f2!!o Vadis? head; in which number I doe nor include thofe private Inter-lopers intelligence, that lye •broadonely to feed fomevameCameleons at homewah theayre ofnewes A for no other purpofe fave idledifcourfe;but_one_ly thofe profitable Agents, whof; induflry<itherfirreththemabroad for publtke tmp!oymenr, or imployerh them after due mamri<y, in the fit fervicesofrhe Common-wealth: neither my cenfure nor my direltion reaches to either of thefe cccafions. ft is the travel! of curiofiry wherewith my quarrel! !hall be maintained: the inconveniencieswhejeofmy owne Scnfes have fufliciently wimeffed, that if the wife Paremsofour Gemry could have borrowed mine eyes forthe time, theywould ever learne to kcepe their fonnes at home, and not wilfully beat themfelveswith the flaffe of their age: upon them let my pen tnrne alittle, as thofc that are more than acceffaries w t~is both private and publike mifchiefe. · SECT. II I. IT is the atfellarion ofroo early ripeneffe that makes them prodigal! ofrheir childreus fafety and hopes: for, thatthey may be wife berimes, they fend them forth to the world in the minority both of age and judgment: like as fond n:others ufe to fend forth their daughters on frofling, early in cold rr,ornings (though into the midfl ofa vaporou• and foggy ayre) and whiles they flrive for a colour, IQfe their health. . Ifthey were not blinded with over-weening and deure , they C could notbur fee that their unfetlednetfe carries in it amanifefl peril! ofmifcarriage: grantthat no danger were threatned by the place, experience gives us, that aweake lirpbd child, ifhe be fuffered to ufe his !egg> too foone, toomuch,lames himfelfefor .ever : but ifhe walke in uneven ground, he is noleffe li1bjell to maimes than croo- ~edneffe. Doe they not fee howeafily a young twig is bowed anyway? Doe they not fee that theMidwife and Nurfe are wont to frame the gri!Hy head of the Infant toany fafhion? May r.otanything be written upon a blanke? And if they make choiceofthis age, becaufe it is mofldocible, and forrhatthey would take the day before them, why doe they not confider, that it is ~herefore moredocibleofevill, fince wickedneffe is both more infinuarive and more plaufible than venue,efpecially when it meets with an unrucored Judge ; and feeing there is fo much inequality of D the number ofboth, that it is notmore hard to find vertue,than tomiffe vice :Heare this then, ye careldfe01hiches, that le•ve your egges in the open faod for the Sun ro hatch, without the feare ofany hoofe that may cmfh them in pieces ; have your flomacks refolved todigefl the hard newesofthe ruine ofyour children? Doe yee profelfe enmity tO your owne loynes? then mr•e them ( •'l)'OU doe) loofe to the(e dangers, ere they can refifl, ere they candifcerne ; but ifye had rather they fhould live and grow, beflow upon them the kindly heat of your befl plumes, and fbelter them with your owne brefl and wings, till nature have openeda feafonable way to their owne abilities. SECT. IV. YEa, let it be my jufl complaint in this place, that in the very runfplanmion ofou_rfon.nes tO the l~ferf~ile ofour owne Univer~ties,and InnesofCoun, nothmg ts more preJUdiciallthan fpeed. PerfeClion IS the child of Time; neither wasrhere ever any thingexcellenr, that required not meet leafure: but ~efides, howcommonly is it feene, thatthofewhich hadwont to 1\vimme onelywith bladders, finke when they CO!Ile firfl to trufl to their own armes?ThefeLop-wings that goefrom underrhe wingof their damme with the !hell on their heads, runne wilde. IfTotorsbe never focarefulloftheir early charge, which mufr be lefr ro theirowne difpolition; which if it lead them nor to good, not onely the ho~f
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