0!_o Vadir? A yeeld. and chat rhereforeourearesabroad arc nowhir more credible, than oureyes arho~. Yea rarher,asTHUfcouldfay, rharacA~IiHmhecould hearerhenewes of Blm<, better than at Rome, fomay we oft-times better heare and fee the newes of Fronceor s paine, upon our Exchange, tlnn in thdr Pari<, or MadriD: Since(what liberty foeYer tongues may take to rhemfelves) adifcreer man will be afbamed eo fubfcribe his name to raat, whereofhemay be afterwards convinced. Since thereforeTravell cannot out·bid us in rhefe h.ighefr commodities, which concerne the wealthoftheminde; all rhe advantage it can afford us, mull: be 8 in rhofe mixt abilities, wheremour bodies are the grearefr partners, as dancing, fencing, rnuficke, vaulting, horfemanfbip; the onely profeffions of the miC-named Academies ofother Narions. Who can deny chat fuch like exercifes are fit for yong Gentlemen, not only for their prefent recreation , but much more fur the preparingof them to more ferious a/lion ? Y er mufr rhefe leame ro know their places: what arc they elfe bur che varnifb ofthat pi/lureofGentry, whofe fubfranc.,confifrs in rhe lines andcoloursofrrue verrue? but the lace or facing ofa rich garmenr?but rhe hang-bies of char l'\.oyall courtwhich the foule keeps in agenerous heart? He chat holds Gentilirie accomplifbed with chefe(chough loudable) qualities., partakes moreofhis horfe, than his horfe can poffibly of him. This fkill rhen isworrhyof our purchafe, yet may not be bought too deo;9; and perhaps need nor to be fetchr C (o fu. Neither my profeffion, nor my experiencewill allowme tohold comparifOns in thiskind; but I have been he-armed by no meanMafrersof rhefeArrs, tofay chat our Nation have yeelded fomein all thefe faculties, which need nor froope uuto rhe proudefr forramer: ours have no fault bur one,that they are ourowne; and what bath their Countryoffended, if theirArt offend not? It is an humorous giddineffe romeafure the goodneffeof any thing by the difranceofmiles, and where there is equality ofworth, to neglect the neerefr. I llander ourNation if it be not ficke of rhisdifeafe, in the courfe ofall Sciences; And ifneereneffe and prefence be the caufe ofour dillike, why doe we not hateour (elves, which are ever in our owne bofOme? Whydoe we nor hare this fafridions curiofiry, which is too clofe tous? perhaps perfeCtion in rbe(e qualities is thinner fowne amongfrus, than fome other-where; fo as P> our Ilaad funvanr of worke and incouragement, affords no fuch multitude of malletS: bur how can we complaineof rareneffe, finceif ourage yeeld us butoneexcellenrineach kinde, it ismore rhan we arewilling to ufe; acd ifrhe fault were nor in our felves, one candle might light a rhouf:md. To infrance in the bell:: The Horfe is anoble creamre, which as it is the frrenghr and pride of Fr~nce, fo wins the hearts and beelesofrhat Nation. The generality of their fkill is nothing to a frranger;each privatemans cunningrefrs inhimfelfe; it is onely the Teacher, whole ability may concerneus. And whereas there is adouble kindeofmenage (as I have heard) one for fervice, theother for pleafure; in the firlr, our Mafrers rhinke they cannot yeeld unto rhebefr; inrhe loner, if they gramrhemfelves e<ceeded, how many men have taught rheirdogge the fame tricks, with no leffecontenement? In both,wehave the E written dire/lions of their grearefr Arrifrs ; who (for the perpetuity oftheir owne honour) failed not tofay their befr. And if rhefe dead Maflers fufficenot,,we have had, we may have thebell ofrheir living: The confcienceofa mans excellen:ywill abi'deno limits; but fpurshim forth ro winne admiration abroad, andiftherewirhall he can finde advancement of profit , how willingly doth he change his home ?~We have had experience ofthis in higher profeffiom, much moreofthefe underfOot. Oneobfcure towne of Holl4nd in our memory, had byrhis meanes drawne together at once rhe greatefr lights of ENrope , and m1de it felfe then no lefferenowned forProfeffors•, thanirisnow infamousfor Schifme. Feareofe.rvy forbids me to name thofe amongfr us, which have honoured this Iland in rhe choice of their abode. Wbere Art isencou!'llged, it will foone rifehigh, and goe farre,
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