Pare. z. Seer. 3. etweofMetancholy. Memb. 7 • 346 he chacismoft worchywanes imploymenr, herhachachskill cobeapiloc wanes a flup, and he char could governeaCommonwealth, aKing in con. ceipc,wants means to exercife his worth, hath not a poor office to manage And yet all this while he is abetter man that is fie to reign, etft <Are at regno· t ~"'" u q•i though he wane a kingdome, t then he that bath one,& knows not how to rut~ "~··', & reg- it; a Lion ferves not a!waies his keeper, but oftentimes the keeperthe Lion :,~';;~fittmpe- and as* Polydore Yirgilhathit,nJUitt reges lltfupiUiob infcitianJ non regun; ~ Lib.u.bijf. fed reguntur.Hzeron of Syracufe was abrave Kmg,but waneeda Kingdome· Perfem of Macedon had nothing of a King,but the bravename and title fo: he could not govern it: fo great places are aften ill beltowed, worthy'perfons unrefpefred•. Many times too the fervants havemore means then the t Miniflri locu- mafters whom they ferve, which t Epic1etm counts an eye-fore and incon. f~';':J:~ 1!:,;,_ venient. But who can help it~ It is an ordinary thing in chefedaiescofeea pram. bafe,tmpudenc aife,tlhterate,un~orchy, unfuffictenc,co be preferred before hts betters, becaufe he can put lumfeU forward, becaufe he lookes big,can bu({!e in the world,hath afair oudide,cantemporize,collogue,inlinuate,or hath good frore offriends and mony, whereas amoredifcreet,mocleft,and better deferving man lhalllyehid or have a repulfe. 'Twasfoofoldand t Hor.lib. :. ever will be,and which Tirefi.u advifed Vlyffes in chef Poet, · Sat.5. . -----Accipequ!t.ratione que.u ditefcere,&c. is frill in ufe; lye,flatter and dillemble: Ifnor,as he concludes, oSolomc.nEcdtf9·II. *$1St. Menip. - --Ergo pa11per eril ,thengo likeabegger as thou art. ErafoJta,Me. lanEihon, Lipjita, Brtd.ew,cardan, liv'd and died poore. Gefner was a filly old man, baculo innixru, amonglt all thofe buffing Cardinals, fwelling Bilhops that flourilhed inhis time,and rode on foot-clothes. It is nor honefty, learning, worth, wifedome, char prefers men, The race il not to the frviji, nor the battle to the jfrong, but as the wife man faid, o Chance,. and fome. times aridiculous chance. * Cafmplerumif, ridiculm fiJUltos elevavit. 'Tis fortunes doings, as they fay, which made Brutus now dyingexclaime, o mi(era virtu.<,ergo nihil qttam verba er.u,atqui egote tanquamrcm exerce. bam, fed tu (ervieb.u fortun.e. Beleeve it hereafter 0 my friends ! Vertue ferves fortune. Yet be not difcouraged (0 my welldeferving fpirits) with this which I have faid, it may be otherwife,though feldome I confe!fe, yet t'ralequiJ efl fomecimes it is. But to your farther content Ile tell you a·f tale. In Moroni• •P•f Pale~. pia, or M: oronia f.<lix I know not whC!ther ,nor how long lince, nor in what t!;,. :::p.f," Cathedral! Church,a far Prebendfell void. The carcafiefcarce cold,many •poi.J9 · futors were up inaninl'tam. The firft had richfriends,agood purfe,and hee was.refolved to out-bid any man before he would lofeir, everieman fup. pofed he fhould carry it. The fecond was my Lord Bifl10ps Chaplain (in whofe gift it was) and he thought it his due eo have it. The third was nobly borne, and· he meant to get it by his great parents,patrons, and allies. ThefourchiJ"'d upon his wonh,hehad newly found our ftrangemyfterics in Chimiftry,and other rare inventions which he would detect to the pub· like good. The fifth was a painful! preacher,and he was commended by the wholeparifh where he dwefc.,he had all their hands to his Certificate. The fi~th was the prebendaries fon lately deceafed,his father died in debt (for it,as they fay )left a wife andmanypoor children. Th.e feventh ftood upon faire promifes,whichto him and his noble friends had been formerly made . fur
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