Remedies againft difcoptents. Memb.7. turethenidefcrve, thoughnottomydefire, moreofthemtheni didex- 345 pect,yet not of others eo my deferr,neither am I ambitious orcoveto~s,all ---- this while, or a suffenm eomy felfe, w~at I have fatd, Without pre)udtce or alterationlhallland. And now as amtredhorfethatfiruggles at firfi with all his might & main to get out, but when he[ees no remedy 1chac his beating will notferve,lies fitll, I havelaboured 10 vame,refi famfied, and if!. may ufurpe that oft Prudentitu, t.'DYfi•bon Jnveni P.orttt~,.fpu & Jo.rtunaval~te, ~;,;pi::~~e': Nilmiliivobifcum, ludtte nunc a!tor, Gr~co. Mine haven's found, fortune and hopeadeu, !~~~:;::!,"0~" Mocke others now, for I havedone with you. Fr. Pu"'"' thcF'lorenti1U! M B ,. • • 7. :~.!~=~~;~! .. .Againft Repulfe, A.bt~fes, Tnj,ries, Contentpts, Difiraccr, Contumelies, Slanderr, Scoffet, &c. May not yet concluqe, thinketo appeafe paflions, or quiet the minde till fuch time as I have likewife removed fome other of theirmore eminent and ordinary caufes, which produce fo grievous tortures and difcontenrs: eo divert all I cannot hope , eo point aloneat fomefew ofche chiefeH, is that which I aime ar. Repulfe and difgrace are two mame caufes ofdtfconrent, but to an under- Rcpulfc. fianding man not fo hardly t~ be taken, C.<f'r hill!felfe bath bee~e.deni~d, ?' P~Jmr .. m and when two fiand equalhn fortune, bmh, & all other qualmcs a!tke, d J0°. La«·. oneofneceflitie mull lole. Why lhouldfi thou take it fo grievoufly ~ It.::,:;::,. hath beene a familiar thing forrhee thy felfe ro deny others. Ifevery man eletl"' rifir, . might havewhat hee would, wee lhould all be de!fied, Emperours, Kings, f;:;·~:.~~~~ Princes; ifwharfoever vame hopefuggefis, unfauable appetite affects, our habere 1oo ciprepofier~us judgement thinkes fit were granted, vvce lhouldhave a~o- ~'k~;~:u;~:; therChaos manmfiant, a meere confufion. lt1s fome fattsfacttOntohtm by ravo.:'c." that isrepelled,that dignities,honours,offices,are not alwaies given by de- • <YEnea. syt. ferr or worth, but for love, affinitie, friendlhip, affection,." great mens let- ;:;::r:;·r;;:;; ters,or as common! y they are bought and fold. • 11 onot<rsm cortrt arebeftow. in'"''" non ft· ed not according to 11tem vert~tes andgoodconditions (as an old courtier ob- cunJumb,.om ferves) but a every manhath flteans, or morepotentfriends ,fo he ispreferred. ':, ;;if/,~~;{.:4 With us in France ( t for fo their ownecounrreyman relates) moft part the eftat~pottntimatter is carried by fiwour aqd grace, hee that can get a great man to bee his "·' ' ~agu b.. mediatour,runs away withal!the prefirment. ·lndigniji111tu plerumque pr£- ;~:;.:;;.,lib.• fertttr, Vatirzitts Cat oni, iUa11datus {audatifsimo 1 de re pub Gal· --(erv~ dominantur, afelli . ~;::;~0[~re Ornantur Phalerts1 dephalerantter equt. l'atia plerumAn illiterate fool fits in a wife mansleat,and the common people hold him ~;~; :f,;,';;~ learned,graveandwtfe:oneprofe/feth (*Cardanwellnotes) forathou(and dumaliquem · Crownu,bttt hee defervu not ten, when a< heethat deferves a thou/and cannot naffi (Untinget ten. Salarirtflt non dat multis [atem. And oftentimes, which Machiavel ~;~'!.};;;;,'; feconds, f Principes non[unt qui ob in{tgnem virtutemprincipatu digni [unt, bw ad omn« ,. !mp~ri.tuj psri~i m~t.nur occ~pat, & fie apu~ vulgus babetur.J/Je profitetur miUe coronatir,cum nee dfc~~e::,~:~r: 4ltus edtyer{Q mtfkd,gnus,-utxdecem conje{ut roreft. t Epift Mdic.difPztt.Zr:ubieo BMdr:monrio, & CofmoBucel4io, · he
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