r6 Nam genas tr proavos V' gute non technics ipfi vix ea nofira vow. Nemrnem regem non ex Jervis eße oriundtnn, neminem fer- vum non ex rcgrbu: om- nia ilia longs varlet&mil suit rr jur- (um deorrum fortuna vet favit. Sen. Epif}. 44. Mofes bra .Sefe-denial. thï y gather how little the glory that came from parentage was efteemed ; he that boafts of his pedigree boafts of anorhers. Seneca in his foure and fortieth Epiftle writing to aknight of Rime who was preferred for his va- lour, but yet of meane parentage, for which he feemed to bee troubled, Se- necacites him a notable fpeechof Ai- m: there is no King but is railed from thole which were fervants; there is no fervant but had force of his anceffors Kings. Rehoboamwas ofa foolifh chit- difh fpirit, though above forty years old, and yet he camefrom Solomon the wifeft upon the earth. Niaí, whole name was 4 foole, whofe difpofition was accordingly, who was ofa tordid churlifh fpirir, yet hee came from Ca. lek, a man of a molt choife and excel- lent fpirit: t Sam. a5.3. Ionathan that was that idole Prieft we readof,tr/d.i8. 30. yet he was Mots his grand -child, Gerfhorns fon. Honour isbut a fhadow, and therefore it need be of fomething that is our owner riches, places ofdig- nity, titles of honour put upon asce- ftors by Princesare accounted now the greateft ._
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