{>art.z.Self.3. CrmofMe/4;tcholy. Mcmb:7;· ~ Injuries ,Ahufes,ar~ vet y offcnfiue,an~ fo much the more in that they think - veurem ferendo mvltant nov•m,bytakmg one they provoke another :but it is an erroneous opinion: for ifthat were true, there would be no end ofabu. fing ~11ch othc~; lit lttemgmer at_; 'tis much batter with patience to beare, or qu!l:rly to put lt up. Ifan Alfe ktck me,fanh S~&ratts, lhall I llrikehima. u liliao. gaine,and when• his wife X•ntippe llroke and mi!ufed him,to fome friends t,hat would haue had him l!rike her againe, ·hee replied that bee would not make them fport,or that they flwuld !land by,and fay Eia S'~er•tes, eiA X•n. tippe ,as we doe when dogs fight , animate them the more by clapping of hands . Many menfpcnd themfelves, their ~oods, friends,forcunes , upon fmall quarr'els,lk fometimes at other mens procurements,with much vexa. tion ot fpirit and anguilh ofminde,all which with good advice, ormediati. on of friends might hauc been haRpily compofed, or ifpatience had taken place. Patience in fuch cafes is anio!i foveraigne remedy, to put up, con. xi"'.}uriarum c~al,or dilfemble it,to• forget and forgiue,Y not [eaven, hut [e~venty [eaven remedium eft ttmes,lt4 oftm,u he repents forgtuehtm; Lt•k·'7· 3.as our Sav10urcnjoynes oblivio. us !irokeH,to tt~rn the otherfide: as our • Apo/He perfwades us,to recompence Y Mar.,s.n. no manevillforevi!l,but lt4 m11cha. u pofib/eto haue peAce with all mtn: not ~~~.:;!(;, ,7 to avenge our]elves, and wee ji>AII heap htmzing coales upon our adverj4ries t Sitokr"! in· head. For if you put ttp wrong(as Chryfoj!ome comments) you gtt theviC!ory· l""j." •'. 11 ' ' he that loofeth humony,looj<th not the conqteejl in thu our Philofophy. If he~ ~~~ ;;;:~;,; come0d with thee,fubmit thy felfe unto him fir!i, yceld to him, Durum& privatut eft, durHm n.onfaciunt murum, as the diverb is, two refraCtory fpirits will never :; ~h;;~:-agree,the onely meanes to ovmwme,is to relent,ob[eqteio vincu. Euclide in in hac Philo· Plut4rch, when his brother had angred him,fwore he would bee revenged, f~·~ bl!t he gently replied,tLet mewot litlt ifl doe not makethceto loue me againe, nift;,;~::m upon whichmcekanfwerhewas padfied. fo.""dijpereii "FlerfittiT obfequio curvatm Ab arbore ramsu, ;~~;:;::,::e· Frangi! Ji v ires experiare tutU. effec•ro. Abranchifcafily bended yeeldstothee, "Io«h '"""-· Pul'd hard it breaks: the difference you fee. ~~;.":.'.,~~bl: The noble family of the Col11mni in Rome, when they were expelled the city by that furiol\S Alexander the fixt, gaue the bending branch therefore as an Jmpreffe with this motto,Flerfipoteft,frangi non poteft, to fignifie that hte might break them by force,but fo never make them !l:oop, for they fled in tlw mig!l: oftheir hard ufage to the kingdome of N a pies ,and were honourahly (ntertained by Frederic~ th~ King,accoreling to their tailings. Gentle. 11elfe, in this cafe!\light haue done much more , and le.t thine adverfary bee · nevcrfo pefverfe,itl\lay be hyth~t meaoes thou mai!i win him; • favore & 2'1te/loJorur. ~qn.rvole~<Jia etiam immani4 ar;imm ~Panfuefcit ,[oft wo~ds pacific wrath,and tR<ipJ9reP<•i the fi{cefi fJ~irits are !ofooo~ll; overCOI\l..f; t ~generous Lion will not.h~rt •ihil •.fe.ho- abea!i that hes proftrate,nor an Elephant an mnocuous creature, butts m• fo~:;:::;~ ftHm illftjlis,a tcrrour and fcourgealone to fuch as ardlHbborn,antl make ckllf<ntla. refiftance.lt was the fymbale of Emangr/ Phtltbert DHke of SAvoy , and he 'l'er.Aklph. was not miftakc.n in it,for "fl!!o qui{#, ejl majqr-magiujJ p.lav#biliJ. irA, Et fo'iles motm lfltn~ generofo &ap.il. A greater man is fooneft pacified, A noblefpirit quickly f~tiSficli!
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