scarce sustaine life a day. But these were the workes of every hand; the other of the braine only, and those the most generous, and exalted wits, and spirits that cannot rest, or acquiesce. The mind of man is still fed with labour: Opere pascitur.

sunt.

There is a more secret Cause: and the power of Non vulgi liberall studies lyes more hid, then that it can bee wrought out by profane wits. It is not every mans way to hit. They are men (I confesse) that set the Caract, and Value upon things, as they love them; but Science is not every mans Mistresse. It is as great a spite to be praised in the wrong place, and by a wrong person, as can be done to a noble nature.

Ambitio.

If divers men seeke Fame, or Honour, by divers Honesta wayes; so both bee (89) honest, neither is to be blam'd: But they that seeke Immortality, are not onely worthy of leave, but of praise.

Hee hath a delicate Wife, a faire fortune, and Maritus family to goe to be welcome; yet hee had rather be improbus. drunke with mine Host, and the Fidlers of such a Towne, then goe home.

Affliction teacheth a wicked person sometime to Afflictio pray: Prosperity never.

pia Magistra. Deplor

Many might goe to heaven with halfe the labour they goe to hell, if they would venture their industry atis facilis the right way: But the Divell take all (quoth he) that was choak'd i' the Mill-dam, with his foure last The Divell words in his mouth.

descensus Averni.

take all.

A Criple in the way out-travels a Foot-man, or a Aegidius Post out of the way.

Bags of money to a prodigall person, are the same

cursu superat.

Prodigo nummi

nauci.

Munda et

sordida.

Debitum

deploratum.

Latro sesqui pedalis.

* with a

great belly. Com. de

that Cherry-stones are with some boyes, and so throwne away.

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more carelesse about her house. Of this Spilt water, there is little to bee gathered up: it is a desperate debt.

The Theife* that had a longing at the Gallowes to commit one Robbery more, before hee was hang'd. And like the German-Lord, when hee went out of New-gate into the Cart, tooke order to have his Armes set up in his last Herborough: Said he was schorten- taken, and committed upon suspition of Treason: no Calumnia witnesse appearing against him: But the Judges intertain'd him most civilly, discours'd with him, offer'd him the court'sie of the racke; but he confessed, &c.

hien

fructus

Imperti

nens.

I am beholden to Calumny, that shee hath so endeavor'd, and taken paines to bely mee. It shall make mee set a surer Guard on my selfe, and keepe a better watch upon my Actions.

A tedious person is one a man would leape a steeple from: gallop down any steepe Hill to avoid him; forsake his meat, sleepe, nature it selfe, with all her benefits to shun him. A meere Impertinent: one that touch'd neither heaven nor earth in his discourse. Hee open'd an entry into a faire roome; but shut it againe presently. I spake to him of Garlicke, hee answered Asparagus: consulted him of marriage, hee tels mee of hanging; as if they went by one, and the same Destiny.

What a sight it is, to see Writers committed

um.

together by the eares, for Ceremonies, Syllables, Bellum Points, Colons, Comma's, Hyphens, and the like? scribentifighting, as for their fires, and their Altars; and angry that none are frighted at their noyses, and loud brayings under their asses skins?

tia inter

There is hope of getting a fortune without Differendigging in these quarries. Sed meliore (in omne) ingenio, animo, quàm fortunâ, sum usus.

Pinque solum lassat : sed juvat ipse labor.

Wits made out their severall expeditions then, for Doctos et the discovery of Truth, to find out great and profit- Sciolos. able Knowledges, had their severall instruments for the disquisition of Arts. Now there are certaine Scioli, or smatterers, that are busie in the skirts, and out-sides of Learning, (90) and have scarce any thing of solide literature to commend them. They may have some edging, or trimming of a Scholler, a welt, or so: but it is no more.

Imposture is a specious thing; yet never worse, Impostorthen when it faines to be best, and to none discover'd um fucus. sooner, then the simplest. For Truth and Goodnesse

are plaine, and open; but Imposture is ever asham'd of the light.

rum

A Puppet-play must be shadow'd, and seene in the Icunculadarke: For draw the Curtaine, Et sordet gesticulatio. motio. There is a great difference in the understanding of Principes, some Princes, as in the quality of their Ministers et Adminabout them. Some would dresse their Masters in gold, pearle, and all true Jewels of Majesty: Others furnish them with feathers, bels, and ribbands; and

istri.

Scitum Hispanicum.

Non nova res livor.

Nit gratius

protervo lib.

are therefore esteemed the fitter servants. But they are ever good men, that must make good the times: if the men be naught, the times will be such. Finis expectandus est in unoquog hominum; animali, ad mutationem promptissimo.

It is a quick saying with the Spaniards: Artes inter hæredes non dividi. Yet these have inherited their fathers lying, and they brag of it. Hee is an narrow-minded man, that affects a Triumph in any glorious study: but to triumph in a lye, and a lye themselves have forg'd, is frontlesse. Folly often goes beyond her bounds; but Impudence knowes none.

Envy is no new thing, nor was it borne onely in our times. The Ages past have brought it forth, and the comming Ages will. So long as there are men fit for it, quorum odium virtute relictâ placet, it will never be wanting. It is a barbarous envy, to take from those mens vertues, which because thou canst not arrive at, thou impotently despaires to imitate. Is it a crime in me that I know that, which others had not yet knowne, but from me? or that I am the Author of many things, which never would have come in thy thought, but that I taught them? It is a new, but a foolish way you have found out, that whom you cannot equall, or come neere in doing, you would destroy, or ruine with evill speaking: As if you had bound both your wits, and natures prentises to slander, and then came forth the best Artificers, when you could forme the foulest calumnies.

Indeed, nothing is of more credit, or request now, then a petulant paper, or scoffing verses; and it is but

convenient to the times and manners wee live with; to have then the worst writings, and studies flourish, when the best begin to be despis'd. Ill Arts begin, where good end.

sordent.

Pastus hodier.

The time was, when men would learne, and study Iam good things; not envie those that had them. Then litteræ men were had in price for learning: now, letters onely make men vile. Hee is upbraydingly call'd a Poet, as if it were a most contemptible Nick-name. But the Professors (indeed) have made the learning cheape. Rayling, and tinckling Rimers, whose Writings the vulgar more greedily reade; as being taken with the scurrility, and petulancie of such wits. Hee shall not have a Reader now, unlesse hee jeere and lye. It is the food of mens natures: the diet of the Ingen. times! Gallants cannot sleepe else. The Writer must lye, and the gentle Reader rests happy, to heare the worthiest workes mis-interpreted; the clearest actions obscured: the innocent'st life traduc'd; And in such a licence of lying, a field so fruitfull of slanders, how can there be matter wanting to his laughter? Hence comes the Epidemicall Infection. For (91) how can they escape the contagion of the Writings, whom the virulency of the calumnies hath not stav'd off from reading.

Nothing doth more invite a greedy Reader, then Sed seculi an unlook'd for subject. And what more unlook'd morbus. for, then to see a person of an unblam'd life, made ridiculous, or odious, by the Artifice of lying? but it is the disease of the Age: and no wonder if the world, growing old, begin to be infirme: Old age it selfe is