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points of Praife, as may create envie and danger to their Enemies. 

 wherefore a fuperftitious conceit went currant amongft the Grecians as 

 they believed, that he who was praifed by another malicioufy^dnd to his 

 Ihrt, pould have a pup rife upon his nofe. Again it deceives^ bccaufed- 

 nemies fometimes attribute Pr^r/e/.as certain brief Prefaces^ that (bthey 

 may more freely and fpitefully traduce afterwards. On the other fide^ 

 this Colour AecewQS through the flight and cunning of Friends j for their 

 cuftom is fometimes to acknowledge and lay open the infirmities of 

 their Friends, not out of a tender Confcience from the impreffion of 

 Truth, but making choice of fuch iraperfediions , as may Jeaft pre- 

 judice the reputation, or provoke the indignation of their Friends • as 

 if in all other pointi-they were excellent men. Again it deceives be- 

 ,caufe Friends u(e their Reprehenfions (as we have observed Enemies 

 do their Praifes) as certain (hort IntroduftionSjthat they may expatiate 

 more amply in their commendations aftewards. 



The Colour. 



3 Whofi Privation is Good , that fame is Evil^ JVhofe Privation if 

 Evil , that fame is Good. 



The Reprehenfiofi 



•His Colour deceives two ways; either by realbn of the Campari* 

 fon of Good and fiz/i/j or by realbri of the Succeffion oi Good to 

 Good, or oi Evil to Evil. By reafon of Comparifon ^ if it wefe Good 

 for mankind to be deprived of the eating of Acorns, it follows not rhit 

 (uch food was Evil, but that Maft was Good, Corn Better, Neither if 

 it were Evil for the State of Sicily to be deprived of Dionyfius the Elder- 

 doth it follow that the lame Dionyfius was a Good Prince 5 but that he 

 was tefs Evil than Dionyfius the younger. By reafon of Succeljion j for 

 the Privation of fbrne Good, doth not alw:tys give place to F-,//- fj^j. 

 fometimes to z greater Good-, as when tht Flower falleth, Frnit fucceed-^ 

 eth. Nor doth the Privation of Come Evil -a-lw ays yield place to Good 

 but fometimes to a greater Evilj for Clodius an enemy being taken a^ 

 way, Milo withal forfeited a fair harveft of Glory. 



The Colour. 



4 That which draws neer to Good or Evil, the fame is likewife Good or* 

 Evil : But that which is removdfrom Good is Evil ; from Evil, is 

 Good, 



Such commonly is the internal condition of things, that things of like 

 Quality, andconfenting in Nature, confent likewife in place, "and are, 

 as it were, quartered together, but fuch things as are contrary and di- 

 ftant in Nature, are alfo fevered and disjoyned inplace ; in regard that 

 all things defireto approach things fymboliting with them j to exter- 

 minate and cbale away their contraries. 



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