180 THE LIFE OF 



CHAP. &quot;If thou hast the forecast of a wise man, thou wilt be 

 X1IL &quot; content with a little, to purchase the safety of the whole.&quot; 



&quot; Be not covetous where thou shouldest be liberal, nor 

 &quot; unkind where thou shouldest be thankful, nor wayward 

 &quot; where thou shouldest be forward.&quot; 



&quot; Take to thee the stomach of a free palfrey, and not the 

 &quot; fro ward touches of a resty jade.&quot; 



&quot; As it is God s peculiar property never to err, so it is a 

 &quot; botch in man s nature seldom to hit the truth.&quot; 



&quot; Sometimes under a homely coat lieth much treasure, 

 &quot; and pure gold is found among much dross.&quot; 



True frater- &quot; It is manners, faith, and behaviour, and not nations, 

 &quot; that make men strangers. And contrariwise, where there 

 &quot; is one faith, one baptism, and one Christ, there is nar- 

 &quot; rower fraternity than if they came out of one womb.&quot; A 

 saying proper to cheer him in his exile condition. 



&quot; As an eye full of tears is the more unable to see, so the 

 &quot; mind full of sorrow is the less able to judge.&quot; 



&quot; You must bring our own weights to weigh our matters 

 &quot; by, and not strangers&quot;, or else we must take you for an ill 

 &quot; clerk of the market.&quot; 



&quot; Good example is ofttimes much better than a great 

 &quot; deal of preaching.&quot; 



The benefit If I had but ten Nestor s, said Agamemnon, Troy 

 k&amp;gt;rs. U &quot; &quot; could not stand long :&quot; speaking of some wise counsellors 

 the Queen had chose about her. 



Speaking against covetous men, &quot; Your gold and your 

 &quot; angels are called current, and not sleepcvnt? 



Women s Speaking of the pride of women, and of their excess, 

 when the nation wanted necessary defence, he thus accosted 

 them : &quot; Oh ! ye English ladies, learn rather to wear Ro- 

 &quot; man hearts, than Spanish knacks ; rather to help your 

 &quot; country, than hinder your husbands; to make your Queen 

 &quot; rich for your defence, than your husbands poor for your 

 &quot; gearish gayness. If every one of you would employ your 

 &quot; rings and chains, or the price of your superfluous ruffs, 

 &quot; furs, fringes, and such other trinkets, upon the necessary 



