?lutareh de set,ib.iras. Senec.de ira. lib.z.sap.23 Senec.de ira. i b.3.cap.3z rre o exDe or rr e nger. time the truthwill appeare, whether reuenge mayLie more iuffly taken or omitted. And then darter dueexamination he infli6t deferued punifhment, it will be more effe&uall for the reformation of the offender,whenhe feeth that it doth rather proceed from true iudgement,then from the fpleenc. As therefore `Fhocion Paid to the Athenians, when by hea- ring of eAlexanders death,they were thereby moued to vfe more unbridled fpeeches, and infolent praétifes.Oyee thenians ifAlexander be dead tc day,hewill bedead to morrow alfo; And thereforeyou may well deferre thefe courfes, till ye be fully informed in the truth : fo may I fay to theangry man :doe not fo haflily reuenge thy felfe on thy inferiours, for if it be a fault to day, it will be a fault to morrow alfo and as one faith, Poteflpana dilataexgi, no poteftexalta retsoccari; punifhment delaied may be infli9ed,but being in- fli6fed it cannot be recalled. Non peribitpoteAu ifiafi,diffr_ recur. Sine id temptu ventat quo ip f iu6eamur. Thypower to punifh being deferred is not loft, let it therefore folongbe delaied, till thy felfe may command the punifhment to be infli6led,andnot thypaflìon of anger. The fourthmeanes to fubdue anger is this : let theangry man thinke with himfelfe whether he is purpofed euer ar neuer,to lay afide his anger. Ifeueer,ho-w much better were it that he fhould leauehis anger, then that it fhould leaue him ? that he fhould vanquifh it,then thatit'(hould be ouer. comeofit felfe ? that he fhould quench it with thewater of the fpirit, then that it fhould laflvntill it burne out? for not only this but all otherpaflìons will in time tire themfelues, and fall downe with their owneruine. But if they purpofe to liue inperpetual! enmity,let them confider that they no- r-ifhin themfelues a Viper, which will fret out their owne bowels. Forwho receiueth more vexation, griefe, anddif quietneffe byanger,then himfelfe,who is fubie6i to thepaf fon ? and what doth fooner cut off the thread of life, then thef'harpneffe offrettinggriefe? Laflly,lct him thinkewith himfelfwhat good time he fpendeth in a badmatter,which being
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