NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 39 



Am. Nor I that resolution, that only endea- 

 vours self-security. 



Theoph. Would you have me turn the point 

 upon myself? 



Am. No, nor your friend neither, by turgid 

 repetitions ; come what will come, let's talk no 

 more on't : high tides have their low ebbs ; and 

 the higher any man rises, the greater is his fall 

 expected. 1 know the world is such an inviting 

 morsel, that, attempting to swallow it, some have 

 been choaked. Alexander, of all men, bid fair- 

 est for the world, yet, when he went out of it, a 

 sepulchre of six foot serv'd to inter him. 



Tlieopk. It's just so now ; have not we a sort 

 of senators, that, impatient of destruction, pull 

 down the house upon their own heads, to noose 

 other folks in the same snickle ? 



Am. There's nothing can stand against the 

 rapid torrent of a giddy multitude ; it's good to 

 stand clear of male-contents, that justle superiors, 

 and call Parliaments pick-locks, and robbers of 

 the people, under the pretence of publick faith. 



Tkeoph. Such Furiosos, 1 must confess, are 

 of an odd kidney, that can silence justice, and 

 sentence the laws ; that sit uneasy under go- 

 vernments, tho of their own contrivings ; that 

 are angry with any thing that's uppermost ; nay, 

 they shall arraign themselves, if no superior to 

 contend with : Such men, I question not, will 



