Part.I.SeCl:. z. C-aufes of M'tlancbtl.J. Memb.3.Subf.14. ~ The[au1. Tbro. h Nectnimmi- #)j ronuafibra •JI.Per. * Emanibr~ iflis,Nafcerttlti' vidtt.Ptr[l. s.u. i Omniatnim no'lra,{itpra 11Jl}du., ptactnt. fr:FJ,./.IO.C.j. RidrntiP' ltJJt!fl qiJitlnlpQlJI(IJl rarmill4,tJetUm t.anderu Jcrib~Rtes,etfevenerantur,et ultril.. Si taaa.s/aJJdant q11kqNid fcripjtTtbettJi.HDr. tp,z (,1.. liu~e I3.to. mA~tfon.[ap . t DtmtiWrtluto finxit prttc,-dia ' Tit4n. * CIJil. 3.ct11t. 10. pr0.97· .§(_ui Jt cmltret rtrminemuU~tinre prttjlaJJJiorem. nTiliJID{ajlu fcripfit ,ut Alexandri·gtfla inferiorajcriptis[u· isexi(limaretia. 'VIJ/iiU /W. I • cflp.9.de1Ji{l .. o P~t41Cb. vll. catonU. pNemo111U[11411J PBita autOratur, quiqu~nquii feme!WremArbitraretur. qC•IJfol. ad P•m~mchium miiRdi PhitofopllrM tJmi~e ®i1nlli, tt popHkrU ~reetrzem(JfU 'W'n$11l111Jcipium. rEpi{l.5.C"'i-. bMnas, and forget o11r (elvts. Her two daughters are lightndfe ofminde, immoderate joy and pride, not excluding rhofe other concomitan(•vi•es which s IodoctH Lorichi11s reckons up, Bragging, Hypocrifie, Peevifunelfe' and curiofitie. ' Now the commoncaufeofrhis mifchiefe, ariferh from our felves or o. thers, h ;ve are active and paflive. It proceeds inwardly from our [elves as weareaQ:ivecaufes,fromanover-weening conceit wee have of our g~od parrs, owne worth, (which indeed is no worth) our bounty, favour, grace, ·valour; fireogrh, wealth, patience, meeknelfe, hofpitaliry, beauty, temperance, gentry, knowkdge, wit, fcieocc,art, learning, our* excdienr gifts & fortunes, for which Narci.lfus like, we admire,f!arter,and applaud our felves, and thinke all tbe world efieemes fo of us; and as deformed women, eafily bdeeve thofe that tell them they be faire,we are too credulous of our owne good parrs and praifes, too well perfwaded ofoor [elves. Wee braggeand vendirate our i own werkcs,and fcorne all others in refpeCl ofus; Injlati fci. entia (faith P"•l) our wifdome,k our learning; all our geefe are fwannes,and we as bafely efieem and vilifie other mens, as we doe over-highly prize and value our owne.W ~t will not fuffer rhem ·ro be in forundiJ rno nor in ttrtii<; what~ Mewm conftrtur.Vlijfes? they are Mures, Mte(c«, culices pr"' fo,nitts and flies compared to his inexorable and fupercilious, eminent and arrogant worfl1ip: Though indeed they be farre before him. Onely wife, onely rich, onely fortunate; valorous, an~ faire, puffed up with this Timpany of felfe-conceir; as that p.raud ·! Pharifee, they are not (as they fuppofe) likother m~n, of. a purer and ml;>re \precious rril!trle : Soli reigerendi'· fi.lit ejficam, which' thar \Vife i'eriM~derhcld ef {uch :m meditantur omne qui prius negotiu,., &c. Novi q11endam (faith* Erafmus) I knew one fo arrogant that he thought himfe1fe inferiour ;eo no man living, like • Califlhenes the Philofopher, that ncirhe'r held utlex~nders aas,or a11y other fubjea wor. thy ofhis Pcnne,fuch was his infokncy; or Seleuc11s King of Syria, who thought none fit to contend with him bur the Romanes, • Eos fllos dignos ratru qt~ibttfi:umde imperiocertaree.. That which T11Dy writ to Jtticus long fir.ce, is fiiil in force, P TherewM never yet true Pott nor Oratottr, that thought any othtr better than himfolft. And fuch forthe mofi parr are your Princes, Potemares,great Philofophers, Hifioriographers,Aurhors ofSeClsor Herelies, and all our great Schollers,as ~Hierome defines; Anat11ra/l Philofopher iJglories creature,and a veryjlave ofrumour,fame, and popular opinion, and though they write de umtemptuglori.-, yet as he 0 bferves, they will put their names to their bookes. vobiJ dr fam.t mefi:mper dedi, faith TrebeUius Poltio,I have wholly confecrated my felfe to you and fame. 'TiJ aUmy dejire, night and day, 'tiJ all my.ftudy, (O raife my name. Proud' Pliny fecondshim;~nquam o! &c.and that vaine-glorious rOrator, is norafhamed to confetfe in an Epifile of his to Marcus Lecceius c Ardeo incredi~ili cupiditate,&c.I b11rt11 with an incredible de fire, to hAve my • nat1}e rtgijlred in thy book. Out of this fountain proceed all thofe cracks and bragges, __x f}eramus carmina fngi P~ffi linenda cedro, & leni forvanda cr~pref[o--r Non ujitata nee ltlltlifer.r tDnifoo. Dilbus . _ 11c ~Wfllbru, hoc foluPJ cogill fi qtU mt po_Qilm ltv4Tt hHmo. Id VDIO mtD fit/[~& it ,&c. (Tul/iJtJ. t Vt nom(n me11m flriptii_UIIJ i/111P~t; tur. InqllititlllimH4ftudtotttermtt11is,niJ{lua thestUtgebatfn. HenjimrmuJJmtb, dtSttZI. x Rw.c-t. 'Piit. y od.VJt.l.~.j.viJt}, opwc.xqj, Vadtlibtr[tt/Jx Pilliflgtn./ib,IS. penna.
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