Part•••Sect.;. Curt DJMelancholy. Memb, 2 • 314 Letaoterr.e Jititu ,or upllarc,infultatthis which Ihavefaid no worcbyGen - tleman take offence. If peak it not to detraiHrom fuch as ar~ well deferving. trudy vmuous and noble:.I do much refpelhnd honour true Gentry and no: bt!tty,I was born ofworfhtpful parentsmy felf,m an ancient family,but I am ayounger brother,lt concernes me not :or had I been fomegreat heire richly endowed, fomindedaslam, Ifhouldnothave been elevated at aU,\urfo dl:eemed ofir,as ofall other humane happinelfe,honours,&c. they havetbeir i Fluvi~a hie period,arebrittle and uncon!l:ant. As i he faid ofthat great river Danubim it :,n:/.~u;,:~·- rifeth from afmall fountain, a little brook at fidl:, lometimes broad foU:e. imago,qu•p•r- times narrow, now fiow, then fwift, increafed at la!ho an incredibl~great ~· ,Jafl• ;u• nelf~,by the confluenceof 6o navigable rivers, it vanilheth in conclufion lo, :;;~(.;~" ;,":(- feth his namc,an~Iis fuddenly fwallowed up of the Euxinc fea: I may ra'yof eunt,</P' [ubito our greate!l:fam!ltes, they were mean at firlt, aug.mented by rtch marriages, ~:~;~~fc;;;_ purchafes, offices, they contmue for fome ages, ~tth fome little alteration of mojluviU<,in Clrcumllances,fortunes,places,&c.by fome prodtgal Con,for fome default Ot ildmiranJam for want ofilfue,they aredefaced in an in!l:anr,and their memory blimed ~ut. r;:f,;·~;·n;:::,_ So much in the mean timel do attribute to Gentility, that if he be welldeJem~n ;,.,; fcended ofworfi1ipfulor noble parentage,hewill exprclfeit in his conditions. :e";::.01~;:;,_ --nee enimftroces ki.,pereg.mar. Progenerant aqml.t columb,u, ' Euxini. And although the nobility ofour times bemuch like our coins, more in num. her&value,but le!fe inwaight & goodnes,with finer ftamps,cuts,or oudides, then ofold: yet if he retain thofe.anciemcharatters oftrue Genrry,he will be moreaffable,courreous,gentlydifpofed,offairer carriage,- better temper,ora more magnanimous,heroicall andgenerous fpirit, then that vulgm hominum, thofeordinary boores & pe[ants,quiadeo improbi, agreftes,& incalti plerunt~ font,ne dicanJ malitioft,ut nemini uUum humanitatif officiumpr.tjlent,neipjiD(o kS•!i>f!l4in 6. fiadvenerit, as< one obferves ofthem, a rude,bruti!h,uncivill,wilde,a currilb ~~<d.Met.J.U. genemion,cruell andmalicious,uncapableofdifcipline,& fuch as have fcarce I Lib.""' 4 • common fenfe. And itmay be generally fpoken of all, which 'Letnnifls the ~•mplcxioni- Phyfician [aid ofhis travel into England, the commonpeople were filly, ful- ."'· len,dogged clowns,fldnJitior nobilit,u,adomnehumanitatif of!iciiiparatifim•, thegentlemenwere courteous &civil.Ifit fo fa! out(as oftenitdoth) that fuch pefancs are preferred by reafonoftheir wealth, chance,errour~&c. or other· wife,yet as the cat in the fable,when fhe was turned to afatrmaid, would play with mice; a cur will be a cur,a clown wdl be aclown,hewill hkely favour of the llocke whence he came, and that innate ru!l:icity can hardly be fi1aken off. "'H~r.tp.oJ.:. *Lieetfoperbus ambuletpecuni4, - FDrtunanonmutatgenuf. And though by their education,fuchmenmay bebetter qualified,and more re· fined; yet there be manyfymptomes,bywhich they may likely be defcried,an . affected phanta!licall carriage, atallor-likefprucenelfe, a peculiargarb i~ all •Lib. •!·' !· their proceedings;choicer then ordinary in his diet,&as•lfimmwe! defcrtbes N•""-f':..J. [uch aone to his N epotian;An~tpftart bornin ahaft c ott~ge that ftarce atJirjl hal. ~"J:;:,: •.":''• courflbreadtojiU huhungry gutr,muft now feed on kickjhoa and mad~ dijhes,wi/1 f"'~'x mllw haveall variety ofjle/b andjijh,the beft oifters,&c. Abeggers brat wtll be co~ ~'1.::,·;,~. ~••- monly more fcornfull, imperious, infulting, infolent, then another m1n ofht5 t Nibilforru- ranke: Nothing (o intolerable tU afortunatefool, as tTt~lly found long finceout of ;;,~,;:;t~;~:· ~~~experience, AJPerills nihileft humili cumJi•rgit in altun1, fet ·
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