162 THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. 



Qui eclat delictum, qucerit amicitmm; sed qui altero sermone 

 repetit separat fcederatos. Here caution is given, that recon- 

 cifement is better managed by an amnesty, and passing over 

 that which is past, than by apologies and excuses. 



Inomni opere bono erit abundant^; uU autemverba sunt 

 nlurima ibi frequenter egestw. Here is noted, that words and 

 Siscourse aboundeth most where there is idleness and want 



Primus in sua causa Justus : sed vemt .altera pars etinquuet 

 in eum. Here is observed, that in all causes the first tale 

 possessed much ; in sort, that the prejudice thereby wrought 

 will be hardly removed, except some abuse or falsity 11 



teriora wS^HerTis Snguished that flattery and in 

 sinuation, wldch seemeth set and artificial, smketh not far, 

 feuSb entereth deep which hath show of nature, liberty, and 



Qui erudit derisorem, ipse sibi injuriam facit ; et quiargmt 

 impium, sibi maculam general. Here caution is given how w 

 tender reprehension to arrogant and scornful natures, whose 

 manner is to esteem it for contumely, and accordingly to 



aapen occasioned, et addetur ei . 



distinguished the wisdom brought into habit, and tl 

 is but verbal and swimming only in conceit ; for the one upon 

 the occasion presented is quickened and redoubled, the othei 



18 ^odaq vultusprosp^ntium, siccorda 



hominum manifesta sunt pruden^us ?ere the mind of a 

 wise man is compared to a glass, wherein the images of aU 

 diversity of natures and customs are represented ; from whicfi 

 representation proceedeth that application, 



&quot; Qui sapit, iunumeris moribus aptus erit.&quot; 



(7) Thus have I stayed somewhat longer upon these sen 

 tences politic of Solomon than is agreeable ^ .feproportk* 

 of an example; led with a desire to give authority to tg 

 part of knowledge, which I noted as deficient, by so excelleni 

 a precedent ; and have also attended them with brief obser 

 vations such as to my understanding offer no violence to tb 

 ,e thou4 I know they may be applied to a more divin. 

 usT- b^ it & is aUowed, even in divinity, that some mterpre 

 Sons yet and some writings, have, more of the eagle ^thg 

 others but taking them as instructions for Me, they migh 



