PREFACE. H 



&amp;lt;e they were translated into English, and inserted 

 &amp;lt;( into the first part of the Resuscitation.&quot; 



In the few lines upon the character of Augustus 

 Caesar, there is a maxim well deserving the deep 

 consideration of every young man of sensibility, apt 

 to be 



Misled by fancy s meteor ray, 



By passion driven : 

 And yet the light that leads astray, 



Is light from heaven. 



Bacon says, &quot; those persons* which are of a tur- 

 &quot; bulent nature or appetite, do commonly pass their 

 &quot; youth in many errors ; and about their middle, 

 &quot; and then and not before, they shew forth their 

 &quot; perfections ; but those that are of a sedate and 

 fs calm nature, may be ripe for great and glorious 

 &quot; actions in their youth.&quot; The very same sentiment 

 which he expresses in his Essay on Youth and Age- 

 &quot; Natures that have much heat, and great and 

 t( violent desires and perturbations, are not ripe for 

 &quot; action till they have passed the meridian of their 

 &quot; years : as it was with Julius Caesar and Septimius 

 &quot; Sever us ; of the latter of whom it is said, juven- 

 &quot; tutem egit, erroribus, imo furoribus plenam ; and 

 &quot; yet he was the ablest emperor, almost, of all the 

 &quot; list : but reposed natures may do well in youth, as 

 &quot; it is seen in Augustus Caesar, Cosmus, duke of 

 &quot; Florence, Gaston de Foix, and others.&quot; 



Page 489 



