160 The 7"ruly,~ble. LIB. I. ro advancement, with awilling hand, withoutenvy>withoutdiffimulation. VVhen A his mate is dead,he a~coums himfelfe but halfe alive; then his love not diffolved by death, derives it fdfe to thofe orphans which never knew the price of their father ; they become the heires <:fh1s affcehon, and the burden ofhis cares. He embraces a free communityofall thmgs,fave thofewh1ch either honelly referves proper,or nature; and hares to enjoy that which \VOuld doe his friend more good; his charity fcrves to cloke noted infirmities, not by untruth, not by llattory, but by difcreet fe. crecy· neither is he more favourable in concealemem, than round io his private reprehe~fions;and when anothersfim~ddiry /hews it felfe in his teproofe,he loves his monitor fo much the more, by e much more he fmarteth. H1s bofome is his friends clofer,where he may fafe ay up his complaims,his doubts,his cares;& look how he leaves, fo he finds them; fave for fame addition offcafonable counfell for redreffe.!ffome unhapp)' fuggellion lhall either disjoym his affcelion, or breake .B it,it foone knits againe, and growes the llronger by that llrcffe. Hce is fo fenfibl< of anothers injuries,tlut when his friend is llricken h cri out, and equally fmarteth unrouched,as one affeCleanot with fympathy,bur with a rcall feelinj. ofpaine: and in what m•fch1efemay be prevented, he !nterpofeth Ius a1d, ,.nd_o ers to redeeme his friend with himfelfe; no houre can beunfeafonable, no bufinetfedifficult, nor paine grievous in condition ofhis eafe: and what either he dorh or fuffereth, hee neither cares nor defires to haveknowne;lell he lhouldfeeme to lookefor thanks.Ifhe can therefore lleale the performanceofa good office unfeene, the confciencc ofhis faithfulneffe herein is fomuch fweeter a•ir is l!l<lte fecret. In F.!vours done, his me. mory is fraile; in benefits received, eternall : hce fcorneth either to ref(ard recompence, or not to offer it. He is the comfort ofmiferies, the guideofdifficulties, the joy of life, the treafure ofearth; and no otherrhan a good Angell clothed in fie/h. c ~~~~ii~~~~~t~i'i~~it~ii'l Ofthe 'T ruly,:J(ohle. HE !lands nor 11pon what heborrowed ofhis Ancef\ors, but thinkes he mull work out his owne honour: and ifhe cannot reach the venue of thetn that gave him outward glory by inheritance, he is more abafl1ed ofhis impotency,than tranfportedwithagreatname. Grearneffe dorhnot makehim fcornfull and imperious,but rather like the fixed liars; the higher he is,the leffe he ddires to fcem. Neither cares he fo much for pompe and frothy ollentation,as for the folid truth of Nobleneffe.Courtefie&fweet affubility can be no more fevered from him,than life D from his foule; not our ofa bafe and fervile popularity,&defire ofambitious infinuarion; butofa native gendenefs ofdifpofition, and tmevalue ofhimfelfe. Hishand is open and bollnteousfclet not fo as that he fl1ould rather refpeCl his glory, than his dbre; wherein his wi dome can difl:ingui{h betwixt parafitc:s and friends, betwixt changing offavours and expending them.He fcornerh to make his height aprivilege ofloofenefs,butaccounts his titles vaine,ifhe be inferiour to others in goodnefs:~md thinks he lhould be more llriCl,themore eminent he is;becaufe he ismore obferved, and now hisoffencesare become exemhlar.There is no vertuethat he holds unfit for ornamem,for ufe; nor any vicewhich 1e condemnes floras fordid,and a fit companion ofbafenes,and whereofhe doth not more hate the bl<miOJ,than affect the pleafure.He fo fi:udies,as one that knows,ignorace can neitherpurchafehonor,norwield it;& that knowledge mull both guide & grace him.Hisexercifes are from his child- E hood ingenious,manly,decent,&fuch as tend llill ro wit,valor,aClivity:and if(as fd. dome) hedofcend to difporrs ofchance, his games lhall never make him eitherpale w"' fear,or hot with dclireofgain.He cloth not fo ufe his followers,as ifhe thought they were made for nothing but his fervitude; whofe feficity were only to be corn· manded and pldfe:wearing them to the back,andthen either finding or framing excufes to difcard them empty;but upon all opportunities lets them fedethe fweernes oftheir owne ferviceableneffe and his bounty.Silence in officious fervice is the bell Oratory
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