D • M o c R r Tu s to the Reader. So are we fools and ridiculous,abfurd in our actions, carriages,dyet, aph czaJi.. "''"-parell, cuftomes, and confultarions; we h fcoffe and point oneat another. '~=~~ftul-whenasinconclulionallarefo.ols, *and they the~ verieft 4(Jes, that hide ri{sin~i qui ~u- thetr ears moft. Apnvate man,1fhe be refolvedWith h1mfelf, or fee onaQ '"u"" 1"""ft opinion, accounts all idiots and alfes chat are not affected as he is, ':£:.~;: <If. i-nil reflum, niji quodplacuit ftbi, ducit, i H~.Epip ••• . that are not ~o minded, k ( quodquev~lunt hominesJe bene vefleputant )~1 ! •fPcr. foolschac chmk not as hedoch: he wlil not fay wuh .Atttcm,Suam qui(q; [fonfom,mihi meam,let every man enjoy his own fpoufe; hut his alone is 1St<11im (api- tair,fom amor &c.and fcorns.all i~refpeCi ofhimfelf,l willimit~te~one, unt,flotim fri- hear noaem but hunfelf,as Pltny fa1d,a law,and example to h1mfelf.And ~~~:;;;;,•:_ tha~ wh~chHifRocrates in hisepiftletoDionyjim, reprehended ofold, is mine., imiran- venfiedmour nmes, ~:(que m a!Jofoperjluum e/Je cen[et, tp[e qr~od non tur,ipft fi!i hahet nee cur at, that which he hath not bimfelfe or doth not efteem,hee :;:;{i:/'in. accounts f~perfluitie, an idle qualitie, ameerefopperiein another: like m Nulli alteri iE(ops fox, when he had loft h1s caile; would have all h1s fellow foxes cut f.'/'J.{.;~~~·~;~ off theirs.The Chinezes fa}',that .weEuropeam haveone eye,they themJe"'"'· .&grip. felves two,all the world elfe IS bhnde: fa thou and thy feetanes are only wife, others indifferent,the reft befidethemfelves,meere idiots md a!fcs. Thus not acknowledgingourown errors, imperfeCtions, we fecurety de. ride others,as ifwe alone were free,and fpeCtacors.ofthe reft,accouncing it an excellent thing,as indeed it is, .Alien4 optimum frui infani.i ,ro rn3ke . our felves merry with other mens obliquicies,when as he himfelfismore "~Fz..,,J. faulty then thereft, mutato nomine, de te fobula narratur,hemay t.akc: :;,.:t:1~.eu- himfelf by the nofc for a foole; and which o!le cals m4ximumjfultiti-. ~iilx>m<Pium .quij}ecimen, to be ridiculous eo others, and not to perceive orcakenoticeof =~~~~t"' ir, as Marflt14 was whenhecontended with .Apollo,nonintdligensfe deriinoeulufop;,..diculo haberi, faith~ .Apuleim; 'tis his own caufe, he is aconviCt madtwn &•;:r•-man,as".&uftinwelinfers, In the eyesofwi(e men and Angels hefeems like ~~~~~~r'eui one, that to our thinking walks 111ithhil beds upward. So thou laughetl: at I•("'"'' do- me, and I at thee, both at a third; a tu! he rerurnes thatofthe poet upon us :~n:a:~~··Mc- again, 0 Hei mihz infonire me aiHnt,quumipfiultroinfaniant. Weeaccufe necbmi. others ofmadneife, oUolly, and are the verieft dizards our felves. *rG;{,~~0b'' For it is agreadign and propertie of a fool (which E e& t. I o. 3. points at) ~:}.:;~p- Y outof prideandfelf-conceit, to infulc, vilifie,condemn,cenfure,a·ndcall pomrmenr. . other men fools (NonVi demiU mantic.. quod a ttrgo eft) to taxe that in 0 - ru~:::~::!~ thers,ofwhich we arc moft faultie; t~ach that whic~ wefollow not our •ft••fo•'••;;_ felves: For an mconftanc mantownceof conftanoe, aproplunehver ~;;:'~~· !:"· pr.efcribe rules ?ffanCtitie an~ pietie, ad.izard himfelfmake acre~ rifeof Amtrin['t:t w!Ce.domc, orWith SAluft to ~ruledown·nght at Cpo1le:s ofcounmes,and !Uod intero.m- yet m* office eo be amoltgnevous paler h1mfelf. Th1s argues weaknes, fi' fl~flat "':fi and is an evident figne offuch parties indifcrecion. P Peccat Hter noftrum i:~;.:.~~i:: '&riiCC dignill4 ? w!io is thefoole "'"' f Or elfe peradventure in Come places IJfiqucquein- weare1 all mad forcompany,and fa 'tis not feen, Satiet,u erroril & de- {;;:;~:if,,p menti£pariter ahfordiwem & admirationem to/lit. 'Tis with us, as it was rum i•fonionti- of old(in' :TnUies cenfureatleaft) with C. Fimbria in Rome,a bold,hairfl~ l•";'·"'fi brain,mad fellow,and fo efteemed of all,Cuch only excepted, that were · ,;,:~::,;;~=~ ai mad as himfdf: now ill fuch a cafe there is b nonotice t:~ken of ir. Nimirum
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