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Show . Oftl;e aduancement of le~trning· . the rouidence of God, this Monarchy befor_e by P r. ·1·1 • 0· your Maiefiie and yourgene.rau. itwasto1ctte ' 11. bl·~. de s in which I hope it is no we r:na . tu1e ~or. · oenu er'. , () 1. t b.a d thefc rn;r clu.fiu. e cilanges, and vane-. . ties · · · .- h I r. •. For LI V'ES, I·doe finde ftrange t a·t ~ 1Cie times.haue fo Iitle efieemed the vertuesof th c umes,, . as that the Writings of liues ili.ould ben~ mor~ fre,. qucint. For although there be not many {oueratgne. IJrinces or abfolute comanders, and that States :ue moO: collecte-d into Monarchies;yetare~.bcre. t?an~ worthy prrfonages,that deferue bette~ the.n dtfper· . fed report orbarren Etogies -: For·hc:retn the Inuen- . fon~ ·oftheJate Poets is proper,and doth well ~~?c~ the a uncietl t fitl ion; for he faineth' t~at at the ~ ' d of the tbfeed or Wtbhe of euery mans ·Itfe ,there ~as a little Utted.tlt ·containing the Perfl#'ls name,, and that Time waited vpon tbe fheeres, and a[oon.c .. as the thrced was cut,c~ught the tvledalls,and earn. ed them-to the Riucr of Lethe, a ad abo.ut the;banke there were many. Birds flying vp and ~own~., that would get the Medals and carry. the.~ In then ~eke · a little while,. and then let·them fall Into t~le ~tuer •. Qnely there \vere-a"_,few:e ~wanncs ' . wbtch tf they, got a Name ,would carrie it to a tfemple, . where it \''as confecrate • And although · f:Datly. men more nlortall in their affetlions ' then tn then bo·· dies, doe cficfm.e d(fire .of name. and memory,but as a vanitie and ventofiue; . ..dn.imi nil n111gn~}11111iis egelltes.: Whi£. ~ / lrl.~fec•nd hofJ'<!. ·14 . . .L ,, ... J ... . .. ~ ..... :..,;_ ~ Which opinion.con1meth from that Roc!:lV91Jt' :: -'Ill l4u'es CIHtem!.fimMs, 'i"'"" lturlt1ild4 ficeredefivt• "''":yet that will not alter SaiOINIIIS iudgement, Mt• .· A"'4ri•Iuflitnml~t*di!JNs,4t impio,Unome puttefcet: T~e ·oneftouri!heth,·theothereithercofumeth to.prefet · obliuion,or tUrPicth'to an·ill odor: And therefore in ,;thatftileoraddition, which is & hath bin long weU ·receiued,and broughrin v(e,·Fttii"cis 111emori~,pi4 me_ •1"'twi"~hon£ mtm~ri£, we doacknow ledge that which · CicertJ faith,borrowiog it fro pemojthe,et, th_~t BonA, -FAma pr~pria pnfsefiio difm~B.orutn, \¥hich poffeffion· lc5:not but note,that.in our times~ it,Iieth·'much waR ·and that· therein there is a '})eficience. · · · · For :N A' Jt tt A ·-r I o.·N s and R E L A T 1 o N ~ =of particular actions, there \\rere alfo to be w Hhed a :greater diligence therein, for there.is no great a eli. ·on but hath fome good ·penne "\vhicb attends it. . · And becaufe·itisan abilitienotcomntonto Write · a good ~-iifiory, ~s.may well appeare by rhefmall ·nun1her of the'n: yet if particularitie of ad ions me. :~Q.rable, were but tolerably reported as they palfe, 'the cotnpiling of a complete ·H 'l "s 'i' b R 'I E of r I M E S mought be the better ~·~pe<!fed, \V~en a Writer !hould a rife that were' fit for it: for the. coil e.-; ·~ionoffu ch relatiotls nlo.ughrbeasa Nurfery gardein, whereby to ~I ant a fa ire and ftately ·gardein, When time lhould ferue. · . There is yet another portion of'Hi~orie which QrneJiNsTAcitus maketh,whichis nor to be forgott~ • 1 ·D d ·2 fpeciaUy |