96 GeneraII direë ;ons fora which fprings from the curfed root of Selfe- ignorance and quite puts out that light ofNatures law in our confciences ;i.i oé.as Thou would.eftbe done by. Ifbefore thou 1pofè the reines t4 that fhort phrenfie,thouwouldet fuppofe and fet thy felfe in the place ofthe party, with whom thou art angry; and they, fay and doe no more then if thine owne perfón were the,parient,it would bee a notablemeanes to curbethy choler, and . keepe the credit of difpationateneffe and moderation, -andmake thee patiently fuffer that which perhaps thou haft oftenconfidently offered toothers. 3. An overtendernef:fe and delicate niceneffe in bearing wrongs:an impetuous impatiencie for being abufed:(Where- Irnmenfæ virtutis as infenfibilítfe and contempt would better become a great el}, non tenure to fpirit:) an effeminate facilitie to bee mooved and toucht eife percuffum. with every trifle. A fpot or wrinkle upon their garment, a difh.mil-placed upon their table, fome errorin theirdrefling; aBird,, á Dogge, a Giaffe, &c., or forne lelfer toy will turne force kind of people quite out of tune, and put them out of their humour, into a pelting chafe , as they fay. Great mindesand vi&corious over this furious Arch-Rebell, are notmoved but withgreat matters. It is a fpeciall point of manly vvifedome, to .paffe bymany petty provocations to wrath, without noticeor acknowledgement,without wound orpaffion; and to digeft many times thebrawlings and indif= cretions ofhafty men, with the fame patience that Surgeons doe the injuries and blowes,ofmad men, when they let them blood. 4. Credulity,lightneffe in believing whatfoever comes 'fiat to the tare : That is the highway to hold choller f1í11 in corn- buflion.For fo the tonguesofSlanderers, Tal e- bearers,W lüf- perers, Pick-thanker, will proove fomany Bellowes blowne ,,by the Divell himfelfe, to keepe, this fire in height andful- nef1eofflame. 5. Curiofitie, an itching humour, and needleffe inquifi- tivenefie to know every thing that is done or Paid. If a man willneeds be fomeddiing, bee flaall find matter enough to fillbis gall. Some men, out of this humour, are eager to know
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