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Apophthegmes new and old. Collected by the Right Honourable, Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount St. Alban
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.
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Apophthegmes NEW AND OLD COLLECTED BY THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE Francis LO VERVLAM Viscount St. ALBAN LONDON Printed for Hanna Barret and Richard Whittaker and are to be sold at the Kings Head in Pauls Church-yard 1625. Apophthegmes new and old IVlius Caesar did write a Collection of Apophthegmes as appeares in an Epistle of Cicero I need say no more for the worth of a Writing of that nature It is pitie his Booke is lost for I imagine they were collected with Iudgement and Choice whereas that of Plutarch and Stobaeus and much more the Moderne ones draw much of the dregs Certainly they are of excellent vse They are Mucrones Verborum Pointed Speeches Cicero prettily cals them Salinas Salt pits that you may extract salt out of and sprinkle it where you will They serue to be interlaced in continued Speech They serue to be recited vpon occasioÌ„ of themselues They serue if you take out the kernell of them and make them your owne I haue for my recreation in my sicknesse fann'd the Old Not omitting any because they are vulgar for many vulgar ones are excellent good Nor for the meannesse of the Person but because they are dull and flat And added many New that otherwise would haue died 1. WHEN Queene Elizabeth had aduanced Ralegh she was one day playing on the virginalls and my Lo. of Oxford another Noble-man stood by It fell out so that the Ledge before the Iacks was taken away so as the Iacks were seene My Lo. of Oxford and the other Noble-man smiled and a little whispered The Queene marked it and would needes know What the matter was My Lo. of Oxford answered That they smiled to see that when Iacks went vp Heads went downe 2. Henrie the fourth of France his Queene was great with Childe Count Soiâ—…ons that had his expectation vpon the Crowne when it was twice or thrice thought that the Queene was with Childe before said to fome of his Frends That it was but with a pillow This had some wayes come to the Kings eare who kept it til when the Queen waxed great call'd the Count of Soissons to him and said laying his hand vpon the Queenes belly Come Cousin it is no pillow Yes Sir answered the Count of Soissons it is a pillow for all France to sleepe vpon 3. There was a conference in Parliament betweene the Vpper House the Lower about a Bill of Accountants which came downe from the Lords to the Commons which Bill prayed that the Lands of Accountants whereof they were seized when they entred vpon their Office mought bee liable to their Arreares to the Queene But the Commons desired that the Bill mought not looke backe to Accountants that were alreadie but extend onely to Accountanes hereafter But the Lo. Threasurer said Why I pray if you had lost your purse by the waie would you looke forwards or would you looke backe The Queene hath lost her purse 4. Queene Elizabeth the morrow of her Coronation went to the Chappell and in the great chamber Sir Iohn Rainsford set on by wiser Men A Knight that had the libertie of a Buffone besought the Queene aloud That now this good time when prisoners were deliuered foure prisoners amongst the rest mought likewise haue their libertie who were like enough to bee kept still in hold The Queene asked Who they were And hee said Matthew Mark Luke Iohn who had long beene imprisoned in the Latine tongue and now he defired they mought goe abroad among the people in English The Queene answered with a graue countenance It were good Rainsford they were spoken with themselues to know of them whether they would be set at libertie 5. The Lo. Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon was asked his opinion by Queene Elizabeth of one of these Monopoly Licences And hee answered Will you haue me speake truth Madame Licentiâ omnes deteriores sumus Wee are all the worse for a Licence 6. Pace the bitter Foole was not suffered to come at the Queene because of his bitter humor Yet at one time some perswaded the Queene that hee should come to her vndertaking for him that hee should keepe compasse So hee was brought to her and the Queene said Come on Pace now we shall beare of our faults Saith Pace I doe not vse to talke of that that all the Towne talkes of 7. My Lo. of Essex at the succor of Rhoan made 24. Knights which at that time was a great matter Diuerse of those Gentle-men were of weake and small meanes which when Queene Elizabeth heard shee said My Lo. mought haue done well to haue built his Almes-House before he made his Knights 8. A great Officer in France was in danger to haue lost his place But his wife by her suite and means making made his peace whereupon a pleasant Fellow said That he had been crushed but that he saued himselfe vpon his hornes 9. Queene Anne Bullen at the time when she was led to bee beheaded in the Tower called one of the Kings Priuie Chamber to her and said to him Commend mee to the King and tell him he is constant in his course of aduancing me From a priuate Gentle-woman he made me a Marquisse and from a Marquisse a Queene and now he had left no higher degree of earthly honour hee hath made me a Martyr 10. Bishop Latimer said in a Sermon at Court That hee heard great speech that the King was poore and many waies were propounded to make him rich For his part he had thought of one way which was That they should helpe the King to some good office for all his Officers were rich 11. Caesar Borgia after long diuision betweene him and the Lords of Romagna fell to accord with them In this accord there was an Article that hee should not call them at any time all together in person The meaning was that knowing his dangerous nature If hee meant them treason some one mought be free to reuenge the rest Neuerthelesse hee did with such art and faire vsage win their confidence that hee brought them all together to Counsell at Sinigalia where hee murâ—…her'd them all This Act when it was related vnto Pope Alexander his Father by a Cardinall as a thing happy but verie persidious the Pope said It was they that had broke their Couenant first in comming all together 12. Pope Iulius the third when hee was made Pope gaue his Hat vnto a youth a Fauourite of his with great scandall Wherupon at one time a Cardinall thaâ—… mought bee freâ—… with him said modestly to him What did your Holinesse see in that young man to make him Cardinall Iulius answered What did you see in mee to make me Pope 13. The same Iulius vpon like occasion of speech why hee should beare so great affection to the same young Man would say That he had found by Astrologie that it was the youths Destinie to be a Great Prelate which was impossible except himselfe were Pope And therefore that hee did raise him
Macedon And by her instigation he did many vniust cruell Acts. Wherupon Lysimachus said That it was the first time that euer hee knew a Whore play in a Tragedie 198. The mistocles would say of himselfe That hee was like a Plaine Tree that in Tempests men fled to him and in faire wether men were euer cropping his leanes 199. The mistocles said of Speech That it was like Arras that spred abroad shewes faire Images but contracted is but like packs 200. Brisquet Iester to Francis the first of France did keepe a Kalender of Fooles wherewith he did vse to make the King sport telling him euer the reason why hee put euerie one into his Kalender So when Charles the fifth passed vpon confidence of the noble nature of Francis thorow France for the appeasing of the rebellion of Gaunt Brisquet put him into his Kalender The King asking the cause he sayd Because you hauing suffered at the hands of Charles the greatest bitternesse that euer Prince did from other hee would trust his person into your hands Why Brisquet said the King what wilt thou say if thou seest him passe in as great safetic as if it were thorow the midst of Spaine Saith Brisquet Why then I will put out him and put in you 201. Lewis the cleuenth of France hauing much abated the greatnesse and power of the Peeres Nobilitie and Court of Parliament would say That hee had brought the Crowne out of Ward 202. Sir Fulke Greuill in Parliament when the Lower House in a great Businesse of the Queenes stood much vpon Presidents said vnto them Why should you stand so much vpon Presidents the times hereafter will be good or bad If good Presidents will doe no harme if bad Power will make a way where it findes none 203. When Peace was renewed with the French in England diuerse of the great Counsellours were presented from the French with Iewells The Lo. Henrie Ho ward was omitted Whereupon the King said to him My Lo. How hap's it that you haue not a Iewell as well as the rest My Lo. Henrie answered againe alluding to the Fable in Aesope Non sum Gallus itaque non reperi Gemmam 204. An Oratour of Athens said to Demosthenes The Athenians will kill you if they wax mad Demosthenes replyed And they will kill you if they bee in good sense 205. Alexander sent to Phocyon a great Present of money Phocyon said to the Messenger Why doth the King send to me and to none else The Messenger answered Because hee takes you to be the onely good Man in Athens Phocyon replyed If he thinke so pray let him suffer mee to be good still 206. Cosmus Duke of Florence was wont to say of perfidious Frends That wee reade that we ought to forgiue our Enemies but we doe not reade that wee ought to forgiue our Frends 207. Aeneas Syluius that was Pius Secundus was wont to say That the former Popes did wisely to set the Lawyers on worke to debate whether the Donation of Constantine the Grâ—…at to Syluester were good and valid in Law or no The better to skip ouer the matter in fact whether there were any such thing at all or no 208. At a Banquet where those that were called the Seuen Wise Men of Greece were inuited by the Embassadour of a Barbarous King the Embassadour related That there was a Neighbour King mightier then his Master pickt quarrells with him by making impossible demands otherwise threatning warre And now at that present had demanded of him to drinke vp the Sea Whereunto one of the Wise Men said I would haue him vndertake it Why saith the Embassadour how shall he come off Thus saith the Wise Man Let that King first stop the Riuers that runne into the Sea which are no part of the Bargaine and then your Master will performe it 209. At the same Banquet the Embassadour desired the Seuen and some other Wise Men that were at the Banquet to deliuer euerie one of them some Sentence or Parable that hee mought report to his King the wisdome of Grecia Which they did Onely one was silent Which the Embassadour perceiuing sayd to him Sir let it not displease you why doe not you say somewhat that I may report Hee answered Report to your Lo. that there are of the Grecians that can hold their peace 210. One of the Romans said to his Frend What thinke you of such an one as was taken with the manner in adulterie The other answered Marrie I thinke hee was slow at dispatch 211. Lycurgus would say of diuerse of the Heroes of the Heathen That hee wondred that men should mourne vpon their dayes for them as mortall men and yet sacrifice to them as Gods 212. A Papist being opposed by a Protestant that they had no Scripture for Images answered Yes for you reade that the People layd their ficke in the streets that the shadow of St. Peter mought come vpon them And that a shadow was an Image And the obscurest of Images 213. There is an Ecclesiasticall Writer of the Papists to proue Antiquitie of Confessio in the forme that it now is doth note that in very ancient times euen in the Primitiue times amongst other foule slanders spred against the Christians one was That they did adore the Genitories of their Priests Which he saith grew from the posture of the Confessant and the Priest in Confession which is that the Confessant kneeles downe before the Priest fitting in a raised chaire aboue him 214. Epaminondas whe his great Frend and Colleague in warre was Sutour to him to pardon an Offender denied him Afterwards when a Concubine of his made the same sute hee granted it to her Which when Pelopidas seemed to take vnkindely hee sayd Such sutes are to bee granted to whores but not to Personages of worth 215. The Lacedemonians had in custome to speake verie short Which being in Empire they mought doe at pleasure But after their Defeat at Leuctra in an Assembly of the Grecians they made a long Inuectiue against Epaâ—…ondas who stood vp and said no more but this I am glad we haue taught you to speake long 216. Fabricius in conference with Pyrrhus was tempted to reuolt to him Pyrrhus telling him that hee should bee Partner of his Fortunes and second Person to him But Fabricius answered in a scorne to such a motion Sir that would not bee good for your selfe For if the Epyrotes once know me they will rather desire to bee gouerned by me then by you 217. Fabius Maximus being resolued to draw the warre in length still waited vpon Hannibals progresse to curbe him And for that purpose hee encamped vpon the high Grounds But Terentius his Collegue fought with Hannibal and was in great perill of ouerthrow But then Fabius came downe the high Grounds got the day Whereupon Hannibal sayd That he did euer think that that same Cloud that hanged vpon the Hills would at one time or other giue a Tempest 218. There was