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Show . · ~- (){the Jdt(ttntem~ntofi~earn.in~~, and nOt eafie tO turne: In fo!rl~ ~tis~ conceipte, that is almoft a natwre,. wh.!~111s that men can liar~ _make t~emfe!~.s beleeue that they ought!: toczhaungetheirc~fe,whenthey hatte ~ound good • by it .informer cxpcrJen(!e. For U'rtacctaue noteth wikly_howFAbiet~ cJI(.~imm ~ould h.aue been tem.o porizil'lg frill, accurdtngtohis ould b1affe?when the nature of th• warre ·was ;Urcred, and requtred hotte putfuite; ~n f~e. other it is want of point and P~· nCtration Jn theirJUdgemente,that they don~t dd:. ceme ·whe~ thinges haue a ·periodc,but come tn,too late after. the_. occafion : :As Demojlhene5 compareth the ·people o£ Atht111 to cotm~ fell owes , when !11~ ·play in ·a fcnte. fch?ole,that 1f they haue a blow thCn they remooue theuweapon to that warde, and n6t before : In fome other it is a loathneffe t~ leefe labours paffed, and a conc~ite that they can,bnng a: bout occafiohs tO their pfie,andyetinthe end~ wh~ they fee no otlicr remedyC, then they come to It w~th difaduantage, as T lli'IJNillim that gaue. for the thud . ·part of sybiUae' bookes the trcebfe pr1ce, when lu~ - -·m.ougtit at fitft haue had aJI· three f?r the ~mple. But from wlntfoeuer rocte or caufe thiS· Rcfbuenelfe of mind procc~C:Ieth, it is a thing moft Preiudiciall, ant nothing is more politiquc: then to m~c the wheels o our mind con,enttifiue and voluble w1th the wheels of .. fotturie• , · .-; ~ · ' · ' · Ano tlier precep·t Ofthislnowledge, whic.h ha!h fome'affi rii ty "'ith tllatvve Jafi fpale of, bun'?th dlf~ leren'e 1~ ~~t .!V~i.c~ ~~ ~e~ exprdfed, fot14 ";::: ·The ficolzd boo~ . . , · 9 'liftp~t,'that men .to not only turtie with the occa9li. .. ,.. . ._.,._,but a1fo runne with the occafions and not firain credit or ftreogth·to ouer.harde ot extre:une <tirllts,:blit cboofe in their ad:ions that which is tnoft :;,;fqpa~.le·. : for this will preferuetnenfrom foyle, not ·--ft ........ ,, them too much about one matrer, winne - ,.,lnl.<;UJ of mod~ration ~ pleafe the mofre, and --~~ .a: fh.owc 0£ a perpetuall fm1icitye in aU they Eaort:Qke , which cannot but mightely increafe re~ .........· . ~··::. ... ..,..,. . er part oft his knowledge feemeth to haue rewt~20~ncy with the former two, but.not as I :tk11:anoqtit; and it is that which Demoflhtnesvtte. gh tearmes: El qt~emarlnlodsm re~eptum_ eft, zwrm,.:au~· ~~, lfl.lptrAt,r: fie & ' t~rdAIM '1Jiru res _,.~~~.vi tjll~ipfis·videntur,t4gtr'Antur, & nonippirletft~ i cog_ antNr ~ Fo~ ~we o~ferue) w~ lh,all differing kinds of fuffic1ency ,1nm:magmg of :·fome can make .vfe ofoccafion~ apdy·and u~plotte little:fome can vrge and pur .. " .. ",P plottes .wcU,but c:ulnotaccom~odate ~---- · rher .of which is very. vnperfite without ft I f •' ~ . r. ..~ J • • • i J' '. I .. ~n-r. · af this ~now ledge is the obferuing fltDeQlC;)~rity jn the declaring or not declaring' . ......... ,.. . .... "'for.altihough depth of fecrecy,~nd .Ina. qtJAIU ifl. 'l'i"A: c~MiiJ .. in M IITi , which;'! the lGU.ilt:tnSuurtlu Mene1.s, when m~n fet thJnges . \Vithaut ·opeai·n~, themfeiues at all) be ~om- .· . 4 . t1n1es~ |