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Show Of t:be tt:4JJttnf:emelit·{: ~arnfng~ ... f tfiem ·re\iter fhieogt ·. aft~~~t<:tne,~rem~~te, · ·tlian iH>{ii edlttaufe of~ifpo.ltlon or; tnfir~mue; 'for if by a fec~et operation, it. make ~enpcrpleX:~ . and i-rre[Olut~, on tl1C other fide by platne pre~ept> tt teadleth them when, and vponwhar ground: tO. re{ olue-: yea, and hOw: to carrie tlli~es .in fufpence without preiudice, t~l they refolue: If tt make_ men polttiue and reguler, tt teache,th them what thmg es. are in d1eir nature demonftrauue, & whan are conieClurall; and afwell the v(e of diftin6tio.ns:.and ex-teption~, as ~he latitu~e of pri?c!pl~and ru~. I fit tnillead by d:tfproporuon, or dtfstm th~~tde ~fExam- , ples, it teachethmen !he force of.CtrcumO.ances,_ ( tht:errours vf cotnpartfon.s, and all the cauu@ns of · lapptication: {o.that in all tbe(e it doth rettilie .~ore· ~ effeCtually ,~han it canpe~;u~n. And thefe·medtc~nes •· it cenneyeth into mens mtnds much moreforcrbly , by the quickn:efl'eand'penetrationofExamples : fot ·' let amanlookf;· into the· errom~ of c!emen.t the fe- \tenth, fo.liuely d.efcribedr b.y Gzti.ccittrdine, who fer- · ·. ued. vnder him, or into the err ours of Cicero painted Otlt by his own.e penfilt inhis EpifUes·ra /}.ttirtts, . ·and· he will fiye·apac·e from being irrefohu~~.l. et him· looke into. the errors ofPI"orion;and he will bfware· . · h0w he be obftinate or infle~ible ·Lei. him but read· the· Fable· of Ixion, and· it will hold·:hitn frotn being • · vap~raus or·itnaginatiue;lethirn look into the·errers. · •f Cato the fe€ond·~ and he w.Hrneuer be one of the· \.Antipodes, to tread~oppo!ite to the prefent world~ ~d.l ~~ ~e ~~e!~C. ~at:!-~~ning !houtd· di~~ Ji!Ole ' . # ?:liefirfl 'Boo~.' ra . pote men to leafure and priuatenelfe ; and make men flouthfull: it were a ftrange thing if that which accufiometh the mind.e to a. pe~:petuallmodon and · agitation, 01ould. induce floutbfulnefie, whereas · contrariwife it may bee truely affi~med, that no kinde of ffi(D lo,ue bufineffe for it felfe, but thofe tha.t are learned; for other per[ons loue it for prefire ·; asanhirelwg thatloues theworke for the wa~ es; or for honour ; a~ b.ecau[e it beareth them vp tn t~e ~es of n:en) and refrefheth their reputation, whtch· ot~er~1fe woul~ weare; or becaufe·it putteth- the~ 1n. tntnd of thetr fortune, and giueth thetn Qccafi_on to pleafure and dilpleafure; or becaufe it cxe~r~ tfeth io':le faeulty,. wherein they take pride I · and fo ~nt~rtatneth them In good.humor, ~nd· pleating cone ens toward themfelues; G>r becaufe· it ad~ · tian~eth any other their ends.. So that as it is fayd of . ·Vntrue va~ors ,that fome tn.ens v.alors are in the eyes ()f them that look on; So fuch mens induRries are in the eyes of oth.ers,_or a.t.leafi in regard of their own.e defignfments; on ely leaFned men loue bu.fi·nelfe as ·an atl ion according tO nature, as aoreable tO fl.eatth: of mind~, as exer~ife. is to health ~f bodie, taking ~lea[ure tn the achon lt felfe-, &·not in·the purchafe:.' . ~~that of all men, they are themofl indefatigable . · if !t be towards an,y bufineffe)which can bold' or de~ ,tatne their mind e. · · , . An_d i~ an~ man belaboriou~ in~eadingandftndy; . and yet tdle 1n bu!ines & aClion,it growethfr6Tome ~eak~ne~ ~~body >or foftnes of fpirit; fucb ass enef'tt · .. C i __.. ·-· . fpea~e~ |
