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A41898	The remarkable sayings, apothegms and maxims of the Eastern nations abstracted and translated out of their books written in the Arabian, Persian and Turkish language, with remarks / by Monsieur Galland ... translated out of French.; Paroles remarquables, les bon mots, et les maximes des Orientaux. English	Galland, Antoine, 1646-1715.	1695 (1695)	Wing G169; ESTC R7403	112,508	250

Sir have ●oarded up this Treasure with great Trouble and Care You ought not then to lavish it away with so much Profuseness as you do You know not what may happen to you hereafter and you have prying Enemies that eye you Take care lest you should fall in want The King incensed at that Advice reply'd God has given me a Kingdom to enjoy it and to be liberal and not barely to be the Keeper of a Treasure 76. Venison was roasted for Nouschirvan King of Persia in the very place where he had hunted it himself But when he went to sit down to eat it no Salt was to be found so a Page was sent to the next Village for some and order'd by Nouschirvan to pay for it lest it should become an evil Cust●m and the Village should suffer A Courtier said that was not worth speaking of neither could he see what Harm could arise from it But Nouschirvan replied All the Vexations in the World have proceeded from small Beginnings and afterwards have so much increased that they have attain'd that 〈◊〉 height we see them at 77. 'T is past Dispute that the Lion is the noblest and the Ass the vilest of all Beasts yet the Wise say An Ass that carries his Burden is better than a Lion that devours Men. 78. A griping Woodmonger bought Wood of the poor Peasa●ts at a low ra●e and sold it very dear to the Ri●h One Night a Fire broke out in his Ki●chin and spread till it reach'd his vast Stores of Wood and consumed them altogether Sometime after while he said I don't know how the Fire begun in my House one of the Company told him It broke out by the Smoke that went out of the Heart of the Poor whom your Covetousness h●s undone 79. A Wr●stling-Master of 360 Tricks of his Art had taught 359 to one of his Disciples and kept but one for himself The Scholar being young and active had made so good use of his Master's Lessons that he made bold to challenge him The Master accepted the Challenge and they both appeared before the Sultan and a great Crowd of People The Master who knew very well that his Scholar was stronger than he gave him no time to make an Advantage of it but presently lifted him up very artfully from the Ground with both Hands and threw him over his Head upon the Ground which caus'd the Spectators to give a joyful Shout The Sultan rewarded the Master and blam'd the Scholar who yet said he had not been overcome by Force but meerly by a Trick of the Art that had been concealed from him The Master replied I grant it I had kept it for such a day as this according to the Maxim of the Wise That how great soever our Affections be for a Man we must never give him such an Advantage over us as might cause him to prevail if he became our Enemy Observations There are yet Wrestlers among the Eastern Nations like those of the Antients These have nothing on when they wrestle except Leather Breeches from the Knees to the Loins and they besmear their Body with Oil for that purpose 80. A King passed by a Derviche who did not so much as lift up his Head to look upon him The King being one of those who are offended at the least thing was incensed at this want of Respect and said This sort of dirty Fellows in Rags are meer Brutes The Vizier also said to the Derviche Why do you not pay to the King the Respect that is due to him The Derviche answer'd Let the King expect Veneration from those that expect his Favour but know that Kings are established for the Preservation of their Subjects but that the same Obligation lies not upon Subjects to pay Respect to Kings The King having heard his bold Discourse desired the Derviche to ask him something I only ask said the Derviche that you may let me alone Observation Diogenes made very near the same Complement to Alexander which is not strange for most of these Derviches are properly speaking the Sectators of that Chief of the Cynick Philosophers they affect to show the same Indifference for the things of this World 81. Nouschirvan in his Council was debating a very weighty Affair The Viziers proposed every one his Opinion Nouschirvan proposed also his Bouzourgemhir followed it and being asked Why he had preferr'd the King's Opinion to those of the Viziers he answer'd The Success of the Affair in Hand is uncertain and therefore I thought it was better to follow the King's Advice that we might be free from his Anger if the thing proved unsuccessful 82. A wandring Rascal who had assum'd the Dress of one of Ali's Progeny came to a Metropolis with the Caravan of the Pilgrims of Mecca and reported every-where that he came from that Pilgrimage Having intruded into the Court he read to the King a piece of Poetry of which he pretended to be the Author One of the chief Officers newly come from the Army said to the King I have seen him at Ba●ra on the Festival Day of the Sacrifice how can he say he has perform'd the Pilgrimage of Mecca Besides his Father is a Christian of the Town of Malatia What Relation is there between a Nephew of Ali and a Christian Besides the Poetry he had recited as his own was discover'd to be the Poet Envert's The King who perceiv'd he was a Cheat order'd him some Blows and Banishment At this Order my Gentleman threw himself at the King's Feet saying I beseech your Majesty to give me l●ave to say but one word for my self and I 'll submit to any Punishment whatever if what I say be not true The King consented and said What hast thou to say Travellers reply'd he may lie by Authority Observations The Pilgrims of Mecca celebrate the Festival of the Sacrifice on the Mountain Ararat where they offer every one a Sheep But since on that Day the pretended Pilgrim was at Ba●ra on the Persian Gulf which is very far from that Mountain Ararat 't is an infallible Sign he was not a Pilgrim of Mecca Malatia is a Town of Nat●lia in the antient Cappadocia Enveri is an Antient Persian Poet. 83. Two Brothers were in Posts very different from each other One was in the Service of the Sultan and the other earn'd his Livelihood by the Sweat of his Brows so that one lived at Ease and the other had much ado to get Bread The Rich said to the Poor Why don't you get into the Sultan's Service as I have done you would free your self from so many Plagues you must undergo The Poor replied And you why do you not work to free your self from such a contemptible Slavery 84. A Courier came to Nouschirvan and told him that God had freed him from an Enemy He ask'd Are you not also to tell me that I shall always live and never die 85. In the same Nouschirvan's Council where he was present an Affair

lengthen out the day which is so short by Wickedness We see those of most excellent Qualifications oftentimes in a starving Condition and the most unworthy wallowing in Riches and the greatest Wits without knowing any reason do rank themselves in the number of the latter How do all things turn topsie turvy by time Manners are corrupted Inconstancy reigns over all things 'T is just like our Shadows in the Water where our Heads which is the noblest part hangs downward and our Feet tho' the vilest is uppermost The World is Mad and favours those that are most like it Wo then to 'em if eve● the World should come to its Wits again If Knowledge without Religion were highly valuable nothing would be more so than the Devil Keep your distance from Kings and their Wrath and make no Court to those whose words are no sooner pronounced than executed To attain to the heighth of Wisdom we must neither Eat nor Sleep nor Speak too much Nothing does better set forth a great Talker then a tedious and cold Winter's Night All manner of Wickednss derives its Original from sight as a great Fire is kindled by a small Spark A good Book is the best of Friends You can entertain your self pleasantly with that when you have not a Friend on whom you may safely relie It is no Blab to reveal your Secrets and it will teach you Wisdom The Body grows fat by much Sleeping but the Mind improves by much waking He that spends his time about things of little use loses that which might be of great Service to him The more Wit any Man has the less he speaks wherefore it is as certain that He who talks much has little Wit Few of those who ask advice find themselves d●ceived and their business never succeeds the worse for it By patience we come to the end of all things but that is such a Vertue as few Persons practise and that too very rarely Great Fortitude of Mind appears in an hour of Patience There is none so Learned but some body may be more Learned than he Meditate much and you will understand the better Words are like Arrows shot at a Butt before they are let go you endeavour to make them hit the Mark. Knowledge is an Inheritance belonging to Man It ought to be taken where e'er it is to be found and we are to leave every thing else as having no right to it The love of Riches is a sore Disease it is putting a Man into an Agony to make him crave an Alms and it is Death to him to be denied We seek after Wealth and oft-times do not find it and yet a most strange thing we never regard the end of our days but yet we find that It would not be so troublesome to a Learned Man to employ his Nails in polishing Marble to bite an Anvil with his Teeth to be continually roving up and down on the Sea to undertake a Voyage to Meccha and not have wherewithal to Eat by the way to go to Mount Caucasus and bring from thence a Stone of an hundred pound weight as only to see and that at a distance too the countenance of an Ignorant Coxcomb He that is not contented with what he has if it be a sufficient competency to live upon neither knows God nor Honours him Wisdom and Courage signifie nothing when Fortune leaves us Fortune comes to us with leaden Feet but flies from us with Swallows Wings When a King spends his whole time in Sports and Pleasures you may justly say his Kingdom will be made up of Calamities and Wars Nothing is so bit●er and melancholly to Mankind as the loss of Friends Where are Kings Where are other Men they have trod in the same Paths as thou dost now You who have preferred this perishable World to all other things and who have accounted those happy who have made the same choice as you have done take of this World what necessity requires you should take of it viz. That Death is the last moment thereof Speak nothing that is indecorous or unseemly if you hear any such thing said by others think on somewhat else and make as if you did not hear it The World is like an Inn which receives Travellers He that neglects making Provision for Necessaries to go further is a Madman Don't be seduced by a Multitude because you will stand alone by your self when you die and shall be called to give your Account Think seriously from whence you came and whether you are to go and where you are to be to all Eternity Riches consist in what is sufficient and not in superfluity Just as Fire is kindled by Wood so is War by Words The Fault that Detraction cannot be excused of is fullying of Truth Don't wonder that you see Vertuous Persons in Disgrace and Contempt or high Places filled with those that do not deserve them Open your Eyes and consider that the Stars which are innumerable lose nothing of their Light and that the Heaven turns only to make us see sometimes an Eclipse of the Moon sometimes an Eclipse of the Sun FINIS A New and easy Method to understand the Roman History With an exact Chronology of the Reign of the Emperors An Account of the most Eminent Authors when they flourish'd and an Abridgment of the Roman Antiquities and Customs By way of Dialogue for the Use of the Duke of Burgundy Done out French with very large Additions and Amendments by Mr. Tho. Brown Miscellaneous Letters giving an Account of the Works of the Learned both at Home and Abroad To be published Monthly Both printed for Richard Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane and William Lindsey at the Angel in Chancery-Lane Books sold by Richard Baldwin THE Works of F. R●belais M. D. in five Books or the Lives Heroick Deeds and Sayings of the good Gargantua and Pantagruel and his Voyage to the Oracle of the Bottle As also his Historical Letters To which is added the Author's Life and Explanatory Remarks By Mr. Motteux Never before printed in English Bibliotheca Politica Or an Enquiry into the Antient Constitution of the English Government with respect both to the just Extent of Regal Power and to the Rights and Liberties of the Subject Wherein all the chief Arguments as well against as for the late Revolution are impartially represented and considered In XIII Dialogues Collected out of the best Authors both Antient and Modern To which is added an Alphabetical Index to the whole Work The World b●wit●h'd is now publish'd containing an Examination of the common Opinions concerning Spirits their Nature Power Administration and Operations as also the Effects Men are able to produce by their Communication Divided into four Parts By Belthazer Bekker D. D. and Pastor at Amsterdam Vol. I. translated from a French Copy approv'd of and subscribed by the Author 's own Hand A Collection of Speeches of the Right Honourable Henry late Earl of Warrington viz. I. His Speech