3 8 Of the Advancement of Learning. Lib. I. 



thereof 5 to him the Globe of the Earth, with men marching upoa it, 



'( the Divinenefs of fouls excepted ) will not feem much other , 



Sen.Nat. than a HiI/ocl{_of A»ts jvhereof fo/ftc Creep ^ aud run up and dotvnjpjth 



^['''•'' their Corn^ others with their Eggs^ others empty , alJ about a little heap 



of Duji. 



^ Again , Learning takes away , or at leaji , mitigates the fear of 

 death;, and adverje Fortune ^ which is one of the greatejl impediments ta 

 Virtue or Manners. For ifa mans mind be feafoned and imbued with 

 the contemplation of Mortality, and the corruptible nature of things, 

 he will, in his apprehenfion , concur with Epi&ettfs, who going forth 

 one day faw a woman weeping for her Pitcher of Earth, and going 

 forth the next day faw anather woman weeping for her fon, faid, Heri 

 Inchir.c. ^j^i jragilem frangi^ hodie vidi mortalem mori : Therefore Virgil did 

 excellently and profoundly couple the knowledge of the caufe and the 

 conqueft of fears together, as concomitants ; 



33. Arr. 

 1.3.0.24.^ 



Geor.2 



Felix quipotuitrernm cognofcerc caufasj 

 ^uiq'-i metus omnes O' inexorabile fatum^ 

 Subjecit pedibusjfirepitumq-) Acherontis avari. 



It were too long to go over the particular Remedies , which Learning 

 doth miniver to all the difeafes of the Mind ; fometimcs purging the ill 

 Humours, fometimes opening the obftruftions, fometimes helping di- 

 geftion, fometimes exciting appetite, often healing the wounds and 

 ex ulcerations thereof, and the like. Therefore I will conclude with 

 that, which feems to be the fum of all, which is, that Learning fo dif^ 

 pofeth and inclineth the mind, as that it is never wholly fetlcd andfixt in 

 PlatAlcib. thedefc&s thereof but ever aw'iikss it jelf and breaths after a Growth and 

 Porph. in Perfe&ion : For the unlearn'd man knows not what it is to defend into 

 Stob. Sen. fjjffijfij-^ ^y. fg call himfelf to account , or what a fweet life it is fenfihly to 

 Hut.Mor. feel, that he is every day better.. If be chance to have any good parts, he 

 will be boafting thele ; and every where expofe them to the full view 5 

 and it may be ufe them dexteroufly to his own advantage and reputa- 

 tion •■, but not much improve or encreafe them. Again, what faults (b- 

 ever he hath, he will ufe art and induftry to hide and colour thera, 

 but not to amend them ; like an ill Mower that moweson (till and ne- 

 ver whets his Sythe ; Contrariwife, a learned man doth not only implojf 

 his mind and exercife his good parts, but continually reforms himfelf, and 

 makes ProgreJJion in virtue : Nay, to fay all in a word. Certain it is, 

 that Veritas and Bonitas differ but as the Seal and the Print j for good- 

 tiefs is Truth's imprejfion ; and on the contrary the ftorras and 

 tempeflis of Vice and Paffions break from the Clouds o^ error and 

 fafjood. 



1 1 . From Morality, let us pafs on to matter of power and cotamandment^ 

 and confider, whither there be any foveraignty or empire comparable to 

 that wherewith Learning invefis and crowns names. We fee the Dignity 

 of commanding, is according to the dignity of the commanded : Com- 

 mandment over Beafts and Cattle, fuch as Heardmen and Shepherds 

 have, is a thing contemptible ^ Commandment over children, liichas 

 School- mafters and Tutors have, is a matter of fmall honour ; com- 

 mandment over Haves, is a difparagcment, rather than a honour j nei- 

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