THE SECOND BOOK. 



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Mollis responsio frangit iram. Here is noted that silence 

 or rough answer exasperateth ; but an answer present and 

 temperate pacifieth. 



Iter pigrorurn quasi scpes spinarum. Here is lively re 

 presented how laborious sloth proveth in the end ; for when 

 things are deferred till the last instant, and nothing prepared 

 beforehand, every step findeth a briar or impediment, which 

 catcheth or stoppeth. 



Melior est finis orationis quam principium. Here is taxed 

 the vanity of formal speakers, that study more about prefaces 

 and inducements, than upon the conclusions and issues of 

 speech. 



Qui cognoscit in judicio faciem, non bene facit ; iste et pro 

 buccella panis deseret veritatem. Here is noted, that a judge 

 were better be a briber than a respecter of persons ; for a 

 corrupt judge offendeth not so lightly as a facile. 



Vir pauper calumnians pauperes similis est imbri vehementi, 

 in quo paratur fames. Here is expressed the extremity of 

 necessitous extortions, figured in the ancient fable of the full 

 and the hungry horseleech. 



JFons turbatus pede, et vena corrupta, est Justus cadens coram 

 impio. Here is noted, that one judicial and exemplar iniquity 

 in the face of the world doth trouble the fountains of justice 

 more than many particular injuries passed over by con 

 nivance. 



Qui subtrahit aliquid a patre et a matre, et dicit hoc non 

 esse peccatum, particeps est homicidii. Here is noted that, 

 whereas men in wronging their best friends use to extenuate 

 their fault, as if they might presume or be bold upon them, 

 it doth contrariwise indeed aggravate their fault, and turneth 

 it from injury to impiety. 



Noli esse amicus homini iracundo, nee ambulato cum kominc 

 furioso. Here caution is given, that in the election of our 

 friends we do principally avoid those which are impatient, 

 as those that will espouse us to many factions and quarrels. 



Qui conturbat domutn suam, possidebit ventum. Here is 

 noted, that in domestical separations and breaches men do 

 promise to themselves quieting of their mind and content 

 ment ; but still they are deceived of their expectation, and it 

 turneth to wind. 



Filius sapiens Icetificat patrem : filius vero stultus mosstitia 

 est matri suce. Here is distinguished, that fathers have most 

 comfort of the good proof of their sons ; but mothers have 

 most discomfort of their ill proof, because women have little 

 discerning of virtue, but of fortune. 



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