V E CAV./. much.Only God keep twomifchiefeseverfrom within thefmoakofhis Court;Fiat- A tery and 'Trt~ehtry: The iniquitie ofrimes may make os fearc thefe;not his inclination. For,whether as Englilh, or as men, it bath been ever familiar to us,_to f~wneupnn Princes: Thooah what do I bellow two names upon one v1ce,but attired 10 two fundry fuits ofeviU!For,FIIIttry iono other then gilded treafon;nothing elfe but poifon in gold: This evil! is more tame;not lelfedagerous.It had been better for many great ones not to have been,thento have been in their conceirs more then men.This, FIAt· ttry hathdone; and what can itnot! That other, 'TrtA<htry, fpils the hood; this, the vertues of Princes. That takes them from others: thls bereaves them ofthemfelves. That, in fpight of the aClors,doth but change their Crowne : this lleales it from them for ever.Who can but wonder, that reads offome not unwife Princes fo bewitched with the inchanrments of their Parafites, thatthey have thought themfelves Gods B !mmortall, and have fuffered themfelves fo fiilcd, fo adored! Neither Tef\lples nor Statues, nor Sacrifices have feemed too much glory ro the greatnelfe of their feJf. love. Now none of all their actions c.mld be either evill, or unbefccming; nothing could proceed from them worthy ofcenfure, unworthy of admiration : Their very fpots have been beaury, their humours juftice, theirerrourswitty, their Paradoxes divine,theirexcelfesheroicall. 0 thedamnable fetvilitie of falfe minds! which perfwade others of that which themfelveslaugh to fee beleeved. 0 the dangerous credulitie of felfe.love ! which entertaines all advantages ifnever fo evill, never fo impoflible. How happy a fervice fhall you doe to this wholeworld ofours, ifyou lhall llill fettle inthat Princelymind a true apprehenfion ofhimfelfesandfhall teach him to take his owne height aright; and even fmm his childhood to hate a Parafire, as the worll Traitor: To breake thofe falfe glalfes, that would prcfent him a face, not his C owne : Toapplaud plaine truth, andbend hisbrowes upon excdlive praifes. Thus af. feCled,he may bid vice doe her worft. Thus tball he llrive with vertue, whether fhall more honoot each other. Thus fincere and folid glory fhallevery where follow, and crown him.Thus,when hrbathbut his due,he fhall have fo much,that he fhall fcorne to borrowthe falfe colours of adulation. Goe on happily in this worthy and noble employment. The work cannot but fucceed, that is furthered with fo many praiers. To Sir T H o M As CH ALL oNE R. E P 1sT. V• .Artpm •ffome obftrv•tilns i11my 'TraveU. D SI H, befides my hopes, not my ddircs, Irravelled oflate; for knowledge partly, and panly for health. There was nothing that made nor my journey plea. fant, fave the labour ofthe way : "hich yet was fo fweetly deceived, by the focieiie of Sir EtimsndB•con, (a Gentleman truly honourable, beyond all titles) that I foundfinallcaufe to complaine. The Sea brookt not me, nor I ir; an unquiet ele· menr, made onely for wonder and ufe, not fur pleafure, Alighted once from thot wooddenconveyance, and uneven way, I bethought my fdfe how fondly our life is committed to an unlleadie and reeling peece of wood, fickle winds, relllelfe waters; while we may fer foot ondedfallandconll:antearrh. Loe,then every thing taughtmr, every thing delighted me 1 fo ready are we to be alfec1ed with thofe forraine plea. E fures,which at home we fhould over.look.I faw mnch,as one might in fuch a fpan of earrh,in fo few moneth•.The lime favoured me: for,oow newly had the kry ofpeace opened thofe parts which warre had beforeclofed; clofed(llay) to all Englitb,faYe either fugiiives or captives. All civill occurrrncrs (as what faire Cities, what ll:range fafhions,enrertainments,dangers,delighrs we found)are fit forother eares,and winter l eveniogs. What I noted, as aDivine within the fphere ofmy profeflion, my paper fhall not fpare in fome part to report;and that to your fclf,which have palfrd a logger \vay,with more happy fruit ofobfervation.Even litrlellreames empty themfdves into great Rivers, and they againe into the Sea.Neitloerdo Iddire to tell youwhat you ,kno\Ynot: ir fb,ll b! fufficiear that I relate oughtwhichothers fhall think memorable. Along
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