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Show . ,; . ) •' '· ' · 0 (the Atlitttntem~nt of Lettrtiing.' . were like· to doe··: .An9 certayne1ye, it is an. er · rour frequedt,for men to lhoot oiJer,and to fuppof~ ~eeper. ~nds;a~ mor~. ~mpaffe reache·s then are: the Italian.prouerb oetng elegant,& for the moil: part uu~ · · .T)j Janttri,di ftnno,e ai fed(, ' C'n e mllnctJ thtnon·credt! . There is con~mon!y le~e mony.Ielfe wifeq;1~e , and leffi:g~od fatth,thenmen.doe accornptvpon: But Pnntes vpon a farre other Reafon are heft inter~ preted by th~ir n atur~s, and p riuate per (on~ by t.leyr . en~s,ForPrtnces beetng at the toppeof humane de:: . fires, they haue fo.r the mo.fr part no particular en des, whe~etothey afp.1re: b~ ~ dtftaunce from which atnan· mo.ughr t~c; meaffird~d f~a.ie of the reft ofth~yr aettons anCf ifeftres. Wfitch lS 6rl'e of the ca11fes that ~ake~~ tbeyr 1.1eartes n1ore ihfCru6table: N eytber is It fafficte~lt to 1nfourn1e o~r felues in "n1ens en des _anti ~tres ·~fthe ~ariety of tn~tn· on'ely ,bui alfo of ~fie prC<Jommancy wh':ir humour reigneth mo!l: arid ~at ~nd is princi~alli fougbt.For fo wee fee~ w'hen . Ttge~/,~m ~awe hflllfeife out-firipped. by· P etrouius ~ rnp,~mtlslh Ne'ro~s ·fipmours of pleafu.res i r..M~tiiJ lllriPifR'tlr ,tfe wroug t vpon N eroe~ fears,wherbyhe braket~ others neck+ J · . · '( Bu.t to all this parte of Enquierie; the thoft com ... ee~1 d!~us waye refte~~ in three thing~s : T~e fir!l: .to ~~ue ge~~all ~cquatn aunte and inwardneffe Wtth thofe . Rt~lt'liaue gent: aD acquaintance, and looke moft mto_ the worlde: and fpedall~·e according to , • · · -the • · :. . · . 'The fecond hoo~ ~· . 97 the diuerfitle of ~ufineffe, ~nd tpe diuerfitye of Per~ ~ fons, _t.o haue prtuacye and conuerfation with fome one fr1e?d at le afi: which is parfite and well intclli- -genced 1n euery feuerall kinde •.. The fcconde is to keepe a good tnediocritye in libertje of fpeeche · and fecrecy ip 1nofl: thinges libertye:fecrecy where: it im:p9rte~ h: fo r'Iibertye of fpeech.e. ~nuitet h and prouo~ · keth ltbertye to be~ v{ed aga1n~ : and fo br~ngeth, m.uch to a 1na11s knowledge:and ~fecrecie on the o"' eyfid~ induceth trufi and inwardnefie.: The laft is. · re~ucing of a ,1.nans felfe to this watchful! and &rene habite,a! to make:accompte and purpole in eye ·conference and a6tion, . afwell to obferue as to- ~.FQr as Epifietus would h~ue aPhilofopher in eue~ t~~~icular ~ion to fay to. himfelfe,Bt ho~ volo, & ~;, injli~ut.tl/lfJ ftr,ut~.re :fo a politiqut; ~ in an ia euerye ing fhouid fay to'himfelf;Et h()c vol~,4c.etiam aliquid · ijcer6.1 haue fiaied the longer vpon.thit precept of. ainin·g good inforrnatioJ?, be~aufe it is a maine t .. by it felfe. ,. which au.nfw.<:reth ~0 all the refr.,. aboue al things,Caution·Inufi: be taken,that Men aue a good fiaye and houlde of themfelues, .and that. · muchkn"Owi.ngdoenot~rawon 111~1ch medling:. IIIU!'-Ift--·"'. ing.is more :vnfortunatet~en hg~t an~ rafh; ·-.... rt't\.AIIi dling in many matters:~~ that tbts van~tyof ledge tendeth in cenclufton buton~ly to tbts?to · ~.a~t~ea better & freer choife of thole a6ttons, whtch. ... corlceJ:nvs & to con duet them with the leife er-.. .. ..l lft:lrn.e·mor~' dexterity+.· . . ' . • ·-- _ - > d preceptc~~~erningtlusknowledgf~~. flJ If .· .. ,. |