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Show 0( the JduancemenfOJ Lettrning: · · for n1en to take good informacion to.uching theyre · O\,Yn perfon and well to vnderfiand chemfelues:know, ingthata~ S.lame~ fayth, though men lookeofc in a glaife,yet they do fodainJy forge,t then1felues, v~her .. in as the diuine glafie is the word of God, fo the po· litique g1afle is the fiate of the world, or times wher. ·in we liue:In the which we are-to behould our fciues. for men ought to take an vnpartiall viewe of their · owne abilities and vertues:and againe ·of their wants aAd impediment~;accounting thele with the tnofi, & thofc o.ther with the Jeaft,and frotn this view and examination to fra1ne the conliderations following. · . l:irll: to confider how the con!l:itution of the r nature forteth with tile generall ftate oftbe ti1nes : which if ·they find agreeable and ftt, ~ tllen~in all things to giue t~emfelues mo~e fc:ope anti lioercy,but if differing and ddlonant,then in the whole courfe of theyr life ro. be more ~lofe retyred and r~ferued: as we fee in Ty!JeriNs wh? wa.s neuer fe~n at a play: ~nd can1e not into the -~enate 111 I~ 2.ofh1s laft ycers:.whereas .4t~guftus C4for ltued euer m mens eyes, which T A&itus obferueth ~ ~li11 Ti!Jtrio mlrMmvi4. · Secondly to confider how their Nature forteth with prof~tlio~s and cotufes of life,& accordingly to make: · elea1on 1f they be fre~,and ifingaged,to make the de patture at the firft opportuni~: as we fee w~s doone by Duke Y~tlmtili,,that was deftgned by bis fath~rto a facerdo !al profeffion,but quitted it foon after in rc· gard Qf h1s parts andinclinatio'n being fuc:h.neuerthc. ldle,as a~~ ~~o~ !Cl !!e! !!~~C! l!Jey w~!~ wo 1 rfe . . . - ' ' ~~ . · . Th~JecDnd boo~~ ~Princeorfor aP~ieft+ ·. · Tbir~ly ro confid.er how they forte with tnofe hom they are like to haue Co1npetitors and C.on ... ~rents and to tal<ethat courfe wherin ther.e is mofr PJ.Atude,~nd themfelues like tb be moil: eminent : as c~for lult~u did, V\1 ho at firfl: was an 0 rat or or Pleader ~hen he faw th~ excellency of Cictro, H orteNfi~ I((;,C~tNlw,and otbers for eloquence, and fa,ve there was ao man of reputation for the warres but P ompei111 wuu· !l.~·whom the State was forced to relic ; he for.~~!. his courfc begun toward a ciuilc and popular ~flllat~=A~;~and · tranfgrelfed his cefig~cs to a mar~ ~.'~~ grcarne~e. · : . · . . . . .· · ·-" 1 ........ .....,1 .~' 1n the cboyfeof their friends, and de~ aDJ·.,~··"'""""":'~~to proceeed according to the Cotnpo~ R( beir own.nature,as we may f~e in Cttfor, ~11 ~ .... :A"r.''"'""'S ~tnd followers were men altiue and e& ~~1:.&~~,,1ftt~otfolemnorofreputation. · . ·..,.."'!'" to take fpecia~l heed how they guide them ~~~~:s~ •lJv exa.mples_,in thinking they can doe as they •u)~S. ~oe :whereas perhappes the~r natures and 111111£~5 a~e fa.rrc differing; in which Error, it fee-. ·--~'P ompeJ was,of wholne c;cero fayet.h, that hee woont often to faye : syUA potuit; Ego non pottro~ ~wbe was much abufed,tbe natures and pro ... IIJJQli[¢S· of bimfelfe and his example ., beeing ~·~·~""':-o• in the wotlde, the one being fierce, vi .. ...... ~~ preffing the faet;the o~er foletnn, and full ~--'"'iltld circumftance~ and therefore the 1~ffe . '~ \. . - Ccc 1 |
