer is an enemy of fortune because they are many times preuented in their race to aduancement by such as are farre inferior to themselues and either for want of friends or presents must lose their expectations A scholer may vse honest recreation at seasonable houres as well for the health of his body as chearing his spirits for as a knife though it haue neuer so good an edge may be quickly dulled with continuall cutting hard or sharp things so the best wits in the world cannot retaine a continuall vertue without rest and artificiall supply from delight and further encourageâ—ent A scholer should not be vain-glorious yet this is a naturall imperfection incident to learning that in young beginners they goe forward the better in beeing praysed and in old Doctors they liue the merier in hope to be commended A scholer must be of a spare and moderate diet for how euer Venus cannot florish without the helpe of Ceres and Bacchus yet will Minerua and the Muses liue gloriously by the pleasant waters of Hellicon Scholers should haue great acquaintance with the morning for two houres vvell imployed then is of more force then foure afterward for the attainement of learning Souldier O that I were not as the flow'rs in May Which when the sent is lost are cast away SOuldier is a name of that honour that it is the genus of vallure valiant men for Emperors Princes great Commaunders inferior Captaines military men with all their famous exploits are all comprised vnder this tearme Hee is or was a braue souldier Souldier seemes the prime honour and glorie of a Nation for in that title all other professions are darkned in a sort as when a man discourses of a Countrey hee is not first demaunded what Merchants there are how the Citizens liue how the Countryman tills the ground how the Gentlemen liues idly and such like but what able men are in the same what garisons maintained what souldiers florish what exployts they haue performed and this is commonly the first question Souldier in the best common-welth is compared to a nosegay which is worne all day while the sweetnes freshnesse doth last but at night when it fades is cast on the dunghill so when necessity calls to our Countryes defence and that worthy men must be imployed they are much made of entertained admitted welcommed and rewarded but as soone as peace is confirmed the troubles ouerblown then are the better sort dismissed peraduentute with flattering words and the inferiour left to the whip or to the gallowes Souldiers one way are the cause of welth for wheresoeuer they be resident victuals growe deere in the market those commodities which the Countriman must either spend himselfe or sell at an easie rate are vttered for double value another way they are the ruine of a country vpon furie of an execution where all thâ—â—gs are subiect to fire and sword Souldiers augment their honour in pardoning of enemies rather then their valour in killing of the vanquished so that the greatest vertue in a Soldier is to ouercome by courtesie when by force of armes they they haue got the victory Souldiers must neither attempt any thing by vain-glory nor refraine through feare but carry such a moderation and gouernment that his courage turne not to fury and madnes nor his forbearance to pusillanimitie and cowardise Souldiers are true Christians and true Christians are Souldiers for hauing a spirituali warre-fare with the flesh world and diuell they must be euer in action yea preuaile at last or else be vtterly destroyed for no composition can serue the turne therefore that we may neither faint nor make friuolous excuses God hath sent vs into an Armory to choose such weapons as vnder the conduct of our Captaine Iesus Christ we are sure to preuaile with Souldiers of the world through liberty and ease quickly abuse their profession For where is in noble designes they are honorable and glorious in filthy idlenesse they are roagues and vagabonds in the one they are seated in a chaire of preferment in the other chained in a dungeon of infamy Souldiers and saylers are brothers in good courses for there be but two Elements in which mortall creatures liue Earth and Water wherein the Souldier at land and Marriner at Sea dispatch all our businesse Souldiers must either haue pay or spoile and sometimes loue the one better then the other because that pay comes by limilation but spoile by fortune which filleth many times the bag of a meane man with rich booty Shifting If I sincke not I care not who doth swell I faine would liue though how I know not well SHifting doeth many times incurre the indignitie of reproch to be counted a shifter is as if a man would say in plain tearmes a coosener Shifting setteth
showes and fill vp places but makes no profitable obseruations for publike seruices Traueller must haue the head of a Philosopher to carry away all he remembers and sees the heart of a Lyon to endure all afflictions and not be afraid of any dangers the mouth of a swine to tast and eate all meates the eyes of a Hawke to view the secrets of all places where he resorts the backe of an Asse to beare and forbeare either floutes or disgraces the legges of a Cammell to carry his owne body and other necessaries if need be and the vigilancy of a Cocke to bee awake at all houres and be ready to attend his iourney Traueller at sea sees the wonders of God at land the pleasures of the world at sea he must endure both stormes and wants at land he may preuent extreamities at sea he must prouide before hand and so may make shift without mony at land he must alwaies haue coyne or credit to serue his turne as sea he liueth at ease without pleasure at land he hath delight with some labour at sea he is in danger of Piracy tempests and shipwrackes at land he may fall amongst theeues couseners and curtesans at sea hee is troubled with the vnsauory smell of the ship at land refreshed with the sweet scent of flowers of the field To conclude at sea he must endure some inconueniences and at land he may enioy great contentment and delight Traueller must make vse of his labours for it is not sufficient to goe from City to City from Countrey to Country from house to house from one delight to another except he learne the language obserue the most remarkeable things conuerse with vnderstanding men conferre with the iudicious be in person at solemnities giue â—are to all reports but beleeue onely truthes or strong probabilities and not let slip any opportunity to enrich his knowledge and pleasure his Countrey Traueller must not take exception to his Inne find fault with his lodging murmure at his bedfellow grudge at his diet raile on his waggener speake ill of the religion make comparisons with the state villipend the place where he remaines not take exceptions to the faults and imperfections of priuate persons no though they be apparant impieties Traueller neede not care for costly or superfluous apparell must haue money and not shew it learning and not boast of it secrets and not discouer them abilitie of body and not abuse it courage of heart and not imploy it and patience but not ouerburthen it for in matters iustisiable all conntries hearken after complaintes and are prowd when they may doe iustice to strangers Traueller must take heede of curiositie either to enquire after dangerous newes or to seeke after others secrets for so he may be brought to the suspition of an intelligencer and discredit of enformer in both which though there bee some things allowable yet the very title maketh a blur Traueller must be sure of credit where hee meanes to reside for as he cannot before-hand determine his returne so hee may not trust vnto strangers for their charitie in vnknowne places nay his owne countreymen will faile him and his wants defeate and disgrace him Traueller may performe his businesse the better by how much hee makes the lesser show For from a priuacy of life he is vnsuspected whereas publicke eminence makes him dangerously marked Traueller must be tongue-tied in matters of Religion and leaue disputation of controuersies for to reise no arguments to vse no contradiction to make no comparison to reproach or dispraise no man or by nips or iests to expose him to derision are secure points for a Traueller to build on Troubles Troubles are trials though they turne to losse Like gold and siluer that are tried from drosse TRoubles are incident to an honest life but sometimes they are so many and so heauy that they make honesty weary to sell her freehold but troubles to confirme constancy in honesty are gracious trials Troubles are tokens of Gods fauour wherevpon Policrates the tyrant was affraide of nothing so much as the sicklenesse of fortune because he had neuer any trouble or mischance in the world which made him cast his rich iewell into the sea because he would haue some crosses but a fisherman hauing taken an extraordinary Dolphine brought it to the King who found his iewell in her belley whereat amazed hee presently swore there was some great mischiefe and trouble toward him which fell out accordingly for that night there was a conspiracy against him and he lost his life Troubles are like sea-markes to direct vs in the channell of saluation least wee fall on the rockes and shelfes of worldly cares and couetousnesse or sincke ouer-head with cares into the gulphes and skirts of deuouring vanitie or filthy pleasures from which we are often preserued by profitable troubles Troubles that are sudden and not foreseene puzell our very thoughts and perturbe our vnderstandings with pensiue cares therefore is premeditation a great point of discretion but it must forecast as well to preuent present mischiefes as to prouide foâ— future times Troubles make men-trust in God and then they cannot be deceined whereas hee that trusteth in man shall be sure to be abused Trouble is of greater power to restraine the act then satisfie the desire for the body may be weary of sinning when desire is neuer satisfied with sinne as the drunkard that can drinke no more yet cals for more wine and the lecher vnable to satisfie his lust yet loues to rub and scratch his scuruey ytch Troubles bring a man much lesse griefe with a vertuous wife but a viâ—ious woman her selfe alone will ouercome the patience of any man They are much more troublesome to mens hearts then a smoaking chimney is to their eyes Troubles are comforts to none but such as haue grace to see who sendes them and why and so to profit by them accordingly So imprisonment is pleasing onely to such as know their patience and good cariage for a while will procure their greater libertie Trouble not the Lion in his pleasure nor anger him in his pray it may doe thee hurt it cannot good hunting will not make the wilde bull tame but starke madde Trouble of a disquieted minde can no more be concealde then the cough or a woman with childe it filles with frowardnesse and griefe and both will forth Trouble is the common place of the poore they are euer in it and for want of meanes there is great disquiet but an vnruly wife is a quotidian feauer and a continuall plague on earth Troubles are the trials of patience and passion the trouble of reason feare is the enemy of a weake spirit but faith is the assurance of comfort as temperance the warrant of iudgement Troubles and trauaile keepe the body in motion as study the minde and sences But as ouermuch of the one trieth the body so ouermuch of the other exhausteth the spirits Troubles happen sometimes to