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Show .A Le~ter, t6 Mr. M.attmew, upon finding, (?c. and affeCt. I can fay no more to yo11, But, Non :animns Surd is, refl ondent omnia syh·£. If you be not of the Lodgmgs, chaulkcd up (whereof.! (peak in my Preface,) I am but to pafs by your Dp, But t'fl had you but a Fortntght, at G~rhambury, -I would oor. ' . .... ll dd C . make you tdl me anoth,erTale; or clfe, I wou u a a ogita- . aga1·nfl, L;braries and be revenged on you, that way. I pray, uon, lt. " , ' • • h A d , d fend 1ne [orne g<?od News, ofStr Tho:Smtt ; n commen me very kindly to htm. So I refl. 1 ----:---.-:------)-------__.,--..;....;;.._..--- . A'Letter,tB Mr. Matthew; uponfending to.him, a part, of . Infl:auratio Magna. MR. Matthtw; I plainly perceive, by your affeeti<;)llate writing, wuchin cr my Work, tha~ one, and the fam1 Thmg., affefreth u- both·. wh~ch is the good End, to which it-is dedicate. For as to' any A' bility of m' ine, it cannot meri· t, t h at D egre e, of Appro - bation. For your Cauti.on f?r church Men, and Church Matters,; .As for any Impediment, lt nught be, to the Ap_plau[e, ~nd Celebrity, of my Wvrk; It n1oveth n1e not; But ~s 1t tnay hmder the F£uit, and Good, whid~ n1~y .co tile, of a qutet? an~ calm,paifage, ro the good Port, to whiCh lt 1s bound, I hold lt a JUfl ref pcd ; So as to fetch a fair \'Vinde, I go not too farr about .. .J3ut the Troth is, that I, at aU, have. no occafi.on, to meet the1n, 1n my w~y·; ·E~cept it be, as they will. n~eds confederate the~[ elves, w1th .Ar·t.· ftotle who you know 1s 1nte1nperately tnagmfyed, by the SchoolMe:; And is alfo allyed, as I take it, to the ~ej'uits.' by Faber., who was ·a ·Companion, of Loyola, a~d agreat Artftoteltan. ~fend you, at this tii:ne, the onely part, ~~11ch hath any Hadbne(s; And yet, I framed to my Self, an Opwwn, that whofoever :allo~ed . ~ell, of that Preface, which you [o much commeJ.ld, wtll pot dtfl.~ke, or at leafi: OUCYht not co difiike, this other Speech ofP-reparauon: For it is writ~en, out of the fame S pirir, and out of the {am.e N e- ' ceffity: Nay, it doth ~ore ~ully lay open_, that t~~ ~dhon be- \ tween me; and the Antunts, ts not, of the Vertue,.of .tl1e Ra,e, but of the Rightneft, of the way. And to [peak tru.rh, lt 1s to the other, but as Palma ro Pugn~, part ot the fame Thmg, ll'lore large. ~ ou \ :oaceive aricrllt, that in this, and the other, you have Con:mlflion ·to inipa~t and communicate thctn, .to other~, Accordmg tO yo~r Difcr~rion. Other Matters I write not ~f. My f: lf, a~ like the MiHcr of Grance~er, that was v~ont tO pray, for ~~.:ace,~ monafl the Willows.· 'For while the wmds blew, the W111d-m1ls wro~~ht, and the W~ter-n1ill, was lef~ cufiomed. So I fee~ that Contro~rftes of Religion, n1u!l: hinder the . Advancement of s:unces: 1\Let me c.onclude, with my perpetual W tfb, toward~ your Self'. I That the Approbation of your Self, by your own dtfcrcct' and , temperate, 1 _.....,_ - - __ A Letter, to Mr. Matthew, toucbi1~ Inflauratio Magna. tcr!lperatc, Cariag~, may rcitore you tO your country, and your Fnends, to your Socuty. And fo I con1mend you, to Gods Goodnefs. Grates Inn, I o OEtob. I 6o9. . ---------------------,.... _.- !1 Letter, to Mr. Match ew, tou·ching In fl:aurati o Magna. MR: Matthew, I heartily thank yo~,for ~our Le!ter,ofthe Ioth of Fthruary; And am glad, tO ~cce1ve, from you, Matter, both ofEncouragement, ~dot Adverufement~ touching my writings. For my part, I doe wtfh~ that fi.nce there 1s, no Lumen-jiccum, in the world; But all Madzdum; and Maceratum, inflifed in AffeCtions, and Blouds or Humours, that thefc Thincrs of mine, had tho(e Separa~ions, that might mak~ then1 more ~cceptable: So that they clatm nor, fo mucn Acquamtance,ofthe prefent tim~s, as they be thereby, the lefs apt to lafi:. And to fhew you, that 1 have 1ome Purpofe, to ne~ 1nould thet~; I fend you, a Leaf, or two, of the Preface, carry10g fome Ftgure of the whole work. Wherein, I purpoie, to take that, which I count real, and effeCtual, of both Writing.s; And chiefly, to add a Pledge, (if not Pay- / ment ,) to my Prom1fes, I fend you alfo, a .~.Memorial, of !2.J!un I Elizabeth; :To requite your Elogy,-of the late Duke ot Florences, Felicity. 0~ thi~, when you were here, I fh.ewed you .fome Model; At what ume, ( Inethoughr, ) you were more willihO', to hear Juli'ffl C ttfar, than !J.!!.,een Elizabeth, commended. Butb tBis, which I fend, is tnore full, and hath more of the Narrative. And further, hath one patt, that, I ~hink, will not be difa_grecable, either to you, or that Pl~ce; Bemg the true Traa:, ot her Proceedings, row-ards the Catholiques, which are infinitely mifiaken ~ And though I doe not itnagine, they will pafs allowance there, yet they will gait~ upon Excu[e. I finde ~r. L~-Zurt, to ufe you well, ( I tnean h1s Tongue of you, ) wh1ch fbews you, either honcfi, or wife. But this I [peak merrily. For in good faith, I doe·conceivG hope, that you will fo govern your Self, as we may take you, as affuredly for a good SubjeEt; and Patriot, as you take · your Self for a goodC/Jriffian ~ And fo we n1ay again enjoy your Company, and you your Coi1[cicnce; if it may no other wayes be. For 1ny part, aifure your Self, ( as we fay in the Law,) mutatu mutandil, my lov~, ZLnd good willies to you, are not diminifucd. And fo I remaw. 37 |