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Show . Oft he Aduiiite'iilt1zto[Ee't~Yning: ingeaioufly. ana dtfcreetely auoyde to be puc jnto' thofe thing~ for wl3ich they are not propper:wher~ ... . as contrary~ife bould and· !nquiet feirits will thrufi tb~felues Jnto m~tters. wtth?ut difference,and fo publdh and procla1me all tbetr wantes; Coloure is "hen men make a way for the1nfelues ) to haue a conftrultion tnade of their faultcs or wantcs : as' procecdinge from a better cau(e, or . intended for !01:111: other putpofe i _fo~v of the one; it is well - f.l yd e ,t · • I I J • , • - Sitpt laltt viii11m pr1ximit~tte honi:· ~ . · And therefore whatfoeuer want a man hath, he mull ~e~ that·he pttetefid the ver-euc. that iliadoweth it us if<~he·~~ r11-u~,he m. l1: affetl: Grauitie~. if a Cowarae} Utl~tnt/fo_, andfotli~· relt :. for the fecond ,. a man · · muft ~raJne fome probable ~aufe wliy he fhould noe. ~~e h~s· beft,and why· he tliould dilfemble his abi~ lines : and for ~hat tJurpofc muft vfe to diffimblc tliofci abilities? which ate·notorlous in him to giuC colour that h1s true wants are but indufiries and dif.. fimulations ,.· for Confidence it is-the laft but the fii., r~fi: r~n:tedie. : namely to. depreffe· and feerne tO· clef .. · · ptfe whatfucuer a man ciu1not attaint! ot>feruing the goo~ pr:incipl~ ·of tlieMar,hantes, ~ho endeuoi1r · to ra1fe the prtce of their owne commodities and to beate down the price of others.- But there is; confi., · den~-e thatp.lfftth this ether.' : whfcli is to face out a m~n.s own def~~ .. itt' fc elbing· to conceiue that he is betbn l!~ofe t~mgs whereill he is failing': and to help · ~at ~atne, t~ feemc.on tl1e othet-fide ·tbathehath ~ - · --- ·-- -: · . , Jea!t~. -.. '' rrhe.fec.Ondhoo~ - . tor; I "1 - )eafi:·opinion olhitnfelfe, in,thofe things wherein be j 1 beft: like as w~ :(hall ~ee it C0tnmonly in Poets, ;that if they fhew their verfes3and _you except to any, they will fay ,.That that ~ynt coft thtm more tahour then ll~J()f there~: and prefently will fceme to difable, · · and fufpetl: rather fumt·ot her ~1nt, which they know well enough to be the befi in the number• Butabouc alin this righting· and helping of a maos felfe in hi$ owne ~carriage,he muil: take heed he ffiew· not him- 1Clfe difm~ n-telled and expofed to fcorn~ and ini~ ry,by too much dulceneffe, goodneffe, and facility of nature,but fhew fome fpark!~s of liberty , fpiri; ~nd:edge. Wbich kind · of fortified. cariage with ~ a ...... 1,"''e ret:Cuffing of a m~ns felfe from !cornes, is ~!l.n,·~ ...· ,~ ... es of neceffity in1pofcd vpon men by.fomwhat · their perfon or fortune,bwt it euer fuc,eedeth with, ood felicity.. ~ · · . · _, .,# ; • • Another pre~ept of this knowl~dge is by ~a~ · ble, endeauour ., to frame the mtnd to be pitand · obedient to occiion; for nothing hinde-mens fortun~s fo much as this : IdmJ mll»ehAI, ., idem tlecthat :.Men are where thty~ were, whc11 . toc~catt·ons rurne, ·and therefore to Caio, w·hom Lillie~ · aketh !i1ch an Archite&· of fortune ; hec addeth he had rerfatill InotniNm : And thereof it: ...... ~ • .,.,,. ... h that . tbefe g.ra~ felemne wittes · which·· -~Uiiii*'.,IU· be like t-hemfelucs,and cannot 111ake depart~ues., _-"'lr"'P':,..,.~~~~-.:pt · digniij' then f~licity: But~ in fo~e it:J$1~ 11t111rc te I bee fomewhat ¥"ifcoufe and in wrapped, · --· -- :- ' .. · and:i t 5 CJ |