Part. 1,SeCl:.-2. .Amkition a Caufe. Mernb~3.Subf! 1. and by crooke he will obtalne it, andfrom hi; hole he will climbe to aN hono11rs andoffces, if it be pojtble for him to g<t up, flattering me, bribing anOiher, ht rvi!L leave no meanes unaff•/d to rvin aU. It is a wonder to fee how llaviJhly thefe kind ofmen fubjechhemfelves, when they are 3bout a lure, to every infooriour perfon;wha t paines they will take, runne, ride,call:, plot, counter• mine, prorell: and fwcare,vow, promife, what labours undergoc, ~a rely up~ downe late ; how obfeqmous and affable they are, how populnr and courteous, how they grinne and flicre upon every man they meet; with what feallina aod)oviting, how they fpend themfelves and tl!eir fortunes, in feeking · tha~ many times, which they had much better be with_out; as • CJ'ma; the •. "· • Cypr. po:<g., Oratortold Pyrrhus: with what waking nighrs, painful! hom·es, aiixi!)!ls 'd(e?.To.,.u,; thoughts, and bitterneffe ofminde, inter flemqae rmtumqllc, clifi'raCl:ed •3)1 ~;~;~~;:,;,7~ tired,rhey confume the interim of their time.There can he nogrtarer plag~@ [nbfiquit«rJJbfor theprefenr. If they doe obtaine their fute,which with ,fuch ea~! and foli1 fiqnii{Q-,["qiu~ citude they have fought, they are not fo freed, their anxkty is anew to bf- ':j(;'t,";;"f,~~'· ginne, for they are never fatisfied, nihil ali11d nifi ip•pefirm; JPirant, their ptrutp,a_;p!m'" thougbts,aCl:ions,endeavours are all for Sovcraignry and Hooour,hke 'Lues t~:,d:':j;:';~: Sfor(tathat hutling Duke of Milan, a man offingnlar rvifldomc, but profonnd tcorit,bJDmnem . ambitie», borne to hi; ownc, andto the dejlmflion of Italy, though it be to their grad•'!' • !iadjowne ruine? and friends undoi?g, tbey will contend, they m~y not ceafc,but ;~PJ;jf!;'Jt as a dogge 1fl a wheele,a b1rd ma cage, or a fquJtrellm aehawe ,fo d BHd£1H. , :r.,b, 'cogie· .. compares them; they climbeand ~limbe fi~ll, with much labour,but never f.j:;:.;:,;:fz';,-, make anend~never atthe top.AKmght would be a lhroner,and then aLar~'- ""'"' dg~wmc and then aVIcotmt,and then an Earle,&c. a DoCtor,a Dtane, ""d then a BJ- '!'"'"'-!'~"!IJ~"' fhop :from Tribune ro Pr<Etor: from Bailiffe to Maior: fiJ!lthis-of!ice~ anli ~~l!:;.,;i'/,;''',7 then that; asPyrrbru in' Pl~tt~rch,theywiH firfi have Greue;then Africk,an'd. .'i!frirt 'cc••]t£~ then Afia, ~nd _[well with JE(ops frog fo long, till in the end_they burfi; (jr. ~;'Jtl,~:£; .. come downe wnhSe)anus,ad Gtmom& flala<, and break the1r own necks -'i quoni"iiiop;:odJ;; or as Et~angtltu the p1per m Lrtcta1l, that blew h1s P'P~ fo long, tlll he fell t•rdnobi•Jit, downe dead. It he chance to miffe, and have a c~nvas, he is in a hell on the f.J..,;.;o;jl. i. orhedide; fo dejc.9:ed, ti;at he IS ready to hang _htmfdfe, rll_rne Heretick, (vjr'jingut"j T~rke, or Traitor m anmfiant. Enraged agamfi Ius enenves, he f ra,tle5\ P••""'!J,'d't·"' fweares, fights,llanders, detraCts, envies, murders: and for his·owne part, fl f,f~J.,:.,:,;:r appwwm expterc non poteft,fimre corrrpitllr ; if he cannot fati sfic his ddire {l<lii•nril"'· ~. (as ~ Bcdine write_s )he runs mad. So that botluvayes,hit or 1n'iffe; he i_sdillra:-· i::f':£.~".::J;<' Clea fo long as h1s Ambmon lall:s, he can lookc for no otl(cr bur anxl'ety apd ~(libiiiO, &c,. :: care, ~lfconrent and gtJefe mthe meane time,': JUailn~ffe it ~el Fe, . or vioJ.enli s;'~;J;.!~>rr, ~eath mthe ~nd. The eveotoftlm IS cc>mnwn ro be feene 10 popolous Cl- 'J,/u;w.m, :..,, t1es, or m Pnnces Courts, for a Court!ers •hfe (as BtJd-,.us defcub·es , I!) !;- '41 N•$mi '!""".et, i Ga!lim~tllfrJ ofambition, lufl,faud,impo'{lure diRimuifilian, dotrd[Jion tnv.•• 1 ·~P"~- "'''"?''"' · J h . . · ' :r· ' :1" ur,_1rtprr cc{!ew.. prtae;t · e Cot~rt)a common_crmventte!e of j!Atterers,time-fi:rvcrs,pq!iticittn!;('l'C:~: c~htro.rot~ti>no~ or ask u1nthony Ptrc'{ w1ll, the Juburhs ofheO it flifc·.lf you ,willfee !iJCp dif- P"triuiu,;~\f~ contented perfons,thereyou lhalllikelyfind them. 1 And whic)i lie ob fer•· f";J;';[~h/!~\ ved of themarkets ofold Rome, , ,, ·\·.. ' ' y·\ r Ambitwin~n: fl:!_t per]rtrum convemre vult hominem, mitto. in b-{)mitirtm; '~ -, faiaa;:z.[tU:t~:.- ,. ttt!at. P_•zri!.ittJI.1.tit.l.o.d~regisinjlit. gli~.r.de_rep.cttp.t. h Imprimis tl!rsappct itu~,flll 'ai»CNPiftcr.tia · 'lt~?evt/m~t;1ot;P !'a~rafia»_J ~.edunt,u1Jde 11flt~t' ~tnbwoji,phi!trai,i?ati, troari)llfmi, ~~· . Fcli:~:-- P:Mcr 1.3! dc1ftiJ ~1!11. co{/uv!tStl111kl!IOn;s , CIJ.pitJf(I.US,flmu{aliOnJS,~11JfCJlllTtt1f;al!diJ, iwidi.e,Juptrbi.e'fft{l1)Ri(lt df~tTfo'fium~/a, et tlfulllrn flfJcntR7H!:tzrtifict~m,&c. Bud,r,rt6dtaffc.l;b.5. kIn his .A.phor. 1 I'llf~uucu;·•ut./lCI.4."sJC. r, dun p 2 f!!i
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