'Part,z,Se.!l.J. Ct~rt6fc.:Melancholy. Memb. 7 ; 354 will vindicate it felfe: And which the Poet gave out of Herct~les, diis jrui. ---tur iratis, enjoy thy fclfe, though all the world be fet again!t thee, con. temne and fay with him, Elogium mihi pr1foribm, my pofie is,not to ue m1 • {;~;"g:~:/,_ :'ed,that r my Palladium, my hrefl-plate, ·my buckler, with ••hich I JPard 40 dicant, Pal/a· tmurus, offences, lyu, flanders, I leane upon thAtflake of mldtfly, fi rect~ve diu., illudpe- andhre•k A fonder all that fo•lifh force ofLivor a11d fPlulf, And whofoever ~';"!·~:~;, he is that fhall obferve thcfe fhortinftruCiions,without all qucfiiO!l he fhall <Onfiflomode- much eale and benefit himfelfc. : fli~v:tutifu- In line, if Princes would doe juftice, Iudges be upright, Clergie-men :~:~;;;•;;; truly. devout, and fo Jive ~s they teach, if great men would not bt; fo info. fraugojlulrif lenr,tf fouldters would qUietly defend us, the poore would bepauenr,ncb f~"::;i;;:;z: men ~ould be liber~ll and humble, Citize~s honeft, Magilhares meek, l!utean lib. ,, fupenours would giVe good example, fubjects peaceable, young men tpifl. 52• would ftand in awe:ifParcnts would be kind to their children, and they again obedient to their Parents, brethren agree amongfttherntelves, enemies be reconcilcd,fcrvants truftytG their Mafters,Virgins chaft, Wives medeft, Husbands would be loving and lelfe jealous: Ifwe couldimitare chriJfand his Apoftles, live after Godslawes;thefc mi!chicfcs wouldnot fo frequently happen amongft us;bnt being moft partfo irreconcibble as we are, pcrvcrfe,proud, infolent, £1ctious and malitious,pronc to contention, anger and revenge, of [uch fiery fpirits, focaptious, impious, irreligious, fo oppo[ttc to vertue, void of grace,how fhould it otherwifcbe?Many men are very tcafty by naturc,apt to miftake,aptto quarrcll,apt to provoke · andmilimerpret to the worft,every thing that is faid or done, and thereuponheapumotheirfelvesagreatdeale of troMble, and difquietnell'e tOO• rhers, fmattercrs in other mens matters, tale.bearers,whifperers,lyers,they oMilglor. cannot fpeakin leafon,or hold their tongues when they lhould,• Et [li•n• Act. J.Piau- partem itidem t•cere, cum alien• eft orJtio: they willfpeak more thencomes '"'· to tbeid!JJres, in all companies, & by thofe bad courfes accumulate much evil! to their own foulcs, (qui &Ontendit,Jibi conviti11m fMit) thaidife is a perpetuallbrawle,they lnarle like fo many dogs,with their wives,children, fervams, neighbours, & all the rcft ofrheir friends,they can agree with no body. But to fuch as are judicious, meek, lubmilfe,andquiet,rhefe matters areeafily remedied: they will forbear upon all fuch occalions,negleCl,contemnc, ortake no notice of them, diffemble,or wifely turne it off. !fit be a natuf·all impedimem,as a red nofe,fquimeyes,crookcd !eggs, or any fuch imperfection,inlirmity,difgrace,reproach,thebeft way is to fpeak ofit firft •B<onf•idhis thy •fdfe, and fothou lhalr !hrely take ~way alloccafions from others to :~~~:.1~: • jdl ai,or contcmne,thatthey mly perceive thee to be care!eU:~ of it.~•tinimo<her • 114 ;was wont to fcoffe at his own deformed feer, to prevent h!senemtes obwho<>, tO prc· loquies and farcafmesin that kind; or elfe by prevention, as Cotys King of =~~\~b~~:· Thrue, that brake ~company of fine glalfes prefented to hjm, with his that nongh< own hands, left he lhould be overmuch moved when they were broken by ~do~gcd '"d chance.And fometimes again,fo that it ·be difcreetly and moderatly .done, ~r~he"~~::1.' it fl1all not be amilfe to make refiftance, to take down fuch a faucy compaoion,no better meanes to vindicate himfelfeto purchafc finall peace: for he that fuffers his himfelfe to be ridden,or through pufillanimity or fottilhnelfe will let every man baffle him,ihall be a common la11gbing !lock for · - · all
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