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Show . ', Ofihe A.duancement of/earning. ~ Std fogit intere4,fo.g~t irrtpArabilt te'!'pu1,and th~t. JS the c:tufe \vhy thofc which rake thetr courfe of n-.. · fing by profeffions of Burden,. as Lawyers,Orators · painefull diuines, and the like, are not co tntn~~= ~ie fo poiitique fOr their owne fortune, oth.erwtfe . the11 i11. their ordimny way ,becaufe they want ttme .ro learneparticul~s,~Qw~itc ~·ccafions,. and to dcu1fe plottes.. . . · Another precept of this know ledge is t.o iinitate nature which doth n_ot~g in v~ine, . \vhich fure1y a man. may.do,if he: do ~vellioterlaceh1s bu~nelfe, at~ bend not his mind too . muchvponthat\Vhlch he p.nn~ cipaUy intendctb.For ~man ought in euery part·icu· lar aetion,fo to carry the motions of his mind, and fo, to ha,ue:oll~ thi~g vnder ~?~cr ,as if he c:~nno~ ~aue thatbefCekc~m ~lie.beli~e~r~;. ~euohauettm a - fecond,or fo 1n a thJta~ ani11Ale can haue~no parte of · that which he pureofed;ycttc:S turn the vfe ofic tofo ... what el~,~nd ifhe-can~ot make ~ny thing _of it for the. prefen.t,yet tom~ it as a; feed Gffom'What in titn~ tO~ come; arid if he 'can ~ot1triue n·o effea or fitbfiaunce · from ir,yet to win foin good opinion by it, or the like fo that he lhould exaCl: an accbuht_ofhimfelf ofeue-· ry aetion,torcape.fotnwhett,:and·n~t to fiarl'.J a111az·ed' andconfufed ifh~f:Uleofdia~ ~chieA.y-1neant :· for. nothing is more ia~pollitiq.ue then· to tnind ~.cHon~ wholly one by one. For lie that dooth fo ~, leefeth. infiniteocca[tons~~hic::li enter ~aine, and arc· many · tiriles inore• propel· r~tious. forfomewhar, &b~the ihJll need aft~rtv.ards~: then for t.hat which· ke: _ Thefecondhoo~ · JoBs he vrg~th for the prefent; and tberfore men mufi be p~fitc:: 1n that rule: H.tc oportet j~t:m, & i/14 111 n 0 ..,j •Jtttrt. · · . Another precept of this knowledge i~,not to in..~ age a mans.felfe perei~ptorily in any thing, though Jtfeem n~t liable to.accldent,but euer to haue a win .. clow to R1e ou1: at, or a way to retyrc;. f::JI!owing the tvifCdom in the anc~ent fable, of t~e two frogs, which ·, confult~ when therr plaili was dne ,. whether they ~uld ~o;~d.the ~11e m.ooued to go down imo a pit aufettwas..not ltkelytl1c water would dry tbere 1 the. other anfwered,:r rne,h111 if it do ,Pow foal/ we gtl •gatnt?· · Anothex: precept of this.knowlcdge is that ancient .tm=ccllt ofBi~,confiru~d not to any point. ofpedidi~ ~:~•UIIlJeUc)bQtoniy to .caution and ·n1oderation.Et llmilt · ~alillkl,lalll inimiem f~etttt·us,& otli t11nqu4m ttmaturtu; For rNt~eriv betraieth al vtility ,for me. to imbarque them ' to far,in to vnfortu11ate friend!hips:troublefozn. laD$~~chiJdUh &hun1orous enuies or remulatio&. ~.., ... ~ GOncinue.this.btvond the 1neafurc of an ex ... J~d,becattfe I wClid not haue fi1ch knowleJgcs 1 note as .. dtflcitHt to be thought things I magi• ~~•v• in th~ ayre,;or an obferuation or two,. 1nuch of bt1t thinges of bulke ilhd maffe; wh~roof an· llat:41ier. n1ade, then a. beginning.Ic n1uft. he conceiued that i11 thefe. p.ointes which I .ar11',., and fet do\vne,.thcy~Iefar ·from cotnplete· of the1~1 : but. oneJye as .fn1all peeces for : And. lafilye. , no .111an I fuppofc \vilL · 7Y3 · think"A'-'~ |