EPI ST. X. ~03 A owne fall, but enjoyes it in quiet thankfuloeffe :not oegletling it, nor drawing it on - roo fafi:Over-much torwardneife argues no perpetuity.Howoft have we knowa the weakebeginningsofalikely firefcatrered with over-llrong a bla!l ~And if another rifehigher, he envieth not;ondy emulating that mans merit,and !ufpetling his owne. Neitherthe name ofthe j:ourr, nonhe grace ofa Princ·e, nor applaufe of his inferiors, can life him above himfdfe, or lead him roaflec1 any orherthena wife mcdiocrity-Hi< owne finceriry cannot maK<: him over-credulous.They are few and wtll tried, whom he d~r<s ufe 1 or perhaps obliged.by his owne favours: fo in all employmencs offriendlhip he is wary without fufpirion, and wirhour credulity charitable. He is a,trre ofhearr,fo oftongue,ro fpeake what he ought, not what he mtghr: never bur (what Princeseares are not alwayes inured to) meere Truth: yerrhar, rempcred for B the moafure, and time, with hone!l difcretion. Burifhe mccr wirh ought that might be bc'neficiall to his M•!ler,orthe Stare, or whofe concealment might proveprejudiciall ro drher,ndrher f<are nor gaine cao !lop his mouth. He is nor bafely querulous, not forward to fpend his complaints on the difgraced, nor abiding to build his ownc favours upon theunjull ruinesofan oppre(fed fortune. The "rors ofhis fdlowes he reportS wirh tavour;rhdrverrues wirh advantago.He is agood husband ofhis hcu·es; equally derelling id!eneffe and bafe difports; and placing all his free time upon inotnuous fiudies, or gcntrous delights; fuch as may make drher hi; body or mind, ro~re fir for noble fervice.l:le li!lerh nor to cornero counfell uncalled, nor unbidden ro in rcrmeddle with fecrers, whetherofperfon,orllare; which yet once impofed, he ml nagerh with fuch fidelity and wifdome, as well argue him to have refrained, not our c offeare, but jodgerneor.He knowes how ro repay an injury with thanks,and a benefit wirh ufurr.; rhe one our ofa wife patience withour malicious clofeneffe; the orher our ofa bounteous thankfulneffe. His life is his owne willin~ fcrvanr ,and his Princes free vaflall;which he accounts lent to hirn,that he may givelt for hisMJ!ler:the inrercep ting ofwhofe barrn<s, he holds borh his dury, and honour: and whether he be ufcd as hisfword, or his lhield, he cloth both wirhcheer<fulneffe. He can fo demean himfelfe in his officious attendance, that he equallyavoids fatiety and oblivion;norneedIefiy lavifi1 ofhirnfdfe,tofer out and thew his parts alwayes at the highell;nor wilfully concealed in great occaftons. He loves to deferve and to have friends, bmto rru!l ratherto his owne venue. Reafon and honelly(next under religion)are his Counfcllers: wloich hefollowes wirhout care ofthe evenr, not without forefighr. In a judge.- D menr ofunkindncffe and envy, he never calls the firllllone, and harts to pick thanks by detradion. He undertakes none bur worthy fures, fuch as are free from bJfeneffe and inju!licc ; fuch as is neirh~r lhamero aske, nor dilhooourro gram ; not lirfferino privare affetlions ro over. weigh publike equitie or convenience, and better brook~ ing a friends want? then an. ill prdideor; and rhofe which he yodderh ro a('ccpr, he loves oottoltngcr man afllttlmg hope: a prefenr anfwer Oull difparch the feares or defires ofhis expetling client. Hts brell is not a cillerne ro reraine, bur as aconduitpipe, to venrrhe reafon,Jble an.d honell petitions dhis friend. Finally, he fo lives, as one rhar accounts nor Prmces favourshered11ary; as one that will dcfcrve their perpetuity, but doubt their change; asone rhar knowes there is a wide world befide rhe Court, and above this world an Heaven. FIN I S. D d , '
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